*Story taken from “Beautiful Miracles I’ve Seen The Lord Do – Story of Zainabu” by Kevin G. Dyer, founder of Bright Hope International. Bright Hope has had an amazing ministry in some of the world’s poorest communities. People’s lives have…
Reprinted with permission by Kevin Dyer.* Haiti is trapped in the very painful cycle of disasters, donations and dependency. Each year there is a disaster – a hurricane, a riot, a flood, a drought or an earthquake. Donations flow into Haiti as long as the disaster is fresh in the minds of people around the world. However,…
About 7:30 p.m., there was a loud banging on our front door. Eloise went to see who it was and found Dottie standing at the door sobbing uncontrollably. “Ken’s gone!” she blurted out. Eloise called me and we immediately tried…
There is a story that John the apostle, who lived to be nearly one hundred years old, had some people carry him into the church at Ephesus every week when he could no longer walk. As they brought him in,…
Philip Yancey said, “Faith is believing in advance something that will only seem logical when seen in reverse.” Sometimes we have to wait decades to understand the reasons for some of God’s actions and that takes unwavering faith. Down through…
When I first started out in missionary work, I decided to form a team of ten people to go to Kolkata, India to share the love of Jesus with the millions of people living on the sidewalks of that broken,…
One of the lessons I learned early in my ministry life was that whenever I had a prompting from the Holy Spirit, I would follow it right away. Many people I’ve counseled over the years struggle with knowing what the…
Paul tells about the people in the Macedonian church who even though they were tested by many troubles and were very poor, gave not only what they could afford but far more. They gave sacrificially and generously to help other…