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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

More like Christ

Read: Ephesians 4:17-24 . . . to be renewed in the spirit of your minds . . . (v. 23) Paul makes spiritual growth sound as easy as taking off

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My Favorite Missionary

Read: Ephesians 4:7-16 . . . to equip the saints . . . (v. 12) My favorite missionary is my dad. He has no formal academic degree and does not

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One?

Read: Ephesians 4:1-6 There is one body. (v. 4) Newcomers to the Dutch community in Iowa where I lived were surprised not only by the number of churches, but they

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Big Prayers

Read: Ephesians 3:14-21 . . . far more abundantly . . . (v. 20) When I read Paul’s grand prayer that closes Ephesians 3, my own prayers feel small and

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Choosing to Suffer

Read: Ephesians 3:7-13 I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering. (v. 13) Hardly a day goes by that I do not have a conversation with

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The Mystery of Belonging

Read: Ephesians 3:1-6 . . . partakers of the promise . . . (v. 6) As president of Words of Hope I hear from Christians in many places who are

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Devotionals

Blessed Beyond Measure

Read: Ephesians 1:1-3 [God has] . . . blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing. (v. 3) When, as a young man, I heard a message on Ephesians 1, God grabbed

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