"God be merciful to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us, that Your way may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations."
(Psalm 67:1, 2)
Every time I read this text I think of my Dad. He would always have one of his week-day prayer and Bible study groups close the meeting with praying this verse corporately. It has always told me a lot about this Jesus-Centered, praying, man committed to the Kingdom, World missions.
My first cognitive recollection of guests in our home is two German pastors, one from West Germany and one from East Germany--- I repeat, my first. I have a, "good heritage." If you don't have one, start one.
Father, in Jesus' Name, I pray, "....Cause [Your] face to shine upon us, that Your way may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations." Amen.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
