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๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ง ๐ง๐ข ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ก ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก
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๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ข๐ณ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ: โ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด; ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ.โ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, โ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ด?โ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ, โ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ! ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ.โ โญโญ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ โญ๐ฒโฌ:โญ๐ฒโฌโ๐ดโฌย
Read also ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ญ:๐ฐโ๐ญ๐ฌ; ๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ช ๐ฎ๐ด:๐ญ๐ฒโ๐ฎ๐ฌ; ๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฎ:๐ฎ๐ฌโ๐ฎ๐ญ.
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The Bible is filled with stories of people who have been set apart for Godโs purpose. Isaiah 6 gives an account of how Isaiah encountered Godโs holiness. After he had recognized his own sinfulness before God, an angel flew to Isaiah and touched his mouth with the burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. This is what made Isaiah clean. His guilt was taken away and his sin was atoned for.ย
This account was aligned with Jewish culture and clear prohibitions of uncleanness as it relates to food, life, and worship. In Isaiahโs encounter, the burning coal taken from the altar symbolizes Godโs purifying work. He is holy, separate, and independent from His creation, and He sanctifies us. Isaiah experienced spiritual cleansing, prompting him to respond with complete trust in Godโs character and humble readiness to be part of His mission.ย
A similar pattern unfolded in the life of Jeremiah. He was in his youth when God revealed to him that he had been consecrated. In fact, even before he was born, God had chosen him to be a prophet to the nations. Though Jeremiah was afraid to receive this divine calling at such a young age, God affirmed him by saying He would be with him. God commissioned Jeremiah by extending His hand and touching Jeremiahโs mouth. In this divine act, God declared that He had placed His words in Jeremiah's mouth, granting him the authority to speak God's message over nations and kingdoms.ย
Isaiah and Jeremiahโs encounters with Godโs holiness resonates with us today. Second Timothy 2:20โ21 says that we are set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, and ready for every good work. We can live this out not out of our own ability, but because of Godโs presence with us. When Jesus commissioned the apostles to make disciples of all nations, He began by affirming His authority and concluded with the assurance that He would be with them. His presence is with His people, and this includes our church. This year marks the fortieth anniversary of Godโs faithfulness and grace to our church. As we express our gratitude to Him and look forward to what He will still do, we remain committed to fulfilling His Great Commission.ย
Today, whether we are on campus, in the workplace, doing business, taking care of the home, or already retired, we can all take part in advancing the kingdom of God in our nation and in every nation.
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โข Have you encountered the holiness of God? What has been the effect of this in your life? If there is an area in your life that you need to consecrate to Him, take some time to do this today.
โข Why do you think we are called to go reach our nation and every nation? What do you think your role is in this?ย
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Ask God for His kingdom to advance in every nation. Pray for opportunities to be a blessing to a specific nation by praying, giving, and even going.
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Lord, grant us a heart that beats for the nations. May we have Your compassion for others, and may Your name be glorified in every corner of the earth. We ask for courage and boldness to step out of our comfort zone, trusting that You go before us and You are with us. Here we are, willing vessels for Your work among the nations, for Your glory and honor . . . in Jesusโ name, Amen.