“In Christ there is nothing you can do to make God love you more, and God refuses to love you any less.” These are the kind of truths from God that we intensively tried to understand and apply to our hearts and lives. This was the CPI Grace Week Intensive in February that sold out with 47 participants. These intensives are 5 days long and include worship and presentation times, personal reflection, twice-daily small groups,…
Dear Japanese friends Mrs. Saito and her mother Mrs. Tohama are coming to stay the night at our house on March 9-10. The first of 8 CPI church planting equipping seminars in 2018 begins March 15-16. John will be presenting about half of the seminar. Every two weeks this year John will either be involved in an equipping seminar or meeting with key leaders. Pray for energy, freshness, and great preparation. The CPI Leadership Team…
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“John and Elaine, what is a typical day for you?” is a question we are sometimes asked. In our decades of work there has probably never been a normal day, normal week, or normal year. Much of our schedule is abnormal, nonetheless there are ongoing things and patterns which you can recognize. Certainly much for you to intercede with God for us. Preparation – For us events and activities are many. With all the other…
HIGHLIGHTS FOR INTERCESSION Please pray for our 2018 Grace Week Intensives. The first Grace Week of Spiritual Renewal is Feb 19-23. Elaine and John will be presenting to the group of 40-60 together once and each separately. Also each day we both will be spiritual mentors for participants. On February 4th, John will be preaching at The Bridge in Shimokitazawa Shinjuku. This is a new church plant where John is helping as a board member…