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Matthew Goins

2 years

I will forever treasure this testimony my son shared: "We only live once on this Earth and we can either make our lives count for Christ or we can live for ourselves and forever regret it." ~ Jadon Goins Now with his Savior for whom he lived. Your race is over, my son!

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

8 months

Please pray for our missionary friends. Their daughter has gone missing from their home in Honduras, presumed kidnapped !!

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

8 months

I don't know details yet, but Cora has been recovered and is with her parents! Praising God, and thank you all who lifted this request before our Sovereign.

Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

8 months

Please pray for our missionary friends. Their daughter has gone missing from their home in Honduras, presumed kidnapped !!

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

2 years

Please pray for us today as we symbolically plant our son's earthly tabernacle in the ground, awaiting the resurrection of the believers. Our hope is in the Lord Jesus Christ alone!

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

8 months

I want to thank everyone who prayed for Cora's safe return to her family. Details are still emerging, but I am convinced that God intervened on behalf of this family because of the prayers of His people! We praise God!

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

8 months

First birthday in Heaven. Miss you, son!

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

1 year

Last year at this time my son Jadon wrote me a precious note when he graduated from high school. We never imagined that a year later he'd be in heaven. Now it will be me following in his footsteps one day.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

5 months

14 months ago we were forced to temporarily say goodbye. Now we're counting down the days until Jesus provides that eternal hello.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

7 months

Yesterday, on the one year mark, we laughed and cried and remembered. Today we are one day closer to Heaven.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

2 years

God please heal our hearts! We are so broken, but we rest in you.

Pensacola Christian College

@ConnectPCC

2 years

Please pray for the family of Jadon Goins, who went home to be with the Lord on March 21, 2023. Read more in the link below.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

7 months

I'm missing this hug today 💔 Because of Jesus, there will be a happy, eternal reunion. How long, O Lord?

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

1 year

On this date 4 months ago our precious son entered eternity and his faith became sight. I live on the verge of tears, but with a living hope in Christ my Savior and Lord. Eternity will be glorious! I'm adding to my playlist "Worship in Darkness." What song needs to be on it?

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

7 months

I miss this boy's thoughtfulness. A year ago today he texted me saying thanks for the coat we bought him months before. He never needed one growing up in Honduras. We're coming up on one year of intensely missing Jadon.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

2 years

Our tears renew every morning, but God's faithfulness is shown by his mercies that are new every morning to meet us in our need. We praise God in this valley.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

10 months

Missing you this Christmas, buddy. Your brothers are coming home today from college. Joy and sadness.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

2 months

Thankful for God's gracious gift of marriage. We are celebrating 24 years today!

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

2 years

Our family thanks all who have accompanied us in our grief after the sudden home-going of our precious son. We have been overwhelmed by an outpouring of love and support and we know that thousands are praying around the world. God is good and faithful and may He be glorified.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

7 months

Me: That sin looks manageable Also me:

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

9 months

On January 1, 2004 - 20 years ago today - we loosened our ties to the US and moved our budding family to San Jose, Costa Rica to begin the process of language acquisition for a life of missionary service in Honduras.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

9 months

This has been a hard "first Christmas" without Jadon, as expected. Yet God's sustaining goodness has been evident through it all. Today a sweet friend went to the cemetery and set up this memorial in our absence. We will forever miss the "N" in our "GOINS".

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

7 months

7 lessons learned in the year since my son's death: #1 The pain of loss will never go away, but it does become more manageable over time with God’s help My love for Jadon, developed over 19 years, has left a heart broken by his absence. My feelings of grief a year later are not

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

1 month

You should be starting your junior year of college today, buddy. Miss you 🥹 No more studying for you...you've graduated!

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

4 months

Losing a child has been the most intense and longest-lasting pain I have ever experienced. Even so, the intimate connection that a mother has with her child must make it even more difficult. My wife's faith in God is strong, yet sometimes I find her weeping with her entire body

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

6 years

“I have a longing for the world above...for my soul was never created to love the dust of earth.” #TheValleyOfVision “Calvary’s Anthem”

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

8 months

Eleven months ago today Jadon went home to be with the Lord. On March 21, 2023 his faith became sight, leaving the rest of us groaning for redemption. We pray that God will use this story to bring others to faith in our Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

2 years

Arrived home in Honduras. Thankful for all the prayers, love, and encouragement. Memorial service for Jadon tonight at 7 pm at Iglesia Bautista El Faro. May God be glorified in Jadon's death as He was in Jadon's life.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

1 year

Christ alone is our only hope in life and in death.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

