After a 14 Hour Nap

I'm good to go. I got home from Kenya yesterday and started my nap around 2:30pm. I told Karen to wake me up and she tried but I pretty much slept through until 4:30am. I guess I'm back on Eastern Time Zone quick enough.

There are three things for which I want you to pray with me. #1 is we pray for rain from heaven. When I went to Kenya I was told how dry it was so I prayed for rain to fall from the sky. It rained a little bit or a lot every day we were there. I pray the government and people of Kenya will prepare for the expected downpours to come next month so they can save and store as much water as they can. Kenya has the least amount of potable (drinkable) water of any country per person in the world.

But, more than water from the sky, pray for rain from heaven to fall on Kenya and us in the United States. Kenya is 80% Christian, yet pray for revival there. The pastors we met these last two weeks need your prayers. They are obedient to God's call even though they receive no salary. 3/4 of the pastors and their families have no electricity. Yet even carrying those burdens for their families they were filled with joy and worshiped the Lord with great energy and passion.

#2 pray for productivity to be turned into profit. Pray for their labors to bear fruit, fruit that will last and be a blessing to them and others. Kenya has three planting and growing cycles. Pray they can retain their agrarian lifestyles while still developing processes that take advantage of the productivity of the climate and soil. Pray for our ministry in the same way. Pray we can live a simple life of grace while reproducing The Colors of Grace, and producing Moving at the Speed of Grace, Life at Godspeed, and other resources these next few months.

#3 pray we can always introduce everything so that it gives praise and glory to God. That's what I enjoyed the most from our brothers and sisters in Kenya. As we introduced ourselves we started with our names, where we were from, and what our responsibilities were during our trip. As they introduced themselves, they started with "Praise the Lord, I am saved." "Bless his name, I love the Lord." Then we find out who they were. We only heard their names after we "Amen"-ed their praise!

Let us learn from their example. When we move forward let our praise arise first instead of third. Let our productivity become what is profitable to us and others. Finally let the rain from heaven be poured out upon us. Let us worship the Lord today with energy and passion - even if it takes a 14 hour nap to get us going!