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The busy-ness and distractions of life tend to consume our attention, and we end up being focused on the work the Lord has put on our hearts only when we can fit Him into our schedule.  \nThis Team Devotional Guide is a tool we will use on the Kairos experience to help us stay focused on the work of the Lord as we go through each day.  \nYou’ll find this Devotional Guide not only helps us to focus on the spiritual context of our joint work, but it also helps with our understanding of the foundations of this experience that we call“Kairos.”  \nI pray that we find the time to allow the Spirit of God to speak to our heats as we spend time each day being focused on His purposes during our time of preparation.  \nCopyright © 2001 – 2011 by Mike Springer  \nKairos is a registered trademark of Kairos Prison Ministry International Used with Permission  \nYou are on a Great Journey!  \nIt’s a dark and stormy night. The wind is really howling – there’s a lot of lightening. The rain is pouring down. Aren’t you glad that you’re cuddled up in your easy chair with a cup of hot tea there in your cozy family room?  \nOutside, on the “other side of town,” the scene is quite different. There’sa group of down and out folks. They’re huddled under an overpass for shelter. Trying to start a fire from some trash, but it’s too wet. It’s really dark and cold out here.  \nLook at them. Lost. How’d they get this way? What happened in their life that painted them into this picture? Made some bad decisions. Some really bad decisions. Didn’t have a family life to speak of. Nobody cared. Maybe found acceptance with the wrong people. Now, just look at them – out here in the dark, stormy night.  \nAnd then, something you can’t imagine happens! You get up out of that cozy chair and go out into that stormy night with them! A couple of friends get in the car with you along the way, and you go out to that overpass where they are huddled together.  \nThey are suspicious of you as you approach. You stand there with them in the dark. It’s cold. You offer friendship. They respond. Laughter starts. One of your friends in the car brings over something warm to eat. Bet they haven’t had a good, warm meal in a long time. Stories get told. Then, they want to know – “Why?” Why are you here? Why did you come from the comfort of your home to this dark overpass? Why?  \nWith a lump in your throat, all you can do is to whisper one word. The reason you came, all rolled up into one word. Jesus. “I came because of Jesus, and He’ll light up the darkness for you, too.”  \nOh, what a journey, when you travel with Jesus. No telling where He may ask you to go, but one thing is for sure – He’ll light up the darkness through you!  \nGod bless you as you travel out to where it’s dark and stormy. People need you to show them His light.  \nVulnerability-1  \nAnd now I give you a new commandment: Love one another. As I loved you, so you must love one another.  \nJohn 13:34-35  \nWhat is God saying to ME through this Word?  \nHow are love and vulnerability connected?  \nPrayer Focus: Christians persecuted in weakness  \nMy prayers go out for…  \nVulnerability-1  \nBeing Strong in Our Weakness!  \nI don’t know about you, but I grew up being taught to be strong. Never show your weaknesses. Hide your faults. Emphasize your strong points. Nowhere is the need to “be strong” more noticeable, and more important, than in prison. A weakness makes you vulnerable – to being hurt or taken advantage of. In the free world, being vulnerable opens the door to being hurt, too. We don’t want to be taken advantage of, so we keep our “be strong”face on.  \n“Being Strong” is mankind’s way, isn’t it? I mean, Christ told us that it is in our weakness that we become strong. 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