Holly K. is feeling better now. Thank you for praying for her. Today is her birthday. Say a special prayer for her next year as a MK teacher.
Today, we all should focus our prayers on David Allen as he sees a new cardiologist in Baton Rouge.
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Friday, October 30, 2009
“The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,” (Luke 4:18a, NKJV).
Dear Intercessors, this is Eleanor Witcher of the Office of Global Prayer Strategy, asking you to pray for outreach through medical work.
Five-gallon plastic buckets containing homecare supplies are being used in a home-based project east of Lusaka, Zambia, on a military base and in the villages in a wide area around the base. Both military personnel and church members are involved in the distribution. After receiving 60 buckets provided by Southern Baptist churches in the United States, a military chaplain thanked members of the Greater Lusaka Area Team and told how much the buckets were helping bedfast patients. His face glowed with excitement as he told how people were responding to the message of Christ.
God is doing great things in the Karachi, Pakistan medical community and in the lives of nurses and nursing students. Four young women recently committed their lives to Christ and made this known publically. Please lift up the leaderas she meets with these women and others whom they have invited to come and study the foundations of faith. Pray for these four women to drink in the spiritual milk they need now so they can grow in their new walk with Jesus.
A dental clinic held among the Kyrgyz of Central Asia allowed the team to serve approximately 200 people, relieving many from the pain of terribly rotten and abscessed teeth and doing much-needed teaching on basic dental care. There were opportunities for Truth to be shared, and there was much rejoicing in heaven as one person accepted Christ as personal Lord and Savior.
* Please pray for those who receive homecare buckets that their hearts would also be open to the Gospel.
* As we rejoice over decisions leading to salvation, pray also for their on-going discipleship.
* Ask the Lord to guide you to the brokenhearted in your community and to a ministry you can perform in His honor.
komPRAY
October 30, 2009
“Let the little children come to Me, and don’t stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these,” Luke 18:16b
Working with dad
We attended our Parent-Teacher Conference at school this morning. And, that means no school for the rest of the day. I know what I want to do…go with my dad to visit the guys in the Nairobi Business as Mission ministry.
I like being around the guys and visiting with them and doing things with them. There are ten of them who work in leather crafting four days a week. The rest of the week they spent their time with their Bible storying groups and telling the good news in their communities.
Prayer Requests from Missionary Kids
Pray for us and our family as we spend time together this last month before our new baby brother arrives. Pray we will be able to enjoy our parents and feel loved and secure and ready for all the changes that will take place soon. WIL, age 1, and ANNA, age 3 (European peoples)
Who’s missing? Whose mission?
You play a key role in teaching children about God’s love for children who live in Peru, Ghana, India or China, about the people He uses to show His love and about His commission to all who love Him to tell His story around the world. During 2009, we invite you to join us as we focus on “Who’s Missing? Whose Mission?” More than 1.5 billion people are still missing out on the opportunity to hear the Gospel. Do your children know they have an important role in helping to reach them?
Are you ready for a challenge?
THINKING ABOUT GOD
Richard Fairchild tells the following story in his book, “Not Far From the Kingdom of God”:
In the days of the circuit riders a minister was out riding one afternoon and came upon a man out working in his field.
“Fine day, isn’t it?” the minister called out.
“It’s fine for you”, the man replied, “All you have to do is ride around on that horse thinking about God all day long, while I have to sweat here in this field and then walk home afterward. I don’t think it is right you should have things so easy while I have to work so hard.”
“On the contrary”, the minister answered, “thinking about God is one of the most difficult things you can do. And to prove it, I’ll give you this horse if you can think about God and nothing else for one minute.”
“You’re on,” said the man and immediately he sat down in silence. Thirty seconds later he looked up at the minister, and said, “Does that include the saddle?”
I would agree that thinking about God and nothing else is a very difficult thing to do. I would also add, though, that it is just as hard for ministers as it is anyone else!
The apostle Paul wrote, “Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.” (Colossians 3:2).
But our mind is filled nearly every minute of the day with things on this earth — concerns about things that have happened, concerns about things that will (or might) happen, concerns about what we have (or don’t have), concerns about how to get what we don’t have, concerns about people that have done us wrong, concerns about what we want others to do for us.
And our mind is so crowded with the things of this world, that there’s just not much room left for God. It’s hard to think about God and God alone, for there is so much competing for our attention.
Allow me to give you this challenge — think about God and nothing else for one minute. If you can achieve that goal, strive for five minutes. May thoughts of God increasingly fill your mind so that you can eventually say with the Psalmist all day long, “I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty, and on Your wondrous works.” (Psalm 145:15)
Have a great day!
Alan Smith
Helen Street Church of Christ
Fayetteville, North Carolina
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