What is the Love of God

◄ Psalm 55:22 ► New International Version Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken. The Indians that I worked with in Colombia hunted monkeys using only rice and coconuts.  They took a coconut, and filled it with rice through a little hole.  The […]

Acts 6:1 New International Version … their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. As a child, one of my favorite activities was practicing pitching (although I was never a pitcher).  One Christmas present that my dad bought for me at Sears and Roebucks was a pitching net.  The net backstop would […]

2 Timothy 4:10 Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me. That was Paul writing.  I don’t pretend to know Demas’ spiritual condition, but Paul seemed to imply that Demas abandoned his faith, his beliefs. 2 Thes. 2 talks about loving the lie, and turning your back on the truth.  That is what appears to […]

John 15:5  New International Version I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. Remaining means doing nothing else but to hang in there.  To stay connected.  A branch doesn’t separate from the vine by […]

Romans 8:28 New International Version And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. EVERYTHING is a huge word.  Everything is another way of saying all things.  We don’t understand everything that’s going on in our lives.  Everything includes […]

John 10:27 New International Version My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I am from Ohio.  I’ve worked on both Amish and yankee sheep farms.  The sheep were the same on any farm I have ever worked.  They are blindly obedient.  They know who’s boss and respond accordingly.  They […]

  Matthew 5:9  New International Version Blessed are the PEACE MAKERs, for they will be called children of God. I had someone pay for a trip to Houston to raise money for our ministry in Nicaragua.  Doesn’t sound very spiritual, does it?  Trouble is, I have yet to find a way to protect at-risk children without […]

2 Corinthians 8:4  Study Bible …For I testify that they gave according to their ability and even beyond it. On their own accord, they pleaded earnestly for the privilege of sharing in this service to thesaints. Did you know that it is a privilege to help the saints?  Question is, who exactly are thesaints? Basically […]

  Most of us are kind of apologetic when we say we are Christians.  If we are honest, we see that we still have a long way to go to truly follow Christ.  So, we might qualify it.  We say things like, I am a Christian but I am weak.  We should change the but to therefore. […]

We need your help! We are preparing for December.  December costs us about 5 times our normal monthly budget.  This whole year we have been thousands of dollars short each month of what we need to operate.  If you want to help us and don’t have spare change, consider having a yard sale for the […]

(ver más abajo para español) ◄ Proverbs 8:29 ► New International Version when he gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not overstep his command, and when he marked out the foundations of the earth. God sets boundaries. The boundaries God sets are usually extremely visible.  Even the seas when they meet are […]

(ver más abajo para español) ◄ Ecclesiastes 12:1 ► King James Version Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; Forgive me beforehand for speaking so much in the first person.  This is about […]

Meet the newest member of our ministry’s Family!  14 year old China had a baby girl!  She was in intensive care for 3 weeks and we’re so glad they are both ok now.   (ver más abajo para español) Acts 2:17 ► New International Version In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit […]

(ver más abajo para español) I was talking to someone about being saved, and he asked, “Saved from what?” I said, “You know, Born Again.” He looked at me like I was talking in another language. Made me really think about our phrases in Christianity. The saying is if you are born twice, you die […]

  (ver más abajo para español) Sean Park is the founder of TV One Life and a wonderful short term international mission’s group out of North Carolina called Maximum Missions, www.maximummissions.com.  Also, Shawn is writer/composer of the drama titled ‘The Kingdom.”  He brought a fantastic team to Nicaragua this week and this is what he told me.  (paraphrased) “I was a […]

(ver más abajo para español) Psalm 40:3  And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God:  King David was a Psalmist, a song writer.  The Psalms were written to be sung.  Many of these same Psalms are sung in churches and youth groups today.  Some are modern sounding, with […]

(ver más abajo para español)   John 4:35 Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’?  I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields!  They are ripe for Harvest.   Taking my young family on excursions has been a high point of my life.  We lived on the eastern shore […]

(ver más abajo para español) ◄ John 5:17 ► New International Version “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.” We just celebrated Father’s Day in Nicaragua.  Fathers have a very important job.  To be a good father doesn’t require talent.  You just have to be thoughtful and be dedicated. […]

(ver más abajo para español) ◄ Galatians 4:7 ► New International Version So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir. In Paul’s time, there were real slaves.  Let’s briefly look at this verse at face value, literally, out of context.  I think Paul may have […]

  (ver más abajo para español) I love Jesus.  My only desire is to please Him.  The difference between a slave and a son, is that the slave fears the King’s lashes.  The son fears the King’s displeasure.◄ Matthew 5:44 ► New International Version But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. […]