Sunday, November 30, 2008

follow up Re: for me~!

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Today's meditation is taken from:
The Call of the Cross
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"Without Me you can do nothing" (John 15:5).
Know that Christ is not here to help you become a better person, but to make you so weak in yourself and so sick of your own way that you can do nothing but trust in Him to do what you at last realize you cannot do. It does not matter if that something "we cannot do" is save ourselves, control our temper, get along with others, raise our children, or overcome a lustful habit. The course is the same. After many attempts and failures we at last realize we cannot, so we throw ourselves on the mercy of God and trust Him to do what we cannot do.
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feel like i'm on a downward slide of sin =(

how i long to be free from this body of death, to not "live" tied down by my sinful past . . .

what does it matter how i feel, as it does not change reality! =)


"So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything to the glory of God. " 1Co 10:31


please pray
* i'd die to self & love God by all i do, think, eat!

thanks~!! please tell me how i can best support you before His throne of Grace too!
if Father so leads you to be my regular prayer supporter, do check out this prayer blog every now & then :)

follow-up: Re: praise & pray for english corner camp THIS WEEKEND! (28-30/11)


:D praise! :D

:D for another wonderful, smooth camp, still with its own pecial surprises - including beauty in a storm - Father's specialty - see picture ;)

:D faithfully providing the helpers / students & finances!

:D all He did in & through the camp!

:D all the good questions asked, good conversations had & new friendships made / existing friendships built up!

*PRAY*

* protect & water every seed planted & bring it to fruition so when they return home they'll carry the seed & repoduce 30,60 or 100x over! bringing much glory to Father & extending His Kingdom!

* sovereignly work to allow these precious souls to accept The Gift of Jesus this Christmas & pass it on to others yet to receive Him!

* the Son would rise & shine especially in those yet to receive a revelation of our Long-Awaited Saviour now come!

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

Friday, November 28, 2008

praise for FREEEEDOM!!!!! =) This was a Godsend!! ..


:D God loves me in spite of my struggles!

:D Father is in my mess with me!

:D not only is He in my mess with me but He sees something beautiful in my mess & in me He'll bring out of my mess!

pray u find this helpful ;)
Go here:
http://thegodjourney.com/archive - check out the episode titled

'The Performance Trap'


Much more refreshing-perspectives podcasts @ www.thegodjourney.com

. . your thoughts? post up a comment =)


Would love to hear you share what Father's doing in your life :)

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

praise & pray for Manjit (PUN)

- i met Manjit, one of an increasing number of Indians i've come into contact through public transport -- queing up to get on the bus, & felt some 'prompting' that i should talk to him. i got in the bus ahead of him, he sat opposite me, as if to confirm this was a Divine Appointment in-the-making! [there were plenty of other seats he could've chosen to sit in .. ;)
i just gave him a friendly smile & [hesitantly!] moved across to sit next to him . . . i asked him where he's from & the conversation just flowed...
amazing how far a little friendliness can go!
he's been here 4 (?) months but says he still has no [non-Indian] friends :( i was the first non-Indian to approach him during his stay in Aus . . . sadly, he's the norm rather than the exception. :(
i see in these 'foreign strangers' such a ripe harvest field of souls , just like our Lord said in
"
"The harvest is large, but the workers are few.
So ask the Lord who gives this harvest to send workers to harvest his crops."
Matthew 9:37-38

near the end of our short exchange, he wished me a happy Christmas. i asked him if he knew why we celebrated Christmas. he said he didn't know, which sent me floundering around my messed up bag looking for a Christmas tract .. but i had none on me. we swapped phone numbers, i told him we'd have to meet so he can find out why - Christmas is so important!
i left him with a gospel tract i had on me
[not so explicitly about Christmas but still the gospel nevertheless!]

it was good to have a friendly encounter with him, left e wondering why i hesitate as long as i do when i get these promptings to talk to people :[

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:D rejoice with me! :D
:D He's bringing precious souls from the mission field here - COME ON BROTHERS & SISTERS!! OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND TO REACH THEM WITH THE NEWS OF ETERNAL LIFE -- LET'S GET ON WITH SEEKING & SAVING THE LOST WHILE THERE'S STILL TIME!!
:D anywhere we go can be used in Divine Appointments!
*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
* give Manjit open eyes to see Jesus, The Lover of his soul & ears to hear Jesus calling him by name, drawing him to Himself & a heart to respond to His Word in faith to pass from death to life!
I can guarantee this truth: Those who listen to what I say and believe in the one who sent me will have eternal life. They won't be judged because they have already passed from death to life. - Jesus John 5:24
* God in His mercy would not let these precious Punjabis waste their lives giving glory to anyone/anything else but save them so they might bring pleasure to Him!
* have mercy on them, send them back 'home' eternally-changed souls, to join the missionary force He's raising up there!
* give us grace to embrace these 'foreign strangers' & lovingly show them the way to the Fathers' love, not wasting a moment in our selfish precoccupations & distractions but redeeming the time - Judgment Day is coming soon! (yes, i too easily give in to selfish indifference to the fate of lost souls too :-( )

praise & pray for Justin, Anderson, Jin, Terry, Sean, Ji Yoo(KOR)

my English corner group yesterday [looked at Jesus is God -- the life changing catch of fish]

:D PRAISE! :D
:D The One who should rightfully go away from us sinful humans, calms our fears & transforms us to catch people!
:D making all nations & deciding to bring SO MANY from the mission field here at this time in their lives!
:D the incomparable joy of sharing The Good News of His love & kindness with others yet to know Him!
-- IT'S REALLY NOT *THAT* HARD!! - STOP LISTENING TO THE ENEMY'S LIES!!
please keep lifting up lost souls to Jesus in prayer!!
*PRAY*
* pour His love into their hearts & give these lost souls & goive them The Best of All Gifts -- sins forgiven!
* graciously bring them to conviction of sins & their desperate Need for God's forgiveness!
* reveal Jesus as The True Lord to these precious souls, bringing them to repentance & faith in The Only Saviour before it's too late!
* provide them with friendships / accomodation/jobs/ that will go towards the ends prayed for above :)
* work by His Spirit through all the 'English corners' globally to draw lost souls into Living, Personal Relationship with Himself! see
http://ibrisbane.net/englishcorner - look for the "World Free English Classes Timetable"
* 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!
* give us wisdom how to best work around the problems we keep running into with the library staff to best serve these pecious souls

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

pray for the unreached!!

