We all need encouragement all of our lives. Some of the most significant moments in my life have been when someone came alongside me and said: I see God¹s hand on your life. I believe in you. I am with you. With God¹s help you can do this.
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It's football season, and there are times when your team is down and you feel like your quarterback just has to throw a touchdown pass to win the game. (Yes, I did just watch the Broncos win again.) After talking with our daughter and son down in Fortaleza today, I have a similar feeling.
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How do you pray for a child of God who is running away from Him? Our hearts are breaking as we pray for Laticia, the young woman I told you about in in Fortaleza. God saved her from her addiction to cocaine back in June. She went through intensive discipleship and stayed clean for months.
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Chaos and Violence Rack The Middle East. This headline could have appeared anytime during the first centuries of The Church when people from various religious backgrounds were turning to Christ in a rising tide. We read the headlines these days and groan.
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I grew up in a dead liturgical church. So when I see robes and rituals in a church I don't naturally expect to see Life and Truth. But, God did initially lead me to Himself through a faithful remnant of people who were following Christ in that setting.
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Someone once said that it takes a village to raise a child. Likewise, I believe that it takes a worldwide partnership to help Navigator missionaries to succeed in our calling.
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This is my final Fortaleza vignette. We've been home since Sunday, and we are savoring so many memories. One of my favorites is sitting around the table with my family, planning what we would do next. Ideas were flying.
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Yesterday I wandered through the day from expectation to expectation, duty to duty, desire to desire, task to task, and distraction to distraction. At the end of the day I found that I had done a few good things and nothing obviously evil.
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St. Irenaeus wrote: The glory of God is man fully alive.
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Why do you study the Bible? Some study to satisfy their curiosity. Some study out of religious duty or aspirations.
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Renee went to Fortaleza in late May to help our daughter, Nicole Lorelei, to welcome her 2nd child into the world. On Renee's 2nd day there a drug addict from the neighborhood stood at the door screaming in terror. Her name was Laticia
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Why not prayer-walk the darkest corners of Fortaleza? Why not ask God to give you that notorious crack house and brothel as your house of prayer?
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