Last week I wrote of saying \u201cYes\u201d to every invitation and thus occasionally overcrowding my calendar. This is such a time. In fact when you receive this, I will be leading a city-wide prayer conference in Rio Grande City, Texas. I love the Rio Grande Valley, and the cities up the river. We lived there for six years early in my ministry. But due to an arthritis flare up, and the medication for such, I was running low on energy as this conference approached. No sooner do I complete this conference than I lead a Senior Adult Bible Study at another church, then I\u2019m off to Washington D.C. for the semi-annual meeting of America\u2019s National Prayer Committee, and the National Day of Prayer activities. In the midst of planning for this flurry of calendar events, I received Deuteronomy 8:18 from one of my Internet Bible Reading programs, \u201cRemember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power.\u201d Then I remembered Colossians 1:29, which I memorized years ago from The Living Bible, \u201cThis is my work, and I can do it only because Christ\u2019s mighty energy is at work within me.\u201d Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote, \u201cWhat lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.\u201d I\u2019m not sure what lay inside of Emerson, but I know what lies inside of me. How about you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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