One week to go!

This will be the last in our series of prayer posts but please keep praying for the trip, the travelers, the guide, the driver and all the others we will be coming in contact with.

This last prayer post really gets to the core issue of the trip:  the condition of our hearts.  While all on the trip have professed a belief in Jesus and identified themselves as one of His followers, there is still alot God can do with our hearts before we leave.  Here are a few suggestions of what you can ask God to do in the preparation of your heart:

1.  Cleanse your heart by dealing with unconfessed sin.

2.  Enlarge your heart love for God and lost people.

3.  Encourage a grateful heart for what Jesus did on the cross.

4.  Foster an anxious heart for His certain return.

5.  Develop a servants heart to show people you care.

Remember:  Although we are going on a study tour of Israel, where ever we are and where ever we go, the follower of Jesus is always on mission.  The key to any successful mission is preparation and the key to preparation for a journey such as ours starts with the heart.

More to follow this week about trip preparation.  Be sure you get the blog address out to your friends and family.  Updates from the land will start on Wednesday, May 28th.