Feliz Navidad y Feliz Ano Nuevo!
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
We are just a few days out from being in Peru! Time flies!
We want to THANK YOU for those who have made a financial gift towards this trip! If you gave through Helping Hands, we DO NOT know who you are unless you let us know directly. So if we have not said thank you, this is why! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!!! Muchos gracias!
THANK YOU to those who have offered to pray while we are in Peru and those who are praying for us now! The prayers are being felt. The fear is gone! Praise God! I still have a tad of anxiety, but I think that's just because we leave soon. But Phil 4:6 is what I've been standing on this week, just in case! Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. I give thanks for you who have been such an encouragement to us and supporting us however the Lord has led you. That means everything to us! I am thankful because I have really seen God's faithfulness in this! His provision for every detail. He doesn't miss a thing! I am thankful that I know God is with us and He is in this. He has given us no reason to doubt and every reason to believe that He is who says He is! Praise the Lord - Alabado sea Dios!
If I can get online, I will write a post from Peru to let you know what's going on with us!
Please continue to pray for us and James the guy we are going with - traveling mercies - safe & smooth flights - luggage arrives with us on all flights and anything else related to flying. Please pray for health - that God will sustain me/us and that He even increases energy and endurance levels and no sickness! Please pray that the Lord uses us mightily and that we make an impact that will influence the Peruvians towards a deep(er) relationship with Jesus!
Thank you again and again and again for all you have done!
Our prayer for you:
May the Lord bless you and keep you.
May the Lord make his face to shine upon you,
and be gracious to you.
May the Lord lift up his countenance upon you,
and give you peace!
May God Bless You!!
Que Dios los bendiga!
Adios Amigos
Ken & Michele Cole
This is how you can give if the Lord so leads you:
Tax deductible donations can be made by visiting:
1. https://www.hhmin.org/make_donation_projects.php, select Ministry Projects, then use drop down box Ken & Michele Cole - Want InSight?
2. Or you can donate through my medical account, select Medical Projects, then Michele Cole.
3. Non tax deductible donations can be made directly to us by:
4. Paypal - account is michele@wantinsight.com
5. Send check to our home. Please contact us for the address.
Any donations made through Helping Hands will be anonymous. If you want us to know that you supported us through them, please let us know personally. Thank YOU
Also - reminder of some events coming up next year!!!
JANAURY 2012
James Horan of Fresh Mercy Ministries will be here in January 21. We will be hosting him at our home to teach and minister. You can check him out at www.freshmercy.com. If you are interested in this event, please email me as seating is limited.
We will also be hosting another Shelf Reliance Food Storage show January 28. www.shelfreliance.com. If you are interested in attending, please email me.
FEBRUARY 2012
Jerry Baysinger of Life Healing Ministries http://lifehealingministries.us/ will be here February 18th. We will be hosting him at our home to teach and minister. God has used him mightily in the area of healing!! If you are interested in attending this event, please email me as seating is limited.
Working on booking Ray Hildebrand www.rayhildebrand.com for March.
Working on booking Bob Sorge again in April.
Monday, December 26, 2011
Monday, December 19, 2011
Fear not! I am with you in Peru!
Can you believe that we leave for Peru next week?
This past week I've been chewing on Proverbs 16:3 from the Amplified Bible - Roll your works upon the Lord (commit and trust them wholly to Him; He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable to His will, and) so shall your plans be established and succeed. I have to say I've been struggling with the trust part. As you have read in previous posts, for me going to Peru is quite out of my comfort zone. I'm sure I'm going to love the people and love what God does there. That's not my fear. The fear is really irrational - fear of the unknown, I guess. Which equates to, do I trust God? Will He protect me? Will He keep me from harm? Will He provide my needs (ok and my comforts)?
God's Word is clear. He will never leave us nor forsake us. He even gave me this Scripture to meditate on and take comfort in: Acts 18:9-11 One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.” So Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God. The Lord has brought people around me/us this past month to speak into our lives, to share what they know, their experiences in traveling to a foreign land. Most has been comforting and encouraging. My logical mind knows all will be ok, but yet I still allow fear and unbelief to enter. And yet, God is so patient and loving and intentional to point me towards His Truth!
