Yesterday's Sunday paper had a pretty cool article on the Ministry the Lord has given me in Grape Day Park in Escondido and I wanted to share it with all of you.I would continue to ask all of you to pray for us as the Lord leads. Thanks. North County Times Article
Praise the Lord. He is doing great things brother Josh. May he increase your ministry and allow it to have an spiritual impact on the escondido area. May God send revival to escondido! Great article, really God honouring.
Amen, brother Greg. I am excited to see what the Lord will do and is doing already here in Escondido. Pray for us as we step out and move forward.
This article blessed me to tears.Please know you All have my prayers.If every Church did what you are doing, just in their own town/city ... Oh Lord, I ask you pour out your Spirit and Blessing on brother Josh and his family and Ms. Ayers and our Church family out there in Escondido.Provide for their Every Need and grant special protection to them and their Ministry.God Bless you brother Josh.Looking forward to meeting and seeing you all at the Rewards Ceremony. :)Amen.
If every Church did what you are doing, just in their own town/city Amen!Josh, what a blessing you are!In Him, Chanin
Something the Lord continues to remind me of is simple obedience. We must be obedient to the things He asks us to do, whether it is praying, preaching, going, sending, supporting, etc.We cannot despise the day of small things, for if we are obedient, out of a loving heart, we cannot imagine the extent to which God's word will not return void to Himself.
Yes, that was a very neat article. Pastor Richard shared it with me yesterday. I made a copy to mail to my brother on base at MCRD in San Diego. I'm sure it will encourage him, seeing what God's doing through you and through our community, especially since he just recommited himself to God. Thanks for sharing with everyone!It was also very encouraging to hear from you, Sunday night at our prayer meeting, about the fruits of your ministry. The people who were on the streets, who are now living productive lives, changed by God: Jason being newly married, Bonnie living with your family and being a big help around your house and with your ministry, her son getting baptized a few weeks ago, Ken coming to church and your Most Excellent Way Bible study and fixing up cars to bless other people with, and so many other fruits! It is very encouraging to see a Christian with vision, and with that vision, being obedient and submissive to God. Praying for your family and your ministry.
Yeah that is an awesome article!
That's wonderful, brother Josh! What a great article! I hope my own endeavors are blessed in the same way to touch the lost :-) God bless!-Eli
Josh,Praise God for your sacrifical life reaching the lost and homeless. I am reading a book right now stating that the #2 item we should be doing after evangelism is feeding the homeless, visiting those in prision, etc. as in Matt 25.Thank you for your example.In Christ,Doug Renz
I admire your obedience to the Lord, brother. "For those who honor Me, I will honor" (1 Samuel 2:30)Lord Jesus, thank You for brother Josh...Continue to equip him spiritually, financially and physically for this ministry. Thank You that he first of all gave himself to You and then to the homeless people in Escondido by the will of God (2 Cor 8:5).Go with God, brother! May you find fulness of joy in His presence. Sow faithfully the seeds, make known to God your needs, Watch constantly and prayTrust God, He'll lead the wayHe that called you will provideHe that sent you will supplyThough confusion, doubts arise,He has made the all-sufficient sacrificeAnd in the end through tears you'll see"'t was Jesus glorified in me"Then you'll understand the reason of all painand you'll triumphantly proclaim: "My labour for Him, it was not in vain,exalted be Your precious Name"His servant,Paul
Praise the Lord!Brother, may God use you more and more! You are great encouragement!Isaiah 58 5 Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, only a day for a man to humble himself? Is it only for bowing one's head like a reed and for lying on sackcloth and ashes? Is that what you call a fast, a day acceptable to the LORD ? 6 "Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? 7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? 8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness [a] will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. 9 Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. "If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, 10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. 11 The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
Tears_of_joy,Praise the Lord for your selected text you posted. It just happens to be the unwritten 'heart' of Open Arms ministry. In fact, a local church had me come and share one Sunday to their congregation and that is the passage I taught from.What a blessing for me to see this. The Lord continues to confirm the direction we are to go and how we are to live.Blessings.
Somebody excited about Mathew 25:31-46 and all of Isaiah 58. Glory to God. More than that, somebody actually reaching out and making a difference where they are. Alleluia.Sir, I was wondering if you have seen the documentary video called "Transformations". It is about 4 cities that were changed by faithful people who went there and prayed and begin to minister Christ to the hopeless. If not, you would be greatly encouraged to get a copy and watch it. May God bless you richly as you go on with Him. I do hope you will be merciful enough to come back here from time to time and give us an up date. I like others realize that you are not about lifting "you" up, but the Lord Jesus Christ.God bless you and keep you, lead you and guide you, and prosper all you lay hand upon, in Jesus' Holy Name I pray. Amen and amen.Lahry
Dear Josh, Praise God...This brought tears as well, of joy and remembrance of my own time down there with you. Almost hesitate, but for some more refrence to everyone else here, an older link:... Mike and Greg meet finally :P... that relates back to Josh's ministry, his hospitality... I can only say that this still effects me in a personal way to this very day. The simplicity and genuine reality of faith in all this... My heart and prayers are with you brother.
Brothers and Sisters,I am so encouraged with the things you are sharing. I have had people pray with me and the things that are being prayed in secret are being repeated back to me from other brothers and sisters all over the world...amazing (nothing really describes the encouragement and joy, the certainty of what God has done and is doing and is going to do).Just wanted to say "May the Lord bless each and every single one of you. May He keep you in the love of His Son. May the face of the Father of Lights shine upon each one of you and may He give you His peace that surapsses your understanding. May He be gracious to you as He continues to mercifully lift up His countenance upon you and pours out His Spirit upon you, enabling and empowering us to BE the church, so we can, by His power, ready ourselves for that day when we see Him face to face."Simple obedience is all He asks.
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