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HEART TO HEART
By Dave Gentry
July 13, 2006
Dear Friends,
Greetings from your
partners at Westwood Ministries. I pray that this update finds you well
and investing daily in “being” who God has designed for you to be and
“doing” Kingdom ministry that God “prepared in advance for you to do.” How
tragic that often we reverse these two endeavors and spend our time doing
so that we can feel good about being. Doing will never elevate man to
being good. It can make him feel better about himself, but it has nothing
to do with relationship with God or what evangelicals call salvation.
Doing must flow out of being and only with God’s directive. Scripture
states that, “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good
works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”
(Ephesians 2:10) Works must be a product of being in Christ Jesus;
otherwise, works are empty and are only substitutions of “activity for
adoration.”
I pray that you will join
me in the pursuit of a life of adoration. Adoration of God is the
lifestyle of the believer who is an overcomer. God desires that we live as
overcomers in His kingdom on earth. This life of being and serving is
indeed our spiritual act of worship. (Romans 12:1)
Thanks for investing your
service as a partner with us as we minister to God’s hurting servant
leaders. Your investment in this team truly makes a difference in the
kingdom of God on earth. Thanks.
This past week we closed
on the sale of our retreat property. We are thankful to God that He moved
so quickly in this step of the transition. We are grateful to the new
owners, David and Kathie Watterson, for their generous gesture of allowing
Westwood guests to use the Lamb’s Inn for the next six months while we are
seeking our new retreat location.
Also, our staff will be
able to stay in their houses on campus for the next six months enabling
our transition to be as smooth as possible.
Our interim offices
are located at 213 “C” Street in Kerrville and our new phone number is
830-895-3082. Our toll free number is the same, 1-800-583-9841, as are our
emails and our mailing address, P. O. Box 291446, Kerrville, Texas 78029.
Please continue to pray
with us as we seek our new location in the Hill Country. We are looking
for 200 + acres in a somewhat secluded area so that our guests are
protected from noise and activity. Join me in prayer and fasting these
next weeks as we seek God’s leadership and guidance. We will keep you
posted as we walk through this process. I am excited to discover what God
has in store for us.
daveg@westwoodministries.org
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