the post that almost never was...
i have to admit that right now i dun really feel like posting anything... thing is i have so blessed so often by blogs that i feel it necessary to discipline myself to get thoughts that have been on my mind, get rid of my laziness and preference to keep quiet..
this past sunday was quite unique...normally after church i would just go right home and get started on that pile of work... announcements and events announced during church service i would just give a "that's nice, if only i had more time".. however, i felt that i could be doing much more to encourage and edify others around, and when it was announced that there was a prayer meeting for persecuted christians around the world later in the afternoon, i felt a strong urge to put aside the urgent work waiting for me back home for the much neglected and even more urgent work of good old fervent prayer for something other than my own needs and close ones around me...
the challenge was to decide at that moment that i WOULD go, cos i knew if i left it to later then "decide whether or not to go", once the textbooks were opened back home, i would not want to go...
anyway i'm really glad i went in the end, truly persecuted christians who're paying everyday for their faith make me rethink how seriously i'm treating mine... the one leading the study was from nigeria, and the focus that week was on Pakistan, a place where Muslims converting to Christianity are given the death penalty, and where Christians are subject to "blasphemy laws", abuse, discrimination... check out the link on the right on "praying for persecuted christians" (below "latest posts") for more info...
Hebrews 13:3Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.
Fellow prisoners and fellow sufferers... was i really thinking of my fellow persecuted christians around the world that way everyday? How much i prayed for them would show.... need to pray more.....
this past sunday was quite unique...normally after church i would just go right home and get started on that pile of work... announcements and events announced during church service i would just give a "that's nice, if only i had more time".. however, i felt that i could be doing much more to encourage and edify others around, and when it was announced that there was a prayer meeting for persecuted christians around the world later in the afternoon, i felt a strong urge to put aside the urgent work waiting for me back home for the much neglected and even more urgent work of good old fervent prayer for something other than my own needs and close ones around me...
the challenge was to decide at that moment that i WOULD go, cos i knew if i left it to later then "decide whether or not to go", once the textbooks were opened back home, i would not want to go...
anyway i'm really glad i went in the end, truly persecuted christians who're paying everyday for their faith make me rethink how seriously i'm treating mine... the one leading the study was from nigeria, and the focus that week was on Pakistan, a place where Muslims converting to Christianity are given the death penalty, and where Christians are subject to "blasphemy laws", abuse, discrimination... check out the link on the right on "praying for persecuted christians" (below "latest posts") for more info...
Hebrews 13:3Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.
Fellow prisoners and fellow sufferers... was i really thinking of my fellow persecuted christians around the world that way everyday? How much i prayed for them would show.... need to pray more.....
