Very little nudging was needed before dozens of teen girls and their leaders left their chairs to come to the front of the ball room. The power of God was surging into their hearts and lives. Even with the distractions of Disney World, nothing could keep them from hearing from the One who loves them. With smiles and tears of joy and conviction, they made
Every four years our parent company, WMU, hosts teen and collegiate young women at a missions focused event. This year we are meeting at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort, Walt Disney World® Resort, in Orlando, Florida. Girls will gather from across the US and other places to explore the call of God in their lives. I am thrilled that Chandra Peele is the Bible study speaker for all
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AtSlwjqvK4&feature=related On a cold and rainy day only a week ago, I watched as an honor guard fired a three gun salute in honor of the military service of John Peters, my mother’s husband. The haunting melody of taps, played with exquisite precision, still hung in the air as a beautiful American flag was carefully unfolded and folded again, a ceremony reserved for those who served
Today is the Salvation Army Founder’s Day, the anniversary of the first tent meeting at which William Booth preached on the Quaker Burial Ground in Whitechapel, London. His life is an example of the Christian pioneers mentioned in Hebrews 12 and reminds us of our accountability to live out the radical nature of the gospel in bringing Christ to the world. Do you see what this means—all
As we bring the month of disciple making to a close, I’d like to introduce you to Women of Worth International and Marilyn Orton. In 1986 Marilyn attended the International Conference for Itinerant Evangelists, known as Amsterdam 86. She worked in the Prayer Room, and prayed with hundreds of the 10,000 participants. A few weeks after returning home the avalanche of mail began. For 17
1. Be still. 2. Express thanks. 3. Accept Christ into your life for today. 4. Find out God’s plan. 5. Hear God speak through Scripture about your part in His plan. 6. Remember your duty to witness for God in example, character, home, work, and spare time.1 By the flickering light of a peanut-oil lamp, early each morning Eric Liddell and a roommate studied
As we consider discipleship this month on New Hope Digital, we can learn what discipleship includes through the ministry of missionaries in other countries. I asked to share this recent news from a mission servant in Uzbekistan. His report provides an excellent example discipleship, the approaches we can use, and the impact it can make on a life. I’ve included a reminder of the persecution
This week Jason Dukes, author of Live Sent, led a workshop based on one of my favorite verses, 2 Corinthians 3:3. As a publisher, my favorite version of this verse is found in The Message. “Christ himself wrote it—not with ink, but with God’s living Spirit; not chiseled into stone, but carved into human lives—and we publish it.” The Apostle Paul wrote these words in
I remember when I first discovered the Bible is God’s mission book for His world and our lives. Until that time I had no idea that God’s plan was expressed in every book of the Bible! Suddenly, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy came alive for me. I still remember the excitement and presence of God as I read these books with an entirely different understanding. What
God’s love enables us to be good neighbors. We need God’s love because we are often better at allowing our differences to become barriers to neighborliness than we are at seeing how much love we can offer to someone else. God’s love isn’t a request that we ignore the differences, but rather that we love because God loves us. Loving like God is difficult to
Andrea Mullins has served as publisher for New Hope Publishers since 2004. Having started in ministry in Wyoming where she worked with Wyoming Baptists to equip churches for missions, she has over twenty years of experience in missions leadership and management for the parent company, WMU, and has authored two books with a missional focus along with writing hundreds of articles for missions magazines. -MORE-