Tuesday, April 29, 2008

praise & pray for Artis, Rachel, Colin, Xie, Gerald, Sanae, Ashley, Brian, Janet, Gang (TAI, KOR, CHI, AUS)









my English corner group on Tuesday! [discussed Mothers Day]

:D PRAISE! :D

:D blessing us with mothers!

:D making all nations & deciding to bring those from the mission field here at this time in their lives!
:D we don't need to be discontent with our appearance - The One who knit us in our mothers' womb made us wonderfully & fearfully!

- also met Alan & Ben <-- 2 days fresh in Bris!

*PRAY*

* give them a Divine discontent to cause them to hunger & thirst after, look for & reach out to find the only One who can give them right relationship with their Creator God -- Jesus!
* destroy all their idols they might pursue "happiness" in - things other than Jesus!
* reveal Jesus as Lord to these precious souls, bring them to repentance & faith in The Only Saviour before it's too late!
* 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!!***






JW's -- Tammy & Lilia

- Jehovah's Witness doorknockers came to our house.
took their literature in exchange for a gospel tract :)
:D PRAISE! :D
:D the mission field that literally comes to our doorsteps!
:D He wants to save lost cult members more than they want to be saved!
*PRAY*
* have mercy on Tammy & Lilia & all precious souls entrapped in cults - to be brought out of the darkness & into the light to declare the praises of Jesus!
* reveal Christ in all His preeminence to all precious souls entrapped in cults, that Christ be increased & self be decreased!
[see http://www.theschoolofchrist.org/learn.html]
* give us, those who truly know Jesus love to boldly reach out to all the enemy has deceived, snatch them from the flames of God's Wrath to join the choir of true Worshippers we see all through Revelation!

Monday, April 28, 2008

praise & pray for Harish (PUN)


met Harish in front of his restuarant walking home after walking someone home . . . i wasn't having so great a day in terms of sharing The Good News, but decided to stop & talk with him anyway :) shared a 'Test your reading skills' tract with him, he was very receptive, he hadn't heard This Good News before & found it to be truly good News in the end! would've LOVED to have talked more but he had to go back in & help .. might drop in again late one Saturday/ Sunday Night to his restaurant! :)
[why not order some for the lost souls He'll bring across your path?! go to: www.wayofthemaster.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=27_33&products_id=85
:D rejoice with me! :D
:D He's bringing precious souls from the mission field here - OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND TO REACH THEM WITH THE NEWS OF ETERNAL LIFE -- LET'S GET ON WITH SEEKING & SAVING THE LOST, BROTHERS & SISTERS!!
:D blessing me with legs that i can walk on to walk siblings in Jesus home & then walk home cos it was too late for buses to operate!
*PRAY*
* The Lamb of God who was slain would receive the reward for His sufferings in every precious lost soul from the mission field He's brought here caught up in deception! "You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power. for You created everything, and it is for your pleasure they exist and were created - Revelation 4:11
* God in His mercy would not let Harish waste his life giving glory to anyone/anything else but save him so he might bring pleasure to Him!
* have mercy on him, send him back 'home' an eternally-changed soul, to join the missionary force He's raising up there!

praise & pray for RICE evangelism training




in light of the 2 RICE events coming up, [see www.ricebrisbane.org] I've been asked by the teens group leaders @ my church if I could possibly help give some training for the teens in sharing the gospel.
Dunno why they picked me - might be cos I started our evangelism group in the summer holidays - REALLY NEED YOUR PRAYERS FOR US ALL~!!
PRAYERS ARE ESSENTIAL!!
praise! :D
:D He loves these teens enough to use my "wasted" youth of blundering evangelistic efforts to prevent them from wasting their youth like i did!
:D seeking & saving the lost is His awesome work, and He invites us to get in on the action too! -- what greater joy could there be than to lead a lost sinner to The Saviour & cause a Huge Party in Heaven?!
:D think of the multiplied joy that could be as these teens learn to share their faith Biblically, effectively, the Way Jesus Did!
*PRAY!*
* Wisdom & Revelation as to how i can best train them to Seek & Save the lost, Jesus-style!
* ignite His Love for the lost in our hearts that'd burn into an all-consuming Passion for His Preeminence to be manifested in all things!
* Raise up His army of laborers for the ripe harvest all around us, that none be lost due to our apathy / disobedience!
* much help in conducting these training sessions, having never done them before!
* attention spans & receptivity for the teens to not only listen for the whole sessions but also to PUT IT INTO PRACTICE!


