Ministry Updates
It’s very hard to believe it has been a year since Bill went home to the Lord. The year has been a busy one and difficult in some respects for the Board of Directors, though we have experienced the Lord’s faithful guidance in getting us to the place we are now. Our utmost desire has […]
Ties that Bind
In thinking about writing this letter, I looked back at the very first ministry letter we wrote in February, 2001 to explain our decision to join Exchanged Life Ministries Texas. It began like this: For many years, certain questions drifted in and out of our minds—more pronounced at times but submerged when life was full […]
Your Thorn: Remove It or Embrace It
“If then you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.” Colossians 3:1,2 “..look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are […]
You Can Live From A New Address
As I have been teaching this fall, the Lord continues to reveal to me in a deeper way that you and I were created as “spirit” beings. The Christian life is designed in such a way that we are to live from the union of our human spirit with God’s Spirit. It is from this […]
Would You Like To Get Out Of Your Soul?
For a number of years I taught that we need to get “above the line” and live from the realm of the spirit (our place of union with God). This is no doubt true. This is where God wants us to live. However, the problem is that I was inferring that by going above the […]
Why Does The Conflict Seem to Grow?
I joined a friend for lunch the other day, and he was sharing with me that since the Lord revealed to him that Christ is his life, there now seems to be a greater spiritual conflict in his life. He knows that Christ has transformed his life in many ways, but he is having trouble […]
Where Is Our Place of Escape?
As I prepare for the “Be Transformed” conference that I will be teaching, I want part of the conference to focus on one answer to the question above. This is a loaded question because there are a number of good scriptural answers. However, the one answer that I feel led to focus on at this […]
What Is The Hardest Thing In Ministry?
As I have testified before, there are very rewarding times in ministry. Witnessing God work in people’s lives is the most gratifying part of ministry for me. However, there are some things in ministry that can be heartbreaking. The most difficult for me are believers who come to me for one-on-one discipleship and who are […]
What Does Faith Look Like?
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matt. 11:28 These past few months the Lord has been making it clear to me that one of the emphasis of this coming year is to explore the question, “What does faith look like?” I find myself spending more […]
What Did You Forget To Remember?
I sometimes struggle when I write letters because my thinking goes like this, “Lord, these folks know all that I know. They are probably living it more consistently than I am. Is there anything fresh and new that they haven’t heard?” As I was thinking those thoughts, the Lord brought to mind a phrase that […]