Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28
“The blessed always lean on Christ. for support. They often visit Him in the tabernacle to draw renewed energy from His presence there. The personalities of the blessed vary enormously, but in this life they had in common one distinguishing feature. They lived charitably with those around them.”
Francis Fernandez in In Conversation with God: Meditations for Each Day of the Year, volume 7 (London: Scepter, 1993) 240-241.
Yesterday went crazy awesome. Imagine my driver at 6:00am collects me at my hotel. We hit it off, the Spirit guides the conversation and by 7:00am in the parking lot of the University of West Indies, he confessed his sins and professed faith in Jesus Christ.
For the full story, His grandmother sowed the seeds. Others watered them, and for Michael Clark, I got to be there on harvest day, praise God. See his photo with me above. Take a moment and pray for fruit that lasts. And imagine, my day had just started.
From there, the launch for CCEFA (Christian Council for Ethical and Financial Accountability) went fantastic. Reply if you want a copy of the trip report. In short people stepped up to serve, pray, give, and register their ministries to pursue accreditation.
Then, when I got back to my room (as if that was not enough), I received requests for the translation of my book and videos, entitled, Faith and Finances, into Chinese and the Community: 30-day devotional, into multiple languages in India.
Of course, I will allow this freely as Christian workers have offered to translate the books freely. Then, I received a request to print The Sower, The Choice, and The Council for ministries for workers Africa but that would come at a cost. In response, I leaned on Christ for renewed energy.
I did. I did what today’s Scripture says and what today’s reading says. I read it on the treadmill at the hotel last night. Like a little child, I ran into His presence, and there, I begged Him to renew my energy and supply resources so I could continue to serve charitably.
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Today, John, Lea, Horace, and I fly to Port of Spain, Trinidad to spread the word to Trinidad & Tobago.