70x7: Archive

Rose

I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. Song of Solomon 2:1 Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a loud rumbling sound as the glory of the LORD rose from the place where it was standing. Ezekiel 3:12 Two very different verses using the same word, Rose, in different ways. I never gave this any thought before tonight but how like life can one thing actually have 2 different...

Feb 16th

Drive-by gifting

Sorry it has taken me so long to send an update about the Christmas outreach. I’ve had a bit of a stale fruitcake brain lately. When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? Matt. 25:38 NIV We may lovingly call the Christmas outreach’s “Drive-by gifting” because we stop and offer a Christmas gift to everyone we see on the streets, whether homeless, a...

Jan 23rd

Good Gifts

So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him. Matt. 7:11 NLT At first I thought this passage didn’t speak to what the Lord placed on my heart but every time I thought about our last few weeks on the streets this verse kept coming to mind. I keep thinking how; me as a sinner wants to give good...

Dec 20th

First born over all creation

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.” Romans 1:16-17 NIV I’m stepping outside the norm with this week’s email...

Dec 7th

Thanksgiving everyday

Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name. Heb. 13:15 NKJV “Giving thanks to His name”, not just on Thanksgiving but everyday as there are so many things to be thankful for: To shop and buy our own Turkey and fixings. Many of the people who received a Thanksgiving basket struggle everyday to feed...

Dec 2nd

Keep your eyes open

Keep your eyes open, hold tight to your convictions, give it all you’ve got, be resolute, and love without stopping. I Cor. 16:13,14 MSG It’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks and I haven’t taken the time to write an email. But this week was a reminder that we are to put on the armor of God each day and love without stopping. The enemy is always trying to deceive us with friendly smiles...

Oct 28th

Performs miracles

You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples. Ps. 77:14 “I’m so glad you are here, please read this update from the doctors and share it with everyone who has prayed for me. I want you to tell them that God is wonderful and he gave me another miracle”, she said as I walked into her hospital room yesterday. A little background on this precious lady, she...

Oct 1st

One flock

Then he spoke: You’re blessed when you’ve lost it all. God’s kingdom is there for the finding. You’re blessed when you’re ravenously hungry. Then you’re ready for the Messianic meal. You’re blessed when the tears flow freely. Joy comes with the morning. Luke 6:20-21 MSG I want to write this on my heart so that every time I meet someone on the street...

Sep 23rd

Glory to God

Because we understand our fearful responsibility to the Lord, we work hard to persuade others. God knows we are sincere, and I hope you know this, too. Are we commending ourselves to you again? No, we are giving you a reason to be proud of us, so you can answer those who brag about having a spectacular ministry rather than having a sincere heart. If it seems we are crazy, it is to bring glory to...

Sep 7th

Busy doing

My dear friends, stand firm and don’t be shaken. Always keep busy working for the Lord. You know that everything you do for him is worthwhile. I Cor. 15:58 CEV Jesus Christ will keep you busy doing good deeds that bring glory and praise to God. Phil. 1:11 CEV These are some scriptures I’ve been reading over and over again these last few weeks. It’s been a busy summer so far, busy...

Jul 28th

Put on love

Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Col. 3:13-15 It’s been an interesting couple of weeks. Outreach...

Jun 29th

Breaking bread together

Do everything in love. I Cor. 16:14 This week we started something new and now I’m wondering why it took so long to do something like this. On Monday we invited 2 of our Monday route clients out to dinner. What a wonderful time we had sharing a meal, growing our friendship and finding out more about their journey with Christ. A little over 4 years ago we met Sally standing on a street...

Jun 10th

God cares for you

But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. Luke 10:33, 34 NIV I love when we get to witness something on the streets that vividly brings scripture to mind. We stopped to talk to a lady and...

