Realtors attend worship service to pray for better market

Realtors attend worship service to pray for better market [Excerpts]

More than 300 people with a keen interest in the Emerald Coast’s real estate market gathered at Destiny Worship Center to ask for God’s blessing.
    
The Real Estate Prayer Luncheon was organized in hopes of breathing life and positive thinking into the area’s slumping housing market.
    
It was the first of what the organizers -- co-owner of Crye Leike Coastal Realty Wanda Duke, former Destin City Councilman Mel Ponder and Destiny Worship Center Pastor Steve Vaggalis -- hope will become a regular, uplifting event.
    
“The heartbeat of today’s economic community is on the backs of the real estate community,” Ponder told the crowd.
    
The event was an hour and a half of fellowship over lunch, scripture readings, prayer and testimonials. Those gathered had one goal -- “changing the climate in the area.”
    
“We need to think positively and get everyone on the same page,” Duke said. “Positive things that come out of your mouth will end with positive results. If we lose hope, we lose everything.”

http://www.nwfdailynews.com/article/6725

[TBC: One wonders what the Lord might say regarding blessing an effort that will, if successful, put the cost of a home out of the reach of many.]