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Update December 2025
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A Grateful Heart
Reading: Romans 11:33–36 Every day there is a reason to thank God. The British poet George Herbert (1593–1633) captures that spirit in his poem Gratefulness, where he urges his readers: “You who have given me so many things, give me one more: a grateful heart.” This...
October 2025 Prayer Letter
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Update June 2025
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April 2025 prayer letter
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Every new morning
It felt like any other spring morning—until the sun rose over Jerusalem’s gilded rooftops and, unbeknownst to most, reality itself shifted. Farmers in Galilee felt a strange warmth in their fields. Roman centurions on guard that dawn described tremors underfoot that...
Update – March 2025
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The Fruit of the Spirit in the Life of a Believer
The Apostle Paul’s words in Galatians 5:22-23 provide a beautiful portrait of what a Spirit-filled life should look like: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things...
Christ Be Magnified
Introduction: A Parable of Perspective There’s a story of a man named Sam who loved his job as a janitor in a grand observatory. Every day, he diligently cleaned the floors, polished the telescope lenses, and dusted the equipment. One day, a group of scientists...
New Year’s resolutions
By far, the most common New Year’s resolution is to lose weight, in conjunction with exercising more and eating more healthily. These are all good goals to set. However, 1 Timothy 4:8 instructs us to keep exercise in perspective: “For physical training is of...