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An Amazing Revival

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  Dr. Eric McLaughlin was a missionary doctor in Burundi. After years of watching one out of seven of his patients die, it was hard for him to hold onto hope. He wrote, “I fear to hope sometimes. My recent weeks have been filled with tragedies. There have been several times when it seemed like someone was going to recover only to suddenly die. ‘Hope deferred makes the heart sick,’ says Proverbs 13:12. Exactly; my heart was sick.” Later he told someone the story of Odette, a young woman who was hospitalized with severe kidney failure. Odette’s family pooled their money to send her to a kidney specialist in the city. Long-term dialysis was not an option, so Dr. McLaughlin wondered if such an expense trip would change anything for her. Amid his lament and doubt, his phone chimed in. It was a message from his former student and coworker, who was now working at a hospital in the city.   He wrote, “Good morning doctor. I want to let you know that we have been caring for Odette...
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Saul Sails Home

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  Backward Christian soldiers, fleeing from the fight;   with the cross of Jesus, nearly out of sight. Christ our rightful master stands against the foe; onward into battle we seem afraid to go. Like a might tortoise, moves the church of God. Brothers we are treading, where we've often trod. We are much divided, many bodies we; Having different doctrines, but not much charity. Crowns and thrones may perish; Kingdoms rise and wane. But, the cross of Jesus Hidden does remain. Gates of hell should never 'gainst the Church prevail.   We have Christ's own promise, but we think it might fail. Sit here then ye people, join our sleeping throng. Blend with ours, your voices in a feeble song. Blessings, ease and comfort, ask from Christ the King. But with our modern thinking, we won't do a thing (source unknown). After conversion Saul returned to Jerusalem, the town he had left breathing fire, three years earlier (Acts 9:1-3). He tried to join the disciples; but they were a...
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Arise and Shine

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  Roddy Roderique had served seventeen years of a life-sentence and was appealing for an early release before the high court in Montreal. His pastor, Charles Seidenspinner, was testifying on his behalf. "Why should this man be released?" asked the Crown Attorney. "Because God has come into his life, and changed him, and will hold him steady" replied the pastor. "What do you mean `God has come into his life?"' asked the judge. He listened thoughtfully as the pastor shared in detail how Christ transforms a life. The judge then asked a loaded question: "Suppose this man is released. Would you want him for a neighbor?" "Your Honor," said the pastor, "that would be wonderful! Some of my neighbors need to hear the same message that changed his life." Roddy was released, and today he's living for the Lord and is active in his church (D. J. De Haan). God chose Israel to be a light to the nations (Isa. 43:10, 12). In I...
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