An administrator said to me, \u201cWhen you\u2019re gone, the only thing you leave behind is what you\u2019ve written.\u201d My reply: \u201cWith all due respect sir, I disagree with you 100%. I\u2019ve got books in the Library whose pages are turning yellow, and whose check-out record is empty. On the other hand, I\u2019ve got former students all around the globe, in whose lives, at least some of my influence lives on.\u201d Well, I\u2019m gone, at least from that place of ministry. The pages of the books are getting more yellow with each day. Hundreds, yea thousands, of my former students, the pride of my life, are making significant impact for the Kingdom of God all around the globe, some in places I cannot even pronounce, much less spell. Am I alone in that feeling? No. As early as 495 \u2013 429 BC, Pericles, a prominent and influential Greek statesman, orator, and general of Athens during the city\u2019s Golden Age, said, \u201cWhat you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.\u201d Even before Pericles, the Old Testament tells of Jonathan\u2019s influence in the life of David that ultimately spared the life of the future King (1 Samuel 19:1-6). A few years after Pericles, the Apostle Paul instructed young Timothy concerning investments in people, \u201cThe things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also\u201d (2 Timothy 2:2). I know that what I write is important, a God-given ability, and that many people are blessed by my books and my Internet writings, but it is the investment of time and perhaps wisdom, in the lives of others that keeps me going. It\u2019s what I will someday, leave behind. How about you? What are you planning on leaving behind?<\/p>\n
Join me this week as we pray for the following global concerns:
\n\u2022 Vancouver (Canada) Vision Tour, Sept. 10-12 and Vancouver Island Prayer Journey, Sept. 13.
\n\u2022 September 11 is the National Day of Catalonia, Spain. Join others in interceding for spiritual awakening for Catalonians, as well as for Spaniards and immigrants living in the land.
\n\u2022 Pray for Doyle, Karen and family as they adjust back to Texas from Poland for a few months.
\n\u2022 Pray for Robert and Donna as they prepare to return to Taiwan in a few weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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