Dear Brothers, This week we continue in The 21 Irrefutable Laws with Chapter 19 The Law Of Timing From Esther 4:14-16 Mordecai said to Esther… 14 “if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place… And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?” 15 Esther replied: 16 “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.” This last week the feast of Purim was celebrated by Jews and Christians. Purim celebrates the miraculous deliverance that unfolds in the book of Esther, in which Queen Esther appeals to the king and helps save the Jewish people from massacre at the hands of Haman in ancient Persia. It is the “for such a time as this” book. Maxwell states that When to lead is as important as What to do and Where to go Timing is everything. It can make the deciding difference between success and failure. Only the right action at the right time will deliver results in success. Esther exhibited good leadership timing involving several factors described by Maxwell including: • Understanding of the situation. It was dire, and all Jews would be annihilated in only a few days. • Decisiveness. She acted immediately to prepare a plan. • Intuition. Esther knew in her heart that approaching the king without prayer, and without her heart being right before God would be suicide. And Esther succeeded! Like Maxwell says “When the right leader and the right timing come together, incredible things happen.” This is what the New Testament calls Kairos timing. A specific moment for a particular event. If you want your organization, to move forward, you must pay attention to Kairos timing.” Maxwell suggests 1. Review the recent actions you’ve initiated and how much attention you gave to timing. 2. Analyse some failed initiatives for your organization to determine whether they were caused by the wrong action or timing (Maxwell lists questions to help with the assessment). 3. Use the list of factors above to prepare for the timing of your actions. Purim remembers God’s deliverance. Esther’s preparations and timing which made all the difference in obtaining favor with the king. Has God also raised YOU up for such a time as this? 2026 Global Exchange - Ixtapa/Zihuantanejo, Mexico April 11-18, 2026. Preparations are well underway. We have started our weekly training meetings, and the local team is preparing events for us. Please pray for an opening of hearts (theirs and ours!) and a harvest of souls! Thank you to those who have partnered financially with us already. You can give your tax eligible gift at the link below: https://secure.powertochange.org/p-407-yli-renko-kari-ministry.aspx LeaderImpact Summit - May 1-3 in Halifax. Leaders from across Canada are coming to pray, plan, and prepare for what God has next for us in Canada. Click link below to register https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/leaderimpact-summit-2026-tickets-1865693161469?aff=oddtdtcreator See PDF below for more info. Blessings, Kari

Dear Brothers, This week we continue in The 21 Irrefutable Laws with Chapter 18 The Law Of Sacrifice From Phil 2:3-5 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. 5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Here Paul shows us from the example of Christ, that A Leader Must Give Up to Go Up. There is a common misperception that leadership is all about position, perks, and power. Many people today want to climb up the corporate ladder because they believe that freedom, power, and wealth are the prizes waiting at the top. The life of a leader can look glamorous to people on the outside. But the reality is that a leader must give up to go up. Maxwell uses the example of MLK Jr who continually sacrificed, health, position, comfort and ultimately his life to see a peaceful revolution for freedom result. There is no success without sacrifice! Every person who has achieved any success in life has made sacrifices. Like students, athletes and parents who sacrifice to get a result. Nowhere is this more true than in leadership. Leaders often have to sacrifice good things for the best of the company. Maxwell cites 3 ways sacrifices are made. 1. Leaders are often asked to give up more than others. The heart is to put followers, customers, suppliers ahead of yourself. To give up your rights 2. You must keep giving up to stay up. Organizational growth requires continual change, constant improvement and ongoing sacrifice. 3. A sacrifice is always made. Anytime you see success, someone made sacrifices to make it possible. We see this so clearly in the life of Jesus. Never standing on his rights. Giving His life for us. The result? Paul tells us in v.v. 9-11 v. 9 Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name that is above every name… Glorious. Maybe your sacrifices will help your organization grow and succeed. And maybe it will be glorious in God’s sight. 2026 Global Exchange - Ixtapa/Zihuantanejo, Mexico April 11-18, 2026. Preparations are well underway. We have started our weekly training meetings, and the local team is preparing events for us. Please pray for an opening of hearts (theirs and ours!) and a harvest of souls! Thank you to those who have partnered financially with us already. You can give your tax eligible gift at the link below: https://secure.powertochange.org/p-407-yli-renko-kari-ministry.aspx LeaderImpact Summit - May 1-3 in Halifax. Leaders from across Canada are coming to pray, plan, and prepare for what God has next for us in Canada. Click link below to register https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/leaderimpact-summit-2026-tickets-1865693161469?aff=oddtdtcreator See PDF below for more info. Blessings, Kari

