God is PEERLESS; we are Powerless – our powerlessness is demonstrated by how and whether we pray. Let’s leverage our influence as children of God by asking of our Father. WEDNESDAY EMPHASIS = PRAYING FOR THE NATIONS Please Pray for the Fimiam Church in Lutsk, Ukraine Prayer requests of the Transformation Rehabilitation Center Please pray…

God is PEERLESS; we are Powerless – our powerlessness is demonstrated by how and whether we pray. Let’s leverage our influence as children of God by asking of our Father. TUESDAY EMPHASIS = PRAYING FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD For the initiation of ministry and the joy of ministry in the hearts of God’s people. For the…

Please keep praying for these precious ministries and our missionaries there: The Stagges in Tanzania and The McCartys in Mexico Faces for Hope Back in the states now, planning to head back to Tanzania, around the beginning of January. Thank you for your partnership in funds, spreading the news, prayer, or just listening. We appreciate…

JOIN US THIS SUNDAY AS WE BEGIN ADOPTION EMPHASIS MONTH. November 6th – Orphan Awareness November 13th – Foster Care/Foster Adoption November 20th – International Adoption – fellowship meal following morning service with guest speaker on adoption November 27th – Crisis Pregnancy Intervention – Abortion Awareness – Prayer for Orphans

I got this post last night – please pray for these orphans in Sudan. Brother Joe Our Children at Hope for Sudan are Under Machinegun Fire Right Now Posted: 28 Sep 2011 12:54 PM PDT Over the last month, the entire stateside staff of MWP has been dispersed from MS to CO to Sudan to…

Charles Spurgeon’s wife was an invalid for many years and usually unable to accompany her husband on his travels. She writes: “One ever-recurring question when he had to leave me was, ‘What can I bring you, wifey?’ I seldom answered him by a request, for I had all things richly to enjoy, except health. But,…

Tim Challies has been doing a very thought provoking and, I think, powerful series of blogs regarding schooling choices for parents. It reflects the evolution of homeschooling that my wife and I have watched and been a part of over the past 20 plus years. All 11 of our children have been homeschooled. Two of…

It will not make much difference, friend, A hundred years from now, If you live in a stately mansion Or on a river scow; If the clothes you wear are tailor-made Or pieced together somehow, If you eat big steaks or beans and cake A hundred years from now. It won’t matter about your bank…

Four of the reasons I love Springs of Grace are going on this week. But it is not so much the events – it is just that the events capture in microcosm what I love so much about this faith family and the people God has given us to love. 1) Right now there are…

Several people have asked me to share the 10 points I gave Hannah and Tyler at their wedding last week. I am putting the manuscript of the entire wedding charge below. Some of the statements were personally directed towards Tyler and Hannah but I pray the truths will be an encouragement to many. Brother Joe Hannah…