praise & pray for me

O THAT GOD WOULD CONSUME MY VISION!!
:D PRAISE! :D

:D His work goes FAR BEYOND what my little eyes can see!

*pray*
* my eyes ever be towards the Lord.

* replace my fleshly 'automatic-lustful-sight-tracking' eyes with eyes that looks at ONLY what pleases Him!
* give me eyes ONLY for Him!!


hear my heart cry in the lyrics of a song - please pray this song be REALITY in & through my life! 'Take My Life'
© Lyrics & Music by Mac Powell

1. How many times have I turned away

The number is the same as the sand on the shore

But every time You've taken me back

And now I pray You do it once more.

Chorus:

Please take from me my life

When I don't have the strength

to give it away to You Jesus

2.How many times have I gone astray

The number is the same as the stars in the sky

But every time You've taken me back

And now I pray You do it tonight.

Please take from me my life

When I don't have the strength

to give it away to You Jesus

praise & pray for public transport stewards!

:D PRAISE! :D
:D the opportunities abounding everywhere to share the gospel!
:D literacy & the printing press to proliferate gospel literature!
:D public transport servants!

*pray*
* more eternities will be impacted as gospel tracts go out all over the world - may Papa keep using the "foolish & weak" things to shame the "wise & strong"
* as lost souls are saved through gospel tracts, they in turn would go on to bless others with salvation too~!
* prepare every soul who has/is/will receive a gospel tract to read it at a time when the soil of their hearts are just right to receive a gospel seed/have it watered/brought to harvest!
* intercede for those who reject the tracts - may Christ reveal Himself to them & call them out of darkness into His glorious light to declare His praises through other means/people!
to order the 'God loves you & has a wonderful plan for your life' tract go to:
http://wayofthemaster.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=150
or the 'are you a good person' comic tract:
http://wayofthemaster.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=27_34&products_id=141

praise & pray for Harumi, (JAPTracy (CHI)

:D PRAISE! :D
:D bringing them to our church!
:D arranging for Harumi to stay in the home of a precious sister :)

*pray*
* have mercy on Harumi & Tracy, reveal Christ to them & send them back to their home nations eternally-changed souls, to declare the praises of Him who called them out of darkness into light!

praise & pray for Jooyoung (KOR)

:D PRAISE! :D
:D he wants to believe, but "my faith isn't enough"

- chatting to him tonight & suggeted he could try praying to Jesus . . like the man prayed in Mark 9:24 "I believe; help my unbelief!"

*pray*
* Jesus would reveal Himself to Jooyoung in a very real, personal & unmistakable way leading him to genuimne repentance & faith that yields abundant fruit to the Father's glory~!
* have mercy on Jooyoung & send him back to Korea an eternally-changed soul, to join the missionary force He's raising up there!

praise & pray for Diju, Jiyoung, Minju, Sharon (KOR)

- met @ JoJo's yesterday!
got to share the gospel with Diju, who seemed to understand . . .
:D PRAISE! :D
:D bringing them here!
:D Jesus wants to save them more than they want to be saved!

*pray*
* keep the seed of the gospel firmly planted in the soil of Diju's heart, working by His Holy Spirit to draw him to genuine repentance & faith!
* reveal Christ to Diju so they might see his sin as seriously sinful, wicked, vile filthy & cause him to flee to The Saviour before God's wrath comes (in a little while .. soon and very soon!
* bring more people into their lives & across their paths who'll introduce them to The Lover of their souls!

praise & pray for Kent,. Denny, Eriko. Chigusa (KOR, JAP)

- met @ JoJo's few weeks ago!
got to share the gospel with Denny, who seems intent on coming to church :)
- got to meet with Kent last last Sunday for SNS & then again last Tuesday for lunch, had an extended chat with him during the course of which I got to share the gospel with him! (partly)
:D PRAISE! :D
:D bringing them here!
:D Jesus wants to save them more than they want to be saved!

*pray*
* keep the seed of the gospel firmly planted in the soil of Denny & Kent's hearts, working by His Holy Spirit!
* reveal Christ to Denny & Kent so they might see sin as seriously sinful, wicked, vile filthy & cause them to flee to The Saviour before God's wrath comes (in a little while .. soon and very soon!
* bring more people into their lives & across their paths who'll introduce them to The Lover of their souls!

praise & pray for George, Bruce, Jun (TAI, KOR)

- my English corner group! [discussed peace - THE WAR IS OVER!]

:D PRAISE! :D
:D through Jesus' death & resurrection, THE WAR IS OVER & victory has been won!
:D peace with God is now a reality within reach!

