Dear Brothers, Today we do Chapter 4, Faith. From Romans 4:21 Abraham was fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. Murray reminds us that faith must be built from trusting in God’s promises from the bible. And that we can actually build or grow our faith. 1. First we must read and search the Scriptures to increase our knowledge. For this purpose we daily read and meditate on a scripture portion. But we also read the Scriptures to strengthen our faith. Take one or two verses to make them the subject of special reflection, and appropriate them trustfully for yourself. Faith always attaches itself to what God has said or promised. When God would do anything, He says so first through His word. 2. Second, Don’t be misled by some who talk like faith is something great and unintelligible. Faith is nothing other than the certainty that God speaks truth. Take some promises of God and say to Him: I know for certain that this promise is truth, and that You will fulfil it. And guess what? He will do it. So, what is faith really? Nothing other than the certainty that what God says is true. When God says that something will happen, we can rejoice, even if we don’t see it yet. 3. Third, never mourn over unbelief as if it were only a weakness which you cannot help. As God’s child, however weak you may be, you have the power to believe, because the spirit of God is in you. You only have to keep this one thing in mind: no one apprehends anything before he has the power to believe; he must simply begin and continue with saying to the Lord that he is sure that His word is truth. He must hold fast the promise and rely upon God for the fulfilment. So in our verse today, Abraham was fully assured that that which had been promised, God was also able to fulfil. This is assurance of faith: to be assured that God will do what He has promised. As disciples in Christ, the new, eternal life that is in you is a life of faith. And do you now see how simple and how blessed that life of faith is? In a childlike spirit will you await the fulfilment of all the glorious promises of His word? God promises -- I believe -- God fulfils: that is the secret of the new life. Band Of Brothers - What a weekend it was. We saw 12 men come to Christ. See photo in email. Hamilton Leadership Prayer Breakfast - May 27th, 7:00-8:30 am Carmen’s Banquet Center. Keynote speaker will be Jim Turnbull. I’ll be there… Will You? See link: https://hamiltonprayerbreakfast.ca/ 2026 Global Exchange - Ixtapa/Zihuantanejo, Mexico April 11-18, 2026. Registration opens September 2025 Blessings, Kari

Dear Brothers, Happy Victoria Day (and John Wesley’s Birthday)! Today we cover Chapter 2 The Milk Of The Word From 1 Peter 2:2 "2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up into your salvation," Brothers, we’ve got to hear what Father has to say in His word. When receiving this new life from God, we are like new-born infants. God has to teach us from His word what is needed to grow and be strong. 1. First: you must know that you are God’s child. The assurance of faith is indispensable to healthy powerful growth in the Lord. 2. Second: you are still as weak as new-born children. We must learn even the need to become strong in his Lord Jesus. 3. Third: the young Christian must not remain weak; we must grow and increase in grace; he must make progress and become strong. 4. Fourth: the lesson which young disciples of Christ have most need of is: it is through the milk of the word that God’s new-born infants can grow. The new life from the Spirit of God can be sustained only by the word from the mouth of God. Do you want to be spiritually strong? Then as a new-born babe, long for this spiritual milk of the word. Receive it into your heart and hold fast to it as the voice of your Father: Let the word of God be precious to you above everything. Today, will you have fellowship with God in His word, and believe that the Spirit will use that word to grow your spiritual life? Band Of Brothers - Registration is open for Band Of Brothers, May 23-25 at Camp Iawah. Who can you invite?? See link: https://bandofbrothersottawa.ca/ Hamilton Leadership Prayer Breakfast - May 27th, 7:00-8:30 am Carmen’s Banquet Center. Keynote speaker will be Jim Turnbull. I’ll be there… Will You? See link: https://hamiltonprayerbreakfast.ca/ 2026 Global Exchange - Ixtapa/Zihuantanejo, Mexico April 11-18, 2026. Registration opens September 2025 Blessings, Kari

