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Key Bible Verse: [H]is Son … was declared with power to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead ().
Bonus Reading:).

I was out checking my trapline on Assinika Lake. My son was to follow. I set beaver snares, checked my fish net and gathered firewood. Returning to the cabin, I found men from my village. They told me my son had locked himself in a closet and hung himself.

When I got home, my wife was wailing bitterly, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrived to take the body for investigation. After the funeral, I headed into the wilderness and wandered, but—constantly reminded of my son who used to trap with me—I found no peace.

One night at the cabin, I picked up the Bible. As I read [today's Key Bible Verse], I became fearful. I closed my eyes and saw a man walking in darkness. Then he returned, walking in bright light. I realized that man was me, that I must choose. I'd lived a life of drinking and speaking evil. My son had followed my ways. I now wanted to leave them.

I went to the church leaders. We prayed. I confessed all my sins. When I got up, I knew Jesus had saved me from destruction. In the years since, He's helped me walk in the light.

—name withheld in The Conquering Indian

Is God talking to you? He can take all the bad you have ever done in your life and give you a fresh, clean start. Just tell him and he will come to you.

I can contribute nothing to my own salvation, except the sin from which I need to be redeemed.

—William Temple (Anglican minister, 20th century) Adapted from Mark Ward, Sr., The Conquering Indian (Indian Life, 1994).

NOTE: For your convenience, The Conquering Indian is available in the ChristianityToday.com Shopping Channel.

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Prayer for the Week

Jesus, I praise you for loving me—please make me a new person in the image of You.

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