*PRAY*
* reveal Himself as the Prince of Peace to these precious souls!
* work by His Spirit through all the 'English corners' globally to draw lost souls to find True Peace with their Creator God
* Nations would be impacted as they send their bright future leaders abroad to study English!
- also met Tony& Antonio- 1st timers @ English corner(along with many others I didn’t meet, I'm sure!)

praise & pray for babies~!

:D PRAISE! :D
:D the miraculous gift of new life!
:D the love, delight & joy us "evil" humans can have over children can't even begin to compare with the pure love, joy & delight our Heavenly Father has over His children!!

*pray*
* break our hearts over the masses of children daily aborted/abused/in bonded labour/orphaned/homeless
* reveal the glories of His power, mercy & might in rescuing hildren who're daily aborted/abused/in bonded labour/orphaned/homeless

* redeem the suffering of every child who's suffered due to simply being born into a fallen sinful world & change them to be HIStory makers to His glory!



[pic of my niece, Isabelle "koala" Chan]

praise & pray for Judy, John, Zee, Legless (CHI)

bringing them to our church for our English conversation Classes!

:D PRAISE! :D
:D bringing them here!
:D drawing Zee to see the poster stuck up in a local asian market place
:D the oportunity to share [parts of] the Gospel with Zee over lunch!

*pray*
* revive Zee's conscience to convict him of his rebellion against the very God who gave him life & everything, convicit him of sin & cause him to flee to The Saviour before it's too late!
* draw more precious souls to see the posters put up & bring them along!

praise & pray for me

I've a confession to make.

I've been listening to the voice of the father of Lies much more than I should -i.e. I should most defnitely NOT even pay him the dignity of an audience!

I really, really, really struggle with this & would earnestly covet your prayers for me in this way.

So often my worst enemy is not the devil but myself – so often it’s like I “fire” the devil & do his job for him. So sad I know :(

e.g.:

"I'm just a dirty, filthy, rotten, evil, wicked, disgusting rotten sinner"
"I'm a burden & a curse" (more than a blessing)

"I can't do anything right"

"I'm a failure" "I'm worthless, not worthy of any love/respect"

. . . and SO MUCH MORE!

:D PRAISE! :D
:D On the Day I'm presented before the presence of God's glory I'l be blameless & standing before Him with exceeding joy because my God is able! (Jude 1:24)
:D Jesus, the voice of Truth, tells me a vastly different story!
:D Jesus patiently & gently turns my ears away from listening to the father of lies to listen to Him!
:D through faith in Christ I’m a child of Abraham, blessed with salvation to be a blessing (Gen 12:2)
:D I can do ALL THINGS through Christ who strengthens me Phil 4:13
:D I'm MORE THAN A CONQUEROR THROUGH CHRIST who loves us! Romans 8:37
:D NOTHING, NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!! Can separate me from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord Romans 8:31-39
:D it's Jesus who has the final word on who I am & my worth, not anyone else, including myself!!

*PLEASE pray*
* I keep listening to the voice of truth & giving Jesus exclusive listenership!
* deliver me from even thinking of giving the devil, the father of lies the dignity of an audience!
* keep my eyes fixed on Jesus and how He sees me, not how I/others/the devil see myself!

. . . the next time you are attacked in some way, pull yourself together with a prayer of heartfelt thanksgiving, and say, Father I thank You that all things work together for my good; that it is You who are at work in me to will and do of Your good pleasure. Your strength is made perfect in my weakness. I will not let this attack discourage me because Your grace is sufficient for me. You will help me through it. When I think of the sufferings of many, many others, I feel shamed for having any self-pity. I will therefore rejoice in the God of my salvation and give You thanks in and for everything. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen

praise & pray for muslims!!

[blatant refusal to apologise for posting this pic-- after listening to 3 great talks by brother P.S. exposing the lies of Islam & its politico-religious agenda of world dominance,
it's really about time us True children of The One & Only True & Living God, baptised into the Death & Resurrection of His dear Son, Stand up & speak out for The Truth!

:D PRAISE! :D
:D Revelations 11:15-18 is reality!
At the sound of the seventh trumpet, loud voices were heard in heaven. They said, "Now the kingdom of this world belongs to our Lord and to His Chosen One! And He will rule forever and ever!"
Then the twenty-four elders, who were seated on thrones in God's presence, knelt down and worshiped Him.
They said, "Lord God All-Powerful, You are and You were, and we thank You. You used Your great power and started ruling.
When the nations got angry, You became angry too! Now the time has come for the dead to be judged. It is time for You to reward Your servants the prophets and all of Your people who honor your name, no matter who they are. It is time to destroy everyone who has destroyed the earth."

