Resources for Women

Resources for Women is a Christian Pregnancy Care Center with whom Tomoka Christian partners. Located in Daytona Beach, they continue to be a valuable asset to our community in offering pregnancy and abortion education and counseling. Below are excerpts of a letter from their Executive Director, Michaell Hancock:

In 2011, Resources for Women had over 1400 appointments with young women. We administered more than 300 pregnancy tests, over 100 ultrasounds, conducted over 800 parenting education and Bible Study classes, and provided more than 11,000 baby and maternity items for our clients.

However, Resources for Women also saw countless tears, immeasurable brokenness, indescribable fear, and overwhelming confusion and pain. In a far greater measure, however, clients witnessed His grace, love, hope, and provision for these women, their babies, and their families.

In every opportunity we offered truth, love, and the resources to encourage them to find God's plan. Truth and love are the most powerful weapons we have to stand against the evils of abortion in our community.

Thank you for partnering with us as we partner with Him.

To find out more about this ministry or to volunteer to help, please visit their website at www.achoice4women.org.

Psalm 139

Tomoka Christian values the sanctity of life and supports five or so different pro-life organizations. But one, called Hope, Help & Life, was launched by three ladies of our own church family, Renee Stump, Bree Littleton and Barbara Beute. The organization participates in local, state and national pro-life awareness events and rallies.

The ladies are excited that they recently received official IRS designation as a charitable organization, called a 501(c)3. This is a big deal, because it means that Hope, Help & Life now can receive donations that are deductible to the fullest extent of the law. This designation also puts the organization in a much better position to receive grants, as well.

Congratulations, Barbara, Bree, and Renee!

FYI: Hope, Help & Life’s address is P.O. Box 4117, Ormond Beach, Florida 32175. It is online here: http://www.hopehelplife.com.

Who Am I?

Every time I turn around someone is putting a new label on me. Here is a partial list of who people may state I am.

• Fundamentalist
• Bible thumper
• Anti-abortionist
• Anti-equal rights
• Homophobic
• Right wing extremist
• Environment hater
• Climate change denialist

Wow! Now, I think I'll write down my thoughts of who I am.

• Created by the Almighty God
• Saved from sin by the blood of Jesus
• Bible believer
• Pro life
• Pro marriage – man/woman
• Pro child
• Pro adoption
• Pro truth
• Pro freedom
• Pro grace
• Pro personal responsibility

Jesus said in Matthew 5 that I am the light of the world. I love who Jesus makes me to be!

Increase Your Knowledge

The Almighty tells Daniel that the end times will be characterized by an increase of knowledge.

But you, Daniel, close up and seal the words of the scroll until the time of the end. Many will go here and there to increase knowledge. Daniel 12:4

While all of this knowledge causes pride that spreads sin at an unprecedented pace, there is a positive side. The church is able to:

• Share Jesus with unreached and closed people groups
• Grow in faith through an avalanche of Biblical material
• Provide private Biblical counsel to those in need

Here are a few websites that may be helpful to you, your family, or a friend:

E-Sword – free Bible program
Christian Classics Ethereal Library – Great Biblical Resources
Focus on the Family – marriage and parenting resources
Family Life – family resources
Exodus International – deliverance from homosexuality
XXXchurch– deliverance from pornography, sex addiction, masturbation addiction
World Prayer Team – submit prayer requests and pray for others
Celebrate Recovery – freedom from your hurts, habits, and hang-ups
Care Net - unplanned pregnancy
Abortion Recovery
Embraced by Grace - adoption agency
Bible Gateway – online Bible search
Resources for Women - South Daytona pregnancy center
St. Louis Cardinals

Paul penned these immortal words: “But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!” – 1 Corinthians 15:57

Michael Vick

Many of today’s headlines are focused on Michael Vick, the quarterback for the Atlanta, Falcons. The story is tragic on many levels, yet ironies are present in this story that most are overlooking.

It is bad that dogs were hung and drowned, and yet many of the same people in our culture that are so upset about this are pro-abortion. I’ll spare you the gruesome details of abortion procedures that most of you are already aware of, yet it is so present in our day.

Millions of children worldwide are being exterminated yearly, yet I hear little outcry even in the church of Jesus. How can a culture place more value on the life a dog, dolphin or buffalo than on a child?

Please don’t get me wrong, I love animals. I am a zoo-aholic. But Genesis 1:26 reminds me that mankind alone was made in the image of God.

I am convinced that on judgment day anyone from 20^th – 21^st Century American culture will be asked two questions: 1. What did you do with Jesus? 2. What did you do for “my image” on earth? I am proud to say that Tomoka supports every Pregnancy Crisis Center in Volusia County both financially and with many volunteers. Let me encourage all of us to love the unborn images of our Creator.