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Post  Admin Tue 04 Oct 2022, 7:43 pm

Thanks for your continued prayers, we ask that you continue to fervently and passionately pray for us.


Please pray that our little church, would continue to grow.  We have many new people coming into the church and they need to come truly to faith in Christ.


One lady who has come to the church, is spreading Seventh Day Adventist doctrine, please pray that the church is protected from all false doctrines.


Continue to pray for direction for us as a family.


Please pray for our pastor Z.


Please pray for all those suffering sickness.


One lady uses dance to spread the gospel, the group dances in parks with music playing. Please pray that people are attracted to the gospel through this medium.


Please read and share these wonderful messages




SOAK IN SCRIPTURE

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


ENCOUNTERING EPHESIANS

http://freesites.ourchurch.com/l/LAUNCHOUTMINISTRIES/?page_id=166


PRAYER FOCUS

IRAQ

https://prayercast.com/iraq.html



USA

https://prayercast.com/usa.html



SOAK IN SCRIPTURE

[size=24]Dedicating our Children to Christ

[color:1293=427194]Pastor Simeon Western[color:1293=344556] | Mark Series[/size]

https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=3620311161616

[size=24]The Paths of God

[color:1293=427194]John MacDuff[color:1293=344556] | The Night Watches[/size]

https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=103018045353


[size=24]Prayer

[color:1293=427194]Paul J. Hoover[color:1293=344556] | Ephesians[/size]

https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=822221646551345
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Post  Admin Fri 30 Sep 2022, 3:16 pm

Thanks, God, for all your prayers, we deeply need and are encouraged by them.

Thanks for helping us with weekend prayer this weekend 1st-2nd October, please go to the page China Cry.

http://freesites.ourchurch.com/l/LAUNCHOUTMINISTRIES/?page_id=197



Just a few prayer requests this time.


Continue to lift up China, the situation in spiritual and economic terms is not good.


Continue to pray for our health, I have no health cover and am getting older. Continue to pray for my wife and daughter, who are both physically exhausted.


Chinese national holiday is next week, this is a time for rest, but during most holidays, the devil attacks especially in our family. Please pray that he would be bound.


Please pray for our new flat, we had flooding issues due to the faulty fitting of a pipe, now the insurance won't pay out.


Pray for Mr Y , who has accepted Christ. Please pray for his wife who has mental issues. 


PRAYER FOCUS


NEW ZEALAND

https://prayercast.com/new-zealand.html



IRELAND


https://prayercast.com/ireland.html


SOAK IN SCRIPTURE

[size=24]He has a healing balm for all

[color:1d13=427194]John MacDuff[color:1d13=344556] | Puritan Devotional[/size]

https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=41421356583064


[size=24]God's Estimate of Time!

[color:1d13=427194]C. H. Spurgeon[color:1d13=344556] | Puritan Devotional[/size]


[color:1d13=344556][size=24]https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=61822719534511
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[size=24]The Majesty of Melchizedek

[color:1d13=427194]Pastor Simeon Western[color:1d13=344556] | Genesis Series[/size]


[color:1d13=344556][size=24]https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=61722818261697
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[size=24]Why You Cannot Overthrow Christianity
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[color:1d13=427194][size=24]Sam Knickerbocker[color:1d13=344556] | Acts: The Continuing Work[/size]

https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=41921226565591
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Post  Admin Mon 26 Sep 2022, 8:22 pm

Please take time to view  my website


Thanks for your earnest and fervent prayers, this time, we are to focus on the men in China.

Please pray for the men in our church, they are reluctant to take responsibility, but this is the case with many men in the Chinese church. 

Many men are concerned with their careers and in making money, there needs to be revival amongst the men in the Chinese Church. 

Many marriages are in trouble, many men live apart from their wives for long periods. Please pray that God moves.


Please pray that the men in the Chinese church are godly examples to their children.


Please pray that there would be strong and powerful Christian marriages, in our church, there are only two Christian marriages. Most sisters are married to unbelieving husbands, please pray that these husbands would come to know the Lord.


Pray that the Chinese church, the church is overwhelmingly made up of women. Please pray for an influx of men to lead the church.


Please pray for the pastors of the church, they are overworked, our pastor has five churches. Please pray many men are called to be pastors.


LAUNCH OUT MINISTRIES


GOSPEL GRACE...please read why I am a Christian and not an atheist. Use and share these articles


http://freesites.ourchurch.com/l/LAUNCHOUTMINISTRIES/?page_id=153




LIBERIA

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


SPAIN

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




SOAK IN SCRIPTURE

JUST CLICK AND LISTEN

Famine in the Land AMOS CHAPTER 8

[color:340b=427194]Dr. Steven J. Lawson 


[color:340b=344556]https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=1030091033300

 
Light at the End of the Tunnel  EZEKIEL CHAPTER 20

[color:340b=427194]Rev. Roger Higginson[color:340b=344556] | Echoes from Ezekie

[color:340b=344556]lhttps://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=101312531162

From Persecutor to Preacher ACTS 9

[color:340b=427194]Andrew R Allan[color:340b=344556] | Various Texts

https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=83122194450115



















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Post  Admin Mon 19 Sep 2022, 4:19 pm

Thanks for all your prayers, we need and covet your prayers


This prayer letter will focus on us as a family.


Please pray for the strengthening of our marriage, as with all Christian marriages we face many challenges and difficulties. Next month will be our 10th wedding anniversary.  Please pray for God's blessing on our marriage.


Please pray for our daughter as she continues to teach at school, her workload is heavy. Please pray her faith is strengthened.


Please pray for our future, my wife retires from teaching next year and we don't have any direction at the moment from the Lord. Please pray God would open a door either inside or outside China.


If this is outside China, we need people to take over the church, of this is the case, then pray new leadership is raised up.


Please pray for the salvation of my wife's family esp. her mum at age 83, brother, sister-in-law and niece.


Please pray for our new flat, near Nanjing, this has had a number of issues, with damage to the walls due to leaks in pipes, that are beyond our control
Please pray for me as I daily battle depression and other issues.
Please pray for the salvation of all my family members including nephews James (atheist) and Paul (homosexual)




LAUNCH OUT MINISTRIES

NUGGETS FROM NEHEMIAH...READ MY STUDY ON THE MAN NEHEMIAH AND WHAT MADE HIM SUCH A POWERFUL FIGURE.. don't forget the other ten pages

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




PRAYER FOCUS

IRAN

https://prayercast.com/iran.html



JAPAN

[size=24]https://prayercast.com/japan.html[/size]


MICRONESIA

https://prayercast.com/micronesia.html




SOAK IN SCRIPTURE

JUST CLICK ON THE LINK AND LISTEN


Salvation

[color:ffac=427194][size=24]Dr. B. J. Stagner Jr.[color:ffac=344556] | Fundamentals of the Faith
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https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=81722831444905



It Is Well with My Soul!

[color:ffac=427194]Dr. Joel Beeke 



[color:ffac=344556]https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=88221357533010





Josiah: A Young Reformer

[color:ffac=427194]Rev. Armen Thomassian 



[color:ffac=344556]https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=725212154101591
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Post  Admin Mon 05 Sep 2022, 8:47 pm

Luke 5

Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.


