Week 1 – Lessons from the Law Day 4 – God’s Plan for Provision: Deuteronomy 14:28,29; 16:11-14; 24:17-22; 26:12,13 Money. Money. Money. Why are so many things about money! It seems sometimes like money is the biggest hurdle in reaching out to the fatherless. Taking on a children’s home or even just adding one child …
Week 1 – Lessons from the Law Day 3 – The Purpose of the Command: Deuteronomy 24:17-18 In the last post, we mentioned God’s purpose for ministry to the fatherless, the widow, and the stranger. Today we will go a little deeper into it. Deuteronomy 24:17, 18 says: “Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of …
Week 1 – Lessons from the Law Day 2 – The Basis of the Command Deuteronomy 10:17-19 “For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward: He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and the …
Week 1 – Lessons from the Law Day 1 – The Initial Command: Exodus 22:22-24 “Ye shall not afflict any widow, nor fatherless child. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you …
The last few months have been absolutely full of unexpected craziness (like seven weeks of house repairs). I told someone the other day, “I got back to the States in July, but I still haven’t landed!” I am grateful that we have just a couple more weeks of really big projects and deadlines and then …
This weekend was our church’s annual Ladies Retreat Day. Our theme was “It’s All About Time!” Every lesson was an enormous blessing, at least to me, whether I was listening or teaching it! We normally have 4 speakers, but this year we only had three people in our church who were available to speak and …
When I was eight years old, we lived in an old farmhouse in southern Illinois. It had a big yard and a big garden and trees, lots of trees. There were three or four gigantic, old trees in what I always considered to be the front yard. They seemed to stand watch along the road …
It was 4 a.m. The sky was clear and the stars, uninhibited by city lights, were bright and overwhelmingly numerous. I had just heaved two, sixty-pound suitcases down the staircase and into the stone portico. Our carry-ons waited beside them. All that remained before our departure was the quick jaunt up the steep hill, the …
The last two months have been a whirlwind of activity, but it has been exciting to see what God has had in store! I want to apologize for not being able to send out any updates while in Kenya. We had no internet access the entire time we were in Kenya and by the time …