May 27th

Invite to the banquet

But don’t stop; pursue your enemies! Attack them from the rear and don’t let them reach their cities, for the LORD your God has given them into your hand.” Joshua 10:19 Joshua 10 is a powerful chapter where the Lord performed one of the most amazing miracles in the Bible. When I read this verse I kept thinking of all the insanity that has been happening lately, relapse, lies, abandominiums...

May 21st

997

Well I guess the Lord has decided it’s time for me to write about the Easter basket outreach because I can’t find any scripture to coincide with 997 baskets. In all my years of doing outreach this had to be the most joyful and convicting season ever! Of the 997 baskets we gave out we probably talked to over 700 people. Most of the people were very, very grateful to receive a basket and prayer;...

Apr 26th

651

651 Baskets delivered, Praise God!!! We are not done yet, Hallelujah!!! Silence is praise to you, Zion-dwelling God, and also obedience. You hear the prayer in it all. Psalm 65:1 MSG I was sought by those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’ To a nation that was not called by My name. Isaiah 65:1 NKJV I am the living...

Apr 22nd

3:28

Short email tonight, I’m very tired and brain dead. A lot of wonderful things have been happening though with the Easter Basket deliveries and I will share more when we have finished deliveries. During my prayer time I asked the Lord if I could bow out of an email tonight and he said, “send a short one. How many baskets have you loaded into the van for delivery?” 328 baskets have been loaded...

Apr 14th

This city

Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times. Mark 4:8 This week 70x7 experienced a First! In all our years of doing outreach we have never been blessed like we were Monday evening. I’m still shouting praises to the Lord, shaking my head in amazement, and walking around with a heart full of joy and wonder....

Apr 11th

Only one Judge

If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. John 12:47 There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge your neighbor? James 4:12 Ever since I met Raina I’ve had to call scripture to mind so that I didn’t judge her. She was the epitome of what...

Apr 1st

Grace like rain

Jeff Petherick with Karl Nilsson wrote a book filled with stories of Grace and Jeff’s offer to donate the proceeds to 70x7 is a blessing. If you like to read please consider purchasing the book and helping 70x7 help others. Blessings, Donna “Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.” Deut.28:6 From: Jeff Petherick To:...

Apr 1st

Learning to trust

I was not feeling up to par this week so I had to cancel outreach, which breaks my heart. So tonight instead of writing an email I sat down for a long chat with my savior and offered up prayers for many. But the Lord had some wonderful news he wanted to share with everyone. In the middle of my prayer time my cell phone rings, oh Judy is calling it will be nice to talk to her. But it’s not Judy...

Mar 19th

Easter Baskets

It’s that time of year again, the time when 70x7 asks for help in blessing our clients with an Easter basket. If you feel lead to help us out below is a list of what we are praying for. Easter Baskets for 70x7 1 Easter basket, any kind (The dollar stores usually have nice ones) 1 wash cloth (please DON’T use any of the colored grass in the bottom of the basket, the people just throw it on the...

Mar 11th

Enlarge the harvest

Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God. This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord’s people but is also...

Mar 4th

Celebration

Hoping you can join us! For those who have RSVP’d Thank you! Praise God from whom all blessings flow Please join us for 70x7’s 10th anniversary celebration When: Friday February 25, 2011 Time: 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Where: Kilgour Scottish Center 2360 Rochester Ct. Troy, Mi. 48083 Cost: Donation Come hear street outreach ministry stories, share a...

Feb 17th

Fear and trembling

And his affection for you is all the greater when he remembers that you were all obedient, receiving him with fear and trembling. 2 Cor. 7:15 “Oh no we just passed up W and he’s running after the van”, was the cry in the van. So I rolled down my window and yelled that we would turn around and come back. It was so cold out and he was sitting up against the abutment with his little sign begging...

Feb 11th

70x7 Anniversary Celebration

Praise God from whom all blessings flow Please join us for 70x7’s 10th anniversary celebration When: Friday February 25, 2011 Time: 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Where: Kilgour Scottish Center 2360 Rochester Ct. Troy, Mi. 48083 Cost: Donation Come hear street outreach ministry stories, share a ministry meal, and enjoy the musical talents of local artists as we celebrate...

