Let your [a]character or moral disposition be free from love of money [including greed, avarice, lust, and craving for earthly possessions] and be satisfied with your present [circumstances and with what you have]; for He [God] [b]Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor [c]give you up nor leave you without…
Category: True Stories
Catching The Rift… Experiencing Africa!
Looking over the Great Rift, at Kerio View where many national and international runners train in Iten, Kenya, God spoke to my heart about how He is being lifted up in Kenya. Many para-sailors jump off the ledge, only to let the wind pick them up and carry them overlooking one of the most beautiful…
Care, Teach and Nurture
Originally posted on Beloved:
Having been practicing more social distancing, and homeschooling our children has already been a rich experience. I’m continuously being reminded of my commitments. Kids have a way of either keeping us accountable to what we say or making us feel like we have to follow through with our word least they…
Prayer Partners in Times of Crisis
Dear beloved, I have spoken with many who are going through difficult times during this time of isolation and uncertainty. I am thankful most are relying on the presence and power of God’s love to see them through. I’ve spoken with some whose fear is causing them to become self-centered and fearful. For these we…
Exciting March Enews: Living Ash Meadow
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. James 1:27 James 1:27 March Mentors, & Missionaries Maverick & Amy Hoenig Introducing the latest Hoenig missionary, Ava (Living) Ashleigh (Ash Meadow)! She arrived…
40 Days versus 40 Years – Fighting an unseen enemy…Corona Virus
“For forty years – one year for each of the forty days you explored the land – you will suffer for your sins and know what it is like to have me against you.” Numbers 14:34 Then some stood up and gave this false testimony against him: “We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this…
Walking Together in the Spirit
This past weekend I shared at the SE Regional Winter Conference for Global Alliance Networks, in Birmingham, Alabama. The name of my talk was Walking Together in the Spirit. We left at 7:00 a.m. Friday, from Pensacola to drive to Birmingham, Alabama (a group of us rode together in Charity Chapel’s ministry van). On the…
Your Table is Prepared
Your Table Is Prepared in the Presence of Your Enemies Prophetic Word This was the vision:
Left – on the run
10 Then David got up and ran that day from Saul. I Samuel 21: 8-10a People are broken and even those we love can say and do evil things to us. My older brother Doug once said to me, “People are like rattlesnakes, they strike out at the warmest and closest thing to them.” Has someone…
You Can Be Certain In 2020
You can be certain in 2020 dictators & government leaders will rise and fall. You can be certain there is always going to be poverty, sickness, diseases, discord, differences of viewpoints, opinions and human diversity. Thankfully one of the miraculous things that will stand the test of time and you can be certain of in…
Sleigh Bells Ringing
Are you listening? Christmas carols, and shoppers tell us Christmas is just around the corner. Preparations, presents and children are excited (especially in the U.S.) about what is or will be under the tree on Christmas morning. Some families may not even know or understand the Christmas story. Other families like my son and his…
Work of My HE Art
Thanking God for YOU! But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. John 1:12-13 NASB I don’t…
Thankful for Laundry Tables
Recently I was at the laundromat and began talking with a young man named S. When he asked me what I did, I shared with him that I was a missionary and also someone who tries to help people when they are in crisis, trouble or in a disastrous place in their life. I was…
He Wipes Away Tears
“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” Revelation 21:4 I often get asked the question, What is a disaster chaplain/pastor? Simply put, they respond to the needs of others when…
The Chickens Are Crying…Eat More Beef!
Dear Friend, “I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now…” Philippians 1:3-5 Because I am supported totally by your gifts & kindness; I thank God for you daily,…
The Pig Stuck in the Mud
Recently I had a dream and it was terrible. In it there was a pig like the one pictured above that was buried and stuck in the mud. This pig looked so awful that I felt like she/he would die any second. It was buried up past it’s neck and stuck up under the porch…
How Do You Eat An Elephant?
About 58,000 People in Los Angeles County Experience HomelessnessEvery Night. How can you help this many people? Son: “How Do You Eat an Elephant?”Mom: “One Bite At a Time.”Son: “How Do We Help Those In Crisis?”Mom: “One person at a time, One prayer, Sharing the Good News of Jesus.” How Do People Become Homeless? 31% job loss 20%…
That 70’s Sofa – Falling in the Father’s Arms
Falling in the Father’s arms: In February 1991 there was a storm that touched my life. The weather was very cold and my heart was very broken. My two youngest sons and I had just moved from a very large home in Altamonte Springs into a very tiny one bedroom apartment in Tallahassee, Florida. My…
Woman in the Mirror
“Who do you believe you are?” She was asked this question recently and the answers varied from last week. “I’m a mother, grandmother who is alone, sad, tired, fat, homeless and disillusioned.” “Why do you believe that?” “Why? Because that is what I think others see. Therefore, I believe that is who I am.” “Why…
