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Hope Haven Alliance-An On The Move Outreach For Jesus, 37569 State Highway 75, Oneonta, AL (2026)

06/15/2026

June 14, 2026

Nahum 2:2 NKJV
For the LORD will restore the excellence of Jacob Like the excellence of Israel, For the emptiers have emptied them out And ruined their vine branches.

God is with you ALWAYS even when things don’t look like they’re working out as you may have thought. God has never left you and based on your FAITH and TRUST He never will. He will see you over, around, or through ANY valleys. He will carry you over ANY mountains. God has a plan ALWAYS and His plans will ALWAYS come true in the end. Seek Him and PRAY. Let Him lead you where you need to be.

Lord, thank you for being as close as a prayer. Thank you for hearing us when we call to you. Give us the courage to seek You daily. Give us the strength to give you all the glory for EVERY blessing. In Jesus’ Holy name we pray, Amen

“The most important lesson that I have learned is to trust God in every circumstance. Lots of times we go through different trials and following God's plan seems like it doesn't make any sense at all. God is always in control and he will never leave us.”

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06/10/2026

Our Hope Pantry is getting ready to open, but our stock is depleted.
Our Client Choice Food Pantry shelves are in need of non-perishable food items to help support the many individuals and families who turn to us during difficult times. Every donation, no matter the size, helps provide nourishment and hope to our neighbors in need. Items can be donated Monday-Thursday by appointment, or put in our drop box located under the awning between the church & fellowship hall at 40999 State Highway 75 Altoona Al 35952. Mt. Zion Ministries Hope Haven is located in the basement.

06/10/2026

🔥 Intercession prepares the ground where the Gospel must break through.

Intercession is not limited to personal needs. Scripture calls the people of God to pray for kings, leaders, cities, and all men because the will of God concerns nations as well as individuals. Paul wrote, “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age” Ephesians 6:12. This means the Church must never reduce the condition of a city to politics, culture, poverty, or human behavior alone. There are spiritual forces that resist truth, blind minds, harden hearts, and oppose the advance of the Gospel.

The intercessor must therefore learn to pray with discernment, humility, and Scripture. Different places may carry visible patterns of bo***ge, corruption, violence, fear, idolatry, confusion, or resistance to the Word of God, but the believer must not become careless with spiritual claims. Discernment is not guessing. It is prayerful watchfulness under the authority of God’s Word. Daniel’s prayer shows that spiritual resistance can stand behind delayed answers and national burdens, yet Daniel did not fight with noise or presumption. He humbled himself, fasted, prayed, and remained before God until heaven answered Daniel 10:12–13.

The ground must often be broken in prayer before it opens through preaching. Intercession plows where the Word must be sown. It does not replace evangelism, but it prepares the way for it. Paul asked the Church to pray “that the word of the Lord may run swiftly and be glorified” 2 Thessalonians 3:1. Cities are not won by spiritual pride, public declarations without obedience, or careless warfare language. They are served by holy believers who pray, preach Christ, love people, resist darkness, and stand until the Gospel gains room to bear fruit. 🔥