:D despite all the chaos satan is causing, even through his children (who murder & speak lies (John 8:34-45) because we know the end, (Revelations 11!) we can have the strength to live today & face tomorrow!
:D though "on the surface" it may appear Islam is growing faster than "christianity" Jesus' True Bride is doing fantastically & will overcome! (Revelations 12:20)

*pray*
* mobilise His True children to reach out to these poor enslaved souls trapped in a religion of lies, violence, murder & deception.
* raise up His army to speak up, loud & proud for our Lord who is Life, Truth, Peace, Justice, Mercy & Grace personified
* keep using the enemy & his children as tools to advance His own glory!
* cause his enemies to self-destruct in all their inter-religious conflict, wars & killing that this evil, empty, deceptive enslaving system will be exposed for the evil, empty, deceptive enslaving system it is!
* cause more & more muslims to be greatly disillusioned by the failure of their false religion to make good of any of the false hopes it promises, then bring them to Jesus, "The Only Name given under heaven by which we may be saved" (Acts 4:12)

. . . you may be offended by my "political incorrectness". I make no apologies, my Lord & King was The Master of political incorrectness!
"I am the way, the truth, and the life!" Jesus answered. "Without me, no one can go to the Father. John 14:6 CEV (enhpasis added)
DO YOU HAVE HIM?!
or do you have a dead prophet who himself wasn't even sure he'd go to heaven?

feel free to post comments.
if you've been decived by the lies of Islam, a great site:
http://answering-islam.org/Hoaxes/index.html

praise & pray for the church in Antioch

source: www.global-prayer-digest.org <-- GO HERE & pray EVERYDAY!!

Acts 13:2

"While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, 'Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.'"

God calls people to Himself and then prepares them for a work of service. An indispensable agent which God uses for this calling and training is the local church. While the Antioch church was "worshiping the Lord," and ministering locally, God was also preparing some in that church to be sent out to distant lands. God works the same way today. The local church is called to worldwide mission, and as a body, it must sense the Holy Spirit's calling of some to "go." Then it sends them with its blessing.

Father, may our churches follow the example of the church at Antioch, ready and willing to hear and obey Your Spirit as He calls many to missionary service.

how far has your church departed from this example??

Lord, have mercy :|

praise & pray for Toshi & Yusuke (JAP)

:D PRAISE! :D

:D bringing them to our church (helped do a Japanese kimono dance for a special 'Discover Japan' missions night hosted at our church
:D bringing them to Australia!


*pray*
* send people into their lives who'd reach into their emptiness & fill it with The Only Living Water & Bread of Life that satisfies!
* have mercy on them, send them back to Japan an eternally-changed , to carry the gospel back to Japan & start an indigeneous church-planting movement!

praise & pray for me

Col 1:28 "so everywhere we go, we tell everyone bout Christ. we warn them and teach them with all the wisdom God has given , for we want to present them to God, perfect in their relationship to Christ.

²⁹ I work very hard at this, as I depend on Christ’s mighty power that works within me” (NLT)

O how these verses would be the theme of my life!

:D PRAISE! :D
:D what He's done is doing & will do to make these verses the overriding reality of my life! (still weak in areas but He is strong!)

*pray*
* help me to tell everyone about Christ everywhere I go, to live like "if I had 3 days to live, I'd spend it telling everyone everywhere about Jesus because nothing is more important than knowing Him and time is so short" <-- my response to a Qn I was asked on 'the panel' tonight!
* lavish me with Heavenly wisdom to warn & teach them to present them perfect in their relationship to Christ!
* keep me always working hard at full dependence on God in this!
* I'd always be a child to my Father to do HIS work HIS way in HIS strength!
* help me make time to simply sit at His feet & listen to Him, choosing "that which is better"

(Luke 10:38-42)
38 Now as they were traveling along, Jesus went into a village. A woman named Martha welcomed him into her home.
39 She had a sister named Mary, who sat down at the Lord's feet and kept listening to what he was saying.
40 But Martha was worrying about all the things she had to do, so she came to him and asked, "Lord, you do care that my sister has left me to do the work all by myself, don't you? Then tell her to help me."
41 The Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha! You worry and fuss about a lot of things.
42 But there's only one thing you need. Mary has chosen what is better, and it is not to be taken away from her."
* deliver me from "worrying & fussing about a lot of things" like Martha & be a Mary who sits at Jesus' feet simply listening to Him!

my prayer for all God's people in this crazy 21st century - we're all so B.U.S.Y. = Being Under satan's Yoke (!!)b
eing Martha's who "worry & fuss about a lot of things" - even doing the Lord's work that we neglect what's better: sittig at His feet & ministering to The Lord of the work!

praise & pray for International Group!

we had 'the panel' tonight with the internationals featuring the servants (leaders) taking a host of great questions from the internationals ranging from seriously deep "what is the meaning of your life", "what will you do if you had 3 days to alive ?" to ..

aaahh I can't remember the funny ones :PpP

:D PRAISE! :D
:D the mini-snippets of our testimony we were each able to share in answer to their questions, all pointing to the Greatness & goodness & Love of our God and His worthiness to be followed all the days of our lives!

