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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...
10 Bible Verses To Bring Comfort
10 Bible Verses To Bring Comfort 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the...
10 Spiritual Disciplines of the Christian Life
Spiritual discipline gives us a railway to run on. Having a spiritual growth plan creates intentionality and a sense of purpose. If you are struggling in areas of spiritual growth, I encourage you to take time and study each of...
Gleaning and Giving Brings Glory To God
Are you in the practice of "gleaning?" Have you ever thought about the meaning of this question? In Leviticus 19:10, the Jewish people were instructed not to glean their vineyards but to leave some for the poor and strangers. To glean was to "take everything" in the...
Five Ways To Live A Surrendered Life
1. Life is full of daily choices. Choose to lean into the voice of God and walk away from the temptations of the flesh. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7 2. Follow the example of Jesus in choosing to do your...
5 Decisions Every Christian Should Make
Remember these 5 critical decisions and move ahead with clarity and purpose in your life with Christ. If you have been walking with God for a long time, you are not immune to the tempation to give up. What if you are in a crisis of life where your questions seem...
Discernment: Improving Your Spiritual Insight
Jesus isn’t only interested in handing out “free tickets to heaven” even though many people view their relationship with Christ as just that. They want to pray a prayer, get their ticket and go on to live their own way. Jesus is calling us to a life of full commitment to Him, not a diluted version of faith.
7 Habits of Growing Christians
Growing Christians aren't advancing in their spiritual walk by accident. Spiritual maturity comes to those who understand the concept of a "Christian walk." Just the word picture itself tells you it takes steps, deliberate steps, to move forward in victory and...
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Giving Tuesday!
Your gift will help bring the gospel to fatherless youth! Early one morning in November of 2007, I was reading the Bible. I had studied the book of Psalms for several months, and this morning, I read a few verses about the hurting and fatherless among us. It was as if...
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...
A Window Into Juvenile Detention Ministry
Here's a post I wrote a few years ago giving a snapshot into the real world of ministry to youth in juvenile detention. The three of us had arrived early and went through the usual process of emptying our pockets and remembering to lock everything in our vehicles...