Let's get back to the Scripture I shared at the beginning of this post. The Lord is teaching me (I'm a slow learner) to commit (trust, pledge, to put God in charge) of this trip. Trust Him completely and then my thoughts (these fearful thoughts) will change and line up with HIs thoughts (renewing my mind, choosing to say I trust You God instead of dwelling on the fears) and then the plans that we have in Peru will be established and set in place and will succeed. And to me succeed means - God will have His way and the love of Jesus will flow out of us and into those who need a touch from the Lord. God is using this trip to help me face my fears and overcome, because we overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony!! We are more than conquerors!
Peru facts:
There is 60% un/under employment because jobs are hard to find. Peru is considered one of the poorest countries in the world. There are 9 million people in Lima, Peru - that is more than New York City!!!!!
Rapid population growth
Limited space for city expansion (location in a valley, limited to the east by the Pacific Ocean, to the west by the Andes)
Informal way of urban development, in which people settle on the land before it even has been developed
Division of Lima into 43 separate districts, each with its own mayor and municipality (making joined decisions very difficult)
Undeveloped or even missing infrastructure and poverty in poorer areas and slums
Immense traffic without proper public transport system
Heavy air pollution
Lack of rain
Social inequality
Our prayer is that we will touch every person that God wants us to touch and that they will know the love of Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit will overtake them! We want to see the fire of God burn the hearts of each soul and they will follow Jesus with radical obedience!
Again, we want to THANK YOU to all of you who have supported us financially. If you gave through Helping Hands, we do not know who you are (that is ok - unless you want us to know). So, we are saying THANK YOU here and that your gift is greatly appreciated. We are still short a sizeable amount but believe God will provide to the last penny.
THANK YOU to all who are praying for us and who have offered to pray for us during our trip. I will be sending out a prayer letter in the next week for specific things. If you would like to pray for us, please let me know.
This is how you can give if the Lord so leads you:
Tax deductible donations can be made by visiting:
1. https://www.hhmin.org/make_donation_projects.php, select Ministry Projects, then use drop down box Ken & Michele Cole - Want InSight?
2. Or you can donate through my medical account, select Medical Projects, then Michele Cole.
3. Non tax deductible donations can be made directly to us by:
4. Paypal - account is michele@wantinsight.com
5. Send check to our home. Please contact us for the address.
Any donations made through Helping Hands will be anonymous. If you want us to know that you supported us through them, please let us know personally. Thank YOU
Ken and I thank you for being part of us as we walk into what God is asking of us!!
Also - reminder of some events coming up next year (that's only two weeks away).
JANAURY 2012
James Horan of Fresh Mercy Ministries will be here in January 21. We will be hosting him at our home to teach and minister. You can check him out at www.freshmercy.com. If you are interested in this event, please email me as seating is limited.
We will also be hosting another Shelf Reliance Food Storage show January 28. www.shelfreliance.com. If you are interested in attending, please email me.
FEBRUARY 2012
Jerry Baysinger of Life Healing Ministries http://lifehealingministries.us/ will be here February 18th. We will be hosting him at our home to teach and minister. God has used him mightily in the area of healing!! If you are interested in attending this event, please email me as seating is limited.
God Bless You!
Ken & Michele Cole
This past week I've been chewing on Proverbs 16:3 from the Amplified Bible - Roll your works upon the Lord (commit and trust them wholly to Him; He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable to His will, and) so shall your plans be established and succeed. I have to say I've been struggling with the trust part. As you have read in previous posts, for me going to Peru is quite out of my comfort zone. I'm sure I'm going to love the people and love what God does there. That's not my fear. The fear is really irrational - fear of the unknown, I guess. Which equates to, do I trust God? Will He protect me? Will He keep me from harm? Will He provide my needs (ok and my comforts)?
God's Word is clear. He will never leave us nor forsake us. He even gave me this Scripture to meditate on and take comfort in: Acts 18:9-11 One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.” So Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God. The Lord has brought people around me/us this past month to speak into our lives, to share what they know, their experiences in traveling to a foreign land. Most has been comforting and encouraging. My logical mind knows all will be ok, but yet I still allow fear and unbelief to enter. And yet, God is so patient and loving and intentional to point me towards His Truth!
Let's get back to the Scripture I shared at the beginning of this post. The Lord is teaching me (I'm a slow learner) to commit (trust, pledge, to put God in charge) of this trip. Trust Him completely and then my thoughts (these fearful thoughts) will change and line up with HIs thoughts (renewing my mind, choosing to say I trust You God instead of dwelling on the fears) and then the plans that we have in Peru will be established and set in place and will succeed. And to me succeed means - God will have His way and the love of Jesus will flow out of us and into those who need a touch from the Lord. God is using this trip to help me face my fears and overcome, because we overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony!! We are more than conquerors!
