During our weekly discipleship meeting for Navigators 2:7, Luke posed the following question: "How do you pastors minister to people in your community when many times you can't even provide for yourselves?"
Pastor Martin Phiri (pictured above), gave an honest answer which was humbling, a blessing, convicting, and challenging to me all at once. He said, that us Azungu (Westerners) don't understand grace. We have to depend on His grace for our daily provisions and it helps us in ministry to those we serve. Here I was, teaching about grace, and it hadn't even dawned on me how many Zambian believers experience His grace in practical ways on a daily basis. While saving grace is a topic that many Zambians have a hard time grasping, I'm learning that practical grace in our daily provisions is something I will be learning from these dear brothers in the Lord.
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