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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.

WEIRDLY SEEKING ABSOLUTION AND PEACE

Life and our response to it has become big business in the therapy community. This might be why:  Every circumstance must have a reason for it. If we cannot find the reason to explain it; we wallow in it. We … Continue reading

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TELL ME YOUR SECRET!

How do you do that?  How did you get to where you are?  How can one person do what you do each day?  What is your secret?  We might not be a Samson, a person gifted with great physical strength; … Continue reading

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THE SOURCE OF TRUE STRENTH!

“Come, thou Fount of every blessing;tune my heart to sing thy grace;streams of mercy, never ceasing,call for songs of loudest praise.Teach me some melodious sonnet,sung by flaming tongues above;praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it,mount of God’s unchanging love! Here … Continue reading

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GOD’S STRENGTH REVEALED IN SAMSON

We have seen or heard of extraordinary strength that suddenly rises within ordinary people at specific times when their loved ones are pinned under the weight of a vehicle,  heavy tree branches, or in other forms of dangerous situations that … Continue reading

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THE STORY OF GOD IN SAMSON

When we read God’s Word, seeking to know God by His Word, we learn more about how He works.  We also begin to see the character of God displayed as He works daily to rescue, save, and deliver His people … Continue reading

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WHY DIDN’T YOU CALL ME?

The leaders of the tribe of Ephraim delivered a message to Jephthah with the same pride and anger they had shown to Gideon (See Judges 8:1). As before, these “separatists,” so to speak, wanted to share the glory of the … Continue reading

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JEPHTHAH—THE REST OF THE STORY

Jephthah was yet another unlikely candidate chosen to save Israel from the consequences of their own sins of betraying God in the worship of the gods of unbelievers.  He was the unwanted son of a prostitute and Gilead.  Gilead tried … Continue reading

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ONE REJECTED BECOMES KING 

Turning away from God, the idol-worshiping Israelites suffered foreign invasion and devastation. Finally, desperate for relief, they turned to God, and God raised up a deliverer, Jephthah. This passage leads us from the treacherous leadership of Abimelek, to Issachar and … Continue reading

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KING THORNBUSH VS. JOTHAM!

As retired public school teachers and former pastors; my husband and I encountered many types of families with many different philosophies of raising their children and living life.  We saw families who were split and broken apart by the sins … Continue reading

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TWO SPIRITS VIE FOR OUR FOCUS

Believers are faced with two choices daily, even hourly. We must decide whose thoughts will lead us.  In fact, what thoughts are leading you right now? What is your first thought as you read this and question why we would … Continue reading

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