Dear Brothers, Congratulations to Jonathan and Jenna Gilman who had their first child, Leora this week! Today we do Chapter One – The New Life From 1 John 1:2; 5:11-12 2 we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. 11 God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life. In the first chapter, Murray describes this New Life in Christ. It is the life of Christ in us. 1. This new life is eternal life, the very life of God, that you have now received through faith in the Lord Jesus. Not only do we get a change in disposition and manner of life; 2. This new life is in Christ, and the Holy Spirit is in you to give you all that is in Christ. 3. This life is a life of wonderful power. However weak you may feel, you must believe in the Divine power of the life that is in you. 4. This life has need of time to grow in you and to take possession of you. Give it time: it will surely increase. 5. Don’t forget that all the laws of this new life are in conflict with human thoughts of the way to please God. Be careful of your thoughts, and let Christ, who is your life and also your wisdom, teach you all things by His Spirit. We must be led every day by Him. In meekness the Lord shall make His secrets known. Will you who have received this new life, Say with me… Christ Himself is my life! Christ Himself is my life! Band Of Brothers - Registration is open for Band Of Brothers, May 23-25 at Camp Iawah. Who can you invite?? See link: https://bandofbrothersottawa.ca/ Hamilton Leadership Prayer Breakfast - May 27th, 7:00-8:30 am Carmen’s Banquet Center. Keynote speaker will be Jim Turnbull. I’ll be there… Will You? See link: https://hamiltonprayerbreakfast.ca/ 2026 Global Exchange - Ixtapa/Zihuantanejo, Mexico April 11-18, 2026. Registration opens September 2025 Blessings, Kari

Dear Brothers, Today we do an Introduction to to the book called An Exciting New Life by Andrew Murray. From 1 John 1:4 (NKJV)4 And these things we write to you that your joy may be full. Our world has become a confused, divided, violent mess. We are called to bring life in Christ, and this more abundantly. Yet many have lost their joy. Someone who recognized the start of these trends 150 years ago was Andrew Murray. Murray was a Dutch Reformed pastor in South Africa. He was a champion of the South African Revival of 1860. He wrote dozens of books to help people grow closer to God after coming to faith.  Through his writings, Murray spoke often about the "Inner Life" and a counter-cultural life in Christ led by the Spirit. One filled with joy. When discipling new converts, he wanted a resource with simple clear instruction for their New Life in Christ. He couldn’t find anything that fit what he wanted.  So he wrote this book. Murray was reminded continually of the worldliness and the warped thoughts concerning this New Life, which many young Christians wrestled with. He wanted to give them words of instruction and encouragement, to let them see what a glorious life of power and joy is prepared for them in Jesus. And how simple it is to enjoy all these blessings.  He limited himself to six of the most important topics.  1. The Word of God as the glorious and sure guide, even for the simplest souls if they will surrender themselves to it. 2. The chief element in the word, the Son, the gift of the Father, who does all for us.  3. Sin, as the only thing that we have to bring to Jesus, and that which we must give to Him, and from which He will set us free.  4. Faith, the great word which expresses our inability to bring or to do anything, and that teaches us that our salvation must be received every day as a gift from above. 5. The Holy Spirit who the young Christian must get to know, as the Person through whom the word and Jesus, with all His work, and faith in Him, can become power and truth.  6. The Holy Life of obedience and of fruitfulness, in which the Spirit teaches us to walk.  The book has over sixty daily devotions, each 2-3 pages long. I will take a sampling of these devotions for next several weeks. But you will see, this New Life in Christ is counter-cultural and revolutionary. There is a transcending joy that overcomes our world and its problems. Paraguay Global Exchange - What a blessing! Please continue to pray for followup of those who came to Christ! Band Of Brothers - Registration is open for Band Of Brothers, May 23-25 at Camp Iawah. Who can you invite?? See link: https://bandofbrothersottawa.ca/ Souly Business - Thank God for an impactful Souly Business last weekend at Camp Iawah. Hamilton Leadership Prayer Breakfast - May 27th, 7:00-8:30 am Carmen’s Banquet Center.Keynote speaker will be Jim Turnbull. I’ll be there… Will You?See link: https://hamiltonprayerbreakfast.ca/ 2026 Global Exchange - Ixtapa/Zihuantanejo, Mexico April 11-18, 2026. Registration opens September 2025 Internationalleaderimpact.ca Blessings, Kari

