Wednesday

“But Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to Me,

and do not forbid them;

for of such is the kingdom of heaven.’”

~Matthew 19:14~

Sydney Dixon has been at home one week.  She and her parents are doing well.  Thank you for praying for her.

Dr. Earl Council is home again.  His test went well, but the results won’t be available until next Monday.  Pray for him as he waits.

Rev. Butch Reviere’s has three days of medical tests that begin today.  Pray for him as he undergoes tests and continues to seek a diagnosis and treatment plan.

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Who's Missing? Whose Mission?
Berber people of North Africa

Keith Jones (name changed) often stopped in at the small shop across the street from his home in a North African city.

Sometimes it was just to pick up bread or fruit, but Keith always tried to share Gospel truths with the Berber shop owner, practicing the Berber language he was learning.

He and his wife, Susan (name changed), both from South Carolina, say the shop owner viewed Keith as a “person of God” because of his conversations.

One day the shopkeeper told Keith that he should be an imam, a spiritual leader in a mosque. The Berber man explained: “We live up here and we speak [the Berber language], and these imams come here and they preach to us in Arabic … and we don’t understand a word that they are saying.

“But you come and talk to us about God and you’re doing it in our own language.”

“It was as if, for the first time, he realized that God could speak his own language, too,” Susan recalls.

Keith and Susan are Bible translators, working to complete a translation of the New Testament into the Berber heart language — something the Berber people have never had. Southern Baptists play a vital role in getting the Gospel to the Berbers through their gifts to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.

Pray
Pray for Keith and Susan’s team to develop relationships with more Berber men and women with whom they can test these vital materials.

Pray that they and other translators will be able to quickly complete their New Testament project, communicating in language that is clear, natural and accurate.

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“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2:10
Mike Benson, Editor

A COUPLE MARRIED for 15 years began having more than usual disagreements…

They wanted to make their marriage work and agreed on an idea the wife had.  For one month they planned to drop a slip in a “Fault” box.  The boxes would provide a place to let the other know about daily irritations.  The wife was diligent in her efforts and approach: “leaving the jelly top off of the jar,” “wet towels on the shower floor,” “dirty socks not in hamper,” on and on until the end of the month.  After dinner, at the end of the month, they exchanged boxes.  The husband reflected on what he had done wrong.  Then the wife opened her box and began reading.  They were all the same, the message on each slip was, “I love you!”

4 “Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;
5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;
6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”
1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Thanks for praying today!
Have a great day!
Anna Lee

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