God is so gooooooooood !!!!

Greetings family and friends,

I come today with good news. I guess yesterday was my “totally in the bottom of the pit day”. I guess, like most times in our lives, we have to reach the bottom before we actually let go of things and let God work His wonder.

I got an email last night from my old boss and good friend Jack. He asked me to stop his shop today. So I went down there this morning. Turns out Jack had been thinking about expanding his business to include digital surveillance systems. So he asked me to be a partner in that business. How cool is that (Thank you dear God, Lord of heaven and earth). Jack owns a computer repair shop; he has been at the same location for 10 years now. He wants to set up a surveillance system in each of his shops, he owns two stores. He also wants me to build a website for Computer Pros, but also include the digital surveillance information. That’s the good news in the nut shell. The bigger news is that God is so good. He never leaves us or forsakes us, just as His word says. The longer I live (thank you for that as well Lord), the more I see His word come to pass in my own life. I can also tell you, the more of your own life you give over to Him; the more He can use you for His glory.

Thank you all for your continued prayers and support. You can see for your own eyes that they worked, and God answered your prayers and mine.

God bless you, may He keep you safe and well.Love,

Tim

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The Passion

No hope

To all my family and friends,

My family and I would like to thank you for all of your prayers and support. Unfortunatly, for what ever reason, God has refused to answer every ones prayers. As of Monday our electricity will be turned off, then about 2 weeks later we will be evected... with no where to go.

Again, I want to thank you all.

Tim

Prayer for a dear friend

If you would, please lift up in prayer another dear friend of mine who has been hospitalized for the last month. His name is Doug Hopkins. He was hospitalized with a very high fever one evening. The doctors know the high fever is from some kind of infection some where in Doug's body. The fever has also caused some problems with his liver function. Doug is a dear man who loves the Lord with all of his heart. Please keep him in your prayers.

Thank you, and God bless you and yours,
Tim

Feeling pretty useless

I'm not sure what's going on. But I still am not able to find a job. I've been looking jobs both in my field and out of it. I know some of the jobs I've applied for I didn't get because I'm over qualified. Even though no one could say it, I'm sure some of the problem is companies don't want to hire someone in their late 40's and have to worry about training them. What's sad is I'm damn good at what I do. I know computers like the back of my hand. I know the hardware side, and the software side 

All I know is the pressure this is causing my family is getting to the unbearable point. My wife is working as much as she can. Our son has given us money to help (God bless him). But when a man is unable to support his family like he should, you really start to question yourself, and life in general. I have been avoiding one option that no one wants me to do including myself, and that's go back to truck driving. Don't get me wrong, that's a great profession with some really great people working in it. I just don't want to be gone on the road all the time. The pay is pretty good, great benefits for sure. I don't know, it's the last thing I want to do, but how long can we survive like this.

So another Sunday is coming to an end.

Thanks for listening. God bless you and yours,

Tim

Trying something new

I'm using Windows Live Writer to create this blog post. I'm going to be trying different things with it, so hang in there with me.

I wanted to share this video with you. It's all about the ONE campaign to end the world poverty.

YouTube - ONE Vote '08

 Hoping you all have a wonderful day. Peace to you and yours,
Tim
The Anchor Holds Ministries

Life update

Greetings,

Just a quick life update.
Over the last few weeks I had been working for a friend who told me that if I help him run his company, he would make me part owner. Well I did that, busted my ass for the guy for 3 weeks. He helped me with rent last month, but since then the pay has been small and far between. Well I started putting some numbers together with the jobs we had already done and were working, and the profit margin was allot higher than what he was saying. I wanted to know this since that was how I was supposed to be paid, a percentage of the profits. I confronted him with the numbers, and he told me that this partnership wasn't going to work. I should have known better. I've known the guy long enough to know that he is not very honest. But I thought that I was his friend, and he would not screw me over. Sometimes it does not pay being a nice guy. So here I am, without a job again.

If you could, please keep me in your prayers that I'll find employment. I hope and pray that you all are doing well.
Love,
Tim

Prayer request

Greetings!!My brother sent me an email last night concerning a prayer request for his son who is going through chemo treatment for the next year. I've posted his email so you can read the words from his heart. Thank you, and may God bless you and yours.