Psalms 119: 162 "I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil."
Grab a piece of paper and write down a list of God's promises. He has given us many precious promises, all of which are far great than "great spoil." He has given us an abundant life in the here and now, and the blessings of forgiveness and eternal fellowship with Him. What delightful promises for us to enjoy! To those who don't know Him, however, He offers eternal separation, without forgiveness. Are we willing to take His promises to those who don't know of them?

Pray for His promises to reach the nations we pray for this month. Pray that His promises will be understood by the nations as far greater than any "spoil" this world has to offer.

"May my prayer be set before You like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice." Psalms 141: 2
Can you imagine that? Your prayers are like a fragrant offering to the Lord! This is our blessing to the Almighty Creator! No matter how young or old you are, no matter how rich or poor you may be, your prayers are a sweet fragrance to the King of the Universe. When the time is right, He will pour this sweet incense over the nations, and some of them will turn to Him. If that doesn't motivate you to pray, nothing will!

Pray that we may remember what our prayers are to Him. Pray with new confidence.

"Turn my heart toward Your statutes and not toward selfish gain. Turn my eyes away from worthless things…" Psalms 119: 36-37
As a follower of Christ, you know that His kingdom is all that really matters. Most people settle for far less than an eternal relationship with the One Who Gives Life. Secularists settle for selfish gain that will last for their lifetime, and if we are not careful, we can easily do the same. The unreached peoples settle for worshipping what is far less than the Lord of Lords. But we know that eternity is at stake here. Eternity! That gives us good reason to pray for the lost.

Pray that the nations will seek out His statutes and eternal fellowship with Christ instead of selfish gain and other worthless things.

"Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in Your law." Psalms 119: 18
Have you ever prayed for your eyes to be opened to know more of His ways? Your eyes have been opened to a degree, since you have accepted His lordship, yet we all have so much more to learn of Him and from Him! However, has it occurred to you that you can also pray for the eyes of the unreached people groups to be opened so that they can see wonderful things in His Word? This is one of our best things that you can pray for the nations!

As you intercede for the nations today, pray that they will see wonderful things in His Word.

Pray that the Lord will remove barriers to the lost having access to His Word.


source: www.global-prayer-digest.org/ <-- GO HERE & pray EVERYDAY!!http://thebiblesite.org/ <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY TO provide your suffering brothers and sisters with a portion of God's Word at no cost to you!www.vision2025.org/handinhands_clicktorelease.html <--GO HERE EVERYDAY TO release penny's for God's Word to be translated in every language still without His Word!http://www.prayerguard.net <-- GO HERE & pray for an unreached people group EVERY HOUR!!
PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE SITES ABOVE!!!

Friday, November 21, 2008

praise & pray for english corner camp THIS WEEKEND! (28-30/11)

:D PRAISE :D
:D giving us another weeked away with these precious souls in the midst of His beautiful creation!
:D all He's going to do in & through the camp!

:D a couple of girls, who came to these camps, unsved at first are now returning as believers & "missionaries"!! -- HOW COOL IS THAT!!!
(past students have often remembered these camps as *the* highlight of their time in Australia!)
*PRAY*
* in all things, CHRIST BE EXALTED! and as He is, "He'd draw all men to Himself"
* bring the students & leaders HE wants to come along, keep them free that weekend & provide finances for all!
* Divine appointments & eternally-significant interactions in abundance!
* the Christmas message we'll present through speech & drama would really sink into the hearts of those who come!
* the Son would rise & shine especially in those yet to receive a revelation of our Long-Awaited Saviour now come!

* use His children at the camp to show AND tell the gospel in 3-D, living colour!
~thanks~! GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS***

another follow-up: Re: a necessary reminder- ETERNITY IS REAL~!!

Jade's parents arrived Brisbane today. a sister [Connie] will approach them to offer assistance & concern.

Please pray for wisdom to speak & showing God's love to them.

Pray that they are open to us and willing to do the funeral in the christian way.

may Father bring life out of Jade's death~!!

Thursday, November 20, 2008

"adopting" an international student / worker for Christmas?!

brothers & sisters, opportunities truly abound all around us to impact souls for eternity!!
just had this thought, tell me what you think:
This Christmas there'll be HEAPS of international students / workers, relatively free, probably pretty bored & more than likely LONELY.
Many of these precious international students / workers are souls "riper" for harvest [i.e. more receptive to the gospel] than the average Westerner.
If you haven't yet experienced the SUPREME JOY!! Of being part of the process of a lost soul coming back to The Father,
I know ALL of us can "adopt" at least one to pray for, befriend , share the gospel with or even invite over to your home sometime . . .
most of us have been blessed with homes that could easily accommodate a few of these precious souls for Christmas / holiday lunch / dinner - just wanted to encourage you to use your God-given blessings to BE A BLESSING!
PLEASE PRAY about it OK? :)
If you don’t know any international students / workers, i'd only be TOO HAPPY~! To introduce some or many to you =) [most I know are from Korea, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Iran . . . ;)
Or if you'd like help with organizing / getting people to your place for a get-together, I'm no expert but I'm available to help serve :)
KEEP PRAYING~!!!
Ps: please do pass onto anyone else you know with big hearts, the spiritual gift of hospitality (love of strangers)
PLEASE DO LET ME KNOW! is there Anything I can praise with/pray for you? :)

What are we here for, to have a good time with the Christians or to save sinners? – (Malla Moe) WE have The Words of Eternal Life .. WE have been made to live again .. HOW could we ever keep them in?!
" no one has the right to hear the gospel twice, while there remains someone who has not heard it once"
– Oswald J Smith
"If sinners be dammed, at least let them leap to Hell over our bodies.
If they will perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees.
Let no one go there unwarned and unprayed for." C.H. Spurgeon