THIS IS MY NEW WEBSITE


Why Launch out Ministries, well for two reasons, 


Launch out into the WORD- this is a one stop shop for my devotions.. Lamp and Light Devotions and Soak in Scripture bible studies are here.
As are studies on the bools of Acts, Proverbs, Psalms, Ephesians, Nehemiah and James
They come with a guest page called Growing in grace


Launch out into the WORLD- pages called gospel grace explaining the true gospel and also China cry, which focuses prayer on that country.


Below are links to two of the pages on the site, there are eleven.


[size=24]LAMP AND LIGHT DEVOTIONS.. FORMERLY NOONDAY DEVOTIONS[/size]


[size=19][size=24]http://freesites.ourchurch.com/l/LAUNCHOUTMINISTRIES/?page_id=265

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CHINA CRY

[size=19][size=24]http://freesites.ourchurch.com/l/LAUNCHOUTMINISTRIES/?page_id=197

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Devotions will no longer be sent out, they can be found here. Battle stations will come every two to three weeks detailing prayer


What Can you do:


Come on the site as often you want to...
Share with all your friends
Post on your Facebook profile, group, Instagram page and even tweet the site links if you are a tweeter.
Please post on your church website
Please post on your what's app group
Post anything where there are people to read these messages

If you have enjoyed the site, please let me know, this is my sweet offering to God, I pray it touches many lives in many places.

Please hold me up in prayer.

Thanks so much

God bless you and may you be blessed

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Post  Admin Fri 02 Sep 2022, 9:39 pm

Please stand with our little church, we covet and need your prayers. not only our church, but our family.

We need direction as a family, we are seeking God on our future direction, please pray GOD would lead us, and that we wouldn't move until he says so.

Please pray for strength for my wife H, as she has her last term at school, she has 18 lessons per week. my daughter has also started as a teacher, she also has 18 lessons, please pray for her.

Pray for the church, cameras have been placed on every entrance door in our complex, so to identify people who come in and out, Please pray that we would be able to meet and fellowship together.

Please pray for XY, who has breast cancer and CM who has various health issues.

Please pray for an increase in men in the fellowship. Please pray for Brothers MW, W, L and Y.

Continue to pray for opportunities to witness and to share the gospel on a one to one basis.

On a personal level, continue to pray for me, for strength, for more online students.
This prayer letter will be sent out twice per month, but all my devotions, will now be on a  website, which is nearly finished, this information is just too personal for it.


Please enjoy the sermons and prayer needs below

SERMONS

Am I a Sea, or a Whale?

[color:67aa=427194]C. H. Spurgeon[color:67aa=344556] | Puritan Devotional

https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=61822741401243

The Call To Evangelism

[color:67aa=427194]Ray Comfort[color:67aa=344556] | Ministry


https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=530191516304395

Commending Phoebe

[color:67aa=427194]Joshua E. Bishop[color:67aa=344556] | Romans


https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=327221930565375


PRAYERS

HINDU SONAR IN INDIA

https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/18150/IN

RAZU IN INDIA

https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/17957/IN


ARAB, SUDANESE IN SOUTH SUDAN

https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/15104/OD
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[size=24]Keith


 
PRAYER FOCUS[/size]

BULGRIAN IN BULGURIA

https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/10998/BU

WOPU IN CHINA

https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/18712/CH

BERTI IN SUDAN

https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/10812/SU


SOAK IN SCRIPTURE

[size=24]Time for a Testimony[/size]

[color:bf69=427194][size=24]Doug Agnew
[color:bf69=344556] | Acts[/size]



https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=87181555453

[size=24]A Fool's Night

[color:bf69=427194]Pastor Todd L. Abbey[color:bf69=344556] | Luke - Life, Hope, Truth[/size]



https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=12420151693081


The Joy of Forgiveness

[color:bf69=427194][size=24]John Pate [/size]


[color:bf69=344556][size=24]https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=325181459172
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GUEST DEVOTION



Applying the Word Without Delay)

"If anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was" (James 1:23-24).
Always respond immediately to what you know to be God’s will for you.

Men, have you ever been at work and touched your face, only to realize that you forgot to shave? Perhaps you were distracted by your wife's call to breakfast or by one of the kids. Ladies, have you ever been out in public and suddenly realized that you forgot to apply some of your makeup? Those are common occurrences that illustrate what it means to hear God's Word but fail to respond.

James 1:23 says, "If anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror." "Looks" doesn't refer to a casual glance but to a careful, cautious, observant stare. This person is taking a good, long look at himself. Hearers of the Word are not necessarily superficial or casual in their approach to Scripture. They can be serious students of the Word. The fact is, some seminary professors or Sunday School teachers are not true believers. Some even write commentaries and other Bible reference works. Your response to the Word—not your depth of study alone—is the issue with God.

Despite the hearer's lingering look, he failed to respond and the image reflected in the mirror soon faded. That's reminiscent of Jesus saying, "When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart" (Matt. 13:19). The Word was sown but it bore no fruit. The man looked into the mirror but he made no corrections.

Perhaps there's something God's Word is instructing you to do that you've been putting off. If so, delay no longer. Don't be a forgetful hearer!

Suggestions for Prayer

Ask God to teach you to be more disciplined in responding to the dictates of His Word.

For Further Study and Reflection:point_down::point_down::point_down:

Read :point_right::book: Matthew 13:1-23, noting the various soils and what they represent.

Bread of life Prepared by Servant Ebukmfon 
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Post  Admin Wed 13 Jul 2022, 7:18 pm

From: The Voice of the Martyrs
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"…I say to you, love your enemies,
bless those who curse you, do good to
those who hate you, and pray for those who
spitefully use you and persecute you."
~ Jesus, as recorded in Matthew 5:44 NKJV
TAJIKISTAN: No New Churches Allowed
Source: Forum 18
Youth camp in the mountains
Pray that Tajikistan’s youth will be allowed to
participate in Christian summer camp programs.
Photo: VOMC Ministry Partner
 
In late May, Protestant church leaders in Tajikistan were summoned to a meeting with Sulaymon Davlatzoda, the chair of the State Committee for Religious Affairs and Regulation of Traditions, Ceremonies and Rituals. During the meeting, they were informed that the government would no longer be registering any new churches. "We will keep the figure of registered churches unchanged from now on," Sulaymon told them. He further went on to remind the church leaders that there are to be no religious activities for those under 18 years of age, including their participation in any religious camps.

Believers in Tajikistan recognize that bans such as these severely restrict the sharing of their faith, since outlawing new churches puts a limit on any potential increase in the country's Christian population. Despite the governmental stipulations, many believers continue to worship and teach their children about the Lord, knowing that they risk facing serious consequences whenever doing so.

According to the Religion Law, which came into effect in 2009, any religious activities conducted without state registration are illegal and punishable. Numerous churches have faced fines and arrests for violating these laws. Restrictions for children came into effect in 2011 when the "Parental Responsibility Law" banned all participation in religious events for minors, making an exception only for funerals. For more reports on the persecution of Christians in Tajikistan, go to our country report.

Prayerfully uphold Tajikistan's church leaders, asking God to give them wisdom as they navigate how to appropriately address the new challenges imposed upon them. May the Christian families they represent receive help and support as they endeavour to raise their children in the ways of the Lord (Ephesians 6:4). Pray that the country's authorities will heed the concerns expressed by members of the Christian community, leading to necessary changes to the government's oppressive policies and, as a result, the lifting of unjust restrictions on religious freedoms.

