Opportunity Knocks – Win a Missions Trip to Africa

Jul.21,2010

This Missions Trip Could Change Your Life

Reinhard Bonnke is running a contest through Sept. 30 for an all-expense paid mission trip to Africa with his team. This would be such an awesome experience.

More than 58 million people have made decisions for Christ through his crusades in Africa in the last decade alone.

I remember the first time Gary and I ever saw Reinhard Bonnke. It was at a conference called Forceful Men and Women in Phoenix, Arizona back in 1990. Reinhard was one of many speakers on the agenda of the conference. He got up and started sharing about what God was doing in his crusades in Africa, and the whole audience and all of the leaders were so awed that they gave him the podium for the rest of the conference. The other speakers just gave their places to him because they knew that he was the one anointed for that time and place to bring the message that was on God’s heart. He shared about the massive crusades that he was doing and the many salvations and healings that were happening. At that time, his meetings were each drawing almost a million people in the different cities in Africa. We were astounded.

In the years since then, his crusades have drawn crowds of well over 1 million. I saw in a video today that in one meeting there were over 3 million people who filled out decision cards signifying that they had accepted Christ.

For a chance to win an all-expense trip to Africa to experience the thrill of a massive revival crusade with this renowned evangelist, go to this link:

http://freeafricatrip.com/?fbid=X7GCnlU1KI9

40 Days for Life 2010 Fall Campaign

Jul.21,2010

Praying to End Abortion

The movement that started in College Station, TX, with four people praying about how to end abortion in their community is gearing up to start their Fall Campaign. God gave them a strategy that they carried out back in 2004. As a result, abortions in the region were reduced by 28%. In 2007, the movement went national and now it is international. 2811 babies’ lives have been saved. Thirty-five abortion clinic workers have experienced conversion and left their jobs. Five abortion facilities have closed down following 40 Days for Life campaigns outside their doors.

Watch this video and see how you can get involved.

To learn more about 40 Days for Life go here.

You Can Be the Woman of Your Husband’s Dreams

Jul.20,2010

A Wife Who Wants to Please Her Husband and God Will Do These Things

1. Respect him. If he is loyal, works hard and is a good-willed man, then he deserves your respect. You may wish for more, but be honest. He does deserve your respect. He’s doing his best according to his understanding of relationships. And he needs respect from you more than anything.

2. Put his needs above your own. Meet his needs. That’s biblical.

3. Pray down blessings on his head even when you feel angry, frustrated or upset that he’s not meeting your needs. Anything that happens to him happens to you. So pray for good things to happen to him!

4. Forgive. Die to yourself. Love unconditionally.

5. Be on his side. Be his cheerleader. Don’t criticize or correct.

6. Speak well of him to your children and to others – and to yourself!

7. Take your unmet needs to the Lord. He is the perfect husband and lover. Cry out to Him. He knows you better than you know yourself. Find contentment in your relationship with God. Ask the Lord to reveal the meaning of the phrase: “I am my Beloved’s and He is mine.” Ask the Lord to show you how He feels about you.

8. Don’t act like you’re independent and don’t need him. Or like you can do things better than he can. If you take the attitude, “If I want something done right, I have to do it myself”, he’ll let you.

9. Pray for him to learn how to “do relationships” better. Pray that God will send along godly mentors and put teachings in his path that will direct him toward meeting your needs and understanding your needs for affection and security. He will NOT learn it from you.

10. Don’t fall into the trap of thinking that he’s not doing anything, and you’re doing everything. Chances are, he really doesn’t see those things that you consider so important and necessary. His priorities are bound to be different from yours. He is not trying to be a deadbeat. He is not actively seeking to neglect you. He may be doing things that in his heart are “just for you” that you are not appreciating at all.

11. Don’t nag. It’s counterproductive.

12. See him as God’s son and your brother in Christ, not just your husband. Ask God to help you to have right expectations of him. Don’t expect him to meet needs that only God can meet. Don’t make an idol of your husband.

By becoming the woman that God intended us to be, may each of us become the woman of our husbands’ dreams.

Bunch of Beechick Books That I Believe In

Jul.20,2010

Ruth Beechick Shares the Wisdom Gleaned From Her Many Years of Studying and Teaching

I have read Ruth Beechick’s books for centuries! Now you know how incredibly old I am. Oh, I guess that would make Ruth pretty old, too. Sorry, Ruth. She’s still around, sharing with anyone who will listen her wonderful common sense, simple principles of teaching children. Simple. Basic. Common sense. Natural. Biblical. Those words describe her approach to teaching and learning.

She has written many more books than the ones I’ve showcased here. These are just the ones that I have read personally. I believe that she has a good grasp of the best ways to inspire and encourage children to learn in a non-threatening, non-competitive, natural way. She has been a teacher for more years than many of us have been alive. Sorry again, Mrs. Beechick. But I would really like to encourage new homeschoolers and old homeschoolers to read her books and find out how easy it can be to educate your child at home.

Okay, I think I’m done insulting everybody now. I’ll just make a blanket apology to everyone that I just offended. You’re only as old as you think you are. Think young. Read Ruth Beechick’s books.

Yeah, that really went together well.