August
2021
Dear
Praying Friends,
Last
month, I asked you to pray for three people and I wanted to give you an update
on them so you can see how God is responding to your prayers:
A. is still under conviction for his sin but in reaction to the guilt he is
feeling for his sin, he is pushing away his nephew, John. He insists that he is
satisfied with his Catholicism but reluctantly admits he has no peace nor joy.
Please continue to pray for this 89-year-old man. He is under conviction from
the Holy Spirit and it is evident that God is working in his heart to bring him
to salvation.
S. continues to come to services, more and more! She listens intently to every
message and stays afterwards listening to conversations about the Word of God,
salvation, sin and many other subjects. She is growing ever closer to salvation! Her stepmother passed away a few weeks ago
and our church was able to help her and her father during this difficult time.
She told us that she and her stepmother read the Bible together every day the
final two weeks before her mom’s death. Please continue to pray for S., that
she would truly understand her sinful condition and the salvation of the Lord
that awaits her when she repents of her sin and believes in Christ as her only
way to heaven.
The
young preacher’s wife has returned to attending church services but she stubbornly refuses to submit to the Lord’s
call upon her husband. She confessed that she just hopes he will abandon the
call of God like others have so she won’t have to be a pastor’s wife. She hides
behind her fear and inadequacies to justify her rebellion against God’s will
for their family. Please continue to pray for this young woman, that she will
truly submit to the Lord and His perfect will for their lives and that she will
quit comparing herself to others and only compare herself with the Lord Jesus
Christ.
Continuing
to pray with you,
Mark
Hale
