PURPOSEFUL LIVING

I like to read biographies about ordinary men and women whom God enabled to overcome their limiting factors so they could achieve great things for the Kingdom of God.

One of my favourite historical characters is Dwight L. Moody. He was an uneducated layman. In fact, his grammar was so poor that his fellow church members asked him to refrain from speaking at church meetings because it was so painful to listen to him. When he sought admission to church membership, he failed a simple test measuring rudimentary Bible knowledge. He volunteered to teach in Sunday School, but the church wouldn’t trust him with an existing class. He had to begin a new one and enlist his own students. Despite his numerous and obvious limitations, he became the greatest evangelist of his day, encouraging thousands of people to serve in Christian ministry and mission.

Read more of his story here.