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OUR DAILY BREAD                    Thursday, November 10, 1994
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READ:  Matthew 3


                "UNLIKELY GIANTS"

     "Among those born of women there is not
    a greater prophet than John the Baptist."

                  - Luke 7:28

Dwight L. Moody was greatly moved by a lay preacher's
statement that the world has yet to see what God can do
through a person fully yielded to Him.  Because an
attitude of submission is far more important than outward
appearance, some unlikely people have become spiritual
giants.

The first time I met Pete, he had a 2-day growth of
stubble, a missing front tooth, and a suit that looked
as if he had slept in it.  But I discovered that God was
using him in an unusual way to reach disadvantaged people.

Philip Yancey described the late Bill Leslie as "disheveled,"
"disorganized," and one who "laughed uproariously at his own
(bad) jokes."  But he points out that as pastor of the
LaSalle Street Church in Chicago, this man had led many
people to Christ and brought great social and economic
changes to that part of the city.  This unlikely spiritual
giant died at age 60 after three decades of work in the
inner city.

Pete and Bill remind me of John the Baptist.  Although he
lived as a recluse and wore a rough, camel's-hair garment,
he had a ministry to thousands.  Jesus called him the
greatest of the prophets (Lk. 7:28).

God uses ordinary people, and He wants to use you.  Serve
Him humbly, zealously, and expectantly.

    -- Herbert Vander Lugt

 True greatness does not lie with those
 Who strive for worldly fame;
 It lies instead with those who choose
 To serve in Jesus' name.

    -- Dennis J. DeHaan

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*        THOUGHT FOR THE DAY            *
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*     God uses those who are small      *
*         in their own eyes.            *
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*  THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Acts 3-5     *
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