SUDAN: Two Church Leaders Arrested
Sources: Middle East Concern, Morning Star News
Man reading Sudanese Bible
Photo: VOMC
 
Two church leaders, who were arrested during a Bible class on June 14th in the city of Omdurman, are presently facing charges of public nuisance. After being detained by police for four hours, Pastor Kabashi Idris and evangelist Yacoub Ishakh were released on bail.

This incident took place after a neighbour complained a second time about the Christian gatherings being held in the church building near his home. During the month of May, his initial complaint was made because of their singing. At the time, the two Christian leaders were released after being interrogated. In June, however, the same neighbour told the police that his children had been singing the Christian songs and he was concerned that they may convert to Christianity.

If found guilty of the charges, Pastor Kabashi and Yacoub could each face a fine and up to three months in prison. The court could also order that they cease all religious activities. To learn more about the challenges experienced by Christians in Sudan, go to our country report.

Pray for God's intervention in this situation. May the charges against Pastor Kabashi and Yacoub be dropped, allowing them to resume conducting the church gatherings in peace. Also pray that those who have heard the message of the Gospel through the teachings and worship songs – including the children of the neighbour who issued the complaints – will be able to freely place their faith in Christ. Ask God to especially touch the heart of this opposing father, in hopes that he too will be receptive to the life-transforming message of the Gospel.

REPORT UPDATE
PAKISTAN: Hearing Date Set for Detained Christian
Source: CLAAS
Woman using her cell phone; city street in the backgrond
 
Shagufta Kiran was arrested in July 2021 for allegedly forwarding a blasphemous message in a WhatsApp group chat. A recent report detailed how the Christian woman's hearings have been repeatedly delayed by the Pakistani courts (read more). This week, the Centre for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS) stated in an email that her next hearing date is now set for July 16th.

Shagufta's husband, Rafique Masih, has been allowed to visit her, though he and their sons have fled Islamabad for their safety. The accused Christian woman has asked for prayer that her faith would remain strong. "I'm in prison for my faith and not for blasphemy," she clarified.

Pray that Shagufta will be filled with the Lord's peace and strength as she awaits trial in solitary confinement. May she be cleared of all wrongdoing and joyfully reunited with her loved ones. In the meanwhile, ask the Lord to also minister to Rafique and the couple's children, making it possible for them to be safely resettled as they await the outcome of the trial.
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Post  Admin Thu 07 Jul 2022, 9:24 pm

[size=24]Welcome to Noonday Devotions[/size]


[size=24]You will find my devotion, links to pray for people groups, sermons to click and listen to and also a guest devotion. All I ask is that you read, pray and listen and if you have been blessed.. please share them.[/size]


[size=24]If you wish to receiveand aren't at the present time the devotions, please email me at keitherichobkirk@hotmail.com. I also send out devotions to Chinese believers in English and Chinese, if you have any Chinese friends, who would like to receive them, please ask them to email me also.[/size]


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


[size=24]Keith[/size]


[size=24]PROVERBS 21[/size]


[size=24]2 Every man’s way is right in his own eyes, But the Lord weighs and examines the hearts.


RIGHT MOTIVES:

All of us love to do things for God, and we don’t mind receiving praise for it…Amen!  My former Pastor Mark said that we live for an audience of One...we do things for God and God alone.  God not only watches what we do, He also observes why we do it.  Which raises the following question:  Are our motives pure in serving God?

The Lord is more concerned about our motives, than the actions we engage in.  We may be able to fool man, but we can never fool God.  He knows our hearts, our motives, and our thoughts.  So, when you decide to do anything for the Lord, make sure that it is out of love for Him and concern for your fellow man.

God bless you
 
 
Keith

[size=24]PRAYER FOCUS


PLEASE PRAY


LOHAR IN INDIA


[size=24]https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/17379/IN
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RAI IN INDIA

https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/17925/IN

HAZARA IN AFGHANISTAN

 https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/12076/AF

SOAK IN SCRIPTURE

PLEASE CLICK AND LISTEN

[size=24]Authentic Happiness

[color:5b53=427194]Roland Hammett[color:5b53=344556] | Psalms Spotlight[/size]


[color:5b53=344556][size=24]https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=99310201417580
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[size=24]Bible's Representation of Justification

[color:5b53=427194]Dr. Mark Allison[color:5b53=344556] | Roman Catholicism Refuted[/size]


[color:5b53=344556][size=24]https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=21505173055
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[size=24]Rebelling Against Royalty

[color:5b53=427194]Roland Hammett[color:5b53=344556] | Psalms Spotlight[/size]


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https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=9931020141800

GUEST DEVOTION

A Love Worth Dying For

[size=24]I don’t know how He loved so vile a sinner ~

Before I even knew, or made response,
I only know He took an awful beating
And died for me upon a cruel cross.

Now, when I think of golden streets, He’s offered ~
No cost to me, save only just believe ~ 
I count His name most precious and most sacred;
I love and trust all from His heart received.

It didn’t take me long, once I had heard it,
He loved a love He thought worth dying for;
And so, for me, with life made richer, fuller;
I found a Love ~ a Love worth living for.

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13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
 
 
GOING DOWN THE TOILET
 
This is what is happening to the nation of Judah.
 
The nation of Judah had seen what happened to Israel, its larger neighbour.  It saw that God had pronounced judgement on Israel and they were carried into exile. Although Judah had several Godly kings such as Hezekiah and Josiah, they still fell into idolatry and sin. 
 
This verse speaks of Judah’s rejection of the glory of God’s presence and power, to chase after worthless idols.  

Look at the verses before this, the Living Bible puts it very well in verses 8 & 10-12:
 
 8 Even their priests cared nothing for the Lord, and their judges ignored me; their rulers turned against me, and their prophets worshipped Baal and wasted their time on nonsense.
 
10-11 Look around you and see if you can find another nation anywhere that has 
traded in its old gods for new ones—even though their gods are nothing. Send to the west to the island of Cyprus; 
send to the east to the deserts of Kedar. See if anyone there has ever heard so 
strange a thing as this. And yet my people have given up their glorious God for silly idols! 
 
The prophet Jeremiah is amazed at what THE NATION OF Judah had done.  I can hear the prophet saying, "You have pure water – you can see its pure water – but you deliberately choose to drink stinking rotten water!”  Judah chose to reject pure water (God’s presence) that is available for free, and work hard to obtain filthy water that will make them sick.  
 
Christians in this present age have the pure holy water of Jesus, but they hew out the cisterns that hold no water by living in carnality and sin.  We often struggle to place Jesus first in our lives because we are consumed with chasing money, wealth, sports, and TV.  Consider this: How many Christians watch over 25 hours of TV every week, but can’t spend an hour in prayer?
 
When will we stop making cisterns or idols for ourselves that can’t hold water, which means that they have no value to our lives?  It’s almost like Jesus isn’t enough for some believers.
 
Isn’t He lovely enough?
Isn’t He glorious enough?
Isn’t His sacrifice at Calvary enough?
 
It’s time to tear down our idols.  Let me leave the final words to Charles Haddon Spurgeon on how beautiful Jesus is:
 
The incomparable sweetness of Christ!
 
At our very best we are strangers to much of the incomparable sweetness of Christ. 
We shall never exhaust His goodness by our praise, for He is ever so fresh and has so much of the dew of His youth, that every day He has a new song to sing.  
We shall find Him a new Christ every day of our lives, and yet He is ever the same; His surpassing excellence and unexhausted fullness thus constantly renew our love. 
O Jesus! none can guess how great is the least of Your attributes, or how rich the poorest of Your gifts.
 
