Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
Today's Thought: God deserves every sacrifice we make for Him.
Missionary Hudson Taylor had been monumental in reaching China to the Lord. But a woman spent her time with the missionary - his wife. Maria taught, wrote, witnessed and gave birth to nine children, only four survived. All four children became missionaries to China. Maria died in 1871 from cholera. On her gravestone, they wrote:
AN EARNEST CHRISTIAN AND DEVOTED MISSIONARY,
A FAITHFUL AND AFFECTIONATE WIFE AND TENDER MOTHER,
A SINCERE AND WARM HEARTED FRIEND,
TO HER TO LIVE WAS CHRIST, AND TO DIE WAS GAIN
We must endure for the glory of God. The very things we give up for the Lord are surely remembered by God. Our faithfulness will be rewarded by the Lord. This is the promise of God for sacrifice. And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake, Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
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