OBEDEDOM—–SPANISH BELOW—— 1 Chronicles 13:14 “And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom, and all that he had.” This is my favorite story in the Bible. Everywhere that I teach it, lives are changed. I teach it because I […]
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I IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BITTER AND BETTER` MIKE MACINTOSH GOD IS WITH US. WE MUST BE WISE BUT NOT AFRAID. WITH THESE PROBLEMS THAT ARE GOING ON (I WON´T DIGNIFY IT WTH THE WORD PANDEMIC, IT´S SOMETHING EVIL, BUT THERE´S A LOT MORE GOING ON THAN MEETS THE EYE THAN A BAD FLU) . […]
New Normal
(espanol abajo) Isaiah 43:19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. 2020 can still be the best year of our lives! A landmark time of victory in our lives, where we […]
Pure Heart Update
Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. When I first returned to Nicaragua as a missionary, I was praying to God. I asked Him to be able to see Him… kind of a whimsical prayer because no one has seen God. I had just bought the house that I […]
Blessings
Blessing or curse, you choose! Note from Million Friends. We are all healthy. Praise God not a sniffle or a cold among any of us nor the children we work with. We are still working towards opening the orphanage. The feeding centers are stronger and more relevant than ever. Our daily Discipleship Course, English Class […]
Disease
Disease is not God’s fault We are serving the children in the feeding center and still have school open, except mostly just the parents come for homework, leaving the children at home. Still working towards and orpahange opening and more surprises to come. God is good, forever. (lessons from the plague, pt 7) God doesn’t […]
Say
(espanol abajo) “let the weak say I am strong” Joel 3:10 I really dislike the expression ‘I’m just saying’. Just like I also don’t like kids pointing toy guns at me and saying pow pow. It’s the same, kids use toy guns to practice murder, not having seen what a gun can do to someone […]
Covet
(espanol abajo) UPDATE ON MILLION FRIENDS BELOW Exodus 20:17 Thou SHALT NOT covet. A good question to ask yourself if you concerned about coveting something is, “AM I CONTENT WITHOUT IT?” If the answer is no, you are coveting something and coveting is 99% of the time a sin. If someone says they don’t sin, they […]
Submit
Submit (Espanol abajo) (lessons from the plague, pt 3) ***UPDATE ON MILLION FRIENDS BELOW*** Hebrews 13:17 – Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that unprofitable for you. […]
Good Friday
Good Friday (Espanol abajo) (lessons from the plague, pt 2) Good only comes from God, and only God is good! UPDATE ON MILLION FRIENDS BELOW Luke 18:19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God. Jesus is God, therefore He is good. This statement that He […]
Believe
BELIEVE (Spanish below) Mark 5:36 Be not afraid, only believe…. Jesus As I’m praying about this virus situation, I only have a great peace. I am not afraid because I believe God exists, I know that Jesus is sitting at the right hand of the Father, praying for me. His Holy Ghost is inside of […]
Holiness
—- español abajo——- SCROLL DOWN FOR UPDATE ON WINNERHOME FOR AT-RISK KIDS Hebrews 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: What is holiness? What does a holy person look like? Many people, including myself, picture a holy person as an extremely uptight, judgmental, unapproachable person who is […]
Jews
——español abajo——- 1 Corinthians 9:20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; The Lord recently has really been convicting me about stereoptyping. I’ve basically stopped describing […]
Doubt
(—–español abajo—–) James 1:6….But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. This morning was one of those mornings when you wake up unsure, doubting yourself or your calling. Well, maybe that never happens to you, but with […]
Fear
——español abajo——— Psalm 34:4: I sought the Lord, and He heard me, And delivered me from all my fears. If you truly fear God, you’ll fear nothing else. Fear is a perversion of faith. Faith is excited about the future. Fear dreads the future. The world teaches us to fear. The Holy Spirit teaches us to […]
Yield
——español abajo———— *update on Winnerhome for at-risk toddlers below* Romans 6:13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. You serve who you yield to. If you are not yielding to the […]
Feet
