Greetings from the Forehand's and a HUGE thanks to all of you who were praying for us as we traveled to Colorado Springs, CO for our meetings with NavPress and Focus on the Family! We received so many emails of encouragement and prayer support and we are just so thankful. God did some incredible things and so we wanted to share with you how God answered your prayers.
Our first meeting was with NavPress and it went extremely well. The folks at NavPress love the Lord and are committed to putting out quality resources that reach people with the truth and love of Christ. We have officially entered contract with them to re-write and produce our marriage book in a small group DVD series Bible Study format! We have begun the preliminary set-up steps and will begin formulating the study for the next several weeks with a deadline of June 1st to have it completed. It is set to be released in 2011. Seems so far away, but the process just takes time. We are so excited about what God will do and how many lives will be touched by His truth! As you beginning praying and planning what you will do to strengthen your marriage as well as others, please consider including this DVD series in 2011. We trust it will be a powerful tool that God will use to enlighten, equip, and encourage marriage across this country and beyond!!!
Our next meeting was with Focus on the Family. Through our series of meetings with this incredible, God-centered ministry, God has opened many doors for us to multiply our ministry to spread His truth about relationships and we are so excited! We will be flying back to the CO in the near future to record some broadcasts about our journey through our marriage, divorce, and re-marriage to be nationally broadcast to millions! We thank the Lord for this opportunity to spread hope to those struggling in relationship, and to provide truth to the value and importance of marriage, forgiveness, Christ-like love, and more. We have also joined in partnership with them to develop a Marriage Initiative that will begin its grassroots efforts in Birmingham and hopefully then spread through the rest of the state and then throughout the country!!! We are humbled and honored for this opportunity. We will begin gathering like-minded people who share this same passion for marriages and healthy relationships, and start planning God's strategy to heal the marriages in our city. If you are passionate about marriage and would like to lock arms and join us to champion this cause and calling, please let us know by commenting to this blog or sending us an email through the "contact us" page on our website, www.daleandjena.com.
We have been in ministry for 12 years. We have seen God do so much, and yet have always thought, "There's more God wants to do through us." We are confident that God has allowed us to go through so much in our lives as a process to prepare us for this very ministry. We would appreciate your prayers and support as we embark on this exciting journey with the Lord. If you are in the waiting period for "the more", be encouraged to know that all that you are going through and doing now is part of the process to prepare for what is to come. Stay the course and trust Him. He has BIG things in store for those who persevere and stay in a posture of surrender.
Praising God for you and praising God in advance for what He is going to do as He pulls His people together to do great things for His honor and glory!
Surrendered to make His name great,
Dale and Jena
Praising God for you and praising God in advance for what He is going to do as He pulls His people together to do great things for His honor and glory!
Surrendered to make His name great,
Dale and Jena