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“ Leighton For indicates that North America now holds the distinguished honor of being the third largest mission field in the English-speaking world. And the United States has more secular, unchurched people than most nations of the world, yet many churches don’t seem to operate in light of that fact. ”

“ I love days when you hear the voice of God so clearly. 
Days when he just seems so close that you swear if you turn around quick enough, you’d be able to catch a glimpse. 
Just a few minutes ago I was cleaning the counters in the kitchen. 
I do it quite often. Wipe them down so they look all pretty.
But the voice inside me said I wasn’t really cleaning the whole counter. I was just cleaning the part people see. That in order for the countertops to be “clean,” I was going to have to work a little harder. Pick some stuff up and clean even the parts people don’t see. 
And then it hit me. 
I do this in my life. Clean the parts people look at and pretend the whole person is clean. When in fact, I need to work a little harder and do some moving…cleaning the parts hidden underneath all the clutter.
I admit it. I am guilty of spot cleaning. Both around the house and in my personal life.
And perhaps admitting it is the first step towards fixing it.   ”

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The devil mocks the Church … roaring over the 50 million people he is devouring by way of AIDS. He gloats over the 143 million orphans and stands atop a mountain of 33,000 children each day who will die from preventable issues like malaria and malnutrition.

Satan knows that if the Church took poverty as seriously as we take abortion, we could wipe it out in a generation. The issue isn’t whether or not we can do it, but rather if we have the will to act.

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Dear Christian,

Please stop complaining about the economic recession in America. Seriously. It’s beginning to bug me. I’m bothered by the mass layoffs as much as the next person, but I just can’t help but be irked by how you’re coping with this so-called crisis. So, if you don’t mind, please stop your whining.

Please stop thinking that the “blessed are the poor” verse in the Beatitudes now applies to you, because you had to stop going out to eat more than once a week. I would appreciate it if you would stop lamenting how you’re strapped for cash and forced to “cut costs” just after you bought your teenager her very own cell phone with text messaging plan. There are real people who are hurting during this time, and it’s apparently not you. Not while your kids play their hand-held video games in the backseat of the Suburban and you and the Mrs. enjoy worship tunes blasting from the iPod. Not while you drink Starbucks coffee after church and spend your Sundays taking naps in a well-heated home.

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