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Weekly Journals

All About Saying Goodbye… Tuesday, Holy Week

April 19, 2011

It was time to say goodbye.  Not “see you later” or “we’ll catch up again at another time”  but …“goodbye.”  A final farewell. My son was barely 18 and still looked 16.  It  was to be his big break away from the parents and we flew and drove hours to northern California to leave him […]

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Cleansing the Temple from the World… Monday, Holy Week

April 18, 2011

The crowds were thrilled.  Never before had they been a part of such a spectacle.  The Man who rode the donkey through the chanting crowds exuded a strength and confidence that was otherworldly in its power. For those who arrived early in Jerusalem this was to be the most exciting Passover celebration any had ever […]

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Fulfill Your Ministry… Friday

April 15, 2011

Today, Lord, today!  Open my eyes and let me see my calling.  Open my heart and mind to remember your commissioning.  Lord, give me opportunity today to share in Your great work. ================================ I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus… preach the word… be ready… reprove, rebuke, exhort.  The […]

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But Now I See…. Thursday

April 14, 2011

Father, You are the only one who can open blind eyes.  You have commissioned me to lead the blind to you and,  I have to admit,  I am resistant and willful… not a good servant at all.  Remind me today how wretched I was when I first came to you.  Remind me of those that […]

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It’s a Shameless Gospel… Wednesday

April 13, 2011

Lord, Your Gospel is complete, simple, and life changing.  Today allow me to share that Good News with others.  Empower me with your Holy Spirit and let me see others through your eyes, Lord.  Open my eyes, Lord, let me see your fields “white for harvest.” ________________________________ But even if we, or an angel from […]

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Getting Ready for an Easter Harvest… Monday

April 12, 2011

Each day this week I will be writing a brief encouragement to you in preparation for the Easter Season.  Who are those people in your life that need to know the compassion, forgiveness and mercy of Jesus?  Purpose to invite them to Palm Sunday/Friendship Sunday this coming week! ______________________________________________________________________________ But we preach Christ crucified, to […]

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Are You Compelled? … Tuesday

April 12, 2011

Father, thank you that you have called me to labor in your great work of saving the lost. Today, fill my heart with Your compassion and open my eyes to see the many that surround me who do not serve You or know You.  Lord, I want to be used by Your Holy Spirit to […]

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Go Fish

March 29, 2011

“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet cast into the sea.” Spend any amount of time on the Gulf Coast and you will see the difference between the cast net and the dragnet.  The fisherman on the bank swings the cast net over his head at the school of fish blindly swimming into his […]

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How to Do Small Things with Great Love

January 26, 2011

Ten hours of travel and we were back in the very place we left.  The little airport in the mountains was too foggy to land and so the planned ministry had to be left to another day.  Two attempts into the small landing strip in the big jet was enough for the pilot.  The stewardess […]

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Oh, Calcutta

January 22, 2011

And when He approached, He saw the city and wept over it…  Luke 19:41 Travel in India is like watching the rice grow in the silky green marshes that press against the roads throughout Kerala.  The country is maze-like with endless turns that meander and wander through village after village, city after city.  These confusing […]

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