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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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Matthew 5:11-16

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Emmaus helped me laugh again, and it brought joy back to my life after the loss of my child. I am now stronger than ever in my walk with the Lord. And to this day, I continue to sponsor pilgrims to The Walk to Emmaus. In my local church, I have led our discipleship team and have had the opportunity to start new Sunday school classes and various women’s ministries. ¡De Colores!”

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—Susie Gilley attended her Walk to Emmaus in 1993 with the Chattanooga-Lafayette Community. She is now in seminary, seeking to be ordained as a pastor in the Church of the Nazarene.