MISSION MOMENTS WITH “FUZZ” March 08

                    MONTHLY MISSION REPORT FOR REV. ARMOND 

It’s SPRING! Or at least spring is around the corner.  But you would never know it by looking outside.  The snow is still piled high and the temperatures have been well below freezing again this week. We may not feel like the bulbs that were planted last fall are going to ever bloom, but God promises that spring will come. 

            On that same note, sometimes in our ministry, it can seem like a long winter that is never going to end.  We may not see the progress that we hope for.  We may not see the thawing and rebirth going on deep inside of a person.  But while we can’t always go by what we see with our eyes, we can trust that when Gods love starts to thaw that ground, those bulbs will begin to grow and soon we will see the beautiful flowers that spring promises.  We have seen that already this past week as another man has accepted Gods’ gift of salvation.  What a glorious spring he is having!

God is great & He is definitely on the move. He’s always moving but always right there, always changing but always the same. How can he do that?

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rachel Floyd  

We have experienced a lot of pain in the hearts of those who come to Bridge of Hope. We have witnessed the attack the evil one has had on families and on marriages. We have witnessed the attack on the mental wellbeing of our brothers & sisters in Christ. I have spoken to and counseled numbers of teens and their parents lately regarding the attack that Satan has had on their relationships. I have had to redirect several teens in their focus and guide them in an alternate pattern of thinking.  

But praise the Lord the hearts and minds of the saints are being renewed while the souls of the lost are being saved! The Spirits intervention into the lives of those that I mentioned before has been awesome! God has renewed the hopes of many, but more importantly he has caused those who believe to be at peace. He is showing them that He is God and that if they are content with that fact they will rise above their current trials all the way to a victorious end!

My latest endeavor is a prayer campaign. I have been praying for people outside of those who attend our service on Sunday.  Much like the church body that Keynote speaker Reggie McNeal of the “One Thing” event in San Antonio described. I am determined to be a “blessing” to my new community by going to local businesses that are in my area and offering prayer for their concerns.

I simply go into businesses that I frequent and have made a connection with an employees or manager, tell them of my 4-6 week prayer campaign to see God move mightily in their lives and then have them fill out a note paper with their prayer requests. I tell them to please make it something that they can measure the effectiveness of my prayers. I tell them that is has to be something that they really want and something that would convince them that God is real. & I check back with them weekly.

The response has been as incredible as I expected it would be. I have 6 local businesses that have an average of 10 people that all have signed up and given me prayer requests. Some of them contain believers and some contain everything else even including atheists and agnostics.

My desire is simply this; I want to see God do a work in their lives simply to show them that He does exist & that He is alive! One of the most incredible things that you will see if you take on this task is; people want God to do something great in their lives. People want to believe that He is the all mighty. People want God to be real and to trust the almighty, but so many things in this world, including his people, have caused them to turn away. They have been broken by life situations & beaten into a Godless stupor by continuous trial that leave them with no taste for God or His way.

So my personal endeavor is to take a spiritual stand with them for the reconnection with God that is so vitally needed in every person that I have come in contact with.  As you can imagine it is time consuming & requires a lot of effort & diligence. However I really desire that God works in their lives! What is your desire for your community? Email me & let me know…. Praisemonkey@msn.com.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FuZz

Prayer Request:

• Please lift Bridge Of Hope Church in your prayers as we minister and are ministered to.
• Please pray for my strength & discipline with regard to praying for my community.
• Please search the heart of God for what it is that He wants you to do for your community.