Now that the Redskins have seen their better days, I'm not much of a football fan. I did, however, catch this quote from the New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and thought it could be applicable to Kingdom Work:

"We try to use the same formula we use in business," Patriots owner Robert Kraft said. "And the primary thing is to get good people. And when you get good people who have a long-term commitment and share your vision on how you want to do things, then good things can happen."

I gleaned the following from a newsletter (Thanks, Darryl!)

While crossing the Atlantic on a ship many years ago, Bible teacher and author F. B. Meyer was asked to speak to the passengers. An agnostic listened to Meyer's message about answered prayer and told a friend, "I didn't believe a word of it."

Later that same day, the agnostic went to hear Meyer speak to another group of passengers. But before he went to the meeting, he put two oranges in his pocket. On his way, he passed an elderly woman who was fast asleep in her deck chair. Her arms were outstretched and her hands were wide open, so as a joke he put the two oranges in her palms. After the meeting, he saw the woman happily eating one of the pieces of fruit.

"You seem to be enjoying that orange," he remarked with a smile. "Yes, sir," she replied, "My Father is very good to me." "What do you mean?" pressed the agnostic. She explained, "I have been seasick for days. I was asking God somehow to send me an orange. I fell asleep while I was praying. When I awoke, I found He had sent me not only one but two oranges!" The agnostic was amazed by the unexpected confirmation of Meyer's talk on answered prayer. Later, he put his trust in Christ. Yes, God answers prayer!

One of my brothers-in-law is wearing one of the white hats in this video.

I hope you caught this article about 54 new co-workers!
‘You do not go alone,’ Rankin tells 54 new IMB workers. 

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+ Shirin has taken a few months off from Arabic study, so you joined her in praying for her lessons to start back up last week and that the lessons would give her more ideas and words to share her faith... Shirin writes, "Thank you for praying. It seems that God has given me another month before I start language again."

+ Jasmine's weekly ballet class will have a "Parent's Night Performance" in a few months, so she's already asking God to help her do her best and asked you to join her... Jasmine thanks you for praying, too! We can see confidence oozing out of her day by day!

+ I continued to covet your prayers to see God working in and through the International Prayer Center of Jerusalem... He surrounds me with people who want to see the same thing, so I know He's working in their hearts, too! www.jjsw.net

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<>< Please pray with Shirin and another worker that they will take advantage of the many opportunities to share their faith as they help five girls learn English.

<>< Ask God to use Jasmine as she plays with the children at the Bethany orphanage (Lazarus Home for Girls).

<>< Join me in asking God for His grace and patience as each of this week's appointments unfold.

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2, Pray that we be His faithful followers.

* We always want to hear His voice.

3, travel safety

* We owe a great deal of this to His response to your intercession. Thank you!

4, Pray for our neighbors as they pray.

* As I hear the call to prayer from the mosque (coming soon to *your* neighborhood), I know you're praying for them to hear His call to follow Him.

5, Ask God to draw Jews to Himself.

* Knowing you're praying is a comfort.

6, believers to be encouraged

* I know of one little girl who was deeply encouraged, and she thanks you for praying!

7, Omar’s salvation

* Not yet (sigh)

8, reliable utilities

* We had some snow flurries, and the electricity stayed on!

Too many people put off something that brings them joy just because they haven't thought about it, don't have it on their schedule, didn't know it was coming or are too rigid to depart from their routine.

I got to thinking one day about all those women on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night in an effort to cut back. From then on, I've tried to be a little more flexible.

How many women out there will eat at home because their husband didn't suggest going out to dinner until after something had been thawed? Does the word "refrigeration" mean nothing to you?

How often have your kids dropped in to talk and sat in silence while you watched 'Jeopardy' on television?

I cannot count the times I called my sister and said, "How about going to lunch in a half hour?" She would gas up and stammer, "I can't. I have clothes on the line. My hair is dirty. I wish I had known yesterday, I had a late breakfast, It looks like rain." And my personal favorite: "It's Monday." ...She died a few years ago. We never did have lunch together.

Because Americans cram so much into their lives, we tend to schedule our headaches.. We live on a sparse diet of promises we make to ourselves when all the conditions are perfect!

We'll go back and visit the grandparents when we get Stevie toilet-trained. We'll entertain when we replace the living-room carpet. We'll go on a second honeymoon when we get two more kids out of college.

Life has a way of accelerating as we get older. The days get shorter, and the list of promises to ourselves gets longer. One morning, we awaken, and all we have to show for our lives is a litany of "I'm going to," "I plan on," and "Someday, when things are settled down a bit."

When anyone calls my 'seize the moment' friend, she is open to adventure and available for trips. She keeps an open mind on new ideas. Her enthusiasm for life is contagious. You talk with her for five minutes, and you're ready to trade your bad feet for a pair of Rollerblades and skip an elevator for a bungee cord.

My lips have not touched ice cream in 10 years. I love ice cream. It's just that I might as well apply it directly to my stomach with a spatula and eliminate the digestive process. The other day, I stopped the car and bought a triple-decker. If my car had hit an iceberg on the way home, I would have died happy.

Now...go on and have a nice day. Do something you WANT to......not something on your SHOULD DO list. If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?

Make sure you read this to the end; you will understand why I added this.

Have you ever watched kids playing on a merry go round or listened to the rain lapping on the ground? Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight or gazed at the sun into the fading night? Do you run through each day on the fly? When you ask "How are you?" Do you hear the reply?

When the day is done, do you lie in your bed with the next hundred chores running through your head? Ever told your child, "We'll do it tomorrow." And in your haste, not see his sorrow? Ever lost touch? Let a good friendship die? Just call to say "Hi"?

When you worry and hurry through your day, it is like an unopened gift....Thrown away... Life is not a race. Take it slower. Hear the music before the song is over

It's National Friendship Week. Show your friends how much you care.

"Life may not be the party we hoped for... but while we are here we might as well dance!"