Anyone out there feeling a little bit “imperfect” today? Thank you, I see that hand being raised. Mine too. Here are some encouraging words for “imperfect” people from Charles Spurgeon: Do you not feel in your own soul that perfection is not in you? Does not every day teach you that? Every tear which trickles from your e…
7:30 AM Friday Mumbai, India Hard to believe but we are already on Day 4 of our trip to India. It took two days to get here, then we spent yesterday recuperating from jet lag (which by the way is very real) at a hotel in Mumbai. Josh and I came to India at the invitation of Benny Mathews, president of Alpha Ministries For those who do…
“You grumbled in your tents and said, “The LORD hates us” (Deuteronomy 1:27). Obviously the Lord hates you. That’s why he worked miracles for you in Egypt.That’s why he parted the Red Sea for you.That’s why he gave you manna and quail.That’s why he gave you water in the desert.That’s why he came t…
We’ve had excellent response to our call for 1000 people to join us in prayer at 6 AM on Monday, March 26. At that hour the first-ever Keep Believing China broadcast will beam into mainland China from the island of Guam. Here are some responses:From a friend in another country: “I will get up early on March 26 and pray for the First Bro…
After Robert Schuler attended one of our Chicago home meetings for the new China partnership with Trans World Radio, he wrote me a note containing his “so that” pray for China:"I’ll be praying every day between now and 3/26 – that God would prepare the hearts of the Chinese people, that He would bring attention to the broadc…
A few years ago my friend Robert Schuler shared with me one of the most important insights on prayer I’ve ever heard. Over supper one night Robert told us how he prayed:"When I pray I always try to include the phrase ’so that.’ I heard a guest preacher mention that in a sermon several years ago, and I’ve been doing i…
It’s hard to think clearly about 50 million.It’s a number so big that we don’t really know what it means. Take one baby and ponder that child for a moment. Look at his eyes, his ears, reach out and touch his tiny fingers. Hold that baby in your arms and think what a miracle it is that even one baby should enter the world.&nbs…
Mark this date on your calendar: Monday, March 26, 2012. That’s the date of our first radio broadcast into mainland China. At 7 PM on March 26, from the studios of Trans World Radio on the island of Guam, we will begin our thrice-weekly broadcast to China. When it’s 7 PM in China, it’s 6 AM in Chicago (you can do the math for…
He’s faster than a speeding bullet.He’s more powerful than a locomotive.He can leap tall buildings in a single bound.But can he beat the New England Patriots?The experts say no, unanimously, loudly, repeatedly. And one supposes that they are right. The experts make their money being right most of the time. That’s why they are call…
This summer I’m going to be the speaker for an Alaskan cruise sponsored by Camp Forest Springs in Westboro, Wisconsin. We’ll depart from Seattle on Friday, June 29 and return to Seattle on Friday, July 6.We’ll visit Juneau, Skagway, the Tracy Arm Fjord, and Victoria, British Columbia. We’ll enjoy luxurious accommodations …