Dear Brothers, This week we continue in The 21 Irrefutable Laws with Chapter 17 The Law Of Priorities From Luke 10:38-42 38 Jesus…came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!” 41 “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, 42 but few things are needed—or indeed only one.[f] Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” Here we see an action person being reminded of the priority of being with Jesus. This is a struggle for many of us in the marketplace, who are “action” people. So Maxwell says in THE LAW OF PRIORITIES that Activity Is Not Necessarily Accomplishment. In today’s fast-paced world, everyone seems to celebrate busyness. And the busier you are, the more you must be accomplishing, right? Wrong. Busyness does not equal productivity. The key is filling your time with the right activity. That’s the Law of Priorities. If you don’t give time to the process of prioritizing, your task list will master you instead of the other way around. Maxwell suggests praying and asking God to help you make a list of your values and key commitments. Determine what really matters to you and to God. Then evaluate how these line up with how you’re currently spending your time. By planning based on your actual priorities, your daily activities will result in accomplishment, not just busyness. Maxwell prioritizes his calendar and to-do list with the three Rs. Requirement, Return, and Reward. 1. First, what is required? Whether to meet God’s call or to fulfill your role as a parent, friend, or spouse, you know that some tasks are nonnegotiable and must be high on your priority list. 2. Second, what gives the greatest return? Where can your efforts make the most impact? Most likely in your areas of greatest strength. 3. Third, what brings the greatest reward? List the things you do that bring personal satisfaction. Things you love keep you passionate. Maxwell reminds us that with the Lord’s help we can live by His priorities and ours and be more like a Mary and less like a Martha. 2026 Global Exchange - Ixtapa/Zihuantanejo, Mexico April 11-18, 2026. Preparations are well underway. We have started our weekly training meetings, and the local team is preparing events for us. Please pray for an opening of hearts (theirs and ours!) and a harvest of souls! Thank you to those who have partnered financially with us already. You can give your tax eligible gift at the link below: https://secure.powertochange.org/p-407-yli-renko-kari-ministry.aspx LeaderImpact Summit - May 1-3 in Halifax. Leaders from across Canada are coming to pray, plan, and prepare for what God has next for us in Canada. Click link below to register https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/leaderimpact-summit-2026-tickets-1865693161469?aff=oddtdtcreator See PDF below for more info. Blessings, Kari

Dear Brothers, The funeral for Gerry Visser is this week. Visitation will be held at Grace Community CRC on Monday, February 16, 2026 from 2-4pm and 6-8pm. A celebration of his life will be held in the same location on Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11am. This week we continue in The 21 Irrefutable Laws with Chapter 16 The Law Of The Big Mo From Acts 2:36-38, 41 36 “… be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah.” 37 When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said…, “… what shall we do?” 38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. The Holy Spirit provided the initial momentum and enabled the great movement to proceed. Yet it took Peter to boldly state the truth and invite people to respond. Maxwell says momentum is a Leader’s Best Friend. If you’ve got all the passion, tools, and people you need to fulfill a great vision, yet you can’t seem to get your organization moving and going in the right direction, you’re dead in the water as a leader. What do you need in such circumstances? You need to harness the power of the Holy Spirit to empower and guide you. Momentum is the great exaggerator. It’s like a magnifying glass; it makes every situation look better than it really is. Momentum also exaggerates the leader’s contribution to team success. The more you win, the more people expect you to keep winning. But momentum also improves performance. As the team maintains momentum, its members