Prayer needed

This past couple of weeks have been a challenge.  There has been turmoil and it is not over yet.  Spiritual warfare is very in our face and aggressive.  Yesterday I had to have one person taken from our property as he was drunk and causing trouble.  Then later the same day, I had to call the police for one young man who came drunk and Under the Influence of drugs.  I asked, then demanded he leave the property.  He became belligerent and would not leave. I had to call the police.  It sounds cut and dried to write it out but I'm here to tell you that it was very difficult to do this.  I have gotten to know these guys and care about them, then to have to call the police to have them removed.  You can't really understand the stronghold that alcohol and drugs have on people.  Only God can deliver them, but they have to want to be delivered.  Why do people take chances with their lives, their families just to have a drink to settle down, to feel better, etc.  Those and many more are lies from satan  to enslave good people.  One man has spent the last 20+ years in some type of alcohol program...all his adult life!

There have been 'successes' also.  One man who has a professional background has developed a hunger for the Word of God.  It is refreshing to have him pop into my office throughout the day asking questions.  He can't seem to get enough.

Another man who has a prison background is also developing an ear for the Word.  He is not as outgoing about it but you can see him changing as time goes by.
There are some others but you get the idea.  God is the key to their success.

However, a change in direction has come. Through a series of events Pastor Bob Phelps and I have resigned our positions at Set Free Church.  He was forced out for no other reason than that he was not bowing down to one particular person.  Since he and I have been a team since I started there several months ago, I also resigned.  God is not through with either of us, nor with Set Free  Church.  My statement now-a-days is, "Father, I have plans for today, however, your will be done in my life today. Please over ride my plans at any time."

I will keep you informed as the Lord leads me along on this journey of my life.

Love ya'll and wish you all the most blessed Christmas ever!
With you in His service,
Troy