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Prayer Letter from Alice

Hello everyone.

I trust you are well.

  • May I ask you to continue to Pray for those around you, who are battling for various reasons.
  • I admit, I am very selfish when it comes to Prayer. I always Pray for myself first, before I talk to the Lord about anyone else or situation that concerns me. Please Pray for yourself as well.

This will be my last Prayer Letter this year. It is called pressure of time and a Daughter arriving from The States whom I only see once a year, hopefully you will forgive me.

However, I have had for a little while the writings below, which I would love you to dwell on during this Christmas Period.

I have no idea of the Author of these words, but the words are from God.

You will see as you read the words, that this is the reason for Christmas.

Bask in the luxury of being fully understood and unconditionally loved.

Dare to see yourself as I see you – radiant in My Righteousness. Cleansed by My Blood.

I view you as the one I created you to be; the one you will be in actuality when Heaven becomes your home.

It is My Life within you that is changing you, from Glory to Glory.

Rejoice in this mysterious miracle.

Just sit before Me; receiving the rock-solid truth; that you are fully understood and unconditionally loved by Me, the God of all Creation.

I see you; I know you and I Your God love you, right where you are just now.

Find rest at this time in amongst the busyness of your work and family.

Have a Wonderful Christmas.

God Bless

Alice.

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Prayer Letter from Alice

Hello Everyone,

Thank you again this week for your responses to the last Prayer Letter.

I am aware that a number of people are battling with on- going ill health and others awaiting Hospital Appointments. Please join me in Prayer for your Colleagues who continue to work, whilst not being truly well.

I have received a response following a Prayer Letter I sent out a few weeks ago. Please see below –

‘I have just come into work and read the prayer letter. When I read Judges 6. 12 “When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said the Lord is with you mighty warrior” I suddenly became warm inside and got a real sense of peace.’

I again leave that verse with you; it is very powerful.

“When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said the Lord is with you mighty warrior” Judges 6.12.

May you know The Lord with you this coming week ‘Mighty Warrior’.

God Bless you and keep you.

In Him

Alice.

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Issue 1062 Dec 2019

A “Date” with Christmas (by Allan Spencer)

Each year Christmas brings us not only a time for celebration but also traditions that will see us eating a variety of treats and morsels generally ignored during the other 51 weeks of the year. One such delicacy is that of the humble (and generally sticky) Date. So why do we have Dates at Christmas?

Click here to read more from this edition…

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Prayer Letter from Alice

Hello Everyone,

I trust you are well.

Very many thanks for your responses to the recent Prayer Letter.

From time to time, I have a week where the same verse seems to be suitable in every situation that I find myself.

Since just under a week ago, one verse has been with me and I have shared it with a number of people, including Police Officers and Staff, mainly when Praying for them.

As I think about that verse, I guess what I have just said is totally true. It does fit every situation.

Even yesterday when I visited a very sick; very close friend, I shared it with her.  Her Husband and Daughter being at her bedside, with me. I received a text at midnight last night, (8 hours later), she had just gone to Glory, a merciful release for her.

The verse has appeared in many of the Prayer Letters including one from Simon a few weeks ago.

              “Be still and know that I am God”. Psalm 46.10.

I proclaim over you, “Be Still and know that I am God”.

Spend time to allow this statement to settle in your heart and head.

God Bless

In Him

Alice.

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Prayer letter from Alice

Hello everyone,

Thank you for the responses to the PL.

Farewell to Special People

This last week we said goodbye to our Force Chaplain here in Surrey. As a Chaplain myself it has been an enormous privilege to work alongside him. He has played such an important part in the lives of many people. It is impossible to quantify the impact he has had.

He is leaving as he believes the Lord is calling him to be a Vicar. He has already started on the training road and it will take two years to complete this study.

Within another week, a Christian Sergeant who started her time in Surrey on 23rd October 1989, will be leaving us. She has been a very good friend to me, I will miss her greatly.  Impossible to imagine all the things she has done in her work during these 30 years. Until she decides to do other things, she will be able to concentrate on her husband and her two lovely daughters.

“Thank you”, doesn’t begin to touch the sides of our gratitude to you both.

 “God Bless you and Keep you. May His Face shine upon you and give you His Peace”.

A few days ago, I was aware of an Officer outside the three Forces to which this Prayer Letter travels, who had had to step in and deal with a particularly difficult sex offence.

I wrote to the Officer concerned and this was his reply.

Alice, Thank you. An incredibly tough day indeed. As I do after such days I came home & did some Bible reading. Tonight, one verse that stuck with me in particular after today was… Judges 6. 12 “When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said the Lord is with you mighty warrior”. This gave me so much strength. Praise be to God. Thank You, Jesus.

Here is the verse again.

“When the Angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said – The Lord is with you, Mighty Warrior” Judges 6.12.

Be encouraged; no matter what you face, “The Lord is with you” and perhaps you may not think it to be so, “You are a Mighty Warrior”.

A massive thank you for all you are and do.

In Him

Alice.

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Prayer Letter from Alice

Hello Everyone,

I trust you are well.

Thank you, I continue to receive responses from the PL which told the story of the Dog who awaited his owner’s return. I thank God that that story spoke to many of you. It certainly did to me.

This PL is going to be very personal; I give no apology as I know The Lord wants me to share the following.

I received an email at the end of last week from one of our Surrey Officers. Here is part of it.

“All in all, as a family; we are extremely blessed. I was thinking about that this morning, I know that trials will come but we have certainly been through some wonderful times and so often overlook the day to day blessings that God gives us. The classic verse from Lamentations comes to mind and the wonderful hymn ‘Great is Thy Faithfulness’.

Every blessing to you, not sure when I will see you next but know that I am praying for you Alice and the CPA. Take care, Adoni bless you!”

The writer had no idea how important that message was for me. I had felt under the weather for a few weeks, but knew I was physically well. As I read his reference to “Great is Thy Faithfulness” the penny dropped. I was running up to the Anniversary of the death of my Husband, 11 years ago this week. Some years this period of time has come and gone and no effects felt, this year and I don’t know why; it has been lingering in the subconscious. The Hymn “Great is They faithfulness was sung at our Wedding and then at my Husband’s Thanksgiving Service.

I want to Testify here and now of the Amazing Faithfulness of My Heavenly Father, during these last 11 years before you and My Heavenly Father.

I want to repeat the verses the Officer referred to, so that to you, wherever you are right now, they will be a Blessing as they were to me.     

                                        Lamentations 3. 20-23

I will never forget this awful time,
as I grieve over my loss.
Yet I still dare to hope
when I remember this:

The faithful love of the Lord never ends!
His mercies never cease.
Great is his faithfulness;
His mercies begin afresh each morning.

I have the great honour of reading the above verses at Surrey Police Remembrance Service this coming Monday at HQ’s.  God’s Co-incidences!

May you be aware of His Constant Faithfulness. Amen.

In Him Alice.