A few months back, I started praying a prayer that Jabez prayed in 1 Chronicles 4:10.
In a nutshell, the prayer goes like this: “God, bless me and expand my boundaries. Keep me free from misfortune and pain.”
It’s a simple and powerful prayer, but it brings with it a responsibility to accept God’s blessing and expansion because when God answers prayer, we have to be ready to accept the answer. I could never imagine how abundantly He would fulfill my feeble request. I don’t think I was fully ready for His blessing.
Shortly after I began to pray this prayer, He sent an opportunity to open a new care center in the heart of the inner city, in the Linden area, to serve His very underserved people in that area. That center will open on February 6th.
Shortly after I began to pray this prayer, He gave us the opportunity to begin a new service that will greatly enhance our ability to serve His people. As a result, we will begin offering testing for sexually transmitted diseases by the end of March.
Shortly after I began to pray this prayer, He allowed us a grant from the Ohio Department of Health so we could greatly increase the number of students that we can touch with the message of abstinence until marriage.
Incredible. And I wasn’t ready.
The need for more volunteers, the need for more financial resources, the need for more talent, and the need for more prayer has never been greater. And the need for preparedness has never been more apparent.
So I keep praying my humble prayer and keep seeing God’s glorious bounty for PDHC.
If you feel the irresistible tug of God’s plan to help in any way, whether it’s through an ongoing monthly contribution of a few dollars, or the commitment to volunteer at one of our six offices, or just a moment of prayer for the dear ones who seek our help, please don’t push back.
Sometimes the simplest prayer can change lives.
Tim Welsh is the President of PDHC
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President’s Corner January
In a nutshell, the prayer goes like this: “God, bless me and expand my boundaries. Keep me free from misfortune and pain.”
It’s a simple and powerful prayer, but it brings with it a responsibility to accept God’s blessing and expansion because when God answers prayer, we have to be ready to accept the answer. I could never imagine how abundantly He would fulfill my feeble request. I don’t think I was fully ready for His blessing.
Shortly after I began to pray this prayer, He sent an opportunity to open a new care center in the heart of the inner city, in the Linden area, to serve His very underserved people in that area. That center will open on February 6th.
Shortly after I began to pray this prayer, He gave us the opportunity to begin a new service that will greatly enhance our ability to serve His people. As a result, we will begin offering testing for sexually transmitted diseases by the end of March.
Shortly after I began to pray this prayer, He allowed us a grant from the Ohio Department of Health so we could greatly increase the number of students that we can touch with the message of abstinence until marriage.
Incredible. And I wasn’t ready.
The need for more volunteers, the need for more financial resources, the need for more talent, and the need for more prayer has never been greater. And the need for preparedness has never been more apparent.
So I keep praying my humble prayer and keep seeing God’s glorious bounty for PDHC.
If you feel the irresistible tug of God’s plan to help in any way, whether it’s through an ongoing monthly contribution of a few dollars, or the commitment to volunteer at one of our six offices, or just a moment of prayer for the dear ones who seek our help, please don’t push back.
Sometimes the simplest prayer can change lives.
Tim Welsh is the President of PDHC