*pray*
* use us to keep building relationships with these precious souls, they'd keep asking questions that we'd faithfully, patiently & persistently point them to The One who is The Answer to everything: Jesus!
* stir up a hunger in the hearts of every precious soul who came (if you'd like to pray for them by name: Anastasia, Bora, Sue, Annie, Joe, Phoebe, Katie, Yufi, Karla, Sally, Jooyoung)
to want to know Jesus!
* we'd faithfully present Jesus to them, not only for what He gives but who He is!

praise & pray for James (KOR)

- found out James got sunburnt at a recent trip to the coast. internationals seem to find out the hard way how harsh the aussie sun really is!

my parents grow aloe vera [pictured] in our backyard, an opportunity to help bring physical healing that I'm praying would lead to spiritual healing!

saw him today & he rearked how helpful the aloe vera ws that God gave him (I'm just the carrier!)
:D PRAISE! :D
:D He can use anything (even sunburns!) to bring lost souls to Himself!
:D blessing our family with a fruitful, productive garden to bless others!

*pray*
* keep bringing loving souls into James' life to show him in 3-D full colour reality who Jesus really is, in doing so draw him to The Saviour while there's still time!
* heal the dead soul & heart of stone in James that he might live to the praise, honour & glory of The One who gave him life & everything!!

praise & pray for Lei (KOR)

- Lei came down with a cold . . . we had extra vitamin C we weren't going to eat (Papa's blessed us with great health!) so passed him a small bottle to last him a week . . .

the next day he called saying he's feeling better already!

:D PRAISE! :D
:D blessing us to be a blessing!
:D making the body so fearfully & wonderfully that it responds to manufactured vitamins!


*pray*
* turn Lei's heart of stone into a heart of flesh (Ezekiel 36) that will respond to His Spirit!
* bring Lei to partake of "the utimate vitamin C"- Christ! to eat His flesh & drink His blood that he might have Life!

(umm.. no I dont get the comic :P)

praise & pray for Dan & Ray (KOR)

:D PRAISE! :D
:D bringing them here! (Dan's from a Catholic family, Ray's from a Christian one .. says "I will beome a Christian"
:D both looking for jobs in Brisbane!
- told them I'll be praying for them. do join me!!

*pray*
* reveal Christ to Dan & Ray & "employ" them as servants for the gospel!


* find them both jobs here that will lead to that end, that He might be praised, honoured & glorified in & through them!

praise & pray for Joe (CHI)

a particular tough nut met @ JoJo's, came to our passover lunch, the Jesus film, English corners, SNS's, talked with in greater length today about himself & the gospel ... he sounds very empty, he likes doing nothing, has no hobbies, no favorite topics of conversation, no interests, no reason for living.

and he likes to rationalise his sin! :|

doesn't that break your heart? think of how it must break our Father's heart on an infinite scale!!
:D PRAISE! :D
:D Jesus' specialty is in breaking through "tough nuts"!
(evidence: Acts 8- case in point!)
:D He is mighty, willing & able to save "tough nuts"!

*pray*
* break through Joe's dead heart of stone.
* reveal Christ to Joe so he might see sin as seriously sinful, wicked, vile & filthy & cause him to flee to The Saviour before God's wrath comes (in a little while .. soon and very soon!
* send people into Joe's life who would reach into his empty life & fill it with The Only Living Water & Bread of Life that satisfies!
* have mercy on Joe & send him back to China an eternally-changed soul, to join the missionary force He's raising up there!

praise & pray for guys wanting to fix timber floors

- two guys just came & knocked on the door asking if we had any timber floors to fix .. our floors are tiled or carpeted, with a new "wooden" floor to one area not in need of fixing.

didn't want to let them leave empty-handed so gave one of them a BIG $100 gospel tract. :)






:D making gospel tracts!
* use every gospel tract that goes out around the world to reveal Christ to lost sinners & bring them to The Saviour!
* help us make the most of every opprtunity to impact eternity for His glory!

praise & pray for Balagi, Alex , Anapayan, Keerla, other guys NEEDING SALVATION!

