Tuesday, October 30, 2007

praise & pray for Yosuke (JAP)

- met today on the bus, by God's mercy! otherwise would've been selfishly content to choose 'the easy way out' & sit & read a book by myself. he came & sat next to me :)
accident? coincidence?
. . . or DIVINE APPOINTMENT?! :) <-- pick me!! pick me!! PICK ME!!
mental note: always sit on the bus in a way that leaves the seat next to me available for Papa to fill :")
easy access to we got talking, in the course of which i got to share about my accident & he revealed his mother & grandmother in Tokyo were Christian & often told him about his need to believe in Jesus :)
the bus trip was short, too short to delve into a full-gospel presentation, but i challenged his thought that "I'm too young to think about death" with the idea it'd be good for him to go walking through a cemetery & see how many young people died at his age (20) .. and his "not liking to think about it" is only going to do more harm than good ... PLEASE PRAY FOR HIM!
:D PRAISE God for godly mothers & grandmothers! :D - surely i am a blessed recipient of a godly heritage too :)

*PRAY*
* work through our sisters (his mother + grandma) + other brothers & sisters placed strategically in his life to keep challenging him with the person & claims of Christ who is mighty to save from sin, death, self & satan!
* * we'd see Yosuke + many Japanese in heaven worshiping The Lamb because He's Worthy!!

praise & pray for Tommy (TAI)

- he's been in my English corner group a few times now, was way too slow to get his contact details & he's going home on the 11th! >_<
surely i should now by now TIME IS OF *THE* ESSENCE in this missions to internationals? .. :S
:D PRAISE! :D
:D bringing him here, all the free English classes run by churches in Bris he's been to!
*PRAY*
* give us a Divine Appointment before he leaves that'll impact his eternity destiny!
* reveal Christ as INFINITELY desirable & INFINITELY satisfying to Tommy !! bringing him to True Repentance & Faith before it's too late!
* we'd see Tommy in heaven worshiping The Lamb because He's Worthy!!
* have mercy on Tommy, work supernaturally in his heart to forsake sin, follow Jesus, the Son of God in a life of faith!
* prepare Divine Appointments his way throughout his life to help open his blind eyes, unstop his deaf ears & open his dead heart to receive Real Life!
* have mercy on Tommy, not let him waste his life giving glory to any other than The One who made him & gave His life for him !

~thanks~! GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!
*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS*** :P

praise & pray for Helen, Ariel, Wendy, Sanae, Yukari, Yongmi,. Jack, Tommy, Mariko, Taku ( AUS, KOR, TAI, JAP)
















my English corner group today! [discussed The Great Race, in light of Melbourne Cup next week]

:D PRAISE! :D
:D bringing them here!
:D there is one race worth running WITH DETERMINATION- the one fixed on Jesus! [Hebrews 12:1-3]
:D KFC vouchers that serve as a good excuse to take them out for a cheap & YUMMO! dinner =)
- also met Rachel, Jessie, Honju, ... :)

*PRAY*
* stir up a hunger in these precious souls to want to know The One who is The Only One worth keeping our eyes on!
* reveal Christ as Lord to these precious souls, that they might find Him as exceedingly precious, desirable & delightfully satisfying!

* we'd see these dear lost souls in heaven because we prayed & labored towards their beginning & finishing the race!
* 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 to add to the multi-cultural beauty of Christ's Bride, The Church!
* have mercy on them & send them back to 'home' eternally-changed souls, to join the missionary force He's raising up there!

~thanks~! GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!
*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS
- BE ENCOURAGED!!***

praise & pray for BrissyWood drama group!

'learn English through drama' - brilliant idea a Korean bro had. in the 3/4th week now!

:D PRAISE! :D
:D in the great Drama of life, we can know the Director in control of all things - He's our Papa!!
:D creating drama & scripts that we might get to know Him better & share Him with those who don't know Him!

*PRAY*
* passion, wisdom & direction to Will (leader of this group) to keep this BrissyWood drama group Christ-centered whilst helping students with English!
* reveal Himself to the precious lost souls who come through the scripts we go through!

