GREENSide Update
  • reflecting a bit
    • Easter 2019: Four ‘D’ Words of The Passion Week
    • Spring 2019: ‘Kingdom of God’ Reflections a Week After
    • Early Winter 2018: Taking a Closer Look at The Advents
    • Late summer 2018: Impressions from the Incapacitated
    • Summer 2018... Confronting Fears
    • Happy New Year 2018 Wishes
    • Christmas 2017 - Reconstructing the Christmas Story
    • Fall 2017... Returning, Rest, Quietness & Trust
    • Summer 2017... Reflecting Pools Matter
    • Spring 2017... The Singularity of God's Kingdom Purposes
    • Winter 4th qtr. 2016... One Foot, Two Feet, Three
    • Fall 2016... Personal Confessions of Mistaken Political Thinking
    • Summer, 2016... Waiting and Listening
    • Resurrection Sunday, 2016
    • Winter 1st qtr, 2016... The Marrakesh Declaration
    • Christmas 2015 Greeting
    • End of Year, 2015... Are We To Care?
    • Spring 2015... What are you and I doing about it?
    • New Year's Day 2015... New Mercies Never End!
    • Christmas/New Year 2014/15... Holiday, Holiday, What have you done?
    • Fall 2014... On Kingdoms... Past, Present and Ethereal
    • Spring 2014... Didascalicon: Man, God and Greatness
    • Christmas 2013... Even in the Air and Space
    • Winter 2013/14... Callings
    • Christmas 2012... 'Jumping Beans' in old age
    • Spring 2012... New Beginnings
    • Fall 2011... People of Promise
  • a look behind
    • Spring 2019: ...Off the Starting Blocks
    • Early Winter 2018: Sabbatical Results and First Furlough Leg
    • Summer 2018... "Come and See"
    • Summer 2017... Making Full Circle
    • Spring 2017... Completing Pre-furlough Commitments
    • Fall 2016, JJ's New California Home!
    • Summer 2016... Accomplishing Significant Milestones
    • End of year, 2015: Building God's Kingdom Among the Middle East Unengaged Muslims
    • Summer 2015... Building Deeply in Small Ways
    • Christmas 2013 photos
    • Winter 2013/14... Up and Running!
    • Winter 2012... 'Global Impact 29', first steps
    • Fall 2011... A great school; A promising alliance
  • a look ahead
    • Spring 2019: Finishing Touches to a Special Furlough
    • Early Winter 2018: Expanding to New Beginnings
    • Summer 2018... Winding Around the Country
    • Summer 2017... Three Decades and Counting
    • Spring 2017... My Upcoming Two Greatest Decades
    • Winter 4th qtr. 2016... Our Upcoming Furlough, Part Two
    • Summer 2016... Our Upcoming Furlough, Part One
    • Early Winter 2016
    • Summer 2015... Looking to Remember the Middle East
    • Winter 2013/14... The West heads East
    • Winter 2012... Coming out, going deeper
    • Fall 2011... Getting and Giving 'Perspectives'
  • prayer
    • Spring 2019
    • Early Winter 2018
    • Late summer 2018
    • Summer 2018
    • Fall 2017
    • Spring, 2017
    • Winter 4th qtr. 2016
    • Fall, 2016
    • End of year, 2015
    • Summer 2015
    • Why pray?
    • Winter 2013/14
    • Winter 2012
    • Fall 2011
  • finances
    • Spring 2019
    • Early Winter 2018
    • Summer 2018
    • Winter 4th qtr. 2016... Year-end giving
    • Fall, 2016
    • End of year, 2015
    • Summer 2015
    • Winter 2013/14
    • Winter 2012
    • Fall 2011
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Spring, 2017
Max Lucado once wrote, "Our prayers may be awkward; our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the One who hears it and not in the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference." We concur. Jesus said, "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you" John 15:7 (our family verse for 2017). May we all pray more, and pray more earnestly. Here are a few petitions and thanksgiving from the Greenside...

1) Give thanks to God for a great first quarter 2017. God's Word was preached in both welcome and hostile places, there were many teaching opportunities for sharing God's heart and Kingdom purposes, there were excellent evangelistic opportunities with more than a few making decisions to follow Jesus as Lord, and God has granted us traveling mercies across the south and on into the midwest. We are thankful.

2) We ask for wisdom and discernment regarding major decisions that must be made soon in the near future regarding our vision and call of God. We continue in God's call to the end, but as stated elsewhere [click here] we hope to 'tweak' things on into the future to His Glory.

3) Praise the Lord with us for His provision during these last three months regarding our transportation and housing needs as we have traveled around the States. One Name for God is Yahweh-jireh (the God who provides, יְהוָה יִרְאֶה) and we have seen Him provide abundantly. Our principal sending church leased a new vehicle for us which has been nothing less than a continual blessing of dependability and safety for us. We are also very thankful for the usage of a loaned RV that has become home away from home for us. God is good and always faithful.

4) Pray for our son JJ as we pray he might flourish spiritually, physically and emotionally in his Stateside settling. It has not been easy for him in the USA for many reasons, chief of which has been the cross-cultural factor of having moved from one country to another at his ripe young age. Ask God to do a special work in JJ that leads to a deepening relationship with His Lord and Savior Jesus.

5) 
We have surprisingly received some additional much-needed financial support for our ministry, but we are asking and trusting God for a few more solid financial donors wishing to commit to us as monthly ministry partners on into the future. At present we're still approximately $1,000.oo below what is needed to make our monthly salary. We hope to share with many more during our furlough toward this end.

6) Finally, we entreat you to ask God on our behalf for some significant new developments for our ministry in Colombia. As we head back there are a number of noteworthy opportunities and challenges facing us that will require caution, wisdom and discernment. We believe God is doing something quite unique in light of all these new developments and we will be excited to share them with you as things firm up and 'crystallize' on into the future. Stay tuned.

Jesus said,
“And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites.
For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners,
that they may be seen by others.
Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door
and pray to your Father who is in secret.
And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do,
for they think that they will be heard for their many words.
Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
Pray then like this:
"Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.”

​Matthew 6:5-13, ESV


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