sweet time with the professor yesterday morning….he is a man with wisdom, courage, intentionality, and supreme humility–everything that makes him so strategically placed in that setting. Terry and Lott were both able to be “in the dock” for the Lord as it relates to the need of a moral compass in economic considerations. Globalization was the [...]
ｃｈｅｃｋｉｎｇ ｉｎ
this morning we’ll attend a international economics class (surely, our forte) led by a professor who’s a Christian at Chiba University.Ｔｅｒｒｙ’ｓ ｂｅｅｎ ｃａｌｌｅｄ ｕｐｏｎ ｔｏ ｏｆｆｅｒ ａ ｂｒｉｅｆ ｐｅｒｓｐｅｃｔｉｖｅ ｏｎ ｂｕｒｇｅｏｎｉｎｇ ａｎｄ ｃｏｌｌａｐｓｉｎｇ ｉｎｄｕｓｔｒｉｅｓ ｉｎ Ａｍｅｒｉｃａ ｗｉｔｈ ａ ｖｉｅｗ ｔｏ ｍａｋｉｎｇ ｍｅｎｔｉｏｎ ｏｆ ｈｏｗ ｔｈｅ Ｇｏｓｐｅｌ ｍｉｇｈｔ ｓｈａｐｅ ｂｕｓｉｎｅｓｓ ｐｒａｃｔｉｃｅｓ． Ｎｏｔ ｅｘａｃｔｌｙ ｌｉｇｈｔ ｃｏｎｖｅｒｓａｔｉｏｎ， ｉｓ ｉｔ？ Ｉｆ ｙｏｕ ｗｏｕｌｄｎ：ｔ ｍｉｎｄ ｐｒａｙｉｎｇ ｆｏｒ ｈｉｍ， ｉ ａｍ ｓｕｒｅ ｗｅ ｗｏｕｌｄ ａｌｌ ａｐｐｒｅｃｉａｔｅ ｉｔ． Ｔｅｒｒｙ ｈａｓ ｐｒｏｖｅｄ ｈｉｍｓｅｌｆ ｔｈｅ ｗｏｎｄｅｒｆｕｌ ｍｉｘ ｏｆ ｃｏｕｒａｇｅ，ｃｏｎｓｉｄｅｒａｔｉｏｎ， ａｎｄ ｃｏｍｉｃ ｒｅｌｉｅｆ ｈｅｒｅ ｉｎ Ｊａｐａｎ． Ｗｅ’ｒｅ ａｌｌ ｌｏｏｋｉｎｇ ｆｏｒｗａｒｄ ｔｏ ｈｅａｒｉｎｇ ｗｈａｔ ｈｅ ｈａｓ ｔｏ ｓａｙ ａｎｄ ｐｅｒｈａｐｓ ｔｏ ｅｎｇａｇｅ ｗｉｔｈ ｓｔｕｄｅｎｔｓ ｔｏｏ．
Ｍｉｃａｈ ７：７ ｈａｓ ｓｏｒｔ ｏｆ ｂｅｃｏｍｅ ｏｕｒ ｔｈｅｍｅ ｖｅｒｓｅ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｉｓ ｔｒｉｐ ｓｏ ｆａｒ．ｗｅ ａｓｋ ｙｏｕ ｐｒａｙ ｉｎ ｔｈａｔ ｄｉｒｅｃｔｉｏｎ ｆｏｒ ｕｓ．
ｔｈｉｓ ｉｓ ａ ｓｗｅｅｔ ｔｅａｍ ｆｏｌｌｏｗｉｎｇ ｏｕｒ ｍａｊｅｓｔｉｃ Ｌｏｒｄ． Ｔｈａｎｋｓ ｆｏｒ ｐｒａｙｉｎｇ． Ｐｌｅａｓｅ ｃｏｎｔｉｎｕｅ．
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ｐ．ｓ． Ｍｒ Ｌｏｔｔ’ｓ ｅｎｔｈｕｓｉａｓｍ ｉｎ ｂｅｉｎｇ ｈｅｒｅ Ｉ ｃａｎ ｏｎｌｙ ｌｉｋｅｎ ｔｏ ａ ｐｕｐｐｙ ｉｎ ａ Ｐｅｔｃｏ： ｈｅ’ｓ ｄｒｉｎｋｉｎｇ ｉｔ ａｌｌ ｉｎ ｗｉｔｈ ｇｒｅａｔ ｃｕｒｉｏｓｉｔｙ ａｎｄ ｖｉｇｏｒ！
hot off the press: our prayer requests
By the time you read this, we will be out-bound traffic. What would we have you pray for us? Glad you asked.
1) For our preparations as a team
2) For “divine appointments” with students who wish to have a closer look at this Jesus fellow
3) That we might genuinely serve the long-term missionaries there (currently [...]
like i said, loving lottie will be as crucial as spouting Scripture
to substantiate the point I made last night, have a look at John 13:34-35
34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love [...]
