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Listen while you read: "There Is Power In The Blood"1
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Matthew 25:21 – His master replied, "Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!"
With all the recent talk about Promise Keepers Conventions, I'd like to make a comment, and tell about an amazing experience I had at a PK Convention. First, the comment. The media cannot seem to believe that being a leader in one's home is not a power grab, but PK recommends that men lead their wives and families by serving them, as Christ leads the Church by serving her, and laying down His life for her.
Now for the experience. One strength of PK is their support of the local church as the locus of God's work in the world. They encourage men to get behind their churches and pastors. To underline this, in the middle of this convention, they called all the pastors down to the front so they could pray for them. And as we streamed down from all over the Coliseum, the men rose to their feet to give us a standing ovation. Of course, they didn't face the front "politely"; they turned around to face the pastors coming forward. As I walked down the steps and across the floor, greeted by thousands of smiling, clapping, cheering men, it was as if I had been suddenly transported to the streets of heaven, lined with hosts of angels and throngs of saints clapping and cheering for me at my arrival. In my mind, this was directly connected to the suffering I had gone through here on earth to fulfill the work God had given me to do. With this kind of reception in glory, it was all worthwhile, and the Lord's words echoed in my ears, "Well done, good and faithful servant. Enter into the joy of your Lord!"
When the going gets tough, we all need to maintain the perspective of eternity. From God's point of view, it is all worthwhile, if we can just be faithful.
Prayer: Lord, not everyone understands what we Christians believe, and it grieves us to be misrepresented. But thank You that for Your faithful people, it will all prove to be worthwhile when Your eternal judgements are handed down. Speak, Lord, to those who do not yet understand. Amen.
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Thank you for sharing again this enlightening and encouraging devotional with us today. Blessings.
Good morning Robin
Thank you for your faithfulness to God and His work!!
Blessings.
Another great devotion that stirred my heart. I had an opportunity to speak to my precious prodigal son last week about his soul and heaven and hell. I had witnessed to many people through the years but seldom to my lost son. Why? Fear of another argument, fear of rejection, or fear my pearls would be trampled on. But I knew this was my Father’s will to tell of my beautiful Savior and pray my son could see God’s son. May he find me faithful even in the hard things and hear at days end, “Well done”! Thanks Robin.
I was quite surprised to note that this devotional is dated 1997. If your comment, dear Rev Ross, “The media cannot seem to believe that being a leader in one’s home is not a power grab, but PK recommends that men lead their wives and families by serving them…”, Imagine what the left leaning propaganda media of today would say of Promise Keepers! I think they would leave out the part “by serving them, as Christ leads the Church by serving her, and laying down His life for her.” I think they would still see it as a “power grab” while ignoring the “log in their own eye” and not considering their own power grab of the media. It’s 2025 and I despair of what is happening to our country. Christians are labeled as Nazis and racists for being bold enough to express our faith.