Archive for June, 2007

June 5, 2007

Bibles Unbound is a life-changing new venture that allows you to mail New Testaments from your own home or church directly to communities where persecuted believers are waiting.

 We hear a lot about the persecuted church, but maybe, like me you don’t always know how to help. Prayer, of course. Checking out ministries like The Voice of the Martyrs is another great resource. But Bibles Unbound sends you a small Bible in appropriate languages, along with postage, and directions on mailing it to a restricted nation. (more…)

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June 4, 2007

Knowledge or Love?
Jenn Joshua

Why should I always try to be the best?
To be the most smart – the most well-dressed
To know everything from present and past
So as to answer every question asked.

What makes me think I’m any better than you?
We’re all just humans, so we mustn’t confuse
Knowledge with love, and possessions with grace
We’re all just humans with the trials we face.

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Filed under: jenn joshua, real poem

June 2, 2007

“Giver of Strength”

“It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.” Psalm 18:32 KJV

At the daycare where I work, there is a little boy that has inadvertently helped me in my spiritual walk. I love this child. He is two years old, generally dirty, and BAD. (I say that with all the love in my heart.J) But one day, it was precisely that disobedience that shook me up and taught me a lesson.

First off, let me explain that I have always had this weird fear of death. Even though I know where I am going, it is death itself that I fear. It has always caused me to doubt myself. I have heard stories of people doing brave deeds, risking their own life, and wondered if I could do the same. I feared I couldn’t. “God will give you the strength’, I always heard. “You don’t even think about,” said others. I doubted the truth of both statements. God had to show me Himself. (more…)

Filed under: Guest Writers, real devos