18nov15 FEAR *El Español está por debajo* “Fear is such a powerful emotion that when we allow it to take over, it drives compassion right out of our lives”.. St. Thomas Aquinas Me? “I want my compassion to be so strong that it drives out fear, that kind of compassion can only come from God”… […]
Author: Dean Peters
ANGELS
11nov15 ANGELS ANGELS Traducción española abajo * “Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you that in Heaven their angels do always behold the face of My Father who is in Heaven” Jesus in Matthew 18:10 I believe that we as believers have an angel assigned to […]
From the Hearts of Dean & Winnie Peters
Here’s an overall of our ministry from the Hearts of Dean & Winnie Peters We have up the association in Nicaragua as Fundacion Corazon Puro We need to set up a 501c3 in the states by January as Dawn Piardi is Retiring The name comes to us after working with so many street children and child […]
BIG
4nov15 BIG Well intentioned friends counsel us to keep our ministry small. It makes sense… 1. We’re barely making it financially with the 130 kids we are ministering to as it is. 2. We are totally overworked. 3. It is modest and it can be more spiritual/relational to stay small. 4. It is just a whole […]
JOB
30oct15 JOB Contrary to popular opinion, I DO have a regular, well paying job. I work about 50 hours a week. The Lord uses it as a means to provide for a lot of the costs here. We are almost at 7000 a month in expenses,and the ministry is continuously growing. Along with my generous […]
STATUS QUO
23oct15 STATUS QUO When your home is a steady influx of people, it is hard to be in the status quo. Visitors keep you out of the rut. That’s why I love them. Especially if they don’t think like me or believe like me. I think the rut and status quo go hand in hand. […]
HOLINESS
15oct15 HOLINESS Holiness is the awareness of God’s Holiness. The closer we come to Holiness as human beings, the more un-Holy we feel. I am not speaking as an expert on the matter, only just one human being, trying to figure it out. As the old saying goes, “the further I go, the be-hinder I […]
Opposites
8oct15 Opposites Wouldn’t it make life more simple and less messy if we were more likely to be drawn to people whose personalities were more like our own, rather than those who are more likely to be our polar opposite? Still, opposites attract. Here’s a perfect example, Jesus. Jesus is perfect, we are not. He […]
HEAT
1oct15 HEAT I saw a meme in Facebook today. I liked it, because it made me examine myself, so I re-posted it. Like I said,, I journal through social media. Transparency is my number one rule. As a pastor, I was always taught to NOT be transparent. That did NOT work very well […]
CONVERSATIONS
CONVERSATIONS Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. Colossians 4:6 NIV In Spanish we say, walk with wolves long enough and you will begin to howl. The more you talk to good people, wise people, the more you will have grace. […]