Keith China Nanjing

Welcome to battle stations, our monthly prayer letter for China
欢迎来到奋斗之所，这是我们每月给中国的祷告信。
Please continue to pray for us and please listen to the sermons at the bottom and pray for the country and people groups
请持续为我们祷告，倾听最下面的布道，并为国家和民族团体祷告。
Thanks as always for your fervent prayers for our little church.
感谢您为我们的小型教会所做的热切祷告。
This month, we need you to pray for our dear Pastor Z and his dear wife also their children, one boy and one girl.. Please pray for their protection, as he has been called in to "have tea", with the police and to give away all his contacts, he has had phone calls from security forces and yet he is faithful to his calling. Please pray for him, I truly love Pastor Z, he is my dear friend. Please uphold him in prayer.
本月请您为我们尊敬的Z牧师和他亲爱的妻子以及孩子们，一个男孩儿和一个女孩儿祷告，请祈祷他们获得保护，因为他已经被警察叫去“喝茶”，并且拿走了他的联系方式，他只有安全部门给的电话，然而他一直保持信仰。请为他祷告，我一直真诚地喜爱Z牧师，他是我亲爱的朋友，请在祷告中支持他。
Also pray for our lead pastor GM, who leads many churches, please pray for him and indeed all pastors in China, that they would remain faithful.
请为我们的主任牧师GM祷告。他一直带领许多教会，请为他以及所有在中国的牧师祷告，祷告他们持守信仰。
We have co-workers in the church, but they are all women, please pray for unity. Disputes have arisen, because of envy and empire building etc. Having women in this role is not ideal, but there are no men, please pray for the few men that we have to step up and lead .
我们在教会里有同工，但是他们都是女士，请为他们的团结祷告。由于嫉妒和建筑物的一些问题，他们中间有纷争，女士们担任这个角色是不太理想的，但是没有男士，请祷告会有男士进入并成为领袖。
Especially pray for the three men closest to me, MW, W and L, we are in close fellowship and although I can't speak Chinese, I am able to share, what I can find in Chinese for them. Please pray that they and others are transformed by the power of the Holy Scriptures. W likes to play cards. Many other men are dormant in relationships, the wives are the leaders, please pray as there are only two truly Christian marriages in the church. Please pray that the sisters might win their husbands without a word. Please pray for brother L and sister Z and myself and Helen. People look up to myself and Helen.
请特别为我最亲近的三个人MW, W 和L祷告，我们是亲近的伙伴，尽管我不会讲汉语，我能够分享，也能够为他们找到相应的中文，请祷告他们和其他人都能够被圣经的力量所转变。W喜欢玩纸牌，许多男人们在关系中保持沉默，他们的妻子是领导者，请为教会中仅有的两对基督徒婚姻祷告，请祷告姐妹们不依靠她们的话语来赢得她们的丈夫。请为弟兄L和姐妹Z以及我和海伦祷告，人们一直尊敬我和海伦。
Fervently pray for us, stand in the gap for this church, maybe you can't pray for the whole of China, but maybe you can partner in prayer with us, 2 Thess 3:1-4.
请为我们热切祷告，在教会的隔阂中坚定自己。也许你无法为整个中国祷告，但也许你能够加入我们的祷告。帖撒罗尼迦后书3:1-4。
Please get your church to pray for us, please start a prayer meeting for us, this prayer letter will be sent out every month.
请让你们的教会为我们祷告，请为我们举行祷告聚会，这封祷告信每月都会发出。
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请在脸书上分享，分享到你的联系方式上，打印出来并张贴在教会告示板上。
If you wish to subscribe and don't already, please email me at keitherichobkirk@hotmail.com
如果你希望订阅但还没有订阅，请发email到keitherichobkirk@hotmail.com

SOAK IN SCRIPTURE

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CHINESE

PHILIPPIANS

腓立比书导读 第1章
Rev. QINGJIANG ZHANG | Philippians 腓立比书
Chinese纽约以便以谢基督教浸信会
sermonaudio.com/sermon/727231421525491

ENGLISH
JOHN KNOX INSTITUTE

PART 1

https://johnknoxinstitute.org/modules/westminstershortercatechism?lesson=571

PART 2

https://johnknoxinstitute.org/modules/westminstershortercatechism?lesson=572

PRAYER FOCUS

PRAY FERVENTLY FOR THESE NATIONS


BANGLADESH

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BARBADOS

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BELARUS

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JIASOU

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JING

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MIN DONG CHINESE

https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/18478/CH



"Please rejoice for me! Jesus has
died on the cross for me. It is my utter
joy to be imprisoned for my Lord.
This is a reality and not self-comfort
nor self-encouragement."
~ Pastor John Cao, who is
currently imprisoned in China
PAKISTAN: Pastor Shot in Jaranwala
Sources: Kross Konnection, UCA News, Daily Pakistan, Morning Star News
Eleazar Sidhu lying on a gurney.
Pastor Eleazar Sidhu after his injuries.
Photo: Morning Star News

On August 16th, protests by thousands of angry Muslims in the Christian colony of Jaranwala resulted in damages to hundreds of homes and over 20 churches. For more details on this recent incident, view our report from August 24th and a very informative video alert.

While the intense violence has been quelled, tensions persist throughout the region, and the anti-Christian sentiment which fuelled the violence remains. Eleazar Sidhu serves as the pastor of the Myong-Sang Naserth Church in Jaranwala, which was one of the many churches attacked in the riots. On August 28th, Islamic slogans were painted on the wall of the church building, including a curse against Pastor Eleazar. This vandalism was reported to the police and the writing has since been painted over.

A few days later, a group of people intercepted Pastor Eleazar and threatened to kill him because he had removed the writing. On September 3rd, the church leader was returning to his home when two unidentified men approached him. Pulling out a pistol, one demanded that Pastor Eleazar recite the Kalima (the Islamic declaration of faith). When the pastor instead began reciting the Apostles' Creed, the man shot him in the upper chest and then fled.

Pastor Eleazar was taken to the hospital, where doctors were able to remove the bullet. While he lost a lot of blood, the pastor is now considered to be out of danger and, thankfully, recovering well after surgery. The incident has led to renewed concerns regarding the safety of Christians in the area. Police guards have been deployed at churches, but there is scepticism about whether this will be an effective means of protecting worshippers at risk.

Pray for the complete healing of Pastor Eleazar, asking that this Christian leader and his family members will tangibly sense God's comforting presence throughout his recovery. Praise the Lord that there have been no reported casualties due to the ongoing religious tensions in Jaranwala. Please pray for the Lord's protection over His people in this troubled city, as well as those residing in other areas within the nation of Pakistan. Also ask for His intervention in the affairs of the country so that the blasphemy laws, which are so commonly abused, will be revoked.

NIGERIA: Pastor Killed in Kaduna State
Sources: Morning Star News, Vatican News, Legit Nigeria, Punch Nigeria
Two men are lowering a casket into the ground.
Multitudes of Nigerian Christians have
died for their faith since 2009.

Violence perpetrated by various terrorist groups has been continuing unabated in Nigeria, particularly against Christians. Even with increased security measures in place, Islamic militants continue to conduct deadly raids on Christian communities. A report released in April indicated that over 50,000 followers of Jesus have died and over 18,000 churches were set ablaze since the Boko Haram insurgency began in 2009. Those numbers continue to rise, particularly with the increasing attacks by Islamic Fulani groups. For more details on the violence against Christians in Nigeria, go to our country report.

On August 23rd, Pastor Jeremiah Mayau from the Tawaliu Baptist Church was shot and killed by unknown assailants while he was working in his agricultural field. At the time of publishing this report, details surrounding the attackers' identities and motives remain unknown. Rev. Joseph John Hayab, who serves as the chair for the Kaduna chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, refers to the attack as "barbaric." In his statement addressing the incident, Rev. Joseph called on security agencies to exercise greater vigilance to halt this type of activity in the state.

May God provide greatly needed comfort to the loved ones, friends and church family of Pastor Jeremiah during this time of mourning. Pray that the members of the Tawaliu Baptist Church will remain steadfast in their faith, receiving strength, vigour and encouragement from the Lord as they faithfully reach out to the members of their community with the message of eternal life through Jesus Christ. Additionally, pray that Nigerian authorities would not only bring those responsible for this attack to justice, but that there would also be increased vigilance among the country's security forces in providing protection to our vulnerable Christian brothers and sisters.

CHINA: New Laws Tighten Grip on Churches
Sources: Release International, AnglicanTV Ministries, UCA News
A cross is being removed from a building.
Religious symbols have been removed from
the exterior of numerous church buildings.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has released new religious restrictions which took effect on September 1st, bringing added concerns in a country already experiencing increased repressive measures. The new rules require religious venues to submit to the leadership of the CCP and its plans for the "sinicization" of religion.

According to the State Administration for Religious Affairs, all religious activities will be limited to official venues only and religious symbols must not be displayed outdoors. In recent years, more than 1,500 crosses have been torn down from officially recognized churches in the Zhejiang province alone. It is expected that such enforcements will increase under these new rules.

The new regulations also put further stipulations on the preaching taking place in government-approved churches. For example, pastors' sermons must now reflect China's politics and the values of President Xi Jinping, demonstrating their full support for the Communist Party of China and its socialist system. Any clergy members refusing to comply face disqualification from preaching.

While such regulations are specifically aimed at the official Three-Self churches, the policies will undoubtedly be used against underground churches that have refused to be placed under government control. For more details on the persecution encountered by Christians in China, go to our country report.

Prayerfully uphold those who are seeking to share the message of the Gospel in this increasingly repressive nation, asking the Lord to grant them wisdom and discretion. Please also remember our Chinese brothers and sisters in Christ who currently remain imprisoned for their faith, praying that they will be granted divinely appointed opportunities to minister to others around them. Finally, pray that God will work mightily in the hearts of China's leaders, including President Xi Jinping, leading each one to repentance and a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.

