ldquo You are like Moses leading us out from slavery rdquo Jamila exclaimed As a bonded brick-kiln worker in Pakistan she and her family and her parents before her suffered because of the exorbitant amount they owed the kiln owner Barely able to survive they used much of their earnings just to pay off the interest But when they received a gift from a nonprofit agency that released them from their debt they felt tremendous relief In thanking the agency rsquo s representative for their freedom Jamila a Christian pointed to the example of God rsquo s release of Moses [... more]

Christians we have a race to run a mission and calling for today God calls us to a disciplined life For some of us that word discipline may have connotations of striving in our own strength to follow rules as if God saves us by grace then sends us off to the exhausting and impossible task of being worthy of that salvation But no God's beautiful grace follows us in its transforming work We must discipline our hearts to abide in Christ to live with the end in view to surrender to His work to His heart But God does [... more]