Prayer Shawl Ministry Growing AGAIN! We Need You!

This is Living Sacrifice Ministries...

We love God, Love all people, and are called to carry out the Great Commission* We believe we are called to go into all the world and preach the Gospel, teaching the Gospel of Christ, bringing others to the saving grace of God, and Baptizing them... As God has Commanded. Through Preaching the Word, Singing His Praises and Sharing the Love of God in every way we can. 


Our prayer shawl ministry is growing by leaps and bounds, we need help, it is hard to ask, sometimes we don't know how, but here it goes anyway... We need HELP, in many ways to carry out our prayer shawl ministry, but in the biggest ways, We NEED money to send these prayer shawls all over the world, and We NEED supplies as we have been paying for these supplies and postage through our own self support. 




At this time, we are receiving new prayer shawl requests at about 4-6 prayer shawls a month, from the states yes, not just locally, but Washington, Oregon, Texas, California, and Many More, but at this time, we have also received requests from over the world, literally, Norway, Africa, England, and even Holland. We need help sending these prayer shawls, cloths, wrist bands, and other items to these recipients in the Name of the Lord God, because God has sent us out to do this for Him. 

If you say, "I want to do something for God, but what?" Here is your chance, pray for us, ask God what He would have you do. Many think about sending material or money, which is needed so sincerely, but we also we need many people to help create these beautiful items for others, in the name of The Lord Jesus Christ. We need help in many ways, do you crochet, sew, knit, loom? Whatever your craft you can use them for God, to help us make these beautiful prayer shawls. We need prayer warriors, as we pray over each item we make, stitch by stitch, row by row, before it is completed, then we also anoint them and pray over them before we send them out, we need prayer warriors who will come in agreement and pray with us as each item is made. 

At current count, we have over 20 prayer shawl requests now on our list to make and send, at this time because of various circumstances beyond our control, we now only have ONE person making these prayer shawls, ME. I will keep working on for the Lord, for this cause, and I know that God will bless me for it, but this takes more than one person doing this work to be able to help more than one person at a time, and I know God has put on other's hearts to help, I know they want to, but are unsure how; all I can tell you is, ANYWAY GOD LEADS YOUR HEART, just contact us at our website, or through LivingSacrifice2003@gmail.com and we can help you pray and figure out how to help in God's Great Commission or to help in this major endeavor to send these  prayer shawls and cloths to the hurting and ones in need. WE NEED YOU! 


* Scriptures for our Calling and Ministry
"Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all they heart, and with all they soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." Matthew 22:37-40

"And Jesus came and spake unto them, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go Ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen." Matthew 28:18-20 

We Need YOU!

Completed Projects Recently Anointed
being shipped this week.

LSM Prayer Shawl Ministry is growing by leaps and bounds, we have a growing list of people in need of prayer, comfort, healing, and ministers to their hearts through something tangible of God's presence in their lives. We have multiple orders that are lining up for Prayer Shawls, Prayer Blankets for Men, Babies, and even Prayer Wrist Cuffs for others. We are working as fast as we can to complete these orders, but we are asking for your help.

Prayer Cloths come in various
colors, shapes and sizes

This organization and many others like it, have been established to meet very special needs for others in prayer and supplication to the Lord. We have dedicated our lives, hearts and hands to serve or God and our Community as God has commanded and called us to do, but we do not ask for any money for our Prayer Shawls. These are a gift. They are God's tangible evidence to His hurting people that He is ever so near and that He loves them. We pray over each stitch and each item so carefully, anointing them with oil and preserving their care for presentation to the recipients. While, up until now, we have been able to purchase the materials on an as needed basis, or stock up on clearance items when we find extra special deals, but because these orders are coming in so fast, our supply of material is starting to run low.

You ask us "Really, I don't knit, crochet, sew or other, how can I help you?" There are so many ways that you could help us, to help our Lord in this endeavor... We need prayer, encouragement, and the most important things right now, that you or others you know may be able to help us with...

Fleece Material for Prayer Shawls

We NEED donations, yarn, fleece material, thread, or other types of material,  Anything that you may have extra, lying around for that one project that you never got to do, something left over from an old one that is just taking up space, or you can purchase items if you so want to... Just materials for making that special prayer cloth, shawl, blanket or any other item you feel God may be able to use for this project. We need these items to be able to finish many projects already being produced, while the list is still long and there are many more items needed to be started and completed, (hopefully by year end.)

