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And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

1 Peter 5:10

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But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

Romans 13:14

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I have rejoiced in Your decrees as much as in riches. I will study Your commandments and reflect on Your ways. I will delight in Your principles and not forget Your word.
Psalm 119:14-16

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We served 34 families this week and 129 people. 15 families Wed night and 19 families today. July ended breaking almost double what we served in 2010. July 2010, 61 families and 247 people, July 2011, 111 families and 484 people. YTD 2011 607 families and 2289 people. with 5 months left in the year. 2010 the whole year we served 874 families and 3331 people. Our estimate for the 2011 year looks like we will be over 1000 families and 4 to 5 thousand people. WOW God is amazing and so are all of you who support this ministry.... Thanks, Big V and Debbie G.

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For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.

2 Corinthians 4:17-18

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Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.

~ Colossians 1:10, NLT

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If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.

2 Corinthians 11:30 (NIV)

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You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.

Genesis 50:20

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And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.

Hebrews 10:24 (NIV)

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Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.
Psalm 37:5-6

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Served 24 families this week and 93 people, with 14 new families, we also went over 700 families in our database. Still in good shape on the amount of food we have in stock, and praying that God will continue to provide the finances we need to continue the year and break all records from 2010. God Bless!!!! Big V and Debbie G

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Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Psalm 139:23-24 (NIV)

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But sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence.

1 Peter 3:15 (NASB)

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Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.

Colossians 3:23 (NIV)

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Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 6:1 (ESV)

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In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.

— Acts 2:17 (NIV)

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Galatians 5:22-23 —But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
"Joy is love exalted; peace is love in repose; patience is love enduring; gentleness is love in society; goodness is love in action; faith is love on the battlefield; meekness is love in school; self-control is love in training." D.L. Moody

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A disciple must stand up passionately against evil, especially when some call evil good. Be strong, confront in love, Jesus is on your side!

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Let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

Hebrews 10:22 (NASB)

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Big week in pantry Wed night served 18 families and 67 people, then today we served 19 families and 70 people .... 37 families and 137 people ... Wow God is still bringing them in. Our current data base is up to 670 total families and we are averaging 10 - 15 new families per week. Continue to pray that God will continue to bring in the funds to continue this ministry as we pray for increase to minister to our city. Thanks to our ELC staff and families for your support as you are giving to the least of these, He will bring the increase.
God Bless!!! Big V and Debbie G

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Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
Romans 10:4

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2 Corinthians 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

GOD Bless!

New Fridge and Freezer

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Proverbs 15:26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

GOD Bless!

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“Because he loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.”

Psalm 91:14-15 (NIV)

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I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Galatians 2:20

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Just wanted to update everyone on food pantry 2nd Qtr numbers.
2010 we served 353 families and 1265 individuals
2011 we served 496 families and 1805 individuals
this is a increase of 15% from previous year and has been the same increase we had from 2009 - 2010. Our current data base is up to 670 families entered into our computer system, which gives us a current status of serving 25 - 30 families per week and a average of 80 - 90 individuals per week. Our cost for food purchased from Second Harvest in 2010 was 5005.00 and for 2011 we have already sent 4149.00, this does not include our Woodmans shopping which averages per week expences are around $70.00 per week. We also have been able to reduce some cost by recieving free food from Community Action Coalition that caculates about $150.00 - $200.00 per week. We would like to thank all those who have contributed money and time we are blessed to have this ministry Reaching Up. Reaching Out and Reaching Madison and Beyond.
God Bless and looking forward to a great year end.
In Christ Love, Big V and Debbie G

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Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.

Joshua 1:9

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Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.

Philippians 2:3 (NIV)

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So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law.

Galatians 5:1

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Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

2 Corinthians 9:7

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(Psalm 145:18-19) The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.

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So if the Son sets you free, you are truly free.

John 8:36 NLT

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1 Peter 5:7 (NLT) From the Life Application Bible: Carrying your worries, stresses, and daily struggles by yourself shows that you have not trusted God fully with your life. It takes humility, however, to recognize that God cares, to admit your

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We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
1 John 4:13

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Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
Colossians 3:2