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WE LOVE YOU, THANK YOU, AND THINK YOU ARE GREAT,
BUT…

new tile floor
We would be remiss in not recognizing and thanking the faithful church members and school parents in Honduras that donated $2000 to install mosaic tile at the Gonzales Christian Church!  It’s great to see maturing brothers and sisters there setting an example (for all of us) by giving even from their disadvantaged economic situation.  Notice all those smiling faces in the photo!  
 
God loves a cheerful giver! 


Praises

  • You are great!  As of this year, we’ve already had 100 new sponsors!
  • 2014 is full of potential and opportunity in the work Lifeline is doing around the world.  We’re blessed to be a part of what God is doing!

 

Haiti

  • Praises that the staff and women’s work team members made it safely…there were many delays, rerouting, etc due to snow storms earlier this week. 
  • Thanking God for Ruth Anne Shattuck, who has faithfully shared devotions and organized the themes for the women’s trip all these years.  This is her last year and we are thankful to God for her. 

Honduras

  • Happy birthday to Ruth, at the Omoa Children’s Home!  She recently turned 14. 

 U.S.A.

  • Churches are starting to talk about Project: Ohio88, an exciting event where there will be a meal packing event in each county of Ohio this year! Please contact Matt Collins if you think your church can host an event.
  • A $275,000 gift!  Thanks to the many volunteers that work in the office on a variety of tasks, at the front desk as receptionists, at the warehouse, and as coordinators for mission teams and ABC events.  Together they logged in 12,636 hours in 2013.  At the going volunteer value of $22 per hour, that represents $275,000+ in volunteer hours donated in 2013.  This doesn’t even count the hours of people on mission teams or packing food at ABC events!  To join this dynamic group of volunteers contact Dana@Lifeline.org.  
  • Lifeline will be a sponsor for the Exponential conference in Orlando, Florida on April 28-30.  We’re grateful for the opportunity to introduce Lifeline to thousands of church planters who have a heart for expanding God’s Kingdom.

 
 
Prayer Requests
  • The Navajo ministry needs funds to install handicap access in the facilities. Please contact JD@Lifeline.org or 614-794-0108 if you, your church, or organization could assist with this project.
  • Pray for our chicken coop owners in Haiti.  While most are seeing a profit and continuing to develop their business, a few have not handled their business as well.  Pray for wisdom, integrity and courage.  
  • The house donated to Lifeline in Aurora, Indiana (near Cincinnati, Ohio) has had many showings, but still no offers.  Pray that the right buyer will come and that this home will be a blessing to their family.  Share the realtor’s website with someone who may be interested! 
  • This week the Omoa Christian Church is hosting a VBS for the community.  Pray for God’s message to be heard and received. 
  
You can view Lifeline’s full prayer list at www.Lifeline.org.

 

 
 
People, Programs or Projects: 
Sponsor a Child!
 
Lifeline has 10,000+ children involved in Lifeline’s Christian schools, Infant/Toddler Nutrition Programs, Children’s Homes, and Little Missionaries Program.  Many of these children has been blessed with a relationship with a sponsor, but thousands of these children are still waiting for a sponsor.  
 
Lifeline connects sponsors and children so that you (the sponsor) can come alongside an impoverished child and family to impact their daily physical needs while sharing Jesus and His great love for them!  
 
What does a sponsor do?  Sponsors assist with the spiritual and financial needs of the program by praying for their sponsored child & family and by donating $35 per month ($420 per year) as we provide the benefits of the program/ministry they participate in (schools, nutrition program, children’s home or little missionary program).  Sponsors may even be able to send gifts or visit their child & family in the mission field!
 
Begin your sponsorship today!  Would you sponsor a child?  Or share this with someone who may be interested in sponsoring a child? 
 
Visit www.Lifeline.org/Sponsor for children who are available to sponsor immediately! 
 
sponsor a child!
Just a few of the children on Lifeline’s website who are waiting for a sponsor!
 
 
 
 
…the focus of our 
New Year’s resolution is not about saying that we will do this, or not do that, 
and then dropping the ball 
and falling short; 
that’s putting our trust 
in ourselves.  
It is about asking the 
Lord to help us each day, 
to fall deeper and deeper 
in love with Him, 
and to have a heart 
that is open to 
following Him so that 
He is honored and 
receives the glory. 

 
Devotional Thought 
 
Happy New Year!  The holidays are behind us, and we look forward to the year 2014. 
 

For many, the start of a new year is a time of new beginnings.  We can’t go back and change the past, but we can start from where we are to make changes and move ahead.   We often refer to those changes as New Year’s resolutions. 

  

If you are like me, you may have become frustrated with resolutions in the past.  We start out with the best of intentions but by the end of January we have already broken a resolution – or all of them!   We are determined this year will be better, but sooner or later we get off track. 

  

Near the top of the list of New Year’s resolutions is losing weight/getting in better shape.  There is an annual spike in fitness center memberships every January.  Unfortunately many don’t stick with it.  You will have a much easier time finding a parking place at the gym in February!

  

We can do the same thing as we seek to follow Jesus.  We can make big promises about the great things we plan to do for him.  We focus on performance, and often are disappointed when we don’t meet the expectations that we set for ourselves. But here are two important facts to keep in mind:

  

God’s love for us is dependent on His grace and not our performance.  “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this:  While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”  (Romans 5:8)   God’s love for us was settled by Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross for our sins.  We will never be good enough, but Jesus is.  He paid the price that we could not.

  

This life is not about what we can do for God, but what He can do in and through us.  “But we have this treasure (the gospel of Jesus Christ) in jars of clay to show that this all surpassing power is from God and not from us.”  (2 Corinthians 4:7).  This is amazing – God wants to use imperfect people to accomplish His God-sized purposes!

  

You see, the focus of our New Year’s resolution is not about saying that we will do this, or not do that, and then dropping the ball and falling short; that’s putting our trust in ourselves.  It is about asking the Lord to help us each day, to fall deeper and deeper in love with Him, and to have a heart that is open to following Him so that He is honored and receives the glory. 

  

By doing this, we aren’t setting the agenda – God is.  We are simply stepping out in faith to join Him in the work He is doing and giving ourselves to be used by Him in whatever way He sees fit to accomplish His purposes.

  

The New Year is before us.  God’s work continues.  He desires to use us, imperfect as we are, to build His Kingdom.  Together let’s humble ourselves, seek His leading, and see what He will do through us in the coming year.

  

devotion by Keith Dimbath, Work Team Co-Director

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