This will not be the first time I\u2019ve been out of the country on the 4th of July. In fact, I\u2019ve been away several times. It never gets easier. It\u2019s like missing the birthday of a loved-one. In fact it is missing the birthday of a loved-one \u2013 my beloved home-country. Home. Now there\u2019s an interesting subject and a difficult one for me to discuss. In my lifetime, I\u2019ve lived at twenty-eight different addresses in twelve American towns, plus spent extended time in four foreign countries. I really can\u2019t go home again. It would take too long and some of the places are not even there anymore. What I can do is celebrate my home in Christ. The Message translates Jesus saying in John 15:4 \u201cMake your home in me just as I do in you.\u201d While others celebrate Independence Day in their home-country, I will spend July 4th celebrating my dependence on the Lord, my home away from home.<\/p>\n
A new story has been added to the \u201cMud Hen in a Peacock Parade\u201d feature on my web site. Check www.discipleallnations.org for \u201cBaptism or Burritos?\u201d<\/p>\n
Join me in remembering these global concerns:
\n\u2022 Pray for me as I travel this week to Interlaken, Switzerland to teach each morning at the Summer Assembly of the International Baptist Convention.
\n\u2022 Pray for dozens, perhaps hundreds, of mission teams that will be serving somewhere in the world this week.
\n\u2022 Pray for American missionaries and military personnel who will celebrate the 4th of July outside of their home country and away from families.
\n\u2022 Pray for the annual meeting of the Canadian Baptist National Convention, June 30-July 2, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
\n\u2022 Give thanks for successful surgery and ongoing good recovery from cancer of the tongue for Carrie in Austria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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