Perspective

May you always be filled with the fruit of your salvation - the righteous character produced in your life by Jesus Christ - for this will bring much glory and praise to God. And I want you to know, my dear brothers and sisters, that everything that has happened to me has helped to spread the Good News. (Philippians 1:11-12 NLT)

Today's prayer topics:

• Pray for our Christian character to be as bountiful as a tree in full fruit, easy to see, wonderful to the taste, and producing actions that bring glory to God. 
• Pray we understand that God has not caused our trials, but may we rejoice knowing that he is using them to advance his kingdom.
• Pray for perspective in good times and bad which opens our eyes to see what God is doing, and more importantly, to discover how we can align our efforts to cooperate with his plan.

Thank you for praying.

Answered prayers:

• Thankful for a $10,000 gift this week from an alumna in the Campaign FOR EMMANUEL.

Never give up unless it's praise we give up to God; never give in except to give in to him.