** UPDATE** praise & pray for telemarketers -- Eric & Rose [PHLIPPNS]

hooray! just humbly updating you on yesterday's post & sharing a bit of my journey with you. (definitely have alot further to go!)

- i truly hope this doesn't come across as me being better than anyone else - i'm just a fellow traveller who often fumbles along & often learns the long & hard way!

after sleeping on the new phone plan i signed up for and thinking about how Matthew 6:33 applies in this situation; (paraphrased)

"Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don't worry about missing out. You'll find all your everyday human concerns will be met."  

another verse that just came to mind that simplifies alot of our earthly lives:
Colossians 3:1-2
"So if you're serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don't shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ--that's where the action is. See things from his perspective."

:D PRAISE :D

:D giving clarity to my phone situation when i was just complicating things by focussing on earthly things rather than on Jesus & His Kingdom!

an outline of my thought process:
1. i'm only alive for a very short time.

2. the money that'd go towards this new phone could be heaps better invested to seeing The Gospel of Jesus Christ go to the mulitudes still waiting to hear His Name - $240 which could = 40,000 gospel tracts for them! see
http://www.gfa.org/rajus-heart-shows-christs-love

3. which is more worthwhile - investing in the eternal souls of people or a new gadget that'll quickly become obsolete over time?

4. knowing my uncanny skill of breaking / losing valuable things like phones, it'd only be a matter of time before this new phone would get broken / lost!

5. * i didn't really *need* a new phone. i've still got  [mostly] functional 2nd-hand phones that i can use, although some need to be fixed.

however, if you or anyone you know has any old/ unwanted / working mobile phones they dont use or want, i'm always more than happy to pass them onto someone else to use them, though i think i might need to use them myself the way my current handsets keep being sporadically problematic!

.. so in the end i called up the phone company & told them i didn't need the new phone they'd smoothly talked me into getting & asked to be put on their cheapest plan ($9.90/month) which is $5.10 cheaper than the plan i've now been on for 10 years, plus i get 5x more included call credit!  

:D giving me a way to resolve this phone issue that works out cheaper and gives me better value for money! ;)

:D teaching me this most timely lesson of my NEED TO WAIT ON HIM~!

:D giving me grace to live in the rality of these last days when we're called to live a life of wartime simplicity, and NOT leting myself be pressed into the mold of the world & its ways that tells me i should spoil myself, or i need to stay updated with the latest and greatest in techno-gadgets!

... this time i got to talk to Eric & Rose, and of course i got them to check out http://www.fathersloveletter.com/ (which is translated to many languages - perfect since most telephone customer service people are from all different parts of the world!

why not share this (or your own favorite evangelistic website) with those strangers Father brings you into contact with on the internet / phone etc?!



to Him be all glory who seeks & saves the lost!


:D the ways He's used the internet to communicate His gospel to the lost!


*PRAY*

* Angel, Michael, France, Eric & Rose  be drawn [deeper] into Fathers' love & this would be highly contagious to all around them!!

* give me wisdom & love to use the new phone plan to the maximum to live in Fathers' love & share His love + live with wartime simplicity!! !

The Lord isn't slow to do what he promised, as some people think. Rather, he is patient for your sake. He doesn't want to destroy anyone but wants all people to have an opportunity to turn to him and change the way they think and act.  --- 2 Peter 3:9

check out this beautiful song!

No Greater Love by  Rachael Lampa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN2vyy__os8

praise & pray for telemarketers - Angel, Michael & France! [PHILIPNS]

if there ever was a day i was a stupid fool - a fantastic target for a telemarketer, this was the day! :|

my prayer time this morning was interrupted by a telemarketer telling me about their cheap phone deals.

who was i to leave my time with Father without HIs permission?!

the following ordeal was a timely lesson in my NEED TO WAIT ON HIM~!

for awhile now i've been wanting to possibly change phone plan / get a new phone

. . . i prayed about it & was pretty settled that i just neded to trust Him & stay on the plan i've been on for the last 10 years - it's cheap & suits my meagre-plenty phone usage.

exchange #1 ended with me indicating possible interest in their cheapest phone deal, but wanting more time to think about it .. so i referred Angel, the nice telemarketer to check out http://www.fathersloveletter.com/ (which is translated to many languages - perfect since most telemarketers are from all different parts of the world!

she then called back later hoping to chase up my dad about signing us onto their home phone+broadband internet package - i was really wanting to check if she got to look at the website but i didn't get to :(
... instead i ended up talking to Michael & France, who got me in my 'stupid moment' to sign up for a 2 year plan with them.

as yet i hadn't received any 2nd hand phones to replace my curent one which is sporadically problematic, but still usable .. and i was getting impatient & doutful of Father's goodness & ability to supply, thinking it's "good for me" to be independent & stop relying on others - i went for it anyway :(
... sure, i'd be paying more than i'm paying now (i was firmly set on *NOT* changing to a plan that'd cost me more) but i fooled myself into taking the bait & believing the appealing lies to "treat myself" to a new phone, more call credit, more freedom blah blah blah . ..

what a horrid, covetous, idolatrous heart there is in me! >_<

in these last days when we're called to live a life of wartime simplicity,  NOT being pressed into the mold of the world & its ways!

felt terrible about it afterwards since i didn't act in faith, grabbing after what Father has not given. 

