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“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.”
Matthew 5:3, CSB
The message has not changed, knowing that we are unable to do anything good enough to earn eternal life, but God in His goodness and grace has made a way for us through His Son, Jesus.
I know many churches this year that lost a pastor due to death, burnout, or sin. It has been tough.
Let us pray for those churches and those families.
Daniel
This Sunday at Church: Pray for a church you know who lost a pastor this year.
This Sunday at Church: Pray for a church you know who lost a pastor this year
Mankind, he has told each of you what is good and what it is the Lord requires of you: to act justly, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God.
Micah 6:8, CSB
Micah re-worded the two greatest commandments of loving God and loving others. The message has not changed, only that God became human in the person of Jesus to show us what it means.
In the West, we are not as aware of what persecution against Christians is like. Pastors get comfortable, congregants are often apathetic (largely due to ignorance), and and non-regular attenders and non-Christians rarely care enough about to if they know of it to check. Many in our culture may even come across disagreement or inconvenience and think faith is not worth it.
Extreme persecution still happens. When people are so desperate for Christ that they willingly face violence and hatred but we prefer to stay comfortable, it shows the disparity as well as why Jesus said it is so hard for the wealthy to enter the Kingdom (Matthew 19:16-29; Mark 10:17-30; Luke 18:18-30). Even most of our poor and homeless are better off than half the world.
Let us pray for Jimmy’s work and that the pastors and others he teaches remain faithful and strong in the Lord.
Daniel
This is a report from the field.
Ministry Travels lesson: Forced to live in Prison Restroom but privileged to preach the Gospel
“If your presence does not go,” Moses responded to him, “don’t make us go up from here.”
Exodus 33:15, CSB
God loves us, and if He calls us to something then we can know He is with us. If we are wise, we know He is always with us, though we may be out of step with Him.
This is what the Lord God says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will live.
Ezekiel 37:5, CSB
God loves us and calls us to life in Him. He can revive us from spiritual deadness, and we have hope in Christ for the resurrection from the dead and eternity with Him.
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.
James 5:16, CSB
God’s love for us is expressed through forgiveness, and He calls us to confess our sins even to each other so that we may join in Hisbloving work and bring healing to our relationships, our thoughts, our emotions, and our bodies.
“Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you.”
Matthew 7:7, CSB
God loves us and wants what’s best for us. He calls us to seek Him first and foremost, and He will meet all our needs.
and my people, who bear my name, humble themselves, pray and seek my face, and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14, CSB
God loves us and calls us to repentance and to love Him. May we humbly accept our need for God and seek Him, praying for others out of love for God and their souls.
a simple man of God 