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In one month I am headed back to Cuba for another mission trip and to support the FCA sports ministry there.  Please pray for the resources needed for this trip.  Pray for the plans to come together.  Pray for each person who will be involved.


I am grateful for all the Lord is doing.  Have you experienced any answered prayers lately?  Think about that.


Answers come every day, but too often we are not watching for the answers God gives.  We pray and move on with little or no expectation.  Let’s change that.  Let’s expect God to show up and do amazing things.


Last Sunday we finished our series “Get to Know the Shepherd”, and I would like to give you just a few take aways that came attached to some of the verses I shared.  These are only a few, but I am so grateful for what God tells us in the Bible.  I am expecting these to remind you of your faith and to help us expect even more from our great God.


1 Peter 5:7 NLT

“Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.”


He cares, and He is ready care for us each and every day.  Take Him up on that promise.  


Hebrews 13:20  NLT  

Now may the God of peace— who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, and ratified an eternal covenant with his blood—


He is not only the God of peace but ready to give us peace.  His gift of life, spiritual life, is what the great Shepherd came for.  The promise is on going.


1 Peter 2:25  NLT  

Once you were like sheep who wandered away. But now you have turned to your Shepherd, the Guardian of your souls.


That once that has changed for me.  I pray it has changed for you.  He has gathered us to himself, He guards us like a shepherd does so well and He is for us every day.


2 Peter 1:4  NLT  

And because of his glory and excellence, he has given us great and precious promises. These are the promises that enable you to share his divine nature and escape the world’s corruption caused by human desires.


Great promises.  Do you get that?  Right in the middle of chaos, struggle, uncertain days and times is when those promises come alive for His children and the world.   May we trust Him and His promises.  May we expect more!


If you would like to help with the Cuba mission trip, please reach out to me through text or email (pastormh@gmail.com).  I am expecting God to show up in many ways!

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