May God make me an encouragement<\/a> to many younger men and women, that they will accomplish more with their lives than I have with mine so far. Chief of those, may my children develop a strong personal relationship with Jesus that will keep them close to God throughout their lives and eternity. \u00a0Pray for me today that I will be \u00a0a better father and husband.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nPeople say that life begins at forty, someone once told me that nobody listened to him before he turned this age. I trust that I will have useful things to say for people to listen to, and so ask God to fill my mouth and my keyboard in future with words that will be a blessing to others. May he take from me unhelpful, hurtful, vain words.\u00a0 May he give to me kind, engaging, insightful, prophetic words that will lead others to honor him.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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