Good morning and Happy Saturday 🌞
Stay calm! There is so much turmoil in the world. It was prophesied thousands of years ago. We know what to expect.
“You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains. “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.” Matthew 24: 1-14 (NIV).
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Greetings 👋
Here’s God’s heart on true leadership. If only our leaders would internalize this message and act accordingly.
Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave—just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
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Matthew 20: 25-28 (NIV).
Does reading these verses bring you joy or angst? I see them as an invitation for self reflection. What about you?
“Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.
What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.”
Matthew 16: 24-27 (NIV).
I’m reading Exodus 10: 1-12. It is impressed on my mind that the people of every land suffer or thrive because of the decisions of their appointed, elected, or inherited leaders.
Pharaoh’s officials and the Egyptian people looked favorably upon the Moses and the Hebrews. They supported compliance with Moses’s demands. Ignoring the advice of the leaders and the suffering of his people, Pharaoh’s pride led to great suffering.
There is a lesson in there for us. It applies to America as well as the foreign nations that we interject ourselves into.
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