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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Everybody Knows Your Name
These are the names of the twelve men Jesus chose: Simon
(Jesus gave him the name Peter); James and John, the sons of
Zebedee (Jesus gave them the name Boanerges. This name means
"Sons of Thunder"); Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew,
Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the
Zealot, and Judas Iscariot. Judas is the one that gave Jesus
{to his enemies}.
-- Mark 3:16-19 (ERV)
KEY THOUGHT:
People in God's family have names, histories, and futures. They are
different in their interests and their vocations. Yet they all have one
thing in common: Jesus! Let's not limit our expectations or dreams for
people in the Kingdom of God because of their pasts, their names, their
occupations, or their reputations. Let's trust that Jesus can and will
use anyone who fully yields his or her life to his purposes.
TODAY'S PRAYER:
Father, forgive me for the sin of prejudice. Open my heart to see that
you want all kinds of different people in your family so that others
can be touched by what they see and so that your Church can be fully
energized with all the various kinds of people you have created. In
Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
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Editor's Note:
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This week Phil is in Uganda, Africa with 15 other bloggers
who are seeing first-hand the work of Compassion International.
You can read the moving story of Phil personally meeting
Doreen, the little girl his family sponsors:
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He is posting updates from his trip on his blog:
http://blogs.heartlight.org/phil/
Please prayerfully consider taking part in this effort!
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