keep performing better than they ever thought possible. They break records and exceed expectations. How is momentum created? Often it starts with some initial small wins. Like Jesus who sent out the disciples 2 by 2 before Pentecost to prepare them with early successes. If you as the leader are waiting for someone else to motivate you or to develop small wins, then everyone is in trouble. It starts inside of you. If God has provided the vision and opportunity, you must trust Him for the fulfillment of it. To build momentum, you need to enthusiastically pursue that vision, doing all that you can to achieve small wins. Those successes will get the ball rolling, and momentum will begin to build. And if you’re wise, you’ll always value the Spirit’s empowering: the leader’s best friend. Once you have it, you can do almost anything. Like Peter leading 3,000 to Christ in one day. 2026 Global Exchange - Ixtapa/Zihuantanejo, Mexico April 11-18, 2026. Marquita are going with 3 others from Ottawa. Thank you to those who have partnered financially with us already. You can give your tax eligible gift at the link below: https://secure.powertochange.org/p-407-yli-renko-kari-ministry.aspx Blessings, Kari

Dear Brothers, This week we continue in The 21 Irrefutable Laws with Chapter 15 – The Law Of Victory From Mark 2:1-5 1 when Jesus… entered Capernaum, the people… 2 gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left… and he preached the word to them. 3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. 4 Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” I love this biblical account of men having faith, not giving up, and finding a way to help their friend. They got the healing victory they were after. So Maxwell says, Leaders Find a Way for the Team to Win He cites Winston Churchill and Nelson Mandela as famous world leaders who snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. What did they have in common, besides seemingly insurmountable challenges? They found a way for their people to win. Leaders who win, especially those who overcome impossible odds, have one thing in common: they have faith and are unwilling to accept defeat. It seems like crisis brings out the best—and the worst—in people. Problems magnify internal character and reveal faith or lack of it. Leaders who succeed possess faith, resourcefulness, and perseverance. These are mindsets that you can develop. Faith, like muscles can be grown with exersize. Choose daily to completely trust God—not only in your team’s ability to win but also in your reason for succeeding. Keep your eyes on the prize and strategize how you’ll get there. Then demonstrate your belief through everything you do and say. This will draw people to you and encourage them to believe as well. Look at problems creatively, and ask God for direction. Then, use everything you have at hand. When you don’t have the right people or resources, like the four who carried the paralytic, go get them. Finally, persevere and require perseverance from your team. You can exhort your team, as Churchill famously did, to “never, never, never give up.” The Law of Victory is faith in action. Click here to watch this week’s video. 2026 Global Exchange - Ixtapa/Zihuantanejo, Mexico April 11-18, 2026. Marquita are going. Thank you to those who have partnered financially with us already. You can give your tax eligible gift at the link below: https://secure.powertochange.org/p-407-yli-renko-kari-ministry.aspx Blessings, Kari

Dear Brothers, This week we continue in The 21 Irrefutable Laws with Chapter 14 – The Law Of Buy-In From Nehemiah 2:3-6 3 Nehemiah said… “May the king live forever! Why should my face not look sad when the city where my ancestors are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?” 4 The king said to him, “What is it you want?” Then I prayed to the God of heaven, 5 and I answered the king, “If it pleases the king and if your servant has found favor in his sight, let him send me to the city in Judah… so that I can rebuild it.” 6 Then the king,… asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you get back?” It pleased the king to send me; so I set a time. These scriptures in my Bible are entitled Artaxerxes Sends Nehemiah to Jerusalem We often speak of the amazing success Nehemiah had in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem in 52 days despite many threats and people trying to undermine his leadership. Nehemiah got Buy-in from the people of Jerusalem. But to me, the even greater buy-in was from King Artaxerxes. With one prayer and one conversation, the king sends his servant off for an extended time with letters of commendation, financial support, supplies etc. Talk about favour! As Maxwell says, People Buy into the Leader, Then the Vision. Followers need to believe in their cause. But wise leaders know that something else must always come first. People buy into the leader, then the vision. Not the other way around. Many leaders have