Just recently at the CEF of IL Fall Event, we shared a ministry report that included not only about our CEF summer ministry, including our overnight camp ministry at Camp Good News and backyard 5-Day Clubs, but also our CEF mission trip to Uganda in East Central Africa, where in three weeks time, over 11,000 people were ministered to with the Gospel!

Praise the LORD for the open doors for ministry that He has done!

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Psalm 40 is a testimony, not only of David in the Bible, but also a testimony of God's people reminding us of not only what the Lord has done for us in the past, but how we can deepen our trust in the LORD, especiallly in times of trouble.

Why? Because Psalm 40 is not only David's testimony or our testimony as God's people yet today, it is Christ's testimony.

Psalm 40 points us directly to Christ to remind us that God is the God who came near to deliver His people from their greatest need, which points us to our salvation that is found only in Christ.

Because Christ, the Eternal Son of God, came from heaven to earth all the way to the cross to deliver His people from their greatest problem, there is no trouble that the LORD is not able to come near and help and deliver His people this day now!

Psalm 40 is a beautiful intertwined testimony reminding us that God is the God who came and who still comes near to His people yet today!

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Right way or wrong way, how do we know? The Bible, God's Word, "Tells me so!"

Psalm 1 is a wisdom Psalm that marks out for us clearly that there is a right and there is a wrong, but there is only one way to the blessed life.

In six short verses, Psalm 1, describes for us a beautiful picture of the blessed man's life that is depicted not as chaff that is dead, worthless and directionless, but rather as a fruitful growing tree.

We, as God's people, are to bring forth fruit all of our days, as we are daily nourished in our relationship with the LORD by being rooted and grounded in God's Word.

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The closing chapter of Nehemiah ends on an odd note where Nehemiah, the governor of the land, engages in the ministry of confrontation all for God and the good of the people.

Nehemiah encounters three difficult situations as a leader where he needed to respond by either cleaning house, establishing right practices, or engaging in the ministry of confrontation through increased, progressive discipline.

However, the end of the chapter closes as it began with a prayer of Nehemiah to be remembered by God for good. Yet it seems that no matter how much Nehemiah worked and tried, he was unable to secure the people's obedience before Holy God.

But even here, Nehemiah's apparent leadership failure in securing the people's obedience points us not backwards, but forwards to the 'Greater Nehemiah' who was yet to come, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

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Nehemiah Chapter 12 is all about the 'Dedication Celebration' of not only the completed Jerusalem wall, but of all that God had done for His people. The whole point of this special day was to celebrate what God had done and to dedicate themselves anew to the LORD to live not for themselves, but for the future generations.

Not every day can be a special 'Dedication Celebration' day in our life or ministry. It's not every year when we complete a major project or hit a major milestone in our life. But every day is to be a 'Dedication Celebration' as we celebrate what God has done in our life, including this day, and also dedicate ourselves anew each day to live not for ourselves, but for the LORD and the future generations.

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Psalm 121 is an "Ascent Psalm" that reminds us that we all have hills and mountains that we need to climb or that come at us in life. Hills come in all different sizes and shapes. But no matter the hill we are facing right now, we can be comforted and encouraged to lift up our eyes from off of our hill and instead, focus on the LORD. 

Psalm 121 reminds us our pathway up the hill can be made more sure as we remember with every step that we take that the LORD is our helper, our keeper, and our preserver, not only for all of our days now, but forevermore!

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Listen to a brief mission report from the CEF of Illinois missions team serving with CEF of Uganda for a 3 week mission trip to Africa and back!

Missions trips, ministry in general, and even ministry serving in a local church all have one thing in common: IT TAKES A TEAM!

Nehemiah chapter 11 is a seemingly mundane chapter that is however, rich in biblical principles. The leadership lesson from Nehemiah chapter 11 reminds us that we need the RIGHT PEOPLE in the RIGHT PLACES doing the RIGHT THINGS in serving the LORD with a RIGHT MISSION.

God's mission field is big, that is both near and far and to the great and to the small, including to all the children of the world!

If ministry is going to be effective and fruitful, it must line up with biblical principles because ministry, if done right--IT TAKES A TEAM!

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The people in Nehemiah chapter 10, made a beautiful 'Covenant of Commitment' before the LORD, not to be God's people, but because they were God's people and they simply wanted to declare to the LORD their desire to walk with Him as God's Covenant people.

Their 'Covenant of Commitment,' involved three major areas:

1) Their Commitment Concerning their Sons and Daughters in Marriage.

2) Their Commitment Concerning the Observance of the Sabbath.

3) Their Commitment Concering the House of the LORD.

As we look at the people's 'Covenant of Commitment,' we need to remember that even though the specifics of these commitments may not apply to us today, but the principles behind them by way of application does.

May the LORD help us, His people today, to walk in God's Covenant, not to be God's people or to become God's people, but because we are God's people, and we simply want to show to the LORD that we desire to walk with Him.

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The longest prayer in the Bible is recorded for us in Nehemiah chapter 9.

What is this longest prayer all about? It is about a repentent people, who are dependent on the Lord's mercies, who call upon the Lord as God's people in united prayer.

Woven throughout this longest prayer is a LOOK BACK, a LOOK DOWN, and a LOOK UP aspect as God's people call upon the Lord for not only help and deliverance, but also ends in a prayer of commitment as God's people simply desire to walk with their Lord.

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Even though Mother's Day is one day a year, every day is a good day to be thankful and grateful for our mother that God has given to us.

A mother gives to her children so many gifts, but the three primary gifts that a mother gives to her children is the GIFT of LIFE, the GIFT of LOVE, and the GIFT of UNDERSTANDING.

Included in this special podcast is the true story of Dr. William MacKay and how God used the gift his mother gave to him long ago to bring William MacKay to Christ.

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