Thank you for praying for my recent Guatemala mission trip. It was a good, full eight days of service and outreach. The team did everything from painting a wall at a Christian school (Xela), to clearing trees and brush for a new fence and putting in a cement driveway at an orphanage. The team, all …
July Prayer Update
PRAISE: The trip to Guatemala was memorable and the team bonded well. Pray for the fruit of our efforts to blossom and remain. Also, pray for the men who heard the messages, and saw the film will experience heart and life transformation. Progress is being made on the Asia Film Equipment video; filming in Myanmar …
THE WISDOM OF ASKING QUESTIONS: LESSONS FROM POPULAR SPORTS MOVIES*
Guest Post by Danny Brassell, Ph.D. From thoughts in the shower to running errands, taking a walk on the beach to listening to background music in a department store, leaders can find inspiration in the unlikeliest of places. A case in point are sports movies. Sports movies have long been a source of inspiration and …
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Source of True Power for Your Life by Brad Bright*
If you only had more power, you could change your circumstances, influence other people, or feel in control of your life. But are you so powerless? Is worldly power really what you need? On a radiant New Year’s morning in Pasadena, California, a beautiful float in the Tournament of Roses parade suddenly sputtered and stopped. It …
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The surprising habits of original thinkers
A TED talk by Adam Grant This is a very thought provoking 15 minute talk from Adam on the value of a little procrastination in life in the pursuit of and idea or goal. It's also motivating, at least for me. <WATCH>
June Prayer Update:
PRAISE: The time with my family was good over the holiday weekend, and my brother found an ideal place for our mother’s ashes. Thanks for praying. Our team continues to progress on the Asian Equipment video project. Got open the door to go to Bangladesh and we had a good meeting last week with our …
The World’s 6 Best Doctors by Harvey MacKay*
I recently came across an old nursery rhyme that lists the six best doctors in the world. Surprisingly, it doesn’t have a lot to do with business, but I think it applies to everyone. It lists the doctors as sunlight, rest, exercise, diet, self-confidence and friends. I’d like to examine each one and why they …
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Be Ready for the Race by Max Lucado*
>LISTEN> God wants to use you my friend, but how can he if you’re exhausted? Getting ready for my run, the sun was out, but the wind was chilly. Jacket or sweatshirt? The Boy Scout within me prevailed, and I wore both. Got my cell phone, my water bottle. So no one would steal my car, I pocketed …
May Prayer Update
PRAISE: The Jesus Film® outreach to one nation during the recent month of prayer and fasting used social media and online evangelists to engage people in conversations, often around short films. The team focused on three cities and over the 30 days saw 216 people prayed to receive Christ; this is double the from number last …
God will bring the harvest: 2 Corinthians 9 as parable
by Jill Foley Turner, May 10, 2023 posted on National Christian Foundation. We all know the verse “God loves a cheerful giver,” and even “whoever sows sparingly will reap sparingly.” But 2 Corinthians 9 contains so much more. And some of it is rarely taught, maybe because its promises sound almost too good to be …
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