Opportunity is seldom convenient or cheap. Typically it comes disguised as hard work! When we announced our desire to begin the 100 tent project, my husband was suddenly taken ill and rushed to the hospital needing an emergency appendectomy. I found myself at the helm of...
To represent Christ means to live a life of Christian adventure. It is daring—supernaturally exciting—as you challenge yourself and the world. It is not a boring, static, unimaginative or isolated life. You enter into the heart of Christ’s victory. You can sing in the middle...
The present religious systems that fill the earth do not bring life. Religion is unattractive to the world because of its accumulation of rules, practices, and theories that have been added to the purity of God’s record left for us. It’s like the Mississippi River. Where...
September 2016 The Gospel of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John yesterday, has now become the Gospel of you today. Christ in human flesh in the Gospels has become Jesus in your flesh today. Much of the modern church would think this is an extreme goal that is...
In the early 1990's when we were pioneering church plants across Russia, we set a goal to launch 5 churches in the now open city of Kazan, which had a long history of being half Muslim and half Orthodox. People were walking away from atheism to...
I believe there are moments that transform a life. Your future does not always hinge on the long hours you put into building your present—a new person, new opportunity, or new thought can set you on a dramatic new course. One of those moments occurred in...
You can imagine what Jesus was thinking when He said, “I can do only what I see the Father doing. Without the Father working through Me, I am nothing” (John 5:19–20; 14:10). “But the Father works through Me, and I will work through you” (John...
What a wonderful life has been given to us! We are not waiting for a special moment. We are not waiting for a special call. We are not waiting for acknowledgement from other humans. Redemption has already been purchased. We have a record in our hands...
May 2016 God’s original dream—to start a family with the potential to walk and behave like Him. Adam failed. He disobeyed God and did not fulfill God’s dream. But God sent Jesus, Whom Scripture calls the Last Adam, and He did not fail. Jesus is the model...
In the face of storms, Jesus spoke peace and all became calm. In the face of taxes, He said to go fishing and gold was found. In the face of lack, He spoke blessing over bread and multiplication occurred. In the face of devils, He...