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BrokenOne
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 A lesson from Ghana - the life of a believer

I have a friend who is a math tutor. Several years ago she tutored a high school girl named Canita. Canita not only learned math from my friend, but she also learned Christ. Canita entered college as a strong believer. Her studies in International Health included a research project in Ghana. This is a portion of one of the emails Canita sent during her four month stay in Ghana. It has affected me so deeply that I wanted to share it.


“Waiting is definitely something I've gotten a stronger appreciation for since being here. My prayer life has catapulted to new heights, causing my craving for the Father to become so much deeper. Given my surroundings, I've had no other choice but to grow. See, the believers I hang out with in Ghana aren't your typical Christians. They give the word "radical" new meaning and truly embody our old school description of a "Jesus freak." I have friends here whose daily routines look something like this (look closely): 8:00am-4pm: work, 6:30pm-8:30pm: church, 12am-3am: personal prayer time, 3am-5am: personal bible study, 5am-6:30am: morning physical exercise. No, this is not an embellishment! When do they sleep you ask?! My friend, they don't. Aside from the couple of hours they are able to squeeze in here or there, rarely do they sleep. When I first discovered this, I was astonished. As a student of International Health, I was initially very concerned for their physical well-being. This, I thought, can not be healthy. Yet, when I see each of them every day they always seem to have three times more energy than I do. They're never tired, never irritable, and never ill. Like Paul, these men and women literally put their bodies under the subjection of the Holy Spirit daily (2 Corinthians 9:27). They fast weekly, pray constantly, and truly re-present Christ in this part of the world. As you could imagine, there's no way I can live among such a humble, surrendered group of believers and not be moved. More than anything, they've taught me the art of sacrificial waiting. I've found that something happens in the spirit when we sacrificially give of our time, our sleep, our food, and our comfort to seek the heartbeat of God.”


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Danielle


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Danielle

 2009/1/25 7:35Profile
broclint
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West Monroe, LA

 Re: A lesson from Ghana - the life of a believer

This is {in the oft used word of K. Daniel) staggering. I suspect if we were to know the lifestyles of many of our Christian brothers and sisters in many other countries of the world we would re-examine our definition of "loving" Christ.
This is challenging to say the least.

Clint



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Clint Thornton

 2009/1/25 21:53Profile
MJones
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I cannot remember the exact quote but I heard someone say something the other day that really struck me.

Something to the effect that when you come to realize that God is calling us with outstretched arms to Himself, it will not be difficult to come to God in prayer, it will be difficult to leave once we get there.


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Mike Jones

 2009/1/27 11:03Profile





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