Hope Ministry

Our guest for this week is Sherry Pierce from Refuge in the Desert.  Sherry is a Pro-Life missionary in Phoenix Arizona.They share the love of Jesus to those who are in a crisis and who are right before a major decision of their lives. Please listen and share her heart with those who need to hear the geace and the truth of God."Speak up for the people who have no voice, for the rights of all the down and outers. Speak out for justice! Stand up for the poor and destitute!" (Proverbs 31:8-9, The Message)

"My heart broke when I saw ladies who were coming out of the clinic..." said Jeff Durbin, Joy Temby, Luke Pierson from Apologia Church."So he shepherded them according to the intergirity of his heart, And guided them with his skillful hands." (Psalm 78:72)"Then I will give you shephers after My own heart, who will lead you on knowledge and understanding." (Jeremiah 3:15)"Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying 'whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?' Then I said. Send me!" (Isaiah 6:8)

Here is a beatiful model of the Church of Christ, Apologia Church, on the street.We invited Apologia Church to be with us and share their love for those who are in crisis.Please listen and share this practical love for those who are in a desperate situation. The Lord is my light and my salvation-whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life-of whom shall be afraid? When the wicked advance against me to devour me, it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall. Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then I will be confident.     (Psalm 27:1-3)

Interview with Jamie Iwanski and Chelsea Martin from Red Door Ministry.May He send you help from the sanctuary,And strengthen you out of Zion; (Psalm 20:2)What is "The Red-Door?" Historically, red-doors have various spiritual meanings and symbolism. In ancient times, red-doors were a visual symbol to people fleeing from an enemy pursuer trying to end their lives. People knew that they could flee to a home or typically a church with a red-door to find sanctuary and safety in a place where the enemy was not allowed to pursue them. In other words, red-doors were a sanctuary and a place dedicated to the preservation of life where no enemy could pursue the victim. Red-doors meant safety. Red-doors meant peace. Red-doors meant life."The Red-Door Ministry" is a symbol to this culture that prizes pursuing mothers, fathers, and their unborn children in an effort to destroy their lives: the mother & father, in a life of guilt, shame, and brokenness; and their unborn child, murdered by the hands of an abortionist.

Our guests this week are Jamie Iwanski and Chelsea Martin from "Red Door Ministry." They shared how churches can share love of Jesus to families who are planning to have an abortion. "The Red-Door Ministry" is a ministry dedicated to the rescue of mothers, fathers, and their unborn children from the culture of death expressed in abortion. We are a ministry of Apologia Church. Get to know us at and support us at apologiaradio.com Their mission to provide help for women considering aborting their children, to rescue children in their mother's wombs from dismemberment and death, and to bring the Gospel of the Lord Jesus into the culture to transform the hearts and minds of society concluding in the abolition of abortion...forever.

Apologia Radio boldly confronts the hard issues of today. Apologia Radio is a Christian radio program that aims to shake the foundation of Christian broadcasting by offering a hard-hitting, Gospel-centered, and culturally-relevant commentary on today's post-modern society. Distinguishing itself from the typical boring and irrelevant theological-jargon all too common in other programs, Apologia Radio boldly confronts the hard issues of today in a manner that is fun, fresh, and practical. In an effort to reach people with the Gospel, culturally relevant issues like abortion, sexuality, and politics as well as competing worldviews/religions are engaged head-on with rigorous Christian examination. Apologia Radio will provide faithful Biblical commentary on these issues that will raise eyebrows and satisfy hungry minds. Above all else it is the sincerest desire of Apologia Radio to equip Christians for effective ministry to a lost and dying world for the sake of their souls and for the growth of His Kingdom. Soli Deo Gloria! Come now, and let us reason together Says the Lord, Though your sins are as scarlet, They will be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They will be like wool. (Isaiah 1:18)

In our program, we have been sharing about the letter from Paul to the church of Ephesus. In the book of Acts, there is a description of what the city of Ephesus was like. I happened to visit Ephesus and had the privilege of experiencing the environment that Paul could have been in when he shared the Gospel to those who were suffering from idol worship. I think there is not much of a difference even today between how some are suffering from actual idol worship and others, like in America, suffer from the disguised idol worship through the media to capture people's hearts in so many destructive ways.We had guests from Apologia Radio, Hosts; Jeff Durbin, Joy Temby, Luke Pierson.http://apologiaradio.com/After saying this he dismissed the assembly.(Acts 19:41)

Looking through the window, I saw the sunset light that was glowing on the tip of trees and plants. It resembled one of Claude Monet's painting, titled Haystack at Giverny the evening sun. I wished I could bring that light on my painting. The gentle and warm light was like a reflection of God's strong affection toward us. I can see the same love in the book of Ephesians. Compared to the past background of the people of Ephesus with idolatry, how beautiful the love of God that was poured it out to those who were in the dark and hopelessness. This book reminds us His love is the same today as Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever as the book of Hebrew 13:8 says. "For this reason I, Paul,the prisoner of Christ Jesus;for the sake of you Gentiles;if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace which was given to me for you that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery as I wrote before in brief. (Ephesians 3:1-3)

This scripture described one of God's characters as an unchanging God. When the day is warm, we would love to be under a shadow. One time, when we were up north in Prescott, we were laying down in a public park in Prescott downtown. We lay our blanket down under the tree that provided cool shade while we were having our family time together. But whenever the sun was moving, the shadow was moving as well. We had to constantly move our blanket to follow the shadow. It gets tiring after a while. What if we are following God who makes us exhausting like the shadow. We can not rest in him. God is not like the shifting shadow. God's love is unfailing love. He never changes his heart toward us. Rest in this truth! You are a child of God and a fellow citizen. Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God's people and also members of his household, on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.(Ephesus 1:19-22)

Let's think about Joseph who dreamt the dream that he believed was from God and kept on walking in his faith through the dungeon, the betrayal, the injustice. He trusted God again by asking a cup bearer to remember him again. If his hope was gone and he lived in hopeless place, he might have given up even asking the cup bearer to remember him. He did not lose his hope. He did not lose his dream. I do not know where you are at today, you might have been experiencing hardships like Joseph who was in dungeon, or feeling pain from the betrayal by family members or friends or experiencing rage from the injustice that has been done in your life, or maybe your hope is almost snuffed out. Your dream is all crushed. Here is the good news for you, even if you lost the grip of what you have been holding onto, God is still holding you.God hears our prayer!For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and your love for all the saints, do not cease giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers; that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit ofwisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him. (Ephesuans 1:15-17)