{"id":2161,"date":"2018-10-04T05:19:34","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T09:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/?p=2161"},"modified":"2018-10-04T05:19:34","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T09:19:34","slug":"who-will-sit-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/2018\/10\/04\/who-will-sit-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Who will sit here?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In just a few days, on October 14, a new evangelistic Bible study will kick-off in the village.\u00a0 We offered our house as the location of the Bible study, but we left it up to the believers concerning who they would invite to this Bible study.\u00a0 With great excitement, they have invited 20 families.\u00a0 Many of these families have kids who already attend our Kid\u2019s Bible Club and Youth Group.<\/p>\n<p>As there is no way we can fit 20 families into our house, we are planning to have this Bible study outside on our miniature basketball slab.\u00a0 The only question is: \u201cWho will come and sit in these chairs\u201d?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2162\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2018\/10\/Who-will-sit-here-600x370.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2018\/10\/Who-will-sit-here-600x370.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2018\/10\/Who-will-sit-here-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2018\/10\/Who-will-sit-here-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2018\/10\/Who-will-sit-here-125x77.jpg 125w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2018\/10\/Who-will-sit-here-250x154.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2018\/10\/Who-will-sit-here-411x253.jpg 411w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2018\/10\/Who-will-sit-here.jpg 1178w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We ask you to pray:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>That these 20 families will faithfully come every Sunday evening to this Bible study for the next several months;<\/li>\n<li>That they will clearly understand the message and see the difference between God\u2019s Good News and what they have already been taught by their village church;<\/li>\n<li>That these 20 families will have the boldness to step out in faith against those in the village who guilt them from believing in Jesus Christ;<\/li>\n<li>Strength for Stephen and the other church leader who will be leading this Bible study;<\/li>\n<li>That God will provide us with good weather as we still have three more months of rainy season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thank you for your prayers and words of encouragement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In just a few days, on October 14, a 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