- met on the late train last Thursday, got talking & purposely went past the stop I would usually get off to catch my bus home for the sake of Balagi's soul.
had a fair wait until the next train to go back to that stop, so got talking to a worker at the station using the BIG $100 :)

(flags from top-bottom: Sri Lanka, India, Liberia)

:D PRAISE! :D
:D bringing the nations from the mission field to us!
:D providing Balagi (IND) with Christian friends. he said he knows Jesus 'as an acquaintance'
.. so I gave him a copy of the book 'Revolution in World Missions' which started me out from knowing Jesus as my 'buddy' to my 'Lord, King, & Master!' [order this powerful, life-changing book FOR FREE! go here: www.gfa.org/freebook

:D the Divine Appointments that "just happen" when you avail yourself & open your mouth, your heart & your life!!
*pray*
* draw Balagi to know Jesus as much more than an acquaintance - he says "I haven't had an experience of being saved"
* give Balagi a revelation of Himself through his friends & the material I gave him, change His life to bring glory & honour to Jesus!
* gave the tract [left] to Balagi & Alex (Liberia) to order this tract for yourself go to:
http://wayofthemaster.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=150
:D giving Alex a job here as a security guard.
* save Alex so he'd find His Soul Security in Jesus, then go on to help bring others to a Secure Salvation in Christ!


* gave the tract on left to Anapayan & Keerla (Sri Lanka) who got on the train after Alex left.
to order this tract for yourself go to: http://wayofthemaster.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=27_35&products_id=93
:D the God who made the sun & who's fury at sin burns infinitesimally hotter than any star has made a way to escape His coming wrath!

* reveal Christ to Anapayan & Keerla so they might escape His coming wrath & be turned into worshippers of The One True & Living God!

Was on a roll & wouldn’t you know it, the guy I sat opposite to on the bus had a hardened conscience, who kept trying to rationalise his sin.

:D GOD CAN BREAK THROUGH!

* quicken this man’s conscience to convict him of his sinful state, reveal Christ to him so he might escape His coming wrath & be turned into a worshipper of The One True & Living God!

after that man with a dead conscience got off, went to thank te busdriver & tell them i really appreciate their service. [most don't get told that, so they're surprised when i do!]

this particular busdriver I've seen a number of times, he refuses 2 receive any "gifts" I give [i.e. gospel tracts!] because he says they're not for him, [I suspect he's anti-God/anti-religious]
but thinks I'm doing a good job :P

praise & pray for Mousa (IRQ)

- looking for a job here in Audtralia to provide for his family
(muslims like big families as a way of propogating their religion! :S)
told him I've been praying to Isa (Jesus) for him & his family for a long time now .. :)

:D PRAISE! :D
:D He's the Good Shepherd who seeks & saves the lost!

*pray*
* provide Mousa with a job in a way that would make abundantly clear that Jesus is The One who gave itto him!
* supernaturally intervene in the lives of his entire family & nation of Iraq to keep calling those in darkness out into the light!

praise for the God of new mornings! & pray for us

But there's one other thing I remember, and remembering, I keep a grip on hope: GOD's loyal love couldn't have run out, his merciful love couldn't have dried up. They're created new every morning. How great your faithfulness! I'm sticking with GOD (I say it over and over). He's all I've got left. GOD proves to be good to the man who passionately waits, to the woman who diligently seeks. It's a good thing to quietly hope, quietly hope for help from GOD. It's a good thing when you're young to stick it out through the hard times. When life is heavy and hard to take, go off by yourself. Enter the silence. Bow in prayer. Don't ask questions: Wait for hope to appear. Don't run from trouble. Take it full-face. The "worst" is never the worst. Why? Because the Master won't ever walk out and fail to return. If he works severely, he also works tenderly. His stockpiles of loyal love are immense. (Lamentations 3:21-32 MSG)

posting only a portion of this great chapter really doesn't do it justice. read the full book to get the maximum impact of these verses! (go to biblegateway.com & search for Lamentations)
been giving in, diving in to a stupid, dirty, filthy habitual sin much more.
feeling so weak, so unworthy, like an absolute disgraceful receipient of God's grace.

that's the key: GRACE!
oh what a sweet, sweet, beautiful word . . . grace . . . grace lavish, free, abundantly poured out on the chief of sinners that is me!!!
rejoice with me oh saints of God! (a title I used to feel uncomfortable with, knowing what a depraved sinner I was but God has declared us saints so who am I to argue?)
:D PRAISE! :D
:D just when you think you can out-sin God's 'immense stockpiles' of loyal love -- God shows His mercies to be new every morning!!
:D God is good . . . HE REALLY IS GOOD!!
:D just when I thought I'd sinned myself out of being a son, the Father comes running out to me, to me!! embraces me, kisses me, clothes me, throws a feast for my return from the wilderness of sin!