Peru facts:
There is 60% un/under employment because jobs are hard to find. Peru is considered one of the poorest countries in the world. There are 9 million people in Lima, Peru - that is more than New York City!!!!!
Rapid population growth
Limited space for city expansion (location in a valley, limited to the east by the Pacific Ocean, to the west by the Andes)
Informal way of urban development, in which people settle on the land before it even has been developed
Division of Lima into 43 separate districts, each with its own mayor and municipality (making joined decisions very difficult)
Undeveloped or even missing infrastructure and poverty in poorer areas and slums
Immense traffic without proper public transport system
Heavy air pollution
Lack of rain
Social inequality
Our prayer is that we will touch every person that God wants us to touch and that they will know the love of Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit will overtake them! We want to see the fire of God burn the hearts of each soul and they will follow Jesus with radical obedience!
Again, we want to THANK YOU to all of you who have supported us financially. If you gave through Helping Hands, we do not know who you are (that is ok - unless you want us to know). So, we are saying THANK YOU here and that your gift is greatly appreciated. We are still short a sizeable amount but believe God will provide to the last penny.
THANK YOU to all who are praying for us and who have offered to pray for us during our trip. I will be sending out a prayer letter in the next week for specific things. If you would like to pray for us, please let me know.
This is how you can give if the Lord so leads you:
Tax deductible donations can be made by visiting:
1. https://www.hhmin.org/make_donation_projects.php, select Ministry Projects, then use drop down box Ken & Michele Cole - Want InSight?
2. Or you can donate through my medical account, select Medical Projects, then Michele Cole.
3. Non tax deductible donations can be made directly to us by:
4. Paypal - account is michele@wantinsight.com
5. Send check to our home. Please contact us for the address.
Any donations made through Helping Hands will be anonymous. If you want us to know that you supported us through them, please let us know personally. Thank YOU
Ken and I thank you for being part of us as we walk into what God is asking of us!!
Also - reminder of some events coming up next year (that's only two weeks away).
JANAURY 2012
James Horan of Fresh Mercy Ministries will be here in January 21. We will be hosting him at our home to teach and minister. You can check him out at www.freshmercy.com. If you are interested in this event, please email me as seating is limited.
We will also be hosting another Shelf Reliance Food Storage show January 28. www.shelfreliance.com. If you are interested in attending, please email me.
FEBRUARY 2012
Jerry Baysinger of Life Healing Ministries http://lifehealingministries.us/ will be here February 18th. We will be hosting him at our home to teach and minister. God has used him mightily in the area of healing!! If you are interested in attending this event, please email me as seating is limited.
God Bless You!
Ken & Michele Cole
Friday, December 9, 2011
God's faithfulness - update on Peru - answered prayer - mark your calendar
Saludos en el nombre del Senor Jesuscristo!
(Greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ).
For the Lord is GOOD and His faithful love endures forever!
We are less than 3 weeks out going to Peru! God is stretching my Type "A" personality. You know the one HE gave to me! Well, that's what I keep telling Him! Ha! :) We are still in need of funds to cover the ministry trip.... but we know God is providing in His own way and in His own timing!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to those who have made a contribution to the trip, whether it be prayer, funds, spanish lessons (mucho gracias), dog/house sitting, packing tips, plane ticket ideas, etc. We even had several offer up frequent flier miles - but unfortunately that didn't work out! All of this is extremely beneficial! We are so thankful! Thank YOU to all of YOU!!! Bless YOU!!!!!!
God is good! All the time. I wanted to share another testimony on how God is providing for our trip to Peru.
Back in the summer, we contacted a friend to give us a bid on building a wall in our home. He told us he wouldn't be able to help us because he didn't have the proper tool and gave us the name of someone else. So we called that person. He came out, gave us a bid and we agreed to go ahead and have him do the work. Well, unfortunately, he never showed up. Eventually, we just gave up on him doing the job. Last month a friend of ours offered to come out and help us build the wall, no charge! Whoohoo! Praise God. He came out, measured and then was going to create a list of items we needed to get. In the meantime, the guy we originally asked back in the summer called us and he said he had the tool now and if we still needed him, he would help. We told him we had a friend who was willing to do it for no charge but if he wanted to give us a bid, we would pray about it. So, he came out, took some measurements and then said he'd get back to us on the bid. A day or so later, he called and wanted to come over and discuss the bid. We ended up talking for about four hours - not about the wall but about what God was doing in his life and in our life and our trip to Peru. By the end of the night he said I am not going to charge you to do the wall. We said, no seriously we can pay you. He said no, I think God wants me to do this for you. Wow! The next day he text me and asked if he could come back and remeasure a few areas. When he got to the house, he backed his truck up in the driveway. Odd?? No, he had gone out and bought much of the supplies we need. He said the Lord told him to sow into our ministry and so not only is he not charging for the labor, he is helping with the cost of much of the supplies! What do you think about that? (So we took what we were going to spend on the wall and applied it to Peru). God is good! That's all I can say.