It is time to stop drinking dirty water out of man-made cisterns and drink the pure water of Christ and his Word
 
 
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[size=24]16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;


17 That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.

18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.

19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.

20 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him.

21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.

 
LUST, LIES AND LOSS


The story of Samson is probably one of the saddest in the whole Bible。 Samson had awesome strength, but he also had a fatal flaw and that was his lust for women.

Throughout his 40 years of judging Israel, Samson was a living, breathing scandal when it came to women. Despite his great strength he had a weakness for women. And it was this weakness that would be his undoing.  One day he met a woman named Delilah.  She was not a woman of the house of Israel.  She was a Philistine, a people who were the sworn enemy of Israel, the people who Samson was appointed by God to judge and protect.  But Delilah had one thing going for her: She was beautiful, and as far as Samson was concerned, that was all that mattered.  The above passage tells us what happens next: Delilah presses Samson for the secret to his strength, Samson deceives Delilah, Samson eventually gives in to Delilah, Samson loses his two eyes, and Israel loses one of its greatest military heroes.

Samson is a warning to every believer about the power of lust to distract and destroy your fellowship, your family, your reputation.  The path of lust and sin leads to death.  Romans 6:23 reminds us that, “The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

Look at the end of verse 19. Delilah started to laugh at Samson. The world and the devil lures the believer and when we fall to temptation, we become the object of his ridicule and scorn.  

Verse 20 is one of the saddest verses in the whole Bible. Samson not only lost his strength, he lost his dignity, and eventually he lost his two eyes. This is a picture of the Christian who falls out of fellowship with God.  When we lose our connection with God, defeat follows. We think we can live on past glories.  And while the Lord never leaves us, we can leave Him.  This makes us an easy prey for the enemy.  If we lose God's power, then we lose our spiritual sight and we end up in the prison house of sin and regret. 

Lust leads to a life of lies and to the loss of our spiritual power.  Samson, who had never lost a fight, lost everything to his lust for a woman.  

What have you lost because of sin? Think about it.

Fortunately, the story of Samson does not end with him losing his two eyes and grinding away in the prison house.  Eventually, his hair grows back and so does his strength.  One day the Philistines decide to bring Samson into the temple of Dagon, their god to make sport of him…big mistake. The great Samson, is now a laughingstock to his enemies.  He calls out to a young boy to place his hands on the two pillars of the temple.  He then does something that he should have done when he was with Delilah…he prayed.  He says to God: “O Lord God, remember me, I pray!  Strengthen me, I pray, just this once, O God…”. The Lord heard his prayer, and gave Samson the strength to bring down the temple of Dagon on the entire hosts of the Philistines!  Here is the lesson: If you have fallen into sin, it is not the end of your story.  God still has a plan and a purpose for your life. God is waiting to restore you, and give you the power to overcome the enemy.  And through Him, you can do more for His glory now, than at any other time in your life.  Seek Him today.  You will be glad you did.

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[size=17][size=16][size=24]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.[size=24][b][/size]
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.
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[size=16][size=24]TRUE HATRED[/size][/size]


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 ([size=24]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[/size]


God bless you


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[size=16][size=24]23 Search me, O God, and know my heart!
    Try me and know my thoughts![size=24][c][/size]
24 And see if there be any grievous way in me,
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[size=16][size=10][size=24]Search me.. look into every are of my life, all areas of my life are open to you[/size][/size][/size]


[size=16][size=10][size=24]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.[/size][/size][/size]


See if any [size=24]grievous way in in me..look at the whole direction of my life[/size]


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 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:


[size=24](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.
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[size=24]PSALM 139[/size]


[size=24]13 
For you formed my inward parts;
    you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.[size=24][a][/size]
Wonderful are your works;
    my soul knows it very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
    intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
    the days that were formed for me,
    when as yet there was none of them.


WHERE DO YOU COME FROM?


That's a question millions of people are asking these days, many think we came from monkey's, many think we evolved but still many more have no idea of their earthly parents.


They don't know who their parents were, they might know one of their parents, but not the other.


You weren't there at the moment of your conception, but God was.


All that time, you were in your mother's womb, he was intricately weaving you into his image. You are fearfully and wonderfully made; you weren't and aren't a mistake. 


These are very comforting words for everyone who feels unloved, who feels unwanted. Some of you maybe came from very unfortunate circumstances, maybe you came from the results of rape or were told, like me that one or more parents didn't want them, well let me tell you this;


GOD WANTS YOU AND LOVES YOU


You are wanted, you are treasured and you were made gloriously as a unique human being. God saw all your days, he created you for a purpose and that purpose was for you to know HIM


God knew you even before you were born, to me that is amazing, it thrills my soul and gives me so much joy and hope.


God bless you


KK




17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
    How vast is the sum of them!
18 If I would count them, they are more than the sand.
    I awake, and I am still with you.





WALKING ON THE BEACH


My home town of Morecambe back in England is by by the sea, it has lots of sand.


The psalmist says here that the thoughts God has towards us are more than the sand of sea, Have you ever tried to count the grains of sand on the sea shore?. That's how many thoughts God has towards you and me.


We cannot imagine this, but we are on God's heart all the time, he is constantly caring and looking out for us, we are loved by Him. You imagine this, the creator of the universe is constantly thinking about you.


These things are precious to the believer, the words of Jeremiah come to mind in chapter 29 of his book:


 11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare[size=24][b] and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope
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Every thought God has is for our good, it is to bless us.


Verse 18 finishes with a note of thankfulness, I awake and am still with you, every morning, our first thought should be, the Lord has given me another day of life, another day to praise and to serve Him


Matthew Henry says:


He acknowledges, with wonder and thankfulness, the care God had taken of him all his days[size=24]. 17, 18. God, who knew him, thought of him, and his thoughts towards him were thoughts of love, thoughts of good, and not of evil, Jer 29 11.
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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
 
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Continue to pray for us here in Nanjing.


Please pray for my daughter S, who is seeking a teaching job and a godly marriage partner. Please hold her in prayer.


Please pray for my wife and I, as she will retire early next year. Please pray for God's leading. God is blessing our marriage. Please pray for us


I now send out the devotions in English with Chinese translation, we need more Chinese subscribers and also Chinese people who can translate. Please pray for this and share this need. If you know anyone, please ask them to email me at this address...keitherichobkirk@hotmail.com. Please place this request on your Facebook profile page/groups for any Chinese friends to see and please send to your contact list, as they may have Chinese friends


Continue to pray for our students, especially pray for R, a university student, who is taking his exams up to 16th. Please pray that he would pass, he is not saved


Please pray for the two young teenage girls I teach, E and H, they are both very anointed by God. Please pray for the marriage of E's parents.


Please pray for Philip, my brother, who is completely estranged from all his family.


I have applied for a three-year extension to my visa, please pray that this goes through smoothly




BATTLE STATIONS


Please pray for our church, there is s till pressure on the co-workers, three of the co-workers, L, Y and Z are probably unsaved. Please pray that all people in the church, would truly be born again.


Please pray for Pastor Z, he has said that when my wife retires, he will let the church go back to us. Please pray that God would raise up Men or couples who can help us and lead the church.


Please pray for the many new believers in the church, that they would have a true knowledge of Christ.


Please pray that God would bring more young adults, children and couples into the church.


Please pray for the six groups, that each one would immerse itself in the word of God.