Please continue to remember us as a church, we need all your prayers.
请始终记住我们是一个教会，我们需要你们所有的祷告。
Please remember our pastor Z and his wife who not only serve us but four other churches as well.
请记住我们的牧师Z和他的妻子，他们不仅服侍我们教会，还有另外四所教会。
Please pray for my wife as she serves the church, the demands are very high, not only for her, but for other co-workers also.
请为我妻子祷告，她也在服侍教会，教会要求很高，不仅对她，也对其他同工。
Please pray for Y, a young girl of twenty who my wife and I led to faith, but due to her outbursts, has been sent to a secure unit. Please pray for her, that she would be completely healed and that her parents, who cant cope with her, would come to a living biblical faith.
请为一个二十岁的年轻女孩Y祷告，我和妻子带她走进信仰之路，但由于她突然爆发的疾病，已经被送进隔离病房，请祷告她完全治愈，她的父母无法治愈她，祷告他们走向对圣经的信仰。
Please pray for YY, a sister, who needs much healing and for her family.
请为一位姊妹YY和她的家庭祷告，她需要更多治疗。
Please pray for the men of the church, many are stuck in materialism and apathy. Please pray that God would touch their hearts, especially Hur, Fung and Shou.
请为教会男人们祷告，许多人陷入唯物主义和冷漠。请祷告神会触动他们的心，尤其是何，冯和周。
Continue to pray for our groups, which meet online.
请继续为我们的线上聚会群祷告。
Please pray for my brother Philip, who is 75 and in deep need of salvation.
请为我的兄弟菲利普祷告，他目前75岁，非常需要救恩。
Please pray for Helen's mother, in her 80's, needs salvation. Lost husband is very lonely.
请为海伦的母亲祷告，她今年80岁了，需要救恩，她失去了丈夫非常孤独。
Continue to ask the Lord to ad students to my online English classes
请继续请求神加增我的在线英文课堂的学生。
Continue to pray for our daughter to be led by the Lord in her future endeavours.
请继续祷告我们的女儿在她未来的尝试中被神带领。
Continue to pray for two of my students, H and E, young teenage Christian girls, that they would know Gd's grace in their lives. Please pray especially for E's grandma needs salvation.
请继续祷告我们两位学生，H和E,将会在他们的生命里认识神的恩典。请特别为E的祖母祷告，她需要救恩。
Praise God for Yolanda, wife of Oliver, made commitment to Christ.
请为尤兰达，奥利佛的妻子赞美神，她承诺信仰基督。
Praise God for Steven recently baptised and his wife Grace.
请为最近受洗的史蒂夫和他的妻子格蕾丝赞美神。

Please continue to remember us as a church, we need all your prayers.
请始终记住我们是一个教会，我们需要你们所有的祷告。
Please remember our pastor Z and his wife who not only serve us but four other churches as well.
请记住我们的牧师Z和他的妻子，他们不仅服侍我们教会，还有另外四所教会。
Please pray for my wife as she serves the church, the demands are very high, not only for her, but for other co-workers also.
请为我妻子祷告，她也在服侍教会，教会要求很高，不仅对她，也对其他同工。
Please pray for Y, a young girl of twenty who my wife and I led to faith, but due to her outbursts, has been sent to a secure unit. Please pray for her, that she would be completely healed and that her parents, who cant cope with her, would come to a living biblical faith.
请为一个二十岁的年轻女孩Y祷告，我和妻子带她走进信仰之路，但由于她突然爆发的疾病，已经被送进隔离病房，请祷告她完全治愈，她的父母无法治愈她，祷告他们走向对圣经的信仰。
Please pray for YY, a sister, who needs much healing and for her family.
请为一位姊妹YY和她的家庭祷告，她需要更多治疗。
Please pray for the men of the church, many are stuck in materialism and apathy. Please pray that God would touch their hearts, especially Hur, Fung and Shou.
请为教会男人们祷告，许多人陷入唯物主义和冷漠。请祷告神会触动他们的心，尤其是何，冯和周。
Continue to pray for our groups, which meet online.
请继续为我们的线上聚会群祷告。
Please pray for my brother Philip, who is 75 and in deep need of salvation.
请为我的兄弟菲利普祷告，他目前75岁，非常需要救恩。
Please pray for Helen's mother, in her 80's, needs salvation. Lost husband is very lonely.
请为海伦的母亲祷告，她今年80岁了，需要救恩，她失去了丈夫非常孤独。
Continue to ask the Lord to ad students to my online English classes
请继续请求神加增我的在线英文课堂的学生。
Continue to pray for our daughter to be led by the Lord in her future endeavours.
请继续祷告我们的女儿在她未来的尝试中被神带领。
Continue to pray for two of my students, H and E, young teenage Christian girls, that they would know Gd's grace in their lives. Please pray especially for E's grandma needs salvation.
请继续祷告我们两位学生，H和E,将会在他们的生命里认识神的恩典。请特别为E的祖母祷告，她需要救恩。
Praise God for Yolanda, wife of Oliver, made commitment to Christ.
请为尤兰达，奥利佛的妻子赞美神，她承诺信仰基督。
Praise God for Steven recently baptised and his wife Grace.
请为最近受洗的史蒂夫和他的妻子格蕾丝赞美神。

Welcome to battle stations, our monthly prayer letter for China
欢迎来到奋斗之所，这是我们每月给中国的祷告信。
Please continue to pray for us and please listen to the sermons at the bottom and pray for the country and people groups
请持续为我们祷告，倾听最下面的布道，并为国家和民族团体祷告。

Thanks for all your prayers, we need them.

To say both of us need them in an understatement, Our marriage is under severe and persistent attack from all sides.

Please pray for a young lady, who has severe mental problems, she throws things around the room, including cups and plates. Please pray for deep and powerful healing on this family.

Please pray for Y, who also has deep problems, for her husband and children.

Pray for SB's husband who is happy to come to church events, but does not believe there is a God.

I have had the privilege of sharing the gospel in all three situations (AS HAVE OTHERS), but only God can open their eyes.

Please pray for my dear wife, who is experiencing deep attacks on her health.

Continue to pray for more students to come to class especially online.

Praise God for the growth of the church, but where there is growth, there are attacks and opposition.

Continue to pray for our two pastors, that they would be faithful to the word of God.

Please pray for China, every day twenty-five thousand people die in China, may every person in this country have the opportunity to hear and respond to the gospel.

Thanks for all your prayers, we need them.
感谢所有祈祷者，我们需要它们。
To say both of us need them in an understatement, Our marriage is under severe and persistent attack from all sides.
说我们所有人都需要它们是一个轻描淡写的说法，我们的结合面临着来自各方的严峻和持续攻击。
Please pray for a young lady, who has severe mental problems, she throws things around the room, including cups and plates. Please pray for deep and powerful healing on this family.
请为一位年轻女士祷告，她有着严重精神问题，她把东西扔到房间里，包括杯子盘子。请为这个祷告她能够获得深入有力的治愈。
Please pray for Y, who also has deep problems, for her husband and children.
请为Y祷告，她也有深深的问题，请为她丈夫和孩子祷告。
Pray for SB's husband who is happy to come to church events, but does not believe there is a God.
请为SB的丈夫祷告，他很高兴来参与教会事务，但不相信那里有神。
I have had the privilege of sharing the gospel in all three situations (AS HAVE OTHERS), but only God can open their eyes.
我有幸在所有这三种情况下分享福音（其他人也一样），但只有神能够打开他们的眼。
Please pray for my dear wife, who is experiencing deep attacks on her health.
请为我亲爱的妻子祷告，她正在经历健康方面的深重打击。
Continue to pray for more students to come to class especially online.
继续祈祷有更多学生来到课堂，尤其是在线课堂。
Praise God for the growth of the church, but where there is growth, there are attacks and opposition.
为教会成长向神祈祷，但在有成长的地方，也有攻击和反对。
Continue to pray for our two pastors, that they would be faithful to the word of God.
继续祷告我们的两位牧师，对神的话语更有信心。
Please pray for China, every day twenty-five thousand people die in China, may every person in this country have the opportunity to hear and respond to the gospel.
请为中国祷告，这里每天有两万五千人死去，祈祷这个国家每个人可以有机会听到福音，并对福音有回应。




SOAK IN SCRIPTURE

ENGLISH



The Life of William Tyndale
Dr. Edward Panosian | History in the First Person
Beacon Baptist Church

sermonaudio.com/sermon/52414826339



Hugh Latimer
Dr. Edward Panosian
Faith FPC sermonaudio.com/sermon/6273

CHINESE

當你想放棄的時候
Rev. Derek Chi-Liang Tu | PSALMS 患難中的力量和安慰
Chinese三一基督教長老會

sermonaudio.com/sermon/43232254796

思考你对天主的看法 Ponder How You Think About God
Our Pastor

sermonaudio.com/sermon/31223126295089


PRAYER FOCUS

IRAN

https://prayercast.com/iran.html

IRAQ

https://prayercast.com/iraq.html

INDIA

https://prayercast.com/india.html


ISRAEL

https://prayercast.com/israel.html

Welcome to Fruit and Truth Devotions
欢迎来到果实和真理敬拜
These devotions are unique, they are the only ones in the world (to my knowledge), that are in English and English with Chinese translation, underneath each other.. These will help my Chinese friends to learn English.
这些敬拜是独一无二的，他们是世上唯一(就我所知)以英文和英汉翻译所做的敬拜..这将有助于我的中国朋友们学习英文。
Below the devotions are two resource sections:
敬拜来自于以下两部分:
Soak in Scripture.. the very best sermons in English and Chinese
Intense intercession. Prayer for people groups and Countries
沉浸于经文中..非常好的英文布道和热切的汉语代祷。
为团体和国家的人们祷告。
Copy the links into your browser or click on the links
在你的浏览器中复制链接，或直接点击链接。
Please read, listen and pray, and if you have been blessed, then share.
请阅读、倾听和祷告，如果你感到被祝福，请分享它。




23 Search me, O God, and know my heart!
Try me and know my thoughts![c]
24 And see if there be any grievous way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting![d]

THE PRAYER OF THE TRUE CHRISTIAN

How should we pray?

Here is a good way?

All through the psalm, we have seen that God knows all about us, but still the psalmist prays like this:

Search me.. look into every are of my life, all areas of my life are open to you

Try me.. put all my motives to the test, and the tests are your holiness and your word. We are to take into captivity every thought that is against the Lord.

See if any grievous way in in me..look at the whole direction of my life

Lead me.. a humble cry of the believer, he wants to be lead in the right way

The true believer is completely open and honest with God, he leaves no area of his life closed, because he/she knows that nothing is hid from the Lord.

Lord look into every area of my life, you know my sitting down, you know my rising up. I thank you know all about me as you created me, you made me wonderfully in my mother's womb.

