It is encouraging to read the stories of Ecclesias taking up the mantle and addressing environmental problems. God really is the God of the whole earth. It therefore follows that we should be good stewards of the same.
But in the same vein, He wants us to go forth and evangelise ALL nations. This concept was very foreign to me, after all, only "great men of God" travelled country to country preaching the Gospel. But here again surfaces my prior misconceptions about the great commission. The commission was for US ALL to go out to all the world. Adopting a country is a very good idea in my opinion. It crystallizes something that has been made extremely abstract. It brings that country, and the people therein to our living room, so to speak, and allows us to bring them to God in prayer effectively.
I believe the Wife and I should pick a country (she has a passion for Africa so chances are that's where we will get one) and adopt it, and pray for it, and trust God for miracles in it. This goes way beyond just praying for our families and our friends...
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