Any other tips/ advice /wisdom you have for working with teens would be great, as I've never done this before!!
anything I can praise with/pray for you ? :)
keep praying & seeking to save the lost BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!
Singing Songs in the Lifeboat
The Apostle Paul said, "For me to live means opportunities for Christ." Is there a zeal to share our faith burning in our bones? It's more than spending time in worship or in prayer. Jesus said to "Go and preach." Prayer and worship are the basics of the Christian faith, but if we are not obediently sharing that faith, we are not fulfilling The Great Commission. Obedience is better than sacrifice. Without evangelistic zeal, we are like survivors of the Titanic, singing songs in the lifeboat while people are drowning. Singing songs is fine … but not while people are drowning. Let's put service with worship. Let's put legs to our prayers, and today seek to save those who will perish without the Savior. There goes another minute. Gone forever. Go share your faith while you still have time.
Source:
www.wayofthemasterminute.com

It will not do to say you have no special call to go!Someone asked “will the unbelievers who’ve never heard the gospel be saved?”It is more a question with me - whether we – who have the gospel and fail to give it to those who do not – can be saved” – Charles Spurgeon



Saturday, April 26, 2008

pray for us!

"From now on I will go to the Gentiles." Acts 18:6
Paul was in Corinth preaching in the synagogue and "solemnly testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah." They resisted him and blasphemed. He was then free to go to the Gentiles with a clear conscience. Paul's example holds lessons for us. He was intent on focusing on those who were responsive to the good news. His obligation to the Jews did not blind him to their resistance. His cry, and the cry of many today is, "How can I stay among a people who have every chance to hear the gospel, yet reject it, when so many have not yet had one chance to hear?"

pray: Father, teach us our duty to both the resistant and the responsive peoples of our day.

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

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

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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

praise & pray 4 me

look at the moon . . . I wanna be just like that ^__^ (i.e. brightly reflecting a glory not my own, simply faithfully reflecting His light to all =)-- i'm not an awfully faithfully bright reflector tho :"(
please REJOICE with me & pray for me!!

if you care about me & love me, please tell me anytime you see something wrong in my life!

=D~rejoice with me~ =D
:D sales & earthly stuff are not so attractive to me anymore!
:D every hour that passes that i can enjoy non-explosive bowels! ;)
:D graciously exposing & destroying the idols in my life-- so many "good" things, blessings from Him that I've horribly turned into a subtle idol, robbing me of time, energy, devotion & focus that He deserves EXCLUSIVELY!
:D constantly calling me to come away from all the "noise" & activity to be alone with Him!
:D His love never fails!!
:D His Word & promise never fails!! "Know this with all your heart, with everything in you, that not one detail has failed of all the good things GOD, your God, promised you. It has all happened. nothing's left undone--not so much as a word." [Joshua 23:14b]
:D nothing, nothing, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING can change my status before The Living, Perfect & Holy God Almighty: Forgiven, Guiltless, Perfect, Righteous, Blameless, & Spotless in Christ Jesus His Son !!
:D my advocate before God is MIGHTIER than my accuser!
:D my feelings don't change the eternal reality of my justified standing before God!
:D the miracle of every breath i breathe, always witnessing the glorious mystery of grace!!
:D continually taking away any reasons i'd have to be proud (my worst enemy!] & giving me much reason to be humble [my best friend] !!
:D daily revealing beautifully fresh new facets of the unsearchable depths of His mercy & grace to me!

*please PRAY with me & for me*
* bless many still waiting to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ through our GFA MAX MISSION missionary, "CJ"!! see www.gfa.org/maxmissions
* break me constantly & undry my dry eyes over my sinful self :"(
* in all things Christ would increase, and i would decrease!
* i'd keep giving Papa my fears & let Him lift me up on His shoulders!
Lord, grant me never to lose sight of:
the exceeding sinfulness of sin,
the exceeding righteousness of salvation,
the exceeding glory of Christ,
the exceeding beauty of holiness,
and the exceeding wonder of grace (from "continual repentance" the Valley of Vision)
* keep exposing any idols my heart is prone to wander after, that they might be destroyed & He not be robbed of any glory & devotion He deserves EXCLUSIVELY!
* i'd unlearn the LIES i've believed in & held onto for FAR TOO LONG
[eg i'm not worthy of anyone's love, especially God's!]
* i'd hold onto, avail myself to & never let go of the promises of God whatever happens!
* keep me standing close to the cross every moment of every day to cultivate/strengthen my greatest friend, humility, and weaken/kill my greatest enemy, pride!
* guard my purity - i fall far too often =(
[but it's really not all about my standing or falling is it?!] ;)
* i'd daily declare war on pride & gladly declare my weakness & desperate need for total dependence on God's AMAZING GRACE!
* i'd not lose sight of the seriousness of the very real unseen war raging on around us & stay ALERT for the souls of those around me & myself!!
* i'd use every temptation to sin as an opportunity to prove my love for Jesus by keeping His commandments! "The person who has my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I, too, will love him and reveal myself to him." (John 14:21)
* i'd reply the devil's accusations with GOSPEL TRUTH!! Micah 7:8-9!!
thanks SO much~! appreciate you . . . for an eternity :)

pray for us!

