1 Samuel 1:27-28, "I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him, So now I give him to the LORD, For his whole life he will be given over to the LORD."
January 2006 - Worldwide Mom's Day of Prayer
From the desk of Kathy at the MDOP office
As of today.......
As of today, there are 44 churches on board to host a MDOP in 2006. Incredible!! We serve an AWESOME GOD!! Please know that each of you as Coordinators and your churches are being prayed for. One dear lady at my church sent me a card this week and it said, "I was just thinking of the "Day of Prayer" and thought how many times a day, we all pray for our children and others. May God give you added strength to prepare for this day." That is my prayer for each of you - "ADDED STRENGTH".
Please keep in mind that MDOP just went Worldwide in 2005!! God is Jehovah Jireh! MDOP began here in Ft. Smith, Arkansas in January of 1998 so God has truly opened doors for MDOP to go outside of Ft. Smith. Please keep in mind through your work with MDOP that it is ALL ABOUT HIM. We all have expectations of how many should attend but it is all in GOD'S HANDS. You have done your part and God will do His part.
Matthew 6:34, "So don't be anxious about tomorrow, God will take care of your tomorrow too, Live one day at a time."
Website Calendar of Events
Please go to the MDOP website to check out the Calendar of Events which will give you a list of all the churches on board so far for 2006. Please also take a look at the new MDOP website look. We are so GRATEFUL and THANKFUL to Jill English for all her hard work on this website. She is a blessing from God.
Please also be patient with the website. The Shopping Cart is still a work in progress but you can order from it. Melinda will add the postage onto each order and notify you of the costs because the shipping cost is not working at this time on the order forms. Thanks to all of you for your orders. Mel is working her hardest to get everything out in a timely manner.
PICTURES
Please take PICTURES at your MDOP. We need them for the MDOP website Picture Gallery. We will post your MDOP pictures with the name of the host church.
Something to think about....
I recently read this in an internet Daily Devotional from The Purpose Driven Life by John Fischer. It was a story about Joe, an Atlantic City, New Jersey fire captain who was a new Christian and a member of Alcoholics Anonymous. Joe was having lunch with John when Joe in his discussion with John said, "See that table over there - well those are a few of my relatives, most of them are new Christians as well, most of them prayed over by my mom who was there also. (Those praying moms will get you every time!)"
Coordinator's Corner
On Friday, January 6 th, I sent out an email to each Coordinator sharing what the Prayer Leaders are all about. From your comments after receiving my email, you needed to hear from me. At this time, I want to share with each of you some of those precious comments:
Deborah in Indianapolis, Indiana - "Just like waiting for my birthday, anniversary or some other big event - I just am so excited about MDOP! This is our first MDOP and it is right on time in the vision of our church."
Laura in Ontario, Canada - "In reading the local newspapers and watching the news on T.V., we can see the desperate need for mothers/women of faith to join together regardless of their denomination to pray for the children of our cities, communities and the world. It is our prayer that God will work in the hearts of the women in our area and all over really to feel a deep desire to pray - to pray for our children, to pray for renewal and revival as parents and as Christians. May we serve Christ with joyful hearts!!"
Jerre in Ft. Smith, Arkansas - "You are so right-------Satan HATES prayer because nothing thwarts his wicked schemes like the prayers of God's people. Not only does he hate prayer, he hates us, our families, our children, everything about us and all that we stand for in Christ. The Good News is that Satan is a loser and has lost!"
Linda in Paragould, Arkansas - "The last several nights I too have had the MDOP on my heart, in my head and in my prayers while trying to sleep. Thank you for sharing the Prayer Leader's roles in such depth. I was wondering just today how to tell some of the ladies about this important privilege they have. The answer had not yet come and your email explained everything."
Thanks to each of you for your comments and May God grant you great peace and joy this week.
Exciting News!
Most of you have never met me but I have some exciting news to share with all of you! Our daughter, Elizabeth, is engaged to Justin Voris and will be married July 22 nd of 2006!! We're soooooo excited!!
As I close this update, I just want each of you to know my heart. When God put this vision for a MDOP on my heart at the end of 1997, I had NO IDEA what I was doing. God had changed my life in 1995 and I prayed for him to use me in the way that he wanted. Everything in His word said to pray for humility and to be obedient. So when God took me to an article about moms in Brazil who were coming together to pray for their children, I knew God was calling me to bring moms together in my community to do this. I kept hearing him say, "Just be obedient....you don't have to know what you are doing.....just be obedient."
So I said - "Yes, Lord" - and then at the 7 th MDOP here in Ft. Smith, AR in January of 2004, I knew God was saying, "Kathy, it is time. It is time to take the MDOP outside of Ft. Smith." Shortly after that day, I went to my husband and shared with him what all this would mean for our lives. I would need to give up other ministries I was involved in, find someone to build a MDOP website, work full-time in this, require us to give even more financially, etc. etc. He said, "Go for it!" You see, my husband's life was also changed for Jesus Christ back in 1995. Without Rod's full support financially, through prayer and lots of love, there would not be a MDOP ministry. He is an amazing man of God and my hero.
I know without a doubt God wanted me to share all of this with you today. Again, I don't know why but I know that he wanted me to. He wants us all to "walk by faith and not by sight". This has been a VERY DIFFICULT past year with our business but I have seen my husband "walk by faith and not by sight" in amazing ways. I know that Satan desires to "seek, kill and destroy" but like Jerre Moore said, "Satan is a Loser." So through this email I would like to remind each of you before your MDOP - that "SATAN IS A LOSER!"
One dear friend of mine always had something come up with her children the day or night before the MDOP here in Ft. Smith. I will not go into the issues that surfaced with her children but the next morning she would get up, get dressed, get in her vehicle and come to each MDOP. As far as I know, she has not missed one MDOP. And when she prays......oh my goodness - SHE PRAYS.....she lets Satan know that his plans did not succeed because why? HE IS A LOSER!
"Don't worry and don't be anxious" - Pray and God will go before you in all your plans. Listen, to this devotion from my calendar for today: "Jesus reminds us that prayer is a little like children coming to their parents. Often we are grieved by the meanness and selfishness in our children's requests, but we would be all the more grieved if they never came to us....We are simply glad that they do come-mixed motives and all." Malachi 4:6, "He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers." God is so EXCITED that "we are simply coming together - mixed motives and all" to pray at each MDOP. I just can't imagine the sweet incense in heaven as all of these prayers are going up. WOW - this is just too wonderful for me to imagine.
Again, may God bless each of you in such a SPECIAL WAY this week!! Melinda and I are here for you if you need anything. May I close by THANKING Melinda who works as my assistant. God has blessed us all with her "immeasurably more than we could ever ask or imagine." THANK MELINDA.
We await all of your emails after your MDOP. We can't wait to hear your thoughts of each MDOP. Bless you, love you and GOD LOVES YOU!!
Glory to God in the Highest - Kathy, John 3:16
P.S. Thanks goes to all the Prayer Warriors for the MDOP and to the MDOP Board members! And thanks to my precious children - Rob and Elizabeth, my daughter-in-law - Jessica and my soon to be son-in-law - Justin - you are always being prayed for! I love you!
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