SEPTEMBER 2017 “Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God.” Psalm 146:5 Dear Friends and Supporters, We are so blessed! You may recall from our last letter that the highway road crew graded the back of the church property so that it would […]
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Messick July 2017
JUNE 2017 Dear Ones in Him, June has been a month filled with many opportunities of service: VBS – God blessed us with a great Vacation Bible School this year. We averaged about 26 young people for the week. Paul & Naomi put together such a good program, the theme: “Riding the Gospel Trail.” When […]
Messick May 2017
Dear Ones in Christ, “Moment by moment I’m kept in His love; Moment by moment I’ve life from above; Looking to Jesus till glory doth shine; Moment by moment, O Lord, I am Thine.” Thinking on the words of this beloved hymn is a great comfort as we are reminded that we have life from […]
April 2017 Messick’s
Dear ones in Christ, “God is so good, God is so good, God is so good, He’s so good to Me!” The words of this chorus so well describe all that God has done and continues to do at Living Waters Baptist Church. In March we saw many times the goodness of our Great God! […]
Feb 2017 Messick
Dear Ones in Him, Recently, Naomi, our Youth Pastor’s wife, sang a special in our Morning Worship Service titled, “No Time for the King of Kings.” The words of the first verse and chorus are: “Is the Christ crowded out of your busy life, with the toiling that each day brings? with the strain and […]
Gary & Bev Messick Jan 2017
Dear Praying Friends, January has been a very cold, snowy month, even here in this “desert” state! Pastor Bud and Connie Wells and Don, Leslie & Cameron Otto from Wyoming, Don & Patty Beebout & Greg Sommar from Iowa, came to help with a work project at the church. They were delayed a couple of […]
Messick update Dec 2016
Dear Ones in Christ, A Christmas card we received stated it so well: “JESUS is – The Lamb of God, to die for our sins. The Prince of Peace, to change out hearts. The Good Shepherd, to guide our lives.” Our prayer is that each one reading this might know Jesus Christ in this way. […]
Messick’s September 2016
SEPTEMBER 2016 Dear Ones in Him, 2 Peter 3:18 encourages us to “Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” It is our desire to daily see spiritual progress in our lives and in the lives of those we minister to. We know this can only happen as we draw from […]
Gary & Bev Messick August 2016
Dear Ones in Him, As we begin our thirty-second year serving among the Native Americans of Arizona the years have been full of blessings and challenges and experiences that have stretched us in our walk with Christ, and it has been a wonderful privilege to be a part of God’s work here. The first half […]
Messick’s June 2016 letter
“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” Hebrews 4:16 Dear Ones in Him, In our last monthly letter, we asked that you pray about several prayer requests. We would like to share with you how God heard and […]
Gary & Bev Messick’s December 2013 letter
CHRISTMAS 2013 “For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given!!”Isaiah 9:6 I don’t know about you, but I am in mild shock that we are already heading into Christmas. Too often, the “busyness” of this season can rob us of joy. But the words of Isaiah give […]
Messick’s July Update
Dear Praying Friends, “Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God.” Psalm 147:1 The first half of 2013 has already come and gone. It has been a very busy six months since we started the remodeling on the church building. Reviewing our January letter and the […]