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Faithfulness: it’s a power packed word, altho sometimes I admit, I am unable to take it all in. The Lord is completely, totally, and irrevocably faithful. I told Wayne just the other day, ‘I’m so amazed at how loving and kind and faithful the Lord is to me, when I can be such a brat.’ (I’m thankful the Lord is aware of my ‘brattiness,’ but still loves me!).

I’ve been leading worship online, every Monday night for a year now. Sometimes there are people online with me, and sometimes it’s just me. Sometimes the comments are lovely, and sometimes they are not very nice (it’s interesting to me that people will take the time to find worship online, and then criticize). In addition to that, once a month, a larger group of us gather to worship online together. Never ONCE, has the Lord not met me on Monday nights, or forsaken us on Friday nights. I am constantly amazed by this, because I am often so full of distraction or lack of focus. Does that sound familiar? Last Friday night, after about an hour of worship in our monthly gathering, having wrestled for that entire hour with internet issues (making worship time very choppy and disjointed for me), I suddenly felt a rush of the Lord’s presence, which was just overwhelming. I knew it was His love and faithfulness that was consuming me. And He did that just because He wanted to. What His love and faithfulness produced in me, was the same-overwhelming love for Him, and the intense desire to be faithful to Him at all times. The unmatched love He let loose in my heart for Him was uncanny.

It’s such an intense thing that the Lord even leads us and helps us when we go to worship Him. What kind of mercy and grace is that? That He doesn’t just sit around and wait for me to get it together to worship Him, but He helps me along, as I take meager steps to give Him praise and honor. Let this be a bright and kind reminder to you today, that ‘even when we are faithless, He is still faithful.’ II Tim 2:13.

Make an effort, give Him what you’ve got, and remember this: if you just tell somebody your very simple story of GOD’S faithfulness to you, your story might just be the key that unlocks someone else’s heart and brings them to Jesus. Give it a try this week. Just tell somebody your little story. There is no question, that He will turn it into something grand, for His Kingdom. He is like that. He is faithful.

Encouraging Meditation Psalm 20

Trust in the Name of the Lord Our God

To The Choirmaster. A Psalm Of David.

1 May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble!

May the name of the God of Jacob protect you!

2 May He send you help from the sanctuary and give you support from Zion!

3 May He remember all your offerings

and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! Selah

4 May He grant you your heart’s desire

and fulfill all your plans!

5 May we shout for joy over your salvation,

and in the name of our God set up our banners! May the LORD fulfill all your petitions!

6 Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He will answer Him from His holy heaven with the saving might of His right hand.

7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

8 They collapse and fall,

but we rise and stand upright.

9 O LORD, save the king! May He answer us when we call.

For Prayer: 🙏

Wayne traveling May 15-23 to Northern California for Gabriel’s graduation from Berkeley University (if you know Gabriel’s story – you know this is an amazing testimony.) And then on to Tijuana Mexico to encourage our teams there.
Carol ministry gathering in Georgia in July, tapping into her Moravian roots of worship & prayer. Asking early for this one.
Carol’s family. Some difficulties with ongoing caregiving for mom.
Wayne traveling June 10-15 to Colorado Springs to serve with Restoring Hope Conference.
Wayne has also has been invited to Lithuania to minister and train with Living Waters Team in July. We need prayer confirmation and airfare funds to come in for this one. Let us know if you are interested in giving!

Happy New Year

Dearest friends, we would like to ask you to consider partnering with Voice of the Bride, for 2026.

What are we asking you to partner in? Come January, we are a 30 year old mission organization, which was founded on the principles of;

1. Serving the poor and needy, here in our nation, as well as around the world.

2. Serving the Lord in worship and intercession, seeing the atmosphere changed for His glory and Kingdom, and partnering with GOD in whatever is on His heart for our nation, and for the world.

3. Serving whoever the Lord puts right in front of us, be it thru counseling, mentoring, teaching, encouragement, or sharing the Gospel!

So do any (or ALL), of those things light the fire in your heart? We can’t all go, but we can ALL serve the Lord, as we partner together to help push the Gospel, and His Kingdom forward!!!

In the last few years, we have helped walk my dad into Heaven, helped care for several friends and family members, including both our moms, and felt the Lord lead us to move to North Carolina in 2024. For the first time in our married life, (33 years on Jan 3), we have found a home we can finally call our own. ‘Trinity Acres’ has become solid ground from which we can ‘jump off’ and come and go, without being at the whim of landlords, and the rising cost of living in Southern California. We can be more effective with the Mexico support. We can sow into Carol’s worship well more effectively, with her background as both a Moravian and a Quaker, both powerhouse historical believers, who settled in this area of NC. We can more easily travel, and better afford overseas travel.

As a supporter, you will be partnering with us to continue supporting established work in Tijuana, Mexico to the poor and needy, and helping break the cycle of poverty thru providing for education and scholarships for young people.You will be assisting in bringing the message of hope in the Lord, thru relational healing and counseling, online, nationally and internationally (India again in February), thru Wayne’s ongoing counseling ministry (this is a big deal, folks). You will be helping Carol pull the plow of dynamic and prophetic worship, and deep intercession for Native America, the many US states of our country, Israel, and nations around the world, thru onsite worship wherever GOD opens the door, as well as online, to a global audience. And the simple love and care in sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ and the hope we find in Him, to whoever comes across our path, every single day.

We are connecting to you and asking, because we have seen a nearly 30% drop in our budget in the last 18 months!! Would you consider partnering with VOB, so that we might be able to continue serving the Lord full time, as He called us to do, soon after we got married. We have given our lives to this work, and we honestly cannot do it without your prayer, and yes, your finances. Here is what we are asking:

1. Would you consider monthly giving next year. ANY amount will help (and is tax deductible).

2. Would you consider a one time gift, to help us get our budget back on track.

3. If you are a monthly partner are you able to increase your gift, if by just a little bit, it is appreciated.

We know you receive appeals for funding all the time. We certainly do as well. But since you are a part of our lives, and we are relationally connected, we hope, knowing us as you do, you will truly think of supporting Voice of the Bride, as part of your own ministry and calling in the Lord.

Thank you and may your New Year be blessed, Much love, Wayne & Carol

p.s. Did you know that the baby in the manger, the man on the cross, came here just for you? Yep, He sure did. After all the hustle and bustle of this Christmas and New Year season, take a moment to think about that. Soak that in. He cares about YOU! ❤️

Upcoming 🙏 Ministry trips:

Wayne will be joining the Living Waters training team twice next month. He will driving up to Quarryville, PA February 7-13. And then again traveling to Goa India February 27 – March 14 Please be praying for finances, travel mercies, and safety for Wayne as he travels. And also for all to go well at home in Wayne’s absence with all of our family.

For Donating:

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@voiceofthebride

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Venmo:

@Wayne-Kiger-Rice

Mailing address: VOB Ministries 6405 Alamance County Line Road Liberty, NC 27298