.. since when have i truly lacked anything by trusting in HIm anyway? :O

every single time He has proven HImself faithful that as i seek first His Kingdom & rightousness, He has provided everything i've ever needed so i'm never in want!

how do i get myself into these messes?!

perhaps i was meant to share that website with Angel, Michael & France, but i think i learnt from this all that there is still sinful, unbelieving idolatry in my heart that had to be exposed & brought to light so i might be broken once again, repent & rest in the shadow of the cross!

still in the habit of seeing "annoyance calls" as so much more than just a time-wasting annoyance, but as a precious soul, made & loved by Father who He wants to bring to Himself!

just doing my little bit to bring even one lost soul a step closer to The Savior :)

:D PRAISE :D

:D the ways He's used the internet to communicate His gospel to the lost!

*PRAY*

* Angel, Michael & France be drawn [deeper] into Fathers' love & this would be highly contagious to all around them!!

* keep exposing any hidden sin in my heart that i'd live in the constant beauty of a broken spirit & contrite heart!

why not share this (or your own favorite evangelistic website) with those strangers Father brings you into contact with on the internet / phone etc?!

to Him be all glory who seeks & saves the lost!

The Lord isn't slow to do what he promised, as some people think. Rather, he is patient for your sake. He doesn't want to destroy anyone but wants all people to have an opportunity to turn to him and change the way they think and act.
2 Peter 3:9

sharing some encouragement . . :)

i have been really encouraged lately by some internationals sharing their journeys & how Father has used their travels away from home to a foreign land to draw them closer to Himself!
the stories are too many to retell -
- stories of those brought up "in church" but abandoned it, then brought back to Himself!
- stories of many who've had prejudices against christians, then being softened & changed through the Christians He Devinely Appointed to intercept their path - e.g. homestay families, sharemates, classmates, free English conversation class teachers! 

:D i love it how Father gives me confirmations that i'm on the winning team!
:D what an incredible blessing & privilege it is to be a link in the chain of people who help to connect a lost soul to The Saviour & Lover of their souls!
i wouldn't want to use this short life for anything less! :)

. . . i invite you to come & join me =)

if you've never experienced this INCOMPARABLE JOY, DON'T MISS OUT ANY LONGER~!!

ASK, SEEK & KNOCK on Father's door to find out how He wants you involved in His mission!
* could you be someone who GOES to the lost to be a link in the chain of people who help to connect a lost soul to The Saviour & Lover of their souls!?

* or someone who SUPPORTS those who go by PRAYER, encouragement & giving finances?

* or someone who MOBILIZES others to GO, PRAY & ENCOURAGE?

* or someone who WELCOMES those from every nation He is bringing to your land into your hearts & homes?

EVERY ONE OF US HAS A VITAL ROLE TO PLAY!!! :)

soon, very soon . . . .

time will be no more.

the ONLY THING THAT WILL MATTER: HAVE I PLEASED JESUS?

** UPDATE** rejoice with me & pray for me~!!

Dear praying friends,
A recent byte He’s taught me: [how much I have yet to learn!] - excerpt taken from a most awesome article: see
http://www.theschoolofchrist.org/articles/the-priests-of-the-lord-part-1.html

if spiritual fruit is love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and self-control, then we must be with Jesus in order to bring forth this fruit, and no amount of WORKING for God can make up for a lack of simply BEING with Him.
- oh how i need to keep RElearning this!!


though being disabled affords me the rare luxury of not having to deal with study / work-related time constraints, i still find it so easy to fall into the trap of "doing things for Jesus" instead of seeking the ONE THING THAT IS NECESSARY (see Luke 10:39-42)

Humbly asking your prayers as we journey on toward HIM! :)


if you have any questions / comments of my life, Don’t be shy~! my life's an open book ;)

++ praise & prayer points from previous prayer mails mostly still apply, but for the sake of space I’ll leave them out ;)

:D rejoice with me! :D

:D He prepares a feast for me, in the presence of my enemies AND He fills me till my cup overflows!


:D every experience He gives me of more of His AMAZING GRACE~! [i.e. i've been sinning, He keeps loving!]

