Hi, ANF! Starting two years ago, our church started collecting Special Thanksgiving Offering for the Poor, with the very specific purpose of helping the poor, the orphaned, the widowed, and the marginalized across the world. I am so grateful for God giving us this privilege to serve others and for all of your generosity in…

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Hi, ANF! In the first century, the church in Antioch sent Paul and Barnabas on missions with prayer and fasting. Paul and Barnabas’ missions were not private missions but corporate missions that involved the efforts of the entire congregation. Some, like Paul and Barnabas, went to the mission field, while others in the church in…

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Despite years of dedication, commitment, and sacrifice by the older son in the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32), the father was left unloved because the older son didn’t care about his father’s heart. Even though the older son did seemingly good things for his father, his actions were ultimately Pharisaic and for himself.…

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Good morning, ANF Family! I want to share with you what I read this morning in my devotional time. A New Beginning! We must learn to live each day, each hour, yes, each minute as a new beginning, as a unique opportunity to make everything new. Imagine that we could live each moment as a…

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In my Thanksgiving message last year, I wrote that our lives as Christ followers are paradoxical. God makes us strong when we are weak. God gives us lives of righteousness when we die to our sins. God lifts us up when we humble ourselves. God fills us when we empty ourselves. In appreciation of everyone…

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