\u201cI\u2019m standing on the Rock!\u201d So said University of Texas Quarterback Colt McCoy following the championship football game last Thursday night. The answer was in response to a reporter who, for lack of any appropriate question to ask a young man who had just missed the biggest game of his life with an early game injury, asked what it was like to watch this last game, last game in a Longhorn uniform, from the sidelines. Makes me wonder how much education one has to have to be a sports sideline reporter. But I digress. The full McCoy quote was, \u201cI always give God the glory. I never question why things happen the way they do. God is in control of my life, and I know that if nothing else, I\u2019m standing on the Rock.\u201d Not everyone gets to play in the big game. Most don\u2019t make the headlines. The majority live in relative obscurity. To have a celebrity, a two-time Heisman Trophy candidate, a potential pro football great, testify to his faith in the midst of adversity, is a challenge to all of us, whatever team colors we wear and no matter how many fingers we hold up at the end of the game. I hope next time I get knocked down, I can say, \u201cIn the time of trouble . . . set me high upon a rock\u201d (Psalm 26:5).<\/p>\n
Join me in interceding for the following global requests this week:
\n\u2022 Pray for Blu and Darbi as they prepare to leave on January 21st for their first term of service in Zambia.
\n\u2022 Pray for relief work following a Jan. 2 earthquake in the mountainous region of Tajikistan that left thousands homeless in winter weather,
\n\u2022 Pray for Martha (Spain) in the lost of her Mother.
\n\u2022 Join with believers in Holland, as they celebrate their National Prayer Day on Jan. 16.
\n\u2022 Pray for resolutions to ongoing visa issues for personnel serving in Central Asia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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