I’ve always been fascinated by the story of the Samaritan woman who met Jesus by the well. The time and distance that lie between us and the stories found in scripture can sometimes dull their impact. Jesus had been ministering all day and was on his way back to Galilee from Judea. He took the

Give Paul is known as a speaker with a powerful gift in imparting desire for intimacy with God, worship and kingdom living.     The Parable of the Vine and the Branches, in John 15, contains secrets to the Kingdom lifestyle. It gives keys to fruitfulness, abundance, intimacy, authority, favor, joy and fullness of life. This

Give Do You Dare To Dream Again? “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.”  -Proverbs 13:12 How to Overcome Dream Killers  Take a moment and remember the first dream you had as a child. What did you want to do when you grew up? You could be

Give Turn On the Light “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.” Matthew 5:14 It is harvest time, Kingdom Family! We have an opportunity to turn on the light in some of the darkest places in the world. God is opening doors in nations that have

Give Seeking the Least, the Last & the Lost “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:3 Iris is first and foremost about sharing the good news of Jesus and His love. We are not a faith-based humanitarian charity, rather we are a missions movement committed to a

Give What if You Had to Wait 104 Years to Hear the Gospel in Your Own Language? “We are going to take this gospel to every corner of this planet and the devil cannot stop us.”  More than two thousand years after Jesus commissioned his first disciples to go to the ends of the earth, billions

Are you called to re-present Heaven on earth? God recently placed it on my heart to invest in 400 people who are called to be ambassadors of love. Love is the culture of heaven and honor is what love looks like expressed on earth. Are you willing to become fluent in the language of love?  

Around 212,669,000 people live in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistanis are a complex mix of indigenous peoples who have been affected by successive waves of migrations of Aryans, Persians, Greeks, Pashtuns, Mughals, and Arabs. The national language is Urdu, but many also speak English, Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi, and Balochi. Islam (primarily Sunni) is the

Give Family On A Mission “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind…”  -Romans 12:2 If there’s one thing I’ve learned in the last four decades of ministry, it’s that the starting place for every born-again believer is to grow in their identity as a son or daughter.