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

praise & pray for Alvin, Chistine, Janet, Esther, Alice, Sean, Ashley, Shun, Kazuki (KOR, TAI, JAP)




my English corner group yesterday [looked at Jesus forgiving the woman caught in adultery!]
:D PRAISE! :D
:D The One who was without sin & could rightfully throw the first stone to condemn sinners didn't, but instead took on the full weight & fury of a Righteous & Holy God for us!
:D making all nations & deciding to bring SO MANY from the mission field here at this time in their lives!
:D the incomparable joy of sharing The Good News of His love & kindness with others yet to know Him!
-- IT'S REALLY NOT *THAT* HARD!! - STOP LISTENING TO THE ENEMY'S LIES!!
please keep lifting up lost souls to Jesus in prayer!!
*PRAY*
* pour His love into their hearts & give these lost souls The Best of All Gifts -- sins forgiven!
* graciously bring them to conviction of sins & their desperate Need for God's forgiveness
* reveal Jesus as The True Lord to these precious souls, bringing them to repentance & faith in The Only Saviour before it's too late!
* provide them with friendships / accomodation/jobs/ that will go towards the ends prayed for above :)
* work by His Spirit through all the 'English corners' globally to draw lost souls into Living, Personal Relationship with Himself! see http://ibrisbane.net/englishcorner - look for the "World Free English Classes Timetable"
* 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!
* give us wisdom how to best work around the problems we keep running into with the library staff to best serve these pecious souls!
~thanks~!GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!! *** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS- BE ENCOURAGED!!***

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Omar (DBX)


was on my way to meet the Koreans Father saved from a recent car accident that could've proved fatal for a bible study - i'm SO encouraged by their smplicity of faith & desire to know Jesus more for themselves!
when Omar sat next to me on the bus tonight. i just gave him a frirendly smile, asked him where he's from & the conversation just flowed. amazing how far a little friendliness can go! he's been here 8 months but says still has no friends :( was good to have a friendly encounter, he wanted to talk religion but i tried to how the futility of religions & why Jesus is the only Way to salvation, but he didn't get it :( probably my poor explanation?!
he doesn't believe Jesus could pay for His sins . . . my God give HIm revelation into the truth or else Omar will have to pay for his sins himself! :'(~~
left him with an arabic DVD of 'The Life of The Messiah'.
:D rejoice that He's brought SO MANY from places so full of darkness to a land where they could more readily access The Light.
* pray we stop sleeping in the light! & bring The Light into the darkness -- IT'S REALLY NOT *THAT* HARD!! - STOP LISTENING TO THE ENEMY'S LIES!!
(go here, listen & may you be as convicted as i was & still am! http://www.dizzler.com/music/Keith_Green/Asleep_In_The_Light)
* ask Father to work wonders in Omar's soul to watch the DVD and as he sees Jesus, The Son of God who bore his sins on the cross so he might go free!
* we'd see Omar 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!
* IN LIGHT OF THE reality OF ETERNITY, we'd make the most of every opportunity & not waste a second!
-- i struggle with this too, please pray for me!

Justin (KOR)


- Justin told me he was getting lazy .. we met before English corner & hung out . . . he's been frequenting the free English conversation classes held at many church buildings in Brisbane, so i asked him if he'd really understood the gospel.

he seems to have a decent grasp of it but i don't know if he's truly personally convicted of his need for a Saviour .. i foolishly skipped over using God's law to bring a knowledge of sin .. :S

learn from my mistakes brothers & sisters!!! how will sinners ever see their desperate lostness & need of a Mighty Saviour apart from God's law doing its work in the heart? see http://wayofthemaster.com/

shared with him Jade's recent death (Justin was in one of my English corner groups with Jade, see past posts) & used that as a springboard for him to seriously consider the reality of his mortality.
:D Jesus seeks & saves the lost .. and chooses to use frail, weak, common vessels like you & me!*PRAY*
* Christ manifest His victory & preemimence over every obstacle hindering Justin from coming to Jesus in repentance & faith!
* reveal Christ as INFINITELY desirable & INFINITELY satisfying to Justin, bringing him to True Repentance & Faith before it's too late!
* we'd see Justin 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 Justin, 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 & lovingly 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 & enliven his dead heart to receive True Life!
learn to How to Witness Honestly (Advice from Paul Washer)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt9V4Q5n9gs&feature=related
~thanks~! GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS***

follow-up: Re: a necessary reminder- ETERNITY IS REAL~!!




WOW.

after my last post Re: a necessary reminder- ETERNITY IS REAL~!!

i got news one of the Taiwanese working holidayers Father brought to us died.
see: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,24669432-1702,00.html
[Jade, for those who might have known her]

those who knew her during her short time in Aus are shocked & struggling to come to grips with her death.
Father knows if she truly came to saving faith in Jesus before she entered eternity.
He also recently saved two Koreans from a recent car accident that could've been fatal but wasn't.

why?

that's not the issue.

but the issue is WHO is in control? God is good, all the time, and all the time, God is good!!

". . . GOD gives, GOD takes. God's name be ever blessed"
Job 1:21
ask Father to bring life & good out of all the enemy intends for death & evil!

what a sobering wake-up call to every one of us; to live each day as if it were our last, knowing that
eternity is much closer than we could ever think. -- not just for ourselves but for the multitudes around us who are dying each day!!

While we as followers of The Way, The Truth & The Life hold the only cure for death there is!


. . . LET'S STOP KEEPING THIS GOSPEL TO OURSELVES BROS & SISTERS!!!

we know where we were born, but where we will die we don't know; it is enough that our God knows. Let it be our concern [for ourselves & others!] that we die in Christ, then it will be well with us wherever we die . . .


listen to this stirring song here: www.dizzler.com/music/Keith_Green/Asleep_In_The_Light