Update on the Winner home for at-risk girls. Because of the amount of teams and visitors we were informed that it is best to put in a whole other space for the girls and the dorm mom. for (security and legal reasons). Because of that, we need to have this room built and finished before […]
Santa Claus
(Spanish/Español abajo) Titus 1:15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. Short-term missionary David Boucher came down and delighted thousands of child over the past three weeks because he wore a Santa Claus hat everywhere we went. […]
Hope
(Spanish/Español abajo) 1 Corinthians 13:13 “And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.” Until recently, I thought hope and faith was the same. They all come from God, all three of these gifts are from God.. They are all characteristics of a True Follower of Jesus. They are intertwined. You […]
Able
(Spanish/Español abajo) Ephesians 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us. Without God we are unable to do anything. With God, we ARE able to do and receive more that we can even dream of because of God’s power that is […]
2019 Report
Happy ThanksGiving!! We just want to say hi from Million Friends here in Managua Nicaragua, and wish you the very best. Our kids are nestled safely and going to school in Ohio with my sister. She takes great care of them, and they are delighted to be up there. Winnie and I are in Managua, […]
Gates
Matthew 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. The gate […]
Miracles
UPDATE ON WINNERHOME FOR TODDLERS(español below) Matthew 13:58 And He did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith. If you don’t believe in miracles you don’t believe in the God of the Bible. If you don’t believe in miracles you’ll never see one. If you believe in miracles you’ll do what God asks you to do […]
Power
NOTE ABOUT CHRISTMAS PRESENTS AND (español below) 1 Cor 2:4 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power When God takes us into His Holy presence, in heaven, it’s not going to be because of someone else’s fancy speech or Bible preparation. Not even […]
Blessings
(español below) EPHESIANS 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. God has already has provided everything we need— all the salvation and blessings we will ever need are in the finished work of Jesus. We as mature […]
Rain
(español below) Matthew 5:45 ‘God’ sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. Rain is an act and expression of love. God is an equal opportunity lover. Even when we don’t want rain we get it. Even when the unjust don’t love God, they are loved. We as His children, should be the same […]
Spiritual
(español below) I Corinthians 3:1 “And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual….” When Paul was talking to the carnal Christians in the church of Corinthians he said, “I couldn’t speak unto you as unto spiritual men.” That applies to most of us unfortunately. Who is this spiritual man that Paul […]
Carnal
(español below) I Corinthians 3:1-3 “And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. For ye are yet […]
Natural
(ESPANOL ABAJO) “But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.” I Corinthians 2:14 There’s 3 types of man: (1) Natural man (non-believer) We were all there once, God has no grand children). (2) Carnal […]
Trust
(español abajo) note-we are looking for a used 7-8 passenger vehicle with automatic Psalm 71 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust. Trust is a choice. Trustworthy people choose to trust everyone until they get a reason not to. If you can be trusted you see no reason not to trust someone else. […]
Know
(españoL BELOW *NOTE; we are looking to buy a small van w/ AT. We are willing to drive it down to Nicaragua from the states. 2 Timothy 1:12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is […]
Faithful
(español and progress @ Home for At-Risk children below) 1 Corinthians 4:2: It is required of stewards, that a man be found FAITHFUL! To be faithful you have to have faith. I find myself weak in faith sometimes. When I am low in that area, it is hard to be faithful. Invariably it’s when […]
Grace
(español abajo) PHASE 3 OF OUR HOME FOR AT-RISK TODDLERS ALMOST FINISHED Ephesians 2:8-9 “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.” Grace is a gift from God, that we don’t deserve. I once worked in […]
In
In (español abajo) Mark 11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith IN God. Faith in God is confidence or surety of God’s grace, character and integrity. We are saved by faith in what Jesus did for us. Because of our surety of this, we know that we are going to heaven If we […]