Thursday 25th June 2015

Hi everyone,

Today started slowly and also came with a heavy shower. By 1pm there were only 3 people. However things quickly changed and we ended up with 11 people coming through the doors. This did not include a couple who arrived at 12pm and did not realise we did not start till 1pm. They left saying they would like to return another time. Please pray they do. They had not been before.

We had 1 other new person fellowship with us today. She seemed t enjoy our time together.

We also had a guy attend who had not been for a while. He has caused some problems in the past  and can be very aggressive. However today he was really well behaved and I encouraged and affirmed him with that.

Praise God things ran relatively smoothly today.

Thanks for your prayers.

Please continue to pray for the group.

Thanks

Michael

Thursday - A hectic day 18th June 2015

Hi everyone,

Thanks for your prayers

Thursday began with me spending the morning at St Vincents hospital visiting some people

who had  recently been admitted. One of the people I visited, I found out through a woman on Tuesday

night during SHUM that he was terminally ill. She asked me to go see him because he does not have long left.

 I had met this man on the street many years ago and he had attended various events I run. I rang him on Wednesday and then visited  him yesterday morning. I don't think he has long left, probably weeks. He believes, and is trying to get closure with fractured relationships and family.

Please pray for him

 

I then rushed over to prepare for lunch and Bible study. We had just enough lunch as 16 people

came through the doors. It was very busy.

God was gracious and with such a large group many things can get out of hand easily. However they were

fairly well behaved and listened and participated in Bible study. We also had one woman who attended for the first time yesterday she was brought by a guy who attended for the first time last week.

Praise God.

Thanks and please continue to pray for the group

Michael

Thursday 11th June 2015

Hi everyone ,

Thanks for your prayers

Yesterday we had 13 people come through our doors. Out of this 13

3 of them had not been before. Unfortunately 2 of the 3 left before we began Bible study.

Despite this, the 11 we had for Bible study yesterday partcipated well and most of them were really on

the ball with the study and understanding the passage.

Please continue to pray for the group as quite a number of them are at fragile points in their lives.

Already  a few regulars have stopped coming due to the fragile nature of how they are living and what is occuring in their life. This for me is very sad,but is the reality of ministry in this enviroment.

Pray that God will work in the people who have stopped coming to know that they can return to God and he is there for them.

Pray that they will remember that they are always welcome to return whenever we are meeting.

Thanks

Michael 

Thursday 4th June 2015

Hi everyone,

Thank you for your prayers. Today 12 people attended Bible study. People were in a good state of mind and we had a good time together reading God’s word.

However one very regular lady was missing today. I was fairly sure she would not be there as she was pretty unhappy with me on Sunday. This was due to her rudeness to someone else on Sunday and her wanting my confirmation of her behaviour. From her perspective if you are not on her side you are against her.

Please pray that God will work in her to give her a spirit of forgiveness and patience.

Please also pray for another two guys who have been regular the past few months to many things but now have stopped attending. Pray that satan will not distract them from the real truth.

Thanks again for your prayer support

Michael