Asleep In The Light – Keith Green

Do you see, do you see, all the people sinking down,
Don't you care, don't you care, are you gonna let them drown,
How can you be so numb, not to care if they come,
You close your eyes and pretend the job's done.
Oh Bless me Lord, bless me Lord, you know it's all I ever hear,
No one aches, no one hurts, no one even sheds one tear,
But He cries, He weeps, He bleeds, and He cares for your needs,
And you just lay back and keep soaking it in, oh, can't you see it's such sin?
Cause He brings people to your door,
And you turn them away, as you smile and say,
God bless you, be at peace, and all Heaven just weeps,
Cause Jesus came to your door, you've left Him out on the streets.
Open up, open up, and give yourself away,
You've seen the need, you hear the cry, so how can you delay,
God's calling and you're the one, but like Jonah you run,
He's told you to speak, but you keep holding it in,
Oh, can't you see it's such sin?
The world is sleeping in the dark,
That the church can't fight, cause it's asleep in the light,
How can you be so dead, when you've been so well fed,
Jesus rose from the grave, and you, you can't even get out of bed,
Oh, Jesus rose from the dead, come on, get out of your bed.
How can you be so numb, not to care if they come,
You close your eyes and pretend the job's done,
You close your eyes and pretend the job's done,
Don't close your eyes, don't pretend the job's done.
Come away, come away, come away with Me, My love,
Come away, from this mess, come away with Me, My love

Did you know that every 24 hours 150,000 people die? That’s a lot of people. It makes us raise an eyebrow. But because it is just a cold statistic, it can wash over us like water on a dead duck’s back. If we are going to have a passion for the unsaved, we have to personalize ourselves with them to a point where it brings more than a tear to our eye. We have to see that 150,000 people as friends, mums and dads, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters…people with the same fears and pains we possess. That is what is known as "empathy"--a virtue of compassion that causes us to feel the pain of another--"And on some have compassion, making a distinction; but others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh"
(Jude 1:22-23).
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pray for the unreached!!

"Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the Lord or fully declare His praise?" Psalms 106:2
None of us can fully fathom all that the Lord has done. Let's face it, we can't even fathom one light year, let alone trillions of them! But we take it by faith that He is the creator, and we can trust His guidance and wisdom. What a privilege it is to worship such an awesome God! As you worship Him, remember to pray for those who have forgotten the guidance of their creator, and have settled for less.

Pray for the Holy Spirit to direct the unreached to see His handiwork, and worship their creator.


"You guide me with Your counsel, and afterword you will take me into glory. Whom have I in heaven but you?" Psalms 73: 24-25b
God is our guide, and He will take us to heaven for our eternal reward. But before we have our eternal reward, He has lots of work for us here on earth. He has given us the task of being salt and light to the nations so that His Name will be glorified by the peoples. Have you ever thought that when we heal the sick, give to the poor, find cures for diseases, fight for justice, you name it, we glorify our Heavenly Father? What are you doing right now to bring glory to His Name?

Pray that the Lord will guide you in how He wants you to extend His kingdom.

"May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for You rule the peoples justly and guide the nations of the earth." Psalms 67:4
As a follower of Christ, you know that the nations urgently need to hear of His justice, mercy and salvation. But as the father of modern missions, William Carey, pointed out over 200 years ago, most people don't have a choice to choose Christ. For centuries their forefathers have offered them something other than God's perfect ways. Isn't it only right that they have the chance to be glad and sing for joy to the One who rules justly and guides the nations? Don't they have the right to worship the only One worthy of our praise? Don't we owe them that chance?

May God's rule soon extend to the unreached peoples!

source: www.global-prayer-digest.org/ <-- GO HERE & pray EVERYDAY!!http://thebiblesite.org/ <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY TO provide your suffering brothers and sisters with a portion of God's Word at no cost to you!www.vision2025.org/handinhands_clicktorelease.html <--GO HERE EVERYDAY TO release penny's for God's Word to be translated in every language still without His Word!http://www.prayerguard.net <-- GO HERE & pray for an unreached people group EVERY HOUR!!

PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE SITES ABOVE!!!

Monday, November 17, 2008

please rejoice with me & pray for me~!!


look at the moon . . . I wanna be just like that ^__^(that is, brightly reflecting a glory not my own, simply faithfully reflecting His glorious light to all =)

-- i'm not an awfully faithfully bright reflector tho :"(
please REJOICE with me & pray for me!!
AN OPEN INVITE TO ALL: if you care about me & love me, please tell me anytime you see something wrong in my life! where do you see faults in my life / character? What areas would you like to see me grow & change by God’s grace?” -- all part of me obeying 1 Tim 4:16 which is too easy to neglect with such dire consequences!!

i just know there's SO much rubbish in my life to clean up - much too much for me to do - praise God He's the ultimate soul-rubbish-cleaner!
:D rejoice with me~! :D
:D i don’t have to have everything figured out to take the next step he’s put on my heart!
:D i no longer have to play for the applause of the crowd.
:D i'm free to surrender my need to think i’m in control and know His plans are far better.
:D i don't need to be dictated by my feelings but i can simply trust in the truth of God!
* pray*
* give me a growing, vibrant relationship with The Living God will displace the influence of sin and free me to live in His freedom!
* i'd lay aside the lies of shame and the demands for performance that drive me from Him
* i'd find my security in His affection for me & let that transform me!
* i'd stop submitting to what i feel but have the grace to trust in the truth of who God is & what He has done!
- How often have I [sinfully] focussed on my feelings, that old guilt, the shame that weighs so heavy rather than focussing on the Truth of WHO this Righteous, Holy, Just God is that I've offended in my stupid sinfulness nd yet has lovingly & graciously planned & povided a PERFECT mediator for me? -- AMAZING LOVE, AMAZING GRACE!!
* i'd finally realize how my selfish ambitions work against His purpose in me and others around me & and lay them down in growing trust that He knows better than i do and He does all things well!!
* i'd focus less on trying not to do something but focus on engaging a reality so much larger than myself!
* i'd take this freedom seriously and let Him lead me to the gift of righteousness that a growing trust in Him provides!

* Father would displace in me what draws me to sin & become so real in my life that I will no longer succumb to its temptation.
helpful article:
http://www.lifestream.org/LSBL.Apr05.html
* i wouldnt be deceived! to think that the more "spiritual" i think i become, the more easily i am deceived by my own spirituality.
thanks~!! please tell me how i can best support you before His throne of Grace too!

if Father so leads you to be my regular prayer supporter, do check out this prayer blog every now & then :)
Looking forward to hearing from you how i can best support you in prayer & praises!!

necessary reminder: ETERNITY IS REAL~!!

Dear fellow saved-to-save!!
I was watching this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBbJmQMwqic&eurl=http://www.operation513.com [90min] - it helped rekindled fire in me that has been dying out :(
Just wanted to encourage & remind you ETERNITY IS REAL~!!
BUT DO WE LIVE LIKE IT?


i know in many ways i haven't :(
We've been given _the_ greatest privilege of sharing the only Good News that saves - life is SO short, let's make it count!!

