As Good as Dead

The following is an excerpt from an email I just sent to a missionary friend. After explaining to her what God has shown me, I thought I should share it with all of you too!

The Holy Spirit keeps bringing a passage of Scripture to my mind from Romans 4 about Abraham's faith. It says in verse 19, "He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead,... or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb." It goes on to say that he actually was STRENGTHENED in his faith! I've been thinking about this a lot... Abraham didn't consider his own body as good as dead when God first gave him the promise. He proved that with the whole Hagar incident. It was only after years of waiting and realizing that he could do NOTHING to fulfill the promise that his faith was strengthened through counting himself as good as dead. I feel like this is my testimony of the process God has taken me through in support raising! At first, I thought I had to raise support. Now, I realize that I am as good as dead! And my faith is stronger! How awesome is this!?

58%! No, You Didn't Misread That!

In about a week's time, our Faith Promise has gone up by 10%!!! How awesome is our God?! One of my prayer partners posted on my Facebook status, "When GOD'S timing becomes NOW, ain't no stopping HIM!!" I love it! Thank you for being a part of this movement! I can't express how much I appreciate all of you on the team, both prayer and financial. It is through YOUR obedience that God is WORKING!

The next several days will be pretty full. Tonight, I have a meeting with some good friends about the ministry in New Zealand. Sunday, I leave for six days on the road. I will be speaking at Carthage Wesleyan Church Sunday morning, connecting with friends at Brookhaven Wesleyan on Sunday night, meeting with potential partners in the Marion area on Monday during the day, recruiting for Wesley Biblical Seminary at Christian University Seminary Fairs Tuesday-Thursday during the day, continuing Kingdom Come Training in the early evenings, and meeting with potential partners after that into the late evening. Please be in prayer for the following:

• Safety while traveling.
• Divine appointments with students God is calling to seminary.
• Divine appointments with future partners.
• Divine appointments with some of my former students in youth ministry.
  
• Physical strength as I've been battling a cold or sinus infection--not sure which yet.

Thanks, again, for your partnership! God is blessing!!!!

52% and Masquerade at Abby Manor

Today I officially hit 52% Faith Promise! :) I hope you can sense my excitement and the momentum that is increasing in this team building process! I fully expect to post a new percentage tomorrow!!!!

I realized that I have not posted many updates recently about ministry in Indiana. I had to share some pictures with you all from our most recent youth event at The Grounds. We took a night off from service to throw a party, and it was one epic party! We bought a kit for one of those "who-dun-it" mystery dinner parties. Everyone is assigned a character and they come to the party in character for the whole evening. At the party, a crime occurs, and everyone tries to figure out "who-dun-it." The setting: a masquerade at Abby Manor.

Elijah and Steven sporting their formal wear and masks.

Andrea and I before the party really got started. Andrea was the mastermind behind the whole game--she did an AWESOME job! She has really taken over almost completely as the lead role in the youth ministry. It is so encouraging to me to know I will be leaving it in her hands!

Several of the youth in character, hanging out in the living room.

51% Party!!!!!

Let's throw a party together! We just hit 51% Faith Promise! I'm so excited to pass the halfway point, but I'm also still greatly anticipating reaching the milestone of 75% THIS MONTH! Like I said before, this is a serious faith endeavor, but I totally believe our God is ABLE and WILLING to do it! Please keep praying for those people God has called to partner with me in this work to sense and obey that call! This week, Faith Promises have been coming in on a daily basis--I am so encouraged!!!

Kingdom Come Training, the training I started Monday about partnering with others in God's work to reach the nations, is going well. It has already been a source of encouragement and renewed boldness and zeal for the team building process. Thank you all for the prayers--please keep them coming!!!! Also, if you are feeling led to learn more about what it might look like for you to partners with me in this work, I would love to meet with you whether in person or via skype or the phone. Please let me know! amber.livermore@gmail.com, 812-779-7282

God Continues to Prove His Faithfulness

1. Prayer Partners--God is working through your prayers! Your encouraging notes have been PERFECTLY timed this week, and God is moving in response to your praying!

2. Two weekends in a row, I've been able to say, "The church I was in this weekend gave the largest love offering I've ever received!" That is something to be excited about! God is moving people to give!

3. Six people have officially joined the financial team in the last three days!!! Welcome to the team!

4. While I'm only officially at 48% Faith Promise, I am in confident expectation of reaching 75% in November! I believe God is calling what is not as though it is, and I want to believe Him for it!

5. Please pray for me as I begin Kingdom Come Training, additional training on how to raise support, tomorrow. I will fill you in more on this as the class gets started.

Prayer Goal for 75% in November

Will people join with me praying in faith to hit 75% in November? This would be a huge jump, but I am believing God for it. I was already prayerfully considering it as a goal when a prayer partner told me they were praying for 75% in November. I'm taking that as confirmation and seeking others to believe with me for it! Let's pray!

God is Working--Please Keep Praying!

I want to thank all of you who responded to my request for special prayer! I can already see God working in response! Please keep praying specifically about some potential Faith Promise partnerships with churches that could be significant to raising my Faith Promise percentage. Also, please pray God will give me eyes to see opportunities to invite people to join the team! I am so ready to get funded and to New Zealand, guys. In the midst of battling discouragement, I can feel God increasing my faith! Please continue to pray in faith with me for God to do great things!!! One of my prayer/Faith Promise partners sent me the words of this chorus as an encouragement today, and I want to share them with you.

"There's a miracle in the making, one just for you the Father is working even now, your prayer has been heard and the answers are on the way, there's a miracle in the making for you today."