Acts 13:47
"For this is what the Lord has commanded us: 'I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.'"
Quoting Isaiah 49:6, Paul showed that he clearly understood God's intention for the Jewish nation to be a light to the Gentiles. Instead of quoting his own commission to the Gentiles given to him on the road to Damascus, he chose to quote God's commission of all Jews as found in the Old Testament. In rejecting that commission, the Jewish leaders who listened to Paul not only rejected the Gentiles and Paul; they rejected God Himself. As a result, Paul turned to the Gentiles, who immediately "began rejoicing and glorifying the work of the Lord." The result? "The Word of the Lord spread through the whole region." Yes, the nations are responsive to the gospel, if we will only bring it to them!
source: www.global-prayer-digest.org <-- GO HERE & pray EVERYDAY!!
GO HERE & pray for an unreached people group EVERY HOUR!!
ww.prayerguard.net
GO HERE EVERYDAY TO release penny's for God's Word to be translated in every language without His Word! - www.vision2025.org/handinhands_clicktorelease.html

Monday, April 21, 2008

praise & pray for Akiko (JAP)



- was invited for lunch with a brother & sister with their company workmates..
:D PRAISE! :D
:D even after i'd failed by sinning, upon confessing & repenting of sin, He keeps lifting me up & counts me just as if 'd never sinned!!
:D the opportunity to share the gospel with her today after lunch, [which also happened to be the day before she'd go back home for a week - Papa's timing is BEAUTIFUL~!!]
tip: keeping gospel tracts in your shirt pocket makes for gospel opportunities - i had a 'test your reading skills' [pictured] in my shirt pocket, which Akiko saw & asked about [thank you God!!] - - passed it to her then went through it with her :)
even though it ate into her work time, matters of eternal significance must take priority!!
sharing the gospel fearful & difficult?
NO WAY!!! THIS IS THE BEST NEWS IN THE UNIVERSE!!!
:D giving her understanding of the gospel as i shared!
*PRAY*
* reveal Christ as INFINITELY desirable & INFINITELY satisfying to Akiko, bringing her to True Repentance & Faith before it's too late!
* we'd see Akiko in heaven worshiping The Lamb because He's Worthy, along with others there because she in turn passed on this gospel & didn't keep it to herself!
* have mercy on Akiko, work supernaturally in herheart to forsake sin, follow Jesus, the Son of God in a life of faith & not let her waste her life giving glory to any other than The One who made her & gave His life for her!
* bring more Divine Appointments her way as she travels home then returns to Australia, to help open her blind eyes, unstop her deaf ears & breathe life into her dead heart to receive Real Life!
order the tract to spread the gospel for yourself! http://wayofthemaster.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=27_33&products_id=85

praise & pray for RICE!

RICE (RICE Inter-Church Evangelism) is a fun and exciting event held over two consecutive weekends, consisting of RICE Big Day Out and RICE Rally. These events are organised by the youth leaders of different Brisbane churches to create an opportunity for high schoolers to evangelise (share their faith) with their friends. It represents a collection of churches across Brisbane working together, united in a common goal of bringing the gospel to the youth of our city.The primary focus of RICE is to see the youth of Brisbane affected and changed by the message of Jesus Christ and the salvation only He can bring through the cross. The aim is for this to be achieved through gathering the teens of Brisbane to an event where they can hear the gospel faithfully preached by some of the best speakers available. So are you ready, Brisbane? If you’ve been invited – don’t miss out! It could really change your life...
pray!! (because prayer works!) for:
* The leaders (they'll unite with leaders from other churches as One Body under One Christ to see God's gospel spread faithfully to the youth of Brisbane)
* The churches (they'll support this event by also praying)
* The speakers (they'll preach faithfully and effectively to the teens)
* The teens (they'll invite their friends and be challenged by the gospel and respond in the way God wants us all to - by devoting our life to Him!)
- the teens at TBC (Toowong Baptist Church) , although small, they're eager to hear the Word and in great need to meet strong brothers and sisters in Christ who can support them as they grow up.
* Please pray that they (and their parents) will see the importance of RICE and be inspired & encouraged to come along and hear the gospel.- Please pray specifically for the non-christians that will be coming along
* we as leaders will be able to pay particular attention to these.
* the followup team that God will speak through them and use them as tools for evangelising one-on one.-
* the leaders- I know that many are pretty stressed out at the moment... as leaders generally do :P they'll remain close to God's word in everything they do and that we will never lose focus of the very essence of RICE and the reason we do what we do!-
* for TBC youth ministry- At the moment, we don't really have a youth group... please pray that after RICE we will be able to continue to build up our youth ministry and if God is willing, we may be able to start one in the near future. :D
for more info see: www.ricebrisbane.org