Watch this - only 90 seconds ;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0vtkmc-Oh4&feature=related

Soon, very soon, we will stand in eternity looking at Jesus face-to-face. The ONLY thing that will matter is have I lived a life that pleased Him?
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Sunday, November 16, 2008

praise & pray for Sedah, Yan, Kathy, Jenny, Lynne, Zee, Jamie, Eddy, Stanley (CHI, TAI, JAP)



my English conversation class today [looked at Jesus who forgives sin!]

:D PRAISE! :D

:D The Son of Man truly has authority on earth to forgive sins!

:D making all nations & bringing SO MANY from the mission field here at this time in their lives!

:D the incomparable joy of sharing The Good News of His love & kindness with others yet to know Him!
- also met Karen, Jason, Daphne . . .
please keep lifting up lost souls to Jesus in prayer!!

*PRAY*

* pour His love into their hearts & give these lost souls The Best of All Gifts -- sins forgiven!

* graciously bring them to conviction of sins & their desperate Need for God's forgiveness in Jesus & NOT "a little help to do what my selfish heart wants to do"!!!
* reveal Jesus as The True Lord to these precious souls, bringing them to repentance & faith in The Only Saviour before it's too late!

* provide them with friendships / accomodation/jobs/ that will go towards the ends prayed for above :)

* work by His Spirit through all the 'English corners' globally to draw lost souls into Living, Personal Relationship with Himself! see http://ibrisbane.net/englishcorner - look for the "World Free English Classes Timetable"

* 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!
* give us wisdom how to best serve these precious souls as our English conversation classes draw to a close for the year!
~thanks~!GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!! *** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS- BE ENCOURAGED!!***




Saturday, November 15, 2008

please praise with me & pray for me~!!

wow.. call out to Father & He answers soon with this email:

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"And [Jesus] said to them all, 'If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me'" (Luke 9:23).
When we first come to the Lord we truly think we are giving him our all, but we cannot fully appreciate just how powerful Self is. It cannot be dealt with in a once-and-for-all manner. It requires many seasons of God's dealings for us to see the truth about the Lord, and the truth about ourselves.
That is why I say there is more hope for someone who is ready to give up and quit than there is for someone who keeps promising to do better tomorrow. Only after we have tried and failed one hundred, one thousand, or one million times will we at last be able to say, "Lord, I finally understand now that I can originate nothing of my own self, because whenever I do, I meet with nothing but defeat. So I am finished! Henceforth, not my will, but Your Will be done!"
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Rom 7:24 What a miserable person I am! Who will rescue me from my dying body?
Rom 7:25 I thank God that our Lord Jesus Christ rescues me! So I am obedient to God's standards with my mind, but I am obedient to sin's standards with my corrupt nature.

-- Paul,
.. oh no.. again!! >_<

please pray 4 me .. i definitely don't wanna dive back into making this sin a habit again cos it hurts God, others & myself! :'(
i don't want formulas, methods, strategies .. i just want Jesus & NONE of me!!
just when i thought i was doing so well in living "free' of a habitual sin . . .
really truggling with purity of thought & action .. need your prayers my bros & sisters!!
rejoice with me - Father brought these songs to mind as i was tempted to wallow in guilt & self-condemnation again :
they express the greater TRUTH & REALITY~!!! :D

Before The Throne Of God Above

1. Before the throne of God above I have a strong, a perfect plea, A great High Priest whose name is "Love," Who ever lives and pleads for me. My name is graven on His hands, My name is writen on His heart; I know that while in heav'n He stands no tongue can bid me thence depart. (x2)
2. When Satan tempts me to despair, and tells me of the guilt within, upward I look and see Him there Who made an end to all my sin. Because the sinless Savior died, my sinful soul is counted free; For God, the Just, is satisfied to look on him and pardon me. (x2) 3. Behold him there! the risen Lamb, my perfect, spotless Righteousness, the great unchangeable I AM, the King of glory and of grace! One with Himself I cannot die, My soul is purchased by His blood; My life is hid with Christ on high, with Christ, my Savior and my God (x2)
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Words and Music by Charitie Lees Bancroft and Vikki Cook


Unashamed - Starfield
1. I have not much To offer You Not near what You deserve But still I come Because Your cross Has placed in me my worth Oh, Christ my King Of sympathy Whose wounds secure my peace Your grace extends To call me friend Your mercy sets me free

And I know I'm weak I know I'm unworthy To call upon Your name But because of grace Because of Your mercy I stand here unashamed

2. I can't explain This kind of loveI 'm humbled and amazed That You'd come down From heavens heights And greet me face to face
And I know I'm weak I know I'm unworthy To call upon Your name But because of grace Because of Your mercy I stand here unashamed
Here I am at Your feet In my brokeness complete !!

Thursday, November 13, 2008

pray for the unreached!!

"I will come to Your temple with burnt offerings, and fulfill my vows to You…" Psalms 66:13
Whom but the Almighty Creator and Savior is worthy of our sacrifices and vows? None! Have you made any promises to God? In a way, when you first accepted His salvation, you promised to serve Him for eternity. That is what we mean when we call Him Lord. Have you promised to take His Kingdom to the nations? In the day to day, it's hard to stay focused making a sacrifice of praise and intercession for the lost. Today, let us return to our vows.

Pray that those who have promised to take His kingdom to the nations, will do it soon.

"Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from Him. He alone is my rock and my salvation…" Psalms 62:5-6a
One of the main things people seek in Eastern religion is peace. There is an inner peace that all of us lack in our souls. Christ offers peace, but not the kind of peace that the world offers. He offers the kind of peace that only comes from knowing that the Creator of the Universe is in control of our lives. Our hope comes from God alone, our rock and salvation. At this time, there are 10,000 unreached people groups that have no chance to experience this kind of peace.

Pray that as the nations come to the Father, they will experience peace in their souls that only can come from a relationship with Christ.

