Category: Spiritual Leadership

1 Peter 2: 7  “To you who believe, Jesus Christ is precious”. Recently, I was reading about a man who decided to personalize this scripture and write down three reasons why Christ was precious to him. What a great idea and assignment!   It inspired me to do the same.  Christ is indeed precious, but…
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Remember the Lord’s people who are in jail {persecuted, accused} and be concerned for them {Bound with them, persecuted along side of them}. Don’t forget those who are suffering, but imagine that you are there with them {suffering as they are}.         Hebrews 13:3 This passage reminds me of my former life… For twenty years, I…
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It’s Spring… and with it, come butterflies… fluttering butterflies Flutterby’s, as my little girlies used to say. Tender and fragile, little Flutterbys flit, float and fan a kaleidoscope of colors. We would not think them so beautiful if they hid under slimy rocks or if they did not fly, or if they flew straight and…
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When trouble comes, who is the first to which you call? If it’s bad news, who do you rely on for comfort and strength? This morning, I had to look myself in the eye, answer this question-truthfully. And I was not happy with the response I had to give. The scripture says, in this world…
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Proverbs are pithy maxims; many of which are similes or comparisons, and are delivered in metaphors and allegories. Solomon and Jesus used this venue of communication to teach… Why? I don’t really know, but perhaps they did it because they knew we as humans are curious, imaginative and creative and therefore would be drawn into…
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It is hard for me to believe that today is the last day of vacation bible school. Wow, the week just flew by. We won’t have to say goodbye to the kids until Sunday, which is a good thing since I am not ready for that! We served dinner in two of the villages this…
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Yesterday morning at early dawn, the sky was calling… and I could hear You say my name on a breeze heavy with fragrant Plumeria blossoms. As bats swooped and fluttered for breakfast over head, I searched for You, Father, under outstretched arms of the sunlit canopy, and with great wonder and delight in your goodness…
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Well… Here I am in AntiPaul, a suburb of Manila, sitting outside on a veranda of the hotel where we are staying and looking at the hot pink bougainvillea blossoms, a towering mango tree with ripe mangos dripping from its branches, bird of paradise blooms, singing exotic birds in cages scattered about the grounds and…
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Dawn is breaking and I am praying for you… I am praying for you… and the deep sadness you have been feeling. Getting out of bed… impossible … wrapped in a cocoon of bone-aching weariness. I am praying for you… God can turn your sadness and pain into joy. He is drawing you because you…
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Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the LORD! Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart (Psalm 119: 1-2). Blessed… Be blessed. May you have blessings at Christmas and for the New Year… Blessings to you at this time of… or so…
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