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

praise & pray for G & M (SDA)

- arab neighbours met on bus home last week ... being the end of ramadan, [the muslim month of fasting] gave us a good conversation starter! during the course of which i pointed out a major difference between Islam & following Jesus is that his standing before God is conditional upon his good works or lack thereof whereas with Jesus we can ALWAYS be 100% CONFIDENT of our standing before Him! left him with a tract about Eid-al-fatir (muslim festival post-ramadan]
to get for yourself to give to any muslims He might bring across your path, go to www.30days.com.au, 'enter', go to 'merchandise' & ' Tract postcards'
:D PRAISE! :D
:D bringing them here!
:D as we share your faith with others, ew come to a fuller understanding of every good ting we have in Christ!-- so why not go out & share your faith with others?!
:D following Christ is NOT a religion where our standing before God is conditional upon our performance or lack thereof!
:D
with Jesus we can ALWAYS be 100% CONFIDENT of our standing before Him - perfect, spotless & righteous!
*PRAY*
* give these precious muslims abundant dreams, visions & powerful encounters with The Living Lord Jesus Christ!
* give them a a distinct hunger to escape their dark religion & call them into His light to declare His praises! (1 Peter 2:9)
* He'd expose Islam for the dark lie & deception it is!

* stir up a hunger in the hearts of muslims to want to know The One who was sacrificed for the forgiveness of their sins!
* cause G & M + other muslims to flee to the Saviour before it's too late!!
* Sovereignly intervene [i.e. give them other Divine Appointments with other members of our 'body' who'll share the gospel the way Jesus did] in their time here in Brisbane to send them back 'home' eternally-changed souls, to join the missionary force He's raising up there!

why not arm yourself with tracts to give to any muslims He might bring across your path?!
go to www.30days.com.au, 'enter', go to 'merchandise' & ' Tract postcards' =D

this generation of believers will be accountable to God for this generation of lost souls.

praise & pray for Steven (AUS)

- met him as i got off the bus yesterday, he asked the driver for directions to Queen St mall and since i was headed that way thought i may as well be a spontaneous "tour guide" :P
1st stop: nearest toilet.
... found out he wanted to go to the casino :S
in the course of conversation i handed him a $1,000,000 tract, which after glancing at he said "it's ok i believe in God"

[my gut reaction was to take the tract off him & give it to someone whose heart was riper - in retrospect i should've quoted James 2:19 to him - i'm rarely 'on on the ball' in those moments & only now, 24 hours later do i think of it! >_<]
kept talking, and he thought his good deeds could cover over his bad deeds, to which i opposed ... he went off to the casino, reminded him to consider the $1,000,000 message seriously, i walked off to pray.
LORD, HAVE MERCY ON STEVEN!!
*PRAY*
* destroy any false concepts of who God really is in Steven's mind so he might come to know Him as The True, Living Lord of All!
* have mercy on Steven, open his blind eyes, unstop his deaf ears, breathe life into his dead soul! and give him the grace to repent from their sins, to God AND believe in Him!
* cause
Steven to flee to the Saviour before it's too late!!
* Sovereignly intervene [i.e. give him other Divine Appointments with other members of our 'body' who'll share the gospel the way Jesus did] in his time here in Brisbane [he's not a local] to send him back 'home' an eternally-changed soul, to join the missionary force He's raising up there!

why not order the $1,000,000 tracts to give away for yourself?
see:
www.wayofthemaster.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=27_38&products_id=110

praise & pray for Amanda, Matt, Jenny, Aki, Jack, Tommy, Josh, Nayoung, Jerry, (KO, TAI)

my English corner group yesterday! [discussed Fear]
:D PRAISE! :D
:D bringing them here!
:D despite all there is to fear in life, if we fear God there's NOTHING ELSE TO FEAR!

*PRAY*

* stir up a hunger in these precious souls to want to know The One whom demons & evil spirits fear!
* reveal Himself as Lord to these precious souls, that they might find forgiveness &
repentance from fearing anything/one else to prepare them for His Judgment Day!
* 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 to add to the multi-cultural beauty of Christ's Bride, The Church!
* have mercy on them & send them back to 'home' eternally-changed souls, to join the missionary force He's raising up there!

~thanks~! GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!
*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS
- BE ENCOURAGED!!***

pray for us!

Jud. 21:25

"In those days Israel had no king; and everyone did as he saw fit"

And so ends the book of Judges. This period in Israel's history was filled with shame, confusion and despair. The Lord Himself was supposed to be the king of this kingdom of priests. But the people given this high calling repeatedly dishonored His Name by worshiping false gods and doing what they saw fit to do rather than obeying their king's laws. It is easy to judge them for their disobedience when we read Judges. But don't we do the same today when we do as we see fit rather than obey the clear command of Scriptures to glorify God's Name among every nation?

