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Living Hope Thoughts: December 2007
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Saturday, December 22, 2007. December 21, 2007. One by one, I explained, altering from one team to another, we will blindfold one person and they will have to walk through the obstacle course listening to the directions from their teammates. The team with the fewest cups knocked over, after each person has had a chance to go through the course, will win the game. Wow, that was a close one! Shouted his team leader. "Now don’t move for a minute while I figure out how to get you out of this predicament.
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Living Hope Thoughts: October 2007
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Friday, October 26, 2007. October 26, 2007. We could only guess at what the sound would be like when we were finally allowed on stage for our concerts. At first I admit my attitude about having to make music in such a room was less than stellar. Why bother to do your best when the results were spoiled, when the sound was ruined by our environment? And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.". Train yourself to be godl...
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Living Hope Thoughts: June 2007
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Friday, June 29, 2007. FROM ORDINARY TO EXTRAORDINARY". FROM ORDINARY TO EXTRAORDINARY. June 29, 2007. We have a need for someone who lives nearby to provide housing for one of our guests, announced Tony Dale, one of the facilitators for the regional house church conference which had begun that evening. Excuse me, but here is where you’ve got it all wrong. There is nothing special about Greg. He is a very ordinary man, but he had ears to hear the heart of God weeping for Africa and he had the fai...You a...
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Living Hope Thoughts: January 2008
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Saturday, January 19, 2008. PROCLAIM FREEDOM FOR THE CAPTIVES". PROCLAIM FREEDOM FOR THE CAPTIVES. January 18, 2008. Grandma, what’s that? Asked Will as he pointed toward the fireplace in our living room. It’s just our fireplace, Will, answered Babs, more than a little perplexed about his question since he had seen it many times before. No, Grandma, responded our four-year-old grandson a little louder. Moving closer to the fireplace and pointing at the glass fire-screen he asked again, What’s that? By th...
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Living Hope Thoughts: July 2007
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Friday, July 27, 2007. July 27, 2007. How could such a simple child's game get me into so much trouble so often? Growing up in a small town in Idaho in the "BT" years (before television) required being creative in a child’s search for entertainment. There were always plenty of places to explorefarms, river banks, forests, old barns.and what better way was there to go exploring than to play "follow the leader? 1 Make sure whoever you follow is heading in the right direction. Before following the crowd...
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Living Hope Thoughts: August 2007
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Friday, August 17, 2007. GRACE IN A COFFEE SHOP". GRACE IN A COFFEE SHOP. August 17, 2007. We’re getting ready to pray here in a few minutes, I announced to the woman refilling our coffee cups at our booth in a local restaurant. Do you have anything you’d like us to pray for? Oh yes, please! She responded giving us her full attention. You can pray for my son. I look forward to this time; it’s the highlight of my week. I just know that God is present with you guys. Yes, this is my church! I have often quo...
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Living Hope Thoughts: February 2008
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Saturday, February 23, 2008. February 22, 2008. Well, where are we going today? I asked as we took down the tent and loaded up the car. I don’t know, responded Joe, my father-in-law. Let’s all look at the map and make a decision together. Or have we pounded our tent stakes in so deep as to make relocating nearly impossible? Have we accumulated too much baggage to dump into our carts or sling upon our backs in order to quickly follow after the Lord? Bill, a child of God looking for the cloud. Posted by Bi...
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Living Hope Thoughts: September 2007
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Saturday, September 29, 2007. September 28, 2007. After a few minutes of vain attempts to restore my eyepiece I gave up and announced to my wife that I needed to go to the store to purchase another pair of reading glasses. Babs, do you suppose God is telling me my vision is broken? No, she replied with a slight laugh, I think He’s telling you to trust in His vision for our ministry. I began to meditate upon God’s message to me. What’s wrong, Lord? How can we reproduce ourselves with so few people? Is the...
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Living Hope Thoughts: May 2007
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Friday, May 25, 2007. May 25, 2007. Honey, the garage door is open, shouted my wife from the entryway of our home. Sorry to bother you but I thought you would want to know, Babs explained. I wish I could stay and help you close the door but I don’t have any time. Bye. That’s okay, I answered. I’ll get it. Good bye. No, I’m not really afraid of our neighbors, per se. I’m just terrified of having them see inside my garage! Allow me to explain my paranoia over an open garage door. Box upon box of Christmas ...