Prayer Shawl Wrist Cuffs Popular
Among the Youth

Others that want to help and have a special skill you have been hiding or not sharing with others for whatever reason, WE NEED YOUR HELP, your hands, your skill, your prayers. If you can crochet, knit, loom, or sew, we could use you if you are available and willing to spend just a little bit of time each day, a couple of hours a week, or even just spare time when you can, God don't care how much time you can give, He just wants you to give all you can for Him, for His people. We have a very long list, new requests coming in almost daily. Even if you say, I can't sew or use a hook, but I can pray, we would love for you to just come and pray over the items with us while we stitch them. As we make each item, we pray for them stitch by stitch, then once they are complete we come together in agreement, anoint the shawls, and then pray a corporate prayer over the entire supply of Prayer Shawls and Blankets. Then we will deliver or have delivered them to the recipients right away.

Prayer Shawl Wrist Cuff for Teens

Please take the time to pray and ask God how you could help or what capacity God could use you in this special ministry. You will find that God will open your heart, you will be able to see that special moment when the Holy Spirit reaches down and touches each item to be sent, or you see that smile from the recipients, their families, or even just the feeling you get from doing something special for another person who is hurting, you will begin to understand, for yourself, just why we are compelled to keep this ministry alive and well. God supplies all our needs, He always has and He always will.

Prayer Cloth

We will keep going, no matter what the outcome of this plea, it is just a matter of how many and how quickly our hurting people can be reached depends on YOU. How quickly you respond to this open request.

We have had people ask us what types of materials or yarn we use to make our prayer items, but we honestly just use what we find or what speaks to our hearts. We have so many types and brands of yarn donated, specialty yarns, worsted or wool yarns, what I call, Plain color yarns, and so much more, we use it all, from Red Heart Economy, to Busy Bee Eyelash, Ribbon, or other heavy weight yarns. It really doesn't matter what type or color it is, God can use what you give, and we appreciate what comes from your heart.

Collection of Prayer Cloths and Wrist Cuffs

Here's a materials list that may help you to know what we need for our prayer items, in need at the immediate moment.

• Yarn - Some people wanted to know what types of yarns we use...
• Red Heart Economy is used most for our prayer shawls and blankets
• Lion Brand Yarn
• Busy Bee
• Any other Yarns are also accepted
• Fleece - we can use fleece to make Men's lap blankets and beautiful prayer shawls
• Cotton - softer cottons can be used for prayer shawls as well

Men's Prayer Blanket in Process

 If you can't give materials, money or even time to help, YOU can pray. We would appreciate your prayers. God loves a cheerful giver, but He LOVES to hear from His Children just as much, if not more. Please consider praying for us, that God will continue to use us in a mighty way, pray for our recipients, that He will touch their hearts, lives, bodies, and minds. Give them comfort and peace as they go through this holiday season and beyond. God knows who they are, you just pray for them, He will do the rest.

Stack of Projects in Process

Thank you in advance for your time and for your prayers in this endeavor to keep these projects moving along.

Have a wonderful Holiday Season and Many More to you and yours.

Prayer For Others, That's What We're About

We have had the honor and privilege of getting to meet, pray for, and learn about so many new people along the way since this aspect of our ministry began in 2008. Our Prayer Shawl Ministry has had the opportunity to reach out to people all over the country, now growing into the world, as our ministry is receiving calls from the "uttermost parts of the earth."

LSM Singers at Benefit Concert

 We had a chance this weekend to sing at a fund raising event for an 11 yr old little girl who has been sick and facing many health issues, most of her life, her family has really struggled with her medical troubles, not having adequate insurance, losing time at work because of having to care for her in and out of the hospital, and the young lady has more treatments coming up that the insurance has now refused to cover, so it was our pleasure to help with this event and to help this family see just how powerful prayer, prayed with two or more, in agreement can do for a family.

Presenting Prayer Shawl

We made a prayer shawl for this precious one, and just before the concert began, we called all the singers back into the fellowship all of this beautiful church, we explained our ministry and about the prayer shawl itself. We all grabbed on to this shawl, I anointed it with oil, and we began to pray. We prayed for the family, for the young girl, we prayed for our concert, for each group there, and for the power of healing and anointing by the Holy Spirit would come down upon this shawl and just envelop the young girl in God's love and care. It was an amazing moment of prayer, an amazing night of music, celebration of our great God, and fellowship with fellow singing groups and ministries who were sharing the love of God with all who could hear the message.

