A Healthy Competition

Good Morning Everyone,

We had a great weekend in the Woodward Park Youth Group. Saturday I was blessed to spend the day with several of our young people and the members of Arnold Centeno's class in Firebaugh helping the church there. On Sunday after a great time of a worship and a record setting ten minute sermon from Jim Gardner I got to continue the study of Hebrews our group started several weeks ago. The whole weekend was capped off by a devotional hosted by Gary and Linda Gearheart at the home of Bob and Virginia Jollif.

As many of you know our brother and elder John Ed Clark is facing cancer in his life right now. I know many of you are praying for John Ed and encouraging him as am I. This morning I shared something with John Ed that I would like to share with you in my blog today. We begin our teen class every Sunday and Wednesday with prayer requests from the teens. We have a unique group here at Woodward Park in that several of the teens share a common Grandfather in John Ed Clark. It is like a competition between those grand kids to see who will make the prayer request for their grandpa.

What a testament to the family of these teenagers. They love their grandfather and want every prayer they can get offered up on his behalf. I have always heard of healthy competition but grand kids trying to be the first to offer a prayer request for their grandpa takes the cake and in my book is worth noting.

So let's all take part in this healthy competition. Let's all try to outpray one another on behalf of our brother John Ed Clark. We are told that unless we become like little children we will not see the Kingdom of God. Let's take our cue from the grandchildren of John Ed and pray for a good man and from this beginning let's add others to our prayer list who need God's help. I hope you are blessed today.

Be Strong and Courageous,
Paul