“Whether it is grace for salvation, grace for sanctification, grace for service, grace for suffering, grace to keep us singing, grace to govern our speech, or grace for any other need, we experience it by believing God, believing that we need His grace, that he has enough available to help us, that He is willing to share it with us, and that it will be adequate to transform our burdens into blessings.” (Strauss 171)
Strauss’ comment about enough grace is a challenge. The real problem for many of us is not the challenges and difficulties. The real problem is whether we believe we really need God’s grace, whether we believe His grace is sufficient and whether we are willing to humbly ask for His grace. Pray that God will continue to impact us all with the need for and sufficiency of His grace.
Slab for House One
Praise God with us that the construction of new missionary homes here in Parakou is going well. The foundations have been finished and currently bricks for the walls are being made. Lord willing in the near future the walls will start going up.
Continue to pray for the shortwave license and NGO status. For the last couple of weeks things have been a bit quite on this front, although in the next couple of weeks TWR will make some efforts to continue moving these things forward.
We praise God that we had a good time with our kids while they were on break from RVA. Continue to pray for them as they attend boarding school. Continue to pray for Donna and I as we parent from afar.
References
Strauss, R. L. (1984). The Joy of Knowing God. Neptune, NJ: Loizeaux Brothers.