Again the last word is from Matthew Henry：

(1.) The way of godliness is an everlasting way; it is everlastingly true and good, pleasing to God and profitable to us, and will end in everlasting life. It is the way of antiquity (so some), the good old way. (2.) All the saints desire to be kept and led in this way, that they may not miss it, turn out of it, nor tire in it.

GOD BLESS YOU
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23 Search me, O God, and know my heart!
Try me and know my thoughts![c]
24 And see if there be any grievous way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting![d]
23 上帝阿，求你鉴察我，知道我的心思，试炼我，知道我的意念。
24 看在我里面有甚么恶行没有，引导我走永生的道路。

THE PRAYER OF THE TRUE CHRISTIAN
真正基督徒的祈祷

How should we pray?
我们应该怎么祈祷？

Here is a good way?
这里有一个好的方法

All through the psalm, we have seen that God knows all about us, but still the psalmist prays like this:
透过诗篇，我们知道上帝知道我们的一切，但诗人仍然这样祷告：

Search me.. look into every are of my life, all areas of my life are open to you
搜寻我……看看我生命中的每一个角落，我生命的所有领域都向你敞开

Try me.. put all my motives to the test, and the tests are your holiness and your word. We are to take into captivity every thought that is against the Lord.
尝试我……求你试验我一切的动机，这试验就是你的圣洁和你的话语。凡敌挡耶和华的意念的，我们都要除掉。

See if any grievous way in in me..look at the whole direction of my life
看看我的内心是否有什么悲伤，看看我人生的方向

Lead me.. a humble cry of the believer, he wants to be lead in the right way
引导我……一个信徒谦卑的呼喊，他希望被引导在正确的道路上

The true believer is completely open and honest with God, he leaves no area of his life closed, because he/she knows that nothing is hid from the Lord.
真正的信徒对上帝是完全开放和诚实的，他的生命中没有任何地方是封闭的，因为他/她知道没有什么是瞒着上帝的。

Lord look into every area of my life, you know my sitting down, you know my rising up. I thank you know all about me as you created me, you made me wonderfully in my mother's womb.
主啊，看看我生命的每一个方面，你知道我坐下，你知道我起来。我感谢你知道我的一切，因为你创造了我，你在我母亲的子宫里使我奇妙。

Again the last word is from Matthew Henry：
最后一句话再次来自马太·亨利：

(1.) The way of godliness is an everlasting way; it is everlastingly true and good, pleasing to God and profitable to us, and will end in everlasting life. It is the way of antiquity (so some), the good old way. (2.) All the saints desire to be kept and led in this way, that they may not miss it, turn out of it, nor tire in it.
(1) 敬虔的道是永远的道；是永远的真善，为上帝所喜悦，为我们所有益，并且要终结在永生里。 这是古老的方式（有些是这样的），古老而好的方式。 (2) 众圣徒都愿意被保守，被引导这样行，使他们不至偏离，不至偏离，不至困乏。

GOD BLESS YOU
上帝祝福你


Be blessed by the following links to pray for China /the world and listen the sermons

SOAK IN SCRIPTURE

ENGLISH

THE TABERNACLE

https://johnknoxinstitute.org/modules/tabernacle?lesson=516

https://johnknoxinstitute.org/modules/tabernacle?lesson=517



CHINESE






john knox institute



https://www.johnknoxinstitute.com/cfy01/cfy-05

https://www.johnknoxinstitute.com/cfy01/cfy-06



intense intercession

WESTERN BALOCH

https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/15356/AF


BRAHUI

https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/10959/AF


DEAF


https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/19007/AF


Darwazi, Badakhshani

https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/11510/AF

Welcome to Fruit and Truth Devotions
欢迎来到果实和真理敬拜
These devotions are unique, they are the only ones in the world (to my knowledge), that are in English and English with Chinese translation, underneath each other.. These will help my Chinese friends to learn English.
这些敬拜是独一无二的，他们是世上唯一(就我所知)以英文和英汉翻译所做的敬拜..这将有助于我的中国朋友们学习英文。
Below the devotions are two resource sections:
敬拜来自于以下两部分:
Soak in Scripture.. the very best sermons in English and Chinese
Intense intercession. Prayer for people groups and Countries
沉浸于经文中..非常好的英文布道和热切的汉语代祷。
为团体和国家的人们祷告。
Copy the links into your browser or click on the links
在你的浏览器中复制链接，或直接点击链接。
Please read, listen and pray, and if you have been blessed, then share.
请阅读、倾听和祷告，如果你感到被祝福，请分享它。


19 Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God!
O men of blood, depart from me!
20 They speak against you with malicious intent;
your enemies take your name in vain.[b]
21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?
22 I hate them with complete hatred;
I count them my enemies.

TRUE HATRED

Not all people will have the same attitude to God as we do. Indeed, there are many people who hate God, yes hate God.

Surely people don't hate God, people are just not interested. When we share the gospel, the reaction from people is just to refuse, surely, they are just busy. No, they are against God, they hate him.

Before we were saved, we were haters of God, we shook our fists at God in rebellion.

People fight against God, they speak against God with malicious intent, they curse God, they revile God.

Remember this, that anyone who is outside of Christ is God's enemy, but this is the wonder of salvation, when salvation happens, we who were once enemies became his friends, and yes his sons and daughters.


These people are atheists, they don't believe what the psalmist believes, they don't believe that God has created them. They believe that we came from some process, they rage at God, people like Richard Dawkins rage at God, they say that God hates people, when they hate God.

These people are to be pitied, hell awaits these people.

What do we do with these people, we pray for them, we continue to share the gospel with them, even if they reject us.



Matthew Henry says this

He detests them (v. 21, 22): "Lord, thou knows the heart, and canst witness for me; do not I hate those that hate thee, and for that reason, because they hate thee? I hate them because I love thee, and hate to see such affronts and indignities put upon thy blessed name. Am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee, grieved to see their rebellion and to foresee their ruin, which it will certainly end in?" Note, Sin is hated, and sinners are lamented, by all that fear God. "I hate them" (that is, "I hate the work of them that turn aside," as he explains himself, Ps 101 3) "with a sincere and perfect hatred; I count those that are enemies to God as enemies to me, and will not have any intimacy with them," Ps 69 8

God bless you

KK.



19 Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God!

O men of blood, depart from me!
20 They speak against you with malicious intent;
your enemies take your name in vain.[b]
21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?
22 I hate them with complete hatred;
I count them my enemies.

诗篇 139

19 上帝阿，你必要杀戮恶人，所以你们好流人血的，离开我去吧。

20 因为他们说恶言顶撞你，你的仇敌也妄称你的名。

21 耶和华阿，恨恶你的，我岂不恨恶他们么；攻击你的，我岂不憎嫌他们么。

22 我切切的恨恶他们，以他们为仇敌。



TRUE HATRED

真正的恨



Not all people will have the same attitude to God as we do. Indeed, there are many people who hate God, yes hate God.

不是所有的人对上帝的态度都和我们一样。的确，有许多人恨上帝，是的，恨上帝。



Surely people don't hate God, people are just not interested. When we share the gospel, the reaction from people is just to refuse, surely, they are just busy. No, they are against God, they hate him.

人们当然不恨上帝，人们只是不感兴趣。当我们分享福音时，人们的反应只是拒绝，当然，他们只是忙。不，他们反对上帝，他们恨他。



Before we were saved, we were haters of God, we shook our fists at God in rebellion.

我们在得救以前，是上帝的仇敌，向上帝抡拳悖逆。



People fight against God, they speak against God with malicious intent, they curse God, they revile God.

人们反对上帝，他们恶意地说话反对上帝，他们诅咒上帝，他们辱骂上帝。



Remember this, that anyone who is outside of Christ is God's enemy, but this is the wonder of salvation, when salvation happens, we who were once enemies became his friends, and yes his sons and daughters.

凡在基督以外的，就是上帝的仇敌。这就是得救的奇妙。当得救发生的时候，我们从前是仇敌的，现在成了他的朋友，并且是他的儿女。



These people are atheists, they don't believe what the psalmist believes, they don't believe that God has created them. They believe that we came from some process, they rage at God, people like Richard Dawkins rage at God, they say that God hates people, when they hate God.

这些人是无上帝论者，他们不相信诗人的信仰，他们不相信上帝创造了他们。他们相信我们来自某种过程，他们对上帝发怒，像理查德·道金斯这样的人对上帝发怒，当他们恨上帝的时候，他们说上帝恨人们。



These people are to be pitied; hell awaits these people.

这些人值得同情，地狱在等着他们。



What do we do with these people, we pray for them, we continue to share the gospel with them, even if they reject us.

我们如何对待这些人，我们为他们祈祷，我们继续与他们分享福音，即使他们拒绝我们。



Matthew Henry says this

马修·亨利这样说



He detests them (v. 21, 22): "Lord, thou knows the heart, and canst witness for me; do not I hate those that hate thee, and for that reason, because they hate thee? I hate them because I love thee, and hate to see such affronts and indignities put upon thy blessed name. Am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee, grieved to see their rebellion and to foresee their ruin, which it will certainly end in?" Note, Sin is hated, and sinners are lamented, by all that fear God. "I hate them" (that is, "I hate the work of them that turn aside," as he explains himself, Ps 101 3) "with a sincere and perfect hatred; I count those that are enemies to God as enemies to me, and will not have any intimacy with them," Ps 69 8

他憎恶他们(21、22节)：“主啊，你的心是知道的，你可以为我作见证；那恨你的人，我岂不恨他们吗。因为他们恨你，我岂不恨他们吗。我恨他们，因为我爱你，不愿看到这样的侮辱和侮辱加在你的圣名上。那些起来攻击你的人，我看见他们的悖逆，看见他们终必灭亡，难道我不厌烦吗？” 注意，所有敬畏上帝的人都憎恨罪恶，哀叹罪人。“我恨他们”(也就是说，“我恨那些离经叛道的人的工作”，诗篇101 3) “怀着真诚而彻底的仇恨；我与那些与上帝为敌的人为敌，决不与他们亲近”诗篇69:8



God bless you

上帝祝福你

KK.




