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Thank you for promising a Kingdom where righteousness will reign and joy will be the air we breathe. May that Kingdom come quickly—and until it does, may you find us faithful.
‘He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes.’”
“Dr. Martin Luther King 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 composed poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, “Here lived a great street sweeper, who did his job well.”’”
When men know they cannot hope in a country, in a political belief, or in themselves, they become free to hope in God.”
But in China there are more Christians now than Communist Party members, perhaps twice as many. It is no surprise that the Party labors to prevent Christianity from spreading.”
“Li Quan has given up dreams he could not have held on to anyway. In turn, he has embraced the eternal dreams of the risen Yesu. It was an excellent trade. You see, Ben, your old roommate is not without dreams. He has just replaced the old dreams with dreams that are higher and better.”
‘Zhen jin bu ba huo lian.’’’ “Real gold fears no fire,” Ben said.
“There are many more examples, but I will give you one, the most important.” He drew frantically with the stick. “‘Righteousness.’ This character is a combination of two smaller ones: ‘I,’ or ‘me,’ and ‘lamb.’ Compare to Genesis 4—Abel brought a sheep to sacrifice. God said if he would bring forth the best of his flock, he would forgive him and consider him righteous. Notice the lamb is positioned over the pronoun. The ‘lamb’ over ‘me’ means righteousness.” Quan was speaking quickly, at a fever pitch. “Do you not see?” “Well . . . I’m not sure.” “Let yourself see, Ben Fielding! The character
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“Romans tells us persecution and hardship cannot separate us from Yesu’s love. But Revelation warns us wealth and comfort can cause us to lose our love for him. I cannot get the younger men to go with me. They want to travel on buses and trains. They think even thirty kilometers is a long walk. They are soft. Most have spent no more than a few weeks in jail. They know nothing of suffering.”
The gods of our imagination never surprise us. Yesu does.
‘Remember the most common cause of stumbling is the fear of man.’ It is God we must fear, not men. You must learn to stand boldly for your Lord, regardless of what men may think of you.”