King Jesus, we want to bring You glory. Teach us to obey You and to honor, not shame, Your Name among the peoples.
source: www.global-prayer-digest.org <-- GO HERE & pray EVERYDAY!!GO HERE & pray for an unreached people group EVERY HOUR!! www.prayerguard.net

pray for me!

after being on a long trek'up' the mountain on this spiritual pilgrimage home, i find myself walking through lukewarm valley :|
i find in myself a condition of mournful carelessness & indifference, where there's an ever-widening gap between what i know in my head to be true vs. my life & action :"(

can feel the ugly sickening symptoms of becoming "lukewarm" - the kind of yucky gross person Jesus says He'll spit out of His mouth :"( [ Revelation 3]
asking Papa about why i'm going through this, He simply said:
"you don't understand why now, but that's not the point. just trust Me"

and trust Him i shall... but i need your prayers please!!
:D PRAISE! :D
:D He is worthy of praise.. on the mountaintop or in the valley!
:D
everything He did in &through the previous season on the mountain!
:D His goodness is constant & never failing, even when i fail!
:D praise in advance for everything He'll achieve in &through this season in the valley!
*PRAY*
* deliver me from being moderate - 'avoiding extremes' - i'd not settle for being anything less than being radical, extreme, white-hot ON FIRE for God!
characterised by:
- progress in holiness
- love for God
- love for His Word
- love for His people
- love for those not His people that would show OBVIOUSLY in ACTION!
- constant communion with Christ
~~thanks SO much~!
appreciate you . . . for an eternity :)

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

pray for us!

Jud. 13:5

"The boy is to be a Nazirite, set apart to God from birth"

The birth of Samson was announced to his parents in a special way because he was a special son. He was to deliver his people from their enemies, the Philistines. In the same way that Samson was set apart from birth for God's special purposes, we have been set apart by our "new birth." We are "sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy" (1 Cor. 1:2). God wants to use us in a special way to accomplish His purpose among the nations. He has set us apart for service as well as for worship.

Lord, we belong to You. You gave Your life for us. Now we give our lives back to You. Use us to bring hope and life to those who now do not know You.

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

GO HERE & pray for an unreached people group EVERY HOUR!! www.prayerguard.net

Monday, October 22, 2007

Praise & pray for Suyeon (KOR)

a recent chat on MSN let me see Papa evidently working in her life since she let AUS!
read for yourself & give much praise as you do :D
"you know i was born in a catholic family ... i always thought he is a god who punish me ... but i was wrong .. he loves me so much ... i read bible .. it comforts me than any other things .. he has been helping me all the time .. i just didn't know that .. i didn't accept him .. but now i do .. it took so long .. but now i have no doubt .. he is waiting for me to bless me .. i have a bible you gave me"
:D working through His Word He blessed me with to pass to Suyeon!
:D revealing Himself to Suyeon!

* keep
revealing Himself more & more to Suyeon,have mercy on her, open her blind eyes, unstop her deaf ears, breathe life into her dead soul and give her the grace to repent from her sins, turn to God AND believe in Him!
* cause
Suyeon to flee to The Saviour before it's too late!!
* Sovereignly intervene [i.e. give her other Divine Appointments with other members of our 'body' who'll share the gospel the way Jesus did] in her life in Korea so she can join the missionary force He's raising up there!

pray for catholics!

brothers & sisters, please DO NOT be deceived about catholics!! "it's a huge organised idolatry" see this article by John MacArthur: http://www.biblebb.com/files/MAC/90-291.htm
:D PRAISE! :D

:D His grace lavished on us by leading us intro truth & not into gross deception like so many catholics! [i.e. but for His grace, we too would be caught up in deception!]
*PRAY*

* Jesus would manifest His preeminence over the
catholic deception!
* bind the deception that has captured so many hearts & minds, set the captives free to know Christ for who He really is & find full salvation through faith in Him alone!
* reveal Christ as The ONLY source of salvation to every precious soul caught up in the catholic deception, that they might find forgiveness & repentance from trusting in good works to prepare them for His Judgment Day!
* cause those in the "catholic church" to flee to Jesus, The ONLY Saviour before it's too late!!

pray for us!

Jud. 7:15

"When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he worshiped God"

Gideon could hardly believe that God would use him to deliver Israel from Midianite aggression. He certainly didn't feel like a "mighty warrior" (6:12), even after God had confirmed His promise by signs and "fleeces." When God invited Gideon and his servant to eavesdrop on a Midianite conversation, Gideon quickly accepted, and the encouragement he received was what he needed to make the decisive attack. Like Gideon, we may be afraid that the job God has given us is too large. To take the gospel to about 10,000 people groups who still haven't heard is a tremendous job. But God is preparing receptive hearts, and He often encourages us by giving us glimpses of His activity among the nations.

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

Saturday, October 20, 2007

praise & pray for family!

- once again i'm discovering new depths of appreciation for God's gift of family =)
for any who's families have "seemingly" been a non-gift, or have lost loved ones, God is still good, He'll use the "failures", hurts & pains caused by family to finish the masterpiece in you.
:D PRAISE! :D
:D
often when we cant see this masterpiece in the making, those are the very times i've learnt the Father's hands are actually doing His best work!!
:D
God's gift of family. even when we fail to appreciate it, it's still a blessing!!

