Would You Pray For Me?

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This weekend, I’ll be in Berlin (God willing) to speak to a group of young people on a theme that is so close to my heart. And I need your prayers… Why Berlin Matters To Me I do not take opportunities like this lightly – they are full of God Moments. The next generation need [...]

Restoration

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“And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. And the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning…” Job 42:10, 12 The Man from the Land of Uz… Job’s life never ceases to [...]

Hope Reassured…

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To all who mourn in Israel   He will give a crown of beauty for ashes,   a joyous blessing instead of mourning   festive praise instead of despair.   In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks   that the Lord has planted for His own glory.   Isaiah 61:3 How’s your week [...]

Lines of Impact 008

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“Don’t make up the stats; live a life worth dying for”   Tweet that! While You Read… Later tonight, I will be co-hosting a 2-day international youth conference at Dusseldorf. I am super excited and looking forward to helping inspire hundreds of young people from Germany, France, Netherlands and Belgium to live the God-intended life. [...]

When Weakness Becomes Good News

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“God did not make us lone rangers. We need people. We succeed with people. Build solid, fruitful relationships” Click here to tweet this Christian faith is a progressive discovery; a daily discovery of man’s fallibility and God’s unlimited grace. God’s grace shines brightly in our weakness (not sin). Hence Paul wrote: …Therefore I will boast all the [...]

Are You Surviving Or Winning?

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If you consider guest blogging, I welcome your stories. See my guidelines here. Recently my wife and I visited a friend who had given birth a week earlier. We decided to spend our Saturday cell group hour with them to pray for the baby and the family. After a short Bible reading and a shorter exhortation, I [...]

How I Prayed On My Birthday

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“Lord, I am thankful for every friend that reminded me today on social media that I’m getting old. Lord, you know they mean well. So I pray you don’t hold it ‘against’ them I am thankful for my wife – the woman of my dream now become my daily reality. Lord, you match people like [...]