1 month

Paul said that for those who are in Christ, "to die is GAIN." (Phil 1:21) My son's absence is still very painful, but I'm trying to shift my focus from my loss to Jadon's GAIN.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

9 months

Jan. 18, 2023 2:32 pm Santa Barbara, Honduras A year ago today, Jadon and I took what would be our last picture together. We were helping a local pastor build classrooms. Now a treasured memory. One month from this picture he would turn 19; 2 months, and he would be in Heaven.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

10 months

Two Christmases ago I gifted "A Greater Glory" by @GPeacock8 to my three sons. I wanted them to hear the testimony of a professional footballer who found that greater glory in living a life dedicated to Jesus. Jadon (pic) has now experienced THE Greater Glory in Heaven w/ Jesus.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

7 months

One year later, my heart is still broken... Now it's just the undetermined time of waiting, until we meet again.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

2 years

Preached Psalm 142 this morning, as much for me as for the congregation. I lament, but I trust in the Lord who is my refuge and my portion in the land of the living (v. 5).

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

9 months

I'm looking forward to putting 2023 in the rearview mirror. I don't know what 2024 will bring, but I do know that every day leads me one day closer to my Savior Jesus Christ and a reunion with my son. Lead on, O King Eternal!

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

4 months

This was helpful this morning as we continue to heal after the loss of our son. (author unknown)

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

5 months

I regularly use these three items that were Jadon's possessions. We gave this leather-bound Bible to him as a gift when he graduated from high school in May 2022. He had it for less than a year, but the evidence of use is there and it is a special possession. Inside it we found

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

2 years

Lord willing we will return to Honduras on Friday, March 31 to hold a memorial service for Jadon and give our church the chance to mourn with us. The road ahead seems long and dark, but the Lord is giving grace for each step. As the Lord brings us to mind please continue to pray.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

2 years

Digging in to "Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy" by @MarkVroegop Praying that our pain will become "a platform, not a pit" as we walk this path of sorrow that God has given us. May this path lead straight to a deeper relationship with our Good and Sovereign Lord.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

2 years

Our prayer is that God will use our son Jadon’s short life and his testimony of commitment to Christ as a challenge to those who are watching: for salvation or for service until the coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

1 year

I am so troubled that I cannot speak...[but] I will remember the works of the LORD: Surely I will remember thy wonders of old. I will meditate also of all thy work, And talk of thy doings. Psalm 77:4, 11-12

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

4 months

I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most: 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson 15 months of sorrow. Miss you, son!

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

4 years

I’m thankful that restrictions in Honduras have eased to the point that we will have a resumption of in-person services tomorrow for the first time since March! I’m super excited and not sure if I’ll be able to sleep tonight in anticipation. Prayers appreciated!

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

1 year

THE LAST PICTURE I-10 W between Milton and Pensacola, FL Sunday, March 19, 2023 6:54 pm This is the last picture Jadon took on his phone.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

1 year

Trials, affliction, and suffering, rather than being destructive for the believer, give rise to the opportunity of knowing God in a deeper way as the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

6 months

My heart resonates with this from Tim Challies: "I have never doubted that God's sovereignty and goodness were displayed in giving me my boy. I am fighting right now to never doubt that God's sovereignty and goodness have been displayed in taking away my boy. He was a gift I

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

9 months

"No guilt in life, no fear in death This is the power of Christ in me From life's first cry to final breath Jesus commands my destiny No power of hell, no scheme of man Can ever pluck me from His hand Till He returns or calls me home Here in the power of Christ I'll stand!"🎶

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

1 year

Sovereign by @christomlin

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

8 months

Pleased with how this shirt turned out as we get ready to celebrate Jadon's life on Monday for his first birthday in Heaven. The team @sundaycooltees did an amazing job with the art to make our vision a reality.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

1 year

We received an unexpected blessing in the mail yesterday -- a U.S. flag flown over the State Capitol of my birth state of Kentucky, in Jadon's honor. We appreciate the gesture, made possible by some special friends.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

6 months

13 months... My eyes are fixed on Jesus, who takes the sting out of sin and death

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

7 months

Today, March 19, is Father's Day in Honduras. It's the date we've always celebrated with my boys growing up here. This is one of my last text interactions I had with Jadon. 💔

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

3 months

We're still counting... Today marks 16 months since our beloved son Jadon left this shadow world into the glorious reality of eternal life with Christ. How I miss him! How I envy his current state! The progress of time takes us further from the last time we saw him on earth,

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

1 year

For those pastors struggling with how much original language information to include in the sermon, I love this suggestion: “As a general rule, the pastor’s study of the Greek text should be like undergarments—providing support but not publicly visible.” (Going Deeper in the GNT)

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

7 months

Today is my wife's birthday 🥳 A year ago our son posted how much he missed her on her birthday. Today, we are the ones missing him and wishing we could be with him. 💔 The verse in the background reminds us that God is never malicious or capricious. We trust our lives and

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

10 months

Today marks 9 months since Jadon went to Heaven. We desperately miss him this first Christmas, but it is a comfort knowing where he is -- he's with the One we celebrate at this time of year! We cherish these memories of Christmas' past.

