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Jon Opgenorth

Rev. Jon Opgenorth serves as president of Words of Hope. Previously, he served for 18 years as senior pastor at Trinity Reformed Church in Orange City, Iowa. In preparation for ministry, he received a BA in Religion from Northwestern College, and an MDiv from Fuller Theological Seminary.
Devotionals

At Our Wits’ End

Read: Psalm 107:23-32 He made the storm be still. (v. 29) The sailors in today’s passage are at their wits’ end (v. 27). Life was going according to plan, even

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Redeemed Fools

Read: Psalm 107:17-22 He sent out his word and healed them. (v. 20) The “redeemed” of verse 2 are the “fools” of verse 17. Fools do not so much willfully

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Out from the Shadow of Death

Read: Psalm 107:10-16 . . . prisoners in affliction . . . (v. 10) More than 2.3 million people in North America experience imprisonment today, among well over 10 million

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Satisfied

Read: Psalm 107:4-9 For he satisfies the longing soul. (v. 9) The Irish rock band U2 had a hit in 1987 with the song “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m

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Who Are the Redeemed?

Read: Psalm 107:1-3 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so. (v. 2) Harvest season brings prayers of thanksgiving. These prayers often focus on the what of thanksgiving: harvest, health,

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No Shrinking

Read: Acts 20:17-24 If only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus. (v. 24) Paul’s farewell to the Ephesians reminds us that following

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The Cost of Hospitality

Read: Deuteronomy 10:12-22 Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners. (v. 19) Beginning in Deuteronomy 5, Moses recounted the love of God for his people and the kind of

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Walk in Armor

Read: Ephesians 6:10-23 Put on the whole armor of God. (v. 11) Of all my experiences with Words of Hope global teams, nothing compares to the first time I saw

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Walk in Service

Read: Ephesians 6:5-9 Bondservants, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ. (v. 5) For one year I worked in a grocery

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