God gave us a house.
It is 3500 square feet, 5 bedrooms, and 3 1/2 bathrooms! It has an acre and a half. Even fruit trees!!! The layout of the house is exactly what we needed! God has been so faithful. It is half the price per square foot that houses in the area are. Such a gift from God! We are in the buying process. We have agreed on a price, and now we are in the inspection/appraisal/final approval process.
The house needs a lot of work. Just like having a baby requires labor, I believe this house will require blood, sweat, and tears, but the reward and return on the ministry of the house will only be that much greater! It is a phyiscal and spiritual investment in the Kingdom of God.
God has been so faithful! We were only looking a week and we found the house on-line! God's hand has been in this thing every step of the way.
Please pray for us as we continue to move through the process. I'll put up pics soon!
Friday, May 30, 2008
Monday, May 12, 2008
The Vision
God gave us a vision. A vision of a simple life. A life free from television, movies, and secular music. But not just for the sake of living simply, but for the sake of living pure and holy before God.
A vision of a house - a simple house - filled with life and people that live as a community to encourage one another living holy before the Lord.
A Simple House with the focus of holiness and ministry.
Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world. (James 1:27)
Pure and undefiled religion. The two greatest commandments: Love God and Love People. Showing compassion, justice, and mercy to others and keeping yourself holy before God.
Radical? yes. Extreme? yes. But God has told us to do this and we have learned that when God tells you to do something, Obey. He will take care of the details if you just obey.
Seek His Kingdom above all else.
We have the vision. We have some of the people. Now we need the house.
Please pray for us.
Here the journey begins.
A vision of a house - a simple house - filled with life and people that live as a community to encourage one another living holy before the Lord.
A Simple House with the focus of holiness and ministry.
Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world. (James 1:27)
Pure and undefiled religion. The two greatest commandments: Love God and Love People. Showing compassion, justice, and mercy to others and keeping yourself holy before God.
Radical? yes. Extreme? yes. But God has told us to do this and we have learned that when God tells you to do something, Obey. He will take care of the details if you just obey.
Seek His Kingdom above all else.
We have the vision. We have some of the people. Now we need the house.
Please pray for us.
Here the journey begins.
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