Restored by God's Love

You may remember six months ago, in April, when we asked for prayer for Fabiola’s birthday outreach we were planning.  Well, as a result of that event there is a weekly women’s meeting that one of Fabiola’s disciples is leading and hosting in her home. 

Restoration is taking place!  Broken lives are being made whole. God is revealing Himself face-to-face to the women in this group.  Week by week the women are getting closer to one another and to God.  Each week God’s love is more obvious and His voice much clearer to these ladies.  The women are going through a book study addressing their identity in Christ.  Like a rain that just dampens at first, but then in a span of time drenches, God has been persistent in His demonstration of love to these women helping them get to a place where they can comprehend and receive His love.

There are a variety of people in the group, both Christians and non-Christians.  Yet Christ is being made known.  Susana (name changed), one of the non-Christians, had never believed that there really was anything evil and thought that the devil was just a fairy tale character meant to scare us into being good.  Yet suddenly as the group was talking a light came on and Susana saw for the first time that Satan is very real and that he wants to destroy her.  The exciting part is that in that moment she came to grips with the very real, personal and loving God that wants to rescue, save and be close to her.  God has been gently calling her to Himself through this group of women.   

As the group presses in to the biblical truths of how God sees us there has been a growing enthusiasm and desire to learn more about God and the many truth’s found in the Bible.  One of the ladies shared, “I have always known that there were other women out there that were prettier than me, but now I have experienced the power in knowing that God thinks that I am beautiful.  I am not less.  I do not feel inferior to those other women.”     

“I feel God calling me. Not by force, as I have always feared, but by His love and out of His desire to take care of and watch over me.”  The power of the Truth is not just restoring these women, but they are testifying and sharing these things with others.  Please lift this women’s group and the rest of the women in our church and community up in prayer this month.  Pray with us that God’s truth would ignite their hearts ablaze and cause a wildfire to positively destroy everything – the lies, hurts and burdens – that so many are carrying and have grown accustomed to live with.  We believe that the ‘forgotten’ and ‘unloved’ will find freedom in the Truth and rise-up and live out the great calling that God is drawing them into. 

Our faith is growing and so is the church that we are planting!  Thank you for partnering with us as we continue to minister here in the city.  God is taking the hand of these young women and giving them a place to walk out and share His holy love and presence.

In Christ’s amazing and abounding love,

Chad & Fabiola