Day of Praise

Mo, Apr 29, 30th Day of Easter, "Day of Praise"

Then Jesus said, "Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?" - John 11:40

God wants to do amazing things physically and spiritually before our eyes this week!

Here's a weekend testimony by one of our Day of Praise Family Member's to an amazing thing they saw last week. Here's Kathy Stepanski's testimony to God's goodness:

Today (Friday) is definitely a Thank You God Day. I couldn't wait to share this. Sorry if it's a bit long.

My coworker's grandson was born a week ago today, which was six weeks early. Baby Hunter had problems breathing, among other things. Things took a turn for the worst and his Gran asked for prayers.

Going into choir I grabbed a few [of our new, wooden Bible-verse pocket] crosses to hand out. Miss Maizie said an awesome prayer for Baby Hunter at the end of practice.

The next morning (Thursday) I had three new crosses to give to Hunter's Gran -- one for the mom, one for the dad, and one to be with Hunter. Also the next morning, Hunter was only needing 20% oxygen from the machine...awesome in itself. An answer to prayers.

Gran gasped when she saw the Bible verse on the pocket crosses. (I didn't see the verse when I picked them up at church because the lights were dim in the room.) The new verse was Proverbs 3:5 ("Trust in the Lord with all your heart").

Now the best news...drum roll please... Today, Hunter is off the oxygen machine and has eaten for the first time in his life -- a half ounce every three hours.

It gets even better.

Mom and dad didn't want anything to do with church or God BEFORE Hunter was born. But Gran encouraged them to pray, and now they pray several times a day. Their hearts are being turned in the right direction through all this.

Thank you, thank you, God.

Then Jesus said, "Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?" - John 11:40

Praise God!



Pastor Chris
"The gospel is the story of Jesus [what God's only Son has done for us that we can't do for ourselves], spoken as a promise." - Robert Jenson