"But God will redeem my life from the grave; He will surely take me to Himself." Psalms 49:15
We are redeemed, forgiven and transformed. So much to be thankful for! This is a great verse to use when explaining the rewards for following Christ. But isn't our faith more than a ticket to heaven? Shouldn't we be concerned for those who don't know and have no way to know until someone goes to them? Shouldn't we be praying fervently for them? Entire nations still wait to hear; some of them include millions of people.

Pray that the Lord will strengthen us to pray for the unreached peoples this month, so that they can experience His merciful salvation.

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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

praise & pray for Eddy, Stanley, Evan, Justin, (JAP, TAI, KOR)


my English corner group yesterday [looked at Jesus who forgives sin!]
:D PRAISE! :D
:D making all nations & deciding to bring SO MANY from the mission field here at this time in their lives!
:D The Son of Man indeed has auhority on earth to forgive sins!
:D the incomparable joy of sharing The Good News of His love & kindness with others yet to know Him!
- also met Paul, Tony, Dennis, Ann, Christine . . .
please keep lifting up lost souls to Jesus in prayer!!
*PRAY*
* pour His love into their hearts & give these lost souls The Best of All Gifts -- sins forgiven!
* graciously bring them to conviction of sins & their desperate Need for God's forgiveness
* reveal Jesus as The True Lord to these precious souls, bringing them to repentance & faith in The Only Saviour before it's too late!
* provide them with friendships / accomodation/jobs/ that will go towards the ends prayed for above :)
* work by His Spirit through all the 'English corners' globally to draw lost souls into Living, Personal Relationship with Himself! see
http://ibrisbane.net/englishcorner - look for the "World Free English Classes Timetable"
* 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!
* give us wisdom how to best work around the oroblems we keep running into with the lobrary staff to best serve these pecious souls!
~thanks~!GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!! *** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS- BE ENCOURAGED!!***

Saturday, November 08, 2008

praise & pray for June (KOR)


- Father brought June here & Divinely Appointed her to stay in the home of a blessed brother & sister who use their gift of hospitality to welcome lost souls like June ;)
introduced her to the free English conversation Classes in Brisbane, now she thinks i'm an "angel who looks like Shrek" .. go figure .. :PpP
she's been reading a Children's Bible with interest & wantsto know Jeus .. :D HOORAY~!!
:D bringing her to Australia & changing her heart towards Christ & Christians! "before i didn't like Christians, but now i'm changing . . when i get married i want my husband to be a Christian" -- June
:D the privilege & blessing He gives us to play a part in seeing lives & souls transformed!
:D Jesus seeks & saves the lost .. and chooses to use frail, weak, common vessels like you & me!
*PRAY*
* Christ manifest His victory & preemimence over every obstacle hindering June from coming to Jesus in repentance & faith!
* reveal Christ as INFINITELY desirable & INFINITELY satisfying to June, bringing her to True Repentance & Faith before it's too late!
* we'd see June in heaven worshipping 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 June, work supernaturally in her heart 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 & lovingly gave His life for her!
* bring more Divine Appointments her way as she travels Australia & beyond, to help open her blind eyes, unstop her deaf ears & enliven her dead heart to receive True Life!
learn to How to Witness Honestly (Advice from Paul Washer)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt9V4Q5n9gs&feature=related
~thanks~! GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS***

please rejoice with me & pray for me~!!

just a quick post 2 say My Parents are going away for 13 days -- please pray I don’t do anything dumb / dumb stuff doesn't happen to me while i'm home alone :P
do rejoice with me that I don’t do more dumb things / dumb stuff happening to me aren't a more common occurrence given my "able-ness" :P

i could "default" to living in fear of myself / others but Father has proved HImself to be too trustworthy for that ;)
pray i keep growing in trusting Him in my weakness & fear~!
rejoice with me too that Father is the expert in redeeming dumb stuff & turning it into good stuff! ;)
pray special protection over my computer .. dumb stuff seems to keep happening to it & it's a major info base for ministry.

then again, if it dies i'm still happy, Jesus in me doesn't die like technology does ;)

If anyone's around the area, feel free to come over & we can share what Fathers doing in our unique journeys together :D
or buzz me on 0421338214 (optus contract) / 0413203978 (optus prepaid) to arrange a get-together ;)

Thursday, November 06, 2008

praise & pray for Koji (JAP)

- felt a Holy Spirit prompting the other night to maximise my free calls to optus mobiles & gave Koji a call. [see my post on Koji 7/2/08]
praise God for grace to follow His promptings~! Koji was surprised & said i called him at a really good time & the conversation quite naturally turned to things of God & he asked some really good Qns ;)
i recommended he try visiting a church in the town he moved to Ayr
[go to http://backpackingisit.com if you know any travelling workers / backpackers on a journey to Truth & Reality!]

:D PRAISE! :D
:D giving me much grace to be AVAILABLE for Divinely Appoinmented moments like these!!sharing the gospel scary & hard?NO WAY!!! THIS IS THE BEST NEWS IN THE UNIVERSE!!! :D
*PRAY*
* send many Divine Appointments his way to taste, see, hear, touch & smell The Real Jesus for Himself & return to Brisbane eternally changed~!
* reveal Christ as INFINITELY desirable & INFINITELY satisfying to Koji, bringing him to True Repentance & Faith before it's too late!
* we'd see Koji 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 Koji, 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!

learn to How to Witness Honestly (Advice from Paul Washer)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt9V4Q5n9gs&feature=related
~thanks~! GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!
*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS***

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

praise & pray for Benny (CHI)


