MDOP Newsletter - January 2009

MOM’S DAY OF PRAYER IS FAST APPROACHING!!!

Saturday, January 17th is the official Mom’s Day of Prayer. Some of our churches host the MDOP on other days and we are thankful for EVERY church no matter what day it is held!!! Thank you for your hearts to bring the MDOP to your area!!!

PRAYING MOMS – GRANDMOTHERS – AUNTS – SISTERS –
MAKE A DIFFERENCE

It is still not too late to host a MDOP in your area. For further information contact Melinda at msparkhawk@hotmail.com or call the MDOP office at 479-452-6215.

Thoughts from Kathy Coleman, MDOP Founder

The scriptures that God has given me as we get closer to January 17th is from Isaiah 40:28-31, “Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”
The Message says it this way, “But those who WAIT upon God get fresh strength...” God gave me a picture of how we as moms wait most of our lives. 

We wait 9 months to birth our precious children, we wait while they take their bottles or breastfeed, we wait at doctor’s offices, we wait at basketball – baseball – softball – football, etc. practices, we wait after school to pick them up, we wait as they decide which college to go to, and then we wait and wait and wait some more through their lives.

But God tells us that “Those who WAIT upon God get fresh strength.” Do you need “fresh strength” today? I do. Our 23 year-old daughter, Elizabeth, was diagnosed this week with Retinitis Pigmentosa, an eye disease that can lead to blindness. Our 29 year-old son, Rob, was diagnosed with this same disease in 2000. My husband, Rod, and I and our family need strength. And God tells us He gives it to us IF we wait and hope.

Let’s pray that we NEVER GIVE UP and that we always WAIT and HOPE no matter what our circumstances in life turn out to be.

God is with us – Kathy, Phil. 4:13