An Amazing Story Excerpted from Keys to Joy: How to Unlock God’s Gift of Lasting Happiness God provides many examples in His Word of His people responding to bad times with worship and praise. Second Chronicles 20 is my favorite example. A huge army was on the march to obliterate Judah. Their leader Jehoshaphat was
Read MoreHi, I wanted you to know that my Dad went “home” last night. He is out of his suffering. He died sometime just before midnight. Yesterday he was in pain and mostly non responsive. For his sake, we are thrilled that he is where he has wanted to be, with Jesus!! For our sakes, it
Read MoreWant more Joy? Excerpted from Keys to Joy: How to Unlock God’s Gift of Lasting Happiness Worship has a special relationship to joy. It is both a key to joy and an expression of joy. Are you down? You can worship God and experience true joy. Are you truly joyful? If so, you will express
Read MorePlease pray for Ken Williams Please pray for Ken, my dad. He is in his final days here on earth. He has prostate cancer that has gone into his bones and bone marrow. He is so ready to graduate and get to be with Jesus. God has blessed him in many ways and blessed so
Read MoreWhat does God long for you to know about Him? What does God long for you to know about Him? Find out, and your life will never be the same. Discover how God describes himself in the Bible. It will change your life forever. Reading this rich treasury of 2031 of God’s names from Scripture
Read MoreMy Strong Deliverer, Who Shields My Head in the Day of Battle O Sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer, who shields my head in the day of battle. Psalm 140:7 NIV Excerpted from 2031 Names of God: Change Your Life! Get to Know God in Fresh New Ways Meditate on this name today. What is God saying to
Read MoreJesus’ Name: Stone that the Builders Rejected Then Jesus asked them, “Didn’t you ever read this in the Scriptures? ‘The stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone. This is the Lord’s doing, and it is wonderful to see.’ Matthew 21:42 (ESV) Excerpted from The Surprising Joy of Exploring God’s Heart
Read MoreWould you like a unique way to bless people in the military? Do you know anyone in the military? 2031 Names of God makes a great gift for them. Look at what Brig General David B. Warner, USAF (Ret.), Executive Director, Officers’ Christian Fellowship, said about 2031 Names of God: “We serve an amazing God!
Read MoreSteps 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.*
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