*PRAY*
* we'd say "i love you" /express heartfelt appreciation to precious family members before its too late!
* help us not take these living blessings in family for granted - don't wait till they're gone from your life before you know what precious gift you had in them!
* we'd be living blessings to our families, extending the blessings of unconditional love, acceptance & availability to those yearning for family!

Friday, October 19, 2007

praise & pray for Qld Baptist conference (helping at a missions stand- SATURDAY 20th Oct!)

- was there yesterday, going again tomorrow to help at a missions stand Papa's given me a passion for.
. . . need your prayers!

:D PRAISE! :D

:D poviding co-laborers in His harvest!\
:D there's one sure thing in life (surer than death & taxes! :P): "from the rising of the sun to its setting my name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name will be great among the nations, says the LORD of hosts. Malachi 1:11
:D Papa wants us to be involved in this one sure thing - His Name being Great among every people group!
:D the opportunity to invest our lives in something eternally significant!
*PRAY*
* we'd invest our lives
in this one sure thing - whether that be praying, working to give, mobilising, supporting or going!
* we'd take every
opportunity to invest our lives in this one sure thing of eternal significance!
* Divine Appointments aplenty to share God's heart & challenge many to
invest their lives in this one sure thing of eternal significance!
* 7-fold impact with every interaction/book given/material that goes out from missions stands! (i.e. every interaction/book given/material would be passed onto impact 7 other lives!
* give us such a hunger for eternity that we'd forsake all else that has no eternal significance!
* lasting life change in the lives of those who receive our material!

praise & pray for busdriver, kid + mother

- after a full day + night giving away FREE! POWERFUL! LIFE-CHANGING! books @ the Qld Baptist Convention, & eating a very hearty dinner [edited-out] decided to walk off some of the yummy-fattiness of the dinner & save a zone on my bus fare too :) the saving mightn't look like much ($0.10) but those 10 cents saved = 17 gospel tracts that could go to those who've yet to hear the name of Jesus in their own language!
seee http://www.gfa.org/tracts
what felt like a 'drought' of tract-giving [
tract-giving to people as opposed to leaving tracts for people - do that all the time wherever i go, on restaurant tables/counters, in toilets etc] got on a bus last night virtually to myself + a few other passengers.. got talking to the busdriver & left him with a million dollars. as is often my routine, after expressing my appreciation for the great service i've experienced from public transport officers & encouraging them to keep it up, i give them the million dollar tract as a gift, telling them it's a gospel tract with a VERY IMPORTANT message on the other side :)
:D PRAISE! :D
:D making The Gospel in print to give away!
:D providing gospel tracts that makes sharing the gospel much less difficult!!!
:D giving us a house on a no-through road so garbage trucks have to turn around even if i miss them the 1st time!
:D being able to give a kids "genius tract" to a kid with his mother on the bus home!
*PRAY*
* reveal Christ to
this precious child, bring him to true repentance & faith before it's too late!!
* those who drive buses to serve the public will have an encounter with Jesus, the ultimate servant!
* Holy Spirit keep working in drivers + kid's hearts, convict their guilty conscience & the gravity of
their sin before the Holy, Righteous God who gave them life & bring them to flee to The Saviour while there's still time!
* help us, His children to stay receptive & obedient to His voice to go to those He wants to end us to!
* we'd see precious souls like bus drivers in heaven worshiping The Lamb because He's Worthy!!

order the $1,000,000 tracts to give away for yourself:
'million dollars'
www.wayofthemaster.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=27_38&products_id=110

'hey kids' see: www.wayofthemaster.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=27_34&products_id=91
*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS - BE ENCOURAGED!!***

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

praise & pray for us!

Jud. 2:20-21

"Because this nation has violated the covenant that I laid down for their forefathers...I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died"

God commanded Israel to conquer all the peoples of Canaan and to assume possession of all the land. But the years were long and the battles hard, and Israel settled for less. Those nations left unconquered became their snare and eventually their conquerors. So today, when we reject or adulterate God's commands, our sins become the snares which frustrate God's blessings to us and through us. In particular, those peoples from whom we withhold the blessings of the gospel may become strong, bitter enemies of Jesus and His Church.