Please pray for the men, who lack commitment to the church such as W, MW AND OTHERS.


May God revive his work in the midst of the years.




WORLD/CHINA PRAYER FOCUS


PEASE PRAY FOR THE FOLLOWING GROUPS, IF YOU DON'T, WHO WILL?


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[size=24]Han Chinese, Cantonese
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[size=24]Experiencing Spiritual Depression

[color:0b34=427194]Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson 
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MAY 2022


PLEASE PRAY FOR MYSELF AND MY FAMILY


I hardly ever pray for myself


PERSONAL PRAYER


My two-year visa is up at the end of June, Please pray that I would be able to renew it, things have changed towards foreigners in China, there are many more restrictions than when I first came back in 2012.


Both myself and Helen have started a series of marriage counselling with a Chinese pastor, this is not a marriage problem it is a spiritual problem that manifests itself in marriage. Please pray for us and join us to fight for our marriage


My mental health is suffering, I do make mistakes, I do fail and have failed in the past


Please pray for my prayer life, which is virtually non-existent.


Please pray that God comes really close to me.


Please pray for my mouth, it has become full of bad words, this is not acceptable, it must and will stop.


Please pray for full and total restoration of our marriage, for the restoration of my relationship with my daughter.


Please pray that God gives us clear direction as Helen retires in Early 2023, please pray God opens an opportunity for us.


BATTLE STATIONS


Please pray for purity, holiness and blessing to flow from the church, that it would reach out to many needy souls.


Thats all for now, just pray.


God bless you


Keith


PEOPLE FOCUS


PLEASE PRAY FOR THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE GROUPS


[size=30]Kabyle Berber in Algeria[/size]


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[size=30]Hazara in Afghanistan[/size]


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[size=30]Persian in Iran [/size]


https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/14371/IR








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[size=24]The Most Desirable Woman  [color:5014=427194][size=24]Pastor Jeff Pollard [/size]
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[size=24]Pictures From The Year of Jubilee   [color:5014=427194]
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Welcome to our monthly prayer letter


[size=24]I am kk, my wife is H, I am British , she and our daughter are Chinese



This is Family Church, Nanjing


Please stand in the gap for us


Personal prayer


Please pray for our daughter Ming, that she would find a good teaching job and also a godly husband.


Helen is back to school, but the virus is still here. Please pray for divine protection.


Please pray for our online and in person teaching, for protection and blessing


Please pray for Helen's mum, who is 84 and has not trusted the Saviour


Please also for Helen's niece studying in USA, may she hear the gospel


My two-year visa is up on 26th June, please pray I would be granted an extension


Please pray for our future, my wife retires next February, please pray God opens up opportunities


BATTLE STATIONS


Continue to lift up the church, as we meet online. Please pray for God‘s protection’


Please pray for more men to be activated in the church, pray for L and M, who are active in the church, but need to stand up and take up leadership roles.


Please pray for the many study groups online, that they would have God's protection.


Please pray for S, a believer who is now infected with A, he is now celibate and is trying to rebuild his relationship with God and others. He is repentant.


Please pray for the many sisters who have unsaved husbands, especially J, A and Z.


Please pray for the children of the church.


Please pray for divine opportunities to witness, even for me. Please pray that God would bring people to us, with hearts already eager and prepared to hear the gospel.


Please pray for the strengthening of marriages, there are several Christian marriages, but all under severe attack, also for the restoration of many marriages broken and beyond repair,, we know of many.


Please pray for me and Helen, we are looked up to, by everyone, but we struggle, please pray for our marriage and my mind, under constant and prolonged attack, pleqse pray that I would have the mind of Christ.


Please stand with us in this time, it is a time of persecution, but it is a time of opportunity. China needs the gospel like never before. Please be aware of what's happening in China. Please praay for Shanghai and other cities affected by Covid.


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[size=24]GUEST DEVOTION[/size]



      SHARON MANNING






As a young woman one morning my husband handed me our youngest child, our little baby boy and said, “Momma the baby is dead.”  After my baby died, I found myself thinking irrationally and knew that the only thing that could keep me sane to raise my 2 little girls was to seek out the GOD I met when I was 12.  I ran down to a church, but no one was there!  Then I felt a splash of a raindrop on my cheek and looked up and saw a cloud shaped as a mighty lion with a baby on his back hanging on to the lion’s mane and laughing and I heard the words, “Don’t weep for him, he is having the time of his life.”  That turned me back to GOD and changed me and how I thought completely.

 

Just as Isaiah was changed, “In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the LORD on HIS throne high and lifted up” (Isaiah 6:1).

 

I love my time with GOD and the way HE talks to me.  To direct me, encourage me or in leading me in how to pray GOD generally brings scripture to mind and often confirms HIS ways by making me aware of how it is working in others lives.

 

Anyone who has read Job knows that no one and nothing can touch us without GOD’s permission.  Job went from the mightiest man of the East, he had children, health, riches and honor then lost everything. We know that GOD rewarded Job greatly for every single thing he had to suffer, just as HE promises to achieve amazing things for us that far surpass the pain of today for every trouble that comes our way (Job 42, 2 Corinthians 4:16-17). After the struggles there was a new long-lasting season of blessing for Job.

 

We must lay the foundation of right thoughts of GOD if we are to cope in this life.  The LORD GOD ALMIGHTY is beyond anything we can imagine, for GOD so loved the world that HE gave HIS only (uniquely) begotten SON that whosoever believes in HIM should not perish but have everlasting life (John 3:16). Creation shows the LORD’s power and wisdom that boggle our minds. Little by little the HOLY SPIRIT is revealing GOD’s ways to the ones who believe in JESUS (2 Corinthians 3:18).

 

Right now, since there are crisis issues (yes plural) in my world that seem impossible GOD has gently reminded me that with HIM nothing is impossible and that HE has a plan that HE is working out.

 

In praying for these issues and many other prayer requests that come my way where I am unsure in what GOD’s good plan for them is, I am lead to pray for the very best the LORD has for them (Jeremiah 29:11-13) and that they not lack any blessing they could have if only asked for (James 4:2).

 

Then there are times when I am talking to the LORD concerning a situation or problem that HE will show me how specifically to pray.

 

An adult child of mine and I had sweet fellowship, we would sing Christian songs together and talk of the wonders of GOD.  But life happened and foolish choices were made. At this time my child has been taken from me, not by death but by access to.

 

As I cried out to the LORD for him,  GOD turned my mind to Isaiah 6:1, “In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the LORD on HIS throne high and lifted up” and I was impressed that I (the one my child looked to for answers and direction) must be taken from his life before he could be see clearly, set free and go on to a new and better season of his life.

 

It brought me sweet peace to see the why behind the turn of events that look so horrific.

 

Years back a dear friend and I met once a week for Bible Study and prayer for over a year and a half.  The time was so special, I believe we grew to know GOD better and we shared our hearts with each other, so our bond became quite strong.  But then came a day when I could no longer meet with her. GOD had other plans.  It was hard and I missed her greatly. But it was all according to GOD’s magnificent plan for her.  When I could no longer meet with her for Bible study, her husband started studying the Word of GOD with her and their relationship grew even greater as it lifted to a higher level.  As for me, GOD had other plans as well. HE opened a new season for me in sharing HIS Word.

 

That makes me think of Isaiah 6:1  “In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the LORD sitting on HIS throne high and lifted up.”  As long as King Uzziah lived, Isaiah looked to the king for direction.  It was only after the king died that Isaiah look up and saw the LORD.  It changed his whole life.

