pray for men's camp [this weekend 16-18/11]

this will be my 1st ever mens' camp with my awesome church family from New Heart Baptist church [what an AWESOME name change!! ;D]  .. looking forward to it, but a little unsure what to expect .. desperately desiring quality connection, but i won't get my hopes up .. 

pray for: 

* the speakers and their health 

* protection on the road.

 * lots of quality interactions throughout, that we’ll be like iron sharpening iron!

quality interactions = be trusting each other to be vulnerable enough to really open up our lives to each other & share at the most significant levels, pouring life into each other & combining strengths to support our individual weakness! 

.. which is sadly all too rare in today's society! :(

* we'd encourage each other to 'step up to the plate' and be men in every sphere of our lives - life *givers* and not life-takers/ destroyers of life!

may Papa restore the gates & rebuild the walls that've been burnt down/destroyed in our lives, that we may be His glorious image bearers once again!! 

***UPDATE*** pray for Yoshi [JAP]

 .. it was good to catch up with Yoshi today .. despite waking up with a bizarre sore foot [inflammation?!]  & n the final stages of recovery from the flu, His grace was enough & His power was made perfect in my weakness :) 

i picked up that he really does have a great heart, with admirable qualities really worth affirming!
pray His Light overcome the darkness of his past .. & he'd receive the New Heart God wants to give him, made in the image of Christ, the Ultimate Lover!
thank you!!

pray for Yoshi

meeting Yoshi tomorrow .. please pray i be in tune with His mind, His heart & His words!! 
+ the powers of darkness over Yoshi bow the knee to Jesus!
* woo & win Yoshi into the arms of his jealously loving father in Heaven!!

thanks!!

4 me .. :[

if you could please pray for miraculous healing for me .. i'm down with the flu [3rd time this yr! argh!!]

.. may He get maximum glory through this & help me learn whatever He's trying to teach me!

prayers from Luke 9 ..

Jesus,help us bring Your life to places where there is death in cooperation with You!

 

praise You Jesus, with You, there is no real “risk” !!! help us take more risks for You!

  

Jesus, help us not to be swayed by public opinion!

Jesus, help us travel with You, teach all You taught, heal bodies & spirits with Your compassion!

rejoice with me & pray for me!

Dear princes & princesses, sons & daughters of noble identity & royal destiny!!

as you could guess by no rave news post-Sydney, no I'm not a fully changed man.. but a little changed .. and it's a good change ;)

  Papa decided not to heal my brain injury [directly], but He went deeper to the roots of my fear of falling - taking me right back to my first memory of a fall as a youngster in Malaysia & brought healing there, which was connected to every other fall since ... so I'm no longer super paranoid of falling now ;D

. so that’s another step forward on the road to increasing freedom and healing! :D

but I dunno if it'd be the wisest thing to get back on a scooter just yet :P

maybe it'd save on public transport fees?! :P hehe.. 

 “do I really trust Papa”? Is the burning question left in my heart after the course on Healing for Victims of Accident & Trauma.

The big take away from the course was that “God is not so concerned about your healing & restoration as He is about relationship with You”

See devotional on “Why God May Delay” http://theschoolofchrist.org/daily/october16.html

I’ve come to realise in places of comfort [which is my current space after being ‘disabled’ for a decade!

- It really doesn’t take a whole heap of faith to be ‘existing’ at this level after so long ..

.. but without faith, it’s what -- impossible -- to please God!!

I read something amazing the other night ... it's OK to fail! He’s taught me that if we are to live by faith, we must risk which means we might fail /lose / get hurt .. but the only way to change the world God has placed us in is to live by faith!

I seriously need to give up my false gods of comfort / safety / convenience / dignity!!

So as a next step on this journey, I’ve applied for a healing retreat with Ellel as a step of faith ;) 

:D rejoice with me! :D

:D His amazing, passionate, pursuing, persevering love that never fails, never gives up on me!!

:D all the incredible prayer ministry I’ve been getting, bringing me to increasing freedom & healing to fully live life as God made me to live!

:D helping us to finally complete the Elijah House prayer ministry course!

This month I’ll be away from the:

- 16-18^th at a men’s’ camp for my church family ..

-  21-26 in Sydney for an intensive course on ‘calling’ .. more info see:  http://thenobleheart.com/

- 30^th-2/12 at a home group getaway ..