:D Psalms 103:3-4 is TRUE!!
If you, GOD, kept records on wrongdoings, who would stand a chance?
As it turns out, forgiveness is your habit, and that's why you're worshiped!

:D His AWESOME goodness to me through the years! [persevering with me even though I can be very unsubmissive & stubborn!]
 :D every opportunity He’s given to share His life & love to lost souls, even though I’ve missed so many opportunities & stuffed up so many encounters – sharing an incomplete gospel that “asks sinners to receive God’s love” rather than “urging sinners to turn from their sin & turn to Christ, throwing the full weight of their confidence upon Him!” – see my post
http://lifesshortprayhard.blogspot.com/2009/08/pray-wed-share-gospel-correctly.html

:D I’m getting sick again! Jealously loving me so much that I might be flattened by sickness to be alone with Him!

:D our final English corner & Christmas Party & camp went well!

*PRAY*


- looking into the New Year ahead, a precious brother shared with me some verses that make great New Years’ resolutions!


* keep me from trying to save my life, keep showing me how I can lose my life for Jesus and for the gospel!


Those who want to save their lives will lose them. But those who lose their lives for me and for the Good News will save them. Mar 8:35


Jesus said, "I can guarantee this truth: Anyone who gave up his home, brothers, sisters, mother, father, children, or fields because of me and the Good News will certainly receive a hundred times as much here in this life. They will certainly receive homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields, along with persecutions. But in the world to come they will receive eternal life. Mar 10:29-30

~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!!

pray for the unreached!

"Give thanks to the Lord, call upon His Name; make known among the nations what He has done." Psalms 105:1



If you want to know what God has done, read the Bible through! Next, reflect upon His creation surrounding you. Then look at history, and see His hand moving upon men and nations to fulfill His purposes. Read books and periodicals to marvel at those new things He is revealing to men from His treasures of wisdom. Finally, search your heart and meditate upon His work in you. You should find within yourself a threefold response to what you have seen and learned-the same threefold response the psalmist gave: gratitude, prayer, and a passion that these things be proclaimed to all.

Pray that the Holy Spirit will grant gratitude and faithfulness to Christ among the Muslim Hui migrants in Saudi Arabia.

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


http://www.prayerguard.net/ <-- GO HERE & pray for an unreached people group EVERY HOUR!!

http://www.vision2025.org/blankbook_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.thebiblesite.org/ <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY TO provide your suffering brothers and sisters with a portion of God's Word for free!

http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=1 <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY & click to help world hunger~!

pray for CHRISTMAS for the unreached!

"When they (the shepherds) had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child." Luke 2:17
On this Christmas day let's remember that the real impact of this holiday should be a new commitment to Christ's mission. In the incarnation God crossed the barrier between Himself and man to show His love, truth and grace. He now calls us to cross today's barriers of culture, language, caste, religion, and prejudices to share Christ with a hungry and dying world.

Pray that the Father will deliver us from the temptation to celebrate Christmas with a selfish heart. As He gave Himself to us, pray that we will now give ourselves to the unreached peoples.

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


http://www.prayerguard.net/ <-- GO HERE & pray for an unreached people group EVERY HOUR!!

http://www.vision2025.org/blankbook_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.thebiblesite.org/ <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY TO provide your suffering brothers and sisters with a portion of God's Word for free!

http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=1 <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY & click to help world hunger~!

** UPDATE** pray for Niro + Eva [JAP, KOR]

:D PRAISE! :D



:D our 4th session of Christianity Explained went well! (even though we didn't actually get to cover the material - spent the whole time dealing with questions from their homework [read Mark 6-16] this time they both asked good questions!

- Eva's hit a wall' - lost all motivation to study & reading is a chore, so she didn't really get to catch up on her homework :

*PRAY*

* use me to bring Niro & Eva closer to Jesus to become His friend!
- our next meeting will be next Wed [31st] afternoon, God willing :)


*PRAY*


* bind the work of satan to keep Niro & Eva in blindness & death, bring them to see Jesus & truly Live!


* use their lifetime of pain & disappointments through living in sin, trusting in lies & make them new creations in Christ!


* give us a good time & location to meet these holidays to finish the course & go on to whatever He'd want us to go onto!


wasn't really able to 'share he gospel' at last night's Christmas Party :[
- sadly stuffing my face too much! :[]


Able + parties + food = anti-social :( . .. what to do . . . ?!


just had a few friendly exchanges - i was to help an awesome sister who brought a stack of New Testaments to give away as Christmas gifts ;) may His Word go out & not return to Him empty!
- passed a camel tract to a muslim friend from Turkey who came along - totally slipped my mind to pass one onto an Indonesian muslim friend too! >_<
may Christ reveal Himself to them so they'd have a reason to celebrate  CHRISTmas!
thanks for praying~!! God is working!

pray for the unreached!

