Ministry Update

I haven't updated on ministry in a long time due to us not knowing what was going on or what we were doing.  Our church, New Hope, recently went through some major changes and we were very serious about leaving and finding a new church but felt the Lord telling us to press through the difficult and uncertain times.  Our pastor has stepped down for a season (he may or may not return) and the elder is filling in until a final decision is made on what to do, which should be made by the end of this month.
We haven't been doing the college ministry for a few months now.  Ministry, work and family life were too much so we needed a little time to rest and focus on what is important to us, being family.   Now that we have had time to rest and wait on the Lord, we see there might be an opportunity to finally start some form of prayer ministry.  Please be praying that the Lord's will would be done and that all obstacles would be removed.  Our hearts desire has been to start a prayer ministry, that is why we went to IHOP and did the training program in 2007.  Since the training program life has been challenging and we've hit so many road blocks, which has been quite discouraging but we are finally starting to see a glimmer of hope in starting something at our church.  That glimmer of hope is a huge praise because when we first moved down to the Austin area our church was NOT for a prayer ministry. It's hard to go so many years with no one really supporting what's on your heart...
Thanks for praying! We appreciate it!

There is a mighty lot of difference between saying prayers and praying. --John G. Lake

Some people pray just to pray and some people pray to know God. --Andrew Murray

Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?-- Corrie Ten Boom

Is the Son of God praying in me, or am I dictating to Him?....Prayer is not simply getting things from God, that is a most initial form of prayer; prayer is getting into perfect communion with God. If the Son of God is formed in us by regeneration, He will press forward in front of our common sense and change our attitude to the things about which we pray. --Oswald Chambers

Do you know what prayer is? It is not begging God for this and that. The first thing we have to do is to get you beggars to quit begging until a little faith moves in your souls. --John G. Lake

If God will do whatever He wishes, regardless of whether we pray or not, then we do not need to pray at all, and the Lord's instructions on praying for the Kingdom and the Will are superfluous. But the truth is that God waits for a Remnant to rise up and to pray in agreement with His Purpose before He does anything - He will do nothing apart from the Church. Apart from HIM, we CAN do nothing; apart from US, He WILL do nothing –Chip Brogden