Dear Ronald,Yeows,Alexis,Horace,Kelvin
i am very encouraged by this article,talking about resisting to be in the norm and living out of the norm for the lord. I can imagine how much resistence i have to overcome in order to do the greater work the lord has assigned for me.
This man is tremendously bold and stand firm in doing what the lord have for him.In a place like wallstreet,where most bankers and businessman are more preoccupied with the figures and bottom lines than to live each day in serving the lord and sacrificing your time in between your lunch breaks to have a small prayer meeting is a rare occurrence.
Babyface,
I prayed that if is god's will for you to work in NYC,you will continue to live each day with him in your heart. make time to talk to him and learn to rely on him, do not be swayed by the worldy desires and the worldy ways to succeed in your career. Rest in the lord and count on him to prosper you for his way is easy and straight. I pray that the lord will give you the strength both physically,mentally,and emotionally t survive the tough enviroment out there. I also pray that you will learn to give thanks to the lord whatever you are given are all blessed by him. I pray that you will be bless supernaturally with gifts which will enable you to do well on the job. Most importantly,i prayed that you will not let your work rob your personal time with our father. Our father ,the almighthy will make everything possible
My brothers-in-christ,
no matter in which part of the world now,i prayed that you guyz will always spend time in his word. Enrich yourself with his wisdom and he shall guide you all in all the things you will be doing. rely on him and not your own efforts.Have his kingdom first before everything and all things shall be added upon you. Do not succumb to temptations for satan is lurking everywhere,waiting to devour us.Be assured in what he has given to us and glorify him. Edify others and spread the gospel wherever you all go. The lord will continue to bless all of you
Amen.
Love
Raine
Living for a Greater Cause
References:-->Philippians 4:13I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.
What does it mean for businesspeople to live for a cause greater than themselves in our day and time? Jeremiah Lanphier was a businessman in New York City who asked God to do this in his life in 1857.
In a small darkened room, in the back of one of New York City's lesser churches, a man prayed alone. His request of God was simple, but earth-shattering: "Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?" [John Woodbridge, ed., More Than Conquerors (Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, 1992), 337]
He was a man approaching midlife without a wife or family, but he had financial means. He made a decision to reject the "success syndrome" that drove the city's businessmen and bankers. God used this businessman to turn New York City's commercial empire on its head. He began a businessmen's prayer meeting on September 23, 1857. The meetings began slowly, but within a few months 20 noonday meetings were convening daily throughout the city. The New York Tribune and the New York Herald issued articles of revival. It had become the city's biggest news. Now a full-fledged revival, it moved outside New York. By spring of 1858, 2,000 met daily in Chicago's Metropolitan Theatre, and in Philadelphia the meetings mushroomed into a four-month long tent meeting. Meetings were held in Baltimore, Washington, Cincinnati, Chicago, New Orleans, and Mobile. Thousands met to pray because one man stepped out. Annus Mirabilis, the year of national revival, had begun.
This was an extraordinary move of God through one man. It was unique because the movement was lead by businessmen, a group long considered the least prone to any form of evangelical fervor, and it had started on Wall Street, the most unlikely of all places to begin.
Could God do something extraordinary through you? Take a step. Ask God to do mighty things through you.
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