Be blessed by the following links to pray for China /the world and listen the sermons

SOAK IN SCRIPTURE

ENGLISH

JOHN KNOX INSTITUTE

https://johnknoxinstitute.org/modules/tabernacle?lesson=514

https://johnknoxinstitute.org/modules/tabernacle?lesson=515


CHINESE



john knox institute


https://www.johnknoxinstitute.com/cfy01/cfy-03


https://www.johnknoxinstitute.com/cfy01/cfy-04



intense intercession

HAINANESE

https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/12053/CH

HAKKA

https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/12054/CH

HUI'AN

https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/18475/CH

HUIZHOU

https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/18476/CH

Welcome to battle stations, our monthly prayer letter for China
欢迎来到奋斗之所，这是我们每月给中国的祷告信。
Please continue to pray for us and please listen to the sermons at the bottom and pray for the country and people groups
请持续为我们祷告，倾听最下面的布道，并为国家和民族团体祷告。
PRAYER REQUESTS
祷告请求
Please pray for Y and her brother, who are both divorced. These have heard the gospel, but need to truly repent and believe it. Please pray that their lives would be transformed by its power.
请为Y和她的兄弟祷告，他们均已离异。他们已经听说了福音，但需要真正的悔改信服。请祈祷他们的生活将会通过祷告的力量而改变。
Please pray for a lady, who is suffering from paranoia and severe depression, her husband cannot stand it . Please pray for a deep work of the spirit upon their lives.
请为一位女士祷告，她正在经历妄想症和严重的抑郁，她的丈夫无法忍受。请祈祷圣灵在她们的生命中深入地做工。
Continue to pray for the men in the church, that they would be activated and stirred to serve, especially Wei, Lu, Yang and Wang. Please pray for Hur, Fung, Wang and Fan, that they would truly trust Christ.
继续为教会中的男人们祷告，他们将更有活力，更振奋地来侍奉，尤其是魏，陆，杨和王。请为何，冯，王和范祷告，他们将真正信仰基督。
Please pray that I would have more students for my online and in person English classes
请祈祷我将有更多在线学生以及实地英语课堂。
Please pray for the church over holy week, that we would be able to tell the old story to many people in China.
请为教会一周的圣洁祷告，我们将能够在中国给许多人讲述古老的故事。
There are over 40 complexes around us, please pray that everyone would have a bible study group. Please pray that all meetings, would not just be meetings, but special times with God.
附近有40多座综合楼，请祈祷每个人将有一个圣经学习小组。请祷告所有的聚会将不仅仅是聚会，而是与神一起的特殊时光。
Please pray for the co-workers, all women, for unity. Please pray we would develop men into leadership and train up missionaries to take the gospel to China.
请为同工们、女人们以及她们的联合祷告。请祈祷我们将发展男人们进入领导岗位，并为中国福音事业培训他们。
Please pray that revival would take place in our area of the vineyard, we are Yaohuamen family church.
请祈祷在我们这座葡萄园里将会有复兴，我们是尧化门家庭教会。
Please pray that each member of the church would have a dynamic and living relationship with God and that out of them, would flow rivers of living water. We don't want to be a church that is stagnant and with your prayers, we won't be.
请祈祷教会每个成员将与神有一个不断更新、充满活力的关系，不断有活水流动成河。我们不想成为一个停滞的教会，有了你们的祷告，我们将不会变为那样。
PLEASE SHARE THESE REQUESTS请分享这些请求。

Be blessed by the following links to pray for China /the world and listen the sermons

Soak in scripture

ENGLISH

What is the Greatest Verse in the Bible?
Pastor Robert DeAngelo
Friendship Baptist Church


sermonaudio.com/sermon/3302333986118


"Christ's Greatest Triumph"
Daniel Ingle
Bethel Missionary Baptist

sermonaudio.com/sermon/33023130477526

CHINESE

十诫第二条--不可制作和跪拜偶像--Don't Make or Worship Idols
Guo Dixiong | 出伊及记 Exodus
ChineseTruth Baptist Church

sermonaudio.com/sermon/12132223527691

末日审判
Paul Washer | Final Judgment
ChineseChrist Gospel Church

sermonaudio.com/sermon/210151758482






INTENSE INTERCESION


AFGHANISTAN

https://prayercast.com/afghanistan.html

NORTHERN PASHTUN

https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/14256/AF

SOUTHEAST PASHTUN

https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/22356/AF

TURKMEN

https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/15654/AF

Please share with all you Chinese friends, we need CHINESE subscribers and translators, this translate was done by a blessed Chinese sister. Could you do the same? If you can please let me know

Thanks for being a part of the ministry of the church in China. You may ask, what can I do?
感谢成为中国教会事工的一员。你或许会问，我能做些什么呢？
You can read, pray and share the requests, please get your church praying.
你可以阅读、祷告并分享这些请求的事，请求你们的教会一起祷告。
We pray for the revival in Yao Hua Men China. Please first of all pray that although we have many meetings, God's spirit will break through, because without that power, we are nothing, all our efforts are useless
我们为中国尧化门的复兴祷告。首先请祷告:尽管我们有许多聚会，神的灵会克服困难获得成功，假如没有那股力量，我们什么也不是，所有的努力都毫无价值。
Please pray for the co-workers in the church, we have six to seven groups and each group leader wants to do their own thing and to take over as full leader. Please pray that each group leader would be broken and have a servant approach.
请为我们教会同工祷告，我们有6-7个小组，每个小组领导都想做自己的事并作为总的领导进行接管。请祷告每个小组领导都能克服困难并以仆人的方式做事。
My wife has now retired from teaching and so we are seeking to do more things together. Please pray for us and our marriage that is remains strong, we have had our struggles.
我妻子目前已从教职退休，我们正一起寻求做更多的事情，请为我们祷告，祷告我们的婚姻始终坚固，我们也一直在努力。
Please pray for our men, for Lu, Yang, Wang, Ma and others. Please pray God stirs them and helps them grow up strong.
请为我们的人祷告，为陆、杨、王、马和其他人祷告。请祷告神兴起他们，帮助他们茁壮成长。
Please pray for the children, that God would touch many children to come to faith. We have bought a radio-controlled plane and kite and this is an outreach to many children. People in China like this type of thing and it is an opening for the gospel, Both me and Helen have tested it, and gone back to our childhood.. haha
请为孩子们祷告，祷告神感动更多孩子来到真理面前。我们已经购买了一架无线遥控飞机，这对孩子们是一种拓展。中国人喜欢这类事情，它是福音的开始，我和海伦已做了测试，就像回到了我们的童年..哈哈
Please continue to pray for our pastor and his family, he has five churches to look after.
请持续为我们的牧师和他的家人祷告，他有五个教会需要照顾。
Continue to pray for many who need the saviour in China, the harvest field is so vast, every morning I walk down to the market and I see literally hundreds of people. Please get involved with us and pray for our area of Yao Hua Men and our housing Complex of Shangchengfengjing South area, in this complex there are seven hundred flats in 18 blocks and although this is one of the largest, there are over 60 other housing complexes in Yao Hua Men, it is like a small city within a city.
继续为中国需要救赎的人祷告，收获的田野是如此广阔，每天早晨我走向市场，毫不夸张地说我看到成百上千人，请加入我们，为我们尧化门区和商城风景南区综合大楼祷告，在这座综合大楼的18座大楼里有七百个公寓，尽管这是最大的一个，尧化门还有超过60个其他综合建筑，它就像一个城中之城。
Persecution is still ongoing, people are asked to identify host families and to give them away, some are offered money.
烦扰仍然不断，人们被要求证明所寄宿的家庭，被要求离开，有些人会收费。
Please pray that the gospel would not be hindered, that it would spread and impact all of China. Please join us in fervent prayer. 25,000 people die every day in China, the majority without Christ, the door of hell welcomes many, but the door of heaven is still open, please pray that many Chinese would find the narrow way, many are lost without hope.
请祷告福音会传播，影响所有中国人，而不会被阻碍。请以热切祷告加入我们。中国每天有25000人死亡，绝大多数不了解基督，地狱之门欢迎许多人，但天堂之门仍然打开着，请祷告更多中国人找到那条窄路，许多人在毫无希望中迷失。
We met men in the park, they are all atheists, completely without hope. Please pray fervently for the 500 million atheists in Chin and 160 million Buddhists, trapped in false ideology and religion.
我们在公园里遇见人们，他们是无神论者，完全没有希望。请热切为中国5亿无神论者和1.6亿佛教徒祷告，他们陷入错误的意识形态和信仰中。
Many men walk about with no sense of belonging or future. Women largely control family matters and this leaves many men isolated. Please pray for the men of China
许多人在毫无归属感和未来之中行走。女人们在很大程度上对家庭事务有掌控权，这使得男人们很孤独。请为中国的男人们祷告。

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF CHINA
请为中国人民祷告
https://prayercast.com/china.html

BAI CENTRAL

https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/21528/CH

SOAK IN SCRIPTURE
沉浸在经文中
彼得在基督里由心而发的信仰告白（翻译）
Dr. Joel Beeke
圣传归正教会改革宗华语堂

sermonaudio.com/sermon/924221547295586

十字架上种子的荣耀
Rev. Simon Yin
圣传归正教会改革宗华语堂

sermonaudio.com/sermon/10922184536977

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Psalm 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd.





MY SHEPHERD





This is probably the best-known psalm of all the wonderful 150, people can often quote this verse by verse.





We are going to see how the first words, play out in practice.





The author, well who better than a shepherd, David knew about being a shepherd and the Holy Spirit used his experience to write these inspired and blessed verses.





He starts out with this statement, the Lord is my shepherd, he was an expert in shepherding sheep, but here he was acknowledging that is the Lord who was His shepherd.





Everything flows from our relationship with the shepherd, he provides for us, he protects us and gives us all blessings.





But it starts, with this question; Is he your shepherd?





The whole thrust of this psalm, is the relationship between the shepherd and his sheep, it is an intimate and personal one. Have you an intimate and personal relationship with the Lord and are able to call him.. my shepherd.





God bless you



Keith





1.The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want





NEEDING NOTHING BUT THE LORD





In the first devotion of this series, we saw how personal, the Lord was. He was my shepherd.





Being a shepherd was a lonely business sometimes, David had to look after the sheep on his own, there must have been times that he ran out of food for himself, but he like us, knows that the Lord and him alone is his provider.





When we know the Lord is our shepherd, we will never be in want, because our Father knows what we need, even before we ask Him.. amen.





When we ask him, he will give us the right thing at just the right time. I have seen God provide, so many times during my time in China. He brings students to the class, the right students, the right number at the right time.





We can trust God, because he is our shepherd, the sheep have complete trust of their shepherd, if we do the same, we will be able to say:





I shall not want or I shall never lack any good thing.





Amen.





God alone is our Jehovah Jireh.. our provider, not the church or your friends, although he uses these two avenues.