"From the fullness of His grace we have all received one blessing after another." John 1:16


This verse goes on in verse 17 to say that grace and truth came through the Christ, born on Christmas. Many religious leaders claim to show the right way to live. Jesus actually did show the way to live, and He did much more. Focus on the word blessing for a minute. The birth of Jesus opened the door to the blessing of salvation for all nations. Now that is something to celebrate this Christmas!

Pray that you will remember His salvation as you celebrate His birth this month. Pray that this blessing of salvation will reach Urdu speaking Pakistani Muslims wherever they live.

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


http://www.prayerguard.net/ <-- GO HERE & pray for an unreached people group EVERY HOUR!!

http://www.vision2025.org/blankbook_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.thebiblesite.org/ <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY TO provide your suffering brothers and sisters with a portion of God's Word for free!

http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=1 <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY & click to help world hunger~!

rejoice with me & pray for me~!!

rejoice with me & pray for me~!!



yesterday's sermon was a much-needed encouragement by Wes Jessop to have confidence in sharing the gospel because:


1. it is MIGHTY TO SAVE


2. God has hard-wired every human to know enough inside [conscience] & outside [creation] that God is real & they need the gospel!


3. GOD IS WITH US AS WE DO SO!!


it was a great reminder & rebuke to stop listening to the LIES of the enemy to stop me from sharing His gospel & to TRUST IN HIS VOICE OF TRUTH!


Last Friday’s caroling went well, I heard. I wasn’t able to go as planned – a lunch appointment I was booked for before & postponed once already came up again :S I really must be getting old . . . I have been messing up my schedule more & more! – a problematic mobile phone [which I use as my calendar / organizer] doesn’t help!


Even though I was feeling tired, Father enabled me to join part 2 of our caroling outreach today at the nursing home.
I was probably too excited & expectant for this crowd – communicating the gospel with the elderly is definitely a challenge I need to grow into! But was grateful for the experience anyway ;)

Tomorrow I will meet with Niro & Eva for our 4th session of Christianity Explained looking at Salvation as a gift of God’s grace- not works. [BIG LESSON!]


I Was reminded at this morning’s session of ‘Discovering The Word’ that satan is actively out to hinder / stop evangelism & discipleship.


. . . *sigh* too often I take this spiritual battle too lightly, thinking I can just go out & do what I’ve done before, in the _pathetic_ weakness of my flesh rather than fighting this spiritual war with spiritual weapons! In The Power of The Spirit! – this might explain why I often feel so flat & discouraged in my efforts to share The Good News with people, So PLEEEASE uphold us in your prayers!

:D PRAISE! :D
:D saving me from falling again & again!!
 :D Jesus is victorious over satan & uses the enemy for His glorious purposes!


:D He got me a Japanese translation of the course – I passed it onto brother Keith!

*PRAY*


* save the souls of the precious elderly people we met & talked to & gave gifts to.


* bring to nothing every effort of satan to keep them enslaved to his kingdom of darkness until the day they die.


* use their lifetime of pain & disappointments through living in sin, trusting in religious deceptions to make them new creations in Christ!

- we’ve got one final caroling on the streets surrounding our building on Christmas Eve – though I’m unsure how effective his is as a means of getting the Good News out
* Father show us how we can be effective & faithful ‘links in the chain’ of bringing lost souls closer to The Only Saviour!

* bind the work of satan to keep Niro & Eva in blindness & death, bring them to see Jesus & truly Live!

* through the Japanese translation of the course, many Japanese would abandon themselves to know & embrace Christ as Saviour & Lord before it’s too late!

* Tomorrow will also be our final English corner for the year ... showing ‘The Nativity Story’ movie & having a Christmas Party at a fellow-servants’ home


. . . may it not simply be ‘a good time’ but one where eternally-significant interactions will take place for His glory!

* instead of doing the usual church + family feast on Christmas day, i thought it’d be much more eternally productive to spend time with lost souls – a very mission-minded church is hosting a Christmas camp – sleepover party!


* I’d joyfully *overflow* with the Good News of Great Joy that is for ALL peopleSSS to lost souls everywhere & all the time!


* show me to live in His love of infinite supply & to keep loving these precious souls as opportunities will abound all the more these holidays - many internationals will be lonely & bored!! :S

* provide a second-hand mobile phone to use as my calendar / organizer so my schedule won’t keep getting messed up!


* give me favor with my phone provider company to renew my customer loyalty rewards [been with them for 10 years now!] so I won’t need to switch to a more expensive plan / cheaper plan that’ll end up costing me more . . . my hearts desire is to really live with wartime simplicity so I can be more generous to Kingdom work!

thanks for praying~!! keep praying!! God is working!May we all joyfully overflow with the Good News of Great Joy that is for ALL peopleSSS to lost souls everywhere & all the time!



