The Secret Mission:
It has been said that “people need to know you care before they care what you know”. Well God really cares and He started this ministry to show just that. He has a secret mission and you are central to His mission. The foundation is simply this: God said to me, “Set my people free, I want to use them”. God wants you free from bondage and for many today that means financial debt. To change your focus from debt payments to serving and doing His will is truly the mission. God wants you to work for Him and He has placed a passion in your heart to turn you toward Him. So know we care about you and are committed to help you become the person that God wants you to be.
People need People:
The truth is that we need each other. That we really can’t and don’t want to do it all by ourselves. We want help, but we want honest help, real help, practical help and caring help. In today’s culture, we hear many promises of help only to discover the price for that help is beyond what we are able or willing to pay. So what are we to do? Our answer is simple… let us serve you. Notice we didn’t say help, we said serve and therein lies the difference between us and the others. Our role is to serve you. One of our core values is to “meet you where you are at and journey with you”. Not very elegant wording but heart words. Words that say we listen first to your need and we don’t judge but serve. We serve by providing solutions and helping you decide your options and then to implement the decision. We serve by staying with you on your journey to wellness.
Life is a Journey:
As you look at your life today, you have accomplished much, yet you have dreams to accomplish much more. You may be at a position where you have a wonderful family, have finished your education, are growing well in your career and maybe even have a bunch of stuff like cars, toys, and so on. You may have a stirring to dream again, to set new goals or fulfill old goals. Making life changes is not easy and always takes us out of our comfort zone. Often when we look back, the price we paid is well worth the effort to achieve what we dreamed. We all dream and we all have desires. It’s just that sometimes we need others to help us get there. Most times it takes money to accomplish our dreams and we don’t see how we can do it because there is no extra money. If this is you and you want to take a journey, want a partner to join you, want godly counsel and practical help and encouragement, then consider allowing us to serve as one of your partners. A few years back we helped a family that wanted to quit their jobs and start up a ministry teaching children about horses. That dream took three years and today they are full time in their ministry and loving every day of it. This is only one story of hundreds of individuals and families that chose to allow us to partner with them. Life is a journey. Take us along and enjoy the trip.
Living ReaL Stewardship:
We all try to live a good life, help other people and hope for fairness and justice from others. Often we discover it doesn’t quite work out that way because the world system and our culture conflicts with this desire for our lives. Lawsuits for everything are common place today. People take our charity only to abuse it for their self centered purpose and fairness is a joke. Life is tough and daily we experience how hard it can be in our jobs, our family finances, our parenting, and our relationships. So who do we turn to and how can we make life better? The answer is simple, hard to do but simple. Turn to God! Let Him be lord of your life and over your life. Put Him first and allow Him to work in your real daily life. Real stewardship starts with the complete belief and acceptance that God owns it all and that He created it all. Therefore it is God from whom all blessings flow and we are to learn His ways, His principles, His commandments and His promises. When we do this, we are living a life of real stewardship. Want some insight to this “God’s Way”? Go to our section labeled “News & Information” and read about the “Ten Principles and the Ten Commandments”. While you are there, enjoy the bumper sticker wisdom, it just might make your day a little lighter.
Prayer Request:
All of us here that work for Family Life Resources believe in the power of prayer. Every Tuesday morning we all gather at 9:30 for praise and worship. We tell you this not to say how good we are but how important you are to us. We want to pray for you, for your family, for your needs, and for your dreams. We hold every prayer request as special. We read it out loud. We come together in union and we lift it up to the ear of God. We take our responsibility serious because you have entrusted us with your personal heart felt needs. If we can pray for you, write to us via a fax to (813) 989-0359, e-mail us, and yes even an old fashion method of a letter using the postal system is more than welcomed.
What’s It All About?:
A question often asked by many people seeking answers to life’s meaning. We seek for ourselves because it starts with us. It really must be first all about you before you can be of help to others. Consider the following poem as one of those answers.
LIVING
By Richard Dillman
The world tells us we ought to share
And in the ads, we hear this cry
The world's plan for sharing
Is giving to me, myself and I.
In many ways they tell us
Life is to be a ball
With only a small down payment
Why, we can have it all.
Then when we have taken
And signed on the dotted line
We soon realize from each paycheck
There's nothing left, we're in a bind.
God has another way
And his plan is quite small
First, you acknowledge HIM
As owner of it all.
Then you give but a little
For this is all He asks
He'll multiply and use it
In ways beyond your grasp.
He'll leave you the larger share
Because He loves you so
We are to learn His ways and praise HIM
For this is how we grow.
Yes, the world has it's plan
To keep you in it's hold
To turn you away from GOD
And make your heart grow cold.
It's up to you to understand
Which way you choose to go
Payment books or the Bible…
For in both, you reap what you sow.