God provides everything for his sheep. Praise his holy name.





God bless you



Keith



SOAK IN SCRIPTURE



Gods of Our Own Making

Emeal (E.Z.) Zwayne | Crush the Idols



sermonaudio.com/sermon/81122441415232

The Folly of the Wise

Emeal (E.Z.) Zwayne | Crush the Idols
Cornerstone Bible Church


sermonaudio.com/sermon/8112254336546



FERVENT PRAYER FOR CHINA



BIYO



https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/10886/CH



PHOLA



https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/16151/CH

Greetings friends.



Please read, pray and listen to the following devotions, prayer needs and sermons. Please listen to the series on Pilgrim's progress






PSALM 66





16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.





THE CHRISTIAN'S CLARION CALL





Salvation from sin and having a relationship with God is truly the most amazing thing that can happen to anyone. I know that becoming a child of God on 15th, February, 1975 was the defining moment of my life, and I know that becoming a Christian is also the defining moment of many who are reading this devotion.





One of the reasons we are to tell (testify) what God has done for us among his people, is that it encourages them to press on. There is something about hearing how another person came to faith or how another believer is growing in grace. It is amazing to our souls to hear these (Testimonies)things.





We should always seek to encourage our fellow believers, by telling them, what blessings God has given us. We must share how God has opened up his word to us and spoken to us directly.





When was the last time you encouraged people in your church or an individual brother or sister in faith, by telling them, what God has done for your soul?





God has done so much for you.. share what He Has done for you.





Whilst you are about it.. tell the world, what He has done for your soul. Let the world know that Jesus has changed you life.



God bless you



Keith



PSALM 22




24 for he has not despised my cries of deep despair; he has not turned and walked away. When I cried to him, he heard and came.”





HE HEARS BECAUSE HE KNOWS OUR PAIN





This psalm is called the suffering servant psalm. It is probably the greatest prophecy about the death of our beloved Saviour.





Please read it and find all the prophecies about our Saviour.





What a verse we have in verse 24.



Jesus is our high priest.. he is the one who completely understands whatever trial, we are going through. In the book of Hebrews chapter 2 and 4 we have these words:





14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;



15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.



16 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.



17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.



18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.



14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.



15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.



16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.





What Jesus experienced throughout his life, He faced and overcame every single temptation that we will ever face, and through his death and resurrection, he defeated sin and death and its power forever.




Let us go back to our text in Psalm 22, when we cry out to Him, he hears. Believer cry out to God; he will hear you. Your high priest will not walk away, he will come to you.





He will do this, because he has been through everything you are going through.



What a wonderful assurance this is and should be to us.



Cry out believer.. Jesus hears and understands and he will come to you



God bless you



Keith



PRAY FOR CHINA




PLEASE PRAY FOR CHINA



PUTIAN



https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/18481/CH





WAXIANG


https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/18483/CH


SHAOZHOU



https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/18743/CH

BULANG

https://www.joshuaproject.mobi/people_groups/12665/CH

YICHEhttps://www.joshuaproject.mobi/people_groups/18728/CH

SALAR

https://www.joshuaproject.mobi/people_groups/14658/CH


SOAK IN SCRIPTURE

PILGRIMS PROGRESS DEVOTIONS BY MIKE RICCARDI

The Palace Beautiful, Pt 1: A Roadmap to Pilgrim's Progress

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The Palace Beautiful, Pt 2: A Roadmap to Pilgrim's Progress


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The Valley of Humiliation: A Roadmap to Pilgrim's Progress

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The Valley of the Shadow of Death: A Roadmap to Pilgrim's...

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. Fellowship with Faithful:A Roadmap to Pilgrim's Progress


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Talking with Talkative: A Roadmap to Pilgrim's Progress

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Evangelist's Exhortations: A Roadmap to Pilgrim's Progress

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PROVERBS 30



2 Surely, I am more brutish than any man is, and have not the understanding of a man.

3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.



THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE HOLY



The words of Agur resonate in this day and age.



So many people including us, can say these words. We have much knowledge nowadays, we claim to understand complex things, but do we understand the main thing, and that is the knowledge of God.



Hosea says that God's people are destroyed for lack of knowledge, they claimed to be wise in their own eyes, but like Agur they had become brutish.



For us in this so called enlightened age, we seem to have all the knowledge, all the understanding, and all the insight, when really we know nothing.



True knowledge and true understanding is when we come to know God personally and get to know him more as we walk with Him day by day.



Only when we know God in an intimate way, we will not be brutish, we will understand the true meaning of life, and the knowledge of the Holy one of Israel will transform our lives.



Believer before all things, get to know God.. Spend time with HIM



God bless you



Keith





PROVERBS 25：16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it



SWEET OR SOUR HONEY

Someone once said everything in Moderation

That could be used when it comes to me and chocolate and walkers salt and vinegar crisps together hahahaha)

But seriously, we need to be careful

Paul said that he buffeted his body, that meant he was disciplined in everything he did.

At the end of 1 Corinthians 9, he uses the picture of an runner going for a prize

Can you imagine a fat man running the 100 metres at the Olympics?

We are allowed to eat as much honey as we want, but we need to ask ourselves, if it will edify us?

Paul said all things were lawful to him, but all things were not beneficial to him

What is your honey and are you tasting too much of it

It may be chocolate, crisps or maple syrup (one of my favourites!!!), whatever it is eat so much as is sufficient for thee


Remember your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit

God bless you

Keith


PRAYER FOCUS

PRAYER FOCUS


PLEASE PRAY FERVENTLY AND PASSIONATELY FOR THE CHINESE PEOPLE


HAINANESE

https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/12053/CH

Han Chinese, Hui'an

https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/18475/CH

HAKKA

https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/12054/CH

Han Chinese, Huizhou

https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/18476/CH


SOAK IN SCRIPTURE


THE WELL DRESSED CHRISTIAN BY DENNIS LYLE


All God's Children Need Shoes
Denis Lyle | The Well Dressed Christian

sermonaudio.com/sermon/1023071615391


Think Like a Soldier
Denis Lyle | The Well Dressed Christian
Lurgan Baptist Church

sermonaudio.com/sermon/116071612415


Spiritual Swordsmanship
Denis Lyle | The Well Dressed Christian


sermonaudio.com/sermon/1113071615445

Praying at all times
Denis Lyle | The Well Dressed Christian

sermonaudio.com/sermon/1120071613480


SINGLE SERMONS



Spurgeon's Morning & Evening -
C. H. Spurgeon | Spurgeon's Daily Devotional

sermonaudio.com/sermon/popme0311M

Spurgeon's Morning & Evening - Aug 26 PM
C. H. Spurgeon | Spurgeon's Daily Devotional

https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/pop/sermons/popme0826E/

Broad Rivers Without Galleys
C. H. Spurgeon | Faith's Checkbook by Spurgeon

sermonaudio.com/sermon/fcb0922

The Magnitude of Grace
C. H. Spurgeon | Faith's Checkbook by Spurgeon

sermonaudio.com/sermon/fcb1108

God bless you
 
Keith


PRAYER FOCUS
Pray for the [size=24]Katso in China
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https://www.joshuaproject.mobi/pray/unreachedoftheday/today?month=1&day=25&year=2023&cal=1





Pray for the [size=24]Hbrogpa Amdo in China
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https://www.joshuaproject.mobi/pray/unreachedoftheday/today?month=1&day=26&year=2023&cal=1





Pray for the [size=24]Tseku in China
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https://www.joshuaproject.mobi/pray/unreachedoftheday/today?month=1&day=28&year=2023&cal=1



Pray for the [size=24]Xiang Chinese in China
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https://www.joshuaproject.mobi/pray/unreachedoftheday/today?month=4&day=5&year=2023&cal=1

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[size=24]1 JOHN 4



10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.



THE EVIDENCE OF GOD'S LOVE


John is the apostle of love; he is the one who was closest to Jesus. He was the one who leaned on Jesus at the last supper. He was one of the three on the Mt of Transfiguration and he was the only one standing at the cross, so he above anyone else can give us the unique perspective on God's love.


The love that God gave and has given us is completely unearned and undeserved. In fact, we deserve Hell, judgement and punishment. I know that I do. 



Now God could have kept that love to Himself. He could have said, “Well, I really do love humanity and indeed I feel sorry for them, but they got themselves into this mess. Let them get themselves out of it”. 

 


Now there is a long word at the end of the verse, what does this word mean? In the Greek it means Hilasmos. It means a sacrifice that turns away God's wrath and turns it into favour. 



The problem man had was impossible for him to conquer on his own. Someone had to come down and deal with Sin. What Jesus did was to take God's full righteous anger and justice to declare us righteous and justified. I, for one, can't get my head fully round what God did in reconciling us to himself. 



God's love was in evidence in Him dealing with sin. Jesus came to be the propitiation for our sins; He came and died to turn our judgement into righteousness our condemnation into justification and our bondage into freedom. 



We now have God's favor because of the sacrifice of Jesus. Let us never lose sight of the glory of the cross. 



Archibald Brown penned these amazing words. 

 


Before God could forgive a sinner in accordance with His infinite holiness and perfect justice — think what had to be done, sacrificed, and suffered! Measure God's pardon, by the obstacles His pardoning love overcame— and then you can form some idea of its intensity. 

 

God has fathomed His love and pity in one text, "God SO loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son." That little word "so" contains more than Heaven or Earth can describe. In it, is the heart of God; in it, is the depth of pardoning love. Oh think for a minute what that pardon cost, which now makes your soul sing for joy. You received it freely enough, because Another paid the price; but what was that price? 

 




God's love is most in evidence at the cross, but let us realize what it cost His Son to put us right with God. 



The cross.. the cross.. is such a place
A place of beauty
A place of pain
A place where sin was destroyed
Where The saviour bled and died
For me.. for me 

 



God bless you 







1 JOHN 4

11. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
12. No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.




SHOWING TRUE LOVE




The previous verse has shown us that God has showed his love to us, by sending Jesus to die on the Cross for us.



Yeah, so what!


Because we have been loved by God so much, we have to love others, especially the Brethren.


No one has seen God in all his fullness.. although Jesus has shown us the Father.



So how can God be seen?


One of the ways is that his people love each other deeply and with fervency.


One of the main ways the world sees God is through the love we have for our brothers and sisters.


One of the ways we have the assurance of Salvation that God is dwelling within us.
We know that we are growing in faith... why? Because our love for the brethren is growing and growing.