I thank God that we had this opportunity to share our ministry, to share God in a tangible way with this young lady facing a mountain of physical problems, only to see her Lord and Savior on the other side, reaching out to hold her and love her through it. Thank you God for all you do! Bless her, bless these wonderful ministries and groups that came out in support of this family, and thank you for the Holy Spirits blessing on the night, on the prayer shawl, and on this little girl. Amen.

Singing "Little Is Much" 

Care Ministries Clergy Graduation Ceremony 2012

It was our pleasure to be asked to make prayer shawls for the clergy members and instructors of Care Ministries through Saint John's Hospital. They had been training new clergy members for the Hospital and we had the honor of being able to attend and present prayer shawls to the instructors on behalf of one of the members of the graduating class.

Through the ceremony the clergy student gave a beautiful speech about what she had learned from this group, how this ministry and the instructors had taught her so much and reminded her of exactly what it means to be the hands of God in Ministry to the sick and hurting.

Each shawl was made specifically for each instructor, each color and design was chosen based on the character, testimony, and care that each one had portrayed to the students in showing God's love to all, and how important it is to bring God's Light to the world.

We then had the honor of anointing, laying hands on, and praying for each of these shawls and the instructors that received them, it was during the actual graduation ceremony and offered to allow, friends, family members and fellow pastors that had come to the ceremony for other graduates to come up and lay hands on and help us pray, in agreement for each of these members. This has been one of the most amazing and humbling experiences I have ever had in my life of Service to God. That He would chose someone like me to carry this ministry of help, healing and prayer to others, that He sees something in me to show me I am worthy of this endeavor with Him. Thank you God for your call on my life, for allowing me to be apart of such a wonderful and Spirit filled experience, and thank you for loving me.

 
  

  
  

 

  



 

Please Pray For...

Anointing with oil, asking the Spirit to
put a special touch and blessing on
our shawls, cloths, and blankets.
To give the recipient an anointing from God.

In moments like these, we all need to know that God is so close to us. It isn't a moment of doubt or fear, it is in those moments of overwhelming sadness, grief, and pain. It is in those moments when we feel that we want to retreat into your room, crawl under the covers and say, "I Quit, I'm done." Have you ever had those types of days?

The recipients of our prayer shawls have those days, sometimes several of them in a row, we are called on to pray for these people in their moments of need, of unrest and suffering. It is because of those moments we have a ministry at all.

We have so many calls that have come in for requests for prayer shawls, prayer cloths, and other items because they know someone who is ill, someone who is hurting, needing healing, or someone that is in the deepest grief that they don't know how to come out of, that they just need "something tangible, to know that God is so near to them..." That is how one woman described it to me last week.

Anointing Ceremony Son and Brother 

I loved it, someone finally understands the purpose for our prayer shawls. Yes, we anoint them for the person, we pray for healing, help, encouragement, and hope for the ones who will receive this cloth from us. In total reality though, we wanted these people to have something, that would be anointed with the Holy Spirit of God, something that would have a touch of Him in all they do, and when they wrap it around them, they feel His presence, they feel that tangible evidence that God is there with them, that someone is praying for them, and that there is a Savior who loves them and wants everything GOOD for them in their lives.

I felt a sense of overwhelming joy when I heard her say that to me, I choked up and couldn't speak for a moment, (big deal for me) and I thought, THANK YOU GOD!!! You are there all the time, you help others find out about us, about our heart for you, for your work. Thank you God that they have a heart to help others, to stand in the gap and to pray for them, to have a heart to want to serve and love these people to the kingdom, through their grief, hurt and pain.

Anointing Ceremony for Pastor's Wife

Please pray for these people that have come our way, pray for our ministry, that we can get these items made and to them in a timely fashion, but according to God's purpose. As you know, I cannot give you the person's name, but I can tell you what to pray for, and please call out to the Lord on their behalf. God knows who they are, and we pray that God would touch them in a special, mighty way today.

