Dear Friends,

Denie and I want to wish you God's blessing during this holiday season.

May thejoy of the Christ, Who's birth we celebrate at this time of year, fill your life, your home and your family.

Recently I have been reminded of Psalm 35:27 which says,"...let the Lord be magnified which has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant."In this verse, the word "prosperity" comes from a Hebrew word which is one of my favorites... it is the word "shalom". Shalom is translated as "peace" most of the time, but the word peace just doesn't tell the full story. Peace is actually the sum of shalom, the result of it. "Shalom" means "completeness; safety and soundness; welfare, health and prosperity; peace, quietness, tranquility and contentment; peace in friendship and relationship, with God and man." All these are words used to translate "shalom", though the word is translated as "peace" the overwhelming majority of the time.

God wants us aware that He delights in our wellbeing, our prosperity... it pleases Him when we "prosper" and are in "shalom". It delights Him to facilitate our prosperity...

We are to magnify the God Who delights in prospering those who serve Him. In our world, in our media on a daily basis, and sometimes among the people we are around daily, poverty and lack, war, and anything but peace seem to be magnified. We are to magnify Jehovah God Who wants to prosper us...

This morning as Denie and I were praying for you and asking God to make Psalm 35:27 a reality in your lives, I felt prompted to pray that the Lord would dispatch angels into your lives and families to bring this to reality. While I was praying the Holy Spirit reminded me of Psalm 103:20 which says that God's angels wait to hear His Word and then carry out His plans. I like the way the New Living Translation (NLT) translates Psalm 103:20.

As I prayed I felt a strong sense of faith that God was at that moment dispatching His angels to perform His "shalom" in your life.Please receive God's desire to prosper your life, your family, your work and business and all that you are in this new year.

You and your family are such a blessing to us. Denie and I, and our staff at Perfect Praise, Inc. and Early Childhood Music wish you a truly blessed Christmas and Hanukkah, and an amazing new year!!!

Thank you for being a part of our lives.

Michael and Denie Riggs

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