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May 1, 2017

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Trust in the Lord with all your heart. - Proverbs 3:5 (NIV)

I became the first Christian in my family, and the joy I found in Jesus Christ led me to speak the good news. But I was rejected by my own family. My sister did not want me to practice my Christian faith in our shared bedroom — no Bible, no...

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Dear God, bless our hearts to trust you and your word, so that we keep praying for our loved ones who are not Christian. Amen.
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I join many of those who will pray for you as you seek to discern what you are called to be at this moment. May God grant you the courage to fulfill that calling. May we all open our eyes and see the misery, open our ears and hear the cries of God’s people, and, like God through the Lord Jesus Christ, be incarnate amongst them.” 

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