One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. Proverbs 11:24-25
“Inwardly this has been a very uneven week. As a whole my end of the experiment has been failure for most of the week. My physical condition and too many distractions have proven too much for me, and God has not been in the center of my mind for one-fifth of the time, or perhaps one-tenth. But today has been a wonderful day, and some of yesterday was wonderful. The week with its failures and successes has taught me one new lesson. It is this: “I must talk about God, or I cannot keep Him in my mind. I must give Him away in order to have Him.” That is the law of the spirit world. What one gives one has, what one keeps to oneself one loses. Do you suppose that through all eternity the price we will need to pay for keeping God will be that we must endlessly be giving Him away?
Frank C. Laubach (1884-1970) in Letters By A Modern Mystic (Feedbooks: 2009) letter entitled, “One Mew Lesson.”
I boarded this train at the Przemyśl Główny stations in Poland yesterday and have safely arrived in Lviv to proclaim peace in Ukraine in the name of Jesus and call everyone to take refuge in God.
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I am so stoked about my first meeting today. Because I am preaching in Ternopil at 11am and 5pm, my meeting with five humble servants at Hosanna Church runs from 6:30am-8:30am. What will we talk about?
The church is growing to 150+ with most of the people new converts during the war. But the church has no budget or financial accountability and transparency measures in place.
Doing an early morning seminar for the overseers of the church, praise God.
Then I will “talk about God” and finding refuge in Him in two churches in Ternopil today and I have peace. The more I make Christ known fearlessly, the more I will know life in Him without fear. The more I give Him away, the more I have Him.
This illustrates life in the economy of God. We only grasp what we give away. What can you give away today or this week?
Jenni will give herself to 20 students at the seminary here in Lviv this week, and undoubtedly the gain will exceed 20x of the effort and sacrifice. I will serve 3 churches today in Lviv and Ternopil and more stops on the docket by car and train.
Appreciate your prayers this week. On the move, unafraid of danger, and praying for peace.
Praising God that the more I sacrifice, the more I gain. Let me know if you want to join me on a trip sometime to experience the abundant economy of God firsthand. Milan Hluchý is with me for the second time from Czech Republic.
I am serious. He would say that it’s life-changing and the only way to live.