 

As long as I was studying with my friend, we looked to each other, it blocked her husband from studying with her.  When I was out of the picture, the door opened and the next season in their marriage began .

 

Another dear friend, a mother I know has always been there for her daughter and grandchildren.  Though states apart during the many times of crisis the mom stopped what she was doing, delegated her work responsibilities and would fly out to help her daughter and grandchildren through sickness and struggles. But due to Covid this was stopped and now they are separated.  The mother aches to go see her daughter and misses her grandchildren terribly but she also is needed by others.  The stopping of one season of the mother’s life opened up the next season for now she is available, willing and able to go where she is needed. 

 

While the daughter, who always depended so on her mother, is in the place Isaiah found himself when King Uzziah died.  She can no longer look to her mother to fill her needs and give her direction. So we are praying that she will look up and see GOD high and lifted up and be drawn to walk with HIM.  HE would quickly become her strength.

 

… for GOD has preset the exact times and places for the purpose that men would reach out to HIM, though HE is not far from anyone… (Acts 17:26-27).

 

Many I know are in the place of looking to someone to show them the way.  They need something to wake them up.  Perhaps they need as Isaiah did “in the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the LORD sitting on HIS throne high and lifted up”

 

You can find as I have that if you face any and all situations (big and small) as coming from GOD and thank HIM for HIS actions in your behalf, you will find a peace that throws you beyond having to understand and guards and keeps your heart and mind (Philippians 4:6-7). 

 

Remember GOD is always with us if we believe in JESUS and nothing, absolutely nothing can touch us without GOD’s permission (see Job 1 and 2).

 

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[size=27]Dear Friend [/size]


[size=27]I humbly put my devotions before you, these have been gained by sitting at the feet of Jesus in my own private time of prayer and meditation. I ask only that you read them and then if you have been blessed, share them.


I am just an ordinary believer, with the gift of encouragement, only seek to honour my Saviour and Lord, Jesus
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Now let's read my devotions, this time they are on Ephesians chapter 1,

NOONDAY DEVOTIONS

[size=16][size=27]1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God


WHAT A CALLING



Why are we Christians at all?
Why are we in the place we are?
Why for example, am I in China?


We are Christians, because God has chosen and called us, he has called us to serve him and to be his children.


The reason is his will.


Paul was a Pharisee, he was an educated man, who didn't ever imagine, he would be a preacher of the gospel.


But he became an apostle, by the WILL OF GOD.


We are, what we are, because of the will of God.


Praise God that he has set you apart and placed you in a unique place.


To be called a child of God and called into his service, is the highest privilege in the world.


Let's never complain of who we are and where we are, because it is by the will of God.


Thanks



[size=19][size=27]1 To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus[/size][/size]


SET APART ONE


In the first devotion, we saw that we are, what we are, because of the will of God.


So, what are we:


We are saints, literally, set apart ones. God has set us apart for himself, he has personally chosen us. That is so amazing.


They are in Ephesus, of all the places to start a church, this must have been one of the most difficult, full of idol worship, black magic and the like, but in that place, God set apart some to be saints, as he does in every place.


Despite persecution, which you can read about in the book of Acts, this little group of saints are faithful, that is what we are called to do, wherever we are.. amen.


These believers are grounded in Christ Jesus, they are not faithful to a creed or a theory, they are faithful to a person, CHRIST JESUS.


Why can we be faithful to HIM? Because he is always faithful to us.


It is all about a relationship, a relationship based on HIM, although we are sometimes unfaithful, he never is.


Glory in the fact, that you are his set apart one and that you are and always will be:


HIS SET APART ONE


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Dear Friend 


I humbly put my devotions before you, these have been gained by sitting at the feet of Jesus in my own private time of prayer and meditation. I ask only that you read them and then if you have been blessed, share them.


I also share my websites with you for you to browse, these are not adverts, you are not forced to go there, it is your choice. If you do and enjoy, please share so that others can be blessed also.


I am just an ordinary believer, with the gift of encouragement, only seek to honour my Saviour and Lord, Jesus


If you do not wish to receive these devotions, just say so, no offence will be taken.


NOONDAY DEVOTIONS


Chapter 1 verse 8

 [size=24]8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”



IT IS FOR US


This is surely one of the most amazing promises in the whole bible, but so often we think that it was a special anointing that was just for the disciples, it applied for them, but it doesn't apply to us.. now.


But it is truly for us, it for us., right here and now in the 21st ceentury.


The promise still rings true, the same dynamic power that was given to the disciples back in first century Palestine is still available to us, right here and right now.


The promise of power is the same and the commission to reach the world is still the same, some of you will witness in your own backyard, some further afield and some go to the uttermost ends of the earth, wherever you share the gospel, the urgency still stands.


The call to be his witnesses is still the same, you have the Living holy spirit inside of you.


Are you being a witness for him, wherever you are?


God bless you


Keith




ACTS 1


[size=16][size=24]10 
And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, 11 and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”[/size]
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[size=24]WE HAVE A JOB TO DO[/size]


[size=24]Jesus had gone, the disciples were left alone.[/size]


[size=24]They had been promised the Holy Spirit to empower them, but it had not yet come.[/size]


[size=24]They were sad obviously that Jesus had left them, but the angels asked them and asks us:[/size]


[size=24]Why are you gazing into heaven?[/size]


[size=24]As believers, we have a job to do. Jesus is coming back and our job to share the gospel and to proclaim it to the whole world.[/size]


[size=24]We are to look for his glorious appearing, but also we are not to waste any time, simply gazing into thin air and wasting our time on trivial things that don't matter.[/size]


[size=24]Jesus will come again, let it be our aim to bring as many with us as we able..[/size]


[size=24]Share the gospel,  this should and has to be our main purpose for living.[/size]


[size=24]Let's make sure we don't gaze at worthless things and focus on our main job[/size]


[size=24]SHARING JESUS WITH A NEEDY WORLD.[/size]


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


[size=24]Keith[/size]




ACTS 1


[size=16][size=19][size=16][size=24]12 
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away. 13 And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James. 14 All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.[/size]
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THE SECRET OF SUCCESS


Why was the early church so successful?


Was there some magic formula?


Yes, the Holy spirit was poured out on the early church, but there were three things that the early church had, which we need to have.


Biblical unity


Throughout the gospels, we see the disciples as a competing force, one or the other wants to be at the forefront. They all were seeking the place of honour, but here they were in unity. God blesses unity, he does not and will not bless disunity within his church. Isn't it time to stop all our petty squabbling and arguments? We act like spoiled children sometimes, I once heard about two deacons who fell out about what colour paint they should have in the sanctuary, this is pathetic and is evident in most churches nowadays.


Prayer


This is a powerful weapon; they were praying when the holy spirit fell. We spend too much time talking and not enough time praying. The early church were a praying church, why aren't we?


Study of the word


To preach the word and to share the gospel, you have to know the word, you must spend time digging deep into the word. They were people of the book, not many books, we read so many self-help books, instead of the one book that can truly help.


When we have our focus on these three things, then maybe God will bless us.


God graciously blesses his church, when the church puts its focus on the right things, then it can have success and change the world.


