With one of the national evangelistic conferences about to begin in Moscow, we had done all the natural preparation possible. Invitations were sent out and food was evaluated for the guests. The cost of travel, housing and books was all budgeted. It was the morning...
“And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will accept. When you think of what he has done for you, is this too much to ask?” Romans...
We were having a Tent Festival in Bishkek, where we met a wonderful Christian woman who held a high position in the Kyrgeze government. However, her husband abused her, very often beating her and sometimes locking her out of the house when she came back...
Forgiveness has both a horizontal and a vertical aspect. Horizontal forgiveness releases us from judgments that bind us to unhealthy relationships. It is the gatekeeper to the unforgiving spirit. As long as we are alive, we will encounter hurt and disappointment. What we do with...
Do you feel like you are being swept up in the abundance of change? Do you question the political actions happening all around you? Are you concerned about the moral, political and social change agents in operation? Having lived in Russia almost 10 years, prayer for...
One day after many days of hard work, my husband and I decided to take a day off. In the evening before going to sleep, we agreed to go to the beach early in the morning, just to forget about work and spend some time...
There are times when prayer is sweet communion with the Father and Jesus. There are other times when we must bind and loose things on this earth. God is expecting us to address the mountain, not address Him about the mountain. We were facing a closure...
Because Jesus now lives in us, we are privileged to feel what He feels and see what He sees. When we were preaching in Bashkortostan, a blind woman came to the edge of the platform during the final prayer. Wonderful testimonies happened of deaf and crippled...
“And it came to pass on a certain day, as Jesus was teaching…the power of the Lord was present to heal them” (Luke 5:17 KJV, emphasis mine) When it comes to healing, people are often tempted to focus on the human instrument and not the Lord....
During a tent festival in Ufa, an old lady approached me and, with tears in her eyes, she said, “I want to be healed! I want to be healed!” “But does God want to heal you?” I asked her. And she answered, “I do not...