Orthonet Prayer Memo

I am writing from St. Vlash Monastery near Tirana, Albania. This week Navigators, Taylor Hostetter, Ralph Lee and I will be here participating in the 2nd Lausanne – Orthodox Initiative consultation.

MinistryDavid LyonsSeptember 15, 2014Orthodox, Navigators, Meetings

Collaborate!

My team gathers for a week about three times a year to work together on strategic issues that we face in leading our work. We meet this week and next.

MinistryDavid LyonsAugust 14, 2014IET, Navigators, Meetings

Jubilee

Jesus said, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord.” Many scholars believe that Jesus was referring to the Old Testament Year of Jubilee, the year that Israelites who were poor would get their lives back. I love that.

MinistryDavid LyonsJuly 25, 2014Poverty, Meetings

Perfected in Weakness

I am ready for a vacation. But my vacation is another 2 weeks away! So, this morning the Lord reminded me, My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.

MinistryDavid LyonsJuly 21, 2014Meetings, Missions, Rest, Orthodox

Although We Disagree

A few years ago an Orthodox priest named Father Jonah said to me: Do you think that The Navigators could help us reach the lost? I discovered that, although we disagree about many things, this priest really knows and loves Jesus.

MinistryDavid LyonsJune 26, 2014Orthodox, Navigators, Meetings

Desperately Dependent

I love to teach and preach the Word. But in recent years I have become increasingly aware of how desperately dependent on God I am whenever I try to convey His Word to others in a Life-giving way.

MinistryDavid LyonsMay 27, 2014Prayer, Ministry

On The Ropes

I serve on the board of a sister organization that has been on the ropes financially. This group pursues our Navigator calling, but does so as a development agency in very challenging contexts where others cannot go.

MinistryDavid LyonsMay 20, 2014Meetings, Faith

For Starters

Starting and sustaining movements of the Gospel requires 4 contributions: pioneers, local workers, local leaders, and alongsiders. The alongsiders help to sustain the others. My team and I are alongsiders.

MinistryDavid LyonsMay 19, 2014Meetings, Missions

Under His Gaze

Your prayers played a crucial part. That’s what Paul said to the Corinthians in 2 Corinthians 1:11, and that¹s what I would like to say to each one who prays for us.

MinistryDavid LyonsMay 7, 2014Prayer, IET, Meetings

Matèriaux Ministère

Matèriaux Ministère is French for ministry materials. Eighty years ago The Navigators was a mono-cultural, monolingual group.

MinistryDavid LyonsMay 6, 2014Navigators, Ministry, Meetings, Middle East

Navigators at Their Best

I just got off the phone with Ralph and Tim, two Navigator missionaries from the UK who will be going into an Eritrean refugee camp in Ethiopia this weekend. I told them that what they are doing is a model of Navigators at their best.

MinistryDavid LyonsApril 8, 2014Navigators, Africa, Middle East

Lifting Heads

There are hard places in the harvest. There are places where hard ground is being plowed. There are places where the ground is fertile but dangerous, where Gospel workers risk their lives every day.

MinistryDavid LyonsMarch 17, 2014Middle East, Missional enterprise, Prayer

David & Renée Lyons