For HIS Glory!!!
If you feel led to support us - prayer, financial contribution or something else that you think we may need to know, please don't hesitate to contact us! This is our first ministry trip - and first trip overseas! Your experiences are good wisdom!
Here's a quick story on how God answered yet another prayer relating to Peru:
You know when you have an illness, you shouldn't google the symptoms, right? Because you learn more than you need to and then think you are dying. Well, the same is true with going to foreign countries... well at least Peru. I learned about the high crime. You can't carry a purse, they'll cut it off your shoulder or hold you at knife point. You can't keep a wallet in your pocket, they will pickpocket you (and they are professional). You can't wear jewelry or at least anything worthwhile to wear as they will steal it from you. Etc, etc, etc. Well, I was getting a bit worked up. I was asking the Lord to calm my fears. I'm a wuss! That day in my quiet time, I was reading in the book of Acts - Chapters 17-19. Chapter 18:9-11 jumped out at me like a neon sign!
Here's what it says: One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.” So Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God. How cool and how comforting to know! His Word is such a gift! Now just for the record, after speaking with my niece, and James and a friend who used to live there... you do have to be cautious but it's not as scary as it used to be there.
Ken and I continue to pray about Peru, who we will meet there, our travels to and from, James Horan (the guy we are going with) and his family. God has been giving us some pretty cool downloads of specific locations to go to. (we've googled them to be sure they are there-and they are). Thank you for keeping us covered in prayer as the Lord leads you!
I want to share a 10 minute video that will inspire you, I hope. This is so what the world needs - more people like this guy!
http://www.flickspire.com/m/share_this/ChangeForADollar - Copy and paste this in your browser!
This is how you can give if the Lord so leads you:
Tax deductible donations can be made by visiting:
1. https://www.hhmin.org/make_donation_projects.php, select Ministry Projects, then use drop down box Ken & Michele Cole - Want InSight?
2. Or you can donate through my medical account, select Medical Projects, then Michele Cole.
3. Non tax deductible donations can be made directly to us by:
4. Paypal - account is michele@wantinsight.com
5. Send check to our home. Please contact us for the address.
Any donations made through Helping Hands will be anonymous. If you want us to know that you supported us through them, please let us know personally. Thank YOU
Thank YOU so much for your kind comments and offers to pray. This is also a very important part of our trip!
And some events you won't want to miss!
JANAURY 2012
James Horan of Fresh Mercy Ministries will be here in January 21. We will be hosting him at our home to teach and minister. You can check him out at www.freshmercy.com. If you are interested in this event, please email me as seating is limited.
We will also be hosting another Shelf Reliance Food Storage show January 28. www.shelfreliance.com. If you are interested in attending, please email me.
FEBRUARY 2012
Jerry Baysinger of Life Healing Ministries http://lifehealingministries.us/ will be here February 18th. We will be hosting him at our home to teach and minister. God has used him mightily in the area of healing!! If you are interested in attending this event, please email me as seating is limited.
God Bless You!
Ken & Michele Cole
(Greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ).
For the Lord is GOOD and His faithful love endures forever!
We are less than 3 weeks out going to Peru! God is stretching my Type "A" personality. You know the one HE gave to me! Well, that's what I keep telling Him! Ha! :) We are still in need of funds to cover the ministry trip.... but we know God is providing in His own way and in His own timing!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to those who have made a contribution to the trip, whether it be prayer, funds, spanish lessons (mucho gracias), dog/house sitting, packing tips, plane ticket ideas, etc. We even had several offer up frequent flier miles - but unfortunately that didn't work out! All of this is extremely beneficial! We are so thankful! Thank YOU to all of YOU!!! Bless YOU!!!!!!
God is good! All the time. I wanted to share another testimony on how God is providing for our trip to Peru.
