Adventure of a Missionary

  This is an iron bar. The value is around $100. If you decide to make horseshoes, its value would increase to $250. If, instead, you decided to make sewing needles, the value would increase to about $70,000. If you decided to produce watch springs, the value would increase to about $6 million. Your value is not just what you are made of, but above all, in what ways you can make the best of who you are! A [cheap] basketball in my hands is worth about $10.  A basketball in Michael Jordan's hands is worth about $3 million. It depends whose hands it's in.  Who's holding your life?

Where there is no vision, people perish.   Proverbs 29:18    When Alexander the Great had a vision, he conquered the world; when he lost it, he couldn’t conquer a bottle of alcohol. When David had a vision, he conquered Goliath; when he lost it, he couldn’t conquer his own lust. When Samson had a vision, he could defeat 1000 men; when he lost it, he couldn’t control one woman. When Noah had a vision, he built an ark and preserved the human race; when he lost it, he got drunk and lay naked. Friends, it’s your dream that keeps you on track; it’s the Christ in you that gives you a vision that keeps you on focus. (Inspired by Bob Gass)  Sometimes, the desires and visions of a person are in the right areas, but the motives of a person are still not pure. In such cases, the Lord puts a person through a refining period until the motivation is corrected and the heart pure. At other times, a person might have the revelation but lacks the skill to implement the metho...

  He came to heal us.  He came to give us good news.  He came to show us that we were not alone, not on our own.  He let us know that we had a Father who cared and loved us.  He came to show us kindness and grace.  He came so we can exist in peace with God, with ourselves, and with others.  He came to change the course of history.  He came to change B.C. to A.D. He did it all for you and He did it all for me.  He is Love, and Love is not selfish.  He didn't come demanding anything.  He came to give all that He has. The message of Christmas is not a message that asks anything of us.   It's a message of God loving the whole world, all of us.  It's a message of God's benevolence, His initiative, and His willingness to give peace and goodwill to all.   From our perspective, Jesus is the reason for the season, but from His perspective, we are His reason for the season.  Just as we make it all about Jesus, He has mad...

 The holiday season is expected to look different for many this year. For some, it will be their first time having a Christmas while going through a break up.  There will be someone grieving the loss of a loved one. There will be someone going through the holiday season without a job. There will be some who will spend Christmas Eve ill in the hospital.  We should try our best to be kind to others, to be extra sensitive to our friends, and to invite those who need a family to be part of our holiday celebrations this year.  I would like to encourage you to be the gift that someone truly needs. Remember that the best gift you can ever give is your presence.