How is He at work in and around you?





Friends,

I have been wanting to get a new blog up for the past few days and things have just not slowed down, but thank you to a massive MI snowstorm things here at the Overflow Office/Lounge are a little slower today and I have a few minutes to share.

Over the past few weeks we have seen God doing so much in and around us and we are continuing to learn what it means to see Him at work and to simply join in! This principle comes from the "Experiencing God" study by Henry Blackaby (great study by the way) and is so foundational in all that is happening here. Last night, in fact, despite the storm we had 15 adults gather in our mall community center to start the study with us. It is exciting to see as we also have 4 other life groups launching next week and there seems to be a growing hunger/thirst for more of God and to spend time in prayer. God is truly on the move.

We are truly celebrating two specific things that we have seen God do lately:

1) Our house is moving quickly towards a close next Friday, 1/23. We are in need of approximately $13,000 (initially, estimate was $16,000 but thankfully that number has come down!) at close and God has answered prayer already with $10,000 coming in. To see our house selling in this market, after all this time, is such an amazing testimony to what God can do....He is truly a miracle worker!

2) I had the awesome opportunity last week to have dinner with a man (now a friend) who was completely un-churched in his 40s and had many questions. By the end of our dinner (2.5 hours later!) I was blessed to be able to pray with him right there in the restaurant/bar as He received Jesus Christ as His Lord and Savior! We had lunch together yesterday (we are now doing this weekly) and it is so awesome to share this new journey with him as He learns more and more about who Christ is and what it means for him now that He is a Christ follower.

I want to encourage you to ask the same question we are learning to ask here at Overflow: "How is He at work in and around you?".

The answer to that question points us to what we can celebrate, how we need to change and obey Christ, and where He wants us to JUMP IN AND JOIN HIM!!!

Thank you for you prayers, partnership, and generosity! God is truly working through all of you to help fulfill the vision He has given us here with Overflow: "To live as a Christ centered movement for all people that overflows boundaries-- transforming lives in our region and beyond.”


He is an AWESOME God!

In Pursuit,

Brian

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