The Sweetest Gift

We made this compilation of Jadon at Christmas over the years to commemorate the 9 month mark since Jadon went home to Heaven. We all miss him desperately. A...

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

5 months

The death of a loved one in Christ is only a temporary separation. The difficulty is the undetermined amount of time one must wait for the reunion. How long, O Lord?

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

3 months

How I long to breathe the air of Heaven Where pain is gone and mercy fills the streets To look upon the One who bled to save me And walk with Him for all eternity There will be a day when all will bow before Him There will be a day when death will be no more Standing face

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

1 year

Talking to myself today... “Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; For I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.” Psalm 42:11

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

1 year

“We are never more aware of our frailty than when hardship comes our way....The various trials of life can become a platform to reaffirm our dependence upon the Lord.” @MarkVroegop Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy #quote #lament #trustGod

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

7 months

#7 The grace of God IS sufficient On March 21, 2023 the road ahead seemed so dark and difficult — impossible even. Only by God's grace have we been able to face each new day. God promised Paul that His grace was sufficient to face his current circumstances; and God's grace is

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

4 months

We are hosting a medical team this week, and of course it brings with it memories of Jadon. He has served with these teams since he was a child. Today our church volunteers hung a shirt with his name on it in the optical area where Jadon always served to show us he isn't

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

9 months

We cling to this promise from Jesus

joash goins

@joashgoins

9 months

blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. matthew 5:4

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

9 months

"...the Christian is to pray, knowing that part of the beauty of prayer is that even if we aren’t confident in how prayer works, we can have confidence in the one who tells us to pray."

challies

@challies

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It’s Okay To Just Pray

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

5 months

The day Jadon got the nickname "toothpicks" 🤣 at the College Football HOF in Atlanta. Look at that smile at the end! 🥹

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

7 months

#6 The awesomeness and privilege of family Family is precious. As much as we all miss Jadon, I still have much to be thankful for and to live for. God has given me a wonderful, faithful wife of almost 24 years. I have two healthy, devoted sons who love the Lord and want to live

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

4 months

Child of God, Jesus Christ is interceding on your behalf today (Heb. 7:25). Be encouraged!

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

9 months

”My flesh and my heart faileth: But God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.“ Psalm 73:26

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

5 months

Though I'll never understand, I trust God's character. "whether God plans or permits our suffering, He is sovereign over it." Excerpt from Uncommon Trust by @ErikReed

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

1 year

“God will take us where we do not want to go in order to produce in us what we could not achieve on our own.” @PaulTripp #GrievingwithHope

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

2 months

I can so relate to this... “one of the hardest parts of my loss is that all my feelings of love remain, but there’s no way to express them.” Excerpt From Seasons of Sorrow Tim Challies

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

4 months

There is no pride in sin. Never. If it is against God's unchanging character, it is to be repented of. Always.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

11 months

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

7 months

#3 The desire for redemption is more acute than ever I’ve joked that I’m going to get a “DNR” tattoo on my chest. I don’t want anyone bringing me back to this world if I’m already on my way out. (I know, selfish!). I’ve always thought fondly about my promised heavenly home, but

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

7 months

"Psalm 23 has become a funeral psalm. But, in fact, it is really a psalm about life. Only one verse out of six speaks about death. The imagery of the psalm is dominated with food, water, rest, security; ... Psalm 23 is about abundant life. It is more about the happiness of

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

7 months

#2 The incalculable value of the Christian community Never have I appreciated the value of the Christian community like I do now. Our burden of grief has been distributed among hundreds of loving friends and thousands more who have been praying. They have truly wept with those

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

10 months

The book I didn't know I needed... Steady Strength by @caryschmidt

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

1 year

We truly pray that Oscar Martin will find rest in his soul after this unfortunate accident by finding ultimate forgiveness in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

5 months

It was a tremendous blessing to be together on Mother's Day and worship the Lord @LBCNB this morning. Pastor Ryan @thompsrus preached a message on the beauty of biblical womanhood in his series on culture, with excellent application points relevant for the occasion. We are able

