#34 His Next Verse: Entering In

July 22, 2008 on 10:02 pm | In General | No Comments

23 July 2008

 This past week started a time in the Dai calendar when temple attendance and ceremony is very important. As a result, family members of believers persecuted them heavily and angrily at their refusal to participate. In one village two women, professed believers, succumbed to the pressure and entered the temple to participate. The one who refused is the one who has a husband and family members who also believe. This is just a picture of the difficulty that believers face all the time in regards to temple life which for them equals community life. We covet prayers for these women and for their families. Lord, we ask that these women would seek your face for repentance and experience real peace, we ask that you do a work in the lives of their families, who resist you so much. Give them eyes to see you. Give them eyes to see the futility of their temple sacrifices to one who holds no power. “Yes, Lord, we wait for you in the path of your judgments. Our desire is for Your name and renown.” (Isaiah 26:8)

 

 

 

#33 His Next Verse: To seek and save the lost

July 22, 2008 on 8:03 pm | In General | No Comments

 

 The eagerness and joy with which Zacchaeus welcomed Jesus is impressive (Luke 19: 1-10). Even more impressive is the change of heart that had him give to the poor and make things right with all whom he had defrauded. This is the outcome of spending time with the ‘Son of Man,’  the one who came ‘to seek and save the lost (v 10)’.  May we all meet Jesus daily in His word in this way, that our joy and compassion would abound.

This story has just been translated into Dai, and will be tested next week, along with many other passages. Lord, we pry that the Dai who hear this story and other parts of your word will realize that they are lost and need you, please soften hearts to see you as the ‘Son of Man,’ the only Savior, let them receive you with joy.

 

 

                              

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