O God, help us not to grow weary in taking Your gospel to those people groups still needing to hear.
source: www.global-prayer-digest.org <-- GO HERE & pray EVERYDAY!!

praise & pray for Joey (TAI)

- his birthday today!
:D PRAISE! :D
:D bringing him here!
:D the birthday dinner last night & good chat we had afterwards!
:D the terrible experiences he's had in life that gave him a God-awareness in his life!
*PRAY*
* reveal Christ as INFINITELY desirable & INFINITELY satisfying to Joey !!
* bring him to True Repentance & Faith before it's too late!
* we'd see Joey in heaven worshiping The Lamb because He's Worthy!!

* have mercy on Joey, work supernaturally in his heart to forsake sin, follow Jesus, the Son of God in a life of faith & not let him waste his life giving glory to any other than The One who made him & gave His life for him!
* bring more Divine Appointments his way as he lives in Aus to help open his blind eyes, unstop his deaf ears & open his dead heart to receive Real Life!

~thanks~! GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!
*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS***

praise & pray for Jerry, Sue, Doloies, Kim, Ryan, Justin,Min, Albert (KOR)

my English corner group yesterday! [discussed an inconvenient truth]
:D PRAISE! :D
:D bringing them here!
:D despite the inconvenien truthof our sin, there is a solution to our greatest problem in Christ!
*PRAY*
* reveal Himself as Lord to these precious souls, that they might find forgiveness & repentance from trusting in good works to prepare them for His Judgment Day!
* 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 to add to the multi-cultural beauty of Christ's Bride, The Church!
* have mercy on them & send them back to 'home' eternally-changed souls, to join the missionary force He's raising up there!

~thanks~! GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!
*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS
- BE ENCOURAGED!!***

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

praise & pray for me!

there are days when what i'm praying for is horribly contradicted by my life :"(
there are days i feel so weak i feel like i just can't want to go on. :"(
there are days my flesh is just way too much in the fore that i lose sight of the reality of who i am in Christ :"(
there are days my heart is so cold to the perishing lost souls around me that i fail to fulfill the reason why i've been left on this earth, [certainly, the reason why i've been given a 2nd chance at life!] - to seek & save the lost, the way Jesus did!
... i need prayer!
:D PRAISE! :D
:D my feelings dont change the reality of
who i am in Christ!
:D my weakness = blessing without which i'd never know His strength!

:D bringing me to greater appreciation of Christ!
:D using my disability to bring that [see above] about!
*PRAY*
* Christ be exalted in my weakness
* make my life a prayer to Him!
* revive my heart with his fire to go & seek & save the lost at every opportunity!
* keep me
continually focussed on Christ & Christ alone!
* I'd live continually in His presence & serve in His strength - so the majority of my service will be not the work itself but ministering to Jesus - in everything to exalt Him, magnify Him & bring attention & praise to Him!
* i'd live with the ministry mindset of John 3:30 " He [Jesus] must increase i must decrease!"
* help me always seek the greater thing - sitting at His feet in love & adoration, wanting simply to draw close to Him & know Him more.
* I'd be REDUCED TO CHRIST!
* consume my heart with one desire; to love Jesus MORE!!!
*
deliver me from measuring God by my own limitations!
* deliver me from treasuring my life such that 'd be unwilling to lay it down for others
*
give me an immeasurable mind & willingness to suffer for His Great Name!
* give me GRACE-based thinking & GRACE-based living!

~~thanks SO much~!
appreciate you . . . for an eternity :)
the truth of this song played in my mental jukebox as i went before The Father in my weakness .. may its truth encourage you in your weakness =)
His Strength is Perfect - by S.C. Chapman/Salley

1. I can do all things
Through Christ who gives me strength
But sometimes I wonder what He can do through me
No great success to show
No glory on my own
Yet in my weakness He is there to let me know

CHORUS
His strength is perfect when our strength is gone
He'll carry us when we can't carry on
Raised in his power the weak become strong
His strength is perfect
His strength is perfect

2. We can only know
The power that He holds
When we truly see how deep our weakness goes
His strength is us begins
When our comes to an end
He hears our humble cry
And proves again

CHORUS

Monday, October 15, 2007

Praise & pray for us!

Josh. 24:15

"Then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve"

Choice is a great privilege-and a fearful responsibility. The greatest choice any individual or group will ever make is which god it will serve. In days in which "personal freedom" is exalted over all virtues, the call to serve another sounds like foolishness. Yet even when carnal men think themselves most free, they find themselves in bondage to lust, greed or material possessions. Scripture reminds us that God has created people for Himself, to love and serve Him. If we reject God and worship someone or something else, bondage results. When we serve God wholeheartedly, we experience freedom. In the words of a hymn, "Make me a captive, Lord, and then I shall be free. Force me to render up my sword and I shall conqueror be."

Lord, give us hearts that are willing to make choices that honor You.
source: www.global-prayer-digest.org <-- GO HERE & pray EVERYDAY!!

