Keeping Hope Alive: God Is Supernatural

By Freddie Power

Keeping Hope Alive is about the incredibly supernatural things that God comes and does in the lives of everyday people. He comes meeting the needs of the individuals on the streets, in kids Bible Clubs, for the homeless, and on mission trips. The scripture says that if you give a cup of cold water in His name, we have done everything. When the Keeping Hope Alive teams go out, rather than a cup of cold water, we give out bottled water in hospitals, roses at the bus station on Mothers Day, candy to little children in apartment communities, and bread to poor on mission outreaches. We hear story after story from those we encounter of how blessed they are by the simple act of love that we extend to them in Jesus name. This book shares the details of many of these encounters where God showed up blessing individuals through these simple acts of obedience. As we put our arms around them; He places His arm around them, too. When we give to them; He gives to them, too. These pages are filled with stories of Hope. Hope that has been revitalized, instilled, and even seen become reality, as we minister through the non-profit Christian organization of Keeping Hope Alive.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Aug 25, 2009
• ISBN: 9781456724504

Freddie Power

Freddie Power Freddie is the President of Keeping Hope Alive Ministries. She pastors two churches for the homeless and is a missionary to orphans in foreign nations. She has a passion to see children ignited and released into ministry. She enjoys taking teams of young people with her to the missions field, on the streets and in foreign nations. Sharon Rowland With an incredible heart for children, Sharon Rowland has been a dedicated 5th grade teacher for 12 years. She has a heart for missions and she imparts that same compassion to the students she teaches. She is the President of Hear His Heart Ministries, and is continually inspiring more and more children to take their gifts to the streets.

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DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to an amazing man of God. He is a man with a dream; A man with a vision to save little children all over Africa. Matt Peterson is a pastor, a father, and a visionary. His heart is to dig wells to provide fresh water to children and families in Africa that is clean and free of parasites and bacteria. Not only is his team digging wells in village after village, they are teaching the villagers how to care for and maintain the wells, along with their own personal hygiene.

With this vision in his heart, and a call from God to save these little children, he prays that provision for well after well will come in. Matt loves the poor; he loves little children; and he loves the people of Africa. The work he is doing hydrating humanity has only just begun. The impact he is making will resound for generations to come!

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With honor, I dedicate this book to a man that has a heart of gold-

Matt Peterson.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Keeping Hope Alive:A Ministry, A Lifestyle

PROVISION

Pray First, Ask Later

Connected At the Coffee Shop

Money Tossed My Way

No Need is too Small

A Legacy of Keeping Hope Alive

Even When In Need, Give

Moved by God’s Voice to Give

Yes, Even a Car

Answered Prayers in the Body

Loving to Give on Valentine’s Day

Gift of Giving

Christmas Prayers

THE STREETS

He Loves Through Us

Hospital Happy Hour after Hours

We Have Him, They Need Him

Bus Stop Healing

Just Being There For Someone

Saved! By Mistake?

Surprise! Jesus Loves You!

Spiritual Release in the Ticket Line

Testimony of Islamic Past

Divine Appointment

The Power of the Cross

Atheist Believes by Word of Knowledge

Longing for a Good Word

A Value Meal & The Gospel

THE HOMELESS CHURCH

Healing Hands

Prayer Breaks Addiction

Exercise Faith, Increase Power

BIBLE CLUB

Remembering The Father

Baptismal Obstacle Course

Willingness Opens a Door

Spiritual Growth at The Hotel

The Children See Their Salvation

MISSIONS

Unscheduled Buddhist Conversion

Waiting Line Outreach

Divine Connection

Taxi Fare Gospel

IN CLOSING

Salvation Prayer

Healing Is Yours Today

God’s Love Letter to Us

INTRODUCTION

Keeping Hope Alive:

A Ministry, A Lifestyle

In 1992, my husband and I moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Once we were settled in to the area, we joined a small Methodist Bible Study. Ms. Virginia Barbee also attended this Bible Study Group. One day she shared with me how desperately concerned she was that her community was losing so many little boys to drugs, either as users or as dealers. She had heard about the Bible Study I was doing with inner-city moms, and wondered if I would come teach kids at the community center. Ms. Barbee, a precious grandmother, had a wonderful vision that the Word of God would change the lives of these young boys. She was right. Through Bible Clubs the Word of God has been changing the lives of both the children and their families for over 17 years now!

It all started with a group of 10 young kids at a local community center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. One of the boys in that first group came up with a name for our little Bible Study group. He called it Keeping Hope Alive. Now, what began as a single Bible study group for kids is now an international non-profit organization. It is almost certain that Ms. Virginia Barbee did not know that starting that little Bible Study would go beyond the neighborhood and into the nations. Over the years the Bible Study has reached orphanages in Russia, squatter camps in South Africa, refugee camps in Greece, outer villages in Mozambique, and even kids who’ve lost parents to AIDs in Nakuru, Kenya! Ms. Barbee had no idea that over 5,000 children and adults would be saved; or that many parents would experience changes in their lives as a result of the prayers of their own children.

When I teach the Bible Clubs, I always share a Bible story and Scripture Verse using motions and sign language to help them remember what is being taught. God is so faithful to answer the prayers of these faith-filled children, even when they lift up little wishes or big dreams of things