A Message From Cathy Coppola, Elevated to Excellence Administrator

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Dear Friends,

As Pastor Christina Williams is courageously walking though this road to her victory from cancer, the finances from doctor bills and other related medical expenses are increasing.

Would you consider praying and giving to an E2E fund to help with the costs of these expenses? I know that both Pastor Christina and Pastor Grady would greatly appreciate anything we can give toward this. They so appreciate your prayers and all your loving support. This is another way we can stand beside them and help carry the burden they are under.

They are mighty soldiers for the Lord and completely trust in Him. They are wonderful examples of faith in action as they faithfully move through this time, all along keeping their eyes on the One who has called them His own.

Please pray and ask the Lord if He would have you give to this fund. Thank you!

“The generous soul will be made rich, and he who waters will also be watered himself.”  Proverbs 11:25

Blessings to you all!

Cathy Coppola

PS – You may make contributions by check payable to Elevated To Excellence and mailing to:

Christina Williams

907 S. Hilda Street

Anaheim, CA  92806

Please designate ‘Medical Fund’ on the front memo of your check. 

Or through our website http://www.elevatedtoexcellence.com click the donate button. Just designate the donation for medical expenses.

Thanks again!

 

He Trains My Hands For War

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I woke up one morning recently with this phrase on my mind, ‘He trains my hands for war’, and looked it up in the scriptures immediately.

I found this nugget in Psalm 144:1-2

Praise the Lord, who is my rock.He trains my hands for war and gives my fingers skill for battle. He is my loving ally and my fortress, my tower of safety, my rescuer. He is my shield, and I take refuge in him.

To train means to direct the growth or to form by instruction, to discipline, to teach, so as to make fit, qualified, or proficient, to make prepared for a test of skill.

During the next few days, I remembered  all the ways God had been training my hands for this war with cancer. The testimony of how He had walked me out of a fear of death and truly had delivered me from my fears.

My commitment to eating healthy all my life, so that the Doctor in LA could say, “Well we don’t have to get you healthy to fight this, because you have already been doing that”.

Little things like last year, reconnecting with my college roommate and getting involved with Mannatech and starting to take Nutriverus and Ambrotose, that help your immune system and cells with real food technology.

To this past May, as I was praying about doing an extended fast this summer, felt I needed to prepare for it by getting off of all sugar and grains. So when I got the Cancer Diet from the Doctor in LA, it had very few modifications to my present diet.

I remembered all the articles I have read this past year and research I had done that all led to dietary and exercise changes.

So I have seen God’s mighty hand on my life all along to train my hands for this war. He knew this day would come and that I would need all the strength that only He could provide for this battle. I feel up to this challenge and no matter what the outcome, I know that the hand of a loving God has prepared me for this. We have called our recent Elevated to Excellence Conferences, ‘Victorious’, and I now get to live this out in a whole new way.

Today is a day I have been dreading for the past week, as I will find out the results of the tests and what the panel of Doctors are suggesting to progress in treatment. I feel like there should be a pre-battle pep talk by someone on a horse, (maybe with their face painted blue like in Braveheart), saying how we will stand strong this day and we will taste victory at the end of the battle. But since that guy has not shown up, I will listen to Psalm 18:35-39…

You have given me your shield of victory.
Your right hand supports me; your help has made me great. You have made a wide path for my feet to keep them from slipping. I chased my enemies and caught them; I did not stop until they were conquered. I struck them down so they could not get up; they fell beneath my feet.You have armed me with strength for the battle; you have subdued my enemies under my feet.

Standing on the battlefield,

and very, grateful for your prayers,

Christina

Path Of Peace

Jesus came to earth….showing us the way, one foot at a time, down the path of peace.  Luke 1:79

A few weeks ago I heard the words from a Doctor no one ever wants to hear, “I don’t have good news.”  After several tests including a Biopsy, we sat in his office as he read the pathology. The lump they found during a routine Mammogram was cancerous, Stage 1.  I sat listening to him, I am sure in a bit of shock, thinking this does not sound like me, he must have this mixed up. He was very kind trying to reassure me with points to be encouraged about, but in the end he couldn’t say what I really wanted to hear.

When he left the room, Grady and I prayed, “Lord whatever name he said over me,  Jesus’ name is above that name and we trust in the name of Jesus.”

We sat listening to all the instructions for upcoming weeks, Cancer Clinics, decisions and discussions. All things I really didn’t want to participate in and could not really be happening.

But then, when I had time to be alone and hear the voice of the One who has promised in Psalm 112:7-8, “They do not fear bad news; they confidently trust the Lord to care for them.They are confident and fearless and can face their foes triumphantly.” The Scripture doesn’t say we won’t have bad news, it does say we don’t have to live in fear.

I realized that so much fear is attached to that name and disease – Cancer. My life has been a journey of being delivered from fear and now I face my biggest challenge and opportunity. Presented before me is a fresh and very present challenge to walk boldly trusting in the One who has delivered me from fear. The One who has  allowed me to minister in so many nations and in so many diverse situations, beyond anything I could have ever imagined, and will continue to give me those opportunities until the day He calls me home.

The Lord on every hand is guiding me through this and giving me assurance that my strength and peace come from Him. I read the following scripture the other day and it so resonated with me that I read it in as many differant versions as I could find. In the end, I love this from the New Living Translation …

Philippians 1:28-29

“Don’t be intimidated in any way by your enemies. This will be a sign to them that they are going to be destroyed, but that you are going to be saved, even by God himself. For you have been given not only the privilege of trusting in Christ but also the privilege of suffering for him.

So I am choosing to look at this as a privilege of learning to trust in the Lord in a whole new way. To see Him glorified through my life as I hold on and walk in faith and peace.

I would be so very grateful if you will pray for me and my family, as we travel this new road together. Yet another opportunity to trust in the One who holds us in His Hands.

I will keep you informed as we get more information. For now, I thank you so much for being our friend. I am grateful.

Lots of Love,

Christina