When I look back on this summer, I think it will be known in my family as the summer Jen was disgruntled. You name it – I’ve complained about it. The heat, work, lack of time, lack of sleep, extended family members, whine, whine, blah, blah, blah. In general, if I didn’t get...

15,000 Africans die everyday from preventable diseases Pastor Rob told us that when he preached several weeks ago. I know some of those people. Baby Diamond who died from AIDS, Charles’ sister who we sat with and prayed for just days before AIDS took her. Another young mother leaving...

Over the last six months, God has used my circumstances as a classroom to prune and grow me in ways I never expected. He has also used them to draw me closer to Himself, and one of my devotionals during this time has been Oswald Chambers My Utmost for His Highest. I have always been an...

Should we draw attention to ourselves and our prayers while praying for others? Does this verse mean we shouldn’t gather for corporate prayer? No on both counts, I don’t think so. The hypocrite is praying to be seen by men, to call attention to how spiritual they are and not focusing on...

Imagine how easily it would have been for Joshua to be completely paralyzed by his fears when Moses died. He was now in charge of a nation of people and God told him to get ready, that he and the Israelites were to cross the Jordan River and go into the land that God was going to give them. ...