St. Andrew, originally a disciple of John the
Baptist, was the first disciple to follow Jesus. Andrew seems to have the gift of bringing
people to Jesus. He starts with his
brother Peter, and it is Andrew who brings the lad with the loaves and fishes
to Jesus. When some Greeks wanted to
know Jesus, it was Andrew they went to.
Reportedly he
preached the Gospel in Byzantium, Thrace, on the Danube, Kiev,
the Black Sea, and finally Patra in
Peloponesia. Reportedly he met his death
there by crucifixion on an X shaped cross for bringing the governor’s brother
and the brother’s wife to saving knowledge in Jesus. It is said that Andrew preached to the Christians
from the cross.
Deuteronomy 30:11-14
Romans 10:8b-18
Matthew 4:18-22
El Shaddai, you gave
your apostle Andrew that special gift of bringing people to Yeshuah, starting
with his own brother, Peter. Take away
our fear and help us to love you so much that we would always bring people to
you. This we ask through Yeshuah, who
died that many may enter the kingdom.
Amen. (red)
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