*sigh* been "out of practice" in sharing the gospel for far too long!! >_<>http://www.livingwaters.com/start.shtml

please rejoice with me & pray for 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!! AN OPEN INVITE TO ALL: if you care about me & love me, please tell me anytime you see something wrong in my life!where do you see faults in my life / character? What areas would you like to see me grow & change by God’s grace?”
-- all part of me obeying 1 Tim 4:16 which is too easy to neglect with such dire consequences!!
:D rejoice with me!! :D
:D though i keep getting sick, His love, peace & joy in me haven't been diminished but rather, intensified!
:D freak accidents / sickness / seizures / loss of valuables aren't a more common occurrence given my "able-ness" :P
:D all the idols He's graciously destroyed & is still in the process of destroying in & for me! [TV . . . movies . . . computer games . . . relationships . . . music . . . exercise . . . photography . . . eating . . . ]
* PRAY*
* protect me from myself & all the dumb things i think/ say / do/ eat !! >_<>
* i'd expend my energy admiring, expositing, exploring & extolling Jesus Christ! to more Enjoy Grace and Detect Legalism!
GREAT message MUST LISTEN!!! to: "Enjoying Grace and Detecting Legalism by C J Maheney
here
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* give me increasing evelation of Himself that i might impart life, not merely knowledge to people!
* keep me coming back to Christ! i'd Simplify my life with less of everything else, until He is all that remains!
* i'd eliminate the "many things" that distract me from Him, counting them as dung, and cling to the One Thing!
* i'd be reduced to Christ! * keep me feasting on His Word to have new eyes to detect & destroy the idols in my heart! -- will really need your help on this one my brothers & sisters, because i'm often oblivious to what is obvious to everyone else when it comes to sin!! -- PLEASE TELL ME IF U SEE IDOLS IN MY LIFE!! & please give me grace as i learn to respond to such information in humility & grace :)

idol = substitute for God i love / worship / serve in place of God. ie wanting anything or anyone more than God Himself - often perfectly good things which are good gifts from God! eg ministry, marriage, job, leisure . . . Our hearts are idol factories working non stop 24/7! >_<
* grace to apply all He's teaching me & not deceive myself!
Prov 27:5 A truly good friend will openly correct you.Prov 27:5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
* keep me ever walking FORWARDS to Christ & FORGETTING what lies in the past, not letting anything become a limitation for what He can do in & through me [i know i often use myself as an excuse, as if somehow God couldn't use me because of this or that reason .. :P eg i'm disabled & brain injured =P * i'd fully cooperate with His Spirit's work in my life & not oppose Him! thanks~!! please tell me how i can best support you before His throne of Grace too! if Father so leads you to be my regular prayer supporter, do check out this prayer blog every now & then :)

praise & pray for Juyoung, Jin, Justin, Minji, Jhong (KOR, TAI)



my English corner group on yesterday [looked at Perseverance & studying English]

:D PRAISE! :D

:D making all nations & deciding to bring SO MANY from the mission field here at this time in their lives!

:D because of all Jesus Christ has done for us, God's love is poured into our hearts & so the Only Hope worth Persevering for does NOT disappoint!
:D restoring my health so i can return to help out @ English Corner!
:D poviding a "solution" to our space problem (too many students were cramming into the meeting room & library staff weren't happy)

*PRAY*

* pour His love into their hearts & give these lost souls The Only Hope worth Persevering for that does NOT disappoint!


* graciously cause circumstances in their lives that'd cause them to despair of all worldly hopes & find True Hope in Jesus!
* reveal Jesus as The True Lord to these precious souls, bringing them to repentance & faith in The Only Saviour before it's too late!

* provide them with accomodation/jobs that will go towards the ends prayed for above :)

* work by His Spirit through all the 'English corners' globally to draw lost souls into Living, Personal Relationship with Himself! see http://ibrisbane.net/englishcorner - look for the "World Free English Classes Timetable"

* 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!
* give us wisdom how to best work around our space & separation now to best serve these pecious souls!

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



Sunday, November 02, 2008

Dear Diary 23-10-08 -- discovering I’m relationally challenged . . .

Just wanted to hare & pour out a li’l of my heart .. thanks for reading ;)

** i did have another blog setup for entries like this but hant done anything on it for 4 years & cant seem to get into it! >_<

Abba Father, just being frank & pouring out my heart, even if it doesn’t make the most sense. I thank You, my Abba Father, You still understand me even when I don’t understand myself! :)


Dear Papa, I write You & not a diary because You are infinitely better than writing to a ‘diary’ any day ;)
I feel so sorry to You, You’ve had to wait so long for me to come out of fear & guilt-based “existence” into trusting, loving relational living with You!
… Although I’ve always been slow to understand, You love me still :D
What can I say in light of such glorious truth & reality?
So much time has gone by journeying though this life based on fear and under a crushing weight of self-inflicted condemnation, & self-hatred which is no way to live at all.
I think this has resulted in me being relationally challenged, to the extent that I actually automatically assume anyone & everyone doesn’t really want to know me, and even if they really did know me, they wouldn’t want to know the real me, as if all there was to me was the sum total of all my past shameful sins & failures.

Didn’t You deal with all that on the cross 2000 years ago?!
So what am I doing? I can’t call this living, because it’s so far removed from what You breathed life into me for!!

Where did I go so wrong?

Why did I ever pay so much attention to the lies of the enemy to rob me of all the worth I have as a creature made in Your image? No, the truth is I’m so much more than just a creature made by You, I’m truly Your Son, dearly beloved & bought at great price – that You would even *think* so much of me is beyond fathoming, but I won’t go down that old path of self-contempt again :)

If this is reality, then I’ve passed too much precious time ‘living’ in unreality. In light of what Your Son did for me on The Cross, and so many recent events where You’ve proved Your extravagantly abundant, lavish love for me time & time again, why am I still so tangled up in this web of lies?

. could the ugly truth be that I’ve actually grown so used to living in lies that I’ve tragically accepted this as normality?!

I don’t know. But You know, and I can most definitely trust You :)
A podcast we recently listened to from www.theGodjourney.com mentioned how many of us live in fear rather than trust, how we say “I trust God” but still live in fear that You aren’t good or powerful enough to provide / intervene in our lives.
How sadly true this has been for much of my life! :(
Indeed, I’ve often wondered at times why I act the way I do – towards You & others.
Do I wholeheartedly trust that You really love me? I seem to have no trouble believing You want me to know You, but that You truly want to know me???!!!
The fact of the matter isn’t so much whether or not You want to know me, but You do know me most fully – better than I could ever know myself and still love me anyway - wow!!!
If I trust Your love I’ve heard & sung about & even tried to tell others about, I have no reason whatsoever to fear the lie that You, or anyone else doesn’t really want to know me, and even if You / they really did know me, You /they wouldn’t want to know the real me”!
So I can give up the following fear-based behaviors & take on truly relational living (Papa, please show me what this looks like because I feel like I’m entering unfamiliar territory!)
* giving most of my attention to food in front of / around me rather than the people around me in social / public settings (as if food is easier to “relate” to than people?!)
* being preoccupied with being overly stingy in saving / spending when out with people!
* being much more desirous & comfortable sharing the gospel with someone (following an outline I’ve learnt & repeatedly rehearsed several times) rather than actually relating to them as a person.
At least this one-way interacting means they won’t know me for who I really am. :
* being more than happy to be alone by myself & Jesus, wrongly believing nobody really wants to be with me anyhow . . . again, nobody will know me for who I really am. :
* holding back from sharing my life with people unless people directly ask, assuming they’re not interested & certainly have better things to do than listen to me.
So much of my relational habits these days involves much inquiring about their life; with very little being shared on my part unless asked.
Yet You’ve built into my design as a human being, Father, the desire to connect with others – to know & be known.
I truly treasure those rare moments when I think I’ve connected with another fellow journeyer, but they seem so few & far between that it’s almost like I’ve forgotten what it is to truly connect anymore.
So much interaction these days is so superficial, and You know I’m sick of it because You didn’t make me for this!

