{"id":2015,"date":"2023-12-19T15:15:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T15:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/?p=2015"},"modified":"2023-12-19T15:15:36","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T15:15:36","slug":"match2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/es\/match2023\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year-End Donation Match!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Years ago at the outset of Empowering Action I read the following quote by the late theologian Warren Wiersbe that I have returned to again and again throughout the subsequent 11 years of EA\u2019s ministry:<\/p>

\u201cThe Lord is planning to work through us in the lives of people and places we know nothing about today; but if we walk in His will, we shall share in the blessing.\u201d<\/p>

December has been filled with blessings for Carey and I:<\/p>

  • A wonderful reunion-like atmosphere at the EA Christmas Party;<\/li>
  • An historic and emotional retreat in the Dominican Republic with the Cuban pastors and their wives who serve as regional connectors and minister sacrificially amid the most difficult of circumstances;<\/li>
  • Our staff Christmas party in Santo Domingo which included our traditional time of prayer and thanksgiving for the Lord\u2019s grace in allowing us to serve His Church for another year;<\/li>
  • Returning to learn how many of you had already partnered with us financially in our year-end campaign;<\/li>
  • Finally, being contacted last night by a generous EA supporter offering to match all donations up to our $100,000 goal.<\/li><\/ul>

    Reflecting on the above blessings, I was drawn to the Psalmist\u2019s exhortation to trust God exclusively, worship him explicitly, and thank Him abundantly.<\/p>

    \u201cI love the Lord, because He hears my voice and my supplications. Because He has inclined His ear to me, therefore I shall call upon Him as long as I live\u2026Return to your rest, O my soul, for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.\u201d (Psalm 116:1-2, 7)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Years ago at the outset of Empowering Action I read the following quote by the late theologian Warren Wiersbe that I have returned to again and again throughout the subsequent 11 years of EA\u2019s ministry: \u201cThe Lord is planning to work through us in the lives of people and places we know nothing about today; […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2016,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ministry"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Year-END-600x300.png","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Year-END-600x300.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Kent Husted","author_link":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/es\/author\/khusted\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}