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John 6:33 “In the world you will have trouble. But take heart, I have overcome the world.” Over the last sixty years, the Chinese church has experienced both extremes of persecution and explosive growth. A friend of mine was ministering in the underground church. He was with a group of seasoned followers – and by…

Watch the video here! Hebrews 12:2 “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith, who for the joy (goal) set before him, endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of throne of God. Consider him…” Someone once wrote: “Obstacles are those frightful things…

Galatians 6:14,17: “May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world… for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.” Adoniram Judson’s proposal to his future wife was no soft sell: “Give me your hand to…

Psalm 139:23,24 “Search me, O God, and know my heart. Test me, and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” Eugene Peterson, as both pastor and writer, provided this bleak diagnosis of the state of the people in his care: “I was…

Luke 9:51 “As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.” Jesus knew that heading to Jerusalem meant going to the cross. Despite that he was resolute in obeying his Father. Even in the garden at Gethsemane, his anguished praying was not a wavering but an…

Luke 10:1 “The Lord appointed seventy two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place he was about to go.” A team is never less than two, and usually it’s more than that. Whatever the number, we need each other. Your strengths compensate for my weaknesses, and our…

Matthew 11:30 “My yoke is easy and my burden is light.” A man was trudging down a dusty road in rural Kentucky in the heat of the day, loaded up with a cumbersome backpack and a suitcase in either hand. The driver of a pick-up truck took pity and offered him a ride in the…

Romans 6:11,13,14 “Count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus… Offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness… because you are not under law, but under grace.” John Wesley went as a…

Watch the video here! John 2:15,16 “Jesus made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area… ‘Get these out of here! How dare you turn my Father’s house into a market!’” Sometimes God wants us to get angry. Often the status quo needs challenging. How attractive is Jesus in his violent…

Jeremiah 6:16 “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.” A Chinese proverb tells us that ‘the journey is the reward’. The verse above tells us that we will find rest for our souls…