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Make A Difference – Start Where You Are

Joyce George — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:13:53 +0000

Yes, if you cry out for discernment and lift up your voice for understanding, if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures, then you will understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. Prov. 2:3-5 This passage encouraged my heart today as we plan 2012. [...]

Grieving the loss of friend and former Board Member, Tom Coble

Joyce George — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:49:32 +0000

“I have fought a good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that day.” II Tim. 4:7-8 Saturday morning, I received the news that Tom Coble, my friend, had [...]

Write on the Pages of Your Book in 2012

Joyce George — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:50:19 +0000

This week on “A Place Missionaries Call Home” Joyce and I have the awesome privilege to interview Valerie Elliot Shephard. Her dad was missionary Jim Elliot, martyred by the Auca Indians in Ecuador over 50 years ago. She was only 9 months old when her dad was killed. Her mother, Elizabeth, felt it was God’s [...]

Merry Christmas

Joyce George — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:51:38 +0000

I look forward all year to the 25th of December. Of course, I am the world’s worst procrastinator when it comes to buying gifts. So, usually my daughters help me. When it comes to buying gifts for my wife, Joyce, my daughters are the best. One year I asked Joyce what she wanted and she [...]

“Everything that we have to give to God is what God has already given us”

Joyce George — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:17:54 +0000

(The above quote is by Adrian Rogers) “Blessed are you, Lord God of Israel, our Father, forever and ever. Yours, O Lord is the greatness, the power and the glory, the victory and the majesty; for all that is in heaven, O Lord, and you are exalted as head over all.” I Chron. 29:11,12 I [...]

A Time to be Thankful

Joyce George — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:11:10 +0000

Its hard to believe that the Thanksgiving holiday is just around the corner. We have so much to be thankful for. This morning while reading my Bible, the scripture says in Psalm 67 “God be merciful to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us, Selah (or think about this)” [...]

Lift our Hearts and Hands

Joyce George — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:22:52 +0000

Dear Friends, I hope that your day is going well. Each day I remember you in my prayers. Yesterday I was talking to a missionary author living in Kentucky. She was praying about writing her next book and the Lord laid on her heart a passion to share missionaries’ stories. So, she began by surfing the [...]

This is the day that the Lord has made…

Joyce George — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:55:15 +0000

let us rejoice and be glad in it. Ps. 118:19 The older I get, the quicker the days go. I remember hearing this as a child and thought “How can this be? All days have 24 hours!” My, how this has become a reality to me! We spend our lives circling the calendar for upcoming [...]

LET EVERYTHING THAT HAS BREATH PRAISE THE LORD

Joyce George — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:27:40 +0000

When we see God do what we think is the impossible, it should make us want to tell the world. When I was a boy, my brothers and I worked on a dairy farm down the road from our house. At Christmas time we would go shopping for our family. It was so hard to [...]

Take Time To Praise and Pray

Joyce George — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:10:45 +0000

A time to praise! We praise the Lord that last Friday, August 12, 2011, we were able to purchase the 7.13 acres that we will use as Camp Glory. This property is truly an answer to prayer in more ways than one. The Board of Directors, in their long range planning, looked at purchasing additional [...]