Author: David and Robin Watters

Lesson 16 Growth Must be Intentional The Preface: It’s been said that experience is the best teacher. But, I agree with John Maxwell when he says, “Experience in itself is not the best teacher, evaluated experience is.” I am a runner. In my younger years I loved to compete. But, after each race, my coach […]

The Preface: I see a pattern in my life that maybe you can identify with. There are times when I can get excited about something and come with a grand plan of how to implement it. But, then life happens, I get distracted on something else, or things come up that prevent me from implementing, […]

The Preface: As we have watch our grand children grow it’s been fun to see them go from laying down to rolling over, then pulling themselves up on things and beginning to move around the room holding on to one thing then another. Then comes the monumental day when they venture out and take that […]

The Preface: The Passage: Matthew 2:1-12 Commentary: The Purpose: (What was God doing? Why is this written?) What evidence do we see of faith in the story of the wise men? They believed God’s promise and looked in anticipation for it’s fulfillment. When they saw things begin to unfold, they packed their bags in preparation […]

The Preface: The Passage: Luke 2:21-38 Commentary: Faith inspires action. Faith also results in a desire to proclaim what God has shown us. The Purpose: (What was God doing? Why is this written?) The Plan: (What can we learn from this? What is God saying to me and my life from this passage? The Power; […]

The Preface: Have you had something happen to you that you were so excited about that you just couldn’t wait to tell someone? Maybe you recently did really well on an exam, or you got a really good grade in a class. It’s so much fun to be able to share exciting things with others […]

The Preface: Every journey has it’s moments when you are tired and you just want to get there. Some of the longest journeys for me have been traveling to the mission field. During covid our return to PNG took us over 78 hours. That’s more than 3 full days living on airplane food and sleeping […]

The Preface: One of my responsibilities as I manage the center here is that I am the “boss” to 15 PNGian employees. One not so pleasant parts of this job is, as the boss, I have to enforce the rules, or the expectations of the job. I am a pretty laid back “boss.” Or at […]