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Is two years of fulltime language
study too much to do when there is so much work that needs to be done in
Croatia? There are so many who aren't
followers of Christ. Many Croatians know some English. We could be doing
ministry right now.
These
are the days of Elijah,
Declaring the word of the Lord:
And these are the
days of Your servant Moses,
Righteousness being restored.
And though these
are days of great trial,
Of famine and darkness and sword,
Still, we are
the voice in the desert crying
'Prepare ye the way of the
Lord!'
I've never been one to get too
emotionally stirred by the praise and worship songs we sing in church. The same
is true for traditional hymns and choruses. Music just hasn't been central to
my worship.
Behold
He comes riding on the clouds,
Shining like the sun at the trumpet
call;
Lift your voice, it's the year of jubilee,
And out of Zion's hill salvation
comes.
Sunday morning, however, I was so
enraptured by Robin Mark's Days of
Elijah that at a few points no sound would come out of my mouth.
I just couldn't sing. I think it was more than the song we were singing. It was
that we were singing it in English; the language of my
heart.
These
are the days of Ezekiel,
The dry bones becoming as flesh;
And these are
the days of Your servant David,
Rebuilding a temple of praise.
These are
the days of the harvest,
The fields are as white in Your world,
And we are
the labourers in Your vineyard,
Declaring the word of the
Lord!
To reach Croatians, we need to
communicate with them in Croatian; the language of their hearts. We need
to speak Croatian in order to touch them at the center of who they are. For
that, we must invest much time and energy into learning this difficult language.
Our efforts alone won't be enough though. We need God to open our ears to hear
Croatian, our minds to think Croatian, and our tongues to speak Croatian. Please
continue to keep that at the top of your prayer list for
us.
There's no God like Jehovah,
There's no God like Jehovah!
Days of Elijah -
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used without permission.
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