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

praise & pray for Mark (KOR)


wow.. could be fruit from eng corner camp - gotto know him @ camp, he shared he was 'lost' last Thurs, started going through the gospel with him using an IQ test tract [pictured] but only got through the bad news part before being interrupted ;) so made a lunch appointment with him .. shared the gospel with him over coffee afterwards!

... sharing the gospel scary & hard ?
. . . NO WAY!!! THIS IS THE BEST NEWS IN THE UNIVERSE!!!
:D Jesus seeks & saves the lost .. and chooses to use frail, weak, common vessels like you & me!
:D the opportunity to get to know Mark more & share the gospel with him ;)
:D giving Mark understanding of the gospel as i shared!
*PRAY*
* Christ manifest His victory & preemimence over every obstacle hindering Mark from coming to Jesus in repentance & faith!
* heal him of his allergies so he can get proper sleep at night - leading him to find True Rest in Jesus! [Matthew 11:28]
* reveal Christ as INFINITELY desirable & INFINITELY satisfying to Mark, bringing him to True Repentance & Faith before it's too late!
* we'd see Mark in heaven worshipping The Lamb because He's Worthy!! along with others there because he in turn passed on this gospel & didn't keep it to himself!
* have mercy on Mark, 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 works + lives in Australia to help open his blind eyes, unstop his deaf ears & enliven his dead heart to receive Real Life!

order the tract to spread the gospel for yourself!
http://wayofthemaster.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=76

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

praise & pray for Gang, Shine, Jasmine, Miji (CHI, KOR)

my English corner group on Tuesday! [discussed happiness- idols]
:D PRAISE! :D
:D we don't need to worship 'an unknown god' - He's personally real to us in Jesus!
:D making all nations & deciding to bring them here at this time in their lives!

From one person God made all nations who live on earth, and he decided when and where every nation would be. God has done all this, so that we will look for him and reach out and find him. He isn't far from any of us, . . . Acts 17:26,27
:D giving me a small group so there's better interaction for sharing such important truth! :)

*PRAY*
* cause them to hunger & thirst after, look for & reach out to find the only One who can give them right relationship with their Creator God -- Jesus!

* destroy all their idols they might pursue "happiness" in - things other than Jesus!

* reveal Jesus as Lord to these precious souls, bring them to repentance & faith in The Only Saviour before it's too late!

* 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!!***

pray for us!

Acts 9:15
"Go! This man is My chosen instrument to carry My Name before the Gentiles and their kings and before the people of Israel."
Imagine what you would do if you heard the Lord tell you, a devout Christian, to go to a strange place and pray for a presumably active enemy of Christianity. That would take some courage and faith! Ananias obeyed, however, and ministered to a man who would become one of the most influential frontier missionaries of all time: the apostle Paul. Often those who are most antagonistic toward the faith later become its most fervent advocates.

As you consider the personal implications of Ananias' simple obedience, pray about those you minister to who could become pioneer missionaries.
source: www.global-prayer-digest.org <-- GO HERE & pray EVERYDAY!!

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

GO HERE EVERYDAY TO release penny's for God's Word to be translated in every language without His Word! - www.vision2025.org/handinhands_clicktorelease.html

Thursday, April 10, 2008

praise & pray for Gang (CHI)

been carrying a Chinese-english New Testament in my backpack for awhile now.. met Gang a few weeks ago, found out he's been going to the Alpha course & asked if he had a Chinese bible, he didn't :D ont u just *love* Divine Appointments?!!

