Week 8 – Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 2 – Esther Cont’d – Mordecai’s Influence: Esther 2:20; 4:1-17 Esther’s obedience continued even after she had been made queen. Chapter two, verse seventeen tells us that she was made queen in Vashti’s place. The king threw a feast, he gave out money and gifts, made …
OT 8:1 Stopping the Fatherless Pandemic
Week 8 – Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 1 – Esther Cont’d – Stopping the Fatherless Pandemic: Esther 2:10; Proverbs 22:6 Proverbs 22:6 says, “Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old he will not depart from it.” That Mordecai took this to heart can be plainly …
OT 7:5 Mordecai’s Care
Week 7 – Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 5 – Esther Cont’d – Mordecai’s Care: Esther 2:7,11 “And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his …
OT 7:4 Orphaned – The Cold, Hard Facts
Week 7 – Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 4 – Esther: Orphaned – The Cold, Hard Facts: Esther 2:7 You may be wondering why we are looking at the book of Esther while looking at the prophets. You may also be wondering why we are looking at the book of Esther at all when …
OT 6:4 When the Enemy Frustrates our Purpose
Week 6 – Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 4: Zechariah and Ministry – When the Enemy Frustrates our Purpose: Ezra 4 Zerubbabel took a stand and would not allow the Jew’s adversaries a place in the building of the temple. So, what was their response? They made life miserable: “Then the people of the …
Prayer Update October 2012
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 …
Kenya 2012 Trip Update 2
God is doing some exciting things! Before I get to the trip update I must share some exciting news! Over the course of the last year I have asked for prayer for an opportunity to minister among the children of prisoners here in our area. Shortly after we started to pursue this last year the …
Kenya 2012 Trip Update 1
“But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.” Acts 20:24 Anytime we step out to do the Lord’s work …
Swahili Challenge – Watoto Wangu Wana Njaa
This afternoon as I was out walking, stirring up my neighbors curiosity and working on Swahili, I think I may have finally identified the method to the madness that is the Swahili course! In the process I found one particular phrase very interesting. The phrase was: Watoto wangu wana njaa. My children are hungry. The …
Prison Update
Thank you all for praying for our time at the Montana Women’s Prison! We certainly needed the prayer and God faithfully answered. Smudging and drumming ceremonies had been held in the chapel just two hours before we arrived Friday night, the smell of burnt sweet grass was almost overpowering. Like I said, Satan as a …
