January 2010
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"Pray for Jack"
This past Christmas I had the opportunity to see some old friends that I’ve known for almost 25 years. I met all of them when I was 5 or 6 years old, and we grew up in church together. As we got older, many of us moved to different parts of the country, so it was really great to get everyone together for once like old times. Usually, when this group of guys gets together, it’s a...
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Merely A Vessel
It had been a few weeks since Dan told me to share the recent happenings of my life- specifically of what God was working on. With enthusiasm I agreed, not realizing the complexities of a schedule filled with unrelated busyness. Sewing classes at 7am, teaching English to Chinese grade school students for a two week stint at CSUDH, case management and parent coaching in South LA, finishing up my...
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A Lord of Second Chances
Our good friend Deborah King has an incredible testimony about answered prayer and sent us the awesome story below. It’s so inspiring to see God truly moving in someone’s life, and how He wants to fully heal us, redeem us and make us whole. Thanks for sharing, Deborah!
The Issue
Before I proceed, I pray that whoever you are, this testimony will bring a light onto your life. I hope...
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Building Altars to God
As my New Year’s resolution this year, I was challenged by my friend Alex to read the Bible with him in a year. Since we’re only a few weeks in, we’re still in Genesis right now, but it’s really been eye opening to go back to a lot of these familiar Old Testament stories after all these years and really ask this one question: why did the authors of these texts choose to...
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A Personal Miracle in Tithing
I was thinking of including this story in my longer one about tithing below, but since the story still blows me away, I thought it deserved its own post.
Since I started fully tithing, God has not only brought financial stability and blessings into the heart of my family, but God has answered prayer in a really profound and undeniable way in my giving life.
Ever since I took God to the test, my...
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So I Give More, and Have More?
I have never been good at doing what I’m told. Everything in my personal testimony has been a story of having to learn the things the hard way. Rather than taking the Bible as God’s promise to us and following its words, I’ve always been a skeptic and thought to myself, “that’s not going to work, at least not for me.”
So about six months ago, when my...
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“Preach the gospel always. If necessary, use words.” - St. Francis of...”