Imptce. of Intercession by you

Dear Friends,

I really wanted Marcos to write this post since he had seen the most change in his mom. When he left on 7-4 to go back to ACU, Deb was not getting up on her own at all. When he arrived back yesterday (7-8), he reminded her of that when he saw that she was getting up on her own quite a bit, albeit having to support part of her upper body weight by holding onto her upper thighs, but that was great improvement. Also, she stopped taking breakfast in bed Friday and now makes it to the table. (I was relieved because I could see that breakfast in bed thing becoming very addictive! ha) I continue to see a strengthening and a lessening of pain in her moving about. We do believe the medications are knocking the myeloma down and hopefully out.

Some folks have been prompted by the Spirit to write encouraging words and to share Scriptures that really speak to our hearts. We are so encouraged. Our hearts are at peace - an answer to many of your prayers - and we have been at peace for some time now. The fact that my blood pressure is back into the normal range is a proof of that presence of the peace of God that passes all understanding. We know that whatever comes has been sifted through God's fingers and we trust Him above all. He has shown Himself to be True and trustworthy through all our many years of faith walk, and so it is easy to trust Him now - come whatever may come. Rom 8:18-39

Your prayers are so important to us because I cannot intercede for her as I would like to, so I depend upon the myriads of intercessions by thousands of praying saints. That forces me to put my trust in God and my hope in the prayers of my brothers and sisters in Christ. That is far more powerful anyway. Instead of feeling helpless, I feel more like the soldier who has been called out of the battle and told to watch and wait for the outcome while thousands fight the battle for him. So I thank you. And I ask you to continue to intercede for my precious bride of 29 years that she may return to her ministry of marshalling the saintly forces to making visits to the Throne Room of Heaven on the behalf of the Kingdom of God and for many of you.

Goodnight, and God bless you,

Duane for the Jenkses