Veteran TV Producer/Manager Endorses By Faith & Book Excerpt

I’m so touched by these kinds words about By Faith from Chris Luppo!  I truly appreciate her taking the time to write this lovely endorsement for By Faith!

And I’m delighted that there’s only one week left until By Faith: Adventures and Reflections on Walking with God Here and Abroad is available on Amazon!

I’m so honored that God would allow me to experience His miraculous lovely hands here and around the globe. I’m humbled that He would allow me to write my fourth book! By Faith is filled with testimonies of how God has worked in me and through me over the years. These are some of the stories I would share with you if I could walk you through my photo albums and scrapbooks. Below is just a taste of one of my favorite moments from my third short-term missions trip. It was such a beautiful moment during my visit to Ethiopia. I pray this memory blesses you! By Faith will be available on Amazon on October 8th.

True Worship

It may sound a little weird, but I had been looking forward to the evening when we could go on a street outreach. It reminded me of my days doing homeless outreaches in NYC.

The evening finally arrived, and we visited young men who literally lived in a garbage dump. (I am not exaggerating or being disrespectful.) Our team, escorted by locals who ministered to these young guys, walked through piles of garbage to find the little shacks where these young men lived. At first, I was spooked. It was dark out there. I was being super careful about where I stepped and was afraid of what I might see lurking in the shadows.

It wasn’t a very pleasant place to be, but I knew God was there!

The boys came out, and we started talking to them.

A local ministry leader had brought a guitar, so we sang and worshiped God right there under the moonlight in the junkyard.

I love worshiping God outdoors, so that moment was extra special for me. It’s still one of the holiest and most anointed services I’ve ever been to. It obviously wasn’t because of a fancy building; we were surrounded by heaps of trash. The beauty was that we were worshiping God in spirit and in truth (John 4:24).

Where two or three are gathered in His name, Jesus is truly there (Matthew 18:20).

When our leader asked for volunteers to speak to the group of young men, I thought about how God was calling me to be a leader and to speak to groups of people. I surprised myself by being the second one to speak. I just wanted to let them know God was with them and loved them.

I count it an honor to have had the chance to encourage those young guys that night. I trust God is watching over them. And I pray I will always have the peace to speak to groups large or small, poor or affluent, and near or far about the love of Jesus!

BY FAITH: ADVENTURES AND REFLECTIONS ON WALKING WITH GOD HERE AND ABROAD

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