A few weeks ago, I shared the following Prayer Request about a freak accident.  KK had a few weeks recovery (very limited activity).  She’s doing much better now, driving and teaching her ESL and Ladies Bible Study classes.

Here’s a personal prayer request that I shared on this site.

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KK had a freak accident Friday afternoon (07.26.19).

She was helping her 96 yr old dad get into the doctors office. After letting him out on the curb, she hurried to park the car. In the process, she opened the door, stepped out to tell him something, and the car slipped into reverse. It caught her foot and dragged her for some distance.

God spared  her – somehow the tire DID NOT run over her- She is still not sure how the car stopped other than hitting the curb.

She called, I drove over and took her to an “urgent care” across the street.

After multiple x-rays and examination, nothing is broken, no head injury, etc …but she has bruised ribs, deep scrapes in lots of places- and a super-swollen knee (same knee from previous surgeries).

We’re so thankful it wasn’t worse – here are the prayer requests:

1/ thank God for protecting her.

2/ pray for her rest and healing.

3/ pray for wisdom as we seek further medical attention for her knee.

Thanks for your friendship and support.

This week I have been teaching leaders from 5 countries. These countries are places of intense spiritual warfare and persecution. I am always convinced that the teacher learns more than the students in situations like this. Their courage and dedication put things in a new perspective.

As we share God’s Word together, I am reminded that we all bring the filter of our culture to the Scripture. Then we ask God to help us lay down our human filters as we open up our lives to Him. Together we have prayed that God would give us the understanding we need. His Spirit has opened up the Word of God to our hearts and minds.

Each day we ask a few of the students to stay behind and share prayer requests and we pray with/for them. Wow! Yesterday the requests dealt with spiritual warfare, persecution, and the desire to spread the Gospel to new places — even in the midst of great opposition. My life seems so easy compared to theirs.

I am grateful for you, our Prayer Partner. As this week comes to a close, pray for these leaders as they return home. We walked through 5 books of the New Testament this week. Pray that they will return home with a fresh grip on the Word and that the Word will have a fresh grip on their hearts.

KK & I need your prayer support. If you haven’t done so, why not sign up to be on Prayer Team? Check it out at EncourageGlobal.com

At our church, we are walking through Luke and just came to chapter 4  — the temptation of Jesus.   Verse 2 says that Jesus was “…being tempted by the devil.” 

Just reading the word “tempted” makes us uncomfortable–at least when we discuss it publicly.  We don’t mind talking about the temptation of Jesus, or maybe even temptation in general, but we’re uncomfortable having to admit when and how we are tempted. 

We are all tempted.  We will see that our temptations are not identical to the temptations Jesus experienced.  But, we want to learn from the temptations of Jesus and apply this text to our walk with God.  

Before we dive into Luke 4, let’s consider some other verses on temptation. These verses will prepare us to apply the insights from the temptation of Jesus.  

1 Cor. 10:13

2 Cor. 2:11

1 John 2:16

Click on these verses, one-by-one, and take some time to consider how they apply to temptation.  

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God has connected our hearts to dozens of missionary families around the globe. We have watched them go to difficult places and have always wanted to do more to support their work.

It all started when KK served as a trustee of the IMB. During these years we led our church on short term mission trips and were introduced to a whole new world.

God then led us to serve on staff at the IMB expanding our understanding of what it’s like to serve as a missionary.

Later, while serving as pastor again, we saw even more missionaries respond to God’s call — including our daughter.

Through all of this we’ve always dreamed of spending our lives encouraging missionaries and helping them train national leaders (when appropriate). Now we get the chance to live that dream.

As we face a new year, we’re launching Encourage Global to come alongside these missionaries to encourage, coach, and pray for them. We’re also mobilizing others to join their work.

Would you consider helping us? We need people on our support team. You can enable us to serve missionaries.

If you’d like to join our support teams, fill in one of the forms on the bottom of the website. 

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