“Worship and intercession must go together, the one is impossible without the other. Intercession means we rouse ourselves up to get the mind of Christ about the one for whom we pray.”
— Oswald Chambers

FROM THE DESK OF : the Director of Communications

I was chewing on John 1 the other day, particularly the end of verse 14 where John describes Jesus as being full of grace and truth. So many times my mind glosses over those words simply because years of vacation bible school and summer camp have lumped all bible vocabulary into one giant category of overused cliches. But the depth and genius of what John is actually saying is huge.  The 'Left' like the Grace Jesus - endlessly merciful, meek and mild, patient with us in our struggles. While the 'Right' have always emphasized Truth Jesus - the exclusive, narrow road, non-negotiable Lord. But John says He was full of both and somehow that's not contradictory. He is slow to anger but never lowers the standards. He is the only way to salvation but extends that salvation to everyone. I'm grateful that my savior cannot be confined. He is, by definition, beyond categories and uncontainable and it is that uncontrollable God that became flesh and moved into our neighborhood.

For the Win[dow],

Bubby Bryan,
DOC

VERSE OF THE WEEK: John 1:14

"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth."

COUNTRY OF THE WEEK: Kenya

Founding president and liberation struggle icon Jomo KENYATTA led Kenya from independence in 1963 until his death in 1978, when President Daniel MOI took power in a constitutional succession. The country was a de facto one-party state from 1969 until 1982 when the ruling Kenya African National Union (KANU) made itself the sole legal party in Kenya. MOI acceded to internal and external pressure for political liberalization in late 1991. The ethnically fractured opposition failed to dislodge KANU from power in elections in 1992 and 1997, which were marred by violence and fraud, but were viewed as having generally reflected the will of the Kenyan people. President MOI stepped down in December 2002 following fair and peaceful elections. Mwai KIBAKI, running as the candidate of the multiethnic, united opposition group, the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC), defeated KANU candidate Uhuru KENYATTA and assumed the presidency following a campaign centered on an anticorruption platform. KIBAKI's NARC coalition splintered in 2005 over a constitutional review process. Government defectors joined with KANU to form a new opposition coalition, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), which defeated the government's draft constitution in a popular referendum in November 2005. KIBAKI's reelection in December 2007 brought charges of vote rigging from ODM candidate Raila ODINGA and unleashed two months of violence in which as many as 1,500 people died. African Union-sponsored mediation led by former UN Secretary General Kofi ANNAN in late February 2008 resulted in a power-sharing accord bringing ODINGA into the government in the restored position of prime minister. The power sharing accord included a broad reform agenda, the centerpiece of which was constitutional reform. In August 2010, Kenyans overwhelmingly adopted a new constitution in a national referendum. The new constitution introduced additional checks and balances to executive power and significant devolution of power and resources to 47 newly created counties. It also eliminated the position of prime minister following the first presidential election under the new constitution, which occurred on 4 March 2013. Uhuru KENYATTA, the son of founding president Jomo KENYATTA, won the March elections in the first round by a close margin and was sworn into office on 9 April 2013. (CIA World Factbook)

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PRAYER REQUESTS:

  • Pray for the end of government corruption that continues to broaden the gap between rich and poor.
  • Pray for foreign agencies and missionaries to transition from leadership to consulting for growing national organizations.
  • Pray for fresh Holy Spirit fire among the majority, though nominal, Christian population.
  • Pray for the Uttermost workers on the field.
  • Pray for the US office.