To My Prayer Partners
RE: Summer Mission Trip
This letter is an urgent prayer request to my prayer partners! I have received an invitation to minister and do a pastor’s conference on the Northwest District Church of the Nazarene in Rwanda, Africa, July 26 to August 11, 2007. I need your prayers.
I have teamed up with my daughter Sandra Lucas who is a professional counselor. As you know, Rwanda has suffered greatly due to the genocide in 1994 and due to the AIDS epidemic that is sweeping through the country. The church in Rwanda is caring for over 350 orphan children, 134 of them are head of their households. Sandra and three other young women will be going to teach the leaders in Rwanda how to use play therapy to heal trauma in children. This is Sandra’s specialty. They will also be doing a VBS. I will be ministering to the pastors and evangelists, and holding a conference for them.
We have raised our expenses for our hotel and air fare for the trip. However, we were also wanting to give some money to the district in Rwanda to set up their very own counseling center equipped with their very own play therapy room to be used for years to come. You can imagine our surprise when the district superintendent wrote yesterday and said that it would cost $11,000 to build a counseling center. As a team we began to get discouraged. And yet, we know that if God wants this counseling center to happen, he will provide the funds miraculously.
As I was in prayer about this, I realized how we manage our money reflects our heart, our values, our character and how we live our lives. I felt impressed to write my prayer partners and share this need and ask for your prayers and support. If the Lord lays this need on your heart, your help of any amount before July 24, 2007 would be an answer to prayer and would be appreciated by the hurting and broken children of Rwanda.
Thank you for being a prayer partner with me.
Your Brother in Christ,
John David Hicks
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Thank you for your prayers and support.
Your Brother in Christ,
John David Hicks
I recommend the book Exploring the Spirit of Adoption. Pastor and adoptive
father Dennis Nice shows how adoption was never Plan B with our heavenly Father.
It was His plan from before the foundations of the world. Discover the healing
from rejection, insecurity, and uncertainty that is available to you through an
understanding of your inclusion in the heavenly family. To order, go to:
www.healingthefatherless.com.
Thank you for your prayers and support.
Your Brother in Christ,
John David Hicks
Do you know what gets me up in the morning? The thought of telling someone about Jesus! Those who are in bondage to sin, sickness, or the devil, I get to set them free! Jesus has commissioned me to disciple, encourage, and bless others. “You are to open their eyes and turn them from the darkness to the light and from the power of Satan to God, so that through their faith in me they will have their sins forgiven and receive their place among God’s chosen people” (Acts 26:18 GNT).
What a privilege to enter into the joy of the Lord (Matthew 25:23)! No, I’m not going to retire. Thanks for your prayers and support.
Your Brother in Christ,
John David Hicks
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In doing God’s work, be sure you are doing His will. The difference is between God’s leading and your leading. One is blessed. “I am the Vine, you are the branches. When you’re joined with me and I with you, the relation intimate and organic, the harvest is sure to be abundant. Separated, you can’t produce a thing” (John 15:5 The Message).
Thank you for your prayers and support.
Your Brother in Christ,
John David Hicks
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In doing God’s work, be sure you are doing His will. The difference is between God’s leading and your leading. One is blessed. “I am the Vine, you are the branches. When you’re joined with me and I with you, the relation intimate and organic, the harvest is sure to be abundant. Separated, you can’t produce a thing” (John 15:5 The Message).
Thank you for your prayers and support.
Your Brother in Christ,
John David Hicks
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What a wonderful harvest of victory in every church I ministered in this past year. Remember that one person plants and another waters, but God gives the increase, “for we are God’s fellow workers” (1 Corinthians 3:9 NKJV). Your planting and watering with your prayers and gifts make it possible for me to minister and for God to produce a great harvest. May the Lord of Christmas continue to bless you throughout the new year.
Your Brother in Christ,
John David Hicks
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"Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again—rejoice! Let everyone see that you are considerate in all you do. Remember, the Lord is coming soon. Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. If you do this, you will experience God’s peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 4:4-7 NLT).
Thank you for your prayers and support.
Your Brother in Christ,
John David Hicks
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“And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:19).
A poor widow, living in the Ozarks of Arkansas, was called on by her pastor who heard she was in need. She complained of her condition. The pastor asked if her son helped her. “He writes me every month and sends me a piece of paper that has a picture on it with my name.” The pastor asked to see the letters. He found more than 50 letters. In each letter was a money order for more than a thousand dollars.
Is that your condition? God has promised to supply all your need. But have you claimed it? David found God faithful: “I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. This poor man called, and the LORD heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles” (Psalm 34:4-6).
Thank you for your prayers and support.
Your Brother in Christ,
John David Hicks