Prayer List for Prayer Shawls, Blankets and Cloths

• Female - Just lost 30 yr old daughter to breast cancer, after both have been in remission for a while, Mother's grief so much to fathom. Please pray for her heart and mind. 
• Female baby - Lost mother to breast cancer, may have gene for it, needs God's complete covering and protection
• Male-Lost wife to breast cancer, now raising baby girl on his own, need encouragement, heart lifted, and strength to do this alone, even in the help of family and friends, he will face times alone, Angels to surround him and hold him up in this time of grief and loss. 
• Female - Breast Cancer Survivor, just lost mother with Cancer herself. Pray for continued health and healing and prayer for overwhelming grief for loss of mother. 
• Female Baby - Been in and out of Doctors and Hospitals, two months old, no one knows what is wrong or why she is ill. Anointed infant in person already, but thanking God and claiming healing on her little body.
• Female - Ill, needs healing and encouragement
• Male - Ill, needs healing and encouragement
• Male Teen - parents just separated, has had cancer, Docs think it has returned, but needs prayer for healing, encouragement, and just to lift up entire family through this trial. 

God can do anything, we just have to ask. We pray in agreement for these people, pray for not only Doctors to take care of them, to know what is wrong, but PRAY FOR HEALING, RECOVERY, and PEACE. Praying through faith in agreement can move mountains and can answer all these prayer requests for these wonderful people. Some need the Lord and others just need to reconnect to their God. Please remember them on your prayer lists. thank you.

You Trust Him with Your Life, Do You Trust Him with YOU?

Sometimes, no matter how hard we pray, we don't get the answer we are praying for in our lives. We pray and pray, but to no avail. There are times we pray and ask God for healing in our bodies. We ask God to heal us completely from the top of our heads to the soles of our feet. We want no more aches and pains here on earth, just to feel good all the time, to be able to walk, to move, to sit for longer periods of time to get more done, to be able to get out of bed and not have to hold on to everything as we walk our way through the house, just to be able to get from point A to point B.

Sometimes God does it, He will answer yes to your prayers, a big loud, resounding YES! Sometimes God just flat out tells us no, not always does He give us everything we ask for, because whatever it is, may not be in His complete will for us for whatever reason. Many times, whether the answer is yes or no, He doesn't give a reason why, He chose to answer, and it seems that telling us to wait on Him, is the hardest thing for us to hear and the waiting is the longest period of our lives.

Sometimes the Lord will come to ones, in the stillness of the moment, He wants them to know and shares with them that there is a purpose for the pain, and a reason for the trial. He also says there is a special grace that He has given to His Children to be able to manage and cope in that time of life that He has asked them to live through that burden, trial or pain. Paul asked God several times to remove the affliction from him, and God would just tell him, "My Grace is sufficient for thee." I am sure that isn't what Paul had in mind, but He was willing to keep the affliction if it was meant for gain in the kingdom of heaven.

I remember being in the middle of a healing service in a revival meeting at our Church. The pastor had everything set, a special speaker to come in and talk about healing, talk about the reasons why God answers prayers to some as a  resounding, "YES" and then to others, He chooses to say, "NO." Then he told us that sometimes God doesn't answer Yes or No when asked to heal someone right away, sometimes God will say, "just a little while longer, but not yet."

In all the nights he had been speaking, why did he say that tonight? The last night of the revival, he chose to say those words. I couldn't figure it why, he hadn't said that in any other message the entire week. It was the night I finally decided to go forward for anointing and prayer for healing. I thought, it is weird that you would say something like that the last night of the revival.

Then just as I was getting up to step out in the aisle, I heard it... The same still, small voice I heard the day God called me to preach... Just as audible as my husband and I having a conversation, I heard it. "Not now, Janet. You have work to do, and I have a greater purpose for your pain. I need you to wait, I need you to be patient for your healing, I need you to trust in me. I need you to know and understand that I have a greater plan and purpose for all that you are going through. My Child, I love you and hate to see you hurting and suffering, but I promise you, when your healing comes, you are going to be able to see all that was accomplished through your struggles." 

Not really what you want to hear from your own God. The one who is supposed to be answering every prayer we ask in Jesus' name. He knew that if I had asked Him for healing at that moment, in the name of Jesus, He would have had to grant it, but God had a greater purpose for me beyond all I could see for myself. So He stopped me dead in my tracks, before I could leave my seat.

I was shocked, I was heart broken, and I couldn't believe He would ask so much of me, knowing the outcome of my distress and knowing the longer I wait, the worse it was going to be. How could He call me to preach, to sing the gospel of Christ, and how could He ask someone He has walked with for this whole time, to sit down by the sidelines and take one for the team...?

