Provision – Covenant Ministries https://covenantministries.info The Hammonds in Honduras Tue, 16 Jan 2024 18:20:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Thanksgiving https://covenantministries.info/2024/01/16/thanksgiving/ Tue, 16 Jan 2024 18:20:50 +0000 https://covenantministries.info/?p=320
We have supported children in Africa for many years through this wonderful ministry.

The founder added a little note: “Thank you for your faithful support – you have sown good seed and you have much ‘fruit to your account.’ May you reap as wonderful supporters for your new ministry as you have been to us.”

It got me thinking about the ministries that we have supported over the years and the fruit that we’ve seen.

We believe that when we join financially with a ministry that we love, that we get to join in the reward – the satisfaction of seeing lives changed and in the law of Sowing and Reaping:

2 Corinthians 9:6-8 “Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.”

I believe that God does store it to our account.

I never considered that sharing with friends and family how they can join with us is like making a draw on those deposits we’ve made for so many years. We just loved what these ministries were doing and we believed in the people doing them, and so we asked God to make us able to give. He’s always been faithful.

Now when we share our vision with someone we can truly say that we know the blessing of being a part of what God is doing in the Earth. Being a part of God raising up ministers in His church and caring for orphans and widows, among other things.

When you partner with us you can know that churches and communities will be blessed by their Worship Leaders and Pastors having a better understanding of the role of worship. Understanding how it can change lives and teach theology and bring us joy – which is our strength in hard times. We know that the people of Honduras have so many burdens and such a hard life sometimes. Worship can be their “times of refreshing in the presence of the Lord.” Acts 3:20

And God will be glorified. The purpose of all of our lives, right?

Please reach out to us if the Lord is nudging you to partner with us for the people of Honduras and the glory of God. ]]> What Matters https://covenantministries.info/2023/11/06/what-matters/ Mon, 06 Nov 2023 14:37:56 +0000 https://covenantministries.info/?p=276 As we sat on our porch this morning we pondered some deep questions, and I think we recognized some deep truths.

Acts 13:2 says ‘While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set [them] apart for… the work to which I have called them.”‘

We know that we are called to ministry in Honduras. But more than that we have a call to God Himself.

I asked Paul this morning, if God had shown us the path and given us all the steps and provisions already would we be sitting here? Would we every morning be seeking His face, and ‘inquiring of the Lord’ every Sunday night by the fire? We started that out of our desperation for answers.

Whatever you need, the answer is Jesus. We know that, we say that – but what does it really mean? As I sit here I realize that whatever we do – the steps we take toward moving, even what we do in Honduras – really is not the point. God doesn’t need us. He has a plan for Honduras (with or without us) because he loves the Honduran people. His plan for US is more of Him, above anything we could ever do or accomplish. If we pursue anything else besides Jesus we’ve missed it. Everything will grow from losing ourselves in Jesus.

We hear preachers who have mind-blowing wisdom and see people minister with signs and wonders – we ourselves have seen the miraculous around the world. We want to ask these people, “How do you do it?” Or, “How do you get God to do it?” You don’t. You seek Him. You follow Him. You obey Him. You LOVE Him. There’s nothing wrong with pursuing the miraculous or the favor of God or answers and guidance and provision, but the really important thing, the place where all of your confidence will come from is being lost in Him. Everything else will flow from that.

I’ve often told single women that if they’re looking for a godly man – stop looking. Unless you fall in love with Jesus, and allow the Holy Spirit to change you and heal you, unless you pursue being a strong woman of God, confident in every situation with or without a partner, then when that godly man encounters you, he will walk right by you and not see you because you are not prepared for him. You are not ready to support him and walk alongside him.

I think of ministry that way now too. This is the meaning of “Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you”. It’s not seeking the things of the Kingdom it’s seeking the One who IS the kingdom – the embodiment of Heaven and kingship. Our Lord should be our only focus, and then, in a way, it doesn’t even matter what the answers are to our questions. We won’t be confused, we won’t be afraid, we won’t be disappointed, because we will have the only thing that matters. HIM.

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