Ministry News
Greetings in the name of our blessed Savior and Lord Jesus Christ! What a crazy time to be alive! I am so glad that God is on His throne and His plan is going to prevail!
The Lord has blessed me with some new individual clients. It’s been a joy to weave Journey Tools with elements of The Way of the Cross and see lives set free from enemy strongholds. Teaching folks how to connect with the Wonderful Counselor is a joy and a blessing both to them and to me.
We launched a new group two weeks ago primarily for young adults. Please pray for these folks as they all really love the Lord, but the enemy is distracting them with ‘good’ things, and this is keeping several of them from dedicating time to watch the videos and journal what the Lord is showing them.
Our Zambia team is once again heading back to Zambia to minister to church leaders and their communities. Karen Myers, Dr Cyndi Lilya, John and Alysha Haddeman are all heading to Zambia this week for an extended stay of ministry. This will include intensive times of teaching the Journey Tools to the Pastors’ wives so they can use the tools with their congregations. Dr. Cyndi has also been training Pastor Eugene and Florence Nsamba from Uganda. He, in turn, will train the pastors under his watch. He is well versed in the Exchanged Life truths and now will be able to incorporate Journey Tools. We are thrilled!
I will be driving to FL for a much needed week of rest on June 14th. It’s a long drive, and I will have a friend with me, which will make it easier. Please keep us in your prayers for a safe trip. Thank you for your prayers and support!
Testimony Time
Recently, a wonderful sister in Christ was referred to me for help healing from ministry and life burnout. Being a Pastor’s wife had left her drained. She loves her sheep, but she was just fighting exhaustion.
We started with the basics of hearing her story and discussing the correlation between what we think and how it impacts our emotions. She is well aware of spiritual warfare, which made it easier to sort out what is of the enemy and what is of the flesh.
As she started viewing the Journey Tools videos, the Compass section really resonated with her. She was asking simple questions of the Lord and His answers through the mind of Christ in her gave her powerful insights and answers. This gave her hope that she could break free from the exhaustion.
We moved onto the Permission and FED section to see if there were root causes that the Lord wanted to heal. He showed her some areas of unforgiveness and some lies that she was still functioning under, and as she implemented the prayer tools, she found freedom.
Each time we meet, she brings a great report of how the Spirit is showing her stuff in her Hidden Chambers (subconscious) that needs to be cleaned out. She is learning to exchange the ‘yuck’ for His treasure of joy and peace. We are both looking forward to her taking these truths to her church peeps!
My colleague, Donny Godsey, is getting ready to release the whole Journey Tools program on YouTube free of charge to anyone who wants to go through it on their own. We find that groups are still the most effective way to process through the content. It you want more information or a taste of Journey Tools please go to:
Https://journeytools.mykajabi.com and click on Jumpstart Your Journey.
Ken Keeler Update
From Pastor Ken Keeler: I praise the Lord for a good Cat Scan for my 6 month check up after my Whipple surgery and I do not have to go back for a year.
I just finished my Men’s Group study on Galatians and as we break for the summer, pray as I write my next workbook on 1 Thessalonians.
I have been doing a Prophecy Conference Sunday nights and it has gone over very well. Please pray for my weekly preaching on Sunday nights.
Again, thank you for your prayers!
ELM Finances
Thank you so much to all of you who made donations this quarter. Your generosity has been an encouragement to me. Remember that your donations make it possible for me to offer reduced rates to those in need.
Please be praying that the Lord brings in regular donors to make up for the loss of support from my former home church in PA.
Please pray that the Lord shows me the best way to connect with local churches here in Greenwood for support and client referrals.
Your tax deductible donation can be made to ELM and you can do so by check or by going to the Donation page of our website at www.elmphilly.com/donate.
Praise & Prayer
Praise:
- For lives that are being healed through Journey Tools.
- For Pastor Ken’s great checkup after his Whipple surgery.
- For Pastor Ken being back up to speed in Bible teaching.
- For my clients’ growth in Christ and their emotional/spiritual healing.
- For the opportunity to get a week of rest in FL.
- For the new young adults JT group going right now.
- For several new local clients.
Prayer:
- For wisdom in each teaching opportunity for Pastor Ken.
- For growing referral relationships with local churches and their pastors.
- For new clients and speaking engagements.
- For wisdom in each counseling session and Journey Tools group.
- For the young adult Journey Tools group to flourish.
- For perseverance in the face of unrelenting spiritual warfare.
- For wisdom in how to effectively partner with like-minded churches and ministries in equipping people with Journey Tools.