OUR DAILY BREAD             Sat., February 4, 1995
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READ:  Acts 16:6-15

               THE MAN FROM MACEDONIA

      "A man...pleaded with him, saying, 'Come
           over to Macedonia and help us.'"

                                - Acts 16:9

When the apostle Paul saw in a vision the man from
Macedonia, it changed the history of the world.
Heeding the man's plea to "come over to Macedonia,"
Paul altered his plans.  It was in Macedonia he led
Lydia to the Lord, and it was there that the evangel-
ization of the Western world began.

All Christians should be on the lookout for "the man
from Macedonia."  That man or woman may be well-
educated, or have no education at all.  He may drive
an expensive car, or he may be poor and eke out a
living ransacking garbage cans.  He may live next
door, down the street, or across the sea.  He may
speak a different language.  But wherever you find
him, and whatever his situation, he has one pressing
need -- to know Jesus Christ as his Savior.

Sometimes that need is expressed as a cry for help.
At other times it is veiled in bitter hostility to
the Savior and the gospel.  Many times his sins and
errors and crimes announce this desperate condition.
Yet despite the thousand different ways he voices
that need, the plea is always the same:  "Come over...
and help us" (Acts 16:9).

Sooner or later someone will call out to you for
help.  Will you be quick to answer?

                                -- Haddon W. Robinson

   O stir me, O stir me, Lord, till all my heart
  Is filled with compassion for those who are lost,
    Until Your compelling love drives me to pray
   And follow Your leading, not counting the cost.

                                -- Anon.

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           THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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If you've accepted Christ's invitation to come,
   have you obeyed his commission to go?


THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Leviticus 24-27

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