Dear Brothers, Today we explain how Global Exchanges work. From Colossians 3:23-24 23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, 24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. I often get questions about how Global Exchanges work. So today I’ll explain them. First of all, the goal in all Global Exchanges is to glorify God by doing service for Him that is done at a high level of excellence. We work at it with all our heart. Preparations begin about a year in advance with Director, Roy Hildebrand working with a local team comprised of church and marketplace leaders. They develop a schedule, expectations and set dates. Then Roy and our Canadian staff begin sharing the dates, location and begin recruiting leaders for the trip. Planning with the local team continues for months. As the date approaches, our Canadian team is set. Then, several Zoom meetings are scheduled to introduce the Canadian team to one another and begin training. Travel schedules are set. Normally we arrive in country on a Saturday. On Sunday we attend church with hosts, then tour the city, and have a meet n greet with the local team in the evening. On Monday, after prayer and devotions, we continue training in doing a business talk, sharing your faith story and the gospel. We also meet our translators and review our talks with them. On Tuesday after prayer and devotions, we finalize training and have a kick off event in the evening to meet all of our hosts, drivers, translators and the full local team. On Wednesday to Friday we go out in pairs and speak at events morning, noon, and evening. With a windup event to go over results on Friday night. At each event, participants are invited to respond to the gospel and fill out a form from a QR code on the Powerpoint. On Saturday there is a follow-up training workshop for interested local participants from our meetings. Then Saturday/Sunday we fly home. The local team uses the “QR Code” database to follow-up people who made a decision for Christ. Two weeks after the trip, we have a “reunion and debrief”. As you can see, we work at it with all our heart, because it is the Lord Christ we are serving. Perhaps that is why we consistently see hundreds of people come to Christ on these Global Exchanges. What’s holding you back from coming on our April 2026 exchange to Ixtapa?? Paraguay Global Exchange - What a blessing! Please continue to pray for followup of those who came to Christ! Band Of Brothers - Registration is open for Band Of Brothers, May 23-25 at Camp Iawah. Who can you invite?? See link: https://bandofbrothersottawa.ca/ Souly Business - Thank God for an impactful Souly Business last weekend at Camp Iawah. Hamilton Leadership Prayer Breakfast - May 27th, 7:00-8:30 am Carmen’s Banquet Center. Keynote speaker will be Jim Turnbull. I’ll be there… Will You? See link: https://hamiltonprayerbreakfast.ca/ 2026 Global Exchange - Ixtapa/Zihuantanejo, Mexico April 11-18, 2026. Registration opens September 2025 Blessings, Kari

Dear Brothers, Happy Easter! He is risen… He is risen indeed! Today we discuss Easter and the gospel message. From 1 Corinthians 15:1-5 1 Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, on which you have taken your stand. 2 By this gospel you are (being) saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. 3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared It is Easter weekend. The high point of the Church calendar. And why? Because all of God’s plans for the redemption of mankind were consummated in 3 acts on one weekend. They were the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Paraguay Global Exchange - What a blessing! Please continue to pray for followup of those who came to Christ! Band Of Brothers - Registration is open for Band Of Brothers, May 23-25 at Camp Iawah. Who can you invite?? See link: https://bandofbrothersottawa.ca/ Souly Business - Registration is also open for Souls Business, May 2-4 at Camp Iawah. See link: https://www.soulybusiness.ca/ Hamilton Leadership Prayer Breakfast - May 27th, 7:00-8:30 am Carmen’s Banquet Center. Keynote speaker will be Jim Turnbull. I’ll be there… Will You? See link: https://hamiltonprayerbreakfast.ca/ Blessings, Kari

Dear Brothers, Today we are sending from Asuncion Paraguay! From Mark 16:15 Jesus said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. Our team of 14 people shared business talks and the gospel at 39 events this week. Initial results look like we had over 200 people accept Christ. What a blessing. I will report full details next week. For now, please enjoy the short video from our Ottawa and Hamilton team of Tyson Brown, Alberto Mariaca, Art Duerksen, Marquita and I. And… pray for the follow up of all the people who came to Christ! Click here to see this week’s video Paraguay Global Exchange - What a blessing! Please pray for followup! Band Of Brothers - Registration is open for Band Of Brothers, May 23-25 at Camp Iawah. Who can you invite?? See link: https://bandofbrothersottawa.ca/ Souly Business - Registration is also open for Souls Business, May 2-4 at Camp Iawah. See link: https://www.soulybusiness.ca/ Hamilton Leadership Prayer Breakfast - May 27th, 7:00-8:30 am Carmen’s Banquet Center. Keynote speaker will be Jim Turnbull See link: https://hamiltonprayerbreakfast.ca/ Blessings, Kari P.S. Thank you for your wonderful response to the “Matching Campaign” for donations. We hit our goal for donations on the last day! Thank you and Thank God!!

