Dear Friends,

I am serving God in Zimbabwe. Our local missionaries have us leading worship in the community, blessing local pastors, ministering on the streets and reading Bible stories to children.

I encourage you to pray for us, that God would be glorified in all things..

Look forward to a report in two weeks. Bless you!

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Proverbs 17:22

Could King Solomon’s preparations for building the temple of God have some practical application for us as the temple of God (1 Cor. 3:16)? Those were my thoughts as I started reading 1 Kings 5. I was delighted with how many I found. Come along, I’ll show you. . . .

My help and glory are in God
    —granite-strength and safe-harbor-God—
So trust him absolutely, people;
    lay your lives on the line for him.
    God is a safe place to be.

Psalm 62:7-8 The Message

Have you heard people say that Jesus never claimed to be God? Clearly, they have never studied the Bible. Through His words and actions Jesus fulfills over 300 prophecies about the long-awaited Messiah. The fulfillment of one of those prophecies was like a spiritual earthquake. . . .

O God, You are my God;
Early will I seek You;
My soul thirsts for You;
My flesh longs for You
In a dry and thirsty land
Where there is no water.

Psalm 63:1 NKJV

My spiritual journals over the years are peppered with pleas that I would not deny Christ, like Peter did. And that I would not depart from the Lord in my old age, like Solomon did. Especially . ..

Taste and see that the Lord is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him! Psalm 34:8

I don’t’ want to be too gross here, but I have had tummy and intestinal issues since returning from my overseas trip in January. In addition, I had some hip pain that was causing sleepless nights. When I don’t get enough sleep, my mind acts like a tired toddler. . . .

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him and bless His name. Psalm 100:4

Do you neglect to record your dreams because they seem wacky to you? I did. I’m finding help from Hearing God Through Your Dreams by Charity Virkler Kayembe (see book review on January 28, 2025).

Yes, dream interpretation belongs to God. He is the One who gives us our wacky dreams in the first place. He is trying to communicate something to us. But what? . . .

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations. Jeremiah 1:5