July & August 2016 – Partner Update
Dear Partners,
Through your gifts you and I together are loving people to life.
This letter and message covers the summer months of July and August as many including our staff have vacation time and all the summer activity that fill our summer days. We have had a challenging summer that began with the flood at the end of May and into June. We are now discovering where the water managed to seep into leaving mold behind. We have also had trouble with the roof of our office building that is leaking badly – the force of the storm seems to have collapsed parts of the roof structure. In it all we rejoice in the faithfulness of the Lord and thank you for your financial gifts.
One Scripture that has been with us in these months is Proverbs 3:5 – and we have delighted in it and discovered its revelation of the love of God. Out of these experiences I have shared my monthly message with you. We learn to acknowledge Him in all our ways – seeing and resting in Him who never leaves us but is not only our companion but our very life. Listen and let the Spirit grow you in this life of peace and joy.
We are getting close to our second module of our Bible School. This is our last call for those who plan to attend. We are dealing with the creation and specifically answering the question “Who is mankind – who am I?” and vital to understanding the remainder of the Scripture we ask what is the nature of sin. Until we know what sin is we cannot know what Jesus came to deliver us from! All those who were with us for module one are strongly encouraged to register. Those of you who took module 1 through the CD’s may sign up for this live event. If you are coming from out of town we ask you to book into the Wyndham Garden near La Cantera in San Antonio for your room as by your staying at the hotel the cost of the conference room is reduced.
We are now preparing for our annual Retreat the first weekend of December. It will be held in the Drury Inn as last year. Our subject is “Resting in the Rest of God”. The Scripture is filled with references to the rest of God and our privilege of finding our residency in that rest. All the anxiety that attends fear and worry has no place in the life of the believer and all the mental emotional destruction that comes from living outside His rest have no place in the believers life. In this retreat we shall teach at a most practical level how we live actively at rest in every area of our lives and so live the abundant and joy-peace filled lives described in the New Testament.
Thank you for your continued faithfulness in giving. I want you to know how we look at your giving – it is not merely dollars to support an organization. Every dollar that you send is the love of God clothed in finances and wrapped in prayer – the gift of your life joined to the Holy Spirit and sent forth to world.
You and I, along with every other partner do more together than either of us could do alone in our wildest dreams. In your monthly giving you are part of my voice carrying God’s love in Christ in the power of the Spirit to the world.
Do not forget that if you miss the Tuesday night webinar you may re-watch archived webinars here at: http://www.youtube.com/user/MalcolmSmithWebinars.
To see this month’s partner letter and mp3 online please visit: http://unconditionallovefellowship.com/partners/
You may also listen to past partner mp3 messages by visiting: http://unconditionallovefellowship.com/partners/mp3-archives/
The blessing of the Lord be with you all –
Malcolm and Nancy.