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Devotional Making Disciples

Following

Leaving Egypt, God’s people learn His way.

They camp. And set out. At His command. In designated, orderly formation. (Numbers 9:18,23)

Following the Lord.

Following the Lord. Image by Brett Jordan on Unsplash.

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Tags ark of the covenant, exodus, Exodus 4, Exodus 5, God's mercy, His command, His deliverance, His glory, His way, John 15:4-5, Matthew 28:18-20, narrow place, Numbers 10, Numbers 9, spiritual battle, the Red Sea

Crossing Cultures Memoir

Night watch

Night watch. Our God neither slumbers nor sleeps (Psalm 121).

And sometimes He wakes us in the night. To watch and pray.

I remember when the two emails arrived. One after the other. To our inbox in Karachi.

Same time. Same message. Traveling across the world. From opposite sides of the United States.

Night watch. Image by Edward Polo on Unsplash.

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Crossing Cultures Making Disciples Memoir

Seem or be?

Seasoned servant. Leaving, after spending many years in the dark city by the river. Her parting advice to one of our colleagues is borne out of long experience in the spiritual battle.

Those insightful words reach my ears at a retreat in the Himalayas.

One phrase sticks in my heart. And comes to mind, from time to time.

“Do you want to seem holy? Or be holy?”

Dark city by the river. Image by Lewis J Goetz, Unsplash.

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