NOVEMBER 2017 Letter LIVING WELL

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One day is not enough to give thanks!

Thank YOU for YOUR prayers and support of LIVING WELL for the last 14 years!

As an expression of our gratitude, we are inviting YOU to join us in A Day to Celebrate! We could not do what we do at LIVING WELL without YOU.

We will celebrate another year of LIVING WELL, November 9th from 10am – 8pm!

Our annual event is:

• To share about our ministry 
• Our only fundraising event of the year

To share, we will have an open house at our office if you would like to come by, say hi, and see where we work. If you can’t make it to the office, join us online as we have live videos posted on the LIVING WELL facebook page through the day and by email. We will talk about what is happening in the ministry.

To donate, you can mail in a check, donate online, or come by our office and leave a donation – our most important single day of fundraising for the year!

We hope you will be a part of that day in whatever works for you!

Gratitude is a life-changing attribute when included in your lifestyle. Don’t wait until Thankgiving Day to be thankful. Start now! God designed us to give thanks to Him and to others. See our last blogpost - happiness and gratitude and ideas on making it part of your life.

Construction of Classroom Building #3 at WISDOM Christian School is almost complete! The roof is on, the ceilings are in, and the final phase of painting is about to begin. For more info and pictures, see the WCS website, www.wisdomchristianschool.com or WCS facebook page.

Our containers to WCS are on their way to Zambia. We will go to Zambia in January to see the new building and set up the computer lab in it. Thank you for your continued prayers, support, and encouragement.

Our love in Christ,

Donna and Ed Edwards

P.S. Pray for our Day to Celebrate, November 9th.

The water that I will give him will

become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life. 

John 4:14b 

LIVING WELL is a life source, not a life style.

How does gratitude make you happy?

Gratitude bestows reverence, 

allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, 

those transcendent moments of awe 

that change forever 

how we experience life and the world. 

John Milton

The word gratitude is derived from the Latin “gratia,” which means grace, graciousness, or gratefulness. Gratitude can mean all of these.

Gratitude is a thankful appreciation for what I receive, whether tangible or intangible. When I express gratitude, I acknowledge the goodness in my life.

In the process, I recognize that the source of that goodness lies outside myself. As a result, gratitude also helps me connect to something larger than me — whether to other people or to God.

Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 

1 Thessalonians 5:18

God didn’t say to give thanks FOR everything but to give thanks IN all things. When gratitude becomes a lifestyle, my spiritual health, mental, and physical health are all better.

I will give thanks to You, 

O Lord my God, with all my heart, 

And will glorify Your name forever. 

Psalm 86:12

When I give thanks to God for what He has done in my life and praise Him for who He is, I affirm His goodness in my life and that He is a giver of good gifts. I have hope and intimacy with Him!

God has given every person good things. A failure to recognize His goodness denies the very essence of His character.

Research verifies that grateful people are happier people. God has designed us to be grateful people. When we are grateful, we are at our best.

HEART of GRATITUDE 

Gratitude is an offering precious in the sight of God, and it is one that the poorest of us can make and be not poorer but richer for having made it.  A.W. Tozer

Gratitude starts in my heart. It says that I recognize someone greater than myself; that His will is for my benefit.

I will praise the name of God with song
And magnify Him with thanksgiving.

Psalm 69:30

Gratitude acknowledges that God has provided all that I have.
Having said this, he took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of all, and he broke it and began to eat.
Acts 27:35

A lack of thankfulness is foolish.
For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks …. and their foolish heart was darkened. Romans 1:21