Dear Brothers, Please remember Steve Hyde and his family in prayer after the loss of his wife Jan. Today we will do a quick foray into Our Global Mission. From Matthew 28:18-20 Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. The global mission of all our Campus Crusade ministries, whether LeaderImpact, Athletes In Action, Campus Ministry, or Christian Embassy is consistent: To make a maximum contribution to the fulfillment of the great commission. We are called to “go make disciples”. For us, this means making disciples and seeing souls saved in the marketplace. That is why we run groups. This is why we invite guys to these groups, and this is why we go on Global Exchanges. Our goal on these exchanges is to help other countries start and grow LeaderImpact movements. Our foreign colleagues are so encouraged. What happens along the way, is that our own Canadian team gets well trained to share their faith, and come back encouraged and edified too! For example David and Elizabeth Sim from Ottawa have been on two exchanges in consecutive years. David comments: “Going to Mexico in 2024 was an uplifting experience. We always hear that God can use any of us to further his Kingdom and the trip with the LeaderImpact showed us this. After we returned home the excitement did not wear off and soon enough we were signed up to return. This time to Guatemala. Once again we saw how God can use our life stories to impact the "9 to 5" working people. Many came to faith in Jesus. We also had fun along the way, sharing laughter and humour during our team training times. These trips challenged us and helped us learn to present our testimonies and the gospel. This was such a unique experience for us. Adam Babineau has now been on 3 Global Exchanges, going this year with the Sims to Guatemala. He is a Global Exchange junkie, seeing so many come to faith and have life changing experiences! He says the Exchanges bring him to life spiritually. What a testimony! We are now in Paraguay. Will you please pray today for our Canadian team and for our Partners in Paraguay, as well as for a harvest of souls? Paraguay Global Exchange - We are only a week away from our Paraguay Global Exchange April 5-12 Will you pray for our team, logistics, preparation of talks, and the local Paraguay team? Band Of Brothers - Registration is open for Band Of Brothers, May 23-25 at Camp Iawah. Who can you invite?? See link: https://bandofbrothersottawa.ca/ Souly Business - Registration is also open for Souls Business, May 2-4 at Camp Iawah. See link: https://www.soulybusiness.ca/ Hamilton Leadership Prayer Breakfast - May 27th, 7:00-8:30 am Carmen’s Banquet Center. Keynote speaker will be Jim Turnbull See link: https://hamiltonprayerbreakfast.ca/ Blessings, Kari P.S. Thank you for your wonderful response to the “Matching Campaign” for donations. We hit our goal for donations on the last day! Thank you and Thank God!!

Dear Brothers, It is with great sadness that we remember Jan Hyde, wife of Steve Hyde who passed away suddenly this week. Please remember Steve and his family in prayer. Today we will do a Chapter 11 Spiritual Bankruptcy From Luke 5:6,8-9 6 When they [had let down the nets], they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. 8 When Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!” 9 For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, In this chapter Ed states that God wants you to declare chapter 11 bankruptcy. Chapter 11 is a US term describing how a corporation must submit to the bankruptcy court a reorganization scheme showing how it plans to get out of its financial troubles. It must also disclose every detail of its business to the court. The good news is that while in Chapter 11 the corporation is allowed to continue in business. The same is true in the spiritual realm. Filing for spiritual Chapter 11 bankruptcy can make you stronger, not weaker—especially when you consider that the judge, God, will review your case in the context of very favorable jurisprudence (the Bible), your lead attorney is His Son, Jesus, and His associate counsel is the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is essential that you be transparent and examine yourself in the areas of deceit, incompetence or relational conflicts. Like Peter, who when he saw the miraculous draft of fishes, he realized his own sinfulness and how he was unworthy to accompany Jesus. If we really persist in trying to do our business in our own strength and according to our own ways, we will remove ourselves from the direction, covering and protection of God. For apart from Him we can do nothing… It is an issue of reliance. Are you relying on God, or yourself. Ask God to reveal to you any area that you are not relying on Him. Are there areas of deceit, incompetence or relational conflicts.? Then repent and declare spiritual Chapter 11 in that area, and ask God to direct you. Paraguay Global Exchange - We are only a week away from our Paraguay Global Exchange April 5-12 Will you pray for our team, logistics, preparation of talks, and the local Paraguay team? Band Of Brothers - Registration is open for Band Of Brothers, May 23-25 at Camp Iawah. Who can you invite?? See link: https://bandofbrothersottawa.ca/ Souly Business - Registration is also open for Souls Business, May 2-4 ay CampIawah. See link: https://www.soulybusiness.ca/ Blessings, Kari P.S. Thank you for your wonderful response to the “Matching Campaign” for donations. We hit our goal for donations on the last day! Thank you and Thank God!!