The bumper sticker read, \u201cLife is fragile \u2013 handle with prayer.\u201d There is no argument related to the fragileness of life. Read any church prayer list and see the results of fragile lives. We are fragile physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. So Christians pray \u2013 for Divine intervention, for strength, for wisdom, for discernment, for guidance, and a hundred other categories of prayer requests. We believe the Biblical promise for God, who said, \u201cCall to Me, and I will answer you\u201d (Jeremiah 33;3). When God responds, the cynics say it is mere coincidence. Former Archbishop of Canterbury, William Temple, had the best reply to that logic when he wrote, \u201cWhen I pray, coincidences happen, and when I don\u2019t, they don\u2019t.\u201d Life is indeed fragile, but when we pray, human-perceived, heaven-sent, coincidences happen. So continue to pray through the fragileness of life.<\/p>\n
And join me in praying for the following global concerns:
\n\u2022 Pray for hundreds of summer mission teams that are now reflecting on their experiences and determining their next step.
\n\u2022 Pray for Marilyn as she concludes her stateside time and returns to Macau.
\n\u2022 Pray for the start-up of a new children\u2019s home northwest of Cambodia.
\n\u2022 Pray for churches across Canada to take advantage of the excitement of the Winter Olympic Torch Relay to reach minister to their communities.
\n\u2022 Pray for a new church start this month in the Nova Varos area of Serbia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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