Watch this refreshing personal testimony about God’s blessings by well known Christian author / speaker Francis Chan. It is an amazing story that God can recreate in you as well! Copy and paste the following link in your web browser: http://www.nationalchristian.com/1095

Prepare to have your thinking challenged and to be blessed!

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Twenty-five minutes – 1500 seconds…not much time when you really think about it. It is only a few minutes more than we average checking Facebook daily. Twenty–five minutes isn’t even one half of our lunch hour. Many of us spend more time than that driving to and from our work each day.

As we think about it, there doesn’t seem like much of anything of importance could happen in just twenty-five minutes. After all it takes a full twenty-five minutes just to make a box of Uncle Ben’s Wild Rice! Now I like a good plate of wild rice as much as the next guy, but I would hardly classify it as top priority importance!

Pause and think for a moment. In the time it will take me to jot this blog – the very same time it takes to boil a box of rice, our country will lose one more of its most precious resources. In this past twenty-five minutes, we will have lost one pastor from ministry due to moral failure, burnout, breakdown or contention within the church.

This reality costs us one of our priceless clergy every twenty-five minutes, twenty-four hours a day / seven days a week / fifty-two weeks a year! By the time we celebrate the incoming new-year in this country, over 21,000 individuals in ministry will walk away from their calling in ministry in 2011; and many will walk away from their faith entirely!

And as tragic as that statistic is, 21,000 heartrending losses in the lives of those in ministry…the ripple effect to their families and faith community is immeasurable! Tragic, catastrophic and heartrending loses, because many of these losses could have been diverted and avoided with the proper proactive, preventive care.

Just one aspect of ministry REST Ministries specializes in is this type of proactive pastoral care for those in ministry. For more information on how you can assist in this crucial work of rescuing pastors in distress contact us at info@rest-ministries.org with the subject line rescuing pastors. Also be watching here for a link to a video on this subject in the near future!

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Due to overwhelming response, the Personal Retreat Tool Kit is now available at a 40% discount. Tool Kit owners see such a tremendous value in the Tool Kit, we want to make it available to even more people. Now for only $12 you can receive your own personal copy of this priceless retreat tool.

This Tool Kit includes: Sabbath Rest History and Teachings, What to Expect, Journal Tips, Names of God, Suggested Readings, Defined Psalms, Personal Spiritual Assessment, Fasting Teaching, Testimonies and many other useful tools to assist you in your spiritual walk.

Whether you retreat with REST Ministries at Shepherd’s Gate Inn or at another secluded location, you will be sure to want to include your own personal copy of REST Ministries’ Personal Retreat Tool Kit!

This E-book is available for easy, secure download by simply pasting the following link in your browser:http://rest-ministries.org/products/tool-kit and following the simple instructions.

In addition, if you have scheduled a personal retreat at Shepherd’s Gate Inn, you can receive an additional amazing discount just for the asking! Just email info@REST-Ministries.org with “Tool Kit Discount Code” in the subject line for a huge additional discount (70% total)!

Please check back often at the resources site as we will soon have several excerpts from the Tool Kit for you to peruse. We will also be soon adding some selective teachings and some of the Shepherd’s Gate Inn’s recipes as free downloads!

In addition we will be soon offering a membership option.that gives you premium specific teaching materials, podcasts, the most requested and sought after recipes and other discounted specials (such as reduced stays at the Inn, special group retreat offers, premium teaching materials, pastor appreciation certificates, gift certificates and other special offers).

Check back often!

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With ever-increasing guests comes escalating work! God didn’t bring such an amazing increase to overwhelm REST Ministries’ staff; God had a plan. As God provided astounding abundance in the harvest of retreat guests, he has also supplied many willing workers. God has brought forth nearly 175 individuals to assist with the workload by volunteering their time, resources and talents at various times over the past year! Where God moves, faithful people follow.

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God has supernaturally blessed the ministry of REST Ministries here at Shepherd’s Gate Inn. We are on track to end 2001 with a 760% increase in the number of individuals God has blessed and encouraged over the previous year. What an amazing God! Where God moves, we must obediently follow!

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Did you know the deadline for some non-cash donations is as early as December 12th? Did you know you can donate business interest, real estate, mutual funds and stocks to REST Ministries through National Christian Foundation Indiana and receive an immediate tax deduction? Please copy and paste the following link into the address line of your search engine for deadlines and more information: http://indiana.nationalchristian.com/1016

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Don’t know what to give your pastor for Pastor Appreciation Month? Express your gratitude to him / her with a gift certificate to Shepherd’s Gate Inn! Email info@rest-ministries.org for more details.

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Looking for someplace new for your group to have a very special Christmas lunch or dinner? Well look no further because Shepherd’s Gate Inn is hosting such events for the month of December! Learn more by clicking on the newsletter tab.

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It is as simple as clicking your mouse and you can assist REST Ministries to receive a $50,000 grant! Follow the following link to the Giving of Life Grant site and vote for REST Ministries. The more votes the better our chances. Register and receive 3 extra votes. Here is the link: http://givingoflife.com/browse/rest_ministries_inc/ . If it doesn’t connect you just copy the link to your browser. Thanks for voting

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