The Christian and the Church are unique.. individually and corporately, it is filled with love.



God bless you




Keith
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[size=24]MAKE SUNDAY SPECIAL[/size]







[size=24]“If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight and the holy day of the Lord honourable; if you honour it, not going your own ways, or seeking your own pleasure, or talking idly; then you shall take delight in the Lord, and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken…Isaiah 58:13-14.”



Is Sunday special to you?   We say we will go to church, Sunday school (if you are in America), or if we are really spiritual, we may even go to the Sunday evening service.   What about the rest of the day? Is that yours to enjoy? Once we have attended church, do we say, "We have done our duty?"



It is not enough to go to church: we are called to delight in the day that is set aside to worship our God. After church, it is so difficult not to watch TV and do our own thing. I am not saying that you should sit in the pews from sunrise to sunset, but you should have an attitude of worship that extends beyond the typical church service.   One of the best things to do is not to talk idly, especially after church.  To talk idly is to engage in gossip and conversations that lead to discord among fellow believers.  



A final question: How will you glorify God on the day set aside to worship Him?  Will you limit your worship to the time you spend in church, or will you give God praise in your home, and throughout your day?


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[size=24]PRAYER FOCUS..PLEASE PRAY FERVENTLY.. TO REACH CHINA.. YOU HAVE TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE HAN CHINESE[/size]


HAN CHINESE MANDARIN

https://www.joshuaproject.mobi/people_groups/12051/CH

HAN CHINESE WU

https://www.joshuaproject.mobi/people_groups/11345/CH

[size=24]Han Chinese, Xunpu[/size]

https://www.joshuaproject.mobi/people_groups/18485/CH



[size=24]Han Chinese, Hui'an[/size]https://www.joshuaproject.mobi/people_groups/18475/CH






SOAK IN SCRIPTURE..PLEASE COPY AND PASTE INTO BROWSER



FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT SERIES

[size=24]Walk by the Spirit (Part 1)

[color:8c6f=427194]Brian Cochran[color:8c6f=344556] | The Fruit of the Spirit[/size]


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[color:8c6f=344556][size=24]Walk by the Spirit (Part 2)[/size]



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[color:8c6f=344556][color:8c6f=344556]The Fruit of the Spirit

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[color:8c6f=344556][color:8c6f=344556]The Fruit of the Spirit is Love

[color:8c6f=344556][color:8c6f=344556][color:8c6f=427194][size=24]Brian Cochran[color:8c6f=344556] | The Fruit of the Spirit
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[color:8c6f=344556][color:8c6f=344556]Facing a Tolerant World with Intolerant Truth (Selected Scriptures)

[color:8c6f=344556][color:8c6f=344556][color:8c6f=427194][size=24]Pastor John MacArthur 
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[color:8c6f=344556][color:8c6f=344556]The Spiritual Pauper

[color:8c6f=344556][color:8c6f=344556][color:8c6f=427194][size=24]Rev. Paul A. Backhurst 
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[color:8c6f=344556][color:8c6f=344556][size=10][size=11][size=24]Turning a Good Boy Into a Great Man
[/size][color:8c6f=996600]Jared Pilkington
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China needs urgent prayer, you read the news about Covid, but China needs something else, it needs the gospel.


Please take time to pray for China on Chinese new year, which is Sunday 22[size=24]^nd January. Please take time to pray any and everyday for China, but make Sunday 22nd China prayer day.[/size]


[size=24]Please get your church involved.[/size]
[size=24]Please get your friends involved[/size]
[size=24]Please get your social media groups involved.[/size]


[size=24]Here are some requests to help you[/size]


[size=24]Please pray that the Church would reach out to everyone in China.[/size]


[size=24]Please pray that everyone in China, would be able to hear the gospel.[/size]


[size=24]Please pray that the 500-600 million atheists and 200 million Buddhists, would have their eyes opened.[/size]


[size=24]Please pray for the following people groups:[/size]


DAUR


https://www.joshuaproject.mobi/people_groups/18433/CH








SHE


https://www.joshuaproject.mobi/people_groups/14901/CH


TU





https://www.joshuaproject.mobi/people_groups/15603/CH


AXI


https://www.joshuaproject.mobi/people_groups/18405/CH


GE


https://www.joshuaproject.mobi/people_groups/18460/CH








AKHA


https://www.joshuaproject.mobi/people_groups/10223/CH







SOAK IN SCRIPTURE


[size=24]Chinese Government Targets Church Leaders
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[color:05c8=427194][size=24]Bob Faulkner[color:05c8=344556] | Persecution 21st century
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[size=24]Extreme Devotion, Pastor Wang

[color:05c8=427194]Bob Faulkner[color:05c8=344556] | Extreme Devotion
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[size=24]Extreme Devotion, Pastor Li
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These last three sermons are in English and Chinese


[size=24]揭发虚假的布道法 (一) - False Evangelism Exposed, Part 1
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[color:05c8=344556]揭发虚假的布道法 (二) - False Evangelism Exposed, Part 2


[color:05c8=344556][color:05c8=427194][size=24]Paul Washer[color:05c8=344556] | Chinese Missionary Training
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复活与我们的信心 - The Resurrection and Our Faith [color:05c8=427194]Paul Washer[color:05c8=344556] | Chinese Missionary Training

sermonaudio.com/sermon/52419638534735

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[size=16][size=16][size=24]1 TIMOTHY 1[/size][/size]






18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;

19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck




[size=24]HOLDING ONTO YOUR FAITH[/size]




[size=24]Hey Christian, YOU are in a WAR!![/size]




[size=24]Timothy had to do certain things and we must do these things also.[/size]




[size=24]We need to war a good warfare, we need to realise that our enemy, although he is defeated, is still dangerous.[/size]




[size=24]To wage a good warfare, we have to hold onto our faith tightly. In one verse it says that we have to "cling tightly" to it.  We can do this because God first clings tightly to us! [/size]




[size=24]Also, we need to have a clear conscience. That is to have short accounts with God, to confess our sins to Him, knowing that we will receive forgiveness.[/size]




[size=24]Some Christians or some so-called Christians, have not done these things. [/size]




[size=24]Look at what has happened to them. Their lives are a wreck![/size]




[size=24]I hope your life is not a shipwreck。[/size]




[size=24]God bless you,[/size]



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[size=16][size=16][size=19][size=24]NOONDAY DEVOTIONS

HOSEA 14

1 O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

2 Take with your words, and turn to the Lord: say unto him, take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so, will we render the calves of our lips.

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[size=16][size=16][size=19][size=24]3 Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
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[size=24]4 I will heal their backsliding; I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

RESTORATION!

Hosea is one of the most fascinating books in the bible. It starts out by God telling the prophet to marry a prostitute…but hang on…God doesn't like this behaviour. Prostitution I mean.

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[size=16][size=16][size=19][size=24]He had Hosea do it to show how far the nation had fallen, that indeed the people, to put it in the bible's words: ‘They had played the harlot.’
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[size=16][size=16][size=19][size=24]The wife of the prophet was unfaithful to him, but Hosea restored her. This is the lesson of the book of Hosea: despite our wandering and backsliding, God is willing and able to restore us.
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[size=24]You know I could make lots of comments about being restored, but are they needed? The words speak for themselves. Someone is reading this who needs to be restored.

Maybe they are saying to themselves ‘It’s too late. God does not want anything to do with me.’ But here it is in black and white.


I know from personal experience, that I wandered away, and thought that although the Lord would restore me, he wouldn't trust me again, that he would hold a grudge against me, but the reality is completely different, he restores and gives you mercy and grace, something you didn't deserve.

Verse 4.. I will… not I might but I will. Don’t go another day without God. He is ready, willing and able to restore you.

Come back O wandering one

The Savior is calling you.

Come home to your true love

Receive my love and forgiveness.

Let us be one again.

Let me love you freely

And let your tears of repentance flow.


God bless you


Keith


HOSEA 10


12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
13 Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.


TRUE SOWING AND REAPING


This is a powerful analogy, all through scripture, there is this focus on sowing and reaping.


Today, such as the preachers of the prosperity gospel refer to monetary matters, but in reality, it relates to our spiritual lives.


Hosea is coming to the end of his prophecy, he has bought back his errant wife, this truly is a wonderful picture of Jesus.


Micah in his prophecy says these words：


6 “With what shall I come before the Lord,
and bow myself before God on high?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?
7 Will the Lord be pleased with[a] thousands of rams,
with ten thousand of rivers of oil?
Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”
8 He has told you, O man, what is good;
and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?


These two verses in Hosea are almost reflections of what was said in Micah.


What have you been sowing in your life?


You sow sin in your life, you sow wickedness in your life, your life will be one of iniquity, poisoned by sin.


The call here is to sow righteousness, there are two promises here, if we sow righteousness, we will reap mercy, our lives will be transformed by God's mercy. If we truly seek God, if we break up the fallow ground, we will reap mercy. But this takes effort, it does not come easily. We have to seek God, it says that I will be found of you, if you seek me with your whole heart, look at the words.. seek and whole heart.


The second is that he will reign righteousness upon us, if we seek righteousness and seek God with our whole heart, he will rain righteousness upon us. People can come to God and he will give them, the righteousness of his own beloved son, we will stand righteous before him, not because of anything we have done, but because of everything Christ has done.


The call of the scriptures is to look to Christ and be saved. The call is to turn from your sin and to seek the Lord.


Have you done that?


For the believer reading this, are you sowing into your life wickedness and compromise?. If you are doing this, then you need to repent and seek the Lord.