Sunday, October 14, 2007

Praise & pray for Yuan (CHI)

:D PRAISE! :D
:D bringing him
so faithfully to our church, English Conversation Classes & Bible Studies!
:D at the end of today's bible study he said "i feel I'm understanding God & Jesus on a more profound level" !!
-- i earnestly look forward to the day we can all call Yuan our brother in Jesus =D
so .. *PRAY!*

* keep stirring up in Yuan a hunger & thirst to know Jesus on increasingly profounder levels!
* have mercy Yuan!

* open his blind eyes, unstop his deaf ears, breathe life into his dead soul and give him the grace to repent from his sins, turn to God AND believe in Him!
* cause Yuan to flee to the Saviour before it's too late!!
* Sovereignly intervene [i.e. give them other Divine Appointments with other members of our 'body' who'll share the gospel the way Jesus did] in his time here in Australia to send him back 'home' an eternally-changed soul, to join the missionary force He's raising up there!

Friday, October 12, 2007

praise & pray for garbage truck drivers!

.. they bless you by collecting your rubbish, so why not bless them with some gospel blessings?
:D PRAISE! :D
:D The Most Perfect, Most Holy King of the Universe came down to our garbage-filled lives because of our sin & rescued us & completely did away with all our sinful garbage!
:D blessing us to be blessing!
:D making The Gospel in print to give away!
:D providing gospel tracts that makes sharing the gospel much less difficult!!!
:D giving us a house on a no-through road so garbage trucks have to turn around even if i miss them the 1st time!
:D life in a city that has two garbage truck collections - one for general waste & another for recyclable waste so i can give a gospel tract to the 2nd driver even if i miss the 1st driver! [ or the 1st driver rejects the tract, s in this case]
*PRAY*
* reveal Christ to
these precious souls, bring them to true repentance & faith before it's too late!!
* those who collect rubbish to serve the public will give their rubbish to Jesus to make their souls clean by His blood!
* Holy Spirit keep working in these mens' hearts, convict
their guilty consciences & the gravity of their sin before the Holy, Righteous God who gave them life & bring him to flee to The Saviour while there's still time!
* help us, His children to stay receptive & obedient to His voice to go to those He wants to end us to! [or that He sends to us!]
* we'd see precious souls like garbage truck drivers in heaven worshiping The Lamb because He's Worthy!!
order the $1,000,000 tracts to give away for yourself:
www.wayofthemaster.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=27_38&products_id=110

*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS - BE ENCOURAGED!!***

Praise & pray for us!

Josh. 7:9

"The Canaanites and the other people of the country will hear about this (defeat) and they will surround us and wipe our name from the earth. What then will You do for Your own great Name?"

At first, Joshua's response to the defeat at Ai predictably focused on the shame and reproach it brought to Israel. Then Joshua realized that the defeat would encourage the peoples of Canaan to despise Israel's God as well. Are we, as God's people, aware of the impact of our sin and disobedience on the nations of the earth today? Are we concerned about the scorn our spiritual weakness brings on the name of our God? Are we concerned enough to repent, confess our sin, and seek holiness?

O God, use us to bring glory, not shame, to Yourself. Your Name and renown are the desire of our hearts.


Josh. 13:1

"When Joshua was old and well advanced in years, the Lord said to him, 'You are very old, and there are still very large areas of land to be taken over'"

On the one hand, Joshua could have responded to this observation with discouragement. He had fought so long, and yet there was still so much to do. But God wanted the next generation of the Hebrew nation to participate in the excitement of His miracles. They too needed to be tested and to prove themselves faithful. Likewise, the recognition that some 10,000 peoples are without a church community can appear discouraging. But the job is "do-able" for those willing to serve the purpose of God in their own generation.

Savior, we trust You to do great wonders among the nations!
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

praise & pray for me!

if you care about me & love me, please tell me anytime you see something wrong in my life
:D PRAISE! :D
:D every new day i live & breathe & "feel like a million dollars"!
[not hat feelings can be measured by money :P]
:D giving me more than overwhelming loads of evidence for me to put zero confidence in the flesh!
*pray*
* keep me passionate to pray like breathing & pray as breathing!
* help me see people as He sees them!
* i'd be zero & Jesus Christ be 100%!
* i'd walk in the Spirit & flee all paths marked by the flesh!
* i'd keep walking in repentance & John 7:37-38 trust in Jesus!
"If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Rivers of living water will brim and spill out of the depths of anyone who believes in me this way, just as the Scripture says."
* i'd live a life of REALITY - reflecting who we i am IN CHRIST - righteous, perfect, spotless & blameless!
* i'd passionately pursue delight, satisfaction & fullness of joy in Jesus & Him alone!
* HIS
wisdom & guidance re: being the "missions person" for OCF QUT (chistian group @ uni)
~~thanks SO much~!
appreciate you . . . for an eternity :)

