Monday

“Youths may faint and grow weary,

and young men stumble and fall,

but those who trust in the LORD

will renew their strength;

they will soar on wings like eagles;

they will run and not grow weary;

they will walk and not faint,”

~Isaiah 40:30-31, HCSB~

Curt Martin will be having another test to check the blood clot in his leg. Pray for it to be healed. Pray for Curt to have be able to stay off of it as long as necessary.

Be in prayer for the many grieving families in the Kentwood area.

From the International Mission Board:

A retired pastor walks the mountainous countryside for hours each day. He stops at homes and along the way to tell everyone he meets the good news of Jesus. Last year he made 2,640 visits, all on foot, to share the Gospel. That is an average of 220 visits per month, and about seven visits per day-and he is 88 years old! “Pray that the Lord will lengthen my life, to be able to keep working in the Lord’s service,” he asks.

(Does that testimony make you feel like you are coming up short? It certainly does me!)

Since Easter, the Baptists on this island nation have been asking God to enable them to reach 1 million of their people in the next three years, and to start many churches for His glory. If the passion for prayer does not surprise you, perhaps the location will. This pastor walks the rugged roads of Cuba.

“Pray that Cuba might be won to Christ,” he pleads. As Cuban Baptists are in the midst of the “50 Days of Prayer for Cuba” emphasis, please ask the Lord for 1 million Cubans to come to Christ, and for a church to be started within walking distance of each one during the next three years. Pray for others, like this retired pastor, who daily share their faith with those in Cuba who do not know Jesus.

* Please pray that God will pour out the power of the Holy Spirit on Cuban Christians, giving them daily strength and joy in their labor of prayer.

* Ask God to give them love and compassion for the lost so they will personally share the Gospel.

* Join this 88-year-old pastor in praying “that Cuba and the whole world might be won to Christ.”

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“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” (Philippians 2:10).
Mike Benson, Editor
THE BLOG TITLE read, “Moron turns in $140,000.00…”

What this title has reference to is the news story that broke last month. Eli Estrada, a 40 year-old Palm Beach resident found a bag containing $140,000.00 in unmarked $20.00 bills.

Mr. Estrada certainly could have used the money. About six months ago, he opened a landscaping and artificial-grass business and is in debt; he says his child support payments are tough to make; and he supports his mother, who moved in with him last year after she lost her house to a fumbled refinancing plan. Yet, Mr. Estrada went straight to the police and turned in all $140,000.00.

Apparently a Brinks armored truck somehow lost the money. Brinks rewarded Mr. Estrada for his good deed by giving him $2,000.00.

So now, was Mr. Estrada a really a “moron?” Only if one views such values as honesty, integrity, and the “golden rule” as foolish. But what about the cheap reward that was offered? Some on this blog said that if they knew the reward for turning in the money would have been so small, they would have kept it. But do we have to be financially rewarded for doing the right thing? Are our values so degraded that we feel we deserve a “reward” for doing what we’re supposed to do?

A moron? Hardly. Here’s a man who has demonstrated that he sufficient intelligence to know that some things are more valuable than money…things like integrity, honesty, and doing the right thing. Thank you, Mr. Estrada, for your example. May your tribe increase!

Now then, truthfully, what would you do if you found them money? Give it some thought. (Steve Higginbotham)

“Take double money in your hand, and take back in your hand the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks; perhaps it was an oversight” (Gen. 43:12).

May our moral values be worthy of the name we carry – Christian!

Anna Lee