For those struggling financially …
Let me say a word to you couples. Believe in God; believe in each other. Nothing helps in difficult times like a spouse who believes in you when it seems like nobody else does. See the strengths in your life’s companion and draw them out. Marriage should be a refuge from the storms of life; let your marriage be that.
A big happy birthday to Steve Freitag
In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree … — Luke 2:1
You never know how God is going to use an event in your life. When I was a high school student, I was consumed with the idea of winning the national high school debate tournament. I spent every spare moment working on debate, researching the topic for that year, combing through books from the University Law Library that would put any normal person fast asleep in six minutes flat.
My mother decided I needed some balance in my life, so, one hot summer day, she hauled me off to the East Side Businessmen’s Carnival. It was terrible — noise, and rides, and junk food — and, well, maybe it wasn’t so bad, even if I was kicking and screaming the whole way.
On the way out I walked through a large tent. A woman was passing out literature. She looked at me. I looked at her. We both hesitated.
I had no idea that the rest of my life hung in that moment of hesitation.
Okay, I decided. I’ll take your tract.
We talked. That conversation got our family into a different church. That church got me to attend Moody Bible Institute, where I met my wife. And everything in my life has flowed from that.
What are senseless, arbitrary and random events to God? They are an opportunity to intervene for good.
God is here!
Be encouraged!
Dwight
What happens when you partner with Dwight Clough Ministries?
Victims of violent crimes and survivors of abuse are finding peace,
wholeness, the power to forgive and the strength to set boundaries.
Those ensnared by addictions are finding freedom. Marriages are being
restored. Families are strengthened. Christian brothers and sisters in
restricted lands who face persecution are finding strength and
encouragement. Young believers are learning how to walk with the Lord,
and people are coming into the faith for the first time. None of this
happens as a result of one person’s efforts, but rather this is God’s
work as He blesses the sacrifice of many people including yourself. We
partner with you, with other ministries, and, most significantly, with
the Lord. That’s how the supernatural happens.
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