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    We also pray that you will be strengthened with all His glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need.  May you be filled with joy.  Colossian 1:11 (NLT)   Happy New Year (x12)!  I am experiencing the never ending start of 2015.  I depart NYC minutes after ringing…

I lay the sins of the parents upon their children and  Grandchildren; the entire family is affected – even children in the third and fourth generations.  Exodus 34:7 (NLT) I arrive in Cambodia on January 2nd for a trip to support survivors of sex trafficking and encourage the fulltime missionaries who serve these women and…

  Luke 2:18,33,47; 8:25; 11:14 (NLT) All who heard the shepherds’ story were astonished.  Jesus’ parents were amazed at what was being said about Him.  All who heard Him were amazed at His understanding and His answers. The disciples were terrified and amazed “Who is this man?”  The crowds were amazed.    When were you…

John 1:1-3,10,14 (NIV,NLT) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made. He came into the very world He created, but the world didn’t recognize…

Philippians 2:13,15,17 (NLT)  God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him.  Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people.  I will rejoice even if I lose my life, pouring it out like a…

Matthew 22:37-39 (NLT) Jesus replied, “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.  This is the first and greatest commandment.  A second is equally important:  Love your neighbor as yourself.”   I’ve been swept up in preparations for Christmas and Cambodia.  It’s been a little…

Romans 6:23 (MSG) God’s gift is real life, eternal life, delivered by Jesus, our Master.   You’ve just won a million dollars!  Too good to be true?   One of my favorite bloggers, Ken Weliever (thepreachersword.com), retells a true story from several years ago of the winner of H&R Block’s “Million Dollar Giveaway”.  A random…

   2 Corinthians 9:1-3 (NLT)  I really don’t need to write to you about this ministry of giving for the believers in Jerusalem.  For I know how eager you are to help, and I have been boasting to the churches… that you were ready to send an offering a year ago… But I am sending…

Luke 2:17-19(NLT) After seeing Him, the shepherds told everyone what had happened and what the angel had said to them about this child.  All who heard the shepherds’ story were astonished, but Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often.    I wonder how much hope the Jews had left. …

1 Thessalonians 5:11 (NLT) So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.    What will you be doing?   It’s the most frequently asked question about our mission trip to Cambodia and the answer isn’t clear.  This trip differs from a hurricane cleanup or a Habitat building project…