Sabbatical Day 10

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ."

So Paul begins his praise of God in Ephesians as he expands minds and hearts to see the greatness of God over all things.

As I learn of faith on the other side of the world, I praise God with a renewed sense of Christ's lordship over all, and of the worldwide community of faith. One of the things that has flowed from praying using a psalm (I have found myself using Psalm 105) has been prayer for the suffering church.

John Stott spoke of his being converted to Christ and then converted to the church i.e. discovering the importance of the church. May I be converted to the worldwide church.