Pastor Bruce’s blog

Okay, we put Ronald away for 21 days (don’t you just love that picture?) and sought the Lord together for His will and purpose to be further established in our lives, our families and our community.  We prayed together and prayed individually.  Did anything happen immediately?  Yes, many wonderful things.  The Lord took the opportunity to heal some people.  One man had terrible pain in his legs for years.  A few days into the fast the Lord spoke to his heart about faith and the next morning the alarm clock woke him instead of the pain.  The pain was gone!  Another woman just wrote to me and said that she is sleeping through the night unlike the past, has been healed of two rather difficult, painful physical problems and has seen drastic changes in her job situation.  Another mom told me that her son who was having near daily seizures has been seizure free since we began fasting and praying together.  And the list goes on from there!  The bottom line is: God hears and answers prayer!  And as we give, pray and fast, the Lord who “sees in secret will reward…openly!”  He is God, Sovereign over the affairs of men and can be trusted by those who love and reverence Him!  Blessings, PB

I’m away for a few days on a prayer retreat and I’m relearning how important it is to pray!  We’re three days into our 21 day fast and it’s been so effective in focusing my prayer life.   I had a last minute opportunity to travel to North Carolina to spend these days with Larry and Carole Arendas, in the basement apartment in their home.  Between the long periods of private prayer and the times we’ve talked and prayed together, I’m really being touched by the Lord.  I had almost forgotten how wonderful an intense, extended time of prayer can be!  Blessings, PB