This week I plan on continuing to post from my personal life and journal. I want to continue giving you a snap shot of how simple and at times mundane your personal time with the Lord can be. What is important is the consistent pattern(s) you will develop as you meet with the Lord each [...]
Yesterday I started to share with you how you can take time each day with Jesus and your Bible. I realize that starting with a pad of paper and a Bible might seem a bit scary so I want to show you what this looks like for me each day. What you are going to [...]
Exodus 23:13 “Pay attention to all that I have said to you…” In this short but powerful phrase we stumble upon a conversation between God and Moses. At first glance one could think this is just a reminder that has been inserted in the event Moses had forgotten how important the conversation was. But upon [...]
The Gospel of Luke contains an account of two men who encounter Jesus on the road to Emmaus. I’ve always found this account fascinating in that it relates the story of two otherwise ordinary friends taking a walk together. I’m stunned by the familiarity of what’s taking place and what’s currently going on in my [...]
Developing a relationship with God is done in multiple ways. Yesterday we discussed the importance of the Bible in your life. It’s through the Bible that God has communicated to you and me. It’s through prayer (a conversation with God) that we are developed into individuals that converse with the Creator. How or even why [...]
God has been moving here in a way that I’ve never seen. The moment I stepped off the plane I knew this was going to change my life, but as the days have passed, I’ve found out why. I’ve seen and experienced things here that I didn’t think were possible, both good and bad. From [...]
Today a mission team from Korea came to the Roy household. They are a team of 12 who have arrived in Kolkata after spending time in Nepal doing mission work. They are here for week to help in spreading the Gospel through song, dance, and skit. All of them are very nice and I look [...]
One of the biggest challenges of mission work is its unpredictability and the need for flexibility. Monday was designed for us to travel outside of the city to preach the Gospel but it rained so severe last night that the roads leading out of the city had been shut down forbidding us from venturing out. [...]
Team members partnered with missionaries from Christ Mission Ashram today in multiple outings across Kolkata. The morning started in a local village that houses one of the many ministry posts of CMA. The team spent time with local children, some orphans, and some in ‘day care’ in order to connect and get a glimpse of [...]
Luke 19:10 – “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.“ All encounters with Jesus are meaningful, but not all are recounted and shared as often as others. As Luke closes this short passage of chapter 19 we come to the end of Zacchaeus’ story. Many children and adults alike [...]