Greetings Brothers and Sisters
I would like to ask for prayer for our son Billy as we will be leaving to go for another treatment of Chemo tomorrow morning(7-13-07). This one will be a different treatment than the last one, which was 48 hours of continuous chemo.This treatment we will be for 5 days of treatment ,but will be for 2 or 3 hours a day. Please be in Prayer for Billy as we do not know how this treatment will affect him. His body is cancer free since the Surgery ,but his treatment is to make sure it will not come back. It will be for 1 year. Billy will alternate treatment. Treatment will be 3 days in hospital (48 hours of chemo) then 3 weeks to recover, then 5 days in the hospital (chemo every day) then 3 weeks to recover. This will be his life for the next year. Please pray that the Lord would keep him strong and healthy to endure this year.
Billy's Spirit is great , he has done very well the last 2 weeks after his first treatment. He was sick for 4 or 5 days after he got home, but the last 2 weeks have been real good. All his blood work have been real good. He is eating very good. Billy lost all his hair last Saturday. That bothered him for a few days , but he is learning to deal with it.
I want to let you know that Billy still has the best attitude and his outlook is very positive. I am still shocked that this is my Son as his outlook before he had cancer was not so positive. Also, please pray for all the children in (7H) the cancer ward. One of the hardest things for myself and our family is meeting families and children that are up there. I would like to mention Leon Koster 12 years old and Logan Abbey 4 years that are just a few to pray for. Also Marcus Williams and Domnick Busco . Some of these families are followers of Christ and some are not. Please pray that the Lord would open doors for us to share the Gospel with some of these families. That we would be used in a mighty way for Gods glory and to be a beacon of his light to the lost.
As for Myself, My wife Chris and our Daughter Mariah, Please Pray for strength. This is the busiest time of the year for me and I am having a tough time balancing my heavy work load with my business, and the time I spend on my sermons and doing my duties at West Hill Community Church , and trying to take care of Billy's needs. I am feeling the pressure, but I know the Lord will carry me when I do not have the strength to do it on my own, but it is still very hard.
Please pray for my wife Chris. She will not leave Billy's side as he goes to the Hospital. She stays with him the entire time, and she sleeps beside him at night. The chair that folds out into a bed is not the most comfortable bed. She gets real tired while she is there so please lift her up every day while she is up there. It is hard for a mother to see her child so sick and having to endure a difficult treatment.
As for Billy's Sister Mariah, She is 13 and has done a great job of taking care of her brother. She has devoted herself to helping Billy get well. She not only is at his beckon call, but she is there praying with him. She is a great Sister and this illness has made Billy and Mariah very close. I am concerned Mariah is not getting the attention she needs. Please pray for her as her brothers illness puts a lot of pressure on her. She is unable to do many things that she used to doing, because we have to spend so much time at the Hospital or taking care of her brother. She does not complain at all but I know it must be hard being 13 and not able to do what teenagers do.
Well, I want to thank each one of you for your prayers. It is such a blessing to have Brothers and Sisters praying for us and our Sons needs. Our family 100% believes Billy will be Healed. We know that our road has a bend in it for the next year or so. We also know this has and will continue to draw us closer to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We will always give Him all the Honor and Glory for what he does for us. Please email any questions or concerns you have and I will gladly respond as soon as I can.
Thank you all. I will keep you posted on his treatment.
God Bless
Pastor Bill

Praise report

Greetings!

Just wanted to take a moment and give praise to the most high!! No, I don't have a job yet, I don't have this month rent, many bills are overdue, but I am of good cheer. You see, I serve an AWESOME GOD!!! He has given my wife and I a peace about all of like we have never experienced before. We have not one ounce of worry about where rent is going to come from, or if I'm going to find a job. He has filled our hearts with such peace and confidence, confidence that He is going to take care of us.

I know allot of this is because of your prayers. My wife and I want to thank you all. Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedules to include my family in your thoughts and prayers.

I heard a comment on the radio this morning about how God never lets us go. He never lets us go because He is holding onto our hands, not us holding onto His hands.

May God bless you all for your faithfulness,
Tim
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