Jan 27th

Endings/beginnings

Endings are better than beginnings. Sticking to it is better than standing out. Ecc. 7:8 MSG Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. Ecc. 7:8 KJV It’s a New Year and most of us have been making New Year’s resolutions to begin something. I love how the Bible says that endings are better than beginnings. As we hit the...

Jan 15th

The sound of rejoicing

From them will come songs of thanksgiving and the sound of rejoicing. Jer. 30:19a This was a difficult verse to reference, I love what it says but Jeremiah can be a painful book to read. Take the time to read Jer. 30, the whole chapter this Christmas season, beautiful promises in the midst of turmoil. Tuesday the 21st we did our last night of outreach for Christmas and were we just blown away...

Dec 27th

A banquet

But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.” Luke 14:13,14 Thanksgiving Day has come and gone, most of us probably can’t even remember what all we ate. But hopefully your day was as blessed as the people who received the donated Thanksgiving...

Dec 3rd

Touch!

Tonight’s email is from Caroline, a wonderful team-member. “When two of you get together on anything at all on earth and make a prayer of it, my Father in heaven goes into action”. Matthew 18:19 MSG An Encouraging Night! In the few short months that I have been riding along in the van with Donna and the various 70x7 teams of people, I have watched and learned so much about God’s...

Nov 18th

Christmas request

For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ Matt. 25:35,36 The 70x7 team may go out on the streets week after week and give people something to eat, or drink, pray with them when they...

Nov 4th

Rock of our salvation

God is the one who began this good work in you, and I am certain that he won’t stop before it is complete on the day that Christ Jesus returns. Phil. 1:6 CEV I have been trying to write this email for weeks and every time I sit down to write I get excited, my thoughts and prayers wander and I find I haven’t written anything. I’ve wanted to share with you our joy in seeing God at work in...

Oct 29th

Enter into His gates

Desert – a desolate and forbidding area – Merriam-Webster While Aaron was speaking to the whole Israelite community, they looked toward the desert, and there was the glory of the LORD appearing in the cloud. Ex.16:10 (NIV) Do you ever feel that you experience the Desert while walking with the Lord? You wish you could say that every day with the Lord was filled with hope and joy but that’s not...

Oct 14th

Bear one another's burdens

Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. Ps. 68:19 Carry each others burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. Gal. 6:2 I haven’t written an email in almost a month, it’s not that we haven’t been hitting the streets and praying with people it just seems that so many things have been happening lately. So many people dealing with major health...

Oct 1st

I stand in awe!

As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it. Luke 19:41 I don’t pretend to know the mind of God but sometimes he seems to give us a glimpse of what breaks his heart. Last week we were really hit with what one of the things are that breaks his heart and it broke ours also. We hit the streets 3 evenings, going back into the old neighborhoods to see friends we haven’t seen in a...

Sep 2nd

Are we grateful?

This week’s email is from Terry, a wonderful Monday teammate!!! On Monday night when we passed out our lunch bags and hygiene kits we came to a familiar house with familiar people. It’s an Adult Foster Care for Men. One man in particular has been pretty grouchy the past few weeks. Could be the heat getting to him, could be because their house had been fire bombed, burned up all his...

Aug 21st

Praises!!

Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise. Jeremiah 17:14 I was going to write about the streets tonight but something wonderful happened with Cindy today and she said I could share it. The Lord’s timing was beautiful as so many of us have been feeling a little down lately. So many trials going on with loved ones and friends;...

Aug 5th

The race

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Heb. 12:1 Running the race! Sometimes, no make that most of the time, I would rather walk the race, to walk alongside all the wonderful people we meet on the streets. For most of...

Jul 22nd

I love you Lord!