Back in the summer, we contacted a friend to give us a bid on building a wall in our home. He told us he wouldn't be able to help us because he didn't have the proper tool and gave us the name of someone else. So we called that person. He came out, gave us a bid and we agreed to go ahead and have him do the work. Well, unfortunately, he never showed up. Eventually, we just gave up on him doing the job. Last month a friend of ours offered to come out and help us build the wall, no charge! Whoohoo! Praise God. He came out, measured and then was going to create a list of items we needed to get. In the meantime, the guy we originally asked back in the summer called us and he said he had the tool now and if we still needed him, he would help. We told him we had a friend who was willing to do it for no charge but if he wanted to give us a bid, we would pray about it. So, he came out, took some measurements and then said he'd get back to us on the bid. A day or so later, he called and wanted to come over and discuss the bid. We ended up talking for about four hours - not about the wall but about what God was doing in his life and in our life and our trip to Peru. By the end of the night he said I am not going to charge you to do the wall. We said, no seriously we can pay you. He said no, I think God wants me to do this for you. Wow! The next day he text me and asked if he could come back and remeasure a few areas. When he got to the house, he backed his truck up in the driveway. Odd?? No, he had gone out and bought much of the supplies we need. He said the Lord told him to sow into our ministry and so not only is he not charging for the labor, he is helping with the cost of much of the supplies! What do you think about that? (So we took what we were going to spend on the wall and applied it to Peru). God is good! That's all I can say.
For HIS Glory!!!
If you feel led to support us - prayer, financial contribution or something else that you think we may need to know, please don't hesitate to contact us! This is our first ministry trip - and first trip overseas! Your experiences are good wisdom!
Here's a quick story on how God answered yet another prayer relating to Peru:
You know when you have an illness, you shouldn't google the symptoms, right? Because you learn more than you need to and then think you are dying. Well, the same is true with going to foreign countries... well at least Peru. I learned about the high crime. You can't carry a purse, they'll cut it off your shoulder or hold you at knife point. You can't keep a wallet in your pocket, they will pickpocket you (and they are professional). You can't wear jewelry or at least anything worthwhile to wear as they will steal it from you. Etc, etc, etc. Well, I was getting a bit worked up. I was asking the Lord to calm my fears. I'm a wuss! That day in my quiet time, I was reading in the book of Acts - Chapters 17-19. Chapter 18:9-11 jumped out at me like a neon sign!
Here's what it says: One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.” So Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God. How cool and how comforting to know! His Word is such a gift! Now just for the record, after speaking with my niece, and James and a friend who used to live there... you do have to be cautious but it's not as scary as it used to be there.
Ken and I continue to pray about Peru, who we will meet there, our travels to and from, James Horan (the guy we are going with) and his family. God has been giving us some pretty cool downloads of specific locations to go to. (we've googled them to be sure they are there-and they are). Thank you for keeping us covered in prayer as the Lord leads you!
I want to share a 10 minute video that will inspire you, I hope. This is so what the world needs - more people like this guy!
http://www.flickspire.com/m/share_this/ChangeForADollar - Copy and paste this in your browser!
This is how you can give if the Lord so leads you:
Tax deductible donations can be made by visiting:
1. https://www.hhmin.org/make_donation_projects.php, select Ministry Projects, then use drop down box Ken & Michele Cole - Want InSight?
2. Or you can donate through my medical account, select Medical Projects, then Michele Cole.
3. Non tax deductible donations can be made directly to us by:
4. Paypal - account is michele@wantinsight.com
5. Send check to our home. Please contact us for the address.
Any donations made through Helping Hands will be anonymous. If you want us to know that you supported us through them, please let us know personally. Thank YOU
Thank YOU so much for your kind comments and offers to pray. This is also a very important part of our trip!
And some events you won't want to miss!
JANAURY 2012
James Horan of Fresh Mercy Ministries will be here in January 21. We will be hosting him at our home to teach and minister. You can check him out at www.freshmercy.com. If you are interested in this event, please email me as seating is limited.
We will also be hosting another Shelf Reliance Food Storage show January 28. www.shelfreliance.com. If you are interested in attending, please email me.
FEBRUARY 2012
Jerry Baysinger of Life Healing Ministries http://lifehealingministries.us/ will be here February 18th. We will be hosting him at our home to teach and minister. God has used him mightily in the area of healing!! If you are interested in attending this event, please email me as seating is limited.
God Bless You!
