1 Timothy 6:17-19

Tell those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which will soon be gone. But their trust should be in the living God who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment. Tell them to use their money to do good. They should be rich in works and give generously to those in need, always being ready to share with others whatever God has given them. By doing this they will be storing up their treasure as a good foundation for the future so that they may take hold of real life.

I was reading out of the Smith Wigglesworth devotional the other day and the scripture reading for the day was 1 Timothy 6. The whole chapter is good, but God just really spoke to me through verses 17 through 19. I liked these scriptures so much that I immediately wrote them on a piece of paper and taped them to our wall. 

You see, to be honest, I have this huge desire to help people with their finances, and I questioned whether God could use this desire with me here on the mission field. Like, how can I help other people with their money problems if we are just completely walking by faith in our finances. 

God can definitely make my desire to spread the gospel and my desire to teach finance work together. This scripture in 1 Timothy 6 tells me that. It's not just people in North America who have money issues, but people need financial direction all over the world. 

I love how this scripture takes out of the picture the money we make on our own. It pretty much says to use that money to do God's works and He will take care of you through His surplus. I love that! It says that our "Living God gives us all we need for our enjoyment". He doesn't give to us just so we can survive, but He gives to us for our enjoyment. Hallelujah!

We have already learned in our short time so far on the mission field that the blessings that come from God NEVER run dry. Our bank account may show a shortage, but as we spend that money it just doesn't seem to run out. God is so good. 

Thank you to everyone back home. I am not sure that we could be here living out the dreams of God for our life if it wasn't for God using YOU to support us and pray for us. 

Covenant Relationship

Hello everyone just wanted to give a quick update of what is going on in Sriracha, Thailand with the Foster Family. First to start off, Dawn is doing great! She is teaching English to my fellow classmates. She is such an amazing wife and I am so blessed to have her apart of my life with God. Sailor is doing just fine. She is loved by Thai people and is always getting free food everywhere she goes. She is growing up so fast. Finally me, I am in my fourth week of classes, where actually my dad is teaching Modern Church Movements and it is going great. So I hope to get in touch with some of you soon.

My first class at VBCI was my Hebrews class. It was a very exciting subject of study, which focused mainly on having a covenant relationship with God. As a christian we should be and are righteous. We are right with God, that is the basic definition of righteousness. God has called us to be in covenant relationship with Him as mature christians. When you make a contract or agreement with someone, you don't have to worry if that person will come through on his or her end of the deal. We need to be the same way with God. Being in a covenant relationship you are promised the blessings of God, but only by doing our parts that He has asked of us. What is our part of the covenant? Our part of the covenant is to believe and act on His word. God is a faithful and just God. If we do our part of the covenant, He will do His part. A covenant will give you the assurance of things hoped for. It helps our faith grow stronger, and we are promised  a life of abundance through covenant. Whatever is promised in the Bible we have the right to it, because of the covenant it is legally ours. 

Thank all of you who have prayed for our family, God is going to do great things through yours and our lives.