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Psalms 27:14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Many times it is hard to wait for anything being a spoiled American, and many of our ways do not line up with Gods plus we think we need to understand everything, but we don’t. So I just wait, knowing I really need God to strengthen my heart.
The Lawson’s in Greece were hit by a semi Monday and have serious neck pain and other complications, please pray for them.
I keep praying for all the people who had tragedies last year and for many different needs around the world. Paula’s mom has been in the hospital (please pray for her) and our days have been very busy helping other needs, trying to organize schedules and keeping school on track. Praise the Lord another man was saved in the jail Tuesday night! And we have most of the details worked out for our trip down south next week.
We have scheduled a few mission conferences too this spring and pray the Lord will continue to fill every need. We are so blessed and marvel at all God does daily, just waiting to get back to Romania! Blessed paul www.Jesusisworthy.com
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1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Never in vain in the Lord and promised to bear fruit, what a joy when God is in everything!
Saturday visitation always seems to bring someone to church Sunday one way or another, and Sunday a good friend from our bus ministry many years ago joined the church, then that afternoon one of the retirement homes has grown to 40+ regular attendants and what a blessing we had there.
Doing all the ministries we did long ago comes natural and we seen some men repent and trust Christ, Tuesday night at the jail and many more see Gods salvation is forever. Then today I preached to the public High school teens in the morning and the JR. High this afternoon. Wish I could take our home church to Romania to work there for a while. The devil fights but to have a church family that serves together is great and God is pleased when we are stedfast, unmovable, always abounding in the Lords work, amen. blessed Paul www.Jesusisworthy.com
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John 15:15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
I like hearing from others and how they are doing; it makes me know they consider me a friend. Communication is essential for real friendship and reading our Bible and going to church is how the Lord speaks to us and we should talk to Him all the time. Are you a good friend to Him?
On bus visitation a young man came and was saved Sunday, pray for Eric and his family. New years our family had the flu and I got it yesterday and was not able to preach at the jail. Been doing a lot of web page searching and contacting churches trying to schedule this spring and things are all coming together. Another new church sent a support check and others will as the Lord leads. We will return in May and hope to have some VBS ministries village to village and help some other missionaries with theirs too this summer.
Looking forward to a great year, souls being saved and making many more friends! I do not write like I should personally to some but you are very important to us, and when we think of you we are blessed, paul www.Jesusisworthy.com
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Philippians 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
Just came home through some very bad weather from a very good meeting at Pastor Staub’s church in Dearborn Heights MI., took some clothes for brother Hicks homeless ministry from our home church and picked up some more books from Pastor Stringer, seen many friends and supporting Pastors and best of all heard some great preaching. The theme was walking with God through the valleys and I asked the Lord several times if I am in one because I feel such peace right now with the will of God, His purpose in everything and our future desires in Europe.
Truth is this year has had much turmoil but the last two months things have been calm and bountiful, even had the sweetest dinners ever with my immediate family on Saturday and all of Paula’s on Tuesday. Everyone enjoyed it all so.
Mike Haley came up with his kids Wednesday and Thursday we went sledding, a snow ball fight and bowling. Tom Isaacson is sent out of their church and had emergency surgery replacing a disc in his neck last week so he cannot return to Romania for another month, pray he heals fine.
Was asked to pray for missionaries in Kenya and elections this week, so many battles around the world. Missionaries don’t get to go to preachers meetings much if ever on the field but God is faithful to encourage, send one a note soon. Our country has always fought for freedom and we need to stand firm and fight for others freedom from sin, the devil and hell. Jesus paid the price and we want to be our best for Jesus too! Serving where we can, paul www.Jesusisworthy.com
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John 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
What a wonderful verse that needs no interpretation. Saved through Him! What peace it brings when someone leaves this life for eternal life with God, a new body and to behold the glory of Jesus Christ, to be with Him, wow!