Ken & Michele Cole
Monday, December 5, 2011
Who can you impact and influence! And update on Peru!
This weekend, the small group we attend were discussing who we could serve on a regular basis. We all had great ideas - work in a soup kitchen, befriend different people at a nursing home, pray for and rake leaves/shovel driveways for folks who can't do it themselves and so on. What we see is that there are so many needs out there and we could never meet them all. There is need in every community, every city, every state, country, world, etc! As individuals or as a group of believers, where do you begin? How do you make the decision on who to serve? I look to John 5:30 which says I can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge and My judgement is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. In Proverbs it says to seek the Lord and He will show you what path to take. We must sit quiet and ask the Lord to show us who and where to serve. We need to be doing what we see the Father doing. When He is at the center of it, more lives are impacted and influenced for the Kingdom of God.
Ken and I often sit down and ask the Lord if there is someone who has a need - whether it be financial, healing or otherwise. We ask the Lord who He wants to bless, where to go and what specifically we are to do when we get there. Often times He will send us to a hospital room to pray for someone. We have seen salvations, physical, emotional and/or spiritual healing.
Some of you may have heard this story but it's one I love to share because God is so good and so loving! I remember one time, the Lord gave us details to visit room 417, bed 1, Olathe Medical Center. We heard broken heart. On the way to the hospital we heard John 17:21 which at the end of the verse it says, they will know I sent you. John being the 4th gospel, 17th chapter to coincide with the room number we were going to. We entered the room and approached the lady in bed 1. We asked her if we could pray for her and she said yes but told us she had a contagious disease and we need to put the gloves on for protection. When we walked up to her bedside, we asked her if she believed in Jesus and she said yes and that she had accepted Him as her Lord and Savior 20 years ago. We began to pray. The Lord had me hold her hand while we were praying. She was taken back that I would want to hold her hand. As I prayed, the Holy Spirit gave me the words to pray. I said God, there is something specific she is asking You for and I ask that You would honor her hearts desire. She began to cry. After we finished praying, she said to us "I know the Lord sent you to me, because just five minutes before you walked in, I was praying and asking the Lord to either heal me or take me home to heaven. You see I'm lonely and I have a broken heart and in walked my brother and sister in Christ to pray for me. She went on to say that she had been in and out of the hospital for the past year with this disease and she didn't have many visitors due to the contagious part of it. A few days later I found out, she was released from the hospital and was completely healed! Praise God!!
I believe the Lord wants to use us ALL to reach others. There are so many people out there who need a touch from God whether they know the Lord or not!! The only way He can reach them all is if we are willing to seek His will, His direction and then be obedient and step in faith to do what He calls us to do! This is how we can make an impact in the world, one life at a time. The definition of impact means intentional collision. These are my favorite words...impact and intentional. Do you want to make an impact? If so, you must choose to be intentional in what you do each day.
This morning in my quiet time, I was reading in the book of 2 Corinthians Chapter 8. Several verses jumped out at me that relate to our discussion yesterday and what I just mentioned above.
Verse 3-5 - For I testify that according to their ability, and beyond their ability, they gave of their own accord begging us with much urging favor of participation in the support of the saints, and this, not as we had expected, but they first gave themselves to the Lord, and to us by the will of God.
When people give themselves to the Lord, when they spend time His Word and time just listening and seeking His Kingdom, His will is revealed to us. He will show us who He wants to touch. He will show us who has need. He will show us what cause to support.
Verse 10-15 - I give my opinion in this matter, for this is to your advantage, who were the first to begin a year ago not only to do this, but also to desire to do it. But now finish doing it also, so that just as there was the readiness to desire it, so there may be also the completion of it by your ability. For if the readiness is present, it is acceptable, according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have. For this is not for the ease of others and for your affliction, but by way of equality at this present time, your abundance being a supply for their need, so that their abundance also may become a supply for your need, that there may be equality; as it is written, He who gathered much did not have too much, and he who gathered little had no lack. Amen!
Ken and I have been living these verses lately. Over the last 8 or 9 years, the Lord has been teaching us the principle of giving. For a long while we had what we would say the resources to give. We had an abundant supply. We gave cheerfully. We gave according to what we had and our ability. Our abundance was a supply for others.
