Wednesday

“Let the peoples praise You, O God;

let all the peoples praise You.”

~Psalm 67:5~

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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

“You shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water,” (Isaiah 58:11b, ESV).

Dear Intercessors, this is Eleanor Witcher of the Office of Global Prayer Strategy, asking you to pray for women.

The Wassulu Team asks prayer for the Garden Project in village B2, especially the chosen widows and other women who are gardening there. Pray that new wells will provide a good and steady water supply and that their initial harvests will yield plenty for their families as well as enough to share and sell.

Those working with Assamese Muslims of India give thanks to the Lord for new teammates. A new journeyman is currently in language learning, and she will begin a teacher-training program with women. Two new ‘Hands On’ personnel will be teaching the program of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) to women who have a desire to learn conversational English.

In Dakar, Senegal, MA told the missionary that she needed to talk–she had been thinking about the Bible stories. After considering the cost, she had decided to become a follower of Jesus. As the missionary went through the steps, MA expressed that she understood completely, and also knew that if she became His follower, she could lose her children. She said that she had to follow the “way of Jesus”. MA then prayed and asked Christ to forgive her and become her Savior. She began sharing her faith with her children in the evenings. MA is reading her Bible daily and then sharing with her family what she has read. She went to visit a very close friend and witnessed to her friend, telling her all that God was teaching her and what a blessing it was to be His follower.

* Please pray that MA will continue to grow strong in her faith and be obedient in baptism.

* Pray for new workers among the Assamese to integrate quickly into the community through these training programs.

* Intercede for the Wassulu women that they will clearly hear the message of Jesus through His parables and receive His salvation.

KneEmail

“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2:10

Mike Benson, Editor

ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER crossing the Red Sea, the Israelites all got sick…

They all caught a deadly virus.  It was far more virulent and lethal than the SARS virus that brought death an destruction to our world.  It was the G virus — the “grumble” germ…

All but two occurrences of “grumbling” in the Old Testament are found in six chapters of the Pentateuch: Exodus 15, 16, and 17, and Numbers 14, 16, and 17.  Of all the sins of the fathers, God counted this one of the worst.  It is one of Satan’s most effective weapons because it robs us of God and robs God of us!

Sometimes learning what God thinks about our grumbles helps us to deal with them.  First of all, God hears us when we gripe and grumble.  Numbers 11:18 says, “The LORD heard you when you wailed.”  Over and over again the Bible says that God heard the Israelites’ griping and their grumbling.  We need to know that God doesn’t want to hear it!

Our son and daughter-in-law have seven children.  There is a sign displayed in a prominent place in their kitchen that says briefly and succintly: “No whining!”  Whining is unacceptable behavior to those parents, and it is unacceptable to God .  It poisons the environment and spoils relationships.  It makes God sad to hear us whine, and it also makes Him mad!  “Now the people complained about their hardships in the hearing of the LORD.  And when He heard them His anger was aroused” (Numbers 11:1).  God wants us to know that wailing and whining are unacceptable behaviors.  Jill Briscoe, “The Other Side of Redemption,” Here Am I Lord…Send Somebody Else!, 80-81

“In everything give thanks;

for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”

~1 Thessalonians 5:18~

Flood heaven with your prayers of thanksgiving!

Anna Lee