I got sucker punched in the face last week by one of the guests. Addiction and mental health are a huge contributor to the homeless crisis. Often times is a combination of the 2. I believe he was strung out and having a bad day. He wasnt making any sense verbally. I tried to go talk to him but he wasn't in the right state of mind. I refused to press charges. It's never personal, however it is spiritual. Unfortunately he was banned from the shelter for a year which is sad because right now our temps are in the single digits. It's a rough environment but there is not one situation I can think of that would ever make me stop going. Hopefully I will see him on the streets eventually and we can have a conversation. I know the devil is not happy with me being at the shelter. I get reminded evweytime I go serve. Keep us in your prayers. 🙏💙

Those who are walking in wickedness will cheer on the antichrist system thinking it is good!

Daniel 12:10
Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
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Adam https://t.me/NTWMinistry has posted many updates today! Please go to his channel to see how the Lord is working through this ministry! Continue praying for Adam and Cayla and support them if you’re led to do so! 🙏

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Thank you to everyone who continues to pray for our ministry. I have a special prayer request. When we started this a little over a year ago with just an idea, we repeatedly had doors closed on us and struggled more than most know. I truly believe once He saw how dedicated, persistent, and how much our hearts were truly in it, He began to clear a path. Not only has the Lord has been opening doors for us the last several months, through divine appointment He is also placing some amazing people around us who truly believe in our mission of serving and ministering to the homeless. After a wonderful meeting I had a couple weeks ago with the CEO of the non profit overseeing the Emergency Winter Shelter and a phone call I had earlier today with an amazing man I've been meeting with from our church, this building below could potentially be a home for our ministry. It's an office building that just went up for sale. I spoke with the owner last week. Maybe it is God's Will for us to turn this building into a small church for the homeless guests at the shelter with a nice kitchen to prepare the meals to serve them. It is basically in the same parking lot as the shelter that will soon be converted into the new Multi Agency Resource Center for the homeless here in Wichita. What are the odds? We serve a mighty God. If this is in His Will, it would be a dream come true, if not, I know He has something greater planned for us. Please add this to your prayer list.
We love and appreciate all the support you have shown us since this journey began.

Thank you & God Bless 🙏💙

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The Counsel Of The LORD Will Stand — His Purposes Will Come To Pass!

As we look around us at the world it sometimes seems that it is in chaos and evil is winning over good, instead of good winning over evil!

What does God’s Word have to say about this? If we believe that God is Sovereign and He has a plan, we will be able to put our worries aside knowing that everything is going according to His purposes!

Though the LORD never condones evil, He often uses even evil people for His purposes! Here are just a few examples!

Joseph’s Brothers: Joseph's brothers sold him into slavery, an act they intended for evil. However, God used this situation to save Joseph's family from famine by placing Joseph in a position of power in Egypt.

Pharaoh: God used Pharaoh's hardening of his heart to reveal His glory and deliver the Israelites from slavery.

Judas: Judas betrayed Jesus, an act of evil, but God used this betrayal to fulfill His plan of sending Jesus to die for the sins of those who would trust Christ as LORD and Savior.

The Babylonians: God used the Babylonians, an evil nation, to bring judgment on Judah for their idolatry.

In Habakkuk we see God using an evil nation to judge and correct His people! Let’s read the entire first chapter of this prophecy! We will likely see its ultimate fulfillment in the days ahead!

Saddened by the violence and corruption he saw around him, Habakkuk poured out his heart to the LORD!

Prior to Habakkuk’s ministry, sexual sin was being brought into the Temple and children were being sacrificed to pagan gods. There was also political chaos and threats of war! Does this sound familiar?

We see fornication, adultery, homosexuality, and abortion, the sacrifice of children, not only condoned, but accepted in many so called churches today, and practiced in the lives of those calling themselves Christians!

For true God fearing people these are unimaginable evils! Like Habakkuk, we cry out to God, How long will you allow this to go on?

Habakkuk 1:1-17
The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. O LORD, how long shall I cry, and Thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto Thee of violence, and Thou wilt not save! Why dost Thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention. Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

The LORD’S response to Habakkuk is that He is going to do an amazing work by using an evil and powerful nation to bring judgment and correction!

[5] Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you. For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs. They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat. They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it. Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.

Habakkuk responds to what the LORD told him!

Art Thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, Thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, Thou hast established them for correction.

Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest Thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he? And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad. Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous. Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?

It’s hard to watch evil seem to prosper when we don’t understand God’s purposes —When we don’t understand that each person, and each nation has been strategically placed by Him!

In Psalm 2 David gives us the perspective from the throne of the LORD! Let’s go there with him and see Who is in control!

Psalm 2:1-5
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against His anointed, saying, Let us break Their bands asunder, and cast away Their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision. Then shall He speak unto them in His wrath, and vex them in His sore displeasure.

Beloved, there is no doubt — None, that what our Omnipotent God has ordained will come to pass! We can trust Him!

Job knew though he was allowed to go through unimaginable pain, God was in control!

Job 42:2
I know that Thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from Thee.

Isaiah 14:27
For the LORD of Hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and His hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

Proverbs 19:21
There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

Be encouraged that no matter how the world around you looks, God is in control! Each person around you has been strategically placed for this time — The good and the evil!

And you have also been strategically placed here for this time! Knowing this hold fast to your faith, encourage others in the LORD, to walk in obedience and faithfulness until the end!

Let’s close with David’s Words, and remember — The counsel of the LORD will stand — His purposes will come to pass!

Psalm 33:10-22
The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: He maketh the devices of the people of none effect. The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of His heart to all generations. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom He hath chosen for His own inheritance. The LORD looketh from heaven; He beholdeth all the sons of men. From the place of His habitation He looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth. He fashioneth their hearts alike; He considereth all their works. There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength. Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear Him, upon them that hope in His mercy; To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. Our soul waiteth for the LORD: He is our Help and our Shield. For our heart shall rejoice in Him, because we have trusted in His holy Name. Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in Thee.


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This is Theresa. The amount of elderly women at the shelter is staggering and heart breaking. Say a prayer for her 🙏💙

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