[not just at this Christmas season!]

pray for the unreached!

"The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it." John 1:5


All throughout the world, even in "Christian" cultures, people accept as facts demonic delusions that keep them from accepting truth. The Bisha'a is a good possible example of a demonic delusion. Because of this superstition, many from the Zahran tribe have been burned for no good reason. Likewise, they are also convinced that the only way to salvation is by obeying the laws of the Koran.

Pray for dark spiritual forces to be bound and cast out, and that the Zahran people will soon come to the light.

Prayer Topic for: Dec 19, 2009 - Zahran Tribe in Saudi Arabia
"Since there is no witness, are you willing to undergo Bisha'a (ordeal by fire)?" Tribal people in the Middle East traditionally hold to a strong code of honor. Some have their own "Lie Detector" called Bisha'a. This is becoming rare as tribes move to large cities for educational and employment opportunities. Performed for grave offences, the accused is asked to lick a hot metal ladle three times. After the ceremony, he rinses with water. Then the judge and witnesses check to see how severely his tongue is burned. They believe that a guilty person's tongue is dry from stress, thus burns easier. The defendant must consent to this ritual. If he declines, the people assume he is guilty.

The large Zahran tribe lives in southwestern Saudi Arabia. Their ancestors have lived a nomadic lifestyle in Saudi Arabia for centuries. They have earned a reputation for being courageous and generous. The Zahrans have always enjoyed folk music, poetry and dance. Now their lifestyle is changing rapidly. Zahrans are moving to large cities and other countries where everything they have learned is sometimes questioned. This may be the time when they are more likely to hear the gospel and respond to the Prince of Peace.
Ask Christ to reveal Himself to the Zahran people. Pray that the Zahran people will stand forgiven before God's judgment by fire. Pray that they will receive the mercy and grace of our loving Savior.-AK

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


http://www.prayerguard.net/ <-- GO HERE & pray for an unreached people group EVERY HOUR!!

http://www.vision2025.org/blankbook_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.thebiblesite.org/ <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY TO provide your suffering brothers and sisters with a portion of God's Word for free!

http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=1 <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY & click to help world hunger~!

Yoshie, Mitsue, Aki, Tae Ho, Tom, Avanika, Eric, Sean [JAP, KOR, TW, IND]

- those i met at conversation corner yesterday ...



this was our last conversation corner for the year ..
still felt like an unproductive day so far as the gospel going out . . . :"(
BUT! i'm thankful! :D

:D PRAISE! :D
:D bringing new helpers along recently - BIG answer to prayer~!

:D all the contacts & friendships that've resulted from these conversation corners over the years!
[. .. how many of them had any eternal impact? i'm tempted to be negative but somehow i think Father uses our meagre efforts to love these precious souls much more than i can see!
:D God brought them here!


* PRAY - as The Spirit leads you!


* Eric - he watched a movie recently exposing the impurity of the human heart & i posed the Question: is there any hope for our hearts to be pure? he seemed to think so but the answer wasn't Jesus :"(
how foolish of me to let that golden opportunity slip to point Him to The Only One who can truly purify our hearts!! thankfully Father & His work is bigger, MUCH BIGGER than me ;)


* may Father seek & save their lost souls for His own glory!

* though many free English classes are stopping for holidays, the internationals are still keen to gather & chat ;) i offered to be there & help if they wanted me to in their gatherings - they gather daily, it seems, but i told them i could pobably only make 2 days / week if i did join them - i truly need Holy Spirit Empowering to be useful for His glory! please pray for me!!



* show me to live in His love of infinite supply & to keep loving these precious souls as opportunities will abound all the more these holidays  - many internationals will be lonely & bored!! :S

* Sean says ' believe Jesus but i'm not a Christian'
* Nations would be impacted as they send their bright future leaders abroad to learn English!

* have mercy on them & send them back 'home' eternally-changed souls, to join the missionary force He's raising up there!

* provide them with friendships / accomodation/jobs/ that will go towards the ends prayed for above, and all the more so these holidays - so many of these precious internationals will be lonely & bored!! :S~thanks~!GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!! *** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS- BE ENCOURAGED!!***

praise & pray for , Lee, David, Ryan, Christian, Charles,Ash, Ray, Bill, DJ, Mark, Tim, Aday, Jeanette, Andrew, Amanda, Amanda, Rebecca, Carolina [USA, AUS, KOR, TW]

those i met through English corner today! [discussed the Christmas Story - Part 3 - The Wise Men]

:D PRAISE! :D


:D Jesus, The King of kings, Priest of priests & Sacrificial Saviour has come that we might know Father & His Perfect Love!!!


