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Devotional Making Disciples

Benediction

Some days we need a benediction.

Proclaiming who He is and what He does.

Anchoring hearts.

Stabilizing steps.

Resting weary souls.

Yes, some days we need a benediction.

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Crossing Cultures Making Disciples Memoir

To live is Christ

“To live is Christ and to die is gain” (Philippians 1:21). Paul’s words help us stay the course. In life. And death.

October 2000. The phone rang at our home in Virginia.

A friend living in Karachi was calling.

“Ed is in very serious condition. Please pray.”

To live is Christ and to die is gain. Image by Syed Auon Abbas on Unsplash

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Crossing Cultures Devotional Making Disciples

Love your neighbor

The commandments given are plain. Straightforward.

“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,
and with all your strength, and with all your mind,’
and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’.”
Luke 10:27

Love the Lord with all that I am. Yes! And love my neighbor. Of course.

But, uh, by the way. Who is my neighbor?

Love your neighbor. Image by Nina Strehl on Unsplash

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