Making your life journey count

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That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem… -- Luke 24:13 We’ve all heard it said that life is a journey. And it’s true. But sometimes life’s challenges can cause you to lose hope and even to despair. In the book of Luke, you and I meet two men whose life challenges had caused them to lose hope. These men were Christ followers, but when Jesus died on the cross, they were stunned. And as they walked to Emmaus, their conversation revealed the depth of their pain and disillusion. You see, their experience did not match their expectation. Their journey with Jesus had come to a sudden end. They expected more from Jesus… and hoped for something more from God. But something extraordinary happened to those two men on that journey. A man began to walk with them!  And as they listened to what he said and watched what he did, they soon realized who that man was… Jesus was alive and their hope was restored! Now, I want to ask you an important question. How is your life journey going? Is it going well? Or maybe you’ve had a rough start filled with crushing disappointments. Well, through God’s grace and the power of Jesus’ resurrection, this Easter season, you can have a new beginning! Your Savior is alive! Let him walk with you and he will make your life an incredible journey, one that will count for eternity!   YOUR SAVIOR IS ALIVE! Putting Feet to Your Prayers Monday, April 22, 2019 by Dr. Paul Chappell “And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually. Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.” 2 Kings 4:8–10 There is an old story about a pastor at a small country church in England who along with several of his children came down with the mumps. At church on Sunday they announced a prayer meeting would be held outside the pastor’s house. At the appointed time, several members gathered around the parsonage, and were getting ready to pray when a teenage boy drove up with a loaded wagon. He started unloading food—potatoes, bacon, flour and other staples. One man asked, “What are you doing?” The boy replied, “Pa said I should bring our prayers.” There are times when the only possible solution is a direct miracle from God. But there are other times when there are things we could do to help with the problem. In those situations, we need to “bring our prayers” in a practical way. Moses experienced this when he met God at the burning bush. He was delighted to hear that God was going to deliver the Israelites. But he had a different reaction when God said, “Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt” (Exodus 3:10). Moses wanted God to deliver, but he was reluctant to play his part. Today's Growth Principle:  When you pray for others, be willing to be part of God’s solution to their problem.