A Worthy Model

I will never forget the first time I met Jim Hatley. He walked into my office and introduced himself as the new Director of Missions for our Association. He was wearing blue jeans and boots – not drug-store cowboy boots, but work boots. He was on his way to deliver boxes of Bibles to Pastors – in his pick-up truck. Not only had I never seen a Director of Missions in blue jeans, I’d never known one who drove a truck. He could work in an office, but he was much more comfortable working out of an office. I was green-as-a-gourd, fresh-out-of-seminary, running out of Seminary momentum and struggling. An instant partnership was formed that day. He taught me that “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might” (Eccl. 9:10). I will preach his funeral later today. Fifty-two years in the ministry – always working hard, always mentoring younger ministers, always a worthy model. What have you modeled today for some younger person?

Join me in intercession for these global concerns:
• Pray for advocates who meet this week to consult on ministry in metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada including 2010 Olympic ministries.
• Pray for the 31 Days of Prayer for Eastern Hungary project that begins this week and continues through May.
• Pray for churches or groups to adopt and pray for a London Borough, thus effecting change over all the Greater London Area.
• Pray for volunteers from Tennessee who will be distributing scripture in Macau this week.