Becoming
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Randy
Kilgore
"Would you pray for my sister?” the burly worker asked awkwardly. I eyed him suspiciously. Months earlier, muggy August heat intensified emotions in the pre-strike atmosphere of the assembly plant where I was working that summer. Managers drove production at a frenzied pace and union members resisted. During breaks, we were coached by union officials on slowing down our output. My faith and idealism got me in the doghouse because I didn’t think God would accept anything but my best effort. I naively tried to explain. My co-workers’ response was harassment, and this burly worker asking for prayer had been the ringleader. An undesirable task? I got the assignment. Off-color jokes had me as the star. |
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Read: Luke: 7:1-10 |
Like
the centurion in Luke 7, people in the storms of life don’t waste time
or mince words.
They go directly to the people whose faith they’ve tagged as real. We need to be those people. Do our lives mark us as a go-to person in touch with God? (Luke
7 -Audio-)
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When he heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to Him, pleading with Him to come and heal his servant. — Luke: 7:3 |
We
give to others what they need
No greater help and care Than when we intercede for them And bear them up in prayer. —D. De Haan Even
the hardest of souls might ask for help
when someone they love is at risk. |
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| Bible
in a Year: Deut. 30-31; Mark 15:1-25 |
"Reflexions from Our Daily Bread"
Posted by: Ben Ayala : benayalal@gmail.com
Thanks to the Sources at: rbc[dot]org -and- odb[dot]org |
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El líder crece en medio de las pruebas - Las diversas formas de una prueba Las tardes cálidas y llenas de placidez en familia constituían algo que nunca previó Abraham. Sara, su esposa, junto a las siervas atendiendo los quehaceres domésticos. Los negocios atravesando su mejor período y, en la mayoría de los casos, con una tendencia a crecer. Y en el inmenso solar, su hijo con otros chicos de su edad. ¿Qué más le podía pedir a Dios?. Estaba orgulloso de cuanto había acontecido en su existencia. Ocasionalmente cuando veía morir la tarde y la brisa bañaba con frescura en aquél territorio, solía recordar los años de espera. Al comienzo se desesperaba pensando que jamás se materializarían en su existencia las promesas divinas. Vino luego un período que podía llamar de resignación, y por último, –por cosas paradójicas de la vida—el reverdecer de la fe tras cada nuevo encuentro con Dios quien le reafirmaba las promesas. ¿Pruebas?¿ Momentos difíciles? Esos dos conceptos sonaban lej...

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