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Hosea 10: 12
(12) Sow for yourselves according to righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God); reap according to mercy and loving-kindness. Break up your uncultivated ground, for it is time to seek the Lord, to inquire for and of Him, and to require His favor, till He comes and teaches you righteousness and rains His righteous gift of salvation upon you. So for one year, and through Four New Seasons of Prayer and Fasting His Word was opening new and incredible life moving experiences for me. My Ultimate Revelation occurred when God spoke to me with instructions to open a café, a business to serve and to reach His lost. Most didn't’ understand mixing a place of business with God; however I was reminded by God’S Word.
Matthew 9: 11-13
(11) And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, Why does your Master eat with tax collectors and those [preeminently] sinful?
(12) But when Jesus heard it, He replied, Those who are strong and well (healthy) have no need of a physician, but those who are weak and sick.
(13) Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy [that is, [a]readiness to help those in trouble] and not sacrifice and sacrificial victims. For I came not to call and invite [to repentance] the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with God), but sinners (the erring one and all those not free from sin).
When I opened the café in Alhaurin El Grande, a town located in the Province of Málaga in Andalusia in southern Spain, 30 km. from the provincial capital, and at 239 meters above the sea level in one of the most picturesque villages in the Guadalhorce river valley, with a population of approximately 25,000. There is no doubt my time served in Spain with lives changed will always be among the most incredible experience of my life.
I am reminded of an immediate answer to prayer when a man came into the café, as he had heard it was a “GOD Café” and the owner prayed for people. His Arabian horse had been lost for days so he requested that I pray for his horse to return; together we prayed and within an hour after he left I received a call from him, the horse had been found.
"GOD In THE MARKET PLACE" Ministry a Non Profit (501c3) Ministry Founded by Mary Ruth LaPera
Romans 12:13 Distributing to the necessity of the saints:
given to hospitality. Be there for the needs of others.
A Ministry That Reaches The Hurting & The Lost In A Business Environment !
A Business in the Market Place is a great platform for Community Outreach!
All come and All are Welcome.
Love Is The Key, There Are NO Judgments, Only Acceptance!
Synergy (from the Greek syn-ergo, συνεργός meaning working together)
Is the term used to describe a situation where the final outcome of a system is greater than the sum of its parts.
The Apostle Paul used the word in his Epistles (Romans 8:28; 1 Corinthians 3:9)
to illustrate a dynamic conception of human, divine and cosmic cooperation:
"I did the planting, Apollos the watering, but God made things grow…
We are fellow workers (synergoi) with God; you are God's cultivation, God's building." In religious context, Synergism stems from the 1657 theological doctrine that humans will cooperate with the Divine Grace in regeneration[1]. The term began to be used in the broader, non-theological, sense by 1925.
ABOUT ME
I came to Jesus when I was young and have spent my life serving the Lord. I was born in Des Moines, Iowa. After I graduated from school I left Des Moines to find God's destiny for my life. I worked with the youth in my Uncle's church in Eufaula, Okla. Later I was asked to help a pastor in Southern Iowa. I didn't know when I said yes to help the single, female, pastor, I would be preaching every Sunday. So with the new challenge of knowing the Word of God I felt very inadequate. Nine months later I went to Bible College in Springfield, Mo. Outside of Springfield I attended a small church; there the pastor asked me to start a youth ministry. I found great joy in being used by helping those in the church, and ministering again, as well as being educated in deeper truths of God's Word.
I am an experienced counselor and teacher. My heart is to lead others to excellence. I was a missionary in Malaga, Spain for 6 years. There I was involved in planting a church out of a local cafe I started. I am an entrepreneur and visionary. I am a decorator, a motivational speaker. I owned a Hair Salon in Galveston, Tx. and a Massage Therapy Center in Dallas. I owned a Gift and Yogurt Shop in Spring, Tx.;
also had nutritional counseling classes in the shop. I started a cafe in Galveston before opening the hair salon. I have bought and sold properties. I presently reside in McKinney, Tx.
I hold life team meetings in my home as an extension of my church, Covenant in McKinney
As time passes God has been with me through many wonderful experiences. One of the greatest experience was when I felt sent to Spain. All of the experiences in Spain were life changing and it happened in a cafe, a place of business, where souls were both served and saved, with lives being changed. There is no greater reward than helping others and leading lives into inner healing freedom; teaching foundational truths of the gospel, and helping those in need find a new path for their lives. In Spain I held Friday night Bible studies, and Sunday services. I love using my business skills with the spiritual leadership abilities God has given me. I am committed to helping others and being the hands of my Father to our hurting society.
BUT I CAN'T DO IT ALONE;
I NEED A TEAM; I NEED YOU!
