Advent Word 2016: Awaken

2019-10-15T19:48:14+00:00December 16th, 2016|Blog, Nicaragua|

Jesus calls us to live into the fullness of our humanity, to embrace what we, in our brokenness, experience as physical, psychic, or spiritual limitations. Jesus urges that, rather than seeking to be cured of our limitations, we ask God to heal us in them, and waken us to the spiritual gifts hidden in them.

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2019-10-15T20:49:49+00:00December 15th, 2016|Blog, Cambodia, Economic Opportunity|

Since opening its office in Phnom Penh Cambodia in 1996, World Renew has brought transformational development to over 130 communities in 8 provinces of Cambodia. To mark this twenty-year anniversary, Andrew and Kris Ryskamp led a Cambodia Anniversary Tour.

Advent Word 2016: Trust

2019-10-15T20:49:53+00:00December 15th, 2016|Blog, Economic Opportunity, Uganda|

God’s love, like any love, involves real trust. And in relationships, trust requires mutuality. Sometimes it may require a part of myself that I don’t necessarily want others to see. This same vulnerability, intimacy, and mutuality should characterize our love for and trust in God.

Advent Word 2016: Surprise

2019-10-15T19:42:16+00:00December 14th, 2016|Blog, Nepal|

God comes to us as a vulnerable human baby to an unlikely couple in an obscure place. And in doing so turns the world upside down. Jesus says: Stick with me even if I am different, confusing, or surprising. I have come, and I am coming to you today with love! Look for me. Listen. I am coming in an unexpected way.

Advent Word 2016: Rely

2019-10-15T18:56:57+00:00December 12th, 2016|Blog, Malawi|

When we are inconvenienced, we have to rely on God. When we have to rely on God, the impossible becomes possible, and we find that we are able to do and achieve that which we never could do or achieve on our own power. We have to have God’s help.

Advent Word 2016: Promise

2019-10-15T20:24:29+00:00December 9th, 2016|Blog, Food Security, Laos|

God gives us the responsibility of doing something ourselves about those faithless fears and worldly anxieties that are holding us back. We don’t have to do this alone. We have God’s promise of holding our hand and of helping us.

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