I love you, LORD! You answered my prayers. Psalm 116:1 (CEV) We are back out on the streets again after a month long break, a month in which we had many things to pray about. What a month it was!! We had the time and energy to take a few groups for a mini-tour of the city, to talk about the vision of 70x7 and to pray for direction for the future of the ministry. We returned to the...

Jul 9th

Invitation

Tonight’s email is a little different. Rather than write about the move of the Holy Spirit on the streets I’d like to extend an invitation, an invitation to come cruise the streets with me. Ever since 70x7 started hitting the streets I’ve felt that the Lord has asked me to concentrate on building trust, consistency, loving relationships and opportunities to share the message of the Gospel. A...

Jun 14th

Through young eyes

Hey everyone! I’m not Donna! My name is Jake Pradko and I have been apart of 70x7 for almost one year now. Donna has asked me to share in this weeks’ update. Nearly every night I am out in the van I wonder what our clients think about me. Not so much what they think about me personally, but what they think about me and my friends from my neighborhoods, the ones I grew up in. I...

Jun 4th

Firm grip

Keep a cool head. Stay alert. The Devil is poised to pounce, and would like nothing better than to catch you napping. Keep your guard up. You’re not the only ones plunged into these hard times. It’s the same with Christians all over the world. So keep a firm grip on the faith. The suffering won’t last forever. It won’t be long before this generous God who has great...

May 27th

Our help and our shield

We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our help and our shield. In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. May your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD, even as we put our hope in you. Ps. 33:20-22 Rejoice!!! I’ve been doing a lot of rejoicing, hanging out with young people, praying with clients and just plain staying busy. Sorry I haven’t had time to write emails lately. Every...

May 20th

And he died for all!

And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. 2 Cor. 5:15 And he died for all!!! From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. Acts 17:26 In my mind these verses belong together,...

Apr 3rd

Our hearts

If you see your enemy hungry, go buy him lunch; if he’s thirsty, bring him a drink. Your generosity will surprise him with goodness, and God will look after you. Proverbs 25:21 MSG They may not be our enemy but we love when we meet a new person on the street and they are surprised by the goodness of God. With the weather being so nice these last 2 weeks we have had the privilege of...

Mar 17th

Wonder-working God!

Blessed God, Israel’s God, the one and only wonder-working God! Blessed always his blazing glory! All earth brims with his glory. Yes and Yes and Yes. Ps. 72:18 MSG I’ve been praising the Lord and thinking about all He has been doing in the last few days that I didn’t know how to sit down and put it into words. There is so much to say but I will try to keep it short and to the point,...

Mar 4th

Deliver us - update

But God has surely listened and heard my voice in prayer. Ps. 66:19 The poor will see and be glad—you who seek God, may your hearts live! The LORD hears the needy and does not despise his captive people. Ps. 69:32,33 The Lord heard the prayers offered up for our friend!!!! I talked to Judy today (she gave me permission to use her name), Praise the Lord!! It was a sleepless night last night...

Feb 18th

Deliver us

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. Matt. 6:13 We started out so joyous looking forward to an evening of prayer and fellowship with our friends. We didn’t see them last Tuesday because of the snow so the team headed out on the streets with joy filled hearts. Our first stop confirmed our joy as 10 of us stood in a circle and gave thanks to our Lord. Our next...

Feb 17th

Celebrating Cindy

For this son (daughter) of mine was dead and is alive again; he (she) was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate. Luke 15:24 (italics mine) Celebrate! Cindy turns 7 on Feb. 21st. In so many ways this dear sister-in-the-Lord is really only 7 years old. Her joy in seeing and learning things just as a child does is a blessing to all those who know her. I thank God for the...

Feb 12th

Jealous patriarchs

Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him. Acts 7:9 I’m not trying to be disrespectful but when I think of a particular incident last night during outreach this verse really made me laugh. Lately we’ve been enjoying the company of some young Godly men and women riding in the van with us and one of those young men, Jake, was with us...

Feb 3rd