Seems like this season can be hard for many and we need to pray for one another being around so many who need to be saved. Then there are loved ones who because of Jesus are alive forever, but we long to be with them too.
A 38 yr. old missionary from the Ukraine (Brian Higgins) went to glory last week; please pray for his wife (Tanya) and 4 children. And Pastor Lowe’s wife (Helen) from Scottsburg IN. went home also, may we all be faithful unto death.
Met a Romanian family this week in Sturgis and invited them to church, and started another email campaign to look for new supporting Churches. Pray you all have a wonderful Christmas and may God use us to show someone of their great need to be saved through Jesus. God sent Him and we get to tell the whole story to those who have not heard. comforted paul
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Philippians 3:20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
Can what we talk about be repeated in heaven? I sure do like talking about heaven! Every nursing home message winds up about being with Jesus and Tuesday night in the county jail the first inmate I talked with said he was JW and the other men encouraged him to get me with his knowledge. That’s why you study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed. I like a good challenge, makes me think and dig and God shows Himself strong in grace and truth, many hearts were touched and lies put to silence.
Our Pastor has us staying put for a while and we have been visiting old friends, wayward church family and the preaching in Sturgis has been great. Pray as we try to help build the bus routes up and I would like to see a friend get back in the Hispanic ministry and for God to build a good church for them here. We miss Romania but are thankful for faithful ones there walking on till we return.
Been doing some remodeling on our old house (easy to tear up, just need to put it all back togetherJ) hope to use it for the ministry in the future and getting the kids school all strait. Pray I get back on the phone and start scheduling meetings for 2008. We did get a new family photo out and will make some new prayer cards with it. Pray for our families, so many need to be saved. Thanks paul
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By faith… Hebrews11:4,5,7,8,9,17,20,21,22,23,24,27,29,30,31
If we do anything pleasing to God it would be a result of faith. We should feed our faith and get fat in works, amen! An e-mail devotional this week I enjoy said God is the prize, not His gifts and I’m glad to be a winner.
Please continue to pray for Annabeth, (the Prangers granddaughter) and her family. Ester Joy Travis is back in Oklahoma with her family and God has thousands praying. Is it not a wonder to talk to the creator of all and know Him as your Father. Mary Gray is undergoing radiation in Australia while her husband maintains the work in New Guinea and Pastor Staub in Dearborn MI. has been diagnosed with bone marrow cancer, his desire is the furtherance of the gospel.
We pray in faith too. Saved, serving, praying, witnessing, and living all for our saviour who gave all to us. I know He died for others too and so many have never had someone tell them. Blind minds, open there eyes with Gods word.
Thankful for your prayers, paul
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Matthew 9:37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;
I am overwhelmed this week with the amount of work that could be done. Had a wonderful service in Dershida and rested a few days before going to Budapest. Spent the day speaking with Pastor Frauenhofer and then speaking at their church that evening. What a nice family who are tender to God doing what they can. Spent much time in prayer this week looking at the amount of lost people everywhere and realizing we are hardly scratching the surface.
Almost every missionary I know is greatly limited by funds and most churches struggle too but truly the greatest need in every work is labourers. What would happen if everyone would do something? What could we do to encourage one another to do more or to make more of a difference in each one of our churches?
Ask your pastor if you can! Bless him, your church and most you’re Saviour.
At the gate in Frankfort a mormon missionary sat down and asked me for a pen, and I went about praising God for all He (God) has done and how great it is to know I’m going to heaven and all my sin is forgiven, and she did not want to talk with me about Jesus. What is it with people who name the name of Christ but don’t like to talk about Him? God says they need to seriously consider their faith and whether they even know Him, and even more important if He knows you.
A man who preaches, teaches in a bible school whom I was discussing the great need told me when I finish saving Romania I can go save the world. He said he was joking but his heart is not right toward me and it hurt. I do so little, and only Jesus saves. Will you serve Him so He can save others?