:D bringing a big group of brothers & sisters from the States to come & help us today! chck out the hurch plant they're serving at: http://engagecitychurch.com/



:D bringing all the internationals here!

*PRAY*


* reveal Himself as Lord to them, that they'd bow their knee & confess Jesus as Lord before it's too late!


* convict them of their sin, convert their souls, turning them into "fishers of men"!


* we'd see these dear lost souls in heaven, loving Jesus much because they received The Good News, along with others who're there because they didn't keep The Good News to themselves!!



* 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 to add to the multi-cultural beauty of Christ's Bride, The Church!


* have mercy on them & send them back 'home' eternally-changed souls, to join the missionary force He's raising up there!


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


* raise up laborers for the harvest to help in these English Corners!
* Holy Spirit empowering for the team from Crosspointe, USA as they serve in Brisbane.
* protect them from the evil one!
* do great things in & through the lives of the dear team from Crosspointe, USA as they serve Jesus through loving others!


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

pray for Christmas Outreach [this Fri & next Mon 18/12 & 21/12/09]

woohoo!
:D He reached out to us! - now He sends us to reach out to others!
:D The Long-Awaited Saviour has come!! He gives us much to rejoice about & much to share!!!
:D we're going for our 1st church Christmas outreach to a nursing home, respite centre & on the steets!

* we'd be empty, yielded channels for His Life & Love to flow through to touch the lives of all He brings us to everyday!
* we'd experience Him in a fresh, real way so we witness of WHO we've seen, heard & experienced ourselves [rather than trying to follow a formula / go through a well-rehearsed script / steps we've learnt which is all quite fake!] 
-- Really liberating article I read!! http://freebelievers.com/blog-entry/whats-a-witness

rejoice with me & pray for me~!!

Dear praying friends,

Recent bytes He’s taught me: [how much I have to learn!]
An excerpt from a most awesome article: see http://theschoolofchrist.org/articles/to-him-that-overcomes.html

"But [Stephen], being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, and said, 'Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God'" (Acts 7:55,56).

Those who overcome are those who see Jesus afresh, who keep the Heavenly vision in front of them at all times. The surest way to be defeated is to get your eyes off the ONE THING and get them onto the "many things". The Spirit of Antichrist does not require you to bow down to satan, it only hopes to cloud your vision of Christ. The problem with the church today is that we lack this seeing of Christ. We have lost sight of Him, and in His place we have programs, church services, end-times predictions and interpretations, plus a million-and-one other things that all add up to "zero" without Christ. Even worse, we think those things ARE Him.


* The wisest & most practical thing I can do in all of life – relationships, work, sex, speaking, eating is to think of Father & respond to Him!


Humbly asking your prayers as we journey on toward HIM! :)

if you have any questions / comments of my life, Don’t be shy~! my life's an open book ;)


++ praise & prayer points from previous prayer mails mostly still apply, but for the sake of space I’ll leave them out ;)

:D rejoice with me! :D

:D because Christ is in me & I’m in Him, I have more riches than all the global banks combined!!

:D His graciousness so far in keeping me from wicked company!

:D i broke the strap tied onto my glasses [because I keep losing them! :P] but Father provided another one [free!] from the shop I bought them from [go spec savers! :)]

*PRAY*


* I’d see as He sees so I can partner with Him in what He’s doing in he lives of those He puts in front of me!

* help me love the people He puts right in front of me instead of going about my plans / agenda!

* God deliver me from "things" and show me His Son! We must learn to keep the focus of our heart on the Lord Jesus Christ, Who MUST increase. Then there is no room for "things" anymore. They are simply swallowed up in Victory

* deliver me from an independent spirit – keep me childlike & humble before Father!

* His purpose would keep unfolding for me!

* I’d stop letting opportunities pass me by!

* though I bask much in His abundant grace – pray I share as much as I've been given!

* deliver me from the idol I’ve made of food - it’s definitely on my mind too much & affects the way I relate to people [or not relate to people because I’m stuffing my face :|]


Not sure if prayer is the best way to be rid of this idol . . or should I go on a permanent fast? :
I don’t know . . . :|

* cleanse all the filth I’ve collected in my mind & keep me ever-filled with Him, seriously avoiding collecting anymore filth in my mind [especially hard in our society that’s being raped by immorality at every turn!! :(


* I’d LOVE good & HATE evil with PASSION – HIS PASSION!


* I’d not waste this precious life He’s given me but help me listen to wisdom, awake, ready & responsive to its voice every moment of I’d everyday!

* keep me drinking deep of the springs of the fear-of-God living water so I won’t go drinking from the poisoned wells of this world!


~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!!