*PRAY*

* lots of quality interactions throughout, that we’ll be like iron sharpening iron!

* I’d keep journeying with Jesus into all those dark, scary bits of the journey I dont wanna go to but simply follow His lead anyway!!

* I’d always go direct to Jesus first for counsel!!

* sort out work on other days than Wednesday so I can keep going to help the outreach to refugees~!

* Id live a life of true faith. = R.I.S.K. & stop fearing failure / loss/ damage etc!!

* help me give up my idols of comfort / safety / convenience!!

* in all things, help me to respond with trust, not fear!!!

~thank you~!

Please tell me how I can best support you before His throne of Grace too OK!

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International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church November 4!!

Every day we hear reports of brothers and sisters in Christ being persecuted for their faith.  They are stripped of their rights. Their neighbors threaten them with violence and death. Their homes are razed. Their families beat them. And their governments want to slaughter them.
They are our brothers and sisters around the world, boldly believing and proclaiming Christ in places where the penalty for doing so is often death.
Jesus promised His followers that the world would hate and persecute them. Many Gospel for Asia-supported missionaries have come to know the harsh reality of Jesus' words.
Beatings, death threats and imprisonment are a few of the things they encounter on a daily basis. But despite great hostility, they continue to press onward as they proclaim the Good News of Christ to the unsaved souls of Asia. They are not willing for any man to perish without hearing the name of Jesus, even if that means that they might physically perish.

Don't Let Them Stand Alone

On November 4, churches across the nation are joining in their suffering by lifting up the persecuted in unified prayer. Share this video with your friends, family and congregation and let them see how their prayers can strengthen Christians as they stand firm in their faith in the one true God.

Here are some links:

gfa.org/persecuted - This links to an amazing video sharing the need to pray for our brother and sisters who are suffering from persecution for the name of Christ.
gfa.org/persecution/ - Field stories from GFA-supported missionaries in SE Asia.
idop.org - Official page of the International Day of Prayer
persecution.com/public/pray - Voice of the Martyrs prayer page.
 
Thank you all for your amazing heart to serve the Lord!

***UPDATE*** pray for Yoshi [JAP]

 .. it was good to catch up with Yoshi & Claire yesterday after their Japan trip .. i must admit i do find it hard .. some negative spiritual transferences going on ?? 
argh .. 
pray we persevere in fighting this war with His INVINCIBLE LOVE!!
pray he relates well with those in his new workplace & make connections to help him connect to Jesus, the Very Best Master!

how may i pray 4 u? i'm mtg Yoshi & Claire 2day, catching up with them about their recent trip back home to visit Yoshi's family .. pls pray 4 me 2 partner with Him in what HES doing in their lives! thnks so much!

***UPDATE***pray for serving & loving by welcoming!

 :D had a good lunch with E* & G* from Sri Lanka today [I'm thankful just one of his friends turned up and not the 3 he told me!] .. although it's a challenge to communicate, love is the universal language :)
.. they sure have a story with horrendous backgrounds that really makes me thankful to live in such a relatively 'safe' country that is able to be a 'safe' place for these dear refugees!

I was blessed to give them a backpack each which had been sitting in a spare wardrobe for years doing nothing .. :|
then i went along to the welcoming class which was tricky  given a whole lot of 3-way translating had to go on from English-Tamil-Sinha .. but it's still a privilege & joy to just welcome these new friends in Australia. 

* provide them with good friends who'll help connect them to Jesus, The Ultimate 
'City of Refuge' 
* provide them with good jobs to help connect them to Jesus, the Very Best Master

* provide them with good places to live in that'll help connect them to Jesus, The Ultimate Shelter!

