{"id":1126,"date":"2016-12-06T10:32:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T15:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/rosie-cochran\/?p=1126"},"modified":"2016-12-06T10:32:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-06T15:32:00","slug":"gods-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/rosie-cochran\/2016\/12\/06\/gods-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"God’s Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wishing you a Merry Christmas. Click on the photo to watch a short Christmas card video from me to you!<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I\u2019ve never been a history buff. But here I am immersed in writing historical articles, and yes, even a book about the early history of NTM. And you know what? I find myself intrigued and challenged by it.<\/p>\n

Five Men. Five Martyrs.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

One of these early stories is about the Ayor\u00e9 people of Bolivia.<\/p>\n

Little was known about the Ayor\u00e9s, and what was known should have had the missionaries running in the opposite direction.<\/p>\n

But they didn\u2019t run \u2014 not even when warned: \u201cYou won\u2019t come back alive!\u201d<\/p>\n

They went anyway.<\/p>\n

Five men went out. Five men became martyrs at the hands of the Ayor\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

You could say it was a bad decision. You could say they were foolish. But God had a plan. He had a purpose. And He used this early contact to open the hearts of the Ayor\u00e9s to the missionaries.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, an Ayor\u00e9 church was born.<\/p>\n

(Read more about this in the upcoming issue of NTM@work!)<\/em><\/p>\n

Another Birth<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Back before the foundation of the earth, God had another plan. He had a plan to reconcile wayward man to Himself. And it involved His Son and sacrifice.<\/p>\n

As we celebrate the birth of our Savior, let\u2019s not forget what He gave up.<\/p>\n

He gave up the glory of heaven to be born in a stable. (Think smelly.)<\/em><\/p>\n

He gave up the glory of heaven to live an impoverished life. (There was no mansion here for Him!)<\/em><\/p>\n

And He gave up the glory of heaven to face rejection, death, and for the first time, separation from God as He bore the penalty of our sins.<\/p>\n

And He did it for us. Doesn\u2019t that make you sit back in amazement? It does me.<\/p>\n

Merry Christmas!<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Subscribe to our NTM@work magazine.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Watch a Christmas card video from me to<\/span> you!<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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