I must confess, I’m not as connected to You as I long to be, hiding behind excuses, busy-ness, those worthless old fears that’ve weighed me down,
. . . but I’m coming back to You Father :D
Can You change me from what I’ve been to all You want me to be Father???
I wish I could always stay like this, confidently assured of Your love for me, but knowing my forgetfulness & tendency to wander -- even to push away You & others who love me, unfortunately I’m paranoid it’s only a matter of time before I fall back into old ways of hiding in fear from You / others than living in loving trust.

Father, I’m weak, I’m foolish, I’m blind & deaf when it comes to relational living. I will call upon You to help me, enlighten me & open my eyes, ears & heart to the glorious freedom found in truly living – relationally as You’ve made me to!
Please keep showing me how to live relationally as I don’t want to waste anymore of this precious life living for less than all You made me for!!

You’ve also spoken to me recently that I don’t enjoy your grace enough.
* How I’m too much more aware of & affected by my past sins than I am The Person & finished work of Jesus Christ!!! :(
* How I’m too much reliant on godly practices For my forgiveness, justification & acceptance by You than I am reliant on the finished work of Your Son on the cross! :(
* how I consistently experience condemnation . . .
Yet by Your grace & Your grace alone, You’ve preserved Your joy in me, which would otherwise be non existent in light of the above!

Please keep me expending my energy admiring, expositing, exploring & extolling Jesus Christ!
To find my full identity & worth in Him, enjoy Grace & Detect Legalism!
Thanks Abba, Papa, Daddy, for this reassurance You spoke to me in Your unfailing Word:
18 I am holding you by your right hand – I, the Lord your God. And I say to you “Do not be afraid. I am here to help you.
14 Despised as you are, O Israel, do not be afraid, for I will help you.
May You use our journey to encourage & bless others! :)
A quote:
“I once knew a good woman who was the subject of many doubts, and when I got to the
bottom of her doubt, it was this: she knew she loved Christ, but she was afraid he did not
love her. ‘Oh!’ I said, ‘that is a doubt that will never trouble me; never, by any possibility,
because I am sure of this, that the heart is so corrupt, naturally, that love to God never did get
there without God putting it there.’ You may rest quite certain, that if you love God, it is a
fruit, and not a root. It is the fruit of God’s love to you, and did not get there by any the force
of any goodness in you. You may conclude, with absolute certainty, that God loves you if you
love God.” Charles Spurgeon

Saturday, November 01, 2008

pray for us!

"The Lord gives strength to His people; the Lord blesses His people with peace." Psalms 29:11
God is our constant source of strength. Without His strength, we could not endure the daily struggles of following His ways. He gives us supernatural strength each day whether we know it or not. Those who have no access to Christ do not have a way to share this glorious strength. One of the reasons He strengthens us to extend His kingdom to such people. Are we willing to be strengthened for this purpose?

Pray for God's strength to pray without ceasing for the lost nations.

"The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is majestic." Psalms 29: 4
I have often told Perspectives classes that if I had a million dollars to give to one group, it would be Wycliffe Bible Translators. Why? The voice of the Lord is powerful, and He speaks through His Word, the Bible! Throughout Church history, you can see that the nations that have His Word can stand up to adversity and persecution. Those that have fellowships, but no Bible, often cannot. The voice of the Lord is powerful and majestic, and we can experience it by reading His Word. Shouldn't others have that experience as well?

Pray that the nations will experience the voice of the Lord through the efforts of Wycliffe Bible Translators as they make Him known. Pray for accuracy in Bible translation projects.

"The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it." Psalms 24:1
Isn't it a joy and a privilege to belong to the One who created us? Whom else would we want to belong to and serve? Because He created us, we "belong" Him. He also claims us for His own by the right of redemption (Heb. 2:9). We who acknowledge Christ as Savior and Lord know we are not our own. We are "bought with a price" (I Cor. 6:20). Doesn't that inspire you to want to share this good news with those who don't yet know that they belong to the King of the Universe?

Pray that the Lord will burden our hearts for thousands of peoples still without a witness. Pray that the Holy Spirit will prepare the hearts of individuals in those people groups to hear and respond to His Word.

"What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?" Psalms 8:4
Isn't it about time we spent a month in thanksgiving? This month, we will focus on thanking the Lord through His Psalms for all He has done for us, and for what He will do for the unreached nations. This time of thanksgiving can spill over into next month when we focus on Christ's birth. First of all, we can thank Him for loving us, and giving us the chance to be part of His kingdom, though we don't deserve it. God loves puny man, a life form on a small planet rotating around an ordinary star. What an awesome thought! Shouldn't we share this truth with those who don't know?

Thank Him today, that He cares for you, and for those who haven't yet had a chance to hear of His glory and mercy.

source: www.global-prayer-digest.org/ <-- GO HERE & pray EVERYDAY!!
http://thebiblesite.org/ <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY TO provide your suffering brothers and sisters with a portion of God's Word at no cost to you!
www.vision2025.org/handinhands_clicktorelease.html <--GO HERE EVERYDAY TO release penny's for God's Word to be translated in every language still without His Word!http://www.prayerguard.net <-- GO HERE & pray for an unreached people group EVERY HOUR!!
PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE SITES ABOVE!!!