*pray*
* keep me focussed on His new-every-morning mercies, so that I'd boast much about Jesus!
* love so amazing, so Divine, would constrain us to put my life, my soul, my heart, my body, my everything completely at His disposal!
* all this "knowledge" of grace in my head would make its way down to my heart & transform me to live a life that reflects Christ, not me!

praise & pray for Bruce, Charles, George, Anastasia (KOR, TAI, RUS)

- my English corner group yesterday! [discussed pre-ascension events]

:D PRAISE :D
:D Jesus ascended to the Father but left us His Holy Spirit to empower us to tell everyone everywhere about Him!
:D George, Anastasia & Bruce had a very different Easter than previous years - learning about Jesus!
- also met Jonathan & Judu - 1st timers @ English corner
!(along with many others I didn’t meet, I'm sure!)
*PRAY*
* reveal Himself as Lord to these precious souls!
* work by His Spirit through all the 'English corners' globally to draw lost souls into Living, Personal Relationship with Himself!
* Nations would be impacted as they send their bright future leaders abroad to study English!

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evangelism in a persons' non-native language . . . effective or waste of time?? post your comments! :)
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praise & pray for Gujarati guy & Umar & his friend (UP)

- met on bus, shared 'you are here' tract with them.
to order this tract for yourself go to:
http://wayofthemaster.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=27_35&products_id=93
:D He's calling many hindus out of the darkness & into the light!
:D providing the Gujarati guy with "Christian" friends (who he said, doesn't bring up God in conversation)
* just as the Indian states of Gujarat & Uttar Pradesh are pictured in red,
* may The Lamb that was slain for the redemption of humanity would receive the rewards of His sufferings in these nations!
* * reveal Christ to them so they might escape His coming wrath which burns infinitesimally hotter than any star!!
& be turned into worshippers of The One True & Living God!

praise & pray for The FORGETTING GOD!

:D because of all Jesus has done [carrying our sins
& bearing the full-force of His Father's fury] . . .
God forgets sins!!
SEE!! He said so Himself:
They will no longer go around setting up schools to teach each other about GOD. They'll know me firsthand, the dull and the bright, the smart and the slow. I'll wipe the slate clean for each of them. I'll forget they ever sinned!" GOD's Decree. Jer 31:34 (TMSG)

:D we can know God firsthand!!
:D even the dull & slow can know God!
:D He wipes our record clean!


* help us to forget our sins & stop reminding our Lord about them when He's already decreed them as forgotten!
* CRUCIFY our flesh with it's passions & desires so we can live a Galatians 5:24,25 life!

Among those who belong to Christ, everything connected with getting our own way and mindlessly responding to what everyone else calls necessities is killed off for good--crucified.
Since this is the kind of life we have chosen, the life of the Spirit, let us make sure that we do not just hold it as an idea in our heads or a sentiment in our hearts, but work out its implications in every detail of our lives.

we are so weak ..
our God is SO STRONG!

PLEASE take a few minutes to listen to this~!

only takes a few minutes..

http://www.sermonindex.net/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=14450,

http://64.34.176.235/sermons/SID14704.mp4

you'll be glad you did~!!

send me your praise/prayer points afer you listen to this :) HaHaikHa@gmail.com
may we DIE to self that He might LIVE in & through us!

anything I can praise with/pray for you? :)

DON'T FORGET:
God is a Good God.

He sent Jesus to die for His enemies (that's us!).

Through trusting in Jesus we can be God's friends instead.

That makes Him worthy of ALL our love and service.

We'll never love and serve Him as He deserves.

We need to love and serve Him more purely, with more of ourselves.
-- kh

praise God !! JUST PRAISE HIM WITH YOUR LIFE - LAY IT DOWN!!

<-- this cross represents GREAT JOY!
go here [link below] & download the talk "The Joy of Giving it All (Part 2)" --
BEST investment of 37 minutes of life!!
www.sermonindex.net/modules/mydownloads/visit.php?lid=13855
:D PRAISE! :D
:D His mercy is real. IT REALLY IS!!
:D we fail to put our lives at His disposal, we rip ourselves off of great joy .. yet He still offers us great joy!

*pray*
* everyday we'd die to self
* everyday we'd put our lives at His disposal,
* everyday we'd draw near to Him!
* everyday we'd offer our bodies to Him as livingsacrifices in view of His incredible mrecies!
* cause us to cease from our hectic busy-ness to be filled with the same food that filled Jesus - putting our lives at the Fathers' disposal, living in suvmission to His Word, LAYING DOWN OUR LIVES, LIVING FOR OTHERS, NOT OURSELVES, DYING TO SELF THAT WE MIGHT HAVE LIFE!
* prevent us from being so busy with "christian stuff" that we dont have time to draw near to God & listen to what He actually wants us to do, how & when!

praise & pray for JW's

see www.macgregorministries.org

came to my doorstep Sat mornin just after I woke up!

