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“God is Changing My Mind” – High Impact Ministries Update
Each month, I enjoy sharing stories of how God is at work in the hearts and lives of the high-risk and fatherless youth we are reaching. In our Bible study in the juvenile center this past week, one of the high school guys wanted to share how God has been transforming...
He Had Never Heard The Gospel Presented Before
I meet new teenagers regularly in my weekly High Impact Teen Bible study in the juvenile center in Normal, IL. There are a few guys I've been seeing for months, and the spiritual growth I see in them is encouraging! A couple of weeks ago, I met two new...
Fight By Being Still – 2 Chronicles 20:17
This Week's Theme: Be Still - by Ken Turner "You will not need to fight in this battle. Position yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, who is with you." II Chronicles 20:17 Thought For Today Sometimes God may tell you the best strategy to win...
6 Things That Will Bring People Back to Your Church
Caring about and acknowledging others impacts joy, health, and even the effective spreading of the gospel. John said in III John 1:14 to salute and greet Christian friends by name. The Greek word used for salute and greet was originally described this way. When you...
3 Reasons You Aren’t Choosing Jesus
You've walked with Jesus. You've even said you loved Jesus and He was central in your life. That's what you claimed anyway. Friends from your past have listened as you, in spiritual moments, in safe places where others talked of Jesus, you spoke up too. You talked...
“I Need This… We All Need This.” Said a teen in Peoria. New Ministry Outreach in IL
We moved to Central IL, in October, and Jennifer and I probably underestimated how much work it takes to move 600 miles north! A close friend called to "check on me" after we were here a couple of months. I was telling him how I felt "very out of sync" with...
Happy New Year – We are so close to our goal!
Happy New Year to you and your family! There's never been a more urgent time to reach a generation of youth than now. God has given us a fruitful year of ministry in 2021, and we are excited to see the miraculous, life-changing impact of the gospel in the lives...
500 Teens Wanting and Waiting – Our HIT Philippines Project
God is moving in some remarkable ways. Earlier this year, our supporters stepped up. Together, we provided 250 of our High Impact Teen one-year spiritual journals to youth in remote areas of the Philippines in the Tagalog...
The High Cost of Ignoring Character
Are You a Listener - Proverbs 1:1-7 Have you ever heard the phrase "they don't know what they don't know?" If you have, you know this; it wasn't a compliment. You really can't afford to pay the high price of living life in ignorance. The saying, "Ignorance is bliss,"...
Remember, It’s Not About The Bread – Matthew 16:9
Do you not yet understand, or remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you took up? Matthew 16:9 Don't forget the bread! That was Christ's message to His disciples. He could have said; it's not really about the bread. Here is a problem...
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News & Updates
Easter Project: Rise Up For Youth
Easter is coming soon, and I'd like to share a special project you can participate in! On Easter weekend, 2025, we have a special youth outreach project called "Rise Up for Youth." We will deliver an Easter gift bag to youth in juvenile centers in Tennessee,...
Donate HIT Journals to Transform Youth in Africa
Way back around 2008, I received a call from Missionary Fred Kearney in Ghana, West Africa. We did not know each other, but he explained he recently walked into his office in Ghana, and a book was on his desk. It was my High Impact Teen one-year spiritual...
“God is Changing My Mind” – High Impact Ministries Update
Each month, I enjoy sharing stories of how God is at work in the hearts and lives of the high-risk and fatherless youth we are reaching. In our Bible study in the juvenile center this past week, one of the high school guys wanted to share how God has been transforming...
