Wednesday

“But other seed fell on good ground

and yielded a crop that sprang up,

increased and produced:

some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.”

~Mark 4:8, NKJV~

Hi, this is Eleanor Witcher of IMB’s prayer office, encouraging you to pray for those seeking God’s Truth.

A few weeks ago, workers arrived in Village S, a Mandinka village of West Africa to share stories from God’s Word. The woman began gathering the wooden benches that are normally placed in a shaded area surrounded by cement bricks from an unfinished building. Curious children also gathered. They had barely chosen their seats when Erik*, one of the local Quranic teachers, motioned to the group to leave the sheltered area and join him under a large mango tree. With limited language abilities and the way Africans love to talk in circles, one worker struggled to understand what was happening. Several minutes into his monologue, a fellow worker leaned over and whispered, “He’s saying all good things; saying that he knows that what we are saying is the truth. He has been listening to the program we have on the radio and wants to know more about Jesus.”

Three Kurmanji Kurdish girls befriended a believer and said, “Can you tell me about Jesus and what you believe?” “Yes, I can!” What an opportunity! One had tears in her eyes as she listened. All of them noted that their belief is on a ‘point system’ and how beautiful faith is. Pray that they will want to read the Bible, that they will continue to ask questions, and that they will believe. The one with tears in her eyes said that her neighbor across-the-hall reads the New Testament. The believer had met that woman, too, but didn’t know that she was reading the Bible. God is at work.

Please pray for the seeds of Truth to take root in the hearts of these three Kurmanji Kurdish girls and produce abundant fruit.

Wendell Lynn (Formerly lived in this area)

http://www.texarkanafuneralhome.com/sitemaker/sites/TEXARK1/obit.cgi?user=26550980_WLynn

Read the Bible in 2015 – Psalm 75-77

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Operation Christmas Child (“Shoeboxes”)

A new month means a new list of items to purchase. Be sure to check the table across from the kitchen in the fellowship hall. We will begin school supplies. By selection bags from the table and purchasing the item listed on that bag, we can be sure to get the items needed and not overlap.
A group of ladies has been working since last Christmas to cut and sew 300 drawstring bags so we can fill 300 shoeboxes. I’m happy to report they have already exceeded that number.
The focus in the coming days will be school supplies.
Remember, in addition to toys, toiletries, etc. each shoebox will be a means of sending “Jesus” to children around the world.
If you or your class would like to contribute money so someone can do the shopping for you, that will work just fine. We also need to purchase more shoeboxes soon.
If you have items you have already purchased but not delivered to the table in the fellowship hall, you can bring your items to my classroom before Sunday School any Sunday.

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

“Raise Your Hand” – http://odb.org/
God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. ~John 3:17~
“Because He Lives”
- http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/b/bill_gaither/because_he_lives.html God sent His son, they called Him, Jesus;
  He came to love, heal and forgive;
  He lived and died to buy my pardon,
  An empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives!
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPW9xYEyijQ

Remember to plan the seed. You may not see the harvest, but it’s planted.

Anna Lee