Are You Ready for Battle? Part Two

Mohamed-Ibrahim Yattara, Mali For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, 
against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world 
and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Ephesians 6:12 Yesterday, we started looking at the Apostle Paul’s

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Are You Ready for Battle? Part One

Mohamed-Ibrahim Yattara, Mali Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. Ephesians 6:10–11 Life on earth is marked by perpetual and ongoing battles. We cannot triumph

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Decision Determines Destination

Dil Tamang, Nepal Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. Psalm 25:4–5 How do you inquire of the Lord when there is

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What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do

Conrad Reid, Jamaica “We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.” 2 Chronicles 20:12b If your car is giving problems, you call for a mechanic. If the plumbing at home is giving problems, you call for a plumber. If your grades are

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In a Time of Waiting

Lonnie Riley, USA Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:31 What does God accomplish through our waiting? The most important thing

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The Wilderness Journey

Shmuel Suran, Israel “But he brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land he promised on oath to our ancestors.” Deuteronomy 6:23 Moses spoke these words to all Israel in the fortieth year of the wilderness journey. I’ve often pondered God’s

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Blessed Are the Hungry Feeders

Charles Oloo, Kenya When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to

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The Fruit of Discipleship

Jennifer Foster, Brazil “Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.” John 17:3 Three mornings a week, I hold a Bible study for the youth in our Amazon jungle church. I recall two instances that

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Who Not to Be at Church

Alex Goshu, Ethiopia Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God. 3 John 11 In the book of 3 John, Diotrephes is a church

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A Unified, Sharing, and Serving Church

Ranjan Fernando, Sri Lanka “My prayer is not for [the disciples] alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.” John 17:20–21 Let

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