We have also learned the spiritual law of sowing and reaping and now we definitely are seeing that as you give, it will be given back to you (Luke 6:38). Our supply has dwindled down. We are in a season of receiving. I have to say honestly it's not quite as fun as giving. It's humbling. It's hard. It's hard because we have to totally trust God for our needs to be met. That's not always easy when we have been used to having "abundant supply". But God is faithful and He has been showing us that for a while. Each day, we give Him thanks and praise for what He has supplied, for the blessings He does give us. He surrounds us with people who encourage us. What a gift friends are from God!
Our readiness and desire to give is even greater now, though we would call our resources in "lack". How cool is that! As God lays people on our hearts - we step out in faith to give, to support or to encourage.
So today, I encourage you to seek the Lord. Ask Him what His will is for you today! What would He have you do today to bless someone in need. It may not be financial. It may be someone you work with, neighbor, friend, family or even a total stranger! Faith is action! And if you're willing, email us and let us know what God did through you today or this week! We'd love to hear your stories!
UPDATE ON PERU!
First - THANK YOU to those of you who have been so kind in donating to us. Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! We are still about $3500 short with only 25 days to go (plane tickets to purchase). And THANK YOU for those who have offered to keep us covered in prayer between now and the end of our trip. That is probably the most important part for us! My health has been slowly improving. I am still getting over a bad chest cold but the worst is behind me. My doctors are seeing results on the adrenal fatigue and other issues, as they have been changing out medicines and supplements. Praise God for wisdom for the doctors!! Please continue to pray for complete physical healing!!
I got a call from a friend who gave me some tips on how to shop for airline tickets - and was able to find some flights that will be more affordable. Another great idea is frequent flier miles. What would work most affordably is if someone had 40,000 or 80,000 Continental or United miles they would use to help book our flights. I've checked into transferring miles to our account (as someone has offered) but the cost to do so, would be a lot! Thank you Lord for friends with experience and great ideas!
Ken and I have been spending some time in prayer about Peru and the people we will meet there. He has been good in showing us some locations and clues (as we would call them) on who to pray for! Whoohoo!! We can't wait to get there!!!
Bless you again!
Ken & Michele Cole
michele@wantinsight.com
https://wantinsight.blogspot.com
This is how you can give if the Lord so leads you:
Tax deductible donations can be made by visiting:
1. https://www.hhmin.org/make_donation_projects.php, select Ministry Projects, then use drop down box Ken & Michele Cole - Want InSight?
2. Or you can donate through my medical account, select Medical Projects, then Michele Cole.
3. Non tax deductible donations can be made directly to us by:
4. Paypal - account is michele@wantinsight.com
5. Send check to our home. Please contact us for the address.
Any donations made through Helping Hands will be anonymous. If you want us to know that you supported us through them, please let us know personally. Thank YOU
Thank YOU so much for your kind comments and offers to pray
Ken and I often sit down and ask the Lord if there is someone who has a need - whether it be financial, healing or otherwise. We ask the Lord who He wants to bless, where to go and what specifically we are to do when we get there. Often times He will send us to a hospital room to pray for someone. We have seen salvations, physical, emotional and/or spiritual healing.
Some of you may have heard this story but it's one I love to share because God is so good and so loving! I remember one time, the Lord gave us details to visit room 417, bed 1, Olathe Medical Center. We heard broken heart. On the way to the hospital we heard John 17:21 which at the end of the verse it says, they will know I sent you. John being the 4th gospel, 17th chapter to coincide with the room number we were going to. We entered the room and approached the lady in bed 1. We asked her if we could pray for her and she said yes but told us she had a contagious disease and we need to put the gloves on for protection. When we walked up to her bedside, we asked her if she believed in Jesus and she said yes and that she had accepted Him as her Lord and Savior 20 years ago. We began to pray. The Lord had me hold her hand while we were praying. She was taken back that I would want to hold her hand. As I prayed, the Holy Spirit gave me the words to pray. I said God, there is something specific she is asking You for and I ask that You would honor her hearts desire. She began to cry. After we finished praying, she said to us "I know the Lord sent you to me, because just five minutes before you walked in, I was praying and asking the Lord to either heal me or take me home to heaven. You see I'm lonely and I have a broken heart and in walked my brother and sister in Christ to pray for me. She went on to say that she had been in and out of the hospital for the past year with this disease and she didn't have many visitors due to the contagious part of it. A few days later I found out, she was released from the hospital and was completely healed! Praise God!!
I believe the Lord wants to use us ALL to reach others. There are so many people out there who need a touch from God whether they know the Lord or not!! The only way He can reach them all is if we are willing to seek His will, His direction and then be obedient and step in faith to do what He calls us to do! This is how we can make an impact in the world, one life at a time. The definition of impact means intentional collision. These are my favorite words...impact and intentional. Do you want to make an impact? If so, you must choose to be intentional in what you do each day.
