“You did not choose me but I chose you and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit and that your fruit would remain and whatever you ask in the Father's name, He will give to you.” (John 15:16)
We are closing the doors on Psalm One Ministries at the end of September.
As you can imagine, I have a lot of emotions right now as I picture the faces of thousands of men and women who have been touched by Psalm One.
Prayer
Building community
Serving the Church
Counseling
Consulting
Spiritual direction
Teaching
Training
Preaching
Facilitating
Lifting up the Lord
Bible study in the kitchen, then the basement, then the barn, then online
Days of Refreshing
Refocus and Refuel Retreats
Soul Care retreats
Webinars
A baptistry to beat all baptistries
Our crazy Christmas parties
The best meal of the week every Tuesday
Special cookouts
Incredible fellowship with wonderful brothers and sisters
Partnering with Kathleen, our faithful board members, and volunteers
Reaching out from sleepy Oregonia around the planet
Spending time with God on the most beautiful hundred acres in the world
“Adventure Lies Ahead” Prayer Team in Scotland, Ireland, Italy, England, Canada, Costa Rica, Australia, New Zealand, Kenya, and elsewhere
Men and women learning the Word
Intrepid Soul Sisters
Pipe Sinking
Walking with Jesus
Serving shoulder to shoulder with faithful men and women to care for ministry families
Feeding mouths and feeding souls
Sisterhood of the Fishbowl on retreats and Thursday nights
Therapy manatees, mantas, sheep, octopuses, and sea turtles
Ministry at the farm, ministry across the US, and ministry around the world
So many faces, so much transformation, so many memories, so many friends, so much laughter, and so much love.
This weekend I taught my last official conference as Director of Psalm One Ministries. I don't think God is quite done with me yet, and I plan to serve Him until He takes me home. I’m guessing He might have one or two more appointments and adventures still in store. One never knows where in the world I might pop up. And the “Adventure Lies Ahead” Prayer Team will continue to travel around the world with me in my carry-on, receiving photos, videos, wacky encounters, stories, and whispers from God.
But I'm on an intense roller coaster of emotions right now: grief, joy, peace, tears, loneliness, excitement, heartbreak, gratitude, aimlessness, anticipation, wonder, freedom, sadness, hope, love, relief, and seeking.
Please pray for my heart and discernment as I navigate a new path. "Your eyes will see your Teacher. Your ears will hear a word behind you, saying, 'This is the way, walk in it,' whenever you turn to the right or to the left." (Isaiah 30:20-21) 🙏❤️
I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all, in view of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now. For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus. For it is only right for me to feel this way about you all, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of grace with me. For God is my witness, how I long for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ; having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. (Philippians 1:3-11)
Please pray that Psalm One’s fruit would remain…
Much love,
Linda
For those who have been supporting the ministry and keeping us going, you may stop your donations after this month. Words cannot express my gratitude for all of your generosity and faithfulness. You have made this work possible.