Bro. Dale's fever broke this morning and his heart rate is down! Thank You, Lord!
Our Sunday School class called her this morning and Mrs. Doug said that his heart rate started going up yesterday while she was helping him exercise his legs. He was working hard trying to push his legs against hers. She laughed and said, "I told him it was going to be boot camp! But maybe I worked him a little too hard!" She hopes to speak with the doctors today and find out what she can be doing with him. Hopefully they will have identified what was causing the fever as well.
This morning in worship, we lit the first candle of advent - the candle of Hope. It celebrates the hope we have in Emmanuel - "God with us." And because of the peace he offered through his shed blood on the cross, we can say as Paul did in Colossians, "Christ in you, the hope of glory." It is that hope that strengthens us to press on. We pray for that strength and hope to fill Bro. Dale and Mrs. Doug as they press on.
I was encouraged by the testimony of a young man we have been praying for - Matt Blount. He is dealing with 2 cancers for the second time and his desire is that through his trial, people will come to know Jesus. You can find his journal entry for Nov. 20th here, I believe: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/matthewblount
ReplyDeleteHere's another encouraging story of someone I have been praying for: Katherine Wolf. She's the daughter-in-law of the pastor at my home church in Montgomery, AL. She had a severe stroke a few years ago and has made a miraculous recovery.
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One more story. This one is of Dr. Bill Elder, pastor emeritus of Mountaintop Community Church in Hoover, AL. He suffered a severe stroke as well and there was a write up about him in the Birmingham News when he returned to the pulpit.
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