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“He still loves me, regardless of what I did or how many times I turned my back on Him.” Kenny was lying in the trauma room of a hospital as he said - and believed - those words, that Jesus loves him no matter what. Kenny had run for years from the Lord, despite God's relentless pursuit of him. Finally, in the chaos of a hospital room after a nearly deadly fall on ice, he says he found a quiet pla...

Why are you here? No, I don't mean why are you in your car right now. Why are you here on this earth? You see, a lot of people are going through life without putting much thought into answering that question. Why are you here? Who are you meant to be? God has made each and every person with a purpose - to bring Him glory. How can we do that? Well, we have to believe we are who He says we are. We a...

Hudson Taylor said even though he endured great hardships and tragedies in his lifelong mission work in China, "I never made a sacrifice." He counted all the riches of this world (or even the basic comforts) as a loss in gratitude for Jesus' sacrifice. In Matthew sixteen, Jesus told His disciples, "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me." You see...

Everyone needs real hope, including today’s teens. This was Bryr’s testimony that he shared with us on what’s my story dot org: “Before I received eternal salvation, I struggled with anxiety... In Secondary School, I’d have anxiety attacks because I felt different. I was smaller than the other boys, and I couldn’t understand why—or how—to be happy in my own skin. [...] But God placed amazing peopl...

When you disciple a teenager to share their faith, you don’t just impact one life—you begin a ripple effect. I mean, think about it: one equipped teen can reach dozens of friends. They can disciple those friends the same way they were—by teaching them how to grow in their faith and share the Gospel with others. And then those friends go out and do the same—it’s multiplication! But discipleship doe...

Have you ever heard it said that evangelism is better “caught than taught”? Well, it’s true! So when it comes to equipping Christian teenagers, we must actually do what we say we believe. If we’re not living lives marked by bold, loving Gospel conversations, why would they? Discipling teens to share their faith begins with showing them how it’s done and walking with them as they try it for themsel...

According to Barna research , only 19% of Christian teens say they’ve personally been discipled in how to share their faith. That’s right...less than one in five. And meanwhile, teens are navigating complex cultural conversations every day — conversations about identity, justice, truth — without knowing how to bring Jesus into them. And if we don’t disciple them, the world will and already is. Dis...

Did you know one of the largest mission fields isn’t across the ocean—but it’s in our own communities and schools? In our high schools, Christian teenagers are surrounded daily by friends and classmates searching for identity, hope, and truth. And yet, many Christian teens feel unprepared to talk about their faith. But how do we disciple our youth to confidently share the Gospel? Well, we need to...

When we learn to share the Gospel, we become part of something eternal. This past September, Samuel walked into our ministry’s Uganda office. Homeless, jobless, and abandoned, he’d spent nights on the streets of Kampala, desperate and hopeless. He told us, “I thought about ending my life so many times…I just needed someone to talk to.” That’s when he met Francis. Francis listened, and then shared...

When we ask God for opportunities to share the Gospel, He answers—sometimes in ways we don’t expect. One evening this past September, a young man in Kenya who learned how to share his faith felt prompted by the Holy Spirit to speak with two young men from a nearby village. He had recently been to one of our evangelism trainings, where he learned exactly how to share the Gospel clearly and confiden...

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the power of God unto salvation for everyone who believes. Last August, in Kasungu, Malawi, a young girl was moments away from taking her own life. But God had another plan. Evance, who had just learned how to share his faith, heard about her situation and went to her home. While others were trying to reason with her, Evance brought something more: the Gospel. He gent...

Why is it so important to share the Gospel? Because right now, someone is praying for the truth. Daniel was one of them. He cried out to God, “Reveal Yourself to me—for my salvation and personal growth.” That very same day, Japhet—one of our EE trainees from Nairobi, who had just learned to share the Gospel—felt prompted by the Holy Spirit to speak to a young man standing alone at Heal Africa Hosp...

This week, we are hearing stories from Africa. And let me tell you...there are exciting things happening on this continent. Just this past year through evangelism training events, we saw over twenty million people make professions of faith in Jesus. And that happened through over one million believers learning how to share their faith—both adults and children. These Christians were in churches, sc...

Have you ever prayed for a great revival? Have you given up praying for that revival yet? There was once a 100-year prayer meeting - that's right, a prayer meeting that last one hundred years! The prayer was for revival, and it happened. The 100 Year Prayer meeting was held in Saxony Germany; and 65 years into it, the community that was praying had already sent out 300 missionaries! Not only did t...

Have you ever thought about how many people one child interacts with throughout the course of his or her life? Children have their whole lives ahead of them. And everywhere they go, they meet people. So, just think, when a child is equipped to share their faith, the Gospel goes everywhere they go. And, have you noticed that children don’t seem to have the same hang-ups talking about Jesus that we...

"Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." - John 14:6   Merry Christmas! Today, we celebrate Jesus' birth! We’re gathered with our loved ones, exchanging gifts, reading Luke two and other passages that tell about His coming. Today, our hearts are full of joy as we remember the best gift this world has ever received — the Messiah, come...

"So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed h...

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.[…] The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” - John 1:1, 14   What a picture! God, the Creator, who’s always been and always will be, spoke and created the universe with His voice. The infinite, p...

"Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.” - Isaiah 7:14   It was such a glorious miracle that even today, over two thousand years later, people marvel at its fulfillment. Isaiah prophesied to Israel that their Messiah would be born of a virgin (that prophecy was over seven hundred years before Jesus came!). Jesu...

"He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain." - Isaiah 53:2-3.   John writes in his gospel, "The Word (Jesus) was with God and the Word was God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us..." If God becoming a human wasn't amazing enough, he also chose t...

"But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.” - Micah 5:2   "Oh little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight." Truly, the night Jesus was born in Bethlehem and fulfilled Micah's prophe...

"Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.” - Isaiah 7:14   During His time here on earth, Jesus fulfilled over three hundred different prophecies. One of these is the prophecy that Immanuel, which means God with us, would be born of a virgin. Luke records the fulfillment of this through the angel telling Mary tha...

"And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: ‘Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men!’” - Luke 2:13-14   "Peace on earth"...that is certainly what most people strive to find. We spend our lives searching for things to fill the hole in our heart that lacks joy, hope, and peace. Well today, I have good news, just like...

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” - Matthew 2:1-2.   The Magi are known for journeying to Jesus after seeing the star announcing His birth. In Numbers 24, there is a prophecy that "a st...

And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying,“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David, as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old, that we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us; to show the mercy promi...