Tag: grace
Posted on May 25, 2018
by Sam Stokesberry
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Did you ever play the game Tug-O-War as a kid? If you haven’t, it’s a game where you and some friends stand on opposite sides of a long heavy rope, gripping it and “tugging” on it as hard as you can until one team…
Category: christian, christianity, faith, faith walk, fear, featured, God, grace, ministry, missionary, suffering, truth, UncategorizedTags: faith, faith journey, featured, gospel, grace, hope, jesus, letting go, trust in God, truth, unconditional love
Posted on March 4, 2018
by Sam Stokesberry
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Every New Year’s Eve, I ask God to give me one specific thing to focus on for the year. Sometimes He gives me a verse, a word, or a phrase. That way, no matter what the year has in store or how messy life…
Category: adventure, christian, christianity, faith, faith walk, fear, featured, God, grace, mission field, missionary, south africa, truth, UncategorizedTags: christianity, faith, faithful, featured, God, grace, jesus, life, messy, missionary life, missions, silver lining, struggles, traveling, truth
Posted on January 1, 2018
by Sam Stokesberry
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You guys need to meet my mom. My mom is a supremely gifted and creative human being, especially when it comes to interior design and home staging. She can turn any poorly decorated room into a beautiful work of art with just a few…
Category: Accountability, bible, christian, christianity, faith, faith walk, featured, Friendship, God, grace, missionary, Prayer, suffering, truth, UncategorizedTags: challenges, christianity, faith, featured, grace, hope, jesus, love, new year, promises, resolutions, truth
Posted on December 30, 2016
by Sam Stokesberry
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There’s a question thats been floating around in my head these past few days… It’s been driving me crazy, and it demanded an answer. Why are Christians so shocked when a fellow sinner… sins? I mean, think about it. Say you’re sitting in church,…
Category: Accountability, bible, bible study, Calvary Chapel, christian, christianity, faith, faith walk, God, grace, ministry, mission field, missionary, missions, outreach, Prayer, scripture, south africa, truth, UncategorizedTags: bible verse, christian, christian living, christianity, cursing, faith, faith walk, good news, gospel, gospel of grace, grace, ministry, missionary, missions, scripture, truth, woman of God
Posted on November 3, 2016
by Sam Stokesberry
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Have you ever had one of those days when everything seems to go wrong? Maybe you caught every single red light while running late to a meeting, maybe a bottle of your favorite red nail polish spilled all over your white carpet, or maybe…
Category: bible, bible study, Calvary Chapel, christian, christianity, faith, faith walk, fear, grace, ministry, mission field, missionary, missions, outreach, patience, Prayer, scripture, south africa, truth, UncategorizedTags: bad days, bible verses, christian, christianity, difficulties, faith, faith walk, God, gospel, grace, hope, jesus, john 16:33, ministry, missionary, missions, mistakes, overcomer, scripture, trials, tribulations, truth
Posted on September 20, 2016
by Sam Stokesberry
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Did you know that missions trips have a lot in common with surprise birthday parties? Yeah, me neither. Until now. Think about it. Sometimes the events of the day catch you totally off-guard, sometimes you experience anxiety, excitement, and fear all at the same…
Category: adventure, Athlete, Calvary Chapel, christian, christianity, faith, faith walk, fear, human trafficking, ministry, mission field, missionary, missions, scripture, sex trafficking, soccer, training, truth, Uganda, UncategorizedTags: africa, bible, challenges, christian, christianity, faith, featured, friendship, God, gospel, grace, hope, jesus, journey, love, ministry, mission trip, missionary, missionary life, missions, outreach, scripture, trials, truth, Uganda
Posted on April 19, 2016
by Sam Stokesberry
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It’s always funny scrolling back through my old blog posts, reminiscing about the trials and the triumphs that I’ve had to walk through over these past few years. It’s cool to see how far I’ve come, and it’s humbling to see how far I…
Category: christian, christianity, faith, faith walk, Friendship, grace, ministry, mission field, missionary, missions, outreach, scripture, south africa, truth, UncategorizedTags: bible, challenges, christian, christianity, faith, friendship, grace, hope, jesus, love, ministry, missionary, outreach, scripture, south africa, testimony, trials, truth, verses
Posted on March 26, 2016
by Sam Stokesberry
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Forgiveness. This word makes me want to throw my arms up in a fit of joy and throw up my lunch all at the same time. I can’t even handle this word. I don’t really understand it, I can’t really comprehend it, and yet…
Category: adventure, christian, christianity, faith, faith walk, fear, grace, ministry, mission field, missionary, missions, outreach, Prayer, scripture, south africa, truth, UncategorizedTags: christian, faith, faith walk, forgive, forgiveness, gospel, grace, hope, isaiah, jesus, ministry, missionary, missions, outreach, psalms, salvation, truth
Posted on February 12, 2016
by Sam Stokesberry
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“I love doing preposterous things,” He replied. “Why I don’t know anything more exhilarating and delightful than turning weakness into strength, and fear into faith, and that which has been marred into perfection.” -The Shepherd (Hinds Feet and High Places Novel) As a…
Category: adventure, Calvary Chapel, christian, christianity, faith, fear, Friendship, grace, ministry, mission field, missionary, missions, outreach, porn, pornography, Prayer, truth, Uncategorized, volunteer work, xxxchurchTags: bible, canada, christianity, grace, jesus, ministry, mission trip, outreach, porn, sexpo, sickness, travel, truth, vancouver, xxxchurch
Posted on January 4, 2016
by Sam Stokesberry
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I never thought these words would ever come out of my mouth, but here it goes… In exactly one month, I will be attending a porn conference in Vancouver, Canada. Now before anyone freaks out – or rushes over to their cell phones to…
Category: adventure, christian, christianity, faith, human trafficking, ministry, missionary, missions, porn, pornography, prostitution, scripture, sex trafficking, strip church, truth, Uncategorized, xxxchurchTags: bible, challenges, christianity, grace, human trafficking, jesus, love, ministry, missionary, outreach, porn, porn conference, pornography, prostitution, scripture, sex trafficking, stop trafficking, street outreach, strip church, truth, xxxchurch
Posted on December 22, 2015
by Sam Stokesberry
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Hi all. I wrote a little poem for you (but mainly for me). Sometimes it’s easy to forget that our past mistakes do not define us, so I wrote this as a little wake up call. I wrote this poem to remind me of my…
Category: christian, christianity, faith, grace, poem, poetry, scripture, truth, UncategorizedTags: beloved, bible, christianity, faith, freedom, grace, hope, jesus, loved, poem, poetry, redeemed, scripture, truth
Posted on November 2, 2015
by Sam Stokesberry
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Sometimes, I get so tired of being a Christian. Literally, I get exhausted to the point of needing multiple power naps a day. This week I finally decided to sit down and ask myself, “Why the heck do I feel this way?” If the…
Category: adventure, bible study, christianity, grace, missionary, missions, scripture, south africaTags: adventure, bible verses, challenges, christianity, gospel, grace, missionary, scripture, sin, south africa, truth
