We are learning to fully rely on Him and watch as He does amazing things!
Our first big payment is due this week for airline reservations ~ $4000.
Money has been steadily coming in totaling $3220 as of last weekend.
Then Bret shared with me that he had been reading in Psalms a week ago
and ran across this verse...
Psalm 46:10
"Be still and know that I am God."
Everytime over the past two weeks when Bret has focused on just 'being still' God has been telling him to 'give the money away'. You see we have some money saved for this trip, but we keep feeling like God is saying, "You need to TRUST ME to provide". We knew we needed to give this money to others in need and let go of the control so we could give HIM the glory as we watch HIM provide the needed funds for our trip.
Not one additional dollar has come into our trip fund since Bret felt God telling him to 'give'.
So we obeyed this week... and 'gave the money away'.
A huge leap of faith... letting go of the safety net.
What a blessing to help a family adopting from the Ukraine, to help another family we personally know that is in financial need right now and to help one of the ministries for orphans in Uganda we will be visiting.
I SMILE as I write this with a few tears,
because I just checked our trip account and we have started to receive donations again!
How AWESOME is our GOD!
I know that HE is able to bless far beyond what we can imagine.
When we CHOOSE to OBEY what HE asks us to do, and TRUST that HE has it all in HIS HANDS.
So thankful for very VISIBLE lessons in FAITH right now!
Please PRAY with us as we RAISE the additional $500+ to meet our first goal this week. Our next goal is the final $2000 needed by March 5th.
TRUSTING Him....
2 comments:
What an amazing testimony of God's faithfulness in your {difficult} decision to obey! Thanks for sharing, it is a real encouragement!
That is beautiful and that, my friend, is EXACTLY what FAITH looks like. LOVE IT. Praying over your family like crazy tonight and knowing without a shadow of a doubt that God WILL provide.
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