Resting Place

Scripture:Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth.
Psalm 46:10

Words of Inspiration:Let me love you... God.

Prayer:Lord, thank you for being a refuge and stength for Beth as she journeyed in Sudan and Uganda. Now that she is in Amsterdam, a stopping point between Africa and North America, may you create time and space for her to be still and know.
Amen.

Inscribed

Scripture:But Zion said, "The Lord has forsaken me, my Lord has forgotten me." Can a woman forget her nursing child, or show no compassion for the child of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.
Isaiah 49:14-6

Words of Inspiration:God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.
C.S. Lewis

Prayer:Lord, love is inscribed in the palm of your hand by which all creation is held. Continue to mold, shape, and mind us together. May the comfort of your hand bring healing to the wounded soul.
Amen.

Quenched

Scripture:Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life."
John 4:13-14

Words of Inspiration:Little things are indeed little, but to be faithful in little things is a great thing.
Mother Teresa

Prayer:Beautiful Savior, may Beth continue to be a hand that points to the well that never runs dry.
Amen

Clearest Image

Scripture:He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers-all things have been created through him for him. He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Colossians 1:15-17

Words of Inspiration:Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.- Matthew 5:6

Prayer:Christ, in you we see God's clearest intentions for creation. May you continue to be the guiding presence along Beth's journey in Gulu. May she see you, share you and experience you in the relationships she enters into.
Amen.

Light

Scripture:This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all.
1 John 1:5

Words of Inspiration:
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain.
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.

Prayer:God, may the light that radiates from your love and grace guide the steps, words and heart of Beth as she cares fro your children who have known great pain.
Amen.

Prepare

Scripture: He went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, "The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight."
Luke 3:3-4

Words of Inspiration:We will never have peace in the world until men everywhere recognize that ends are not cut off from means, because the means represent the ideal in the making, and the end in process, and ultimately you can't reach good ends through evil means, because the means represent the seed and the end represents the tree.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Prayer: God of love, mercy and justice, you have called us to prepare a way for the Lord. May Beth and her team be a voice crying out love, mercy and justice in the wilderness moments you lead them into.
Amen.

Praise

Scripture:Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God all my life long.
Psalm 146

Words of Inspiration:To get through the hardest journey we need take only one step at a time, but we must keep on stepping.
Chinese Proverb

Prayer: Lord, we praise you. We praise you for the love you so freely give. We praise you for carrying Beth along the journey in Sudan. We look forward to your witnessing your unfolding mercy as he travels to Gulu tomorrow.
Amen.

love

Scripture: How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears,[a]we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.
1 John 3:1-3

Words of Inspiration:Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.
Mother Teresa

Prayer: God, hold Beth close in Your loving arms.
Amen.

Ambassadors

Scripture: For the love of Christ urges us on.... so we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us.
2 Corinthians 5:14, 20

Words of Inspiration:Loving can cost a lot but not loving always costs more, and those who fear to love often find that want of love is an emptiness that robs the joy from life.
Merle Shain quotes

Prayer: God, cause Beth to be what you have called her to be: ambassador for Christ in all aspects of her life.

Let Me

Scripture:And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. A windstorm arose on the sea, so great that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep. And they went and woke hm up, saying, "Lord, save us! We are perishing!" And he said to them, "Why are you afraid, you of little faith?" Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a dead calm. They were amazing, saying, "What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?"
Matthew 8:23-17

Words of Inspiration:Let me love you.....God


Prayer: When faced with the storms of life, may Beth remember to simply call upon Your name Lord and rely on the faith you have birthed within her to handle whatever chaos, pain, and/or brokenness she may enter into.

Be Still and Know

Scripture:God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells. God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day. Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts. The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Come and see the works of the LORD, the desolation he has brought on the earth. He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear, he burns the shields [b] with fire. "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.

Words of Inspiration:Blessed are the single-hearted, for they shall enjoy much peace. If you refuse to be hurried and pressed, if you stay your soul on God, nothing can keep you from that clearness of spirit which is life and peace. In that stillness you will know what His will is.
-Amy Carmichael


Prayer: As Beth enters into the gift of a new week in a part of your world where the blood of the innocent is in the soil and psyches of those seek refuge from senseless murders, may she be still and know that You alone are God. May you cradle her in the palm of your hand.

Know

Scripture:I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world.
John 16: 33

Words of Inspiration:Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in His love than in your own weakness.
Mother Teresa

Prayer: God, as I think of Beth this morning the words "peace" keeps coming to mind. I pray that you will surround her with your peace, may she have no doubt in her mind You are with her and in the lives of the people who greet her in Sudan this day. May she remember many times each day You have overcome evil with good. May her life bear witness to the work You have done and continue to do in the world.
Amen.

God Is

Scripture: Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, [a] you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me," even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.
Psalm 139:7-12

Words of Inspiration:His center is everywhere, His circumference is nowhere.
- Henery Law

Prayer: Loving and ever present God, as Beth steps onto the soil of Amsterdam, Sudan and Uganda, may see see and know You are with her every step of the way.
Amen.

peace

Scripture:LORD, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us.
Isaiah 26:12

Words of Inspiration:If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
Mother Teresa

Prayer: Loving God, may the peace you have established in Christ Jesus be with Beth and her team members as they seek to be one in love, healing and hope with our brothers and sisters in Sudan and Uganda.
Amen.

Invitation to Pray from Facebook Group from Beth & Peggy

AN INVITATION TO PRAY FOR THIS TRIP AND eXile's WORK- WHEREVER YOU ARE AND WHENEVER YOU CHOOSE!
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On Thanksgiving Day, Beth has been given the opportunity to return to Africa with a group from Fellowship Bible Church to begin the mission of eXile international.

eXile international was formed from Beth's most recent trip to Congo after realizing that so many of the people there were not only living in true exile, but in emotional exile as well. eXile international exists to instill hope, healing, and love to the child trauma victims of Congo and Eastern Africa by creating a program of art therapy and trauma counseling that teaches peace, reconciliation and conflict-resolution skills. We wish to give them the hope of healing as well as the hope of heaven. This program will eventually be used by the community leaders and teachers in Africa as they work with hurting children........Our hope is healing the soul of Africa one heart at a time.

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eXile international exists as a result of very very small to somewhat large donations......monthly or one time donations....from those with tiny budgets to big pocketbooks. We would love to invite you to join in the fight for healing the hearts of the children of Congo and Eastern Africa by prayerfully making a contribution to this cause. There remains $600 left to be raised for this trip.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY AND ABOVE ALL, WE SIMPLY ASK FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND TO SPREAD THE WORD.

eXile international inc.
310 25th Ave. North Suite 309
Nashville, TN 37203

Co-Founders: Peggy Cox and Bethany Haley

exileinternational.org