A Quick Study in Motivational Gifts
God has equipped every believer with at least one motivational gift, and using that gift makes us most effective and brings the greatest personal fulfillment.
God has equipped every believer with at least one motivational gift, and using that gift makes us most effective and brings the greatest personal fulfillment.
I cling to the truth that no matter what happens to me, I’m a victor because God is the king of my life. No harm touches me unless He allows it.
Too often we think we need to be strong, brave, super-talented, or super-educated for God to use us, but Bible story after Bible story proves this wrong.
Christ modeled unselfishness to the utmost degree. Because He’s our example, we’re to be unselfish. Mankind being what it is, however, we struggle with that.
What would your joy quotient be if you lost your health and creature comforts? Joy remains possible thanks to the Lord’s presence in our lives.
One young man–a special fellow who has known more hardship in 25 years than most of us will see in a lifetime–said, “I pray every night with my friend.”
I’m on the way to Romania again. Here are some highlights from the trip beginning with a running tour through London.
Why did the driver drop us at the train station prior to the one our directions stated? Because Iwona was working there, and God is drawing her to Himself.
We enter battle mindful that God has given us the spiritual armor we need to conquer. And so we pray and move forward, expecting Him to grant victory.
When the service ended, she approached me again. Without a word, we embraced in a heartfelt hug and exchanged two more light kisses.
Women around the world share many similarities. One of them is the ability to make a soul connection in a short time.
We rounded the corner just as we did last year, and there she was…sitting outside her house, on the same bench, but without her craft project.
Spending my day like this wasn’t on my radar. I’m encouraged to know that it didn’t take God by surprise. He knows where that manuscript is.
No matter what circumstances you and I face–and I guarantee we will face tough stuff–we can rest assured that the Lord will care for us.
How can we muster courage in the face of fear? By remembering that, no matter what happens to us, we are victors because God is the king of our lives.
“The job description fits you and Grace,” he said. “May I give IM your names?” And so began our adventure into the realm of the impossible.
The reality of spending the last day of camp in bed, too weak to sit or stand, left me feeling like a failure. This wasn’t the way camp was supposed to end.
The word camp often conveys rustic – tents and outhouses in the woods, cooking over an open fire. That’s a far cry from our family camp. It was held in a hotel.
Tears filled Anna’s eyes and spilled down her cheeks. My heart broke for her. What do I do, God? I prayed. The answer came back, Pray for her. And so I did.
My husband and I are leading a team of nine to partner with five career missionaries. We’ll host a camp for young adults facing life-threatening illnesses.
If Jesus Christ died on mankind’s behalf, then God must desperately want to release spiritually dead people from the trap of religion.
My time there also gave me a surprise personal link to the Ukraine. My whole life, I’ve known that my father was born in Russia but didn’t know what region.
A sense of humor is essential for living in a foreign country. Perhaps the man who said that laughter works like a medicine had missionaries in mind.
While waiting for the anesthetic to take effect, he sat beside me and chatted. Suddenly he grabbed his drill and said, “Now I work.”
Never in a million years would we have imagined we’d be doing this. What a ride when God takes the wheel.
Our trip to Poland and the Ukraine has begun, and so have the adventures and, yes, the misadventures.
It was the third morning of the family camp at which Gene and I were ministering in Poland. We’d been awake for a half hour when our cell phone rang.
More than one million people died at the Aushwitz death camp in the 1940s. It originally held Polish political prisoners – doctors, lawyers, and professors.
How many Canadian women get to spend their 51st birthday in Romania? I do, I do!
And what a day it was!
It’s okay here to reach across someone’s plate if you want a food item. It’s okay to leave your chair and walk to a place at the table where you can reach it.
We’re in Budapest! It’s 7:00 a.m. and I hear traffic, dogs barking, and a car siren that’s been blaring for at least twenty minutes.
This train ride was an overnighter. Before boarding in Budapest, we doublechecked with the conductor to ensure this was the right train.
What an amazing weekend! The women’s conference in this Hungarian church was the first-ever. Organizers expected sixty women but 200 showed up.
I was guarding our luggage, and Gene was nowhere in sight, so I had no choice but to stay put and hope that we could catch our train if this was it.
I truly felt like the “older woman.” Thirty years ago, I was in their position – in college, with my whole adult future ahead of me. Where has the time gone?
I made a boo-boo at the bank machine. Not understanding the exchange rate between Romanian and Canadian currency, I punched in an amount I felt was reasonable.
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