Intercessors

Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? Any comfort from his love? Any fellowship together in the Spirit? Are your hearts tender and compassionate? Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose. Phillippians 2:1-2

Yes, we know that there is encouragement in Christ, comfort from His love, and fellowship together! So we ask that you continue to be one with us in Christ Jesus?

HOUSE-PARENTS

Harding's with the boys. The painting and stuff will be done tonight.

Swafford's leading the girls home. Pray that they will continue to grow together as a family.

Candy Davids with Julie.

RESIDENTS

Christian – regarding managing his time between school, studies & his love of music.

Jessyca – has a month to train Stargazer for the Mustang Makeover. She continues to grow in her relationship with the horse & with God. 

Jessyca hard at work

 

Brittany – working alongside of Candy in the kitchen doing an outstanding job. She is looking forward to graduating in December.

Julie – understanding & appropriating forgiveness in her relationships.

Marissa – intense spiritual battle for her to keep her eyes on the Lord & choosing to trust the Lord with her future.

Anna – her heart to be drawn to the Lord & her relationships with family would grow stronger.

Jayvon – would grow in his ability to trust the staff & that he would understand God’s overwhelming love for him.

Justin – would face the lies that feel very true to him & begin to chose to believe the Truth.

Stevie – would come to know Jesus, begin to heal from the hurts of his past & build a relationship with his house dad, Mr. Dave.

Hunter – begin to deal with the hurt & anger in his life.

Luke – learning the ropes & beginning school.

Thanks for praying for our finances. We opened the mail today and we had enough to pay bills. Our needs are being met on a daily basis. We are thankful. I think this may be more about us trusting God when the bank account is low. Please pray that we will keep our eyes fixed on Jesus and not the numbers.

I want to thank each one of you and let you know this: We know when you pray for us and we deeply appreciate your prayers. Few in this world will ever know how much your prayers bless us and continually hold up our arms. You are wonderful!

Your friend,

Dwayne

note: Some friends of Glenhaven have asked me about my use of The Message Bible in emails and letters. So in case there are more of you who wonder about that here is my response...

First - I always welcome the opportunity to answer any question about our ministry. So always feel free to ask. Second - Recognizing that your prayers are vital to what we do, my desire is that our communications with you be uplifting and encouraging. I think that The Message helps do that.

Glenhaven Prayer Partners

Intercessors,

All you saints! Sing your hearts out to God! Thank him to his face!

He gets angry once in a while, but across a lifetime there is only love. The nights of crying your eyes out give way to days of laughter. ...

You did it: you changed wild lament into whirling dance; You ripped off my black mourning band and decked me with wildflowers.

I’m about to burst with song; I can’t keep quiet about you. God, my God, I can’t thank you enough. Psalm 30:5-6, 11-12

Do you ever sit in awe and wonder at the majesty of God? Consider the myriad of galaxies, each one made up of billions of stars. Even our own sun almost 10,000 degrees Farenheit and God breathed it from his mouth. AWESOME! Do you ever contemplate the mystery of the cross? How does He love us, so? Why would He send His son to die? Would you or would I send our son or daughter to die for another? Maybe for a friend, but for an enemy? AMAZING! Do these thoughts ever make you, like David, burst into song? I am in awe when I consider all the works of His Hands!

It is incredibly challenging to show God to our kids in the midst of their circumstances. All of us here have a deep desire to lead each one of our kids first to a saving knowledge of Jesus and then to disciple them in His Life. Please pray that we are able to reach beyond their hurt and into their lives.

Remember each of our kids - Matt, Christian, Erika, Jessyca, Brittany, Julie, Marissa, Javon, Justin, Anna, Stevie, & Hunter

Christian, baby Brighton, and Matt

Christian starting college.

Matt will be leaving us this month.

Erika returned home earlier this month.

Jessyca is working hard with Stargazer, her mustang.

Brittany is a senior this year. She will be in a work/study program this fall. She will graduate in December.

Julie would trust God with her emotions and her future.

Marissa is constantly challenged to stand-up for Christ, because she is very spiritually motivated. But like most of us she has some growing to do.

Anna would come to know Jesus and begin to trust the staff here.

Javon would come to know Jesus and trust Him with his anger.

Justin would begin to trust Jesus and operate within his declaration of faith.

Stevie would come to know Jesus and begin to heal from the hurts of his past.

Hunter will learn to become a man of God and will learn to lean on His Savior, Jesus Christ.

We have included a sentence about each of our kids so you be able to better pray for each one. We hope this helps.

One More Thing, but it is very important. . . This is typically our slowest time of year financially. We ask that you pray, not just for our finances, but more importantly for us, the staff.

PRAY:

That we will all see where we need to make corrections in our attitudes toward one another, in our use of resources, and in our individual relationships with God and His Son, Jesus.

That we will seek to know Him and trust Him only, during this time of austerity. Thank You!

Your friend,

Dwayne