For twenty-two years, my annual assignment was to coordinate the training and placement of approximately 100 Seminary student, hope-to-be preachers into small churches located outside of the Bible-belt for the purpose of conducting spring-break revival meetings. The most difficult part was not the training of the students; it was knowing where to place them. So I fasted, prayed and read the Bible, sometimes for several days, waiting on God to give me a \u201cGo\u201d word, before making any assignments. I was not going to match student preacher and small church without the assurance that God was with me in the process. I\u2019m not sure where in the Bible I started reading one year but I had made it all the way to III John and was beginning to wonder if God was going to give me my needed \u201cGo\u201d word. After all, only Jude and Revelation remained in the Bible. Then I read III John 5-6, \u201cYou do faithfully whatever you do for the brethren . . . if you send them forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God.\u201d With that \u201cGo\u201d word given, I proceeded to \u201csend them forward on their journey.\u201d Lesson learned and now passed on to you: Keep reading your Bible and praying. God is sometimes slow but never late.<\/p>\n
Join me this week in praying for the following global concerns:
\n\u2022 Pray for a Christian worker among East Asian people who is seriously ill. He is on a ventilator in critical condition. Last Saturday he underwent a 4.5 hour surgery to treat the situation. The next hours are crucial.
\n\u2022 It\u2019s not global, but please pray for North Pointe Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas. Their Pastor was murdered in the church building last Thursday and the church\u2019s Administrative Assistant was beaten and remains in serious condition in a local hospital.
\n\u2022 March 8th is International Women\u2019s Day in Russia and some other countries. Pray for Mary and others who will be ministering to women on this day.
\n\u2022 Pray for Patricia as she leaves Cameroon on March 13 for two and a half months of \u201chome leave\u201d in the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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