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Trusting Beyond Understanding

2011-12-13T09:29:00.000-05:00

To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me. Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame; they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous. Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you...

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Family Update: October 2011

2011-10-20T12:40:00.000-04:00

www.slenkfamily.blogspot.com On Monday, we arrived in Louisiana just outside of New Orleans. We have just completed four great weeks of seeking the Reviver at Mayfair Bible Church in Flushing, MI, Emmanuel Baptist Church in Wabash, IN, First Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff, MO, and First Baptist Church in Marion, IL. To see...

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Berrien Center Bible Church Thirst Conference Update

2011-09-17T16:46:00.000-04:00

We have just completed our first Thirst conference at Berrien Center Bible Church in Berrien Center MI. What a great place to start our season as we get back on the road (close to home). Our team was prepared and ready to serve this local church body. Many came back all four nights to seek and hear from the Lord. On our last night many shared...

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Pass It Down

2011-06-24T14:19:00.000-04:00

Excerpted from Moments With You by Dennis and Barbara Rainey. Family Life Today. Pass It Down I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go. Psalm 32:8 NASB How can you tell if the spiritual-sounding words coming out of your children's mouths are evidence of a true faith? The fact is, you may not really know until...

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Home Soon

2011-05-02T16:16:00.000-04:00

Dear Friends, This ministry season has taken us to twenty four churches and one maximum security prison and is fast approaching its conclusion. It’s hard to believe that in a few short weeks we will have completed our fourth year on the road. It does not seem possible that we have been at this four years already. What an opportunity to see...

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The Work of God......

2011-04-22T18:06:00.000-04:00

Dear Friends, On this weekend of remembering who God is and what He has done, here is a report I got this morning from a pastor in Little Rock, AK from last night's gathering. This is the end of the third week of unscheduled meetings every night. Be encouraged as God is making Himself known. Also, as you pray, one of our teams is extending a...

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The Choice to Forgive

2011-03-29T12:40:00.000-04:00

"For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." - Matthew 6:14-15 Let's start with this most obvious lesson in our verses today: we must choose to forgive. Forgiveness is a decision I'm making. In...

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Family Update March 2011

2011-03-28T13:20:00.000-04:00

A Note from Jennifer… As winter slowly recedes, and spring confidently emerges, I can’t help but be amazed at how quickly time continues to go by. We’re in the final months of our fourth year traveling with Life Action. Less than twelve weeks left in our eighth year of homeschooling. Ben and I move into our forties this year. And it’s over...

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What is Forgiveness?

2011-03-22T10:31:00.000-04:00

"Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect...

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‘Signs of real revival’ in Okeechobee, pastor says - Florida Baptist Witness

2011-02-23T10:18:00.000-05:00

‘Signs of real revival’ in Okeechobee, pastor says - Florida Baptist Witness

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Filled with Peace When I Feel the Pressure

2010-12-23T21:13:00.000-05:00

"And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, 'Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!' " - Luke 2:13-14 One of the things that just grieves me is when I think about how we picture the nativity scene. I mean how we picture the people there with...

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The Benefits of Waiting

2010-12-13T08:47:00.000-05:00

"I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord." - Psalms 40:1–3 The longer I live, the...

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Angola Prison

2010-12-03T22:14:00.000-05:00

Hello everyone, just wanted to give you a quick update on an adventure that we are about to embark on. We have been invited to the Louisiana State Prison (aka Angola or “The Farm”) to facilitate a four day conference. We have been invited by Awana Lifeline which God has used to make a significant impact in the lives of many of the inmates. Angola...

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The Harvest

2010-11-29T10:49:00.000-05:00

"And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith." - Galatians 6:9–10 We have looked at the principles of planting and harvesting and we talked about various seeds. Now it’s time...

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O Canada!

2010-11-18T21:24:00.000-05:00

O Canada! After five weeks ministering in the beautiful country of Canada, it is good to be back in the United States. But, oh, what an adventure we had while visiting our neighbors to the north! Allow us to share just a few things we learned about life in Canada: • Milk does not come in a jug…it comes in a bag! • Canadian ketchup is...

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Family Update November 2010

2010-11-14T22:08:00.000-05:00

We have finished our five week tour in Canada and have just begun our last Thirst Conference in Mt. Gilead, Ohio (Mansfield, OH) before we head home for Thanksgiving. After Thanksgiving, we will be headed to Angola, LA for a conference that we will be facilitating at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, the largest maximum security prison in the...

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Travel Days

2010-10-31T17:00:00.000-04:00

Have you ever wondered what “normal life” is really like for us? In addition to nightly church services, weekly ladies luncheons, team meetings, and counseling sessions, regular life continues. There’s a home to maintain, laundry to do, groceries to buy, and school to teach. HOWEVER, as we are in churches throughout North America, and even as we...

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Update and Invitation

2010-08-31T10:07:00.001-04:00

Dear Friends, Its hard to believe that summers end is fast approaching. Its also hard to believe that next week Monday (Labor Day) we once again hit the road for the beginning of what is scheduled to be a full season. We have a great new team (some new, some returning from last year) of 18 single team members and two staff families that will...

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The Power of Forgiveness

2010-07-19T11:01:00.000-04:00

"Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you." - Ephesians 4:31-32 There isn't one person reading this who hasn't been hurt by another person. Question: what are you doing with that offense?...

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Seeing God Work

2010-05-17T16:49:00.000-04:00

On Friday we arrived in Roanoke, VA and have just begun a 4-day Thirst Conference at Green Ridge Baptist Church. This is church number fifteen since January 1. Last week we completed an 8-day conference in Mansfield, Ohio and really saw God do a great work in the lives of individuals, especially pertaining to marriages and families. Bitterness,...

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Trusting in God

2010-05-07T21:09:00.000-04:00

"To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul. O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me." - Psalm 25:1-2 Our passage for today covers one of the basics of what it means to really live a life of faith in God: "O my God, in you I trust." How's the trust-in-God thing going with you? Because trusting God is...

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Running the Race

2010-03-29T15:14:00.008-04:00

During this ministry season, we have traveled around the country since September helping people understand what it looks like to live an authentic Christian life and have lived on a different church parking lot almost every week. Now that it’s March, we can’t help but begin to think about summer and being home...reconnecting with family and...

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Fear the Lord

2010-03-29T12:46:00.000-04:00

"Who is the man who fears the LORD?" - Psalm 25:12 What is the "fear of God" anyway? That question might be easier to answer by looking at a rough definition of fear itself. Fear is the attitude of heart that seeks a right relationship to the fear-source. That's pretty straightforward, right? If I fear the future, I might save and prepare. I...

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2010-02-20T23:19:00.003-05:00

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Family Update Feb 2010

2010-02-20T22:58:00.000-05:00

Since we left Holland, MI on January 1, we’ve completed six THRIST Conferences (four in Florida, one in Georgia, and one in Mississippi) and are getting ready to start our seventh in Gonzales, LA (tomorrow). We’ve experienced big cities like Miami and small towns like Interlachen, FL, but no matter where we are, people are still hungry to meet...

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