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Overcoming Loneliness

By Tyler Tom on 20 Nov 2020

 OVERCOMING LONELINESS

With the current state of our world, it is becoming more common to feel lonely and isolated. In fact, in 2019, three in five or 61% of Americans expressed feeling lonely and this was before the 2020 global pandemic. I would have been apart of this 61%.

Loneliness was a huge struggle of mine for years, and only recently did I finally overcome the heaviness and lies of loneliness.

Topics: YWAM DTS Communication Overcoming Fear Freedom Loneliness fear friends devotion
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Connection Requires Eye Contact

By Ben Venable on 18 Oct 2017

Every day we are bombarded with a seemingly endless onslaught of self-help mantras, get rich quick schemes, and “7 steps to becoming a better you” trivialities, all of which seem to be numbing our collective ability to actually interact as humans. If you take a minute to look up from your cellular device and simply observe how everyone else around you is totally absorbed by their cellular device, it’s actually kind of harrowing.

Topics: Purpose Connection Communication
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9 things to remember when traveling with your YWAM mission team

By Tyler Tom on 30 Aug 2017

From recent outreaches with YWAM TYLER, we put together some great advice you must take to heart when traveling with your school. Of course this is not by any means an exhaustive list; stay tuned for more amazing outreach stories, but this will definitely help you remain sane while living in community with your peers.

Topics: Outreach Living in Community YWAM DTS Communication Missionary Life Packing List Travel Leadership
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Is another “JESUS REVOLUTION” coming?

Seeing what is happening on some college campuses, perhaps it has already begun! Their hunger...

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Your Life Matters

"Well, I don't want to kill myself anymore!" That was not the response I was expecting to hear when Mia was asked at a...

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Jesus Revolution

The chilly air in the theater lobby reminded me I should have brought a hoodie to stay warm. As my wife, and the 16...

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Revival Fires Spread Across the World

Revival fires are springing up all over the country and world since the beginning of the outpouring at Asbury...

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You Can Help Survivors of the Earthquake in Syria

The ground rocked underneath the feet of millions of people in Syria and Turkey on the fateful day of February 6th....

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Revival Wave at Asbury University 2023

Is this the start of another Great Awakening? As believers and missionaries, we have hungered for more of God in our...

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A Year for God

Someone somewhere said, "You can do anything for a year!" If God asked you to give a year of your life for discipleship...

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Divine Appointments are Real!

Has God ever prompted you to do something but you overlooked the opportunity?

I recently was thinking of this phrase,...

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How DTS Set Me Free

Fighting for my relationship with God 24/7 was one of the most challenging actions I've ever taken in my life, however,...
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The Day I Got Saved

My phone buzzed on silent mode in my pocket while I was busy just doing normal old stuff. But that vibrating buzz...

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Why You Should Read the Bible Every Day

Every year for the past 20 years I've read through the entire Bible. I remember the daunting task of the daily reading...

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The Greatest New Year’s Resolution I Ever Made

You have heard the stories in the Bible. In Genesis, God said to Abram, “Go…”. In Matthew, Jesus calls Simon (Peter)...