The Good News, for us, the children of God, is that He will always take us back. No matter how often we mess up, His arms are always open, welcoming us back home. We need only to gaze up upon the cross and remember the saving grace of our Lord, Jesus Christ and rededicate our lives and hearts to Him.

We are all unfinished masterpieces on a long, painful walk home. Like the Israelites, we need to be constantly "fixed." But Jesus’ blood makes it so that we can be with God all the time, forever.  His sacrifice was once for all.

Yes, it is true! Some day we shall be perfected. The long discipline will be over, and we shall be able to close our lesson books and go home. We shall then be found to be like Christ, our Lord.

Until then, we need to look at home first, before we essay to judge or condemn others. It is blundering waste to deal with other people’s eyes if you have a defect in yours.

This Week in Native American News (1/26/18): a talking stick, fake snow, and Indians as advertising

Many people make plans and programs, but ours remains the same in 2018 as it has been from the time we arrived in Navajo: make disciples by baptizing and teaching. 

The blood of the lamb on the doorways of each Israelite house is a vivid image of Christ’s sacrifice. Their life depended upon following the order of Moses (as it came from God) and the trust that God would provide a way out. Our eternal life depends on the sacrificial blood of the Lamb and our trust that God has already provided a way out of our separation from Him. He has restored our relationship, and in our joy, we will share that relationship with others.

If the blind man only could see he would not choose a blind man to be his guide; but as he cannot see he meets with one who talks as blind men talk; who judges things as they are in the dark, and who does not know what sighted men know, and therefore never reminds the blind man of his infirmity; and at once he says, "This is my ideal of a man, he is exactly the leader I require, and I will commit myself to him." So the blind man takes the blind man to be his guide, and this is the reason why error has been so popular. No error would live if it did not chime in with some evil propensity of human nature, if it did not gratify some error in man to which it is congruous. Mind, then, whom you choose for a guide.

This Week in Native American News (1/19/18): fighting the cold, overcoming adoption, and honoring the whale

Change is never easy and growth is always challenging, but we have a mighty God, a visionary God, who sees the beginning and the end. He is the God who gave us that amazing gift in His Son and continues to provide for our daily and eternal lives. And now, He has pulled back the curtain for us just enough to show us an amazing future in ministry to Native peoples in Alaska, Hawaii, and across the lower 48 states.

The devil wants to steal your hope. He wants to kill your dream, and he wants to destroy the potential for your work in God's Kingdom. The enemy tries to kill your confidence and break your trust in God. But at the same time, Jesus is trying to breathe life into you. He is saying, “I’ve come to give you life and life more abundantly. Trust me. Don’t let those negative thoughts build up in your mind. Follow me.” 

The grand characteristic feature of the society of his followers must be generosity. They must be known among men as givers rather than judges. Boundless generosity, limitless kindness to all, saint and sinner - that is what he, the Master, would press home to those who would follow his lead