:D PRAISE! :D
:D His Word is Living & Active, Sharper than any double-edged sword! (Hebrews 4:12)
*PRAY*
* prove His Word in Isaiah 55:11 {so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.} true in Gang as he opens up HIs Word & reads it!
* Holy Spirit work in Gang's heart,illumine his mind to understand His Words until he bows the knee & confesses Jesus as Lord THIS SIDE OF ETERNITY!!
* reveal Christ as INFINITELY desirable & INFINITELY satisfying to Gang, bringing him to True Repentance & Faith before it's too late!
* we'd see Gang in heaven worshiping The Lamb because He's Worthy, along with others there because he in turn passed on this gospel & didn't keep it to himself!
* have mercy on Gang, 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 stays in Australia to help open his blind eyes, unstop his deaf ears & breathe life into his dead heart to receive Real Life!

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

praise & pray 4 me

- why wait 4 a call when He's already given a command? :P

Scripture also says that by the authority of Jesus people would be told to turn to God and change the way they think and act so that their sins will be forgiven. This would be told to people from all nations, beginning in the city of Jerusalem. Luke 24:47

9 So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.
15 He died for all people so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for the man who died and was brought back to life for them.
18 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. 2Cor 5:9,15, 18,19

as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death.
Philp 1:20

13 For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!" Rom 10:13-15

=D~rejoice with me~ =D

:D He answers prayer!

:D ALL that's needed for life & godliness is right there in HIs Word!

:D He still speaks through His Word TODAY!

*please PRAY with me & for me*

The calling is not authoritative the way the Scriptures are. Your calling is never beyond question. You can’t claim it to others the way you quote scripture to them.

Woe to the person who tries to be a half-Christian and never says from the heart: “I renounce everything for you, Lord Jesus. I am willing to go anywhere and do anything at any cost, if you will go with me be my everlasting joy.” - John Piper

* Papa will throw me where i can be best used for His glory!

* use me to the fullest for His glory!

* keep me willing to go anywhere and do anything at any cost, as i follow Him & find Him to be my everlasting joy!

go here: www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/TasteAndSee/ByDate/2004/1271_Is_God_Calling_You_to_Give_Your_Life_for_His_Sake_and_the_Gospel_in_Missions/

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

praise & pray 4 me

look at the moon . . . I wanna be just like that ^__^ (i.e. brightly reflecting a glory not my own, simply faithfully reflecting His light to all =)-- i'm not an awfully faithfully bright reflector tho :"(please REJOICE with me & pray for me!!
if you care about me & love me, please tell me anytime you see something wrong in my life!
=D~rejoice with me~ =D
:D graciously exposing & destroying the idols in my life-- so many "good" things, blessings from Him that I've horribly turned into a subtle idol, robbing me of time, energy, devotion & focus that He deserves EXCLUSIVELY!
:D calling me to come away from all the "noise" & activity to be alone with Him!
:D His love never fails!!
:D His Word & promise never fails!! Know this with all your heart, with everything in you, that not one detail has failed of all the good things GOD, your God, promised you. It has all happened. nothing's left undone--not so much as a word. [Joshua 23:14b]
:D nothing, nothing, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING can change my status before The Living, Perfect & Holy God Almighty: Perfect, Righteous, Blameless, & Spotless in Christ Jesus His Son !!
:D the miracle of every breath i breathe, always witnessing the glorious mystery of grace!!
:D continually taking away any reasons i'd have to be proud (my worst enemy!] & giving me much reason to be humble [my best friend] !!
:D daily revealing beautifully fresh new facets of the unsearchable depths of His mercy & grace to me!
*please PRAY with me & for me*
* bless many still waiting to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ through our GFA MAX MISSION missionary, "CJ"!! see www.gfa.org/maxmissions
* as i take time away from all the "noise" & activity to be alone with Him to seek His calling on my life, i'd have eyes to see, ears to hear & a heart to follow Him wherever /whenever into whatever His call is on my life.
* in all things Christ would increase, and i would decrease!
* i'd keep giving Papa my fears & let Him lift me up on His shoulders!
Lord, grant me never to lose sight of:
the exceeding sinfulness of sin,
the exceeding righteousness of salvation,
the exceeding glory of Christ,
the exceeding beauty of holiness,
the exceeding wonder of grace (from "continual repentance" the Valley of Vision)
* keep exposing any idols my heart is prone to wander after, that they might be destroyed & He not berobbed of any glory & devotion He deserves EXCLUSIVELY!
* i'd unlearn the LIES i've believed in & held onto for FAR TOO LONG [eg i'm not worthy of anyone's love, especially God's!]
* i'd hold onto, avail myself to & never let go of the promises of God come what may!
* keep me standing close to the cross every moment of every day to cultivate/strengthen my greatest friend, humility, and weaken/kill my greatest enemy, pride!
* guard my purity - i fall far too often =( [but it's really not all about my standing or falling is it?!] ;)
* i'd daily declare war on pride & gladly declare my weakness & desperate need for total dependence on God's AMAZING GRACE!
* i'd not lose sight of the seriousness of the very real unseen war raging on around us & stay ALERT for the souls of those around me & myself!!
* i'd use every temptation to sin as an opportunity to prove my love for Jesus by keeping His commandments! "The person who has my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I, too, will love him and reveal myself to him." (John 14:21)
* i'd reply the devil's accusations with GOSPEL TRUTH!! Micah 7:8-9
!!thanks SO much~! appreciate you . . . for an eternity :)

