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Genesis 4 -Sin Crouching at the Door

Genesis 4 -Sin Crouching at the Door

Reading: Genesis 4; James 1:12–15; James 2:1–9; Hebrews 11:4 Key Verse: Genesis 4:7 — “Sin is crouching at the door; its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.” Personal Reflection Genesis 4 gives us a sobering picture of emotional hijacking and the danger of unruled desires. Cain becomes angry when God accepts […]
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Genesis 3 – The Scaffolding of Care

Genesis 3 – The Scaffolding of Care

Reading: Genesis 1–3; John 10:10; Hebrews 13:17Key Verse: Genesis 3:1 — “Did God really say…?” Personal ReflectionGenesis 1 and 2 give us a picture of leadership as God designed it: ordered, life‑giving, protective, and deeply relational. God establishes boundaries not to restrict His people but to sustain their flourishing. His commands are the scaffolding of […]
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Genesis 2 – Designed to Thrive

Genesis 2 – Designed to Thrive

God’s Leadership Pattern for Men Reading: Genesis 2 Key Verse: “The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.” — Genesis 2:15 Personal ReflectionYesterday we saw that God’s first act of leadership was to bring order out of chaos. He created structure, boundaries, rhythms, […]
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Genesis 1 – From Chaos to Order

Genesis 1 – From Chaos to Order

God’s Pattern for LeadershipGenesis 1 opens with a world that is formless and void — chaotic, unordered, uninhabitable. God’s first act of leadership is to bring order out of chaos. God not only creates order; He maintains it. The sun and moon are His governance system — His “policies” that preserve the boundaries He established. […]
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Rugby is so Frustrating!

Rugby is so Frustrating!

October 21, 2026 “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” -Eph.2:10 I step over the ball and toss it to my teammate. They get tagged. We all run back 5 meters. Someone else picks it up and tosses it backwards. […]
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Answered Prayers

Answered Prayers

In our last update we asked prayer for several items. Look how God provided: Paul’s trip to Arizona.  Paul and Phoebe were able to fly out to McNeal, Arizona and collect our items that we had stored there.  Phoebe enjoyed reconnecting with some friends IRL.  We are happy to report that all their flying, Uber-ing […]
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How does ______ work?

How does ______ work?

Answers to questions you might not be sure how to ask. We’re starting a series of posts on our blog that will hopefully answer some of the questions you may wonder about, but not be sure how to ask or feel like it’s too awkward to ask. Things like: We might not get to that […]
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God’s Gold

God’s Gold

Yesterday, we received news from the Philippines that Joseph, our friend and brother in Christ passed away.  He was recently discharged from the hospital, and we thought he was recovering.  But in the final hours, his body couldn’t overcome the infection. Back in 2002, we surveyed the village of San Nicolas and moved in among […]
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The Fires of Life

The Fires of Life

Isn’t it encouraging that God can use the “fires” of life—the hardships and struggles, to shape us and prepare us?  Only He can turn what is meant for evil into something beautiful and good.  We are trusting and praying that He would do that through the intense drought that is ravaging so much of the […]
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Asking God for big things

Asking God for big things

Will you join us in asking God to work in ways only He can do to meet these goals and answer these requests? Eyes on the end of the year Somehow it is already October! With just three months left of 2026, we find we are at that place again where we are evaluating how […]
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