06/10/2026

✨ Second Chronicles 7:1-3 records the moment of the Shekinah glory's indwelling of Solomon's Temple with a specificity that makes every subsequent human attempt to describe divine presence feel inadequate — "When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the Lord filled the temple. And the priests could not enter the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord's house. When all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord on the temple, they bowed their faces to the ground on the pavement, and worshiped and praised the Lord." The priests could not enter. Not would not. Could not. The presence of God in that chamber was so concentrated, so physically real, so atmospherically overwhelming that trained Levitical priests who had spent their entire lives preparing for this moment were physically unable to continue their ministry in its presence. The glory was not metaphorical. It was not spiritual in the sense of invisible. It was visible, physical, ministry-stopping, priest-felling, congregation-prostrating divine presence in a room made of gold, received by a people who had spent seven years building it. 🔱
For students of end times prophecy, the indwelling of Solomon's Temple by the Shekinah glory is simultaneously a historical event of extraordinary significance and a prophetic type pointing toward its ultimate fulfillment. The Shekinah presence that filled the Holy of Holies on that dedication day is the same presence that will fill the New Jerusalem in Revelation 21:3 — "And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God." The Hebrew word Shekinah — from the root "shakan," to dwell or tabernacle — threads through the entire biblical narrative from the wilderness tabernacle through Solomon's Temple, through the incarnation of Christ who "tabernacled among us" in John 1:14, through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in the believer, to the final and permanent dwelling of God with His people in the New Jerusalem. The priests who could not stand in the Holy of Holies are a preview of the entire redeemed creation prostrated in worship at the consummation of history — when the glory that temporarily filled a gold room in Jerusalem fills everything, forever, and the long story of God seeking to dwell with His people reaches its permanent, uninterruptible conclusion.
💬 Drop "THE GLORY FILLED THE HOUSE" in the comments if the Shekinah indwelling of Solomon's Temple is a passage you return to when you need to be reminded that the God you worship is not an abstract theological principle but a living presence whose reality is so dense and so physical that trained priests could not stand in it — and who is promising to bring that same presence into permanent, unmediated, priest-felling proximity with His people forever in the New Jerusalem. Share this image with someone who needs their understanding of God's presence elevated from concept to encounter — because the God who filled the Holy of Holies with cloud and fire is the same God available to every believer in the end times through the indwelling Holy Spirit. Follow this page for daily end times truth, Temple theology, and the Shekinah-glory vision of divine presence that keeps the Church's worship from ever becoming routine. 👇🔥

06/08/2026

Most of us read Joseph's story as a story of betrayal.
Of suffering.
Of forgiveness.

And all of those themes are certainly present.

In Genesis 45–47, this is one of the most emotional moments in the life of Joseph.

At this point, Joseph is no longer the seventeen-year-old dreamer standing among his brothers.

He is no longer in the pit.
No longer a slave.
No longer a prisoner.

He now stands as governor over Egypt.
Second only to Pharaoh himself.

But to understand this moment, we must remember everything that came before it.

Joseph was betrayed by his own brothers.
Sold for silver.
Taken far from home.
Falsely accused.
Forgotten in prison.

For years, it would have appeared that God had abandoned him.

The dreams seemed distant.
The promises seemed silent.
And every circumstance appeared to move in the wrong direction.

Yet while Joseph was suffering, something much larger was unfolding.

A famine was approaching.

Not merely a local shortage.
Not a difficult season for one family.

A crisis that would affect entire nations.

Fields would fail.
Food supplies would disappear.
And people throughout the region would begin searching for grain.
Including Joseph's own family.

Back in Canaan, Jacob and his sons are running out of food.

The covenant family itself is now threatened.

The very family through whom God promised to bless the nations could perish from starvation.

So the brothers travel to Egypt seeking grain.
Unaware that the man standing before them is the very brother they once sold.

And when Joseph finally reveals his identity, he says something remarkable:

“𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.” (Gen. 45:5)

Then he says it again:

“𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐆𝐨𝐝.” (Gen. 45:8)

Notice how Joseph interprets his story.

He does not deny the evil that was done to him.

His brothers truly betrayed him.
The slavery was real.
The prison was real.
The suffering was real.

But Joseph sees something beyond the actions of men.

He sees the providence of God.

Years before the famine arrived...
God was already positioning provision.

While Joseph thought he was being forgotten.
God was preparing preservation.

While his brothers thought they were removing him.
God was relocating him.

While Jacob believed he had lost his son.
God was preparing to save his family.

The provision did not begin when the famine started.

The provision began years earlier.
Long before anyone recognized the need.

This is one of the profound truths of Scripture.

God's provision is often working before we know we need it.

We tend to recognize provision only when the answer appears.

But God is often preparing the answer long before the problem arrives.

Sometimes He is arranging circumstances.
Sometimes He is opening doors.
Sometimes He is positioning people.
Sometimes He is allowing detours that make no sense in the moment.

Yet years later we discover that what appeared to be delay was actually preparation.

And this is not only Joseph's story.

Many of us are praying about needs we can already see.

Financial burdens.
Family concerns.
Uncertain futures.
Closed doors.
Unexpected setbacks.

But perhaps one of the greatest comforts of God's providence is this:

Before the need arrived, God was already at work.
Before the famine came, Joseph was already in Egypt.
Before the crisis appeared, God had already positioned the provision.

And the same God who went ahead of Joseph is still going ahead of His people today.