This morning in my quiet time, I was reading in the book of 2 Corinthians Chapter 8. Several verses jumped out at me that relate to our discussion yesterday and what I just mentioned above.
Verse 3-5 - For I testify that according to their ability, and beyond their ability, they gave of their own accord begging us with much urging favor of participation in the support of the saints, and this, not as we had expected, but they first gave themselves to the Lord, and to us by the will of God.
When people give themselves to the Lord, when they spend time His Word and time just listening and seeking His Kingdom, His will is revealed to us. He will show us who He wants to touch. He will show us who has need. He will show us what cause to support.
Verse 10-15 - I give my opinion in this matter, for this is to your advantage, who were the first to begin a year ago not only to do this, but also to desire to do it. But now finish doing it also, so that just as there was the readiness to desire it, so there may be also the completion of it by your ability. For if the readiness is present, it is acceptable, according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have. For this is not for the ease of others and for your affliction, but by way of equality at this present time, your abundance being a supply for their need, so that their abundance also may become a supply for your need, that there may be equality; as it is written, He who gathered much did not have too much, and he who gathered little had no lack. Amen!
Ken and I have been living these verses lately. Over the last 8 or 9 years, the Lord has been teaching us the principle of giving. For a long while we had what we would say the resources to give. We had an abundant supply. We gave cheerfully. We gave according to what we had and our ability. Our abundance was a supply for others.
We have also learned the spiritual law of sowing and reaping and now we definitely are seeing that as you give, it will be given back to you (Luke 6:38). Our supply has dwindled down. We are in a season of receiving. I have to say honestly it's not quite as fun as giving. It's humbling. It's hard. It's hard because we have to totally trust God for our needs to be met. That's not always easy when we have been used to having "abundant supply". But God is faithful and He has been showing us that for a while. Each day, we give Him thanks and praise for what He has supplied, for the blessings He does give us. He surrounds us with people who encourage us. What a gift friends are from God!
Our readiness and desire to give is even greater now, though we would call our resources in "lack". How cool is that! As God lays people on our hearts - we step out in faith to give, to support or to encourage.
So today, I encourage you to seek the Lord. Ask Him what His will is for you today! What would He have you do today to bless someone in need. It may not be financial. It may be someone you work with, neighbor, friend, family or even a total stranger! Faith is action! And if you're willing, email us and let us know what God did through you today or this week! We'd love to hear your stories!
UPDATE ON PERU!
First - THANK YOU to those of you who have been so kind in donating to us. Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! We are still about $3500 short with only 25 days to go (plane tickets to purchase). And THANK YOU for those who have offered to keep us covered in prayer between now and the end of our trip. That is probably the most important part for us! My health has been slowly improving. I am still getting over a bad chest cold but the worst is behind me. My doctors are seeing results on the adrenal fatigue and other issues, as they have been changing out medicines and supplements. Praise God for wisdom for the doctors!! Please continue to pray for complete physical healing!!
I got a call from a friend who gave me some tips on how to shop for airline tickets - and was able to find some flights that will be more affordable. Another great idea is frequent flier miles. What would work most affordably is if someone had 40,000 or 80,000 Continental or United miles they would use to help book our flights. I've checked into transferring miles to our account (as someone has offered) but the cost to do so, would be a lot! Thank you Lord for friends with experience and great ideas!
Ken and I have been spending some time in prayer about Peru and the people we will meet there. He has been good in showing us some locations and clues (as we would call them) on who to pray for! Whoohoo!! We can't wait to get there!!!
Bless you again!
Ken & Michele Cole
michele@wantinsight.com
https://wantinsight.blogspot.com
This is how you can give if the Lord so leads you:
Tax deductible donations can be made by visiting:
1. https://www.hhmin.org/make_donation_projects.php, select Ministry Projects, then use drop down box Ken & Michele Cole - Want InSight?
2. Or you can donate through my medical account, select Medical Projects, then Michele Cole.
3. Non tax deductible donations can be made directly to us by:
4. Paypal - account is michele@wantinsight.com
5. Send check to our home. Please contact us for the address.
Any donations made through Helping Hands will be anonymous. If you want us to know that you supported us through them, please let us know personally. Thank YOU
Thank YOU so much for your kind comments and offers to pray
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