.. sheesh .. I'd sure appreciate prayers for more strength & energy .. it seems even just after 6 hours of 'people time' i'm ready to call it a day! .. thankful i can stay at home .. this is one instance my bad planning to not get transport to my usual home group tonight has worked out to my advantage ... ;)

... making this CHRISTmas THE BEST YET!!

i was majorly encouraged by this sister went shopping to Fight Consumerism: 
http://www.gfa.org/news/articles/girl-goes-shopping-to-fight-consumerism/?c=1&cm_mmc=GFA-_-Email-_-2903832-_-121023%20Digest%20133%20%281%29

Women in Asia are the least likely to hear the Gospel

Did you know that over 50,000 female children are aborted every month in South Asia? Females are often the last to eat and the most likely to be illiterate. They’re the first to work as child laborers and sometimes even sold to become one of 1.2 million child prostitutes. As they grow they gain little respect.
They live in the most unreached parts of the world—places that have yet to hear the Gospel. And many women cannot be approached by men due to cultural customs, making their slim chance of hearing the Gospel even slimmer.
Gospel for Asia has a burden to reach them. We believe that uplifting the lives of these women is one of the most significant things that can come about to transform families and communities for Christ.

By sponsoring one of our handpicked and trained women missionaries, you will:

• Make it possible for gender barriers to be overcome so that women in Asia can hear the Gospel.
• Enable ministry to women in all walks of life, whether widows, mothers, or young adults.
• Reach women in unreached parts of Asia no one else can reach—even in villages, slums, and leprosy colonies.
• Partner with an organization that has over 30 years of experience in reaching women in Asia with the Gospel.

Women missionaries are the perfect solution to reach other women

Each woman missionary already lives in Asia. In preparation for ministry, she has gone through three years of intensive ministry training.

These advantages make her ideal to reach women in Asia:

• She moves freely in areas restricted to outsiders or men and is accepted in good times and bad.
• She knows the cultural taboos instinctively.
• She has already mastered the language or a related dialect.
• She lives among the community, eating the same food, wearing the same clothes, and sharing the same cultural interests.
• She has a passion and burden to reach women in Asia.

Almost anyone can make a difference for women in Asia

It only takes $30 a month to help support a woman missionary to serve full-time to reach other women.
Through Bible studies, house visits, and the personal ministry of our missionaries, thousands of women have found hope in Christ. But the need in Asia is great. Millions of women have still never heard the Good News.

By sponsoring, you will allow women in the next village to be reached.
for more information see:  http://www.gfa.org/women/

"Live to be forgotten, so that Christ might be remembered"

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***UPDATE*** pray for Barni [?]

oops.. late update re: this post .. because what i expected didn't happen :S
Barni was told to go to the class & look for me to get prayer from .. it seemed he didn't turn up, if he did, he didn't come to me .. which is ok -  pray for him anyway!! :)
there was another dear one on crutches i got to pray for -his name was the middle eastern name for Jesus!  i also met another brother from his same country who is named after Moses ... this is where the biggest revival is currently happening .. IRAN!! similar to what happened in China ~20+ years ago!! woohoo!!
i *LOVE* the way Father turns oppressive regimes that try as hard as they can to destroy the church of Jesus Christ, around to being hotspots of HolySpirit revival!! HOO YEAH!!!

rejoice with me & pray for me!

Dear princes & princesses, sons & daughters of noble identity & royal destiny!!

I’m sending this on the eve of departing for Sydney until next Monday

(going to Ellel ministries’ short course on Healing for Victims of Accident & Trauma)

Yup, you heard it right .. 10 years after the brain injury, I’m going for it .. I’m finally learning to let go of that which I’ve often shared as “the 2^nd best thing to happen to me”
there’s no question that Jesus can heal me totally of the effects of the brain injury which have left me “disabled” for the past 10 years.

It’s taken a lot to bring me to the point of even being willing to receive all that goes with re-entering a “normal” life again, which I’ve honestly enjoyed avoiding for as long as I can. :|

To be sure, there’s aspects of being “disabled” that I enjoy to no end, but it’s mostly selfish in the end :[

And while the prospect of being “able” again doesn’t really excite me, I feel I really mustn’t stay as I am to truly progress in the journey of living loved & loving PapaGod has me on ;D

… so He knows what’s in store. Things may or may not be very different the next time I write!

But whatever the case, my heart is filled with thankfulness =D thank God & thank you for sharing my journey the past decade!

a challenging quote: “If people thought Jesus was like you, what would they like about Jesus? What wouldn't they like?”

:D rejoice with me! :D

:D for all the precious truths He’s been showing me ;)

.. one example: I not only have THE gift to give them, but I AM THE gift that MUST BE GIVEN AWAY!!

:D all the life-giving blessings received from the Elijah House prayer ministry level D course

:D He takes pleasure in my [unsinful] pleasure!!

