What comes to mind for you? How has he been faithful in the past month? Past year?
For Esther, Coming to Christ Was Not Enough. Why?
From Africa to Asia, from Europe to Australia, and from the Americas to the Middle East, Cru (Campus Crusade for Christ) is coming alongside and helping local church ministries to grow, thrive and multiply. Here's an example: SOUTHEAST ASIA— A staff member with Global Church Movements—the church-planting arm of Cru®—showed the JESUS film to a …
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Our Calling is to go to All!
What part of the the world are you called to? What path are you on to go there? For me, it's to help resource those who are on the frontlines, often going to the least reached, and hardest to go to.
February Update
PRAISE: Thank you for praying for 2024 holiday television and online outreaches. TV reports from the Middle East document 4.5 million watch broadcast of our films and 2.52 million direct interactions with online evangelists and counselors. Other broadcasts took place in Asia and Africa. For December, overall 118,747,600 watched on TV, and for the year …
Giving has many benefits.
Another President Elected to Non-Conversative Terms*
<LISTEN> I worked for 15 years for Christian financial teacher Larry Burkett (1939-2003), the author of such best-selling books as Debt-Free Living and The Coming Economic Earthquake. (Larry also was instrumental in the founding of Sound Mind Investing.) One of Larry's political heroes was Grover Cleveland, the only U.S. president (up to that time) elected to non-consecutive terms. Cleveland, a Democrat, served from …
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What Caused the ‘Demon Tree’ to Fall?
Stories from film and church planting teams come in from Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, the Americas and the Middle East every month. They tell of how our God is moving and drawing people to Himself. Here's one from rural Africa. There’s a remote village in Africa where an ancient tree stood, the locals regarded …
January Prayer Update
Praise: My hernia surgery [12/9] went well, and recovery appears to be on schedule. I am about two weeks from getting back to full exercise, and a month or so from heavy lifting. I had a good, but brief visit with my siblings and their families Christmas week. Pray for my niece and family, as she is expecting …
Finishing Well*
by Gary G Hoag (November 15, 2024) Wise stewardship can be the key to lasting impact. By thoughtfully preparing for life’s uncertainties and ensuring our work blesses generations to come, we honor God’s design for flourishing lives, families, and communities. They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a fruitful harvest; he blessed them, and …
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