God bless you


Keith



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[size=24]WELCOME TO NOTES FROM NANJING



This includes the prayer requests as before, but it will always include my devotions and also links to the two websites and to sermons that will encourage you..  The sermons, I have listened to, they are absolute dynamite, as are the websites


I hope you will share them with all your friends


PRAYER REQUESTS


Please pray for my daughter , who will be seeking to find a suitable teaching job and a godly marriage partner.


Please pray for our church, we may need to go independent, at the moment, we are controlled by a large umbrella church. We have lost our identity.


Please pray as we have been given the all clear in our area, about the virus and hope we can meet in small groups again.


Please pray for Esther my online student, as I seek to mentor her in the faith, she is very responsive and loves the Lord. Her parents want to divorce, when she grows up, they are both Christians.


Joy, my online student is better. Please pray we can share the gospel with her parents.


Please continue to pray for my brother Dr W and his wife M.


Please pray God calls more brothers into the church leadership, if we go independent, this will be crucial. 


Please pray for S, a brother, who has a serious disease and has serious debts, he is unable to work and has to borrow money to pay for treatment.


Pray for many new believers that they would grow in the faith.


Please pray for Helen and myself, continued blessing on our marriage  




NOONDAY DEVOTIONS




Chapter 1 verse 8

 [size=24]8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”



IT IS FOR US


This is surely one of the most amazing promises in the whole bible, but so often we think that it was a special anointing that was just for the disciples, it applied for them, but it doesn't apply to us.. now.


But it is truly for us, it for us., right here and now in the 21st ceentury.


The promise still rings true, the same dynamic power that was given to the disciples back in first century Palestine is still available to us, right here and right now.


The promise of power is the same and the commission to reach the world is still the same, some of you will witness in your own backyard, some further afield and some go to the uttermost ends of the earth, wherever you share the gospel, the urgency still stands.


The call to be his witnesses is still the same, you have the Living holy spirit inside of you.


Are you being a witness for him, wherever you are?


God bless you


Keith




ACTS 1


[size=16][size=24]10 
And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, 11 and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”[/size]
[/size]


[size=24]WE HAVE A JOB TO DO[/size]


[size=24]Jesus had gone, the disciples were left alone.[/size]


[size=24]They had been promised the Holy Spirit to empower them, but it had not yet come.[/size]


[size=24]They were sad obviously that Jesus had left them, but the angels asked them and asks us:[/size]


[size=24]Why are you gazing into heaven?[/size]


[size=24]As believers, we have a job to do. Jesus is coming back and our job to share the gospel and to proclaim it to the whole world.[/size]


[size=24]We are to look for his glorious appearing, but also we are not to waste any time, simply gazing into thin air and wasting our time on trivial things that don't matter.[/size]


[size=24]Jesus will come again, let it be our aim to bring as many with us as we able..[/size]


[size=24]Share the gospel,  this should and has to be our main purpose for living.[/size]


[size=24]Let's make sure we don't gaze at worthless things and focus on our main job[/size]


[size=24]SHARING JESUS WITH A NEEDY WORLD.[/size]


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


[size=24]Keith[/size]




ACTS 1


[size=16][size=19][size=16][size=24]12 
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away. 13 And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James. 14 All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.[/size]
[/size][/size]
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THE SECRET OF SUCCESS


Why was the early church so successful?


Was there some magic formula?


Yes, the Holy spirit was poured out on the early church, but there were three things that the early church had, which we need to have.


Biblical unity


Throughout the gospels, we see the disciples as a competing force, one or the other wants to be at the forefront. They all were seeking the place of honour, but here they were in unity. God blesses unity, he does not and will not bless disunity within his church. Isn't it time to stop all our petty squabbling and arguments? We act like spoiled chldren sometimes, I once heard about two deacons who fell out about what colour paint they should have in the sanctuary, this is pathetic and is evident in most churches nowadays.


Prayer


This is a powerful weapon, they were praying when the holy spirit fell. We spend too much time talking and not enough time praying. The early church were a praying church, why aren't we?


Study of the word


To preach the word and to share the gospel, you have to know the word, you must spend time digging deep into the word. They were people of the book, not many books, we read so many self help books, instead of the one book that can truly help.


When we have our focus on these three things, then maybe God will bless us.


God graciously blesses his church, when the church puts it's focus on the right things, then it can have success and change the world.


God bless you


Keith

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Please read the homepages of the two sites, there are eleven pages on each for you to browse, there is a guestbook and prayer request page on stir and share to post your comments and requests



TEACHING SITE STIRANDSHAREMINISTRIES



http://freesites.ourchurch.com/s/StirandShareMinistries/?page_id=141





PRAYER SITE PRAYWITHOUTCEASINGMINISTRIES



http://freesites.ourchurch.com/p/Praywithoutceasingministries/?page_id=158







SERMONS

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The fear of God by Doug Agnew..outstanding preaching PART 2



[size=12][size=24]Hung by the Tongue
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[size=24]The Fear of God and Revival
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https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=818071718334



[size=24]Forgotten
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https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=8270774668



[size=24]Slaying the Giants
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https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=940781362






[size=24]But if Not
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https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=9110783550








[size=24]Treasuring the Fear of God
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https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=91907744414





[size=24]Fear of God and Hypocrisy
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https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=92607836564
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If you wish to receive my updates from China, please email me at keitherichobkirk@hotmail.com

I am an English Christian, living and serving God in China

PRAYWWITHOUTCEASINGMINISTRIES

Please read and pray for some of the ministries on this page, keep up to date on how God is working all over the world, please share this page, and read the other pages

http://freesites.ourchurch.com/p/Praywithoutceasingministries/?page_id=198


STIRANDSHAREMINISTRIES

We are going through the book of Acts, please read the latest in the series and also share if you wish, also read the other pages on site

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Post  Admin Mon 28 Feb 2022, 4:13 pm

This is not just an ordinary prayer letter, you are our helpers, our intercessors, you are our support network, we need you so much. Thanks for all your prayers.


Please share his prayer letter and please share the sites, there is so much to bless you on both of them, 11 pages on each brimming with good solid teaching and much to pray for.


A devotion is at the bottom to read, a sermon is there to listen to, the sites are there to bless you, please make use of these resources


Please share this email on Facebook, social media platforms, with your church and with all your friends and contacts. Please share it with ten friends





[size=24]Thanks, God for all his blessings[/size]


[size=24]Let us praise God[/size]


[size=24]Thank God, I now have my glasses, a dear brother has paid for them, I am beyond thankful.[/size]


[size=24]I thank God for my family, Lord please bless my wonderful wife and daughter.[/size]


[size=24]Please pray for my brother Philip, he is estranged from his children and says he doesn't want any communication with me. Please pray for his salvation, he is in his 73[size=24]rd year, time is short for him.[/size][/size]


[size=24]Please pray for Helen's brother, he has many flats and is very rich, but he needs salvation as does his wife.[/size]


[size=24]Please pray for opportunities for us to share the gospel[/size]


[size=24]Please pray for our home life, that it would be sweet[/size]


[size=24]Please pray that all needs would be met[/size]


[size=24]Continue to pray for strengthening of our marriage[/size]


Please pray for the safety of my dear brother in Ukraine, Andrey and his wife Tania and their son and daughter Nadia and Vlad. Also, for Tania's and Andrey's family. Continue to lift up this situation, please pray that a wave of revival would encompass Ukraine and Russia and that the prayers of Gpd's people would surround Ukraine


Please pray for my friend, Gator in Australia, who is still suffering from Covid


[size=24]ENCOUNTERING EPHESIANS[/size]

Please read the first part of this amazing study, through the book of Ephesian's, view the other pages on the site


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[size=24]CHINA PEOPLE[/size]


[size=24]Please pray for the people of China and view the other pages on the site. The people are the Achang, Achang Husa and A-che[/size]


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SPECIAL SERMON

[size=24]The Next Generation  [color:02ae=427194][size=24]Dave Olson [/size][/size]


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[size=15][size=24]HUMILITY

(Don Fortner)

"I served the Lord with great [/size]
humility and with tears" Acts 20:19

Without humility there is no salvation (Psalm 34:18; 51:17; Isaiah 66:2; Matthew 5:3-5; 18:34; Philippians 3:3).

