05.2008
It's a Slow FadeThere’s a song that I’ve been listening to recently by a band called Casting Crowns, and in this song there is a particular line that stands out to me that says, “People never crumble in a day, it’s a slow fade.”...
05.2008
Testimonies from the RoadWe helped a church with a homeless outreach service they have every week. During the service, I started to feel a burden on my heart to pray for the people...
04.2008
Stand in Awe of GodIt amazes me that God can be so many different things for people; Father, Friend, Lover, and the list keeps going. Sometimes, however, I think we get too comfortable with God...
04.2008
Testimonies from the RoadMy team was staying with a family that had an uncle in the hospital. The Doctors didn't think that he would make it through the night. My team went in and prayed for the man...
03.2008
Missions PerspectiveIt was a sunny day in Medellin, Colombia and we were there, taking in the beauty of it all. The beauty of nature, the city, the culture, the people, and most of all the beauty of what Christ was doing in all of the above...
02.2008
Testimony from the RoadMy team had a youth service on Friday night. Honestly I would consider it more of an outreach service because many of the youth attending the service were unsaved...
02.2008
Press Through the Storm! I remember once I was in a blizzard. The snow was completely blinding, you could hardly see even a few feet in front of yourself. It was so cold it was hardly bearable. It was one of the worst blizzards that I have ever seen. The dark was so impenetrable that it felt like night....
02.2008
Testimonies from the RoadWe were staying with a Pastor recently who has a big vision for inmates and makes a huge effort to see them saved. That desire took us to visit and minister at their local detention facility...
01.2008
Testimony from Colombia! While in Colombia we stayed in Medellin, the second largest city in the country. It’s about five times the size of New York City. We ministered in three different churches while we were there. We preached the Gospel on the streets...
01.2008
Testimony Time (Some of what God did in 2007) We were doing a park outreach, and there were nearly 500 people in this park. We didn't have any sort of PA system but we just went for it with our voices. A crowd of about 150 people gathered around to watch us...
12.2007
Is Stress About to Get You Down? Stress— It’s a condition that most of us are all too familiar with. It’s a normal part of everyday life, and none of us can get through a day without experiencing it in one way or another especially during the holiday season...
12.2007
Testimony from the Road My team arrived at a youth service in southern California to find the youth acting completely worldly. We discovered that this was a youth outreach center for the town. All the youth had a rough attitude...
11.2007
Victory Over Depression. Does your happiness depend on everything in your life being just right? If you think you can't be happy until all your circumstances are right, you will never be happy. We all experience times in life when we feel down for various reasons...
11.2007
Testimony from the Road hile staying with NLDC alumni in Fresno, CA, my team and I went to pass out tracts in the neighborhood. We were going door to door handing people tracts, talking with them about their beliefs and sharing the gospel with them.
09.2007
God's Perfect Love. Loving and being loved are what make our lives worth living. Many people experience times in their lives when they feel unloved. During these times it’s easy to dwell on those negative thoughts, but allowing it to continue leads to unhappiness and depression.
09.2007
Testimony from the Road In one of the host homes my team stayed in this tour, our host was a wonderful Christian sister that had a 22-year-old son. At this point in his life, he wasn’t serving the Lord...
08.2007
Dare to be Different! Are you tired of playing games, wearing masks or trying to be someone other than yourself? Wouldn't you like the freedom to just be accepted for who you are, without the pressure to be someone you really don't know how to be?
08.2007
Testimony from the Road This weekend we were at a youth retreat in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, with a church from Great Mills. We had two scheduled services while we were there, one on the first night...
07.2007
Why Does God Allow Evil? The horrific mass murder of innocent Americans leaves all rational people shocked, angry, grief-stricken and numb. Our tears flow freely and our hearts carry a deep ache. How could this happen in our nation?
07.2007
Testimony from the Road It’s very humbling to be used by God to bring somebody into his kingdom. We had a Sunday morning Service in North Carolina...
06.2007
Trusting God's Delays If you ever find yourself in God’s waiting room, pacing around and waiting – for an answer, a change, a breakthrough, a miracle – you need to stop and remember something: God knows best. More than that, he’s never late...
06.2007
Testimony from the Road This week, the girls stayed with a couple that had been married for a couple of years and had been trying to have children...
05.2007
Little Faith + Big God = Huge Results [The boy's father said,] "... If you can do anything, do it. Have a heart and help us!" Jesus said, "If? There are no 'ifs' among believers. Anything can happen." No sooner were the words out...
05.2007
Testimony from the Road We went to a Hispanic church this week. It was the first time that the Drama Company had ever been there and they were so expectant for God to do great things in the service...
04.2007
Using Your Uniqueness in Service to God You don't have to travel very far until you discover that God loves variety. Did you know he made more than 300,000 species of beetles alone? Would you call that creative overkill?...
04.2007
Testimony from the Road Our team was ministering at a small Los Angeles area church this tour when God intervened and saved a young lady’s life...
03.2007
Does Spiritual Growth Just Happen? Many churches act as though spiritual growth is automatic once a person is born again. They operate with no organized plan for following-up new believers and no comprehensive strategy for developing members to maturity...
03.2007
Testimony from the Road Our team stayed a few days in a very very small town in Texas recently. I had the pleasure of staying with an older couple...