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Philadelphia: The city of brotherly love

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God says to the church in Philadelphia, " I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown." ( Revelation 3:11) Last week I took the cross to Philadelphia. It was the first time I had the cross strapped to my car...I must admit, it looked a little crazy: I drove past Center City and just allowed the Spirit to lead me to a starting point. I took an exit near an older residential area and parked near a church on Berks and Memphis Streets. This was an easy intersection to remember because there's a Berks Street in Stowe and Nicolas Cage's character in "Gone in 60 Seconds" was named Memphis. As I began walking a man yelled out of his truck, "Hey, where's Moses!?" I replied, "I believe you're thinking of Simon of Cyrene." So he asked, "Didn't Moses help Jesus carry the cross?" The other guy in his truck replied, "No man, you're way off."  Then they asked me about the cro
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And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward" (Matthew 10:42). I had an awesome CrossWalk yesterday. It started out a little rough though. As soon as I set of from Stowe I started having mind-games. I was thinking, "Man, why are you doing this...people are just going to think you're crazy...this doesn't make a difference." On top of that, a loose dog was barking at me and the guys at the garage across the street were yelling, "hey, it's too hot for that!" Just then, a woman pulled over and walked up to me with tears in her eyes. She said that she was struggling with her faith and was just asking God to help her when she saw me carrying the cross. I shared that I had just been struggling with mind games too so we were both able to encourage one-another. Praise God, I was blessed to minister to many people over the seven hour walk.
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For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay (Habakkuk 2:3). This has been a season of waiting. The camper that we were buying didn't come through. The gentleman selling it told us that his brother's house caught fire and they need it for a temporary shelter. Obviously we had no objection and we're thankful that his brother is doing well.   Evie and I are trying to use our time here wisely. The last class needed for my bachelor's starts today. It's a 6-week online course so I'll be able to take it on the road with me. Also, Evie got a violin for her birthday so she's been learning to play by watching YouTube videos. We're spending time with family and believing that we'll have a camper and be on the road after Coventry COB's VBS at the end of the month. Speaking of the Church in Coventry, they're havin