Last week we celebrated National Sibling Day. You say you didn\u2019t know there was such a day. Well unlike Mother\u2019s Day and Father\u2019s Day, Sibling Day is not yet a national holiday and Hallmark has not yet flooded the market with Happy Sibling Day cards, although the Siblings Day Foundation is working to change this. Since 1998, the governors of 39 states have officially issued proclamations to recognize Siblings Day in their state on April 10. I have one sibling, Breakfast Bob, of Nashville, TN. An M.C. was introducing us once and commented that we didn\u2019t look much like brothers. Bob confused him further with one word, \u201cTwins!\u201d I am actually ten years older than Bob. I do confess to scaring his childhood somewhat, by continually telling him he was adopted, when in reality I was present for the entire nine month ordeal. When Hallmark does get around to making multiple card choices for Sibling Day, they might use, \u201cAnyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble\u201d (1 John 2:10, NIV). In the broader context, the Greek word, adelphos, translated here \u201cbrother and sister\u201d refers to a believer, but has application to biological siblings if they too are believers. Or Philippians 4:8, \u201c Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable\u2014if anything is excellent or praiseworthy\u2014think about such things\u201d (NIV). If you have a living sibling, and you didn\u2019t wish them a happy day last week, hurry. You still have time.<\/p>\n
Join me this week in praying for the following global concerns:
\n\u2022 Pray for Randy and Joan as they entertain their first volunteer team to join them in ministering in their new city of Velenje, Slovenia on April 10-18.
\n\u2022 Pray for Karen & Doyle and their family as they make adjustments to new surroundings.
\n\u2022 Pray for Patricia\u2019s adjustments as she begins her new role as Resource Coordinator with Wycliffe after many years serving in Cameroon, West Africa.
\n\u2022 Pray for the personal and family counseling sessions being provided this week by the Hardin Simmons University faculty and graduate students from the Psychology department serving in four different locations around metro Vancouver, Canada.
\n\u2022 Pray for approximately 100,000 Greeks who live in Russia and do not have access to the gospel in their heart language.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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