Saints Alive Newsletter - December 1996

December Newsletter, 1996

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

We bring you warm Christmas greetings! It is a joy to still have the freedom to say "Merry Christmas" in this country. The world seems so busy trying to take Christ out of Christmas, but we know that will never happen! We are foregoing our regular newsletter and sending this personal note instead. Starting with the January issue, we hope to have the newsletters out in the beginning of each month.

Carol and I want to thank the many of you who have been so faithful over the years as we have stood in the gap in this difficult area of ministry. There have been times when it would have been easier to just walk away from this calling, but we always knew that would be walking away from the Lord’s will in our lives. We would have also missed the joy that has come in seeing so many people, so many families set free from spiritual darkness.

We thank the Lord for each partner who has come alongside us in prayer and financial support, as well as those who have taken the information we have prepared and used it in their own rescue missions for their loved ones.

We thank God for our committed staff this year. Doug Browning, Ellen Steere and Chuck Padgett, have stood faithfully with us in devotion to the work and the people to whom we minister. We have been so blessed by the many fellow workers, both volunteers and staff who have come through these doors over the past 20 years. Our hope is that someday in heaven we will all get together at a joyous celebration!

We give God the Glory for my restored health and energy I have had recently. I ‘m feeling so much better, am now walking and working out regularly.... and even enjoying it! This renewed body must mean the Lord has great plans for 97!

Every Christmas time, we take some days off to be with our families and rejoice with them in the remembering of the time when the Word became Flesh, when Jesus Christ was born and the new covenant began. Christmas is such a great time to be a witness for the Lord to a world who thinks Christmas is in the malls, lights and a fairy tale about Santa Claus. It’s Jesus who died for them, not jolly old Saint Nick. During this break I especially love the quality time I get to spend in prayer over your individual prayer needs.

We pray the Lord’s blessings upon you and your loved ones. May your holiday time be precious time with the Lord. May the spirit of the Lord shine upon you.

Your brothers and sisters in Christ,

Carol and Ed Decker and the Saints Alive staff

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