Lord willing, I’ll be in Woodward, Oklahoma by this evening (Tuesday) to visit some friends. Early Sunday morning a tornado hit this small town and six people entered eternity, with more than two dozen injured and many homes destroyed. I’m not going because of the tornado; this trip was planned several weeks ago. But a [...]
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God’s sovereign goodness in all things, like trips and tornadoes
Posted in News, Prayer Requests on April 17, 2012 | 1 Comment »
If you would, please pray for Bethlehem’s elders today
Posted in Prayer Requests on March 27, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Tonight (Tuesday), the elders of Bethlehem Baptist Church will be seeking consensus on whether to recommend an applicant to the congregation to succeed Pastor John as the Pastor for Preaching and Vision. It is actually a two-step process, the first being congregational approval of the applicant to serve alongside Pastor John during a transition time, [...]
Please pray for the Desiring God blog
Posted in News, Prayer Requests on February 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Every other week or so since June of last year I have written a blog posting at the Desiring God blog under the same banner as this blog, The Works of God. Usually I prepare something new. But I heard from more people than usual on my blog posting from a couple of weeks ago regarding [...]
Please pray for the 1%
Posted in News, Prayer Requests on February 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
According to the World Federation of the Deaf, there are 70 million Deaf people in the world. That’s 1% of the world’s population! According to The Joshua Project, there are 33 Deaf people groups around the world that are considered unreached, which means less than 2% of that people group are Evangelical and less than [...]
God kindly answers prayers
Posted in News, Prayer Requests on January 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
At the end of my talk on Wednesday I asked for prayer for three things: 1. For Bethlehem, that we would recognize all people have gifts and we would welcome all. 2. That God would bring more helpers for our disability ministry – from sign language interpreters to classroom 1-1 aides to the host of [...]
“We know that God’s Word is always, always, always, true.” Jan Lacher
Posted in Prayer Requests, Quotes on September 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Our friends, Jan and Mark Lacher, received a new diagnosis for their youngest son recently: Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome. It is a catastrophic epilepsy with no cure. Here is a portion of their email, which I am using with Jan’s permission. Please read it – especially linger over the last paragraph – and marvel at God’s sustaining [...]
Conference on Disability and the Bible
Posted in Prayer Requests, Special Events on September 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Since it made the list of upcoming events in the Desiring God National Conference booklet, I’m assuming its ok to make this public! Lord willing, on November 8, 2012 Desiring God will be hosting a one-day conference on the Bible and disability. Please be in prayer about all the preparations that must be made. More than [...]
Please pray for the Desiring God National Conference: Finish the Mission
Posted in Prayer Requests, Special Events on September 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On Friday we’re welcoming about 3,000 people to the Minneapolis Convention Center for the Desiring God National Conference. The topic is on missions – this is a massively important conference! There are hundreds of millions of people around the world who are disabled – when we add in their families and caretakers, the numbers of [...]
These are the men who will tell me the truth about God
Posted in commentary, Prayer Requests on September 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I spent a wonderful two hours with the first-year students in the Bethlehem Seminary on Wednesday. Yes, I was talking about disability and some of the hards things associated with it. And also about God’s word. I love how the Bible is full of God’s pointing us to his glory through disability! It was easy [...]
Registration open for Desiring God’s Conference The Works of God: God’s Good Design in Disability on November 8
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God’s gift of friendship through suffering and prayer
Posted in commentary, Prayer Requests on November 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; listen to my plea for grace. In the day of my trouble I call upon you, for you answer me. (Psalm 86:6-7 ESV) A little boy we know is having exploratory surgery today. He lives with a persistent condition that is as yet undiagnosed. His parents are wonderful; [...]
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