GOOD WEBSITES on witnessing to JW's:
www.evidencebible.com/witnessingtool/jehovahswitnesseswitnessingtips.shtml
www.evidencebible.com/witnessingtool/speakingthetruthinlovejehovawitnesses.shtml
www.worldviewweekend.com/secure/cwnetwork/article.php?ArticleID=1393
:D PRAISE! :D
:D even though they wouldnt take anything from me (they offered my their magazine, I offered them a Christian magazine!) He has bigger & better ways of reaching those deceived in a false religion!
:D He's able, more than able to call those in lies & darkness into His wonderful light!

*pray*
* pursue those lost & propogating false religion & woo them to Himself, find & save them as the Good Shepherd He is!
* give us His heart in relating to those of cults~!
* help us "make the most of every opprtunity" to these from the mission field who come literally] to our doorsteps!

PRAISE REPORT! - daytrip to Redcliffe

<-- pic from our day out.
:D providing everything for a great day out!

:D bringing Troy, Dan, Lei, In Suk, Joe, & Michael to spend the day with us ;)

:D the opportunity to share life with them!

* keep drawing them closer to Himself! Lei is interested, Dan (Catholic) & Troy (non-religious) [Lei's sharemates]
In-suk staying with Christian family.
Joe = sharemate of a precious brother in Jesus :D

OVERDUE [PRAISE REPORT!-- John & Lily!!]

go here:
http://lifesshortprayhard.blogspot.com/2006/09/john-chi-told-me-today-of-his-desire.html
after much prayer..
:D PRAISE :D
:D Papa answers prayer~!
:D He granted John & Lily a baby~!
:D He still opens wombs~!
:D because of this answer to our prayers
[he kept sking if I was prayig for them to have a baby, I told him of course I was ;)- PAPA HEARS HIS KIDS & ANSWERS THEM!!] he finally kept his promise & came along to church for the 1st time last Sunday.. called me today & said he'd come again this Sunday!
*PRAY*
* prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that it was Him, The Only True & Living God, NOT buddha who gave them this new life.. [John said he prayed to jesus & buddha :S]
* work through this child to impact eternities for His glory~!
* increase Christ & decrease self through this new life!
* destroy any false hope in buddha John & Lily (+ any of their family & friends) might have to cause them to put their trust in The Only True Hope. . . Jesus!!

praise & pray for me!

For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
(Gal 5:13 ,14, 16)
- O HOW I NEED TO LIVE THIS!! =(

I truly cannot explain the terrible contradictions between what I believe & what I do.
i.e.
What I don't understand about myself is that I decide one way, but then I act another, doing things I absolutely despise.
So if I can't be trusted to figure out what is best for myself and then do it, it becomes obvious that God's command is necessary.
But I need something more! For if I know the law but still can't keep it, and if the power of sin within me keeps sabotaging my best intentions, I obviously need help!
I realize that I don't have what it takes. I can will it, but I can't do it.
I decide to do good, but I don't really do it; I decide not to do bad, but then I do it anyway.
My decisions, such as they are, don't result in actions. Something has gone wrong deep within me and gets the better of me every time.
It happens so regularly that it's predictable. The moment I decide to do good, sin is there to trip me up.
I truly delight in God's commands,
but it's pretty obvious that not all of me joins in that delight. Parts of me covertly rebel, and just when I least expect it, they take charge.
I've tried everything and nothing helps. I'm at the end of my rope. Is there no one who can do anything for me? Isn't that the real question?
The answer, thank God, is that Jesus Christ can and does. He acted to set things right in this life of contradictions where I want to serve God with all my heart and mind, but am pulled by the influence of sin to do something totally different.
(Romans 7:15-25)

:D PRAISE :D
:D Jesus Christ can & does help me in my internal strife!
:D His love & grace are INIFINITELY BIGGER than my sin!
:D there's no sin so big & so frequently done His sacrifice could not atone for!
:D even at my lowest most evil & wicked sinful fallen state, He is rejoicing over me to do me good with all His heart & soul! (Jeremiah 32:41)