I wondered that for quite a while. I sat there, tear filled eyes, thinking about what this meant to me, how much my healing meant to me, to my body, I remember thinking, "Do you know how bad I want to be able to hold my children, let them sit on my lap and to cuddle with them when they want me to? Do you know how bad I want to be able to stand and preach the gospel, to sing your praises and songs to you without wearing out, collapsing after the services? Do you really know what you are asking me to give up for you, right now? God,are you sure it is me that you are talking to? What good would come from this obedience, that wouldn't come from me being healed."  Then He said to me, "I know this is hard for you to understand, and I know how badly you want to hold your children while they are still young, but please know the blessings you are going to receive from your obedience and patience in this time of pain, hurt, and trial is going to be beyond all you could ever imagine."

As the time passed through the altercall. I sat there, sobbing, watching others, one right after another having hands laid on them, watched them be anointed, watched some of them walk away rather than limping, and others standing in the gap for someone else. I couldn't imagine what was happening, why I was being asked to do this great thing for God. "Why me, who am I?" Then my heart stirred within me, all the hopes and thoughts I had inside of me, all the plans and dreams, and every "I'm sorry, I can't hold you right now, because mommy hurts," was flowing through my mind. I knew I loved God and that I trusted Him for everything in my life, but this was a part of my life, I never thought would ever have to be totally put into His hands, so I was wondering if I really could, trust Him with my healing, with my body, and with my broken heart. I remember asking, over and over, "Why me God, Why me? Who am I? Why is my pain, my burden of hurt and suffering so important to you, to your cause? WHY! WHY! WHY!"

Then in a still, small voice, with a touch, warm and tender, felt Him lifting me up, to Him, and heard Him say, "My sweet, sweet child, I would never ask you to do more than I thought you could handle for my kingdom. I know your suffering, I know your pain. I know the children I entrusted you with need your hand to hold and your arms around them, but as great as this request is that I am asking of you, the greater it means to me that you would consider following my will. Thank you for letting me hold your heart and health in my own hands, I promise, My Grace is sufficient for you, and the healing you will have, at yet another time, will be better and greater than you or anyone could ever imagine. I love you, my child, I know what I am asking you is hard for you to do, because of the expense at this time of your life, but it is for a greater good, than you will ever know or understand here on this earth, and it will have the greatest impact for my kingdom."

I dried my tears, told my Lord, "As you request, I will do for you." I surrendered to Him right then and there, with a part of my life, my body, and the deepest part of my soul, my trust and love that I ever thought possible.

I look back sometimes on my worst days, and think, "Okay God, what would have happened if I hadn't agreed to give you all of what you had asked me to do? Would I have been healed?" I dare not dwell on that answer, because then I think, "at what expense to me, to the kingdom of God?" I know that it would have affected our relationship forever more to come, it would have hurt me more to know that I hadn't trusted my God with every part of me, and I know that the affects of my mistrust would have kept me at a distance from my Lord. Not because He would have distanced Himself from me, but because I would have been to ashamed by not trusting in what He could do for me, that I wouldn't let myself get close to Him, anymore, at least for a while.

Do I know yet why He asked me to give up my healing for the time? Do I have all the answers to this mystery It was for me, for my own life that He asked me to do this, to show me how much I was willing to give up for my Lord. For the advancement of His kingdom. Have I paid a price for what I agreed to that day? No not at all! I have had some good days and some bad days, but for the most part, God has never failed me, never. I have had more energy, more good days on the most important days I needed them, I have felt His presence beside me, through everyday knowing that my obedience and surrender has brought us to a new level of intimacy than I ever thought possible. I had struggled so long with how a real relationship with God would really feel, now I know, and I will never regret my decision. I wouldn't take nothing for this journey that I have had with my Lord, because it gets sweeter and sweeter every day. And knowing that I will one day have complete healing, through all the troubles and trials, it is worth everything I have suffered and endured here on this earth and through this time of my life.

In my own life, I had to face the fact that choosing to be obedient to God in this moment of personal request and total submission, but I also know that I am human, have a freewill, and could have rejected His request for waiting for going forward to be healed. Where do you think you are willing to stand in this moment of life? Do you think you could have sat by and watched the alter call happen for others and not be one inline for the response? Does this make me any better than anyone else because I obeyed God and put my trust in Him that day, when others would have done something else? No, not at all, God asks each of us for something, He wants to see your faith in Him and that you trust Him to give your all to Him, and for each of us it is different, it is never the same for All.