God bless you

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PRAYER FOCUS


Pray for the Sasak in Indonesia

https://joshuaproject.net/pray/unreachedoftheday/today?month=12&day=27&year=2022&cal=1


Pray for the Banten in Indonesia

https://joshuaproject.net/pray/unreachedoftheday/today?month=12&day=28&year=2022&cal=1


Pray for the Riau Malay in Indonesia

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SOAK IN SCRIPTURE..COPY AND PASTE LINK INTO BROWSER

SALVATION


Daniel 5

[color:b47a=427194]Roger Voegtlin[color:b47a=344556] | Salvation Messages




[color:b47a=344556]sermonaudio.com/sermon/42802233326



[color:b47a=344556]Compel Them to Come In

[color:b47a=344556][color:b47a=427194]Roger Voegtlin[color:b47a=344556] | Salvation Messages







[color:b47a=344556]PSALMS


[color:b47a=344556]The Saint's Interest in God's Salvation


[color:b47a=344556][color:b47a=427194]Brent Evans[color:b47a=344556] | Sermons on the Psalms



[color:b47a=344556][color:b47a=344556]sermonaudio.com/sermon/8217211361



[color:b47a=344556][color:b47a=344556]The Saint's Chief Good

[color:b47a=344556][color:b47a=344556][color:b47a=427194]Brent Evans[color:b47a=344556] | Sermons on the Psalms



sermonaudio.com/sermon/82172236452




[color:b47a=344556][color:b47a=344556]NEHEMIAH




Commencing the Work

[color:b47a=427194]Pastor Simeon Western[color:b47a=344556] | Nehemiah Series

sermonaudio.com/sermon/111217411320


Laborers Together (1)

[color:b47a=427194]Pastor Simeon Western[color:b47a=344556] | Nehemiah Series



[color:b47a=344556]sermonaudio.com/sermon/11191748301

Dear friends




[size=24]It's a bit earlier I know, but Happy New year.




Thanks for all your prayers.




Please keep us in your prayers




For our health, covid is spreading all over China.




For our future, Helen is retiring soon, please pray for our future




For our church, members and pastors, unable to meet in person.




For my health, spiritual, physical and also mental.




For my teaching, virtually non-existent at the moment. Please pray for five new online students




Please pray for the people groups below and listen to the five sermons, copy and paste into your browser.




Please place this prayer letter on Facebook profile and share with contacts online







PRAYER FOCUS




Pray for the [size=24]Banten in Indonesia
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https://joshuaproject.net/pray/unreachedoftheday/today?month=12&day=28&year=2022&cal=1





JAPANESE IN JAPAN




https://joshuaproject.net/pray/unreachedoftheday/today?month=1&day=2&year=2023&cal=1





PERSIAN IN IRAN




https://joshuaproject.net/pray/unreachedoftheday/today?month=1&day=10&year=2023&cal=1





Pray for the [size=24]Chut in Vietnam
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https://joshuaproject.net/pray/unreachedoftheday/today?month=1&day=23&year=2023&cal=1





SOAK IN SCRIPTURE




[size=24]A Biblical Love Test
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[color:5de8=427194][size=24]Paul Tautges[color:5de8=344556] | Beloved of God (1 John)
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sermonaudio.com/sermon/1129221623427288





[size=24]New Year's Resolution - One Passion (David)
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[color:5de8=427194][size=24]Pastor Simeon Western[color:5de8=344556] | New Years Resolutions
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sermonaudio.com/sermon/15193856245





[size=24]A Servant of Proven Worth

[color:5de8=427194]Paul Tautges[color:5de8=344556] | Power of Christ Centered Joy
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sermonaudio.com/sermon/92618152692





[size=24]Is Your All on the Altar?

[color:5de8=427194]Pastor Simeon Western[color:5de8=344556] | Genesis Series
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sermonaudio.com/sermon/10122193462456





[size=24]Hear God's Voice Today

[color:5de8=427194]Brent Evans[color:5de8=344556] | Sermons on the Psalms
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[size=24]EMMANUEL     GOD WITH US Matthew 1:23[/size]


What does this mean? 

Today, we will see what this means for us in real life, how does it apply for us today?

Let's take every letter of this wonderful word and explore the true meaning of Christmas



E- Poor Entrance Luke 2:6-7

First impressions count.. or do they?

When royalty is born, they are usually born with lots of excitement, they are born in privilege and position. But Jesus was born in a stable and not a palace, he was born to poor parents, he was born in a backwater so to speak. He was not welcomed into the world by many the first time he came. One day, all will see him and be forced to admit that he is Lord of Lords and king of Kings.

M- Magnificent announcement Luke 2:13-14

It's interesting that thousands and thousands of angels announced the birth of Jesus, they must have made such a racket, but no one but the shepherds heard them. The star was up in the sky, but no one saw it but the wise men. Today, we as Christians, make the same magnificent announcement, but very few hear us, we tell of Jesus, but all people want to know of is: Santa, Presents and all the other things that really do not matter. The announcement is being made, but are you hearing it?

M - Lowly manger

The stable was the lowest place in the house, it was the place for animals, it must have been smelly and dirty and yet, Jesus was born in a place like that. He left the majesty on high, to come to a place like the stable . It had been prophesised that he would be born this way Micah 5:2.

The lowering of Jesus was incredible, he came to us, he was a king, but he gave up all that to come to us, he was born like us, he knew hardship right from the moment of his birth. We couldn't go to God, we have no inclination to go to God, so he came down to us.

A-Acknowledge Him

Both the shepherds and the wise men came and worshipped him, Herod was frightened of him and the religious leaders, who knew all about him, were unconcerned, just like the Romans. All these attitudes still exist today, you either reverence and worship him, you are scared because of how he will expose your sin, or you are completely unconcerned and he means nothing to you. Times do not change do they, people's attitudes to Jesus do not change. 

The most important question is 

WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH JESUS?


N- Wonderful name/names Isaiah 9:6

We all have names, some more than others. But no one has ever been called what Jesus was called, and that was 700 years before his birth. 

He is the wonderful counsellor, one whose wisdom is beyond anything that has been seen before, even from Solomon.

Whatever your needs are, He is there to help you with His counsel, His truth and by His Spirit.  What do you need counsel for today?

He is the Mighty God, a name that shows his deity. He is fully God, one with the Father.

He has power and authority over all things, all people and all spiritual powers.  You have nothing to fear if He is your Lord and Savior.  What fears do you need His help to overcome?

He is the everlasting father; he is the King. He is a king that cares for his people. He has always existed.

The Hebrews means "Father of Eternity," and He has not only always existed, He has authority over time, events in history and your life too.  Because He is one with the Father, though He is the Son, He has the same authority as the Father.  In what areas do you need to remember that He is the authority, and you are not?

He is the prince of peace, he is the one, who brings peace. He is the one who brings peace between God and man.

He not only gives peace between Himself and you, but also between you and others, as well as inner peace, because of His grace, forgiveness and gives honour by adopting you into His family for eternity.  If you do not know Him as your Lord and Savior, you cannot have peace with Him.  If you do not have peace with Him, you cannot have peace.  Do you have His peace today?  If not, the only way is to turn away from your sin and shame and put your faith or full trust in Him alone for salvation.

U- Undoing the fall in the garden Genesis 3:15

Satan had lied to the woman in the garden and because of the fall, man was now alienated from God. But God knew that this would happen, and now was the time, that the fall was going to be put right. The promise of Genesis 3:15, was now going to be fulfilled.

Sin which had held sway, was now going to be dealt with, the destination of Jesus was the cross, the stable led to the cross, in just over 33 years, Jesus went to the cross to deal the final death nail to sin, satan and also death.

E- Encountering grace Ephesians 2:1-10

Jesus came down to earth and lived a perfect life, because we couldn't and can't. He paid the sacrifice, because we couldn't. He was the substitute for us. We couldn't save ourselves, we were and are helpless and hopeless, we are unable to help others, so one had to come.

He came so that he could open the way, so that sin could be dealt with, and that the penalty of sin, was laid on him. God was able to show his grace to us, because his beloved son, paid the price for sin, he took the wrath of the Father, his holy righteous anger, that was poured out upon his son, so that he could show sinful men and women his grace.

This Christmas, it is time to stop trying to save yourselves.

He came to save his people from their sins, because they are unable to save themselves.

L-Life

We come to the last letter and we come to this fact. This Christmas, you will receive many presents, but have you received Christ?

Rejecting Jesus, is like opening the present, and then playing with the wrapping paper, instead of opening the present. So many people, play with the wrapping people and don't open the present.

People love all the tinsel, turkey and presents, but they ignore the real reason for Christmas.

The real reason is this, it is something beyond our comprehension, that the king of glory, left his heavenly throne and came and lived among us.

Jesus humbled himself, he walked and talked upon this earth for 33 years, he lived a perfect life, died a sacrificial death, rose triumphantly from the grave and is now ascended back to heaven.

One day, he will come back, not as a poor baby in a manger, but as a fearsome judge. He will judge everyone. One day, you will face him, you will have to give a reason, why you have decided to reject him.

He offers you life, that offer stands now, but it will run out soon. 

Today is the day of salvation.

Emmanuel, God is with us

May you come to know Jesus this Christmas. 

On this Christmas season, please consider the claims of Christ. 


Happy and Blessed Christmas

Keith


SOAK IN SCRIPTURE     copy and paste into browser


John Knox institute


https://www.johnknoxinstitute.org/courses


[color:f4d9=344556][size=12]Evangelism Part 1

[color:f4d9=344556][color:f4d9=427194][size=24]Emeal (E.Z.) Zwayne[color:f4d9=344556] | Men's Ministry
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[color:f4d9=344556][size=24]sermonaudio.com/sermon/1013181241202
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[color:f4d9=344556]Evangelism Part 2

[color:f4d9=344556][color:f4d9=427194][size=24]Emeal (E.Z.) Zwayne[color:f4d9=344556] | Men's Ministry
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sermonaudio.com/sermon/101318124283



PRAYER FOCUS.. copy and paste into browser

[size=30]Pray for the Phu Thai in United States[/size]

[size=24]https://joshuaproject.net/pray/unreachedoftheday/today?month=12&day=10&year=2022&cal=1[/size]


[size=24]Pray for the [size=24]Gujar (Hindu traditions) in United States[/size][/size]


https://joshuaproject.net/pray/unreachedoftheday/today?month=12&day=11&year=2022&cal=1



[size=24]Pray for the [size=24]Somali in United States
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https://joshuaproject.net/pray/unreachedoftheday/today?month=12&day=7&year=2022&cal=1

Praise God, it is thanksgiving week.  We have so much to thank God for.


Our salvation
Our great God
Our saviour
The word of God
The Holy spirit
Our church
Our pastor


Please spend time thanking God for all your spiritual blessings read Ephesians 1:3-14


Please pray for my wife Helen, she is suffering serious chest pains, she has been to see a specialist, he says she might need surgery, but she has been told, this can wait and is non urgent. Please pray God heals her and shows his glory.


Please pray for our future, we really don't know where we will go, if anywhere. Please pray for Gods guidance.


Please pray for our daughter Sherry, for her to find a godly life partner.


For my teaching, please pray for two more online students and two more kindergarten students.


Please pray for my family, especially my nephew Paul trapped in homosexuality and atheism, my nephew James trapped in Atheism. Paul's partner and James's fiancée are both strong Catholics.


