Valleys in Autumn

It is often difficult to recognize the hand of God when we are in the midst of adversity. We often feel God is not aware of our pain and sorrow. When the Lord takes us through deep valleys, there will be fruit from the deep valley that we cannot see. We must seek Him with all that we have during these times.

God uses dark valleys to frame our lives to create a change in our nature. The depth and width of our valley is often an indicator of the level of calling and influence we will have on others in the future. Our adversity is not just for us, but others who will be in our future path of influence.

It is often years later when we discover the wisdom of God and why He intentionally led us through difficult times. Life is often lived forward, but understood backward. It is not until we are down the road and we stand on the mountain looking back through the valley that we can appreciate the terrain God has allowed us to scale and the spiritual deposits He has made in our life while we were there. "He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into the light" (Job 12:22). When you begin to realize this, you sit back and breathe a sigh of relief because you know that God was in control all along. It didn't seem like it at the time, but He was and always is.

Praise and Prayer

* Thank the Lord that the wheelchairs, Bibles and equipment arrived in Jesus de Otoro, Honduras for our Fall team.

*Please join us in prayer for the many that receive Special Delivery packages throughout the year and especially those we will visit during the holiday season. Pray we are a light in the darkness that surrounds so many in need.

* We praise God for the September Fellowship of Friends group that went to the Cathedral Buffet and Life of Christ Exhibit. Many joined us including a person who uses a wheelchair due to a brain injury, and we pray that it is a step toward reconnecting with God.

* Please pray for plans for the Fall Honduras mission trip. The team will be in Honduras November 7 – 15.

* Thank the Lord that He provided such an incredible team of seasoned veterans for Honduras . Please keep Paul and Pat Welch in prayer as they are there ahead of the team to coordinate those coming for wheelchairs.

* Please pray for Marilyn as she is being monitored closely for a brain aneurism and experiences severe headaches. Please pray the Lord will give her comfort and rest.

* Thank you for praying for many new workers to join us on Sunday mornings in the Bible Fellowship classes. We recently had 2 new servants join us at The Chapel in Akron and Green.

* Thank the Lord for the new support group at Canal Pointe rehab and nursing facility. Many are attending that are new to the Word of God.

* Please pray for the Lord to continue to send more laborers to work in his harvest field with Through the Roof Ministries in Ohio and Central America . Specifically we are praying for more to come to work on wheelchairs each week in Akron .

* Thank you for your prayers for Mark 2 Friends Day! We are so grateful to our speaker Susan Stewart, Dee Miller who shared the blessing of interpretive sign, Kevin Hoff for his gift of playing the violin and Barb Krause for sharing her beautiful art.

* Please pray that God will be glorified in all areas of ministry and that we will not grow weary in doing good, both at home and abroad.

* Thank you for your continued prayer for finances for the ministry and for many volunteers and prayer warriors to join with us to take the message of salvation to those in the US and Central America .

Today in Prayer

Dear Lord, Thank you for this beautiful day. Thank you for the seasons that change and the awesome wonder of nature that you gave us to enjoy and to oversee. Thank you for cool fall breezes at the end of a hot, dry summer. Thank you for the colorful autumn leaves that flutter down and the rusty, warm shades of flowers. Thank you for harvest time, orange pumpkins and crisp apples. Thank you for family together times and friends and festivals and all your abundant blessings. Thank you for keeping us safe, for watching over our loved ones, and for meeting our needs. I pray for the needy, that you will touch them and bring joy and provision into their lives. Thank you, God, for hearing us, for accepting our praise, and for answering our heart's prayer. In Jesus' name we pray, amen.

Thank you for your faithful prayers!

Through the Roof Ministries Prayer Team

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