More on Change

Biblical change occurs when we spend time with God and through our contact begin to become like him. This change can come in many different ways. We can change because we obey his commands (Deut. 11:13). Thus we become like him because we choose to do what he says. Over time, our choices to obey become a […]

March Update on Eileen

I’m sorry it has taken me so long to get this update to you. I’ve had the flu and am slowly crawling back into the work. Back in February, Eileen and I went to Seattle to talk with a gastric cancer specialist. He told us that the only trial we could participate in would require […]

Why God?

by Lisa Leidenfrost 2 Corinthians 4:7-18 Sometimes we ask ‘why’ of God when we don’t understand why He has given us such a hard trial. Job asked that of God and notice that God did not answer his question directly. He answered it by saying, ‘take a good look at who I am and that […]

A New Report on Eileen

Last week we had another CT Scan. The results showed that the lesions on her liver were again, half the size they were at the last CT scan. So, it appears that the chemo is doing its job and the cancer is shrinking. Praise the Lord. On the other hand, Eileen is feeling the tumor […]

God’s purposes in Hardship: a lesson from the apostle Paul

by Lisa Leidenfrost It is hard to see at first how God uses trial to bless, but let’s take a look at Paul’s trials and what God does with them. “For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake” (2 Cor. 4:5). If we are God’s […]

Change: time moves on

by Lisa Leidenfrost Change is not an easy thing, especially when it goes in a direction you don’t want. Let’s face it. When you are in a severe trial your life changes. The initial trial may be bad enough on its own, but there is often a series of negative changes that happen in its […]

When…Various Trials Come

Many years ago, a friend of mine told me that my life was too nice and easy. Everything came easy to me and nothing bad ever seemed to happen. God was blessing me and my life. But that was going to change. At the time, I thought my friend just took everything in a bad […]

My Redeemer gives me songs in the night

Job 35:10 By Charles Spurgeon—part of a sermon on Job 35:10 The text: “My Redeemer gives me songs in the night.” But what does the text mean, when it asserts that God giveth songs in the night? We think we find two answers to the question. The first is, that usually in the night of […]