After a year of developing relationships with three single moms whose church closed, a Nam vet just out of jail, and an Ethiopian immigrant by informally teaching leadership of a house church, two such plants began this month. How they will grow and mature is uncertain, but one lesson is clear. Do not stop praying
“We Don’t Have Any Resources; But We Trust God” Yesterday was a big day in ministry; it was also a good day. About two months earlier, I was first contacted about the possibility of a donor giving a car to support my work and was asked, “Would I want a car?” I love those kind
When Jesus sent out the disciples on their first recorded short-term mission trips in Luke 10closeLuke 10 Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two 10:1 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go. 2 And he said
There are chapters in the Bible that are well known and loved for their content. Psalm 23closePsalm 23 The Lord Is My Shepherd A Psalm of David. 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. 3 He restores my soul. He
When Jesus sent out His disciples on their first “short term mission trips” (in Matthew 10closeMatthew 10 The Twelve Apostles 10:1 And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction. 2 The names of the twelve apostles are these:
“In any case, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day — for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem!” (Luke 13:33closeLuke 13:33 33 Nevertheless, I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.’ (ESV) closeLuke 13:33closeLuke
