SRM is (finally) heading to Fiji!

Since our original trip was canceled as a result of the pandemic, we have waited 3 years for this. Praise God for the door being opened for us again! We have the awesome opportunity to join Glad Tidings Church in West Lawn, PA, for two weeks of ministry in the South Pacific. We are believing…

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Continue to contend for justice

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-3bwt8-146166f The Lord will have his way.  The scriptures are clear that He one day will set all things right for eternity.  In the interim, while we still reside in this fallen world, God also will move justly in response to our prayers.  We do not always see the result of our requests for God’s…

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The truth is the truth, and that’s the truth

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-59tme-1458cc6 Pilate asked the Lord, “What is truth?”  Only the word of God reveals the answer.  Every question of fact that matters, every truth of any real and lasting consequence for our lives, is found in the Lord.

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Keep fighting the good fight

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-iic95-1450e11 1 Tim. 6:12-16 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.  I urge you in the sight of God who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed the good…

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Come as you are…then change

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-g6std-1448cc9 God loves us and calls us just as we are, broken and fallen, but his plan is not to keep us that way.  The soldier must be trained and transformed before being ready for battle.  Let us not frustrate the process but take proactive steps to be changed more into the image of Christ…

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Fond of bondage

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ip4wz-143fe54 We cannot look back at our pre-salvation lives with fondness.  No matter how difficult this walk becomes, no matter what we think we have lost by choosing Christ, no matter how much our flesh tries to convince us that there was something good in that time of bondage, we cannot desire to be slaves…

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Decisions, decisions

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-mf3cg-143792e When we yield to God’s will and take the steps He desires, events do not always unfold the way we expect.  We might find ourselves on his ordained path wondering why things have turned out how the have.  We might even question whether, given the choice again, we would make the same decision.  If…

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The joyful grape treader

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-77p2c-142f171 We do not need to reap a great harvest before shouting and dancing for joy at the Lord’s provision.  In many ways, He gives us a daily harvest.  Whether spiritually, financially or physically, He provides all.  Let us choose to respond with praise rooted in joy.

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Here, but better

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-9my3e-1426425 When you think that this fallen world is too much to bear, don’t pray to be taken out of it.  There is a real, perfect, renewed Earth to come when Jesus restores ALL things.  Focus on that future place, and ask God to show you your role in getting us from here to there.

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A memorial for the martyrs

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-mczra-141d148 Let us remember those who have given this life in service to God, and let us pray for those future martyrs preparing now to share in Christ’s ultimate suffering.

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