A casual observance of society reveals loyalty is a lost art. In earlier days, sports fans could expect professional athletes to remain with one team for the life of their career. Now loyalty yields to a \u201cshow me the money\u201d mentality. My grandparents believed, to guarantee a long marriage they should leave the word \u201cdivorce\u201d out of their vocabulary. Now loyalty gives way to no cause, easy access divorce. A recent survey showed 57% of workers are dissatisfied with their jobs and would change employers immediately if a better position were offered to them. So much for vocational loyalty. At the first hint of disagreement or dis-satisfaction, loyal church members transfer membership down the road or across town. An old favorite hymn, written for the first convention of the Baptist Young People\u2019s Union in 1894 would no longer be popular if we sang, \u201cFrom over hill and plain there comes the signal strain, \u2019Tis loyalty, loyalty, loyalty to Christ; Its music rolls along, the hills take up the song, Of loyalty, loyalty, yes, loyalty to Christ. \u2018On to victory! On to victory!\u2019 Cries our great Commander, \u2018On!\u2019 We\u2019ll move at His command, We\u2019ll soon possess the land, Through loyalty, loyalty, Yes, loyalty to Christ.\u201d The Bible says, \u201cLet your heart therefore be loyal to the Lord our God, to walk in His statutes and keep His commandments\u201d (1 Kings 8:61). May this kind of loyalty never be a lost art.<\/p>\n
Join me this week in praying for the following global concerns:
\n\u2022 Pray for Russell who will be at the Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary March 16-20 to help train ten Ukrainian mission students to spend one semester abroad in the fall.
\n\u2022 Give thanks that a 20+ year project to translate and print the Bashkir New Testament is nearing completion.
\n\u2022 Pray for Hamish as he travels in key parts of Asia to better understand the countries and their cultures as well as comprehend activity of God as it connects with Vancouver.
\n\u2022 There are over 50,000 Danes living in Germany and enjoying many state-recognized rights there. Intercede that they would have access to the gospel, and that their hearts would be open to hear and respond to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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