Please pray for protection upon us and the church. We meet on zoom and in houses.


Please pray that I would expand my devotional writing to more Chinese. If you know any Chinese friends, who would like to receive my devotions, ask me to email me at this address. I am also seeking three translators to translate my devotions from English into Chinese.


Please pray for Helens family, all are unsaved.


Please praise God for all he has done in our lives. He has preserved us and kept us.


THANKS TO GOD FOR HIS KEEPING POWER


Please share this prayer letter


HAPPY THANKSGIVING


PRAYER FOCUS


KOREANS IN NORTH KOREA


https://www.joshuaproject.mobi/people_groups/12795/KN



USA


https://www.prayercast.com/usa.html






UKRAINE


https://www.prayercast.com/ukraine.html




[size=24]Dong, Southern in China
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https://www.joshuaproject.mobi/people_groups/18443/CH









SOAK IN SCRIPTURE





[size=24]How To Share The Gospel With An Atheist

[color:bb7c=427194]Paul Washer[color:bb7c=344556] | 2021 Fellowship Conference
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sermonaudio.com/sermon/61722123272080





[size=24]Why Do Catholics Need To Be Evangelized?

[color:bb7c=427194]Mike Gendron[color:bb7c=344556] | Reaching Catholics For Christ
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sermonaudio.com/sermon/619221416272715





[size=24]God's Closing Call

[color:bb7c=427194]John MacDuff[color:bb7c=344556] | The Night Watches
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sermonaudio.com/sermon/103018053508





[size=24]Right Question No Answer

[color:bb7c=427194]Denis Lyle 
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[color:bb7c=344556][size=24]sermonaudio.com/sermon/21151438144[/size]

Thanks for your prayers.

My wife is still having pains in her chest, she saw a Doctor on Monday and he said it may well need surgery, but this is not urgent. Please pray that God would glory himself by healing Helen.

UPDATE

She is very fatigued and feels very tired all the time.

Please pray for my American brother Larry and his Chinese wife Yuqin, he suffers from deep depression, and this puts a strain on their marriage. Please pray that he would have complete healing. Please pray for Yuqin's son studying in Germany currently unsaved.

Please pray that I would have two-three more online students.

Please pray for our daughter as she continues to teach at school.

Praise God the insurance company gave us rmb 1,500 for repairs for our new flat.

Continue to lift up our little church.

Praise God that lockdown is over and we are back to normal.



MY WEBSITE

Please read the page on Acts and also the other pages, if you enjoyed them, please share them.

ACTION IN ACTS

http://freesites.ourchurch.com/l/LAUNCHOUTMINISTRIES/?page_id=171

PERSECUTION PRAYER

http://freesites.ourchurch.com/t/TWOEDGEDSWORDMINISTRIES/?page_id=158


PRAYER FOCUS

SINGAPORE

https://prayercast.com/singapore.html


MALAWI

https://prayercast.com/malawi.html




SOAK IN SCRIPTURE....CLICK AND LISTEN/PLEASE COPY AND PASTE AND PLACE IN BROWSER

What is Election and Predestination?
Dr. Jon D. Payne

sermonaudio.com/sermon/6262223119214


The (Forgotten) Doctrine of Adoption
Voddie Baucham


sermonaudio.com/sermon/729181625169

Helping Young People Find God's Way
Scott Pauley

sermonaudio.com/sermon/9822151256285

The Calling of the Christian
Rev. Arnoud T. Vergunst | Let's Study Philippians

sermonaudio.com/sermon/7172202923149




Be blessed as you read and hopefully share, two of my earliest studies, written back in 2001

SOAK IN SCRIPTURE

http://freesites.ourchurch.com/l/LAUNCHOUTMINISTRIES/?page_id=161


Please click on the sermon links or copy and paste into your browser

Ten Ways to Enrich Your Marriage
Dr. Joel Beeke | 2022 The Christian Family

sermonaudio.com/sermon/1016221643324868



pastor joseph

DAILY ANNA



THE KEY TO LEARNING

TEXT: DEUTERONOMY 6:4-15:scroll:

KEY VERSE: "And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up" (DEUTERONOMY 6:7).

A father and son went fishing one day. After a couple of hours out in the boat, the boy suddenly became curious about the world around him. He asked his father, "How does this boat float?" His father replied, "Don't rightly know, son." The boy returning to his contemplation, then turned back to his father, "How do fish breathe underwater?" Once again, his father replied, "Don't rightly know, son." A little later, the boy asked his father, "Why is the sky blue?" He got the same answer. Worried he was going to annoy his father, he said, "Dad, do you mind my asking you all these questions?" "Of course not son, if you don't ask questions you'll never learn anything!"

The Lord, through Moses their leader, warned Israel against the tendency to forget their God when they got to the Promised Land. They were cautioned against complacency and carelessness that could set in when life improved in comfortable houses, fields and vineyards as promised by God. They were not only to retain the knowledge and the love of God in their hearts, but they were also to make signage of them throughout the environment where they lived. They were to teach their children diligently about them. They were to keep the lessons Moses taught them all through their lives and refuse to allow the culture and religion of their heathen neighbours influence them.

Our forefathers managed to keep the traditions of elders alive by telling stories to their children and grandchildren of the good old days. We must imbibe that practice in Christianity today. We must set aside time to teach our children and answer their questions both at home, in school and church. It is good to pass on every knowledge that is needed to the children when they are young and tender. The Bible makes it clear that they will not depart from it as they grow older (Proverbs 22:6).

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: God is honoured when His word is preserved from generation to generation.

Thanks for all your prayers, please continue to pray for us.

First of all, please pray for my wife, as last Monday, she went for an Xray and the x-ray showed something below a bone in her upper chest. Please pray for this pain to go and for her to be totally healed.

PLEASE NOTE OUR DITRICT QIXIA DISTRICT IN NANJING,IS UNDER LOCKDOWN,THERE ARE OVER 100 CASES, INCLUDING MANY CHILDREN. PLEASE PRAY FOR DIVINE PROTECTION FOR US AND ALL PEOPLE

Please pray for our future, my wife retires early next year, we are seeking God's will for our future.

Please continue to pray for our daughter , who continues to teach as an art teacher at a school.

We had another British teacher round for supper last week, please pray that we would be able to share the gospel with him.

Please pray for my wife's niece, who is studying in the USA, please pray she would hear and respond to the gospel.

Please pray for my family, I have one brother Philip, who is 75 and he doesn't want to contact with me, or even his children. Please pray he would be reached with the gospel.



LAUNCH OUT MINISTRIES

NUGGETS FROM NEHEMIAH

http://freesites.ourchurch.com/l/LAUNCHOUTMINISTRIES/?page_id=186


SOAK IN SCRIPTURE

http://freesites.ourchurch.com/l/LAUNCHOUTMINISTRIES/?page_id=161



PRAYER FOCUS


INDONESIA

https://prayercast.com/indonesia.html




SOAK IN SCRIPTURE

Session 1 Sola Scriptura
Phil Johnson | Bible Conference 2018

https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=10201813232410


Session 2 Sola Fide
Phil Johnson | Bible Conference 2018

https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=1020181459419


Witnessing Using Your Testimony
Darren Rogers | Witnessing

https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=9722199497974


Wash Each Other's Feet
Paul M. Alexander | Gospel of John

https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=102221742225396

Thanks for all your prayers, please continue to pray for us.

Covid is still active in China, we have to do mouth swabs every two days. Please pray

Please pray for the men of the church, the church is led by women, please pray that more men would be active in teaching and preaching.

Please pray for our pastor Z and his wife who has health issues.

Continue to lift up China, this is a country that needs much prayer. Please commit to praying once a week for China. Please consider buying the book Operation China by Paul Hattaway to pray for the minority people of China

Continue to pray for X and her husband, he is still resting from his operation. Please pray for his salvation.

Please pray for Y and her mother, her mother is not well.

Please click the links and if you have been blessed, share them

TELLING THE TRUTH
..you can read my testimony here

http://freesites.ourchurch.com/t/TWOEDGEDSWORDMINISTRIES/?page_id=168

JEWELS FROM JAMES.. read three new devotions

http://freesites.ourchurch.com/l/LAUNCHOUTMINISTRIES/?page_id=181


PRAYER FOCUS

IRAN

https://prayercast.com/iran.html



INDIA

https://prayercast.com/india.html


SOAK IN SCRIPTURE

The Secret of God
John MacDuff | The Night Watches

https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=103018046420

The Wickedness in the Heart of Men
Pastor Todd L. Abbey | II Samuel

https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=427221933260


Session 5 Soli Deo Gloria
Phil Johnson | Bible Conference 2018
https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=1021181332286

Thanks for your prayers, please click all the links.


Please continue to pray for our health, Our daughter is awaiting results from tests taken last week. Please continue to pray God's protection over both her and my wife.


Please pray for continued financial provision, pray for two more online students for my online teaching.


At our new flat, a pipe spilt in one of the rooms, due to faulty fitting, please pray that the insurance company would pay out, they are still refusing, even after we went and met with them


Continue to pray for family members, most of both families are unsaved. Especially pray for my Nephew Paul who is homosexual and another nephew James, who is living in sin, both partners are strong Catholics.


Please continue to pray for our marriage, its our tenth wedding anniversary on the 28th.. thanks, God, for keeping us




LINKS


Both my websites have 11 pages and are brimming over with content, here is a sample page for each one, please take time to view ALL THE PAGES and if you were blessed, then share


POETS CORNER


http://freesites.ourchurch.com/t/TWOEDGEDSWORDMINISTRIES/?page_id=134



SOAK IN SCRIPTURE


http://freesites.ourchurch.com/l/LAUNCHOUTMINISTRIES/?page_id=161



PRAYER FOCUS


FINLAND


https://prayercast.com/finland.html



NAURU


https://prayercast.com/nauru.html









SOAK IN SCRIPTURE


[size=24]In the Beginning

[color:b2d5=427194]Pastor Simeon Western[color:b2d5=344556] | Genesis Series
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[size=24]You'Ve Got A Bit Of Dung On Your Face

[color:b2d5=427194]Darren Rogers[color:b2d5=344556] | Book of Malachi
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[size=24]Serving God as Couples: Priscilla and Aquil
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[color:b2d5=427194][size=24]Jimmy Li[color:b2d5=344556] | Couple's Meeting
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[color:b2d5=344556][size=24]https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=2213350121[/size]