Week 3

Hey guys!
This week marks the end of our training and the beginning of the ministry nightly at the chapel. There's so much exciting stuff going on thank you so much for praying for us! We are growing as a staff closer to each other and the Lord daily by His grace. Today is the first day the chapel has been open during the day. It is so neat to see the types of people and situations that God brings into the chapel. Our team has been really focused on preparing for the evangelism that we'll be doing. This week we will start going out nightly to share the message of the Gospel with folks on the boardwalk and that is definitely something you could pray for us about. It is easy to lose our joy and love for the lost in the midst of all the work going on, but these things are so vital. You could also pray for our nightly programs at 8 PM and that God would use them to glorify Himself in the salvation of His people. Our God is great. Thank you for your prayers and encouragement

Here's a little bit of Scripture to meditate on:
Psalm 73

¹ Surely God is good to Israel,
to those who are pure in heart.

² But as for me, my feet had almost slipped;
I had nearly lost my foothold.
³ For I envied the arrogant
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

⁴ They have no struggles;
their bodies are healthy and strong.^[a]
5 They are free from common human burdens;
they are not plagued by human ills.
⁶ Therefore pride is their necklace;
they clothe themselves with violence.
⁷ From their callous hearts comes iniquity^[b];
their evil imaginations have no limits.
⁸ They scoff, and speak with malice;
with arrogance they threaten oppression.
⁹ Their mouths lay claim to heaven,
and their tongues take possession of the earth.
¹⁰ Therefore their people turn to them
and drink up waters in abundance.^[c]
11 They say, “How would God know?
Does the Most High know anything?”

¹² This is what the wicked are like—
always free of care, they go on amassing wealth.

¹³ Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure
and have washed my hands in innocence.
¹⁴ All day long I have been afflicted,
and every morning brings new punishments.

¹⁵ If I had spoken out like that,
I would have betrayed your children.
¹⁶ When I tried to understand all this,
it troubled me deeply
¹⁷ till I entered the sanctuary of God;
then I understood their final destiny.

¹⁸ Surely you place them on slippery ground;
you cast them down to ruin.
¹⁹ How suddenly are they destroyed,
completely swept away by terrors!
²⁰ They are like a dream when one awakes;
when you arise, Lord,
you will despise them as fantasies.

²¹ When my heart was grieved
and my spirit embittered,
²² I was senseless and ignorant;
I was a brute beast before you.

²³ Yet I am always with you;
you hold me by my right hand.
²⁴ You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will take me into glory.
²⁵ Whom have I in heaven but you?
And earth has nothing I desire besides you.
²⁶ My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.

²⁷ Those who are far from you will perish;
you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.
²⁸ But as for me, it is good to be near God.
I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge;
I will tell of all your deeds.

Thank you for your prayers! Please pray for sustained strength for the staff. Love for each other and the lost. Unity and purpose. And that many would turn to Christ. Thank you all!
In Christ,
andrew