Steps to Experience Jesus’ Full Joy Excerpted from Keys to Joy: How to Unlock God’s Gift of Lasting Happiness There are three important steps that lead us to experience the full joy Jesus intended. Let’s look at the first one today: Accept yourself and others as God’s unique creations. The apostles were radically different from
Read MoreCommunicating with Ministry Partners Excerpted from Never Do Fundraising Again: A Paradigm Shift from Donors to Lifelong Partners Written communication can be powerful if it is done right, or it can be a waste of time if done poorly. In this chapter we’ll look at a variety of ways to communicate with partners in
Read MoreGratitude Releases Joy Excerpted from Keys to Joy: How to Unlock God’s Gift of Lasting Happiness Did you know that the Bible never commands us to feel grateful? God knows that our feelings follow our actions. He tells us to give thanks, knowing that as we do this we will begin to feel thankful if
Read MoreThank you for praying for me. And thank you too for all the notes I’ve received. What a blessing!! I am so abundantly blessed in so many ways. In case you don’t have time to read the details, this first paragraph is a summary: The angiogram went well. There were no blockages in arteries or
Read MoreThank you so much for praying for me. I go to the hospital (Memorial Main) tomorrow (Friday) morning (6 a.m.) to have a heart catheterization and possibly an angioplasty or stents. Please pray for the following: complete healing (before the procedure would be amazing!!!). If they do an angioplasty or stents, I’ll have to stay in
Read MoreGod’s Name: Majesty of His Power They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power 2Thessalonians 1:9 (NIV) Excerpted from2031 Names of God: Transform Your Life as You Get to Know God in New Ways Meditate on this name. Ask the
Read MoreA Checklist for Writing to Ministry Partners Excerpted from Never Do Fundraising Again: A Paradigm Shift from Donors to Lifelong Partners After you write a letter and before you send it, evaluate it with the following questions. You might want to write your letters with these in mind. Did I write it with only one
Read MoreExcerpted from Never Do Fundraising Again By Ken Williams, Ph.D. and Gaylyn R. Williams At the beginning of our missionary career, we focused quite a bit on the money we received from partners. But as the years went by and we saw God so faithfully supply every need, our focus turned almost exclusively to the
Read MoreGod’s Name: My Exceeding Joy Excerpted from 2031 Names of God: Transform Your Life as You Get to Know God in New Ways Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy, and I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God. Psalm 43:4 (ESV) Meditate on this
Read MoreJoy in Prayer The following is excerpted from Keys to Joy: How to Unlock God’s Gift of Lasting Happiness Written by Gaylyn R. Williams and Ken Williams Ph.D. Read Matthew 6:5-8. What did Jesus teach about prayer? a. How should we not pray? b. Where should we pray and how? c. What will result? d.
Read MoreGod’s Name: Source of Strength Gebura (Hebrew) Excerpted from The Surprising Joy of Exploring God’s Heart A Daily Adventure with 365 of His Names © 2011 Relationship Resources, Inc. All Rights Reserved. He will be a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, a source of strength to those who turn
Read MoreA Paradigm Shift: From Donors to Lifelong Ministry Partners Excerpted from Never Do Fundraising Again: A Paradigm Shift from Donors to Lifelong Partners A paradigm is “a set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality for the community that shares them, especially in an intellectual discipline,” according to thefreedictionary.com.*
Read MoreGod’s Name: He Who Brings Out the Starry Host One By One, and Calls Them Each By Name Excerpted from The Surprising Joy of Exploring God’s Heart A Daily Adventure with 365 of His Names © 2011 Relationship Resources, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these?
Read MoreTomorrow, January 10, 2013, my book 2031 Names of God: Transform Your Life as You Get to Know God in New Ways is only 99 cents on Kindle. It is available from 8 a.m. to midnight Pacific time (probably longer, you can always check!) Even if you don’t have a Kindle, you can read it
Read MoreAs you begin this new year, I want to encourage you to make a commitment (not a resolution, because those are so easily abandoned) to getting to know our great God in deeper ways. One way to do that is by studying His names. This blog will post God’s names once a week (for now!)
Read MoreGod’s Name: Him Who Is from the Beginning Ton Apo Arkhay (Greek) Excerpted from The Surprising Joy of Exploring God’s Heart A Daily Adventure with 365 of His Names © 2011 Relationship Resources, Inc. All Rights Reserved. I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. 1 John 2:13
Read MoreWhat better way to start a new year than by discovering joy. One of the ways God brings joy is through prayer. The following story is written by Ken Williams and excerpted from Keys to Joy: How to Unlock God’s Gift of Lasting Happiness By Ken Williams, Ph.D. and Gaylyn R. Williams When I reflect over
Read MoreGod’s Name: Light for Revelation to the Gentiles Excerpted from The Surprising Joy of Exploring God’s Heart A Daily Adventure with 365 of His Names © 2011 Relationship Resources, Inc. All Rights Reserved. My eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the sight of all people, a light for revelation to the
Read MoreMerry Christmas The angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and
Read MoreGod’s Name: Ancient of Days Atik Yomin (Heb) As I looked, thrones were placed, and the Ancient of Days took his seat; his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames; its wheels were burning fire. Daniel 7:9 (see also verses 13 and 22)
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