July 2012 Prayer Letter

by | Jul 3, 2012 | ,

Hi everyone,I hope you are having a great summer! Here in Japan we're coming to the end of the rainy season and entering the super hot and humid mid-summer.  July and August are once again going to be my busiest time of year, so I'd really appreciate your...

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Psalm 144

by | Jun 29, 2012 | ,

"Lord, what are human beings that you care for them,     mere mortals that you think of them? 4 They are like a breath;      their days are like a fleeting shadow." (Psalm 144:3) Our human lives are short and fragile.  In a unimaginably huge universe, we are...

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Psalm 143

by | Jun 27, 2012 | ,

"Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning, for I am trusting you. Show me where to walk, for I give myself to you." (Psalm 143:8 NLT) It's through trust that we experience love. It's through surrender that we find direction. Lord Jesus, today I choose to trust...

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Hosea 11:1-11

by | Jun 20, 2012 | ,

"It was I who taught Ephraim to walk,taking them by the arms;but they did not realizeit was I who healed them." (Hosea 11:3 NIV)Sometimes God is at work in our lives but we don't see it. We're either too busy to see it at all, or we think we did it ourselves. So...

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