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A testimony of Grace

Grace WestonLast week I went to the funeral of a wonderful godly lady called Grace. She was born in the 1920s and spent many years of her life serving the Lord in the Middle East.

In the late 1950s, Grace committed to praying daily for 10 people she knew to serve Jesus cross-culturally – one only a baby. In the early 1980s, that baby, now grown up, became the tenth of the group to commit to a life of cross-cultural mission. That baby was my dad – and Grace, my great aunt.

She was called home on the 27th August after a lifetime of serving the Lord, not least through her prayers. She persevered in prayer throughout her life, with a particular heart for God’s mission to the world. I’ve no doubt that my own interest in mission in the UK and overseas is in part due to her prayers.

Who could you pray for like that? Or could you also be the answer to someone else’s prayer?

“Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” (Matthew 9:38)

Where are the young men and women of this generation who will hold their lives cheap and be faithful even unto death? Where are those who will lose their lives for Christ’s sake – flinging them away for love of him? Where are those who will live dangerously and be reckless in his service? Where are his lovers – those who love him and the souls of men more than their own reputations or comfort or very life?

Where are the men who say ‘no’ to self, who take up Christ’s cross to bear it after him, who are willing to be nailed to it in college or office, home or mission field, who are willing, if need be, to bleed, to suffer and to die on it?

The Spirit at work

Earlier this evening I spoke at Bath Spa Christian Union on Acts 8:26-40 – Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch. It was great to spend the evening with a group of students keen to share the good news of Jesus with people. Before the talk, we sang these words: “Fan into flame // A passion for your name”. My prayer is that the good news of Jesus would do just that for us all.

Audio available, as well as the script (slightly different).

All I have is Christ

 

Now Lord, I would be yours alone
And live so all might see
The strength to follow your commands
Could never come from me.

Hallelujah! All I have is Christ.
Hallelujah! Jesus is my life.

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