August 20-22, 2010


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I posted about Mike's suicide and the doors that opened to share the good news with his wife. I thought you'd all like to hear about it.

Death to Life

Mike found our website last year. We've been ministering to and helping him ever since. We found out late last night that he hung himself in his basement Thursday night after a fight with his ex-wife.

I'll never forget the lonely, hopeless look on Mike's face when he first showed up at a retreat or the moment Satan snuffed his life out from the world. Let it stand as a moment I renewed my commitment to God and to the fight in which He's enlisted me for His people.

If you don't think we're in a fight, think again.

Please pray for my family as we travel to Missouri to be with his parents and children, as requested. To God be the glory!



But...the war has been won.

For all men who are interested, we've added a men's retreat for June 4-6, 2010. This one is located at Otyokwah Camp & Retreat Center in Butler, Ohio. You can check out the site here for more details and registration information.

The next women's retreat is in two weeks and we're really excited about it. It's been interesting to see how many single women are signing up. I hadn't expected this, but am glad they feel comfortable to come and believe it will be good for them. It is designed for married women, but our (man or woman) purpose, which is the main thing discussed, is the same whether we're married or not.

She was a delicate beauty. She was a flower unparalleled in all of the universe. She was fearfully and wonderfully made. Her beauty was like no other. She had no insecurities. She had been created for one man and with him she found peace, joy, and most of all, love. She was to be his helper. She was to be his beauty. Eve was to be one with Adam…and they were. She and Adam were to walk with God…and they did.

God had created Eve in His own image. She had been made a beautiful woman. She had nothing to be ashamed of. Her shape was perfect. Her eyes, nose, lips, mouth, heart…it was all perfect. She was stunning. She was just as she had been made.

In one moment, the design of creation took a turn. Eve’s decision to eat the fruit of the forbidden tree changed all creation forever. Eve had lost her purpose and her husband had followed right behind her. All at once, creation began to decay. In that instant, insecurity entered Eve’s heart. She questioned her beauty. She questioned her purpose. She no longer feared God in the same way she used to. She was naked and she was scared. Everything was wrong, and Eve was lost.

What a horrible moment in history.

Eve, it’s not over. I know you don’t feel beautiful, but you are a beauty. I know you don’t feel loved, but you are loved. I know you feel insecure, scared, and lonely, but God will never leave you. You are not alone. In fact, God wanted you so badly, He sent His own Son. Then, He wrote out an incredible account of the rescue plan. He chased you down, defeated the accuser and rescued back His beauty.

"For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost."

God, through Jesus, welcomes you back to the beauty for which he made you. Through His Spirit, he offers you the opportunity to walk with Him again. Eve, you are loved by God. You are a woman of God. Rejoice!

Ladies, Rise of the Home invites you back to your purpose. God himself, is inviting you all back to your purpose. He’s inviting you back to your beauty. He’s inviting you back to what scripture calls an unfading beauty. He’s inviting you back to your hearts.

Join us at Five Stones Camp in Reelsville, IN on May 14-16, 2010, where you’ll have an amazing opportunity to journey back to God’s purpose for your life and your heart.

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