*𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐏 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐍* *𝕊ℂℝ𝕀ℙ𝕋𝕌ℝ𝔼:* Joshua 1:15 *𝕄𝔼𝕄𝕆ℝ𝕐 𝕍𝔼ℝ𝕊𝔼:* *Galatians 6:2 -* ```"Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ."``` 𝕄𝕆𝕋𝕀𝕍𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝔸𝕃 ℚ𝕌𝕆𝕋𝔼𝕊: *Don't wait till your world gets to the end of the tunnel before they see the light, be the light where you are now.* ℙℝ𝕆ℙℍ𝔼𝕋𝕀ℂ 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝔻 𝔽𝕆ℝ 𝕋𝕆𝔻𝔸𝕐: 𝗜 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗚𝗢 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗔𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗔𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗜 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗧𝗢 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗠𝗬 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗦𝗘𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗢𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗟 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗦, 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗦. *𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕄𝔼𝕊𝕊𝔸𝔾𝔼:* The Fire Scripture for today reveals a wonderful story about the people of Israel when they were entering the Promised Land. Prior to this time, Moses had allotted land to the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh as their possession in the Promised Land. But after the death of Moses, Joshua took over as the new leader of Israel and God had to make it clear to him to inform the Reubenites, the Gadites and half tribe of Manasseh not to settle down in their possession but their men of war must cross the river Jordan with the rest of Israelites to fight until they all possess their land before they can return to enjoy theirs. The only way we can reach out to help and save our nation is to lay aside the craving for self-indulgence and aggrandizement. We must step out of our convenience and comfort zones to reach out to our dying world. After Nehemiah finished fasting and praying for his people, he did not stop there. He went further to meet the king to grant him permission to go back home to fix the problem of his people. He did not mind losing his comfort and convenience just to salvage his people. The divine formula to enter into true rest as individuals in this nation is to ensure that we arise and fight together with our other brethren who are facing hardship until we all have a common victory. You might have read about the story of a woman called Agnes GonxhaBojaxhiu (Mother Theresa). Mother Theresa did not set out to help the poor at the early days of her life. In fact, for over twenty years, she taught the wealthiest children in Calcutta, India. One night, as she was walking down the street, she heard a woman crying out for help. It was in the moment that this dying woman fell into her arms that Mother Theresa's life changed forever. She strove to save the woman's life but she eventually died in her house. This is the true definition of empathy. We all must start from where we are living and working right now. Be the light in your neighbourhood! *ℙℝ𝔸𝕐𝔼ℝ ℙ𝕆𝕀ℕ𝕋𝕊:* *𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆* 1. Father, I thank You for choosing me to be my brother's burden bearer, in the name of Jesus. 2. I receive the grace to decrease as Christ increases in my life, in the name of Jesus. 3. Father, give me the grace to bear other people's burden, in the name of Jesus. *𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆* 4. Father, enlarge my capacity to give more to the people around me, in the name of Jesus. 5. Father, give me the passion to go all the way to help somebody every day of my life, in the name of Jesus. 6. Father, use me to give hope to the hopeless and help to the helpless, in the name of Jesus. 7. O Lord, give me the passion and zeal to build Your house and people, in the name of Jesus.