Are you willing to give God that one thing in your life? That thing that He is asking for you to let go of and let Him have His will and way in your life, that thing that if you let go, you are telling God, I TRUST YOU WITH ALL THAT IS IN ME... What is He asking you for today? Are you willing to give it to Him, are you willing to say, "Not my will, but thine be done?" I pray today that you will seek that one thing that will break your heart, that will bring you to that place of total and utter surrender and obedience to God. I pray that God will use you in a mighty way, but that you will take the time to give God your all, to give God that part of you that you have hidden from everyone who you have been hiding your strength and weaknesses to, and let God have His way in your life. I pray you will follow Him, in all you do, AMEN!

Are You Willing to Serve? No Matter What?

I hear so many people say, "I know that it will be taken care of or I will be healed, I have faith that it will happen." Then I see them later, saying things like, "I had faith, but then I didn't get healed when I asked so I don't know why God didn't answer my prayer." "Why didn't God do what He says He's gonna do, why didn't He take care of what I asked Him, I asked in faith."

Well, first thing, He always hears our prayers, He always answers them too. The thing is, God doesn't always answer our prayers, heals us, or takes care of our problems in our time, everything happens in His time. It is by our faith that we can come boldly to Him and ask for what we have to ask for, but it is by our Belief in God, and our Continued faith in Him that keeps us walking with Him, even when our prayers aren't answered right away. Sometimes His answer is "Yes, your healing is here." Sometimes our answer is, "My Grace is sufficient for thee, I am not ready to heal you yet, there is a reason for your suffering, but I will heal you when the time is ready, it is just not right now." Then again, other times, He can give either complete, perfect healing and take someone home with Him, for no further suffering on this earth, or He can choose to say, "No, I am not going to heal you, there is a reason, but it isn't for your to know or understand why, but your suffering is for a greater purpose." 

It takes faith to be healed, but it takes even greater faith to say, "Lord, I love you, I will serve you, and NO MATTER WHAT, I will serve you always, no matter what the outcome is for me, whether I live in complete healing here on earth or have to wait until heaven, I will serve you." That is one of the hardest prayers to pray, you see, God just wants you to not only speak in faith, but to submit to whatever His will is for your life. Whether it is what you want in your life, or not.

We need to remember that the Lord asks us has His child, that sometimes we are asked to work for Him, as a minister, or servant of Christ, but also that sometimes we have to suffer for a greater outcome. In Romans 8:28, it says, "All things work together for good, to them who love God, to them who are called according to His purpose."

Not that it is all things work together for our good, but for the GOOD of God's whole purpose and will, for all of us, for His Church, for the Body of Christ. The thing is, the apostles of Old, knew just that, that none of their work, trials, suffering, or even the glory was not for them at all, everything they did, they did COMPLETELY for the Glory of God and His purpose for the Church.

Paul wrote in Phil 4:10-13, "But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again' wherein ye ere also careful, but ye lacked opportunity. Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am in, therewith be content. I know both how to be abased and I know how to abound: everywhere and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." 

You see, Paul knew, it didn't matter who took care of him here on earth, if he had all his needs met here on earth, he was willing to abase, which is to be hungry, to suffer, hurt, be jailed, be ill, and more, but he had also learned to abound, which means to be full, to be healed, to have rest, happiness, joy, a place to sleep too.. But all of this would be through Christ who gave him strength to make it through whatever trial or glory he went through, it was all up to God... He was going to serve God NO MATTER WHAT. He had enough faith to know, God would answer his prayers, not only, when God chose to answer them, but also, how God chooses to answer them, according to God's will, NOT Paul's will.

Are you willing to let go and let God rule your life? Are you willing to have the greatest of faith as the apostles and say, "In whatever state I am in, I will be content." as Paul and other apostles said? Are you willing to set aside your personal anxiety and impatience for not hearing from God, and just serve Him according to His time and will?

As for me and my family, I know WE WILL. Our faith is strong enough to know, that God will bring everything we go through, every trial, every hungry night, every night of pain, suffering, and even the nights of utter happiness and sheer joy, that we have went through and will go through, we will continue to face our lives in Christ with all faith saying, "I will, WE WILL, serve God no matter what..." 

Will you?