Just Pick One
9 August, 2010
Been doing a wee series recently with our girls called "small beginnings" ... asking simple questions about what might be hidden in the seemingly small and insignificant. Won't revisit the message but in worship the other Sunday I felt a sense of urgency ... So in response, I want to stir our senses to ... JUST PICK ONE!
Below is a list of apparently all the nations of the earth. According to "Nations Online", 249!!!!
So what's in an alphabetical list of 249 nations? Possibly more than we will ever truly know this side of eternity ... Dreams, potential, history, heartache, seeds of greatness, seeds of solution, people, families, hopes, disappointments, challenges and complexities, poverty and injustice, the list is without doubt endless.
God looks from heaven ... He's got a Google Earth kind of perspective (except He can also see into our very heart and soul). Maybe Google Earth sparked in someones genius cos our heavenly Father wanted us to kinda see the planet as He does. So here's what I'm humbling proposing ... JUST PICK a nation ... any nation ... doesn't have to be romantic or exotic, or the nation you've most wanted to visit ... just any nation, they're all important ... and MAKE IT the object of your prayer, affection and concern for however long you choose. Who (but God alone) knows what might emerge or unfold.
In Psalms 2:7-8. “The Lord said to me, ‘You are my Son. Today I have become your Father.
ONLY ASK, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the whole earth as your possession"
So here they are, 249 of them ... and again who knows what might happen if enough of us began to seriously ask. Stranger things have happened throughout time and history ... And God does declare that "His house of worship, will be KNOWN as a House of PRAYER FOR ALL PEOPLE" (Isaiah 56:7). His Word also says that "His eyes search the earth" to see if there are any who understand ... and care enough to stand in the gap for heaven and earth's precious sons and daughters.
"So do with this, dear Lord, what you will" :)
Bobbie
"Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Ascension Island, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bouvet Island, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa), Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville), Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Ivory Coast, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor Timor-Leste, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Metropolitan, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Heard and Mc Donald Islands, Holy See, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), Republic of Korea (South Korea), Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, People’s Democratic Republic of Lao, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Federal States of Micronesia, Republic of Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar-Burma, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestinian National Authority, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Island, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Reunion Island, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia (Slovak Republic), Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka, Saint Helena, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Sudan, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan (Republic of China), Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State (Holy See), Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (U.S.), Wallis and Futuna Islands, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe" ... 249
SOURCE: www.nationsonline.org
For more information on Pastor Bobbie including resources and upcoming itinerary, please visit brianandbobbie.com and follow her on facebook.com/brianandbobbie and twitter.com/bobbiehouston
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