praise & pray for Warren, Jaewon, Jasmine, Tommy, Kim (KOR, TAI)

my English corner group yesterday! [discussed Multi-Culturalism]
:D PRAISE! :D
:D bringing them here!
:D the multi-cultural beauty of Christ's Bride, The Church, that will encompass EVERY tongue, EVERY tribe & EVERY nation!
- also met Tanna -1st timer at English corner along with many others i didn't meet i'm sure!
*PRAY*
* reveal Himself as Lord to these precious souls, bring them to repentance to prepare them for the ultimate multi-cultural gathering before His Judgment Throne!
* 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 to add to the multi-cultural beauty of Christ's Bride, The Church!
* have mercy on them & send them back to 'home' eternally-changed souls, to join the missionary force He's raising up there!

~thanks~! GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!
*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS
- BE ENCOURAGED!!***

Praise & pray for overnighter with precious souls @ Mt. Archer! [this Sat-Sun!]

:D PRAISE :D
:D every precious soul that's signed on to for the overnighter!
:D letting us have this time away with these precious souls in the midst of His beautiful creation!
- staying in a brothers' uncles' convent. mission field (?)

*PRAY*
* in all things, CHRIST BE EXALTED! and as He is exalted, "He'd draw all men to Himself"
* Divine appointments & eternally-significant interactions in abundance!
* bring the students & leaders HE wants to come along, keep them free this weekend & provide transport for all!

Praise & pray for us!

Josh. 6:2-5

"See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. March around the city once for six days. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times.... Have all the people give a loud shout"

This certainly seemed like a strange formula for victory. But God's promise was based on His knowledge that all the earth is His. God didn't always use such an unusual approach in giving Israel victory over the peoples of Canaan. Usually the men would simply go to the battlefield and fight. But the victory was always the Lord's. So it is when we take the gospel to the peoples of the world. Sometimes God will move in unusual ways to bring sinners to repentance and believing faith. At other times His messengers must work for years and even decades before seeing fruit from their labors. But the victory is always the Lord's.

Lord, help us to recognize Your hand at work. Give us the patience to persevere with hope in evangelizing unreached peoples.
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Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Praise & pray for us!

Josh. 5:13-15

"Joshua went up to the man and asked, 'Are you for us or for our enemies?' 'Neither,' he replied, 'but as commander of the army of the Lord have I come'"

This passage is very instructive. God is not "for" one people or "against" another. He is only "for" His purposes among all the peoples of the earth. The story is told of a lady who asked American President Lincoln during the Civil War, "Do you think God is on your side?" The great president wisely answered, "The question is not if God is on my side, but if I am on God's side."

Father, forgive us for our habitual self-centeredness. Help us to see the peoples and nations of the earth from Your perspective - as peoples who desperately need to hear and to receive the gospel.

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Sunday, October 07, 2007

praise & pray for Evergreen Retreat!

a retreat for Elderly 'Evergreens' happening this week in Perth!
:D PRAISE! :D
:D giving them a life full of years!
:D those who seek to serve an age group oft neglected!
:D the powerful, bright living testimony's hey are of having walked with God for decades on end!
*pray*
* give all (especially my mum!) good rest & strength to get max. benefit from this retreat!
* have mercy & save the unsaved before it's too late! [particular man of concern: loves his smokes & drink, pray it won't distract him from finding Christ!
* all participants be in best state of being & to have humble, teachable, changeable hearts willing to redeem the time & use their every breath for His glory!

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

praise & pray for me!

:D how awesome to walk every moment of everyday with the King of kings & Lord of lords!!
yet how horrid & saddening all those moments I walk in the flesh :"(
Papa popped this song into my mental jukebox as i was praying ... may it's truth hit you as it did [& keeps doing!] me!
ONLY NATURAL - by Steven Curtis Chapman
Mirror, mirror on the wall | Who's the biggest fool of all?
You don't have to answer me | 'Cause when I look at you I see
A prisoner set free from his chains | Acting like he's still a slave |To the prison he's been set free from | You may say its only natural for me to act this | Well, I know its only natural | But I have not been made
Chorus
Only natural, only natural
I've got the Spirit of the living God alive in me | Giving me power so I don't have to be Only natural, only natural

