answered prayer..

Answered prayer!! :D We were supposed to have paid $675 each as partial payment for our trip to Ukraine by LAST friday. At this point, we have next to no money for the trip. Today we found out that our deadline has been extended to the 15th of September! Thank you Lord! We are trusting you, waiting to see what's up your sleeve!

Now faith it the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen.

Heb. 11:1

Hebrews talks about the "great cloud of witnesses" that have gone before us, people of great faith. Noah, Joseph, Moses, Abraham, Jacob, the list goes on. Hebrews 12: 1 says that since they surround us, we can "lay aside every weight", looking to Jesus so we don't become "weary and discouraged in our souls" (v.3) Their recorded victories become a source for our strength! I'm sure when they were going through all of their hardships they weren't thinking of how it would help us, but God was! :D

Today, my goal is to be like Abraham:

"He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He has promised He was also able to perform."

Rom. 4:20-21

We have HOPE!!!

"Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us."

Rom. 5:5

Jesus is our living hope, we have no reason to doubt. He will not disappoint! 1Thess. 5:24 says, "He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it."

"Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments."

Deut. 7:9

HE is God, faithful, living hope.

Who better in whom to trust??

one day at a time,

Darcie.