praise & pray for Ken, Chang, Juliana, Paphaba, Janet, Sumi, Amanda, Sean, Nicolas (JAP, KOR, THAI, TAI)





my English corner group on Tuesday! [discussed happiness]
:D PRAISE! :D
:D the pursuit of happiness is over - found: JESUS!
:D bringing them here!
:D helping me deal with a bigger-than-desired group! :)
*PRAY*
* destroy all their idols they might pursue "happiness" in - things other than Jesus!
* reveal Jesus as Lord to these precious souls, bring them to repentance & faith in The Only Saviour before it's too late!
* cause them to hunger & thirst after the only One who can give them right standing before God -- Jesus!
* 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!
* provide more teachers/ helpers to reduce group sizes for better quality time with students or give us better skills in dealing with big groups!!
!~thanks~!GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS- BE ENCOURAGED!!***

pray for us!

"…you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching." Acts 5:28
Chapters five and six of Acts yield several indications that the apostles were obedient to the Lord's command to be His witnesses in Jerusalem. The number of disciples was quickly getting very large (6:1, 6:7)! But what about the rest of the Lord's command? Had He not said they should go beyond Jerusalem? Yes! How easy it is to become absorbed in issues close to home and thereby forget the needs of other peoples in other places.

pray: Father, thank You for all You've done in our homes and churches through the witness of our spiritual fathers. Keep us from preoccupation with these blessings, and use us to bring blessings to the whole world.

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

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

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Friday, April 04, 2008

Pray for: His servants- Personal Health

Intro
The devil often uses health issues to hinder the work of the kingdom. We need to guard over the minister and their family in prayer, so they can be free to go in His name.Pray for the Lord's presence and power to meet every need, and under-gird them in their mortal body.

Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well. - 3 John 1:2

Prayer
Father, You formed us in our mother's womb and established the number of our days before there was even one of them. You are intimately acquainted with all of our ways, and nothing escapes Your notice.Lord, I lift up Your servants to You and I pray that they will enjoy good health, and that all will go well with them, even as their souls are getting along well. Surround them with Your favor as a shield and keep them from all sickness and affliction. In the name of Jesus, I bind the schemes of the enemy to bring sickness or disease to Your servants today. I bless them with all the health and well being that Jesus purchased for them through His suffering and sacrifice. Strengthen them Lord, that they might serve You today with all their might.

http://prayerguard.net/?ary_pos=2&page_id=11&target=Your+servants&post_ids=86-140-71&link_id=hourly-upgsSee&user_photo= <--GO HERE & pray for an unreached people group EVERY HOUR!!

Praying for: His servants Provision For Family

Intro
God has promised to provide every need for those who trust and serve Him, but ministers often carry a heavy burden trying to provide for themselves and their families. Ask God to stir the hearts of His people to give freely, and let His promises ignite your faith to call down His abundant provision for those who sacrifice so much in ministering to others.

You will eat the fruit of your labour; blessings and prosperity will be yours. Psalms 128:2

Pray: Lord Jesus, Your are the God of all, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love You and keep your commandments. Every good and perfect gift comes to us from Your hand. Father, I bring Your servants before Your throne of grace, and I ask for Your full, complete and abundant provision for their family. You have promised that if we seek Your kingdom first, You would provide everything else we need. Your servants are seeking Your kingdom first, so I agree with You and Your Word, that they would have an abundance of provision so that they could freely share with others. Release them Lord from financial concerns that would distract them from the ministry You have called them to. And Lord, I ask for a special financial blessing this week that will encourage Your servants's hearts.

source:
http://prayerguard.net/?ary_pos=1&page_id=11&target=Your+servants&post_ids=86-140-71&link_id=hourly-upgsSee&user_photo= <--GO HERE & pray for an unreached people group EVERY HOUR!!