So mirror, mirror, look again | You've seen the fool that I have been | But did you see the grace that covers me | Not to do anything I please | In fact grace is the only thing | That makes me what I am not naturally
It's supernatural power brings life out of the grave | It gives sight to the blind man, and it will not let me stay | Only natural, only natural
I've got the Spirit of the living God alive in me | Giving me power so I don't have to be Only natural, only natural
Bridge
I know that on my own, I'm only human naturally | But I've got the Spirit of the living God alive in me | Giving me power so I don't have to be Only natural, only natural
I've got the Spirit of the living God alive in me | Giving me power so I don't have to be Only natural, only natural
:D One day this fallen flesh will be gone once & for all .. how i long for that day!
:D always showing me my utter hopelessness & helplessness to keep from filthy sin apart from Him!
* i'd be zero & Jesus Christ be 100%!
* i'd walk in the Spirit & flee all paths marked by the flesh!
* i'd keep walking in repentance & John 7:37-38 trust in Jesus!
"If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Rivers of living water will brim and spill out of the depths of anyone who believes in me this way, just as the Scripture says."
* i'd live a life of REALITY - reflecting who we i am IN CHRIST - righteous, perfect, spotless & blameless!
* i'd passionately pursue delight, satisfaction & fullness of joy in Jesus & Him alone!
~~thanks SO much~!
appreciate you . . . for an eternity :)

praise & pray for Eddy (TAI)

"my heart really hurt now .... I need to Jesus help me"
:D Psalms 34:18 is true! "The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit."
:D i told him "KEEP CRYING OUT TO JESUS ! HE HEARS, HE ANSWERS !! DO YOU BELIEVE IT?? if Jesus didn't, i wouldnt even be alive :| to which he replied, "I BELIEVE IT!"
:D Jesus hears every cry & answers!

*
* turn this difficult time Eddy's going through around into something beautiful, something good - SALVATION!!
* have mercy on Eddy, make him a missionary to declare the praises of Him who called him out of darkness into His glorious light!

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Praise & pray for Jaewon, Daniel, Hyonkim (KOR)

spent much of today out with Jaewon, relying desperately on Divine Grace for Christ to come through me more than my self :|
:D PRAISE! :D
:D getting me through the day!
:D our conversation over lunch turning to the things of God quite naturally!
also met Daniel & Hyonkim, PhD student & his cousin met on the citycat who Kaewon knew.
*pray*
*
turn this difficult time Jaewon's going through around into something beautiful, something good!
* have mercy on Jaewon, make him a missionary to declare the praises of Him who called him out of darkness into His glorious light!
*
reveal more of Himself to Jaewon & send him back to 'home' an eternally-changed soul, to join the missionary force He's raising up there!
* give me grace, patience & love to love Jaewon as He has loved me in all my falleness!

praise & pray for Jieun, Ming, A,Jaewon, Takuya (KOR, JAP)

my English corner group Today! [discussed Grand Finals]
:D PRAISE! :D
:D bringing them here!
:D in the ultimate Grand Final of all grand finals, there is a chance to enter heaven & not just hell!
- also met Justin & EeJay-1st timers at English corner along with many others i didn't meet i'm sure!
*PRAY*
* reveal Himself as Lord to these precious souls, bring them to repentance to prepare them for the ultimate Grand Final of all grand finals! [Judgment Day]
* 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!
* have mercy on them & send them back to 'home' eternally-changed souls, to join the missionary force He's raising up there!

~thanks~! GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!
*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS
- BE ENCOURAGED!!***

Praise & pray for us!

Deut. 30:15

"See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction."

God had finally brought Israel back to the land promised to them in His covenant with Abraham centuries earlier. In his farewell speech, Moses made explicit the nature of the choices then available to the nation-obey God and enjoy life, or reject His command and experience destruction. The Old Testament records the result of the tragic choices Israel made. Instead of becoming heralds, they became hoarders of the knowledge and worship of Jehovah. They chose how they wanted to obey the Lord, instead of obeying everything He said.

May we, O God, understand the clear choice before us. Use us to bless the nations, especially the remaining Muslim, Hindu, tribal, and Buddhist peoples who are still without a clear understanding of Jesus Christ.
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Monday, October 01, 2007

Praise & pray for us!

Deut. 1:32

"In spite of this [illustration of God's provision] you did not trust in the Lord your God."

Fear of what might happen is very often the cause of failure in our lives and ministry. Instead of believing God's promised provision to meet our every need, we fear that in our time of real difficulty He will let us down. God's power and love, however, cannot flow in our lives if we doubt or disobey Him. Many of us want to be used by God, even in helping to send the gospel to remote areas and distant peoples. But we are fearful. We are afraid to trust the Lord to provide all the funds and talents we need for success in the ministry.

O God, increase our faith. Make us unafraid to step out boldly and accept Your challenges.
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