00-Reflections of Jesus Study

January 30, 2021

Reflections of Jesus – Study Overview In his book “The Indwelling Life of Christ,” Ian Thomas says in chapter 13, “The Perfect Man,” he describes Jesus as being willing to empty Himself and to humble Himself in being born as a human being (Philippians 2:6–8) clothed with our humanity, the Lord Jesus advertised Deity through […]

God’s Agenda in Everything

January 26, 2021

Robin and I began reading a book together this past week. It’s a bit of a manual for member care. Paul Tripp uses “Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hand” as the basis for his “Changing Hearts, Changing Lives” curriculum. In the first chapter he begins by painting the picture of why mankind is so messed up. […]

Road Trip

January 24, 2021

Dear faithful partners, Thank you so much for sticking with us and continuing to pray with us as we have been “on hold” for this time of Covid. We are so excited to finally be moving toward returning. We did find out this week that our flight is delayed for a week. So, we will […]

The Source of True Wisdom

January 24, 2021

The Source of True Wisdom In a world where there seems to be no limit to scientific discovery. Where electronics give us the control of almost everything at the tip of our fingers. A world where infant mortality is low and life expectancy is long. In all that man has discovered, without God, it’s nothing. […]

A Big Day

January 17, 2021

Dear Faithful prayer partners, As I write 6 of our 8 new families are saying their final goodbyes and preparing to get on a plane to head to PNG. They will be flying from several places around the US, then meet up in Doha, Qatar where they will fly together to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. From […]

God’s Purposes

January 16, 2021

I have to wonder how often I interpret circumstances and the things I face differently that how God sees them. How about you? As I read Job 16 and 17, that is exactly what Job was doing. Job was convinced that God had evil intent toward him. Read what he says in Job 16:12-14 Job […]

Don’t Be Anxious

January 16, 2021

What enables us to live without worry? In Luke 12, Jesus tells us to consider the activities of 2 elements in nature, the ravens and the lilies, to illustrate God’s ability to provide for our food and clothes. The Raven: What is the ravens perspective on their livelihood? Where do they get their food? What […]

PNG Here We Come

January 10, 2021

Dear faithful partners, We received word this morning that the humanitarian flight out of Malaysia is doing one more flight on the 17th of February! Praise the Lord with us. The difference between taking advantage of that flight, and trying to find another commercial route is huge. We were told if that flight didn’t go, […]

Intentional in Growth

January 10, 2021

Good morning family. This week I haven’t done very well at writing and sharing from the Word. I do have a few things that stood out to me this week, but I didn’t have the time / make the time to organize those thoughts into something presentable. Maybe on our 3 1/2 car ride to […]

The Victor’s Crown

January 5, 2021

Revelation 2:8-11 – Gods’ message to the church in Smyrna I enjoyed reading Wiesebe’s thoughts on this passage this morning. The assembly at Smyrna were persecuted for their faith. Jesus word of comfort to them was “I know your tribulation and your poverty, but you are rich” (Rev 2:9) According to Wiersbe the term poverty […]