To God Alone Be the Glory
By the grace of God I have arrived back to America safely after one year! Thank you so very much to all who pray so fervently for me! 😊 I made it home safely, easily, and with favor! I know it is all because of your great and loving prayers for me! I will be
Greetings to all!Blessings be multiplied abundantly to you by the grace of our Heavenly Father and our Lord, Jesus Christ! I have a HUGE and EXCITING update to share with you today! I am graciously humbled to announce that, the funds to pay for the flight ticket home have been fully provided!!! Hallelujah! In less
-Proverbs 22:12 KJV-“The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.” In the previous verse (22:11), King Solomon honors the use of gracious words, but here he brings to our attention to the fact that the Lord despises deceitful and dishonest things. Words can either build up the hearers of them
-Proverbs 13:12 NIV-“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.” The adjective deferred here means, “withheld or delayed.” If our hope, dreams, ambitions, desires, expectations or aims get delayed or withheld, then our hope-life can be in sincere jeopardy. It’s so easy for us to fall into a state
-John 1: 5&6 NLT-“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.” The contrast of light and dark is age old, but what exactly are they? What truly is the light? Are light and darkness as simple of concepts as day and night or just the sun and the moon? This is
-Romans 12:10 NKJV- “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.” There is this truth present that: Without you using a microphone, without you even saying a word, people can hear your life, and people are listening to your life. I know
Today, March 20th, is the first day of Spring, and a national holiday here in Japan! As a national holiday, banks, hospitals and most businesses shut down to celebrate the turn of the season. The reason for this stems from the Buddhist beliefs that two “gods” coexist: one in the east and one in the
Do you remember Nagoshi-san!? He is the super faithful, brother in Christ from Nishinari who recently wheel-chaired 5 hours to make it to Thursday night worship service at our Church!!! Many of you were so incredibly inspired by his testimony (as was I!!! I mean, how could you not be?!) and someone from America asked
-Hebrews 13:15 ESV- “Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.” Hello everyone! As Christmas rolls around, we get the great pleasure of getting to hear the special, elegant and wonderful Christmas music that praises our Savior everywhere we
Do you ever have trouble making it to church on Sunday? If you think about it, Sundays are a day that we normally use our time to rest and recoup after a long work week. We’ve all been there where when Sunday morning rolls around and we find ourselves tired, having a strong desire to
Seasons Greetings to All! It is with great pleasure that I am announcing a ✨special opportunity✨ for us to give much needed provisions and Christmas gifts to the homeless population I minister to here in Nishinari, Osaka in the name of Jesus this Christmas! Therefore!!! I am hosting a Christmas Blanket Drive for 2024, and
From Nov. 11th -13th, a group of 12 of us from my church had the privilege to drive 6 hours away to provide disaster relief to the displaced people of Noto Peninsula! After a 7.5 magnitude earthquake shook and destroyed their homes and lives on January 1st, 2024, the people and city there are still
Do you feel stuck right now? Do you feel like you’re not sure where to go from where you’re currently at? Do you feel like you’ve been waiting on specific answers from God? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then you need these instructions from the Bible. Sometimes in our walk, we
Greetings Friends and Family in the Faith, Through God’s abundant grace, we were able to conduct a free clothing distribution event in the Triangle Park of Nishinari! We were able to bless the homeless and needy there on October 16th through the blessing of clothing donations I acquired through a fellow missionary! During this event,
Welcome back to Part III of the series we have been taking a look at together: The Difference Between Liking and Loving! In this last part of our series, we will discover the final difference between the acts of liking and truly loving! Let’s dive right in! -Colossians 3:14 NIV-“And over all these virtues put on love,