In the last two days the team has had the opportunity to visit a local nursing home and a christian hospital. During these visits we sang songs, gave testimonies and perfomed some skits. God is so gracious in the way he provides for us, the warmth of the hospital stuff is really humbling.
The puli christian hospital has provided us opportunities to share the Gospel in hospital wards, they've also allowed us to use their chapel and gave us a tour of their history museum. It was humbling to see what God has been doing in this hospital. (started in 1955 by 2 missionaires from norway)
In the next few days we'll be running programs for small kids / high school teens. Please use this blog to look for prayer points.
Please pray for:
We can stay healthy (its very very very cold)
Stay united (8 more days to go, everything is going well so far)
Receptive hearts when we preach God's word
All Glory will go to God.
Thanks
PM
~woohoo~! upholding u all in prayer .. we prayed 4 u @ THE night's prayer mtg. :D
ReplyDeletedo keep us posted.. we'll keep praying :) HE [Jesus] *must* increase, and i must decresae" John 3:30
STAY CLOSE 2 JESUS!!
December 17
Two Extremes
Psalm 68:11--20
"Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens." (v. 19)
The next thing we must do if we are to go deeper with God is to spend time with Him. This means taking time to regularly read His Word, talk to Him in prayer, and cultivate the spiritual sensitivity to listen for His voice speaking directly to our souls. One of the great tragedies of our day is that spiritual leaders fail to emphasize the need for all Christians to regularly spend time with God in this way. In my opinion, this de-emphasis is due to two things in particular. First, it is a reaction to the legalism of past days. At one time, most Christians were told that the life of discipleship turned on whether or not you established a daily quiet time and never wavered from it. In my youth I heard one Bible teacher say: "If you don't begin every day by reading a chapter of the Bible and spending at least thirty minutes in prayer then you have no right to go into the day expecting God to bless it." What about those times when circumstances -- such as sleeping late, a family emergency, personal sickness, an unexpected turn of events -- make it impossible to begin the day with the reading of Scripture or a time of prayer? In turning from the legalism of past days many, however, have replaced it with a more casual approach to personal devotions. If they don't feel like it they don't have a quiet time. And that, I suggest, is as harmful as the legalism from which they might have turned away.
Prayer:
O God, if, as Your Word says, You daily bear my burdens, is not this worth a daily response of prayer and praise? I may not be able to spend much time with You every day, but I can spend some time. Help me never to forget this. In Christ's Name. Amen.
For Further Study
Ps. 119:1--15, 72, 97; Jer. 15:16
1. What did the psalmist say he would not do?
2. What did Jeremiah liken God's Word to?
shout out from Cambodia! we have been praying for you!
ReplyDeleteNews: May is v sick, please pray for her. The whole team has been sick here or there so pray for energy and good health!
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Z