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S2-E17 | Everyday Eurasia |  Mark Louw · Eurasia Region Podcast

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  This week on the Everyday Eurasia Podcast, we check in
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  with a Regional Director, Mark Law.
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  Having served as a Regional Director for the Eurasia region
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  for the past two years, Mark shares how he's doing, what he
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  is observing during his travels, and some of the experiences that
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  have shaped his journey. TuneIn to hear his insights and
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  reflections in this week's episode of Rd. on the podcast.
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  Today we continue our journey across Eurasia with reflections
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  from Central Europe and Eurasia North.
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  In Jeremiah 29 seven we read these words.
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  Jeremiah told God's people to seek the peace and prosperity of
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  the city where they had been sent.
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  Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you 2 will
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  prosper. It was not glamorous work, but
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  it was long obedience in difficult places.
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  This passage captures much of what I've witnessed across this
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  part of the region. There are leaders serving year
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  after year in post Christian societies where visible results
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  can come slowly. There are pastors faithfully
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  discipling people in cultures shaped by skepticism, political
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  history, and spiritual uncertainty.
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  There are churches learning how to live faithfully in
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  environments where Christianity is often viewed with
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  indifference. And yet, beneath the surface,
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  God is at work. One of the great lessons I
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  continue learning is that fruit grows where faithfulness
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  remains. In our modern ministry culture,
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  we can easily confuse speed with success.
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  We celebrate rapid results. We admire visibility.
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  But many of the strongest ministries across Central Europe
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  and EUR Asian N have been built through decades of steady
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  faithfulness. I've met leaders who simply
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  refused to quit. They continued preaching,
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  continued disciple, continued praying, continued loving
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  people, and continued showing up, and eventually fruit began
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  to appear. This region reminds me that the
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  Church does not advance primarily through charisma or
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  strategy alone. It advances through faithful
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  people empowered by the Holy Spirit.
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  Sometimes God's greatest work in US happens while we are waiting.
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  Some listening today may feel weary.
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  Perhaps you are serving faithfully without seeing
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  immediate results. Perhaps you wonder whether your
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  labour even matters. Allow me to encourage you.
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  The Kingdom is often growing in ways we cannot yet measure.
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  In Galatians 6 verse 9, Paul reminds us to not grow weary in
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  doing good, because at the proper time we will reap a
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  harvest if we do not give up. Allow me to repeat those words
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  because at the proper time, we will reap a harvest if we do not
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  give up. Across Central Europe and
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  Eurasian NI, continue seeing evidence that God honors
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  faithful presence. God is already there.
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  Lord Jesus, quiet our hearts so we may recognize where you are
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  already at. Work around us.
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  Strengthen your weary servants. Renew our hope and teach us to
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  join you with humility and courage.
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  And as your people serve across Eurasia, may we remain faithful,
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  attentive to your spirit, and rooted deeply in your love.
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  In Jesus name I pray. Amen.
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  region, visit our website, eurasiaregion.org.