Elaine shares with Selva

God Has a Plan for You

In our Sunday morning service we shared a testimony from Elaine, who thought she wouldn't even be here this morning. She had called me earlier to share that she was leaving for Alabama because of an emergency with her daughter. Her daughter had surgery last month and had developed some septic poisoning. Her fever was terribly high and it looked like her kidneys were failing. She had been admitted to the hospital again. Things looked awfully serious. Elaine called to ask for prayer before leaving for Alabama.

It's interesting how Elaine ended up in our fellowship. She and Jim moved to Georgia from Virginia after Jim had an accident with the police force that messed up his ankle. He and Elaine moved to Georgia following Jim's cousin's family who was already here. What is really uncanny is that when they found out the name of the pastor, they discovered that my last name and their former pastor's last name was the same! They had been attending my brother's church in Virginia Beach! What were the odds of that? Isn't it ineteresting how God works? God has a plan. He had a plan for Elaine that inluded bringing her to Christian Fellowship. This morning we looked to the book of Jeremiah again were the prophet reminds us that God has a plan. In Jeremiah 29:11 the prophet says,

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Since coming to Georgia we have seen God answer so very many prayers for Elaine and Jim, including the request she called to share this week.

"Please pray for my daughter," she said. "I'm leaving for Alabama and probably won't be back for church on Sunday!"

We prayed right then, and I told her we would spread the word to others in the church, asking them to join us in prayer. Well, about two hours later Elaine saw her daughter. They reported that her fever broke within about fifteen minutes of our prayer together, and that it continued to come down steadily afterwards! On top of that, Elaine was in church this morning to share the news with all of us.

Hey, I don't know what you may be facing today or tomorrow, but I know this. You can trust God. He has a plan for your life, and it's a good plan too. His plan is to prosper you and not to harm you, but to give you hope and a future! God has a wonderful plan for you!