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Passions, Memoirs of Discerning the Lord's Will

Over dinner, Cindy shared her story of how God struck her heart. She was riding an NYC subway, glanced around at the passengers, and realized, “I’m the only person with blue eyes on this train. Most of the world has brown eyes.” She continued to explain how God used that moment to grip her passion for NYC. This city represented literally all parts of the world. She wanted to share God’s love with the world, and the world was in her midst! After dinner, while we walked the streets of Manhattan to Rockefeller Center, Cindy shared more of how her life and ministry in the city (now 20+ years) has always and still does, incline her heart to worship the Lord. She said that many of her friends are drawn to worship when they are outdoors—seeing the beauty of the sky or the expanse of the ocean,   but for her, the sea of people draws her to worship. She expounded on this: People are made in the image of God, and to see so many different types of people—beautiful, diverse, unique—...

Assessing Personal Values, Memoirs of Discerning the Lord's Will

“Oh Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me… You know what I am going to say Even before I say it, Lord… Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, Too great for me to understand! …You knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!” Psalm 139: 1, 4, 6, 13, & 14 Nothing about me surprises God. In fact, all the quirks, desires, and pieces of my personality make me the unique being that God designed! How can I not put an exclamation mark at the end of that sentence!? So when praying about where God will lead me next, my personal values are a good starting indicator. HE has placed those values in me before I was born! HE knows how they will make me think and talk and walk!  Even though God’s Word says I am complex, it would be easy for me to make a decision for myself based on my top desires. The situation increases in joyful complexity when we are a family of 5. My h...

A Believer in Bologna

Meet Simone, who has true faith and a personal relationship in Jesus Christ.