I remember in the 1980´s while I was a teenager studying theology in a Bible Institute in Managua, I read a nice book Called “The Church Rises” written by the late Ray C. Stedman, Senior Pastor of “Peninsula Bible Church” in CA. He wrote about the New Testament concepts of the Body Life, and also he described a particular mid-week service called “Body Life Service” where his church tried to exercise the spiritual gifts and building one another. Well I read about a particular incident when a young man asked for prayer: -Please pray for I can get a car for improve my new job”, so an old lady after he finished said to him, “-Hey, I have two cars, and this is the keys of one of them , if you want it you get it!” People applaused the wonderful and inmediately providence of God through His Family.

I can´t imagine I could see something like that in our Fellowship, well let me tell you about:
Leonardo and Urania are a faithful marriage in La Viña, Urania growth in a Christian Home, and she reconciliated with God in our church, and Leonardo became a Christian and baptized in La Viña too. They are interns in the home groups of Jose Tomas, well the houseowner of Leonardo asked to leave in two months recently, He and his family has been praying and asking for prayer for a House for rent or for buy, they are a very poor family, in spite he got a BA in Economy -many professional people in Nicaragua are under-employeed- he currently works in a Distribution Company of Cigarrettes that belongs to Tobacco British Co., as a Truck dispatcher, it´s a very basic and low incomes job.
Well, last Sunday March 13th, at the end of the service Leonardo and Urania asked for praying for their situation, so another marriage Denis and Jazmina taked the microphone and told them that they own a good piece of Land and they are giving this land to them for use it for Free, so they can live there without pay rent until they can get their own home.

Halleluia!!! All the Church risen in Joy and applaused the love of God expressed to this family trough another family in the church! God answered our prayers! That´s Body Life! Now I really know what Ray C. Stedman was talking about
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I will post later pictures of both marriages.

Posted by Eugenio in Managua, The Church, Prayer