July 15, 2019 – Vance Havner said, “Jesus discouraged publicity, left the crowd for
the solitudes and never played up to the multitudes.” Doesn’t sound much like
modern church work does it? Those early believers followed the great “Fisher of
Men,” and went out doing the same. The work of the early church was
characterized by humility and grace. If each one of us would serve Christ with
a humble and submissive spirit we could reach a lost world and the growth of
the kingdom would be phenomenal! S. E.
Trail
My prayer for you today is for a heart
filled with a desire to fulfill the great commission!
Proverbs
29:23 A man's pride
shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit. KJV
“A Jewish father was concerned about his son.
He had not truly raised him to be grounded in the faith of Judaism… So, hoping
to remedy this he sent his son to Israel so the boy could experience his
heritage. A year later the young man returned home. He said, "Father,
thank you for sending me to the land of our Fathers. It was wonderful and
enlightening. However, I must confess that while in Israel I converted to
Christianity." "Oh (groan) what have I done?" the father
thought. So in the tradition of the patriarchs he went to his best friend and
sought his advice and solace. "It is amazing that you should come to
me," stated his friend, "I too sent my son to Israel and he returned
a Christian." So in the traditions of the Patriarchs they went to the
Rabbi. "It is amazing that you should come to me," stated the Rabbi,
"I too sent my son to Israel and he returned a Christian. What is
happening to our sons? “Brothers, we must take this to the Lord," said the
Rabbi. They fell to their knees and began to wail and pour out their hearts to
the Almighty. As they prayed, the clouds above opened and a mighty voice
stated, "Amazing that you should come to Me. I, too, sent My Son to
Israel..."
2019 Bible
Reading Schedule for today - Job 29-33
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