:D He is the  transformer of  identities from the worst to the best!!!!

:D washing away my soul’s garbage, vomit & filth with His  blood!

:D taking away my pig nature & all the times He’s kept me from returning to wallow in filth!

:D His purification, presence & protection!

*PRAY*

I have recently joined an outreach welcoming refugees on Wednesday afternoons - pray we love them well like Jesus does – be ‘Jesus with skin on’!

* light me on fire, that I might rightly serve Yahweh!!

* I’d keep submitting to Him to REVOLUTIONISE my world with His holiness! to live authentically, be fully  in on His operations!

* help me to live in moment-by-moment partnership with Holy Spirit!

* lead & guide me in a servant lifestyle/ attitude/ posture!

* finishing level D of the Elijah House prayer ministry course in 2 weekends time .. pray we fully cooperate with HolySpirit in all He wants to do!

* Help me to seize life, no longer bound by my self-imposed limitations & fears & have a ridiculously good time in this brief life I have to live!

* despite the bad times, help me live life with ecstatic enthusiasm, trusting  Him to make even the worst ‘tragedies’ work for my good – to conform me to the image of Jesus!

~thank you~!

Please tell me how I can best support you before His throne of Grace too OK!

owing everything to God’s grace, Able :)

pray for Barni [?]

i got a call last night informing me that a precious refugee has some physical condition that prevents him from getting work. this makes it incredibly difficult for him to survive here in this land he's sought refuge in after fleeing his homeland of trouble & chaos!
he needs a miracle .. he needs The Miracle - Jesus Christ!
he's been told about me [!] to look out for me .. I'd very much love to partner with what Papa wants to do in his life. 

please pray I'd be fully in tune with HolySpirit to see & know what He's wanting to do in Barni regarding his sickness & when is His timing, then do what He's doing in His timing!

.. of course I'd very much love to see 

.. his translator friend sashi [?] trained to be a hindu priest .. he could possibly be a 'man of peace' as a whole bunch from his village in Sri Lanka left to find refuge
... could this be the beginning of a people movement to Christ, The Living God who hears, who heals and who cares?!

please pray with me!!

***UPDATE***pray for serving & loving by welcoming!

thanks for praying!
it was another great joy & privilege to be something of Jesus' hands, feet, heart & mouth to these dear a bunch of mostly middle eastern refugee men & love them like Jesus!!

:D giving me a taste of middle eastern hospitality - it's humbling & incredibly awesome!! .. there's definitely a redemptive Kingdom aspect to their level of hospitality shown to the average person!!

pray we'll be committed to loving them into eternity, however long & hard it is!!

* pray especially for growing friendship with M, Z & R who've given me an open invite to visit them every now & then .. i really need to be more diligent with honoring the relationships & people He brings into my life!

* provide needed jobs, accommodation, friends & other essentials to settle into life in this land of refuge, ultimately to find Jesus as The Only Safe Refuge now & forever!!

.. shopping for a good cheap laptop with WIFI [2nd hand is OK] <$450 for M needing it to search for jobs

 ... any tips? 

... also shopping for a better prepaid mobile carrier that allows them to phone their families in their home countries as their current carrier raised their call rates 9x recently!  ... any tips?

seems like Father's heart is drawing me there for at least the next few Wednesday afternoon's. would treasure your prayer covering as i join the team!

pray for Yoshi

meeting Yoshi tomorrow .. please pray i be in tune with His mind, heart & words!! 
+ the powers of darkness over him would bow the knee to Jesus!
, that he be wooed & won into the arms of his jealously loving father in Heaven!!

thanks!!

***UPDATE***pray for serving & loving by welcoming!

thanks for praying! 
it was a real joy & privilege to be something of Jesus' hands, feet, heart & mouth to these dear a bunch of mostly middle eastern refugee men & love them like Jesus!!

pray we'll be committed to loving them into eternity, however long & hard it is!!

seems like Father's heart is drawing me there for at least the next few Wednesday afternoon's. would treasure your prayer covering as i join the team!

pray for serving & loving by welcoming!

: D hooray to live in a country that serves as a place of refuge for so many from war torn lands!
will be joining some old partners in the Kingdom to help welcome new friends to our shores tomorrow afternoon. 

please pray we be 'Jesus with skin on' to these special guests!!