Praise God!! This year I was able to attend and have a role in ICSV Secondary Spiritual Emphasis Week. This past week has been an awesome outpouring of God's grace and love towards the staff and students of ICSV. Testimonies by our remarkable staff of God's miracles, guidance, kindness, redemption, and faithfulness were used to move at least 4 students to accept Christ as Savior and Lord, dozens to repent and commit to a closer walk with Him, and many others to begin asking who Jesus and God really are and what He wants with them!!
Please pray for these new believers in Christ! One student came from a Muslim background and now faces hardship and persecution as a result of accepting Jesus. Others are coming from difficult situations or from an intellectual disbelief into the real and loving arms of Christ. Pray that we can help disciple these students well, and give them the scriptural foundations they need to withstand the Evil One's attacks. The last few weeks have been increasingly difficult in the realm of spiritual warfare. Pray for protection around the entire family of ICSV as Satan's forces continue to battle hard against us.
Joe
Monday, October 10, 2011
Monday, September 26, 2011
In honor of my Dad
Today is my dad's 67th birthday! Happy birthday, Dad!
A year ago today, my dad was hospitalized and later diagnosed with multiple myeloma, stage 3 bone marrow cancer. After surgery, months of chemo and radiation and a stem cell transplant my dad is completely cancer free! He is regaining his strength, his hair and his sense of humor. Now that the grocery store has sold, he's even getting a chance to relax and watch the Cowboys play.
We learned a lot this year about cancer, about family strength, about frustration, guilt, pain. But more than any of that, we learned about the faithfulness of our heavenly Father. God used this time in our life to mature our faith and grow our trust in Him. He proved Himself worthy of all the praise and honor we give Him, even though no proof was necessary. So, I want to honor my heavenly Dad today, too, for his great love in healing my dad on this earth and seeing to it that one day, he will heal my dad for all eternity. Thanks to my dad for not giving up the fight and thanks to our Dad for winning the battle.
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