Wednesday, August 15, 2012

GETTING UNCOMFORTABLE FOR THE GOSPEL

As Americans, we’re all about comfort, aren’t we? The problem is, God didn’t call us to be comfortable, He called us to be obedient.

"But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth." ~ Exodus 9:16

How often have you heard (or used) these excuses?

“I could never speak (to a stranger, to a group, in public, etc.); I just wouldn’t be comfortable.


“I could never go without (electricity, running water, familiar food, sleep, fill in the blank...)

“I could never travel to a place with (insects, bats, creepy-crawlies...)


How often do you begin a sentence with "I could never..."?


I just returned a few days ago from three weeks on the mission field in Kenya, where we encountered all of the above, and then some!

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