08/01/2017
WINNING EACH DAY DEVOTIONAL 2 Cor 2:14 And thanks be to God who ALWAYS causes us to triumph…
January 7, 2017
SUBDUING KINGDOMS
Hebrews 11:33 NKJV who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions
Scotland is an important land in the sands of church history. John Knox, the protestant preacher (in the 16th century) whose prayers the Queen of Scotland feared more than all the armies of England, was a Scot. Robert Moffat, who was the first person to translate the Bible into Setswana (in the 18th century), was from Scotland. About the same time, Rev Andrew Murray Sr. was a renown Scottish priest whose son was the famous pastor, Andrew Murray (Jr.). David Livingstone was a Scottish medical missionary who lived in the 19th century and opposed slave trade. Mary Slessor, later in the same century, was inspired by the works of Livingstone and lived up to his legacy. She is remembered in Nigeria as the one who helped abolish the ancient tradition of killing twins. She was Scottish. (In the same season, Polly Wigglesworth, the wife of the Apostle Smith Wigglesworth, was drawn to Scotland to join the missionary work going on there.) For every named Scottish saint, there are countless unnamed Christians in or from Scotland who have made a difference in their own way, all the way to the 21st century. One individual in contemporary times stands out. She is Liz Curtis Higgs.
Liz is an award winning writer who knows her onions. She’s a prolific writer who has authored about 30 books, with over 2 million in print. She writes about historical characters from the Bible, particularly women. She also writes about Scotland, drawing from events that happened about 300 years ago. Not wanting anachronistic errors with her writing, her research is extensive, including multiple trips to Scotland and a library of over 1000 books on the subject of Scottish history. She’s presented about 2000 inspirational programmes in all 50 states of t
