April 2024 Prayerlink

NEVER GET OVER IT!

 We just celebrated Holy Week and Resurrection Sunday. Remembering those first-century events, I recently reread John 13:1 and the handwritten notes in my decades-old Bible. Those notes, in a size that now strains my eyes, and in a script that is likely illegible to most, read:

“Next 24 Hours”

“-Greater love has no man…” to remind me of John, 15:13, where we read “Greater love has no man than this, that he laid down his life for his friends.

“-For God, so loved…” to remind me of John 3:16 where we read “For God, so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life.”

“-Herein is love…” to remind me of I John 4:10 which reads (in the old King James Version, where I did most of my memorizing in the early years of my Christian life), “Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”

We just celebrated “the full extent of his love.” I hope we never get over it!

 As you read and pray through this month’s Prayerlink, notice that love is being shared with people all over the world. Some of whom, for the first time in their lives, have heard, believed, and received that love, and just celebrated with us.

March 2024 Prayerlink

“The greatest tragedy of life is not UNANSWERED Prayer, but UNOFFERED Prayer.” (F.B. Meyer)

As we go through this month, looking forward to the final day of March, which happens to be the day that virtually all Christians celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, let’s remember that the only hope of having our prayers answered is also the only hope in having our prayers heard. God, the Father hears our prayers because God the Son died on the cross to pay the price for our sins and rose again to be seated at the right hand of the Father making intercession for us. Praise the Lord for his remarkable gift. 

Let’s not miss what God might do if we ask by not asking.

February 2024 Prayerlink

In this month's Prayerlink, you can read about God's work in many of the least-reached countries. The International Director of Worldlink and I recently returned from a trip to India and Bangladesh. We managed to meet over 200 of our missionaries. God granted us the opportunity to equip and encourage them with His Word.

It's important to understand that your prayers and financial contributions are not just enabling, but you are also joining hands with these dedicated saints to continue fulfilling Jesus' command found in Matthew 28 to make disciples of all nations.

"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:19-20 ESV