20Plus Japan 2007 Blog » our proper work http://20japan07.wordpress.com the story on the 20+ mission trip to Japan in 2007 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:14:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/918535473ffbea5bea1584e083c5726b?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png 20Plus Japan 2007 Blog » our proper work http://20japan07.wordpress.com Penultimate day http://20japan07.wordpress.com/2007/06/14/penultimate-day/ http://20japan07.wordpress.com/2007/06/14/penultimate-day/#comments Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:14:32 +0000 pclafferty http://20japan07.wordpress.com/2007/06/14/penultimate-day/ ]]>

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 topic of the lecture and both of them were able to establish rapport and credibility (so it seemed, many Japanese students are rather brazen about sleeping conspicuously in class) in their knowledge of economic trends, and then speak of their faith in Christ as what shapes their ideas about economic responsibility–all that through a very natural question-and-answer format the professor worked into his lecture!  The text in Matthew 10:19 showed itself applicable: “do not be anxious about what to say, for in that hour He will give you the words.”  In succinct and clear terms, the two of them were able to lay out a very simple idea: with economic considerations desperate for a moral framework, lest pure revenue becomes the sole pursuit of nations and corporations, faith in Christ provides a rather counter-cultural shaping to market economies.

all that and a bag of chips.  not a bad morning.  thanks for praying

patrick

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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．

ｐａｔｒｉｃｋ

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！

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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 168 in Chiba City)

4)    For wisdom in sharing the Gospel with the students with whom we have the privilege of meeting

5)    For loving, genuine relationships to be built between the students we reach and the long-term missionaries

6)    Above all, we ask for your persistent prayer (Luke 11:5-13, 18:1-7)

]]> http://20japan07.wordpress.com/2007/06/07/hot-off-the-press-our-prayer-requests/feed/ 2 pclafferty like i said, loving lottie will be as crucial as spouting Scripture http://20japan07.wordpress.com/2007/05/01/like-i-said-loving-lottie-will-be-as-crucial-as-spouting-scripture/ http://20japan07.wordpress.com/2007/05/01/like-i-said-loving-lottie-will-be-as-crucial-as-spouting-scripture/#comments Tue, 01 May 2007 21:03:08 +0000 pclafferty http://20japan07.wordpress.com/2007/05/01/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 for one another.

loving one another not only describes the essence of what it means to follow Him but it serves also a significant means of bearing witness to Him….

sheesh, you really are going to have to put up with me!

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