Author: Hilary Dalton What’s new and exciting in your life? I can tell you what’s new and exciting in my life! I’ve been inspired to reach more people with the gospel. What does that look like? It often looks like me going to the local bus stop or park to chat with people about their [...]
King David had a lot of family problems. He also had a lot of enemies. His son Absalom rebelled against him, and David had to take refuge from Absalom's forces. Psalm 71 describes his prayer to the Lord during this difficult time of trial. David begins to declare certain things about the Lord. In you, [...]
Author: Martin Elvidge My belief system For the first thirty years of my life, I lived by the following belief system. “If I put my mind to it, there is nothing I cannot do and nothing I cannot achieve by hard work.” Unfortunately, my belief system didn’t work very well for me. In high school, [...]
Scott and Hilary Dalton are the founders of Complete in Christ Ministries. Their mandate is to equip and mobilize people to live the full life God has envisioned for them. Since 2001, the Lord has graciously opened doors for them to minister at churches and ministries in many nations. Through strong biblical [...]
Author: William Dupley I read a devotional recently by Wendy Tomlie called Songs of Praise and victory to our God. Wendy highlighted that when people faced trials or joy, they wrote songs. She highlighted: The Song of Moses The Song of Deborah The Song of Mary The Song of the Lamb Her insights got me [...]
Many of our Isiaiah 61 students have found that Jesus has transformed their lives. Here are a few of their stories Freedom from fear I’ve been set free from a tormenting phobia, and I think that I can go from here now and say: whatever the situation, we have been given some tools that we [...]
Author: Martin Elvidge "Welcome home' He said. Jesus was standing in the Singing Waters Ministry centre auditorium in Ontario, Canada. I had been searching for a home for a long time. Probably for my lifetime. Could this be it? Since my birth in 1947, I have moved house thirty-two times. Thirty-two houses but no home. [...]
Author: Wendy Tolmie i Have you ever been so full of thankfulness to God that you burst out in a song of praise? I have been bursting with a joyful song of praise to our God! Lately, I have been seeing and reflecting on the wonderful works of God in and through His church. The [...]
Author: Peter Leishman "Between the searching and the need to work it out, I stop believing everything will be alright." - Tears for Fears, 1985 Ten years ago, I lived alone in a small one-bedroom basement apartment. My life looked and felt very much like the neglected warehouse you see in this photo; abandoned and [...]
Author: Martin Elvidge “Apocalypse Now,” He said. I was quite taken aback. The speaker was the manager of Automasters Repair shop, where I paid an astronomical sum for repairs to the Ford pickup that had broken down. He said it again “Apocalypse… now! You know: Fires, floods, earthquakes, volcanic explosions, wars, plagues, and now a [...]
