OLIVE TREE MINISTRIES

Janette Stone, Founder & Director
Olive Tree Ministries

OLIVE TREE MINISTRIES would like to communicate the truth of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior in everyday life to all people and to encourage and stimulate personal growth in Christ.

We seek to build up the Church of Christ utilizing such opportunities as God presents to its attention.

It seeks not to be identified with any one denomination but to be supportive of the central truths of faith.

E-mail: otministries@yahoo.com
P.O. Box 283, Green Lake, WI 54941

Seeds of Thought

I held a two week old baby named a few days ago. I wrapped him in his receiving blanket so he fit right in and held him close. As I looked at him sleeping securely in my arms, I was amazed at the trust God puts in us when he hands us a new child or grandchild. He trusts us to love and always do what is the best for that gift he has given. Wrapping them in their soft blankets, holding them close and then praying that God will help us be the parent and grandparent that He has planned for this little person.

Have you ever waited for someone to show up? You have set a time aside that you plan to spend with that person, and they just don’t appear! How long should you wait? How much should you worry? When do you call to make sure that the accident didn’t happen or the illness didn’t strike? Oh, they just forgot……. There can’t help to be a let down that maybe you were not important enough to remember………Do we ever give God that same message when we “just forget”?

MORNING DEVOTIONAL
by Jack Witte

THE ANCHOR HOLDS

November 20, 2008

“For – God – so – loved – the- world.” John 3:16

Yesterday morning I was driving on a trip, listening to ESPN Sports Radio.

The hosts of the sports talk show were asking listeners to send in what they called six word essays. Six word sentences that made a point and had value in their content. Over 5,000 e-mails were sent to them in less than an hour.

I turned off the radio as my mind turned to God’s word and the above verse immediately came to mind. Six words that say more than six hundred or six thousand words could say. Six words that hold all the answers to life’s questions and life’s problems, six words that speak volumes yet are so simple and easy to understand. “For God so loved the world” … six words God chose for His people to know, to understand, to remember. Six words that tell the salvation story. Six words that tell of God’s tender love for us and His mercy and His hope.

Father in heaven, You loved each of us so much that You sent Your only Son to come to this earth as a sacrifice for the sins of all men. If I were the only person on this earth, Your Son still would have come. Jesus brought with Him the opportunity for us all to know Him as our personal Savior and Lord. Thank You that You cared so much … that You love us so much. Thank You that You are the Anchor of our salvation.

Inspirational song for the week from JW:

Til We Fly Away -- Ernie Haase & Signature Sound

WHOLE WOMAN CONFERENCE 2009

January 23-24, 2009
Friday evening - Saturday evening
Heidel House Resort
Green Lake, WI

We have an exciting program planned!! More information will be posted soon.

QUESTIONS JANETTE HAS ANSWERED OVER THE YEARS

My mother was a very harsh, unloving mother as I was growing up but
now that she is old and needs help, it is hard for me to honor her as the bible
tells me to do.

There is no doubt that how we are treated by someone affects how we
feel toward them. But, it is important to you to forgive your mother for the
past, not so much for her but so you do not have to continue to carry around
that burden. I do not feel that you have to pretend a closeness that is not
there, but you are still called to see that your elderly parent's needs are met.