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A spiritual exercise from Isaiah 55:1-3
I was meditating on this passage during a Gateway House of Prayer night watch and it resulted in this exercise: Read Isaiah 55:1-3 slowly three times. Each time ask the Holy Spirit to illuminate Gods truth to you. In verse one we are issued two different invitations to “come”. Reflect on the invitations. The first […]
Back from the Philippines
I have been back from the Philippines for about 12 days and today I leave with a ministry team to London. I failed to anticipate all that cries for attention in between two international trips and have been insanely busy! So I am just now getting around to posting some pictures (below) from the Philippines. […]
Day 2 in the Philippines
Day 2 in the Philippines: Manila We had good flights and arrived in Manila last evening. Traffic from the airport to the hotel was very light since it was a national holiday – Labor Day! Our taxi driver told us that two foods we must try while we are in the Philippines are Kare-Kare or […]
Philippines Countdown
The trip to Mindanao is only 6 days away! We have mapped out an itinerary and our work is coming into focus. April 30th-May 3nd – We will travel to Manila to meet up with HNI leader Dan and Kim Dovidio and acclimate to the country, then to Oroquieta City and get to know our hosts […]
7 principles of healthy leadership in growing organizations
When organizations experience growth, leaders must steward that increase with wisdom so that the fruit remains healthy and continues to reproduce. Here are 7 principles from the story of leaders for the early Christian church community which was growing by several thousand people a week: Organizational growth reveals organizational systems that no longer accomplish goals. The early […]
Persevering Prayer
Since a teenager I have been convinced of the power of prayer. However, there are visions for which one can labor in prayer for months, yes even for years with seemingly little supernatural response. Through Gateway House of Prayer my ministry facilitates 24/7 prayer as over one-hundred volunteers intercede in prayer and worship. We have seen God […]
Three reasons why I decided to blog
I have always enjoyed expressing myself with writing, except perhaps is those occasions when a professor required it! I have over 20 years of journal entries scattered among boxes in my attic and carry one with me at almost all times with prayers, poetry, dreams, and various rants or ramblings about life. I tried […]
I am dead
All of me Anytime Anywhere Anything No matter what the cost I am dead I am nothing I have nothing. No dreams, no passions, no vision, no plans, no career No aspirations, no agendas, nothing. I am dead. I cannot give vision I cannot give direction I cannot love I cannot serve I am dead […]
In the night
In recent days I have awoken consistently in the very early hours of the morning with many things on my heart. I am enjoying these Psalm 16:7 mornings: “I will bless the Lord who guides me; even at night my heart instructs me”. Psalm 63:5-6 My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And […]
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