July Announcements!
July 2026
We hope this email finds you well as we start July!
Psalm 127:3, which says that “children are a gift of the Lord, The fruit of the womb is a reward.” Jesus calls children to come near to Him, without hindrance, because “the kingdom of God belongs to such as these” (Lk. 18:16) and warns that “whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea” (Mt. 18:6).
Children are both a gift and a responsibility. Proverbs 23:24-25 tells us that righteous children will bring their parents great joy and gladness, while 3 John 4 says “I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.” So what can we do as parents to put our children on this path?
The Bible has a lot to say on this topic! Here we will point out that Proverbs 22:6 tells us to “Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not depart from it.” We must train up children. Training doesn’t happen by accident. It requires intentionality and provision (cf. Rom. 13:14). In sports, nobody ever accidentally attends practice, let alone continually appearing at practice. If we do this with sports, how much more should we do it with our children’s spiritual lives?
Not sure what training looks like? Ephesians 6:4 tells fathers, for example, to bring up our children in the “discipline and instruction of the Lord.” Training involves a discipline component (Prov. 19:18) and a teaching element (Deut. 6:7). Negative and positive reinforcements are to be coupled with the teachings of Scripture, all while grounding them in love. May the goal of our discipline and instruction be “love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith” (1 Tim. 1:5).
Digging Deeper: Discipline and instruction are acts of sacrifice and love. Though not always enjoyable in the present, they reflect a care and concern for the child’s future. Those who grow up without learning to have self-control over their desires often create numerous problems for themselves and those around them. Reflect on the ways you are ‘training up’ the children around you and whether or not they are “of the Lord.” Are the ways you are training them leading to righteousness and truth? Be intentional to pray for the children around you.
Faith, Family, & Finances
If you are interested in learning more on faith, family, and finances, then we want to invite you to our upcoming webinar series. This is one of our favorite webinars because it is so practical in the lives of all believers! Very few, if any, apologetic topics include family or finances, but these are crucial elements in the life of believers.
6 Session Webinar starts July 19th – August 23rd (Sundays @ 6 PM EST). Sessions are recorded.
June Highlight
While we had many highlights each month, we are going to share only one in our monthly newsletter. This month, one of our connections led us to a group of Christians in a Middle Eastern country. We were able to share with pastors and other believers through the help of an interpreter. Our connections wanted to “let you know that our Leaders loved your teachings and they were very well received. Many of them showed their interests to hold more programs with you and I personally want to host a bigger [event].”
We would love to be able to do more of these types of ‘overseas’ events...
Support
Would you like to help us do more webinar trainings across the globe? Would you like to help training and equipping believers more locally while also ministering to those with doubts or questions? If so, please partner financially with us so that we can continue and expand our efforts. There are many parts of the body of Christ and we can do far more working together than we can alone!
Not everyone joins with us as a CORE Project Partner, but we have been working this year to add 60 CORE Project Partners. We ask that you please consider partnering with us!
We are immensely grateful for those of you who have partnered with us and you are constantly in our prayers!
Prayer Requests!
CORE’s mission and future opportunities, including:
Pray for revival, repentance and healing in the West. May CORE and others (churches, ministries, and individuals) be lights to our communities (Mt. 5:16-19).
Pray for God’s living water to spread throughout the lives of missionaries throughout the world and that they may bring refreshment, cleansing, and the hope of eternal life through Jesus to others.
For wisdom, clarity, and boldness for us at CORE so that we would do good works, meet pressing needs, and be fruitful!
Pray for God’s provisions and His continued leading for us.
More Ways to Help
You can help by:
We do have financial needs and you can help support us financially by joining the CORE Project as a monthly donor or make a one-time donation. Donations can be made by clicking here!
Joining us in prayer on Mondays at 9:15 AM.
Connecting us with others who may want to support financially, invite us to speak or host a private webinar, willing to sponsor an event, webinar, or books.
Thank you for reading this and if there is anything we can do to help, if you have any questions, or if you want to introduce us to anyone, please do not hesitate to reach out to us!
Helping disciples and doubters live in the reality of the resurrection,
Dr. Ron Davis | Founder & CEO
Dr. Ben Shaw | President