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Inspirational Thoughts
March 3, 2010
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Greetings!
This email contains and update from The Evans including a new Inspirational Thought from Dick, a weekly writing from Dianne, and other updates. We hope you enjoy them and will let us know by emailing a response to us.
Please help spread the message of Christ to others by forwarding this to at least two of those on your email list:
The Evans Coming to New England
Dick & Dianne will be in the New England area the last two weeks of April and the first week or more in May--they are flexible until the dates are locked in. So, contact The Evans at 401-946-6900 ASAP to reserve a spot on the calendar!
Consider having them speak at your church or non-church event -- Mid-week services, Women's meetings, Men's meetings, Sunday mornings, etc. All they ask is that a love offering be taken and that they have a place to stay if the meeting is not in the RI area.
Current Schedule:
April 17 Braintree, MA FGBMFI Breakfast Meeting
April 24 Danbury, CT FGBMFA Evening Meeting
May 4 Attleboro, MA Aglow Evening Meeting
The message is "Come Hungry!"
You can access a copy of their latest Bio at TheEvans.org
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Inspirational Thought by Dick Evans
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The Guarantee
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2 Corinthians 5:4-5
While we live in these earthly bodies, we groan and sigh, but it's not that we want to die and get rid of these bodies that clothe us. Rather, we want to put on our new bodies so that these dying bodies will be swallowed up by life. God himself has prepared us for this, and as a guarantee he has given us his Holy Spirit. (NLT)
I am reminded of getting prepared for a marriage. This is one of the biggest events in a couple's life together. The man asks the women for her hand in marriage. When she says yes, he places an engagement ring on her hand guaranteeing his commitment to her.
Months of work precedes the actual wedding day. The venue has to be decided upon and the date must coincide with availability.
The musicians must be contracted for as well as the videographer. The couple goes through a series of counseling sessions with the minister to insure they know what they are getting into with each other and to confirm their relationship with the Lord. All this happens to get to a short ceremony where they are pronounced husband and wife.
As believers we are also preparing for a marriage. We are the brides to be and Jesus is the groom. Like out earthly marriage, the first step is saying yes to the marriage proposal. When we accepted Jesus as our Lord and Savior and decided to follow Him, we said yes.
Better than a five carat diamond ring, He sends the Holy Spirit to live in us as His guarantee that we will be His bride when we pass over from this earthly realm to eternity.
Do you have His guarantee?
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Money
We have been listening to other preachers
lately and it has been a joy! One pastor's sermon was titled "Money
Talks" As I sat and listened, I thought how brave he was to speak so
frankly about our money and possessions and how we prioritize where we
spend/save/ or horde our money. I do not know about you, but I know I
have some warped thinking when it come to Dollars and Cents! "It is
mine" just like "My house", "My car", "My dog", My cloths", and of
course "My money" to do what pleases me, myself and I. Gee I do sound
like a two year old, don't I. I wonder if I am alone in this department.
Life is all about Me, Myself, and I and that perspective must change in
order for the Lord to rule my life! Yours too!
We are here on borrowed time; hopefully we
have enough to redirect our priorities into His Priorities for us. Lord I
want to see the fullness of Your provision for my life, the earth, and
all that is in it! All those things you have given us the privilege to
manage until you return for us. Show us all Lord how to be the good
stewards of your possessions, in Jesus name we all pray.
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2010 Update
Celebration Night in Florida March 2, 2010
Healing Workshop in Florida March 5-6, 2010
Women's Aglow (Dianne speaking) in Florida April 3, 2010
Meetings being scheduled in CT and RI--details coming soon
See our schedule with details on the Web site on the News page at www.TheEvans.org.
We spoke at the FGBMFI breakfast in Florida February 20, 2010. You can listen to our talk at www.sermoncloud.com/port-charlotte-full-gospel/
Pictures have arrived from the Liberian Village. Take a peak at Liberia Pictures. As soon as a video they sent is tansfered to digital, we will make that avaialble for all to see.
Please continue to pray for Reagan and his wife Jessica in Durban,
South Africa and thank God for the healing in them and in your self.
The
team ministering in Liberia last fall is now in Uganda Africa. Please pray for them and read the reports from this current trip as soon as they are received at Living for Jesus International.
Nyah has a movie from the village in Liberia. As soon as he gets it converted to digital format and to us we will post it for all to see.
Stay tuned to our facebook page, website, blogs, and daily email messages for updates.
Again, we thank you. May God Bless and Keep you in His perfect Will in this new year--2010!
Dick & Dianne Evans
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