So this passage is not only about Joseph's rise to power.

It is about a God who sees tomorrow before we do.
A God who prepares provision before the crisis arrives.
A God who is already working in places we cannot yet see.

And a reminder that what feels like a setback today may become the very means by which God provides tomorrow.

06/08/2026

DAVID KEPT PLAYING WHILE SAUL KEPT THROWING SPEARS
What Do You Do When the Person You Help Becomes the Person Who Hates You?

One of the most painful moments in life is discovering that someone you helped has become someone who wants to hurt you.

David knew that pain.

When King Saul was tormented by an evil spirit, David was the one called to help him. He would sit before the king and play his harp. As the worship filled the room, Saul would find relief and peace.

David was not Saul's enemy.

He was Saul's servant.

He was helping the very man who would later try to kill him.

"And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand... and Saul was refreshed." (1 Samuel 16:23)

Yet something changed.

As David's victories increased and the people celebrated him, jealousy entered Saul's heart.

David kept serving.

Saul kept plotting.

David kept honoring.

Saul kept hating.

Then came the shocking moment.

As David played the harp before the king, Saul suddenly hurled a spear at him.

"And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it." (1 Samuel 18:11)

Imagine that scene.

David came with a harp.

Saul responded with a spear.

David brought healing.

Saul returned hostility.

David brought worship.

Saul brought violence.

The lesson is powerful.

Not everyone will appreciate your obedience.

Not everyone will celebrate your calling.

Sometimes the people you bless the most may become the people who oppose you the hardest.

Why?

Because your light exposes their darkness.

Your faithfulness exposes their compromise.

Your promotion reminds them of their insecurity.

David's greatest battle was not Goliath.

It was learning how to respond when someone threw spears at him.

Notice what David did not do.

He did not throw a spear back.

He did not launch a rebellion.

He did not take revenge.

He simply moved out of the way and trusted God.

Many believers today are distracted trying to throw back the spears people throw at them.

God never called you to return the spear.

He called you to keep your heart pure.

The enemy wants you to become like Saul.

God wants you to remain like David.

The spear may wound your emotions.

The criticism may hurt.

The betrayal may sting.

But do not let another person's bitterness poison your spirit.

David eventually became king.

Saul eventually lost everything.

One responded to God's process.

The other surrendered to jealousy.

If someone is throwing spears at you today—through gossip, criticism, rejection, or betrayal—remember this:

Keep playing your harp.

Keep worshiping.

Keep serving.

Keep obeying God.

The same God who protected David from Saul's spear is able to protect you from every attack meant to destroy your destiny.

Prayer

Father, help me respond like David when others misunderstand, reject, or attack me. Guard my heart from bitterness and revenge. Teach me to trust Your timing and Your justice. Give me grace to keep worshiping, serving, and honoring You even when spears are flying around me. In Jesus' name, Amen.

Sometimes the greatest victory is not defeating your enemy—it's refusing to become like them.

05/25/2026

“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” John‬ ‭15‬:‭13‬

I look at this picture every year on Memorial Day and the older I get, the more deeply I feel it.

- The freedom to publicly preach Christ
- The children I'll laugh with today
- The vacation I will enjoy with family later this summer
- The life we've been blessed to build together
.. all enabled by young men who did not get to enjoy them, so that you and I could.

And they were YOUNG. Ronald Reagan put this in striking perspective:

“It is, in a way, an odd thing to honor those who died in defense of our country, in defense of us, in wars far away. The imagination plays a trick. We see these soldiers in our mind as old and wise. We see them as something like the Founding Fathers, grave and gray haired. But most of them were boys when they died, and they gave up two lives—the one they were living and the one they would have lived. When they died, they gave up their chance to be husbands and fathers and grandfathers. They gave up their chance to be revered old men. They gave up everything for our country, for us. And all we can do is remember.”

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you to every family who sacrificed a loved one so that we could enjoy our loved ones today.

"Greater love has no man than this; that someone lay down his life for his friends."
– John 15:3

05/22/2026

The Hope Haven food pantry & clothing closet is being established at Mt. Zion Ministries to alleviate the physical and emotional hunger of those in need in a dignified and supportive manner. The food pantry is a client choice pantry where individuals can shop once a month for items they need, or more frequently if they’re in a crisis situation. Food and commodities provided include meats, dairy, fresh fruits & vegetables, pantry shelf staples, personal hygiene products, cleaning and paper products, diapers and needed clothing. See below for more complete list of items found on our shelves.

