Becoming a Listening Community
For the past few years I’ve had the privilege of investing in leaders through the Young Staff Network. This is a network of new staff serving with IFES in Europe. Our aim is to be a community that...
View Article“Having my ears opened”
“Be still, and know that I am God….” (Psalm 46:10) “By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me….” (Psalm 42:8) Hearing the Word. Hearing my life. Hearing God’s still small voice!...
View Article“I am a servant of the light that never goes out”
David Bahena’s piligrimage with God’s Word I became a Christian when I was 16 and my life was turned around – I experienced joy and suddenly had a purpose in life. At the same time, I was hungry for...
View ArticleTransformed by the Weeping Prophet – how God used Jeremiah to change the way...
(by Paula, Eurasia) When I was asked to try and write about my journey with the book of Jeremiah, I must admit to having some feelings of hesitation… it meant revisiting what for me was painful growth...
View ArticleListening and Lifestyle
Have you ever been in a conversation and suddenly realized that you completely missed what the other person just said? Have you ever read through a Bible passage without taking in the content? I have....
View ArticleLife-Giving Water in Difficult Circumstances
My summer holidays in 2012 turned into a bicycle accident, followed by emergency surgery, a two-month recovery period and a further surgery. I found it very hard to find peace about this situation,...
View ArticleThe Unexpected Result of Reading Scripture. A Testimony.
Although my parents were atheists they still considered themselves Muslims. I became a Muslim after the Soviet Union collapsed and religion was allowed. Some relatives told me that I was becoming more...
View ArticleEntering into the Big Story
We tend to always turn to the same books of the Bible – those which are easily accessible and which we have grown to love. Could it be that some aspects of God’s character and purposes therefore remain...
View ArticleLet’s Face the Book
Face-The-Book is a Scripture engagement initiative by the Caribbean Fellowship of Evangelical Students (CARIFES). Its aim is to help young people study the Bible. Specifically, we want students to...
View ArticleConnecting Scripture Engagement (SE) and Prayer
In December 2019, the global network of Scripture engagement (SE) multipliers met – fourteen people from around the IFES world. During this meeting, we had a work group on SE and prayer with the...
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