Help others, if I can help anyone please let me know. Willing paul
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Matthew 16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Here is another fine example of who is a true follower of Jesus Christ. He says we would have to come after Him, deny our self, and take up our cross, and then follow Him, that thins it down a bit. Many of you need to just follow on.
What a great time in Romania, the family and a vision of doing so much here gives me a desire to go back to the states and do more deputation. Been busy everyday and the van is in need of serious repairs again so we bought a car for the ministry from our friend we rent from, she is going to invest the money in the apt so we should have a kitchen and bath when we return, Lord willing. Micu told me that he received Christ last spring when Louis and I confronted him. I knew he was under great conviction and then we came stateside that week.
Everything seems to be going good, the devil doesn’t like it but he is not in control, amen. Jim Pranger from Russia asks prayer for his granddaughter, she has been in the hospital. I have heard good reports from many fellowship meetings here and sorry we missed them. Glad God is encouraging the missionaries in the fields. We have another one leaving and it seems to be very regular, I often wonder what happen to the sheep? So thankful for Louis following the Lord and meeting the need in Nasaud. Be willing, faithful and true.
Everywhere we go the ladies ask for Paula and send all their love and pray she returns soon. So many people would like a friend who makes them feel loved; we all should be one to everyone.
Once again I wrote details of our days here under trip (next week) and posted at www.Jesusisworthy.com I scheduled our return Thanksgiving Day thinking it was the following week. Guess we eat turkey on the plane. Please pray all goes well.
Blessed paul
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We sure appreciate all your prayers and support for the work in Romania. We had a great flight back and Tom and Robin Isaacson have been a great blessing in Shimleu. Stopped in and seen the Nibbe’s and our friends at the church in Cluj and Shannon spent the week with the Lawrence’s. The auditorium is looking great and everyone is busy.
It was wonderful to be with the people in Nasaud and our family in Petris Sunday evening. We did get the church room rented till summer and our apt. too. Louis killed a big rat that was eating our stuff while we were cleaning and I moved the electronics to their apt to stay warm this winter and started stocking their wood supply.
Working on the van and having a breakdown on the road already brought back many memories. We did go in one market with bibles and plan on several next week Lord willing. The people are everywhere here and most are lost without Christ. I do not see but very few missionaries doing what they can where they are. I wonder about the village people throughout Europe?
We need to keep preaching the gospel to everyone! I put more details of our days on the web page if you’re interested. www.Jesusisworthy.com burdened, paul
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Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Colossians 3:2
God gives us such good direction. We are thankful (even though the family is not return this fall as planned) that all is at rest and God has blessed us so. So many others to pray for and help any way we can. Always people to visit and try to witness to. Had a great day with release time were we get the junior and Senor High school and eat, play games and have a church service with them. I preached on God’s gifts, the greatest is Jesus His Son and eternal life through Him.
Sunday preached on hearing God, then seeing God, at 5 on sticking to the gospel and then having the right burden at our home church in Sturgis. Many visitors came and several who have not been to our church for a while. It was a good day. The week before Paula lead a 12 year old girl to the Lord in the evening service.
Sending this early because Friday we’ll be flying into Budapest and then driving into Romania Lord willing. Hope to get our apt. and church room secure till May and fix our van so they can continue the village works till we return. Also to encourage everyone to do all now for our lives are short and so is time so we need to do all we can while we can.
When I return after Thanksgiving I will concentrate on Scheduling meetings for next year. If anyone would like us to come by please drop me an email. I did put some of the illustrations with balloons and stuff on our web page and a few helps for missionaries, if you have any good object lessons or know of anything to help missions let me know. Will try to keep adding to these pages and a page on doctrines in salvation and confusion caused but improper teachings. Pray it will be a help to many and we all just contend for the faith. Blessed paul
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Matthew 28:19-20 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Keep praying for Esther Joy, I tried to take some balloons over for her birthday but they won’t allow latex, her siblings are back in Oklahoma City while her parents stay in Cleveland till she can go too.
