Identifying our Goal
Wednesday 6-8-2016 (Mar del Plata, Argentina)
Scripture Reading: Ecc 7 –
9 Eph 4
S=Scripture O=Observation
A=Application P=Prayer SOAP for the soul.
S. Eph 4:11-13 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets,
some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the
saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till
we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ...
NKJV
O. I have been
privileged to be invited by Pastor Osvaldo Carnival and his church “The
Cathedral of the Faith” to a great gathering of 1,400 pastors (and wives) of
many denominations prepared by “Argentina, Oramos por Vos”. Yesterday,
Tuesday afternoon, Pastor Sixto Porras from Costa Rica gave us wonderful advice
for pastors dealing with their families... two separate hours. Evelyn
Saint Jimenez, yes, the same lady that just completed translating my book
“Argentina: A Love Story” (in Spanish “Argentina: con Amor”) taught a powerful
class on the “pastor’s wife”... excellent teaching! It made me miss
Frances even more. Then we spent one entire hour interceding for
Argentina, dealing with many issues... one by one. We still have a day
and one half to go and thus far the teaching and preaching have been
outstanding.
A. Truth is that I came
with a hungry heart. Anxious for the touch of Jesus in my soul. I
will not return disappointed.
P. Lord, Your expressed
desire is to stir our hearts until we all
come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a
perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. I
still have so far to go... I will never reach this goal in this life, but
soon... very soon, I will be carried to the other side where You will have all
eternity to shape this vessel into something pleasing to You. Thank you
for letting me be just a little part of what You are doing in Argentina.
Amen.
Ralph
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