Thursday, April 03, 2008

praise & pray for Kalit (SD AR)

listen to this -- TOO GOOD TO MISS!







http://www.desiringgod.org/media/audio/1996/19960526.mp3
... Jesus died FOR ME! He removed the wrath of God from me! IT IS GONE! IT IS GONE! IT IS GONE! There is NO CONDEMENATION for me because He averted it by His sacrifice for me.. the curse of the law is lifted!I am NOT under a curse anymore! the guilt is gone! The wrath is removed! I am a free man once & for all by the sacrifice of Himself! And that can never, never, ever be brought back upon me because of the death of Christ FOR ME!!

do those truths hit you & reverberate in yourheart of hearts like it does mine?! =D
... nothing like good solid bible preaching to get one fired up for sharing this Good News without hindrance!
on the bus home , Kalit sat next to me. a friendly 'good evening, how are you?' kicked things off well :) initiating a potential gospel encounter is as scary as being friendly to a stranger Jesus died for!
this was a much shorter encounter, once again THANK GOD FOR GOSPEL TRACTS!!
left him with an arabic 'this is your life' tract :)
see: www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0893/0893_01.asp
:D PRAISE! :D
:D Jesus died FOR ME!
:D He removed the wrath of God from me! IT IS GONE! IT IS GONE! IT IS GONE!
:D There is NO CONDEMNATION for me because He averted it by His sacrifice for me
:D the curse of the law is lifted!
:D I am NOT under a curse anymore! the guilt is gone! The wrath is removed!
:D I am a free man once & for all by the sacrifice of Himself!
:D His wrath will never, never, ever be brought back upon me because of the death of Christ FOR ME!!
:D bringing Kalit here!
:D we're not manufacturers of God's Word & Gospel.. just distributors!
:D giving me arabic tracts to give out! - almost out .. need to order more ...
*PRAY*
* His Word be sown, take root, flourish & bear much fruit to The Fathers' Glory in Kalit's heart! * have mercy on Kalit, open his blind eyes that he might see past the lies & deception of all he was brought up to believe in, unstop his desaf ears to hear The Saviour calling him by name & breathe life into his dead soul that he might live for the glory of His Maker!
* save Kalit & his family!
* bring more Divine Appointments his way as he studies in Australia to increase Christ & decrease self!
"He must increase, but I must decrease." John 3:30

praise & pray for Neela (SR LK)

listen to this -- TOO GOOD TO MISS!


... Jesus died FOR ME! He removed the wrath of God from me! IT IS GONE! IT IS GONE! IT IS GONE! There is NO CONDEMNATION for me because He averted it by His sacrifice for me.. the curse of the law is lifted!
I am NOT under a curse anymore! the guilt is gone! The wrath is removed! I am a free man once & for all by the sacrifice of Himself! And that can never, never, ever be brought back upon me because of the death of Christ FOR ME!!


do those truths hit you & reverberate in your heart of hearts like it does mine?! =D

... nothing like good solid bible preaching to get one fired up for sharing this Good News without hindrance!

on the bus into the city, Neela sat next to me with her 5-month old son [his name means 'conquer' in Singhalese] in a stroller. we got chatting, and really couldn't afford to waste precious time on superficial banter, so i quickly swung into matters of eternity (knowing more than likely she would get off the bus before too long). she had never thought about where she would go after this life was over. i confronted her with death's imminency that she [buddhist] can know for sure where she's going, though her buddhist religion wouldgive her no such assurance. not enough time to delve fully into the gospel before her stop arrived, but THANK GOD FOR GOSPEL TRACTS!!


left her with an IQ test :)
:D PRAISE! :D
:D Jesus died FOR ME!
:D He removed the wrath of God from me! IT IS GONE! IT IS GONE! IT IS GONE!
:D There is NO CONDEMENATION for me because He averted it by His sacrifice for me
:D the curse of the law is lifted!
:D I am NOT under a curse anymore! the guilt is gone! The wrath is removed!
:D I am a free man once & for all by the sacrifice of Himself!
:D His wrath will never, never, ever be brought back upon me because of the death of Christ FOR ME!!
:D bringing Neela here!
:D we're not manufacturers of God's Word & Gospel.. just distributors!
*PRAY*
* work mightily by His Holy Spirit in Neela, have mercy on her, open her blind eyes that she might see past the lies & deception of all she was brought up to believe in, unstop her deaf ears to hear The Saviour calling her by name & breathe life into her dead soul that she might live for the glory of her Maker!
* bring more Divine Appointments her way as she lives in Australia to increase Christ & decrease self!
"He must increase, but I must decrease." John 3:30
* save Neela & her family!
* raise up her son to be a vessel that conquers all forces of darkness to increase Christ & decrease self!

