11 With this in view, we always pray for you that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill by his power every good purpose of yours and every action stemming from your trust. 12 In this way, the name of our Lord Yeshua will be glorified in you, and you in him, in accordance with the grace of our God and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
"An Unclear Journey" by Author: Paul Sheneman
The Christian journey is not a straight shot. Though we often condense the narrative down to seeking, conversion, crisis, sanctified, and glorified we rarely experience life with such succinct clarity. Rather the journey of our Christian life is like an exploration into unfamiliar territory.
Paul’s letters to the Christian community in Thessalonica reveal such an understanding. In his first letter, Paul wrote, “Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you again and supply what is lacking in your faith” (1 Thess. 3:10). In the beginning of his second letter, he boasts about their flourishing faith, even in the midst persecution. So at one point in their journey they are lacking in their faith and at the next point they are thriving while being attacked for the gospel.
We should take this as a source of encouragement. There will be times when we feel we are missing something in our faith. Perhaps something we can’t even describe. And at another point, we’ll be flourishing, even though our circumstances wouldn’t predict it. Yet no matter where we are at, we are to witness to God’s work in our lives.
Hymn for Today: "He Leadeth Me" vy Jospeh H. Gilmour
1. He leadeth me: O blessed thought!
O words with heavenly comfort fraught!
Whate'er I do, where'er I be,
still 'tis God's hand that leadeth me.
Refrain:
He leadeth me, he leadeth me;
by his own hand he leadeth me:
his faithful follower I would be,
for by his hand he leadeth me.
2. Sometimes mid scenes of deepest gloom,
sometimes where Eden's flowers bloom,
by waters calm, o'er troubled sea,
still 'tis God's hand that leadeth me.
Refrain:
He leadeth me, he leadeth me;
by his own hand he leadeth me:
his faithful follower I would be,
for by his hand he leadeth me.
3. Lord, I would clasp thy hand in mine,
nor ever murmur nor repine;
content, whatever lot I see,
since 'tis my God that leadeth me.
Refrain:
He leadeth me, he leadeth me;
by his own hand he leadeth me:
his faithful follower I would be,
for by his hand he leadeth me.
4. And when my task on earth is done,
when, by thy grace, the victory's won,
e'en death's cold wave I will not flee,
since God through Jordan leadeth me.
Refrain:
He leadeth me, he leadeth me;
by his own hand he leadeth me:
his faithful follower I would be,
for by his hand he leadeth me.
Thought for Today:
"But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith, and pray in union with the Ruach HaKodesh. Thus keep yourselves in God’s love, as you wait for our Lord Yeshua the Messiah to give you the mercy that leads to eternal life." [Jude 20-21].
Please pray:
For the development of Christian leaders in Madagascar.
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For the development of Christian leaders in Madagascar.
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