** UPDATE** pray for Niro & Eva [JAP, KOR]

:D PRAISE! :D


:D after a month since our last meeting, we got to go through the 3rd session of Christianity Explained [explaining the Resurrection & ts implications for us] - it started with Eva asking me "how do you support your living?" - a question i've grown to love more & more, as it's a pefect springboard to share about how Father provides all my needs, how i'm blessed to be disabled and how Jesus gave life to me when i was given up for dead [almost!] 
:D Niro continues asking good questions!

*PRAY*
- they both forgot to do their homework [reading Mark 6-10] so this time they're to read from Mark 6-16 before we next meet - i stressed that rather than thinking of that as "punishment", it's more a great reward because they get to discover Jesus for themselves!   
* Jesus would keep revealing Himself to Niro & Eva as they read through the gospel according to Mark & win them into His love!  


* appoint a good time for us to keep meeting - NIro has changed  his course & now has a variable schedule.


thanks for praying~!! keep praying!! God is working!

pray for Rosalynn

i called Translink to refund a trip they overcharged me $0.77 on [it pays to keep checking on these electronic cards so i don't get ripped off!] again, that's $0.77 more i don't need to waste on my next top up, or $0.77 could buy 128 gospel tracts for those STILL WAITING TO HEAR THE GOOD NEWS OF JEUS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR LIVES!!


see here: www.gfa.org/gospel-gives-new-life-to-cave-man

i spoke to Rosalynn to arrange the refund, it was no accident i spoke to him.


Rosalynn = a precious soul Father loves & wants so much to bring to Himself!
i' m still in the habit of referring customer service people i talk to on the phone to http://www.fathersloveletter.com/

why not share this (or your own favorite evangelistic website) with those strangers Father brings you into contact with? on the internet / phone etc?!

telling them there's an important message for them to see as soon as they can.

something i'm making more of a habit of doing with these exchanges on the phone with strangers is learn to see them as so much more than just a stranger, but rather as a precious soul, made & loved by Father who He wants to bring to Himself!


just doing my little bit to bring even one lost soul a step closer to The Savior :)


:D PRAISE :D


:D the ways He's used the internet to communicate His gospel to the lost!

*PRAY*
* seek & save Rosalynn & the lost souls in her world!

to Him be all glory who seeks & saves the lost!


The Lord isn't slow to do what he promised, as some people think. Rather, he is patient for your sake. He doesn't want to destroy anyone but wants all people to have an opportunity to turn to him and change the way they think and act. 2 Peter 3:9


Revolution in World Missions isn't really a book about missions. It's about what God can do with your heart when you let Him. - and it's FREE! :)

pray for the Arab Woman's Conference!

Abuse of women is commonplace in much of the Muslim world, both in the Middle East and Africa. Long held gender bias and customs have resulted in women being treated as servants, property or worse. A husband and wife team, Lewiza and Samir Youssef, are trying to make a difference. They are media missionaries with MBMS International (a Mennonite Brethren organization), and so far they have conducted five annual conferences for abused women. The 2008 conference was held in Cairo, Egypt, and included seven academically trained counselors who served as both speakers and workshop facilitators. Following each seminar, women raced to the booths to order copies of the message. The conference concluded with a salvation message through drama, and attendees were invited to know Jesus Christ.

Volunteers have continued to follow up with the 155 Arab women attendees. A special time during the conference was devoted to wives interceding in prayer for their husbands. God heard that prayer! Women reported that as they returned home, they were greeted with loving support from their spouses. Lewiza and Samir host a variety of TV programs, aired 26 times a week. They receive thousands of emails, phone calls and letters from people wanting to know more about Jesus. The 2009 conference is being held as this article is being written.

Pray for this organization's outreach to touch all women in the Middle East and North Africa, and to ultimately touch their families with the kingdom message of Jesus Christ.-JS

"Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you." Luke 1:28


The verse goes on to say that Mary was "troubled" by this angelic greeting. It must have been hard for her, a Jewish girl of about 14, to think that the God who created the Universe would "favor" her. Jewish men often thanked God that they weren't created as dogs or women. Ironically, the God they prayed to has a very different view of women.

As we pray for fruit to come from the Arab women's conference, pray that these sisters will recognize the favor they have with God and their importance in building the Kingdom among all nations.

source: http://www.global-prayer-digest.org/ <-- GO HERE & pray EVERYDAY!!
http://www.prayerguard.net/ <-- GO HERE & pray for an unreached people group EVERY HOUR!!

http://www.vision2025.org/blankbook_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.thebiblesite.org/ <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY TO provide your suffering brothers and sisters with a portion of God's Word for free!

http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=1 <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY & click to help world hunger~!

praise & pray for Nicky, Carol, Hero, Elijah, Arah [TW, KOR, PNG]

those i met through English corner yesterday! [discussed Christmas Lesson 2 - Jesus' birth & The Angels & Shepherds]

:D PRAISE! :D


:D The Promised Saviour has come!!