Been to a whole bunch of mission conferences, around great missionaries and the preaching has been saturating my soul. Listening to Phil Stringer this week and if every pastor had his perspective it would sure change things. He figures the solution to every church problem is take on more missionaries.
Every church is commanded to preach to every nation and what little we are doing is hardly making a scratch. It is more blessed to give but we are afraid God will leave us broke. Remember He says die to live, loose to save, and give to have. I know the sacrifice of many but I always get stirred to do more.
Go to a bunch of mission conferences and listen to what is in our creator’s book. Then try waddling through life without wanting to do everything you can to get the truth of Gods complete salvation to a dying world that has no hope without Jesus Christ. Pray for laborers and go bring someone to church.
I would rather quit grieving the Spirit and just surrender, give everything to God and live for things above, for His glory. Ahh… paul
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Ephesians 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
I have seen many prayer request this last week. A missionary Family Adam and Jennifer Travis’s 4 year old daughter was found to have cancer last week and they really need your prayers. I put a photo and more info on our web page.
Dennis Corle of Revival Fires is at court with the IRS next week, we need to pray. I spoke with Earl Jessup yesterday and he is healing up and just preached for the first time since his accident and appreciates your prayers.
Now I do not know these folks personally or their groups but don’t think they are false teachers like the union works overseas. However I do know some men think everyone is a heretic but their bunch. What if we could see each bunch through Gods eyes? That would be interesting. God does not look at you like we look at others, praise the Lord!
Now we continue to go and preach and look forward to one last mission’s conference then speaking all day at Sturgis Baptist Church on the 28th. 10am, 11.am. DVD presentation at 5pm and final message at 6pm if you are in this area please come.
Really excited about Shannon and I returning for 3 weeks to Romania, and then I get the pleasure of scheduling meetings next year. Will take any referrals we can get. They do help and we do want to get back to the work there in May.
Persevere and supplicate for all, amen blessed paul www.Jesusisworthy.com
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Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Philippians 4:8
Easy to preach and practice several times in a day but what about all the time? Starting mission conference time and it has been a great week! The church in Sioux City Iowa started monthly support, then in Fort Dodge I was loved on all week but most by our Father who sent many a messenger to me. Gil Anger is worth a long drive to hear and God gave Doug Fisher a message just for me that I need to take to heart till we get to heaven.
Now I know the politics of name dropping but Oh well, I know God and Marvin Smith is been given a great local church in a very needy Fort Dodge and is a preacher with a message you need to hear too.
Back to MI. to see the family (Ahhh) and Paula and I are in Warren at another great meeting, then this weekend the family is going toward Port Huron. We will be together till I go to Romania the 1st of Nov.
Please pray for a boy from the church in Dersheda who was kicked in the face by a horse yesterday, Mary Grey with cancer in New Guinea, and for my friend Darren to feel the strength of thousands of your prayers; you make a difference in this world. So blessed, paul
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God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Acts 17:24
I have been thinking much the last few weeks on the fact that God made it all, and this is our Fathers world. That brings peace to all turmoil.
Shannon and I really have had some wonderful meetings. In Seward NE. they had revival with many co-workers coming, being saved and baptized right before we came and God moved many hearts to service too. Then in Salina KS. We had a great time and I even did JR church, (precious memoriesJ) and they started monthly support. The mass email last week already has reaped meetings too.
Then Shannon spent a few days with her Aunt while I went to a preachers meeting in SD. Found out the Mercedes was good for getting pulled over and searched as a drug runners car, all the trooper got was a lot of stories of how great God is.
Then back wandering Iowa before once again heading for our family in MI. Many pastors and fiends tell me they read these reports and enjoy them, plus pray for those mentioned. If you would rather not receive it please just block or let me know. I am only spamming Gods people to my knowledge for prayer and praise. I know His will for our family and we are just following Gods heart for a perishing people in His world and trying to encourage others.
THANKS! paul
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