St James Town Mission Update: When God Provides
It is always helpful to us to fix our attention on the God-ward aspect of Christian work; to realize that the work of God does not mean so much man‘s work for God, as God‘s own work through man. Hudson Taylor – A Retrospect One of the fears I had with leading the St James Town Mission […]
North Korea: #1 Country of Christian Persecution
Open Door did a story on North Korea. Let’s pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ who refuse to give up their faith and risk torture and death for our Savior… You can send a message of hope by going here.
Open up my eyes
Yesterdays sermon, I was captured by one passage… 2 Kings 6 15 When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early the next morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. “Oh, my lord, what shall we do?” the servant asked. 16 “Don’t be afraid,” the prophet […]
Psalm 142 – Prayer for Help in Trouble
I am a deacon in my church in the English Congregation. The past week, as a leader I had to deal with a matter I never expected or seen. I have no direction exception laying it out before the Lord. I have been sitting and praying and listening to the Lord for Him to guide […]
What I should pray for…
A few weeks ago, in a sense of brokenness, I asked God to change my heart. It wasn’t the fact that my life is not going well. I just feel unmotivated. How often would I pray to God for external things or to change my external circumstances. Like for a new car if I do […]
Dignity
“Why are you giving this to me in this place? Can’t you see there are people I know around here?” – R replied as we are standing in an underground food court. My friend was holding a sleeping bag that was for R. He was offended. A good lesson on dignity. No one enjoys being […]
Olé! Olé! Olé!
…centuries ago in the deserts of North Africa, people used to get together for moonlight dances celebrating sacred entities that would go on for hours and hours. Every once in a while, very rarely, something would happen and one of the performers would be imbued with something transcendent. “And I know you know what I’m […]
When the heart wants to go one way
and God wants me to go the other… “God…you know how my heart feel(think?). What you are showing me right now is a path where I don’t really want to go. It feels like a struggle. You know the burden that I have. But I know you are a good God. For you have provided […]
Prayer Jog…walk!?!
Yesterday, I decided to go out for a jog. I am very out of shape. I haven’t run since the Half Ironman I did a week and a half ago. Fitness drops sharply when we don’t exercise. A jog quickly become a puffing content and I decided to walk instead. As I walked around my […]
A passion for the city
Tonight I had a great privilege to be part of the a short term mission training in my church. It was a spirit-filled time. Lots of laughter, sharing and praying. The team is made up of majority youths and I am excited to see the values we are instilling among the youths (that prayer is […]