FAMILY LIFE at Desert Springs - a place where we can share the heart of our church family; prayers, praises and important announcements.  Be sure to check-in often to see what is happening. 

If you have a prayer request or praise, please submit by contacting me, Laura Keener, Frontline Director at Desert Springs....760-568-3646 or lkeener@desertspringsfamily.org.

A Celebration of Life service is confirmed for Saturday, July 11 at 11:00am, here at Desert Springs.  You are warmly invited and thank you for spreading the word about this important date. 

Steve Freese, a friend, Desert Springs board member and part of our church family went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, June 20th.  Please pray for his wife of 51 years, Gwenda, their children, grandchildren, family & friends to find comfort knowing Steve is now with the Lord.  No more health issues, nor pain, nor tears for he is living in the light of the risen Lamb.

No more night. No more pain. No more tears. Never crying again. 

And praises to the great "I AM." We will live in the light of the risen Lamb.

See over there, there's a mansion, oh that's prepared just for me,

where I will live with my savior eternally.

No more night. No more pain. No more tears. Never crying again. 

And praises to the great "I AM." We will live in the light of the risen Lamb.

PRAYING FOR HEALING, COMFORT, 
STRENGTH &  WISDOM 

Hugh & Lily Boyd * Beverly Baughn * LaReign Hodges * Mike Kunkle * Dave Metzler * John Ott * Walter Rohm * Carol Smoke * Jack & Joan Washburn, comfort for loss of their son, Steven .

Belated Happy 4th of July!

“Praise the Lord, all nations everywhere.

Praise Him, all the peoples of the earth. For He loves us very dearly.”

{Psalm 117:1-2, TLB}

To Be Free . . .

From the islands of Hawaii to the peninsula of Florida, we gather this weekend to celebrate freedom — to remember the independence this nation sought through the declaration of the inalienable right to be free.

But the irony of freedom is that it’s never free.

Freedom was declared with words but bought with blood. So we honor those who have made the greatest sacrifice, those who have given their lives so that we could be free.

The Fourth of July is more than picnics and parades. It’s more than strawberry shortcake and blueberry pie. It’s a day to remember the many sacrifices that made our freedom possible. It’s a day to say “Thank you.”

To the soldiers and the families of soldiers, we thank you. We know these words alone are not enough to express our sincerest thanks, but we want you to know we see you, and we are so deeply grateful for you.

And if there’s any way we could pray for you, we would consider it an honor.

Many of us might not know, firsthand, the cost of freedom. But we serve a Father who knows what it means to lose a Son so that others can be free.

Our souls can know freedom because of the blood of Jesus.
Our futures can have hope because of the blood of Jesus.
Our lives can speak love because of the blood of Jesus.

So we’ll never stop praising the One who loves us so dearly that He gave His own life.

blog by Denise J. Hughes