These blogs are short Scriptural teachings and are othen devotional in nature.
We were issued our permanent Brazilian visas this week! This means that we are all systems go to get back to Curitiba. Thanks so much to everyone who has been praying with us. We started working on the visa back in September, right after we got to the US after being in Brazil for six […]
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“I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way.” Carl Sandburg “Watch the path of your feet and all your ways will be established.” Solomon We hear much talk in society about the importance of “progress.” Politicians and leaders talk about the progress that we make under their enlightened leadership. Social leaders often
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Paul told Timothy that Demas had deserted him. With his next breath, Paul says, “Only Luke is with me.” What made Luke stick around? He had to know that his very acquaintance with Paul could have had him arrested and executed as well. I think that Luke had tapped into something important here. Paul needed Luke,
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“Do your best to come to me quickly, for Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia. Only Luke is with me.” Demas is probably not a name that most Christians are familiar with. He is not a famous Bible character
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“Work like it all depends on you. Pray like it all depends on God.” Unknown One of the questions that Annie and I have been asked as we have been back in the US preparing to move back to Brazil is “Why Brazil?” The simple answer is that we feel called to go. Calling is
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“So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him and kissed him.” How much different would the story of the Prodigal Son be if we took the element of grace out
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Annie and I are still waiting to hear back from the Brazilian Consulate on our visa. We are expecting and hoping to hear something soon. As soon as we get the visa, we will talk to our pastors about setting a Launch Date. In the meantime, both Annie and I are working full-time and raising what money
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“If you are the Son of God, jump off! For the Scriptures say, ‘He will order his angels to protect and guard you…’” The last temptation that Jesus faced during His time in the wilderness was, in some ways, the most difficult. The Devil took Him to the highest point of the Temple in Jerusalem
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“I will give you the glory of these kingdoms and authority over them…I will give it all to you if you will worship me.” The second temptation that Jesus faced (at least according to Luke) was for the Devil to offer Jesus all the kingdoms of the world, “and authority over them.” What a deal!
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“If you are the Son of God, change these stones into loaves of bread.” After a forty day fast, that probably sounded like a pretty good idea. After not eating for forty days, the stones might even have started to look like loaves of bread! The temptation here was for Jesus to quench a natural need in
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