Over the next 6 weeks Teresa and I will travel over 13,000 miles (21000 kilometers) to be with our family and friends. Some of these we have been blessed to have gotten mail from, to have talked to on the phone, seen and talked to on the computer, and even been visited by here in Galati. We are very thankful for the technology that allows us these opportunities to communicate with all of them. But there are many which we have not been in direct contact with, these include some of the most important people in our lives, those who are praying to our Father and asking on our behalves for things like understanding, wisdom, courage, boldness, safety, strength, health, and only God knows what else. Of course many of the people we have had contact with have also prayed a great many times for us as well, but they know how much they mean to us, I want to thank those who only take time to pray for us right now for they too are near to our hearts.
We are here to be ambassadors for Christ, which we were at home as well, but here we really are in front of people representing the Kingdom of God. Not only is this a humbling position to find yourself in, it is also a spot where you have to regularly think, am I able to do this?
What comes to my mind is that the best way to be an ambassador is to represent in the same likeness of the person or Kingdom that you were sent from. Ours is the Kingdom of God, and God is love.
That brings me back to those who show God’s love by praying for us, we would not be able to show God’s love through all the pressures of being here if people were not praying for us! Thank you forever, those who take time to ask our Father to watch over us, it is by His power we are able to carry on!
So I ask you to continue to pray for us as we travel that we can encourage others to serve God and lead others to Him and His saving power.
I thank my God for you every time I think of you; and every time I pray for you all, I pray with joy because of the way in which you have helped me in the work of the gospel from the very first day until now. Phi 3-5
2Co 5:20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
Joh 13:34-35 And now I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
If you have love for one another, then everyone will know that you are my disciples."
1Jo 4:16 We have known and believed that God loves us. God is love. Those who live in God's love live in God, and God lives in them.
2Th 3:1 Finally, our friends, pray for us that the Lord's message may continue to spread rapidly and be received with honor, just as it was among you.
2Th 3:2 Pray also that God will rescue us from wicked and evil people; for not everyone believes the message.
No comments:
Post a Comment