Jesus and Social Distancing In the first chapter of Mark, we see an interesting and profound encounter with Jesus and man with leprosy. Leprosy is a skin disease that is highly contagious. In the times of the Bible, when someone had leprosy, they were required to keep their distance from all other people. Furthermore, […]
The Favor of God If you could ask for one thing this year, what would it be? I would submit that nothing could be better to ask for than to live in the Favor of God. In the familiar Christmas Story passage of Luke 2, we hear the multitude of the heavenly […]
Have You Met Jesus? The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found Messiah” (that is, the Christ). John 1:41 Have you met Jesus? Do you know Him? I would submit that there is no greater question to ask of yourself or ask anyone else than […]
In the Beginning “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John 1:1 The first words of the book of John echo the first words of Genesis, “In the beginning …” As we begin a New Year, it is a good time to consider new beginnings. […]
How will you live out the Great Commission in 2022? Jesus’ command to His disciples, and to all believers, is very clear. Hear Jesus’ famous words from Matthew 28 – the passage known as The Great Commission. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go […]
The Name that is Above Every Name “She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” (Matt. 1:21) In Bible times, and still sometimes today, names were given to communicate something significant about the child. Typically, the name is […]
The Response of Faith “I am the Lord’s servant. May your word to me be fulfilled.” (Luke 1:38) The gospel of Luke opens with two accounts of miraculous pregnancies. Certainly you are familiar with the second pregnancy, the birth of Jesus to the Virgin Mary. But the first pregnancy was also miraculous, although not to […]
As the world has been in the midst of a global pandemic for the last 6 months, mission team sending organizations have been greatly impacted, and RLI has been no different. We have been forced to see this pause as an opportunity to reexamine who we are and what the Lord is calling us to […]
Two years ago a team of brothers in Christ joined the work of Potters House in Guatemala City. Our task for the week was to renovate a house for the family of Hortensia Ramirez. We jumped in, ripped the roof off the house and began scrubbing the walls removing 19 years of dirt and grime. […]
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Reel Life has been blessed to participate with (un)adopted and Niños de la luz in the Dominican Republic through funding the construction of a second boy’s home. As the structure is in its final stages of completion, the home will open the possibility to bring more boys in that have been living on the streets […]
The ECFA (Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability) announced this past July the accreditation of Reel Life International. ECFA accreditation is based on the ECFA Seven Standards of Responsible Stewardship™, including financial accountability, transparency, sound board governance and ethical fundraising. Reel Life International joins a growing number of Christ-centered churches and ministries across America that have […]
