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God Lifts Us Up to Our Full Potential: Philanthropist Melinda Gates & Pastor Tony Evans
Melinda Gates: It’s that faith in action, to me, that actually changes the world. And sometimes we think that the acts we do are small acts, but they’re not. Those small acts add up to very, very large things. God Lifts Us Up to Our Full Potential: Philanthropist Melinda Gates & Pastor Tony Evans – Episode #144 Narrator: Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast. Today’s guests have been actively involved in lifting up and empowering women and men to pursue their full potential in life: philanthropist and writer Melinda Gates and pastor and teacher Dr. Tony Evans. First up, Melinda Gates and her husband, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, have been working for nearly two decades, through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to help women and children around the world step out of poverty and li...
Treasures in Darkness
“There are hidden treasures strategically placed along the way. Some of the treasures are trials, designed to shake you free from earth-shackles. Others are blessings that reveal My Presence…”Jesus Calling, May 23 A rock collector named Robert Cutshaw once found a rock he described as “big and pretty.” He tried to sell it, and when that failed, he kept the rock under his bed in the dark. Rob guessed the blue chunk of rock could bring as much as $500, but he would have taken less for it if an urgent bill needed paying. That’s how close he came to selling for a few hundred dollars what turned out to be the largest, most valuable sapphire ever found. The Blue Rock that Rob had once abandoned to the darkness — now known as the “Star of David” sapphire — could easily sell for several million do...