:D bringing them here!
:D bringing Joyce, Rebekah & Carmen + many others along to help out!

*PRAY*

* this Christmas would be a True Celebraton of Christ for those who don't celebrate Him yet!
* that they'd bow their knee & confess Him as Lord before it's too late!


* convict them of their sin, convert their souls & turn them into "fishers of men"!


* we'd see these dear lost souls in heaven, loving Jesus much because they received The Good News, along with others who're there because they didn't keep The Good News to themselves!!

* 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 to add to the multi-cultural beauty of Christ's Bride, The Church!

* have mercy on them & send them back 'home' eternally-changed souls, to join the missionary force He's raising up there!

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

* raise up laborers for the harvest to help in these English Corners!
- yet again it felt like an unproductive day so far as the gospel going out . . . :(
then on the bus out of the city, it was full of people. i couldn't help but ponder the reality that if the bus was to crash / explode & everyone were to die, [which is always a possibility!] the majority would probably be going to a hopeless, Christless eternity.
PLEASE go here NOW!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBAkY--0mN4

or 'google 'recording of hell' -- may we hear the anguish of the damned & be compelled by the love of Christ to reach out to them, as He reached out to us, sparing no effort, while there is still time!! 

i'm often dumbfdounded by my cold hard heart! here i was on this bus full of people, possessing in me The Only solution [Jesus] to their biggest problem [sin & God's anger at them] yet i just stood there silent . . .

i bet satan must've been happy :"(

*sigh*

incredible how merciful Father is, i met Tak again [met him a few weeks ago at a bus stop] & walked him to his new sharehouse [close to where i'm staying now!] . . . he started smoking, amazing how a poor, jobless guy like him who just lost his wallet with alot of cash in it recently would still continue such a costly & destructive habit :"(

Oh that my heart would break for those enslaved to sin, oblivious to the life & freedom Jesus died to give them!

* please pray we get to meet more, Jesus would bring him to an end of himself so he can be humbled before the cross to turn from death & hell to Jesus who is life!

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

pray for the unreached & us!!

"From that time on Jesus began to preach. 'Repent, for the kingdom of God is near.'" Matt. 4:17


This Christmas season, we need to begin by remembering the purpose and the message of the One who was born in Bethlehem. Matt. 4: 17 is the headline, so to speak, of Jesus' message. When we repent, we turn from our old ways, and adopt the ways God has for us. It is a lifelong process, one that makes the Christian walk an adventure in learning and obeying. One of the sins we need to repent of is that of neglecting those without the gospel. Is there anything you need to repent of in this area?

Pray that the Holy Spirit will show us what we need to repent of, so we can be more obedient to His ways.

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


http://www.prayerguard.net/ <-- GO HERE & pray for an unreached people group EVERY HOUR!!

http://www.vision2025.org/blankbook_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.thebiblesite.org/ <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY TO provide your suffering brothers and sisters with a portion of God's Word for free!


http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=1 <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY & click to help world hunger~!

W00H00!! ~truly~ celebrating ***CHRIST***mas!

 i just *had* to share the ~joy~ of giving eternity-transforming gifts with you Father's flooded my life with joy by giving through this in the past few years! join me in the journey of incomparable joy~!


how do we celebrate Christmas and at the same time, touch the lives of mulitiplied millions who've never ever heard the first Christmas story?!



be a part of that through Gospel For Asia!
- watch an inspirational video / read an inspirational story here -http://www.gfa.org/gift/  [USA site]


if ordering online from Aus, go here: http://www.gospelforasia.org.au - look for the link to the "Christmas Catalogue 2009"



or KOREA: http://gfa.or.kr/2007/
or Canada: http://www.gfa.org/canada/
or NewZealand: http://www.gfa.org.nz/
France: http://www.gfa.org/french/
UK: http://www.gfauk.org/skelapp/gfa/home.asp
South Africa: http://www.gfa.org/southafrica/
 


just imagine . . . in Heaven, having 'strangers' warmly welcome you into eternal dwellings because you used wordly wealth to make friends for yourself! [Luke 16:9]


can you think of a better way to ~truly~ celebrate ***CHRIST***mas?

“no one has the right to hear the gospel twice,



while there remains someone who has not heard it once”


– Oswald J Smith


BILLIONS of souls are STILLWAITING to hear the gospel.


HOW     L   O   N   G     MUST THEY WAIT?!


Could a mariner sit idle if he heard the drowning cry?


Could a doctor sit in comfort and let his patients die?


Could a fireman sit idle, let men burn and give no hand?


Could you sit in ease in Zion with the world around you damned?


--Leonard Ravenhill.


DON’T KEEP THEM WAITING – WON’T YOU SHARE THE GOSPEL before IT’S TOO LATE??


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