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Anger and Confronting a Brother

Anger and Confronting a Brother

Reading: 1 Samuel 25Key Verse: 1 Samuel 25:3 “Thank God for your good sense! Bless you for keeping me from murder and from carrying out vengeance with my own hands.” Personal Reflection: There are moments when walking in the Spirit feels natural—like David in 1 Samuel 24, refusing to harm Saul despite immense pressure. His […]
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Mercy in the Cave

Mercy in the Cave

Reading: 1 Samuel 24; Psalm 57; Psalm 58Key Verse: 1 Samuel 24:6 “The Lord forbid that I should do this to my lord the king. I shouldn’t attack the Lord’s anointed one, for the Lord Himself has chosen him.” Personal Reflection: How often do we treat someone not based on their current actions, but on […]
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The Rock of Escape

The Rock of Escape

Reading: 1 Samuel 23; Psalm 31; Psalm 54Key Verse: Psalm 54:3 “You are my rock and my fortress. For the honor of your name, lead me out of this danger.” Personal Reflection: Lately, I’ve found myself lying awake at night—mulling over hard conversations, broken relationships, and the weight of shepherding those who are hurting. I […]
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Our Story Drives Our Emotions

Our Story Drives Our Emotions

Reading: 1 Samuel 22; Psalm 52Key Verse: Psalm 52:8–9 “But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God’s unfailing love for ever and ever. For what you have done I will always praise you…” Personal Reflection: Emotions are poor guides. They rarely lead us to truth and […]
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Interlocking Partners

Interlocking Partners

What can you do with umbrellas, butterflies, seashells, and wrenches?  With Legos, you can make a bouquet of flowers.  Look at these flowers made of Legos: You probably found the butterflies.  Did you find the umbrellas?  What about the seashells and wrenches? Umbrellas, seashells, and butterflies for flower petals; and wrenches for pollen of the […]
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October 2025

October 2025

Dear PRAYing family and friends, We cannot stop praising the Lord for the car that He provided. In one sense it is exactly what we were praying for, i.e. a make and model that mom could get in and out of easily, AWD, etc. In another sense it is so much more than we ever […]
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NO GREATER JOY

NO GREATER JOY

Being a part of global church planting all these years has come with some pretty significant celebrations. We’ve moved missionaries into the jungle for the first time, delivering all of the materials to build and furnish their houses. We’ve taken part in celebrating the first believers in a village. We’ve witnessed elders being appointed for […]
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Living Out from Who We Are

Living Out from Who We Are

In Mexico, we have two two-year Bible institutes and one two-year cross-cultural ministry training program dedicated to training believers from local Mexican churches in cross-cultural church planting ministry. This semester, I have had the privilege of teaching through the book of Ephesians at our Chihuahua Bible Institute. Ephesians is the tenth book in the New […]
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“How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in?”

“How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in?”

. . .And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?” ~ Romans 10:14 (NLT) And I will add, how can they understand the preaching unless it is in their own language. New Tribes Missions Aviation in PNG exists to […]
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