Brown's Daily Word 6-11-08

Good Morning,
Praise the Lord, for this good day which is a gift from the Lord. It has been hotter here in New York than in Oklahoma. Thank you for praying for Jerry Adams,
who came through the surgery well yesterday. Some of us from the church drove up to Rochester to be with the family. We were blessed. Deborah And Mike are still waiting for Cassidy to be born. Cassidy might make her debut today? Praise Jesus for all His little lambs of His keeping.
The short term mission team is leaving for India this coming Monday the 16th of June. Two are coming from Broken Arrow, OK, four are coming from Washington, DC. We will be meeting all in London and flying to Calcutta on British Air and then take a connecting flight to Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Orissa. We will use ground transport to travel to G.Udayagiri, a 4-6 hour drive depending on the cattle traffic on the back roads. Muklingia, the village where I was born, is located approximately 7000 feet above the sea level. We are located just 50 miles, as the crow flies, from the beaches of the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean. The total number in this team will be 17 adults and children. Most will be staying in the house where my mom lives. It is an experience, and an experiment in communal living. It is an adventure.
Oswald Chambers said, “It is inbred in us that we have to do exceptional things for God: but we have not. We have to be exceptional in the ordinary things.” Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “If a man is called to be a street sweeper he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, ’There lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.'” Heroes come in ordinary packages. The widow who gave two mites was a hero. The boy who gave five fish and two loaves was a hero. The woman who anointed Jesus with the alabaster jar of perfume was a hero. Hebrews 10:24 says, “Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.” Each of us has a unique circle of relationships and what we need to recognize is that God brings different people into ours for different reasons. Our network of relationships is anything but happenstance. God wants us to share our faith and share our life with the people in our circle. He wants us to "slingshot" people on their spiritual journeys into eternity with Him. Here’s the catch. . . It doesn’t just happen! We have to fulfill God's plan for us.
Hebrews 10:24 says, “Let us consider.” In other words, we need a plan. We must be intentional. Try this challenge. . . identity one person this week and say something or do something to spur them on. Then keep doing it until it becomes part of the rhythm of your life. There is a principle in Philippians 4:8 that will absolutely revolutionize our lives if we put it into practice. “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.” Joshua 24:15 says, “Choose you this day whom you will serve.” We can choose our own path, or we can choose to follow Christ. When we enter Christ’s orbit, it will take us to places we never dreamed of. WOW!

In the name of Jesus Christ, the Bright and Morning Star.
Brown


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