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

7 months

#4 The knowledge of God from a different angle I have known God’s character from many different angles over my lifetime — His love, His goodness, His kindness, His forgiveness, His wisdom, etc. But now I have the added knowledge of God as “the Father of mercies, and the God of

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

7 months

#5 The opportunity to help others in grief I hear of more and more people who have gone through their own experience of tragic loss. The context is different; no one knows exactly how the other feels; but there is an understanding among those who are suffering. The comfort we

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

9 months

A change in the calendar doesn't necessarily lead to a change in feelings or circumstances; but God is unchanging and remains worthy of trust in every situation.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

2 years

Merry Christmas! Our Savior is born! Awesome to have the family together again.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

1 year

@RCVHonduras Que tristes noticias, mientras adoctrinan a los muchachos con ideologías contra la naturaleza y contra la moralidad de Dios. “El principio de la sabiduría es el temor de Jehová; Los insensatos desprecian la sabiduría y la enseñanza.” Proverbios 1:7

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

3 months

Ouch @caryschmidt ! A sobering line of thought to consider. “Have you ever considered what it’s like to be married to, parented by, or shepherded by you? If you could step outside of yourself and walk in others’ experience of you for a week, what would that experience be?

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

2 months

Soon would be nice ❤️‍🩹

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

1 year

��…neither in your sorrow, nor in your joy, can another man exactly fit with you. Therefore, come alone to the Lord Jesus, and come at once.” — Charles Spurgeon, sermon “Man Unknown to Man”

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

6 months

“Earth’s best is only a dim reflection, a preliminary rendering of the glory that will one day be revealed.” Excerpt From Heaven Joni Eareckson Tada

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

5 months

Longing for redemption. What a glorious day that will be when those in Christ receive their eternal inheritance. My flesh and my heart faileth: But God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. Psalm 73:26

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

5 months

Christ Our Hope in Life and Death

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

1 year

Not the outcome we expected, but no outcome would undo the irresponsible taking of human life. Either way our son is still dead and we still grieve. We rest in God's ultimate sovereignty and goodness. More than ever we long for the return of Jesus Christ, the Righteous Judge.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

6 months

"I trusted God as he led me through daylight; I will trust him now as he leads me through the thickest darkness. I may not be able to see the way I go, but I don't need to, because my eye is fixed on the one who is guiding me there. He has given me every reason to trust him."

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

4 years

#MerryChristmas

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

1 year

Thankful for this family and their love for our boys while they are away at college. A very special gesture. Covington Mercantile & Coffee Co.

New Milton coffee shop pays tribute to slain 19-year-old PCC student

There's a story in every detail at Milton's newest coffee shop, Covington Mercantile & Coffee Co. Some are tributes to slain PCC student Jadon Goins.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

6 months

The battle won over the spiritual realm at the empty tomb continues today! "The kingdom spreads slowly but relentlessly, one new believer at a time. Every church is a new pocket of resistance, every baptism another pledge of allegiance to the Most High, every celebration of the

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

7 months

“The cross proves that he loves you and understands what it means to suffer. It also demonstrates that God can be working in your life even when it seems like there is no rhyme or reason to what is happening.” Excerpt From Jesus the King Timothy Keller

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

2 years

It's not all work. Glad for the fun days as well! #missionarylife #Honduras

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

10 months

"...the degree of our grief simply proves the extent of our love. And perhaps we can pause to praise God for his gift of love, for in moments like these we have to acknowledge that it truly is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." @challies

challies

@challies

10 months

Flashback: There is no grief where there has not been love and no love that comes without risk of grief. They weep because they have loved and because they love still.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

2 months

Nice having our oldest home for a few days before returning to school. Got the heart pumping on the trail today for a nice calorie burn at #Panacam in #Honduras

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

1 year

Tremendous testimony of the hope and joy found in the Lord Jesus Christ, even in the midst of unimaginable grief. Thanks for sharing.

Chad Bird

@birdchadlouis

1 year

Tomorrow, it will be one year since my son Luke died. It’s been a year of both grief and hope.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

6 months

@thompsrus Love Dr. Sisk. He flew to Honduras last year by himself to grieve with us.

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Matthew Goins

@mattgoins77

9 months

"No matter what may be added to us in the year ahead, we know that the greatest gain on earth is as nothing compared to what already awaits us in heaven. And this means we can live with open hands, becoming neither idolatrous toward our gains nor defeated by our losses" @challies

challies

@challies

9 months

New Year, New Joys, New Sorrows What is certain is that 2024 will bring both joys and sorrows, both gains and losses. There will be good days and bad, joyful seasons and grievous. Some circumstances we will look forward to and some we will dread.

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