Beauty By Choice

                                                 Minister Marva L. Dowdin

                                                              Daily Prayer Requests:

                 "THIS IS TRULY A HISTORIC DAY (JUNE 4, 2008) IN THE HISTORY OF

                                  OUR NATION AS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN

                                               SENATOR BARACK OBAMA IS THE

                                         DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE!" 

                            Please pray for my pastor, Bishop Michael D. Austin and our

                           First Lady Mattie Austin as they oversee our church.  Pray for

                         their talented and anointed five children and their divine destiny.

                       Please pray for the families of men and women, who lost their lives

                             in the 9-11 disaster, that their hurting hearts be made whole.

                       Please pray for the many men and women, who rush to answer 911

                        emergency calls that come in everyday, 24 by 7, who rescue and 

                           protect us on an ongoing never ending exhausting schedule.

                         Please pray for our nation's truck drivers who haul our consumer

                            goods all over the country everyday, 24 by 7, who deserve our

                            graditude and thanks. One such truck driver saved my life, by

                            blowing his horn repeatedly to wake me up while I was driving

                             alone on a trip  to Columbus, Ohio. "Thank you, Mr. Trucker!"

                             Please pray for the many men and women, who pick our fruit,

                             vegatables and other food crops who work in the hot sun for

                              many hours everyday with little pay. Also those that sew our

                                  garments and clothes, and those that make other items.

                        Please pray for families that have lost loved ones due to disasters

                          all over the world like floods, hurricanes, mud slides, tornadoes,

                                    cyclones, forest fires, and due to terrorist attacks.

                         Please pray for our men and women overseas, who are fighting for

                our freedom and security, as well as those, who lost their lives while doing so.

                          Please pray for our men and women who were injured in Iraq and

                 other countries overseas as they return to mend and cope with real issues.

                      Please pray for ministers, bishops, pastors and the body of Christ whose

                   marriages and homes the enemy has attacked, that they be made whole and

                                                         strong in these last and evil days.

                           Please pray for women around the world who are dealing with

                          domestic violence, and that they will call on God, our Lord and

                  Savior Jesus Christ to help them to walk away and be free to laugh again.

                                I am a survivor of domestic violence and a success story.

                          Please pray for women around the world that have breast cancer.

                                  I am a survivor of breast cancer and God is my Healer.

                          Please pray for those that have lost their jobs, homes, cars, savings,

                             retirement pensions, and businesses; due to foreclosures, fires,

                                    bankruptcy, and the increase in oil and gasoline prices.

                           Please pray for our youth and young adults, that they will make

                           good choices and to continue their education and go to college.

                         Please pray for our nation and those that are in command over us;

                         our President, our Senators, our Congressmen and  women in our

                         Senate and the House of Representatives, and last that one who is

                              elected as the new President of the United States of America.

                           Please pray for little Caylee Anthony, who became missing in June

                          and her family, friends and those who are looking for her safe return.

                            Please pray for the family of the man who died in the BayerCrop

                      Science Plant explosion and fire at Institute, WV tonight on August 28

                             and the family of the man who died with severe burns from that

                            explosion this week (October 13). Lord comfort their families.

                                  Please pray for those that were evacuated from the cities

                         and states that were in the path of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, also

                            the families of the people that lost their lives by Hurricane Ike.

                             Please pray for the 26 people that lost their lives and those that

                                   were injured in the train crash in Los Angeles, California.

                          Please pray for the familes of the 88 people that lost their lives in the

                          plane crash in Russia and that their pain and lost may be comforted.

                           Please pray for our Presidential Candidates, Sen. John McCain,

                        Governor Sarah Palin, and Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Joe Biden.

                       There are only five weeks left to cast your vote, so please please vote.

                         Tomorrow, November 4th is the BIG DAY (Election Day), please vote.

               "We have made history on November 4, 2008, our FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT,

                                            PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA!!!!!"

     "CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA AND TO VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN."

                             "CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF THEIR FAMILIES."

                                     BIRTHDAYS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2008

                                            "HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARILYN!"

Quote for today - November 24, 2008

Tell someone, "To achieve your dreams, remember your ABC'S: Avoid negative sources, people, places, things, and habits; Believe in yourself; and Consider things from every angle."

Bible verse to memorize: 1 Corinthians 1:9

God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. KJV

                                                            Coy and Me

                                               Married for twenty-six years.

     "Happy Anniversary, another year of loving, caring and a friendly relationship."

          "Your family should be the most important thing in your life after GOD!" 

    Mama's Surprise Birthday Dinner at Pat Robertson's Restaurant on Dec. 15, 2007

                                          My family in the Bahamas April 2007

                           Wesley                                                   Michael                                           

                                               Coy      Marva      Wesley      Michael

                                                           Alishia  Dowdin  

                 Me in the Bahamas                              Mama and Me in the Bahamas

                                                   Wesley's Graduation 

         Wesley's Air Force Enlistment Day               Ann and my Mother, Christine

                                           Wesley's Air Force Graduation            

                            Anna's Family                                                   Mike and Anna           

                                     Mike and Ana's Wedding on July 5, 2008.

                                  "Congratulations to them and our families!"

                      "We love you and wish you both the best of blessings!"

                                 Mike and Ana married on July 5, 2008