The good, the bad and the...good renewed

It has been a while since our last post and a lot has happened. The good news is that God keeps revealing His hand in putting to death many of the battles here. The enemy has come after our car twice, attacked Max, and has repeatedly try to steal the joy from Diana and my relationship, but to no avail. The victory is God's! Please join us in  prayer for protection for Diana, me, Max, our household and all of the possessions Poppa has entrusted us with.

About three weeks ago.

8/25. Remains of the car window - nada!

8/27 All better! PTL!

God has been so teaching us about sonship and stepping out in boldness. And as we go, He has consistently reminded us, like Moses, to ask for His presence to come with us - and that we must not go out unprotected. Good stuff in such an intense, dark place. Yea God!

I had the good fortune to pray in God's light and anointing on a local business that is opening soon. It is wonderful how prayer is round-robin, as they were blessed, I was blessed by His presence, His teaching and His grace!

I met a homeless man outside the supermarket the other day. He was late 40ish, very disheveled and had only about four teeth. He asked me for money and I had none, but I told him about Jesus; that Jesus loved him and as bad as things seemed, Jesus would provide for him. This man looked my square on and told me that he knew Jesus and that was the only thing keeping him going. Another way Poppa blew my mind and taught me humility! 

Diana and I have been talking with a man at the dog park who converted to Islam while in jail in the 90s. The startling thing that came out in conversation is he grows and sells marijuana for a living. I asked what Islam speaks to about this and he said he pretty much keeps it from them to avoid judgement This conversation to continue... Please pray!

Some more good news... A Circle of Hope commissioned me to do two paintings to hang at the Frankford and Norris church for a month or so. The paintings would then go up for auction and the funds from the sale will go to commissioning other artists of faith. So awesome! Hopefully we can do more things like this together.

"Dream" acrylic on canvas 50" x 38"

"Renew" acrylic on canvas 50" x 38"

Money is still a major battle. The work is finally starting to trickle in but it has been a long two month dry spell. I have added a Paypal donate button on the Support Our Ministry page of this blog. So if the Lord nudges you to give, that would be a major blessing. Also, please keep your prayers coming. They are so appreciated, needed and received.

If you are free on September 14th, please join us for a potluck dinner & music fundraiser around 7pm here at the loft.

2424 Coral Street
Philadelphia, PA 19125

I will be sending emails, texts and posting a Facebook invite as a follow up. We so look forward to seeing you all then!