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Three Days to Ethiopia
In typical fashion, just before a trip it gets the busiest. This week leading up to the trip to Ethiopia has been insane. I wanted to take a moment to simply say again THANK YOU to all who gave so generously toward this trip to Ethiopia. It has been so amazing to see this all come together. Thank you for…
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Seven Days to Ethiopia
I am leaving for Ethiopia in a week. A prayer I’ve had for two years is coming to its next step in seven days. It’s only a next step. The two week trip will be a teaching assignment at Addis Bible College in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. But this is also a prayer trip. Two years ago it was the Spirit…
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Can we let up in prayer?
We have had some BIG things happen in prayer this year. As a church, we have prayed intensely for great needs. Missionary friends in extreme need. World situations. We cannot let up. Three requests guarding cancer, and one is personal. Would you intercede for my dad who is going through some tests? We would LOVE to hear that there is…
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Can we “break” prayer?
I am in and out of a book by James C. Wihoit called, Spiritual Formation as if the Church Mattered: Growing in Christ through Community. He gives some challenging thoughts on prayer that are good reminders for me. Prayer is an experiment in partnership with God. Prayer is such a powerful tool that I need to remember I can’t “break” it. Even…
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Chosen
16 You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you could go and produce fruit and so that your fruit could last. As a result, whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you. (John 15:16) Father, you have empowered me. You have chosen me. I am empowered to bear lasting fruit. What…
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The “I am” statements of John
The Gospel of John has some great “I AM” statements of Jesus. (“I am the light of the world.” “I am the Way, the Truth, the Life.”) Last night the Lord had me revisit each chapter and make prayerful notes of where I am in that story. They weren’t all positive declarations. There were those moments where I knew I was…
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Why I love heroes
I don’t have as much an affinity for fantasy heroes as real life heroes. Real people. Real problems. Real faith. Heroes of faith are vital to my own faith. They remind me of Hebrews: So then let’s also run the race that is laid out in front of us, since we have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us.…
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Prayers for the nations
Our church has supported a ministry in Liberia recently. The news on the Ebola outbreak is frightening. This is from a pastor right in the heart of the outbreak: Wickedness has engulfed our country like a tsunami washing away an entire city. In addition to the ebola epidemic, another problem that is as threatening as the ebola story is occurring–Poisoning…
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How much do we REALLY believe in prayer?
My challenge in prayer the past few days has been a question from the Spirit: “Do I REALLY believe God can change the course of nations? Do I fully understand what I am asking, and WHO I am addressing, in prayer?” Today in our church service we are praying for the nations. For the persecuted. For the enemies of the…
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Is there any way to get 3 minutes of your time?
Is there any way I could beg 3 minutes of your time to see this video and somehow realize the horror that is going on? Is there any way I could beg 3 minutes of your time to LISTEN… and then perhaps a couple of more minutes to actually pray? We need a broken heart. I am tired of dividing.…
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