As a family, we recently read a biography of William Carey, who is known as the father of modern missions. He was a brilliant man who translated the Bible into over 40 different Indian languages. His name, along with the names of Hudson Taylor, Amy Carmichael and Jim Elliot, may be familiar to you. A […]
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Our prayers typically end with Amen, but what if we began our prayers that way? What difference would it make?
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A yoke keeps a team of oxen pulling in the same direction. Putting on a yoke is an act of submission and trust. We wouldn’t yoke ourselves to just anyone, but if we are yoked to Jesus, we know that we are in good hands. Our yoke with Jesus is easy when we are going in the same direction as him. It only becomes difficult when we try to go in a direction that he is not going.
Once in a while we receive gifts that aren’t exactly what we had hoped for. Fourteen years ago I received one such gift. We were expecting a baby which is exactly what we got. What we weren’t expecting was a baby with Down syndrome.
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My prayer for me, and for you, is that the next trial that comes along, we will be able to say, “Thank you, Lord, for this good trouble.”
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