*PRAY*
* keep me focussed on Him. JESUS IS ALL I NEED!
* keep me focussed on Him. JESUS IS ALL I HAVE!
* I know I can't do anything [in & of myself] , to conquer habitual sin, therefore I won't do anything, so I MUST TRUST JESUS TO DO IN & THROUGH ME WHAT I CANNOT DO MYSELF!
* help me take 10 looks at Jesus for every 1 look at myself ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
* break me & mould me till I live Galatians 5:13 ,14, 16

praise & pray for Harry, Joe, George, Elly (KOR, TAI)

- my English corner group yesterday! [discussed post-resurrection events]
:D PRAISE :D
:D Jesus TRULY died & TRULY RESURRECTED!!
:D Jesus is not a liar nor a lunatic.. HE IS LORD!!
:D bringing Rhonda, Durelle, Steve, Jun & Grace from the Sunshine Coast 'english corner' to visit!
- also met Kevin & Mike, - 1st timers @ English corner
!(along with many others I didnt meet, I'm sure!)
*PRAY*
* reveal Himeslf as Lord to these precious souls!
* work by His Spirit through all the 'english corners' globally to draw lost souls into Living, Personal Relationship with Himself!
* Nations would be impacted as they send their bright future leaders abroad to study English!

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evangelism in a persons' non-native language . . . effective or waste of time?? post your comments! :)
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guy asked for money & gave tract to!

last Tues was enjoying a free hot chocolate outside the casino (u can get free hot chocolates at the casino!! tip I learnt from International students!) with a brother, guy walked up to us asking for $3 for a busticket
(lost his wallet, apparently) . . .
having been jaded by a similar past experience, [last year a guy at bus stop asked for $2 for a busticket, also having apparently lost his wallet, which I gladly gave him, then he proceeded to ask everyone else at the bus stop for $2!]

So the last thing I thought of doing was giving him any money :|

my [not-so-jaded] brother gave him the $, I gave him this tract J see: http://wayofthemaster.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=27_34&products_id=141

:D PRAISE :D

:D whether this guy was lying or telling the truth, it brought him into contact with the gospel!

*PRAY*

* he’d read this tract at a time when his soul is ripe for a seed to be sown, or for a previously-planted seed to be watered or brought to ripe harvest!

* save his precious soul to then go on & save others!

praise & pray for those @ Good Friday Passover meal Minky, ,Alice, Aliga, Tom, Anastasia, Vicky, Sonia, Nancy, Harold, Alisha, Harry, Eriko, Annie,

- had a 'Passover meal' @ a Teachers' home on Good Friday. God brought these precious souls to join us in remembering God's awesome deliverance of His people through The Passover Lamb whose blood was shed for our salvation!

:D PRAISE :D
:D God's wrath has 'passed over' us & we can now LIVE . . .!!
:D sparing us from His fierce, Holy & just wrath!

*PRAY*

* reveal Himself to those who have yet to know Him & seek refuge under the cover of His blood shed for them..

* draw precious lost souls to seek refuge under His blood before it’s too late!
* in drawing them to Himself, they'd be used to draw other lost souls to seek refuge under His blood before it’s too late too!

praise & pray for Amy (CHI)

:D bringing her here! (Internatrional student studying accounting, came to our church yesterday!)

* Jesus would come alive in her heart through her time away from 'home' that she might find a True Home in Heaven!!
* save her to be involved in transactions of Eternal Value!

praise & pray for Kateln

:D bringing her here - 5 days fresh!
:D blessing me with a mobile phone for me to bless her with (thanks Dame-oh!)
* use the mobile phone to arrange many Divine Appointments to bring her to Personal Relationship with The Saviour!
-- anyone have/knows of anyone with unused/unwanted/broken mobile phones? PLEASE contact me dunbeshy@gmail.com to arrange another blessed-to-be-a-blessing exchange!

praise & pray for Liz (TAI), Jo (AUS)

shared gospel with Liz on bus -- EASTER MAKES IT EASY!
:D PRAISE :D
:D Jesus TRULY died & TRULY RESURRECTED!!
:D He wants to save Liz more than Liz wants to be saved!

*PRAY*
* keep working in Liz' heart by the Holy Spirit to convict her of sin, righteousness & judgement & cause her to flee to The Saviour before it's too late!!
* help Liz do what she knows she should do in light of Jesus' awesome sacrifice for her before it's too late -- REPENT & BELIEVE! & flee to The Saviour!
talked to Jo on bus home but didn't get to gospel :S
:D her conscience knows she's a lying, thieving murderer-at-heart.

* keep working through her conscience to convict her of sin, righteousness & judgement & cause her to flee to The Saviour before it's too late!!
* bind the spirit of deception that has captured her mind & release Truth & Revelation of who He truly is that she might be free.. FREE TO WORSHIP HIM AS HE REALLY IS!