I\u2019m hung on a phrase. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, in his non-Presidential-candidate speech, lifted a line from an earlier Bill Clinton speech, and said we must lead by \u201cthe power of example,\u201d not from \u201cthe example of power.\u201d Wow! Over the years of my ministry I have seen the power of example lived out many times, but unfortunately, I\u2019ve also seen the abuse of power. Time and space prevent a recounting of those in my life who have demonstrated the power of example, undoubtedly beginning with my own parents. Nor would I care to list those whom I\u2019ve observed abusing the power granted to them. Lord Acton was an English Catholic historian, politician, and writer, best known for the remark, \u201cPower tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.\u201d The one exception to that quote would be Jesus, who said, \u201cAll power is given unto me in heaven and in earth\u201d (Matthew 28:18). With absolute power, Jesus refused to use it to accomplish a personal mission, but rather to issue a Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20). That\u2019s what power does. It challenges, motivates, equips. It does not take advantage, abusing, and destroying, everyone and everything that stands in its selfish, ego-centered, way.<\/p>\n
Join me this week in praying for the following global concerns:
\n\u2022 Give thanks for 21 persons who have made decisions to follow Jesus in believer\u2019s baptistism through Canvass Church on Vancouver Island, Canada. Continue to pray for Ashley and this new church plant.
\n\u2022 Continue to pray for missionaries who face an early November deadline for deciding to remain on the field or take an early retirement package offered by their sending agency.
\n\u2022 Pray for Ken & Kathy as they work with partners to start a new church in Oran Park, southwest of Sydney, Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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