List of Items needed for our Summer Outreach Programs

🥫 Most Needed ItemsProteins: Canned tuna, canned chicken, peanut butter, and canned beans.Staples: Canned soups, pasta, rice, and breakfast cereals.Hygiene & Household: Toilet paper, soap, laundry detergent, and baby care items (diapers, unopened formula).Cooking Basics: Cooking oil, salt, and spices.

High-Priority Donation List1.
Shelf-Stable ProteinsCanned tuna, salmon, or chicken (water-packed)Canned beans (black, kidney, pinto) and lentilsPeanut butter (plastic jars preferred)
2. Fruits & VegetablesCanned fruits (in juice or light syrup)Canned vegetables (low-sodium preferred)100% fruit juice boxes or cansApplesauce or fruit cups
3. Meals & StaplesHearty soups, chilis, and stewsWhole-grain pasta, brown rice, quinoa, and oatsMacaroni and cheese boxesCooking oils (olive or canola, plastic bottles)
4. Kid-Friendly & Breakfast ItemsShelf-stable milk (dairy or non-dairy alternatives)Low-sugar whole grain cereals and oatmealGranola bars and whole-grain crackersBaby formula and infant food pouches
5. Toiletries & Household GoodsDiapers (all sizes) and baby wipesFeminine hygiene products (pads and tampons)Toothpaste, toothbrushes, and deodorantShampoo, body wash, and bar soapToilet paper and paper towelsLaundry detergent and dish soap (small bottles)

Items to AvoidExpired food:
Pantry generally cannot accept anything past its printed best-by date.
Glass containers: These are a safety hazard and risk breaking during transportation.Damaged goods: Do not donate deeply dented, rusted, or leaking cans.

When purchasing items to donate to Hope Havens outreach programs, think about all the families that may be experiencing homelessness. Almost 60,000 families are homeless on any given night in the US according to the 2025 federal Point-in-Time count. Consider donating diapers and baby clothing, or shoes for young children. School products and backpacks are also helpful for families with children still attending school.

Skin and Hygiene Products

Some of the most important things that we use every day go unnoticed. For example, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes, or even bug spray and repellant. There are a few things that we try to provide to any homeless person that we come across in our travels. Other items include:

Moisturizers and Lip Balms
Alcohol and/or Body Wipes
Razers and Shaving Cream
Deodorant
Hair Products and Brushes
Tampons/Feminine Products

Another obvious item to donate is any clean clothing and intimate items

We love to provide those experiencing homelessness with new basic clothes, such as underwear, undershirts, and sweatpants. For women, new items such as bras and underwear can go a long way.

Items can be dropped off any Sunday/Wednesday at our red donation barrel in the Mt. Zion ministries church foyer, or at the Hope Pantry deliveries box underneath the carport across from the fellowship hall.

Contact : Dan Humphrey
Hope Haven Alliance
40999 State Highway 75
Altoona, AL 35952
For details or more information call
256-454-3533 or email us @ [email protected]

05/21/2026

Join Mt. Zion's free event on October 3, 2026, from 9am-2pm, and be part of a movement that unites individuals to create lasting impact, forges meaningful connections, and paves the way for a brighter future.

05/13/2026

Since 2022, Hope Haven's nonprofit initiative 'Hope in a Backpack' has provided numerous children with hunger-free weeks during school breaks and extended holidays in various communities. Your partnership is crucial in helping us prepare for the upcoming summertime break, and with your support, we can continue to provide financially challenged students with many hunger-free weeks. We invite you to partner with us today: https://giv.li/iuaak2. Multiple partnership opportunities are available through our website, Www.hopehavenalliance.org, including volunteer opportunities. Our new community pantry, the Susan Moore Al location, will soon open at Mt. Zion Ministries, located at 40999 Al Hwy 75 Altoona Al 35952. Stay updated on our initiatives and upcoming events by following our social media page.

We are a 501 c3 nonprofit, every cent counts and is fully a tax deductible contribution.

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