In everything I showed you that by working hard in this manner you must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."
When he had said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.
Acts 20:35-36
It is Wednesday night...the night before departure for the wilderness of Ecuador. The team of eighteen people is steadily gathering together for a final briefing on our mission. The final vital members of the team will join us early tomorrow morning. Tonight, we each obtain a few hours of precious sleep.
The words that the apostle shared with his friends remind us of our Savior and one of His favorite themes...the blessedness of giving. Taken by itself, giving is a hard thing to do. It requires hard work and sacrifice. But when we are connected to Jesus, the giving and love literally flows. So it is that we pray for each team member...that by their daily dependence on Jesus inside them, they would know the blessedness of giving in the days ahead.
Please pray for that. Amen.
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