Hello, welcome to 2020 friends!! I have just come off of summer break and let me tell you it has been a wild ride in the best of ways! In December, we had a church camp for the seniors in Umina Beach. It was a special time as the 12th grade girls I have been […]
As part of the global church, we want to continue partnering with Australia through intercession. Please pray for the students who received Christ for the first time that they would continue to pursue relationship with Him, and would find Christian fellowship. Pray for Christian school staff to be strengthened and added in number, especially […]
Some boast in chariots and some in horses, but we will boast in the name of the LORD, our God. Psalm 20:7 (NASB) The mission team arrived home safely in California on Friday morning! Updating the blog has been difficult for me while we were in the midst of the trip, so instead I will […]
Tara is an incredible place, considered one of the most elite girls’ schools in Australia. The students have access to a phenomenal education, not to mention an amazingly well-developed department of Christian Studies. But material privilege does not guarantee spiritual freedom, and it takes a personal encounter with the living God to breathe new life […]
Team Australia was met by a warm welcome into Sydney on Saturday morning! Greg and Catherine picked us up from the airport at 6:45am in a big church bus and took us to our first stop: the fine dining establishment known as Macca’s. (Or McDonald’s to the rest of us. But the golden arches really […]
The Voice of the Beloved – Thomas à Kempis As I of my own will offered myself unto God the Father on the Cross for thy sins with outstretched hands and naked body, so that nothing remained in Me that did not become altogether a sacrifice for the Divine propitiation; so also oughtest thou every […]
Denying the Self – by The Stebners Luke 9:23: Then he said to them all “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.” (NLT) This statement of Jesus does not appear to be optional for those who desire to trust the Lord who […]
Week 4 – PRAYER Sue Warnke (2015 Lent devotional) Psalm 139:23, 24 “Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.” When we pray our heart guides us. In this […]
Week 4 – PRAYER Above the Situation – Mariah Gallegos John 17:20-26: Jesus prays for his desire for everyone to experience and share the same intimacy that he has with the Father. Prayer can reveal deep desires to the Lord on one’s behalf. As for my experiences in the past, I had to lose […]
Week 4 – PRAYER Come Away with Me – Hannah Quezada I can still remember to this day being in Sunday School (it was called “Kidz Zone!”), and learning about prayer. “Prayer is a conversation to Jesus!” the kids pastor said. From that point on I started to imagine Jesus on the other end of […]
