Hi Friends and Loved ones..

Feeling good again!

 

I thank all of you for your prayers.  It was good to be at church yesterday even though my body didn't think so.  You know, going to church to worship God and being with His people, and hearing His word... well you couldn't ask for more.

 

I pray this week brings you close to the Lord.  We owe Him everything.  His grace is limitless and His love is timeless.  To me, life would be useless without Him.

 

I pray for you and me that we would be more bold in our witness this week.  I pray the Holy Spirit would open hearts and minds to His word.

 

Have a great week.

 

Pray for Stacey H.

 

Love, Dan

 

ps Two of my grandchildren (Adelina and Spencer) got saved in the last week!  What a blessing!  Bless their little hearts.  It was neat to see the Holy Spririt draw them to Himself.  they couldn't rest until they got saved.  Praise the Lord for His greatness!

finally

After a rough Saturday and Sunday morning I'm starting to feel better. Not sure if it's from the drugs or what. I chalk it up to God's grace on me. I know he's in control and he has me exactly where I need to be.

Saw Ken Sat. He was back from the hospital. I went to talk to him but he was sleeping. Maybe I need to leave him a note. What do you think?

Dan

phewey

somewhat good dialysis today.

 

Not feeling that great.

 

Looking forward to tomorrow

I'm so thankful...

God has given me another great dialysis Tuesday!

Thanks for your prayers.

Please pray for Ken. He's really having some serious physical issues that are life threatening. When he was at dialysis Tues., they had to take him to emergency. He'll probably be in the hospital for a week and friends, he's running out of locations in his body where he can get dialysis. Please pray for his soul. God has kept him alive for a reason, but he's really struggling.

Dan

woohoo

Had another good dialysis Sat.

Good service Sunday.

Please pray for the church members who went up north for camp. Pray they would draw closer to God and to each other.

Dan

Watch out for the apple cart!

Had another good dialysis today. Been feeling good for a week now.

So why upset the apple cart?

When I went through the issue with anxiety last week it convinced me to look for a new doctor that I'd have access to. She practices only about a mile from the house and I liked her. The thing is, if I went to her I could also go to the nephrologist (kidney doctor) in the same system. Right now my doctors aren't all together. The one dialysis doctor sees me once a week for about 30 - 60 seconds and says high and charges me $400+. It's not the money as much as he really doesn't know me (of course the money is an issue. I was just kidding!). I went to this new dialysis clinic today (courtesy of Larry C.) and talked to the people. They have 3.5 to 4 people per tech versus 6-8 people at the place I go to now. That means big time as far as the care you get.

Soooo. I'm praying about it and would appreciate your prayers and feed back. I'm starting to lean on the new place but we'll see.

p.s. Got to talk to Ken today. He was in pretty good spirits and seemed happy to see me. I told him I was glad to see him and that we were still praying for him. He always has a puzzled look on his face, like "why are you praying for me" . He gets real quiet. Please pray for this as it's hard to talk to him as he is just getting plugged in while I'm leaving. But I'm glad to see him and to be able to talk to him. My prayer is to tell him the next time why WE ARE praying for him.

best in 6 months

Felt best in 6 months!

Had a great day Saturday.

Dan

ps great news! Ken from dialysis is alive! Saw him yesterday. He's been gone somewhere for 2 weeks. Either in hospital or nursing home. Because of privacy rules they can't tell us about other patients and because he's been so sick you just never know. So Please keep praying for him.

Feelin Good

Good day today.  The Lord is good and He is good to me.

 

I have a special prayer request.  It's for a friend who is in need of much prayer and I know you pray for me so I'd like to ask you to pray for him.  His name is not important but our prayers for him are.

 

Hey, isn't it wonderful that we have an opportunity to talk to God directly?

 

I was thinking that sometimes we spend too much time trying to change people instead of leaving that to God.  We just need to be encouragers.  I know this because you all have been so much of an encouragement to me.

 

Tomorrow is dialysis and for some reason I'm looking forward to it (must have been something I ate).

 

God bless you all,

 

Dan

Thank You

When I think of what you mean to me and how you watch over me and encourage and support me, what problems could I have? God bless all of you.



Oh, dialysis went well today.



