166: When God Aligns a Couple for Their Next Assignment

We love watching God take couples on new adventures – even in retirement. In this encouraging episode, Jim and Martha sit down with Peter and Tini Lawry to talk about faith, retirement, mentoring, and learning to minister together again. 

Peter shares how, after years in business leadership, God told him he would never receive another regular paycheck, launching him into a new season of mentoring business owners, leading prayer ministry, discipling younger believers, and speaking prophetically into businesses and churches around the world. Tini shares how retirement opened opportunities to build meaningful relationships through hiking groups, biking clubs, the Lions Club, and intentional investment in her grandchildren’s lives. 

 

What You’ll Hear in This Episode 

  • Why Peter believes retirement was never meant to be “couch potato” living 

  • How God led Peter from business into unpaid full-time ministry 

  • The role mentoring plays in Peter’s life today – from business leaders to young adults in Bangladesh and Denmark 

  • How Tini ministers to “pre-believers” through hiking, biking, and Lions Club relationships 

  • Why grandparents have unique opportunities to disciple the next generation 

  • How Peter and Tini discovered new ministry synergy while praying for people together during their US trip 

  • The freedom Tini found when she realized everyday believers can pray, minister, and encourage others without formal ordination 

  • Why loving your neighbors may be one of the Church’s greatest missed opportunities 

Jim and Martha also introduce the iRetire4Him summer picnic challenge, encouraging listeners to intentionally gather their neighbors for simple potluck-style hospitality as a practical way to love others and build meaningful relationships in their communities. Snap a picture of your picnic and send to jim@iwork4him.com to be entered into our grand summer giveaway! 

Be sure to also hear more from Peter and Tini in their coinciding conversation on the iWork4Him Podcast, where they share more about bringing Kingdom impact into everyday work and leadership. 

FEATURING: Peter & Tini Lawry 

ORGANIZATION: Business as Mission 

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