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About randscallawayffm

Randy and Susan co founded Finding Focus Ministries in 2006. Their goal as former full time pastors, is to serve and provide spiritual encouragement and focus to those on the "front lines" of ministry. Extensive experience being on both sides of ministry, paid and volunteer, on the mission fields of other countries as well as the United States, helps them bring a different perspective to those who need it most. Need a lift? Call us 260 229 2276.

MAN’S OPINION OF GOD IS SO SMALL

Even those committed to love God forever, who listen for His voice, ready to obey, and who are in awe of God with a healthy fear of God for all He has done, is doing, and will do, cannot fathom … Continue reading

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FLATTERY FAILS BUT LOVE PREVAILS!

Leaders are taught the skills necessary to coax individuals to see their way of thinking in the process of reaching the goal in front of them.  Some learn how to do this successfully from mentors before them. Some learn from … Continue reading

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WHERE IS GOD IN MY SUFFERING?

This question was the first inquiry of Job as he cried out to God as he mourned the loss of beloved children, the loss of all he had acquired, and the loss of physical health.  “What is happening to me … Continue reading

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IF

If—the two-letter word that stalls our faith and produces worries and anxieties within that become a cancer that eats away at us from the inside out. When troubled, tested, and tried we fall to this word, if, when we wonder … Continue reading

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WISDOM

Wisdom is defined as skills for living.  Wisdom is seeking discernment from God, asking for knowledge with how to use these life skills. This discerning wisdom is a gift from God given to us when we “cry out for wisdom, … Continue reading

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PAUSE TO PRAISE!

Let’s forget about ourselves And magnify the Lord and worship Him Let’s forget about ourselves And magnify the Lord and worship Him Let’s forget about ourselves And magnify the Lord and worship Him Oh worship Him, Jesus Christ our Lord … Continue reading

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PARTLY RIGHT BUT WHOLLY MISLED

As Job suffers; he questions. All he knows of God; he questions.  He knows God is the Almighty who is in all and over all he created. But he still questions prompted by his physical pain, emotional torment while grieving … Continue reading

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SEASONAL FRIENDS THROUGH SUFFERING

By now, as we come to the middle of the book of Job, we are either becoming more and more annoyed at Job and his predicament of suffering through losses because it makes us uncomfortable; or we are becoming increasingly … Continue reading

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JUDGEMENT WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE

The judicial system in our country was designed to adhere to the laws created by the legislature.  Their work demands that a person brought before them is considered innocent until proven guilty without a doubt before a judge and jury … Continue reading

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HARSH RESPONSES TO BROKENESS FAIL

One day, out of the blue, three women of the church Randy was pastoring at the time, came to him with a written list of grievances. The accusations were not against Randy and the ministry of the church but against … Continue reading

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