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Overcoming My Myopia

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131SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List I can almost hear the guttural crackle of passion in Jesus’s voice as he says, “Open your eyes and take a good look at what’s right in front of you!” His eyes are aflame with a joyous secret that we had not realized before. “These fields are ripe! It’s harvest time!” A thin layer…

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First Time To Celebrate Thanksgiving

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107SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List How about a little turkey with chopsticks! Had Jesus been born in post Mayflower America, there’s no doubt he would have been hosting a turkey party with a group of people that he met on the street. He would have basted that bird to perfection, and carved it up into perfect slices. “White meat…

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Fragile

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66SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Chapter 4, Fragile, excerpt from The Memories I Made Up by David Joannes All too often we forget the stark fragility of life. * * * Traffic is stopped up on Xuefu Road. An angry man is sticking his head out of his vehicle, shaking his fist, shouting for the people outside to move.…

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A Glimpse Into Local Missionary Ministry Acts 29 Style

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193SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Translated from an email sent by Brother Hu, Within Reach Global local missionary.   These are the some of the daily ministry outreach our local missionaries are doing at 26 Tribe outreach center: See Facebook photos here. Preaching to people who’ve never heard of Jesus Praying for the sick and diseased Helping and taking care…

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