July 3, 2019

Taking a Risk

Amorelle Reneisha Browne (Grenada)

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Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. - Matthew 5:16 (KJV)

At the age of 19 I felt God gently nudging me to join a mission organization where I would attend a full-time discipleship training school. I was at a point of desperation to truly discover the God I had said I knew for the previous ten years, and this seemed...

Today's Prayer

Dear God, help us to be ready to go where you call us and to trust your guidance so that our lights will shine before others. Amen.

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Today's Reading

Matthew 5:11-16

Thought for the Day

Even if others question me, I will be ready to answer God’s call.

Prayer Focus

For the courage to follow God’s call

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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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