praise & pray for Andy & Tanya, Kinali

- called to make a phone bill inquiry, got the God-thought to ask for the names & personal emails of the people i was speaking to :) [in order to point them to an evangelistic website] :)
first got Andy, then Tanya, then Kinali from a research group called me - i didnt qualify to be researched but thought i may as well ask her for her email :)

would typically ask them:
"what was your name gain? :)"

"could i please get your personal email? i have a VERY IMPORTANT message for you :)

"is English your first language?" <-- VERY important Qn as His witnesses we should try to get the gospel to them in their heart language!


if English isn't their 1st language [as it was in Andy's case, i couldnt tell he was Filipino, his English was quite good!]

got his email & pointed him to this site: www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0465/0465_01.asp

[go there yourself to get a gosoel tract in SO MANY different languages!]

eg Afrikaans Albanian Amharic Arabic Armenian Bemba * Bengali Blue Hmong Bulgarian * Cambodian Cebuano Chichewa Chinese Chinese-Simple Creole Croatian Czech Danish Dendi * Dutch English-African * Esperanto * Estonian Euskara * Farsi Fijian * Finnish French French African French Tahitian * Gallego * German Greek * Hausa * Hindi Huichol * Hungarian Icelandic * Ilocano * Indonesian Inuit * Irish * Italian Japanese Kannada Konkani * Korean Lamba * Lao Latvian * Lingala * Lithuanian Luganda * Luxembourgian * Macedonian * Malagasy * Malayalam Maltese * Marquesan * Marshallese * Mongolian * Mongolian Cyrillic Nepali * Ngiemboon * Norwegian Panjabi * Papiamentu * Pidgin * Polish Portuguese Portuguese-African * Romanian Runyankore * Russian Sango * Serbian * Sesotho * Slovak * Slovenian * Sotho, Northern * Spanish Suriname * Suriname Hindi * Swahili Swedish Tagalog Tahitian * Tamil Tatar * Telugu Thai Tigrinya * Tiv * Tonga * Tshiluba * Tsonga * Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Venda * Vietnamese Waray-Waray * White Hmong Xhosa * Yao * Yoruba * Zulu]

pray for eternal impact & long-lasting fruit to come through these contacts.
how often do we let precious lost souls pass us by without even making the slightest effort to point them to Jesus in some way or other?!
may we all sense the DIRE urgency to be using all means to all men & women to point them to The Only Saviour, Jesus Christ!!
to date Tanya's been the only one who responded to my email,
"thank you I am a christian but I go wondering away from christ... Please do pray for me pray that I stay in line with christ and also I thank you deeply for making me realise where I was going"

. a small effort could go a looong way!!
may we all excercise more compassion toward those we interact with, day in day out, or even the odd occasional phone bill inquiry / telemarketer ;)

Wednesday, April 02, 2008

pray for us!

"It is not for you to know the times or dates…. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses…to the ends of the earth." - Acts 1:7, 8
Here Jesus answered the question, "Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?" (v. 6). He said that the times and the dates for His return are known only by the Father. Two things we do know, however. We will receive the power of the Holy Spirit, and by that power we will be His witnesses, beginning where we are and moving out to the ends of the earth. Let us yield ourselves fully to this commission, empowered by His Spirit until men and women from every nation acknowledge Jesus as Lord. Then His Kingdom will come with fullness and glory.

pray: Father, move in us by the power of Your Holy Spirit to give witness to Your glory and grace.
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Tuesday, April 01, 2008

praise & pray for Sophie, Christine, Nicolas, John, Weichih, Sean, John, Jessica (KOR, TAI)

my English corner group on Tuesday! [discussed Easter.. what next 2 ...]
:D PRAISE! :D
:D Jesus didn't only conquer death but rose on High & gave us His Holy Spirit!!!

:D because of all He's done, our lives can change .. ETERNALLY!

:D bringing them here!

*PRAY*
* they'd act on the challenge i left them, to get ready for Jesus' return & get others' ready too!

* reveal Jesus as Lord to these precious souls, bring them to repentance & faith in The Only Saviour before it's too late!

* cause them to hunger & thirst after the only One who can give them right standing before God -- Jesus!
* 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!
* provide more teachers/ helpers to reduce group sizes for better quality time with students or give us better skills in dealing with big groups!!


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