THANKSGIVING MESSAGE & PRAYER FOR ALL OF OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS!

All, we get many requests to pray for others. Whether it be to overcome illness, find a new job, comfort in times of grief, financial increase in order to pay bills, possible loss of a home, car - whatever! And we always pray when we are asked but OUR prayer is ALWAYS for GOD'S WILL TO BE DONE! We never ask for anything specifically i.e. "Please let so and so get that job" because we have learned that sometimes what WE think is best for us is not GOD'S best for us or what He wants us to have.

For example, years ago I prayed for God to intervene and help me keep my car. It was a little silver VW Golf and I had fallen behind 2 months in payments due to being laid off. I tried everything I could to keep that car! I finally found another job and with my first check had enough to catch up the payments AND even get ahead but in church my pastor, Chris Bianchi was preaching on "First Fruits" which is where you give your "first harvest" BACK to God so he can enrich your future harvest. Well I can tell you I struggled HARD with THAT! lol! But I did it and as you can guess, I "lost" the VW BUT 1 week later I was the proud new owner of an Acura 3.5RL AND had no "repo" on my credit from the VW. IT NEVER APPEARED! If I had done what I wanted to and try to keep my VW, I would not have gotten the increase God had planned for me which is why we pray for HIS WILL to be done ALWAYS!

It's hard to imagine when you're going through it that things CAN get better and that you may be able to have better than what you're trying to hold onto! But I and many others have testimonies that if DOES happen. While you are trying to hold onto to that 2 BR apartment, God may have a 5 BR HOUSE in store for you! While you're trying to hold onto to that 15 year old car, GOD may have a brand new car waiting for you! While you're trying to hold onto to that no good man/woman, GOD may have the man/woman of your dreams waiting for you so please friends, take it from us, pray ONLY for HIS WILL to be done and watch and see the change that happens in your life! Yes, you WILL go through it but you will emerge even better, happier and with increased faith! Take it from me. I’ve "lost" all my material possessions, car, apartment, relationships at various stages in my life but NOW I have a WONDERFUL husband, a beautiful home, a very nice Acura MDX and some AWESOME friends! OUR God is a God of restoration and will restore all that has been lost or taken from you if you truly believe He will and that He loves you above all else!

My prayer now is for anyone who is "going through" anything: illness, job loss, possible foreclosure, broken relationship, financial issues - whatever it may be is that GOD'S WILL be done in each and every situation and that He grants you peace, comfort, strength and wisdom. If you are going through it then feel free to stand in agreement with me with this prayer by commenting below. We pray in the name of Jesus, by the blood of Jesus and with praise and thanks that God’s Will be done in each and every situation that our friends and family may be facing right now. All of our love, thoughts and sincere wishes for good to all of you! AMEN!

Sonya and Jason Menssen