Be an Example Worth Following


This chapter shared stories "of people who sought to live their lives fully surrendered to God." Each story was different, "but each bears the mark of a person distinctly transformed by the beauty and reality of God's love and the guidance of the Holy Spirit." (p. 149)

"Jesus commended the few who were faithful. Likewise, there are a few in every generation who offer examples worth following. Will your name be among the few that follow?" (p. 150)

Nathan Barlow - a medical doctor using his skills in Ethiopia; www.mossyfoot.com

Simpson Rebbavarapu - born to poverty-stricken parents in India; grew up in an orphanage; started an orphanage and brings audio Bibles to villages; lives by faith; www.beumin.org

Jamie Lang - missionary to Tanzania

Marva J. Dawn - lives off her husband's teacher's salary; donates all the proceeds of her books to charities

Rich Mullins - musician; lived on a Navajo reservation in Arizona to teach music to children; profits from his concerts and albums went to his church

Rings - lives in the cab of his truck; uses his income to buy food to feed the homeless at the beach; shares Christ while he serves them

Rachel Saint - missionary to Ecuador with a tribe who had killed her brother; she changed their culture of revenge and murder; translated the New Testament into their language

George Mueller - before coming to Christ he struggled with gambling and drunkenness; following his conversion, he and his wife started an orphanage; they fully trusted God to provide

Brother Yun - shared the Gospel around China; imprisoned and tortured; miraculously walked out of the prison on broken legs; escaped China where he is still wanted; ministers with Back to Jerusalem

Shane Claiborne - lives in The Simple Way community house in Philadelphia where he feeds people, spends time with the children in the neighborhood, runs a community store and plants community gardens; speaks around the country; was in Iraq during the U.S. invasion of Baghdad; www.thesimpleway.org

The Robynson Family - they feed the homeless breakfast on Christmas morning

Susan Diego - served God her whole life; said she would willingly do anything God asked, but hated speaking in front of people; God led her to Uganda to lead a conference for women where she spoke 10 different times

Lucy - an ex-prostitute who ministers to the prostitutes, pimps, drug users, dealers and anyone else in need in her home

Cornerstone Community Church - gives away 50 percent of its budget

"Hopefully these average, everyday people give you hope that you, too, can live a life worth writing about." (p. 164)

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