Emmaus Family message from P G Vargis
PG&Lilly Vargis
A letter from a minister of the Lord Jesus Christ.
For any one doing any kind of ministry in the body of Christ and who wants to improve and excel.
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Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, you who do what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD's anger.” – Zephaniah 2:3
Samuel Logan Brengle was recognized as an excellent preacher and was recommended to become the pastor of a large city church. His leaders even saw in him the potential to be a bishop one day. As a result Brengle decided to enroll at the Boston Theological Seminary.
It was around this time that the Salvation Army was established in Boston. Brengle was attracted to it and in due course he resigned from the Methodist Church and offered his services to the Salvation Army. This meant that he had to go through a training period to learn the nuts and bolts of Army ministry. This is when he wondered whether he had made a mistake!
His first assigned duty was not to preach to a large crowd, but to clean and polish the boots of his fellow officers in training! He found himself in a little room with eighteen pairs of muddy shoes, a can of shoe polish and… the temptation to quit… To him this was an obvious waste of his time and talent. He had proved himself to be a brilliant speaker; a preacher with a very promising future. He asked himself: “Is this the best they can do for me in the Salvation Army? Did I make a mistake?”
Then in his imagination, he saw a picture: Jesus was washing his disciples’ feet! In his journal he wrote: “I could see my Lord – who had come from the bosom of the everlasting father and the glories of heaven and the adoration of its hosts – bending over the feet of uncouth, unlearned fishermen, washing them, humbling Himself, taking the form of a servant. I immediately fell on my knees and prayed: “Lord, you washed their feet; I will polish their boots.”
Are you humble person, or do you wrestle with pride? Today in prayer, seek the Lord with all of your heart and seek to be humble in all that you do.
“He who knows himself best esteems himself least.” – H.G. Brown
God’s Word: “Young men, in the same way be submissive to those who are older. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, ‘God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.’” – 1 Peter 5:5
By Peter Kennedy,
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Part II - QUOTE
Two men were stranded on an island. One man just sat down
under a tree and did nothing. The other man looked all over
the island. When he came back, he said, "There is nothing
here -- no food, no shelter, no nothing. We're going to die."
The first man said, "I make Rs. 200,000 a month," and continued
to sit.
The other man again looked all over the island and came back
dejected. "We're going to die," he said.
The first one again replied, " I make Rs. 200,000 a month." And
he sat.
The other man took one more look all over, returned, and said,
"There's no way we will ever get off this island. We're going
to die."
Once again the first man replied, "I make Rs. 200,000 a month,
and I tithe. My pastor will find me
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Your brother in Christ,
P g vargis