Inspiring Stories of Courage from Christians Serving Around the World
When I received a copy of this book of daily devotional stories from Thomas Nelson’s Book Sneeze Program, I planned to use it to read aloud to the urchins each day about missionaries and their service. I had hoped to form a habit for our family of praying for others outside of our immediate circle and of caring for God’s people around the world.
It didn’t happen –for lots of reasons, mainly my lack of discipline and my faulty memory.
Nevertheless, I would still like to share this book with my family, and maybe if I can get my act together we’ll start this summer. I did browse through the book and I’d like for my yound students and disciples to hear about:
Danika who at age 90 heard about the gospel of Jesus Christ for the first time—and at 94 years of age, believed in Him.
“Ratko” who came to English club to cause trouble and learned that God’s plan was to make peace with estranged sinners.
Daniel who prays daily for and writes letters to hundreds of missionaries around the world.
Walmiy who patiently endures the hardships of life in a hot, desert climate in order to share Jesus with the the nomadic tribal people living there.
And there are 362 more stories in this encouraging, convicting book. The missionaries who share their stories in the book and who live out the gospel all around the world are Southern Baptist missionaries working under the auspices of the International Mission Board of the SBC, but the stories and the people in them transcend denomination. If you are a Christian and you want to be challenged to live a life of sacrifice and service to the Lord, read these stories. If you want your children to be challenged in the same way, read the stories to them. Then, pray together, like Daniel, that God will continue to work through the missionaries of the International Mission Board and other missionary agencies to reach our lost world with the gospel good news that God is in Christ reconciling the world to Himself.
I’ve talked myself into starting tomorrow.