God is with us!

Today at Children's HopeChest, we kept a day of prayer and fasting.  Our staff gathered at 9am, 12noon, and 3pm for corporate times of prayer, song, devotion, and communion.

The fact of the matter is, we are in a battle.  The devil is a prowling lion seeking to devour that which is close to the heart of God... and orphans are close to the heart of God.  We experience this battle in our personal and professional lives, in our ministry programs and finances, and in our own walks with God.  As Matt Monberg has told me about a young lady dear to us who grew up in a Russian orphanage, 'the devil wants her dead.'  It is shocking, but true.  So we stand in the gap.  We wage the war by meditating on God's word, by being still before a holy God, by prayer, and by action.

Tom Davis led the devotion at 9am, Samantha Kerr at 12noon, and George Steiner at 3pm.  One theme that emerged in all of their devotions was that 'God is with us.'  They did not plan this.  This is God speaking to us.  We need to be reminded that in the midst of our busy lives, in the midst of trials, in the midst of the great joys of life, God is with us!