this backwards. People don’t at first follow worthy causes. The leader finds the dream and then the people. The people find the leader, and then the dream. When people believe in their leader, they will follow their leader no matter how bad conditions get or how much the odds are stacked against them. Nehemiah constantly prayed for his own attitude as well as for the people and their circumstances. Then the people followed Nehemiah despite constant threats from their enemies. To harness the Law of Buy-In, first ensure your vision is from God. Have you let Him lead you by His Spirit? Then, ask God to make you someone people would want to follow. Nehemiah humbly prayed to God before speaking to the king. Once people respect and trust you, they’ll follow you—and your God-given vision—without reservation. And the more they respect you, the bigger the vision they’ll embrace. 2026 Global Exchange - Ixtapa/Zihuantanejo, Mexico April 11-18, 2026. Marquita are going. Thank you to those who have partnered financially with us already. You can give your tax eligible gift at the link below: https://secure.powertochange.org/p-407-yli-renko-kari-ministry.aspx Blessings, Kari

Dear Brothers, Please remember (and reply to Marc LeBlanc for) the Ottawa Christmas social on Jan. 21st at One Way Ministries. This week we do Being Sent By Revelation vs Determination From Isaiah 6:1-3, 5-8 1 I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne;… 2 Above him were seraphim… 3 calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.” 5 “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips… and my eyes have seen the… the Lord Almighty.” 6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 With it he touched my mouth and said,… your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.” 8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!” This is Gospel Greetings number 300. Hard to believe we’ve been at this for 300 weeks. What I have seen over this time, is that God is calling us to have a more intimate relationship with Him, and to let that relationship drive all we do. Last Sunday our youth pastor spoke on the call of Isaiah from Isaiah 6. His message reverberated in my heart. The bottom line is this: Let our actions be fueled by Revelation first, not just Determination. I love working with you marketplace guys. Why? You believe change is possible, and You get things done. But, one of the challenges in all this result producing activity is making the time to still our hearts and listen to God for His direction. Lets learn from Isaiah 1. Revelation: Isaiah saw the Lord on a high throne, surrounded by seraphim. He was in the presence of God and recognized His holiness. Holy holy holy. 2. Purification: Isaiah felt he was ruined, for his sin and the sin of the people he lived among. So, a seraph touched Isaiah's lips with a burning coal, purifying him of sin. 3. The Commission: God asked, "Whom shall I send?" 4. Isaiah's Response: "Here I am! Send me!". This New Year, God is inviting you and I to come into His presence with awe and wonder of His holiness. From this revelation to see our own unworthiness. Ask God to cleanse us and make us pure in His sight. Then hear His specific call for you and answer yes, Here I am send me. So, this new year, let the revelation of our holy God drive all you do. Not, your determination and drivenness. Ottawa Christmas Social - Please remember to reply to Marc Leblanc for the Ottawa Social at OneWay Ministries on Jan. 21st at 6:00pm. Awesome food will be served, and the fellowship divine. Email Marc Leblanc at Marc.LeBlanc@can.l3harris.com to register. 2026 Global Exchange - Ixtapa/Zihuantanejo, Mexico April 11-18, 2026. Marquita are going. Registration is now closed. Several guys have partnered financially with us already. You can give your tax eligible gift at the link below: https://secure.powertochange.org/p-407-yli-renko-kari-ministry.aspx Blessings, Kari

Dear Brothers, For those of you who missed it… HAPPY NEW YEAR! Congrats to Kevin Morris and Hamilton Team on a terrific Christmas social. Also, please remember (and register for) the Ottawa Christmas social on Jan. 21st at One Way Ministries. This week we do the Fifth and final week of Advent called - A Complete Change Session #2 From Revelation 21:5 5 He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” The renovation we talked about last week is new, but it is only partial. This incompleteness is kinda prophetic. This new life in us, has not reached its fulness here, and is not yet fully manifested. It’s like an exotic plant that doesn’t show its true beauty in a northern greenhouse. The life of a Christian on earth is a prophecy by both its greatness and its smallness, by both its glory and its shame. But, in this world we will always fall short of our aspirations in our actual performance. On earth, the best Christian life is like a half-lit street, with long gaps between the street lights. The surroundings on earth are inhospitable to Christians. ‘Foxes have holes’-all creatures are fitted for their environment; only renewed man, wanders as a pilgrim, not in his home. The present time is for discipline. When our schooling is over, the rod of discipline is put aside. So God will create a new order in full correspondence with our new nature. And Christ enthroned ‘makes all things new.’ There will be a new kingdom in perfect harmony with our renewed nature. Our new home will serve and help and gladden and further us, and won’t distract and clog our spirit anymore. Brothers, let Christ’s love compel you; and look to Christ to renew you. Whatever your old self may have been, you can bury it deep in His grave, and rise with Him to newness of life. Then you can walk in this old world, as new creatures in Christ Jesus. New creatures with the future hope of entire renewal into the likeness of Him, the perfect man, in a perfect world, where all old sorrows and sins have passed away and He has made all things new. Through eternity, new joys, new knowledge, new likeness, new service will be ours. Eternity will be a continual renewal and a progressive increase of ever fresh blessings. The new and the old will be one. Begin with trusting Him to help you to change your sin-stained character, and He will make you a new man, and set you in His own time in a ‘new heaven and earth, where righteousness dwells.’ So, in Advent we expect our King to return again. And all will be permanently changed. Hamilton Christmas Social - What a blast! Thank you to Steve Bernstein for sharing his faith story. Ottawa Christmas Social - Please remember and register for the Ottawa Social at OneWay Ministries on Jan. 21st at 6:00pm. Awesome food will be served, and the fellowship divine. Email Marc Leblanc at Marc.LeBlanc@can.l3harris.com to register. 2026 Global Exchange - Ixtapa/Zihuantanejo, Mexico April 11-18, 2026. Marquita are going. Registration is now closed. Several guys have partnered financially with us already. You can give your tax eligible gift at the link below: https://secure.powertochange.org/p-407-yli-renko-kari-ministry.aspx Blessings, Kari

Dear Brothers, The New Year is upon us… HAPPY NEW YEAR! This week we do the Fourth week of Advent called - A Real Change Session #1 From 2 Corinthians 5:17 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, He is a new creation: The old has gone, the new has come! As we complete The advent season, I’d like to consider the question, “Can people change?” Many say no way! Even Jeremiah says “a leopard can’t change his spots, you who are accustomed to doing evil.” Yet I am of another camp. Because we are accustomed to doing evil does not mean we must continue in evil. This is why Christ has come. To make us new. To bring real change. But, it is very difficult. We are so steeped in our old habits of sin, acquaintances, and of course our flesh and it’s lusts. Its like a magnetic pull to sin that to many seems irresistible. Some would say just do your best, try harder and you’ll be alright. And you are… for a while. Then, what happens? Yes, we fall back again into the old rut. So, our text sets forth a possibility of entire individual renewal. ‘If anyone is in Christ he is a new creation,’ and not only is he renewed, but all things are become new. He is a like a new Adam in a new world. I didn’t say perfect, yet, that’s next week. I said new. There will still be temptation to the old sins you revelled in, and you will still have the consequences of those sins. Yet you are new. New if you are in Christ, which implies a personal union with Him, in His spiritual kingdom. And that union is brought about by faith in Him. Being in this union breaks the chain that binds us to the past. The past is broken by the great act of forgiveness. Sin holds us by making us feel that we can never overcome. Yet, in Christ we die to that former self. This union brings a new divine power to work in us. ‘I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.’ Christ lives in me by the power of the Holy Spirit. So as Acts 1:8 says we have a new ally against sin, the power of the Holy Spirit All this is true in the measure in which we live in spiritual union with Christ. You don’t have to despair. Even if you have tried and been defeated a thousand times. Victory is possible. There is hope for all, and hope for ME. So, in Advent we have a new King, and by faith we become new in Him. And He will change us from the inside out. Hamilton Christmas Social - December 29th at the ‘C Hotel’, Christmas social with spouses. Food fellowship and inspiration will be on tap. 2026 Global Exchange - Ixtapa/Zihuantanejo, Mexico April 11-18, 2026. Marquita and I plan to go. Registration ends this week!. Will you come along?It only costs $50 to hold your spot. Click this link to register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/mexico-level-2-leaderimpact-global-exchange-2026-registration-1618834029159?aff=oddtdtcreator Blessings, Kari