Brussels 72:14

Having started reading Acts on August 5, one of its 72 sections a day, we are now at Day 14. The reading for today, Wednesday August 18, is Acts 6:1-7.

The other part of the “Acts 72” plan is to pray for each of these 72 days for 72 workers. Jesus sent 72 workers ahead of Him in Luke 10 and the first thing He told them to do was to “Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest field!”

I’m happy to report to you that in addition to the 7 workers already present (Deals, Severs, and Daniel) there are 26 other workers committed to Brussels or on in the process of considering it! I want to tell you about them, and highlight some verses from Acts so far that I’ve found inspiring.

On the Way to 72 Workers:
• Kevin and Anne Kittrell, with children Sam, Ben, and Emma: CA team members; in Virginia raising support; hoping to join us in January.
• Stephen and Laura Doyle, with Baby Doyle on the way: CA team members; in Virginia raising support; hoping to join us in January.
• Jon Hayden, Mark Herritt, Kristen McCrillis, Dan Wogelmuth, and Leah Young: Interns: in Virginia raising support; will spend three months in Austria at a Torchbearer’s Bible School and hoping to join us in January for six months.
• One family and three singles, all in various stages of considering joining our CA team, all but one new since we started praying for 72!
• Ten people who live in Brussels with whom we’re beginning to establish relationships, four of whom we’ve met since we started praying.
• Luke and Marge Miller: occasional team members, offering on-site support when needed and available; living in Dallas, when not on short-term missions trips.

On the Way to 72 Readings:
• On freedom from sin, one of the first blessings we receive from the Gospel: “When God raised up His servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways” (Acts 3:26)
• Not as a street-corner proclamation, but in answer to the question, “So, by what power did you heal the cripple?”: “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).
• Wise words from Gamaliel applicable to Brussels: “For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God” (Acts 5:38-39).

Lord, send workers into your harvest field – and make it so!