Tomorrow I have an appointment with a new doctor right here in Taylor with affiliation with St. Joseph's Hospital in Ypsi (my home away from home)

My prayers today among others is for all of you "silent sufferers". I never realized until I got sick and you shared your own trials and tribulations to try to help me out. Today because my son and daughter-in-law came up from South Carolina, we celebrated Father's Day. Amongst many great gifts I got some cards from the grand kids and the reason I tell you this is because my one grand daughter made me a book mark that simply quoted from the Bible

"I will never leave thee nor forsake thee" and friend that's the truth! We know that God has not started with us to abandon us. How do I know it, because He said it. Phil 1:3-6 .."I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus."



Pray for Stacey H. she has suffered so much and pray for her husband too.



Love,



Dan

oh, i forgot...

...to thank all of you for your prayerful advice on my anxiety problem.  maybe I'll post some of the suggestions here later.

 

dan

What anxiousness?

Hi friends and loved ones ( or both )

 

I've told some of you about my anxiousness I've been having.  It's a real killer.  I was looking up anxious yesterday and came across some advice I have been giving through the years.  Don't you just hate it when your advice comes back to you? :)

 

Anyway after reading first Peter 5 (which I have enclosed with editorials) it really helped me a lot and maybe it might help you too.

 

Dialysis went fine today and I'm so thankful for all of you who are diligent to pray for me.  I try to pray for each of you (not enough, I'll admit) but  you are such joy to me and bring me much encouragement.

 

Anyway here's the passage I told you about.

 

Love, Dan

 

This is a passage of Scripture that I've found comforting through times like these:  It's in I Peter Chapter 5
 
Pastor Doran (Inter-City) pointed this out to us at a time when my wife was struggling with cancer.  The doctors told us she didn't have much longer to live and we were struck with emptiness and loss of words.  I have gotten much comfort through it in the past several years, when you get a chance look it over, it may help you.
 
I Peter 5
 6   Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time,
7   casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.
8    Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
9   But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world.
10   After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.
11   To Him be dominion forever and ever. Amen.
 
If you don't mind, I'll tell you how I look at it.
 
 6   Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, 7 casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

v. 6-7 tells me to humble myself and give all my anxiousness to God because he truly cares for me.  He has it allunder control and in His timing, even though I certainly don't.  In the NIV version it says, "that he may lift you up in due time" That means at the right time, at His time.
 
8   Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
 
v. 8 tells me to be very careful not to give up or to give in or let go, because the devil is looking for someone to devour.  When we give up it gives him an opportunity to do his dirty work.
 
9   But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world.
 
v. 9 gives me comfort because God tells you how to resist despair or doubts or depression which leads to being a prime candidate for the devil.  And he even tells you how to resist…. by standing firm in your faith.  Remember what you've been taught.  Remember who it is that is control.  Remember that God is in complete control.  Even though my situation may seem unique, God tells us that there are other brethren in the world who are having the same struggles.
 
10   After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.
 
v. 10 puts my situation in perspective when he says "after you have suffered a little while"…. It may not seem "little" right now, but God says it, so it is so.  But what give me more comfort is that God Himself (think of that God Himself!), as a gift to us through Christ made it so that we will spend eternity with Him.  That very God of the universe will perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.
 
11   To Him be dominion forever and ever. Amen.
 
v. 11  God is in control regardless of the circumstances.  It's not temporary.  He hasn't forgotten you or me.  It will be forever!
 
Through our experience and trials, God gave us tremendous opportunities to witness to our relatives in a way we have never had the opportunities before.  One of my wife's cousins got saved as a result.  I felt it was a priceless lesson she gave to my children, who have experienced what it means to really trust God in times of trial when things seem out of control and hopeless.
 
When life seems out of control, God is always in control and you can depend upon Him to see you through.
 
May God be with you,
 
Dan

Good dialysis

Everything went well today!

Forgive me for being so self-minded about myself and not about you. I'll get back on the track hopefully next blog.

Dan

better

What a difference a Sunday at church will make!

After last week's difficulties it was so good to be in church with God's people. I was so happy to be there, it was all I could do to stop crying the first service, in fact I couldn't. I am so so blessed to live in this free country where I can hear God's word preached freely. Pastor had a great message on Eternal security. He read from John 10 and answered any and every question I've ever heard about God keeping us eternally. As soon as I get the tape I'll post it here. Probably Tues or Wed. I'm not doubting my security but I mention it here for those of you who do.

I love you all,

Dan