No man can serve or glorify God in this world without this God-given "humbleness of mind" (Colossians 3:12). Anything done for Christ must be done with humility (Matthew 6:3, 5, 16, 33).

Humility is not an 
act, but an attitude of the heart. Humility is brokenness of heart before God by reason of sin and in gratitude for His love, mercy, and grace to sinners in Christ.

Here are five things revealed in the Word of God as characteristics of humility:

1. Humility is a realization of personal unworthiness before God, by reason of one's own depravity and sin (Job 42:5-6; Psalm 51:4-5). It is not a show of words which sound humble, but which are designed to gain praise. Rather, it is a heartfelt unworthiness before the holy Lord God (Luke 18:13; Isaiah 6:5).

2. Humility is a renunciation of all merit and personal righteousness in the sight of God (Philippians 3:9). No man's heart is humbled before God so long as he imagines that he has anything by which he may merit God's favor, or that his righteousnesses are more than filthy rags in God's sight (Isaiah 64:6).

3. Humility is an inexpressible gratitude of heart to God for His abundant, amazing grace to sinners in Christ (Psalm 116:12, 16). It causes a person to live with a sense of delightful obligation and indebtedness to the Lord God.

4. Humility is a willing submission and devotion of one's heart to the Lord Jesus Christ that cries, "Lord, what will you have me to do?" (Acts 9:6). Humility is . . .
  devotion to Christ as Lord,
  submission to His providential rule of all things, and
  a determination of heart to obey and honor Him regardless of cost.

5. Humility gladly ascribes the whole work of salvation to God's free and sovereign grace through Christ (1 Corinthians 15:10).[/size]
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PLEASE JOIN US IN FERVENT PRAYER


March 5th is a very special day, it is my 63rd birthday, I'm getting old.( BUT NOT AS OLD AS SOME!) I say this not to remind and asking for birthday greetings (although that would be nice, as would lots of chocolate), it is also Helen's birthday on Saturday 26/2


Pray that our lives would count for eternal value, I want the crown of life


For this prayer letter I would like to focus on my/our life and think of What has in store for us as a family.


I have made lots of mistakes, but God has held me and blessed despite all my attempts of screwing up life, God is very gracious and very patient and he is forgiving and merciful.. THANK YOU LORD.


My life is one of grace beyond measure, I bless the Lord for redeeeming me, changing me and being the one who I can totally rely on


 My Marriage


Thank God our marriage is back on track, we are praying together, we are walking the same road. Please continue for both of us to be in one union.I praise God for bringing Helen into my life to walk alongside me

My Manhood

Please pray that I would be an example , one who is able to say like Paul.. be ye followers of me. Ephe 5:1-2. Like timothy I must be an example in love and purity, only when I change can others be changed. May I be like Caleb and say Give me this mountain


My Darling wife


Continue to pray for Helen, may God richly bless her as she retires from teaching in early 2023. Please pray God makes clear what direction, we go. Please pray as she is under attack from people in the church.


My precious daughter

Continue to pray for the results of Ming's exams and also for the provision of a godly husband for her. When she passes these exams, she needs to find a teaching post. Please pray for her to find the correct job. Thanks God, my daughter is so wonderful.. bless you Ming always. May you draw closer to Jesus every day

My teaching

Continue to praise God for the new students, we have had in recent days.

My Ministry

Continue to pray for the website, it is very discouraging at times, it is my offering to the Lord, I know that I bang on about this, would you make a commitment to go on the site once per month and to tell 5 of your friends, that would greatly encouraage me

Our future

We are aware of the need here in China, but there is another world out there, we are open to anything, I love to write aand preach and both of us love to travel. Please pray that we would have opportunities only God is able to open up. Maybe you know of some need we can fulfil in a church somewhere. We do have a second flat about 60 miles from Nanjing, but we are open to the Lord's leading


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PRAY WITHOUT CEASING MINISTRIES


TREASURE TROVE


Read about what is happening to the people of God. Read how God is moving and how you can help. Please be blessed and share if you can


http://freesites.ourchurch.com/p/Praywithoutceasingministries/?page_id=208




BATTLE STATIONS




So, you want to pray for China?, well you can't to be honest, you can pray for our family church though. Be an intercessor and get others to be intercessors amongst your friends and churches. PLEASE SHARE THIS



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Thanks for your continued prayers for us, we are in real need

Please share these prayer requests

Attacks come in different form, the devil uses external and internal forces. Helen is being attacked by a fellow co-worker, this lady is very abusive to her and says she will not love or accept Helen, despite Helen's best efforts. Helen has not been able to sleep because of this and has shed many tears. She is the human founder of this church and she loves this church very much.

The church is absolutely paralysed by this type of thing and needs God to move upon it mightily. It all starts with me, so please pray that Helen and I would be a good example of faith, holiness and purity.

Please pray for the four main co-workers...Helen, Z, Y and Lp(the lady involved), we are of the opinion that the she is not a believer. Please pray that God would stir and shake the church from top to bottom and that every area of the church, would be open to Christ, the one whose eyes are like flaming fire.

Praise God my glasses are being made, thanks God .

We have several new students, again all praise to God.

Continue to pray for the results of our daughters exams and that she would grow in grace and find a godly marriage partner.

Please pray for Helen's brother's daughter Y, currently studying in USA, please pray that she would meet with godly christians, who will explain the way of salvation to her.

Please pray for my nephew James, who is an atheist, he is living with his fiancee ,, who is a very religious roman catholic and have a child together, please pray that they would comee to salvation. Her name is Thea, she is from Brazil.


Please check out my websites


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China Provinces

Please pray for the provinces of Jiangsu and Jiangxi, they need urgent and fervent prayer. There are many pages with lots to pray about, please share the site

http://freesites.ourchurch.com/p/Praywithoutceasingministries/?page_id=188

STIRANDSHAREMINISTRIES

Simply Scripture

Please read my study on 1 Kings chapter 18 and also view the remaining pages on the site. Please share the site if you have been blessed by it. Also let me know if you have been blessed by it

http://freesites.ourchurch.com/s/StirandShareMinistries/?page_id=165
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Post  Admin Fri 18 Feb 2022, 12:32 am

Thanks for your continued support and prayers.

Please continue to pray for Helen and Ming, my immediate family, they have many needs. The main thing is that they draw near to Christ.

We are all very busy, Helen works all day, Ming will soon start teaching full time and then when they get home, I teach online. Please pray that we would have quality family time. 

Communication is in both English and Chinese and this can lead to misunderstanding. Please pray that understanding and love would be our watchwords. Please pray God puts a guard on all our tongues.

Please pray for Helen's aunt, she has terrible pain and lies on the bed all day unable to move, she has a full-time nurse. We have been to her home and shared the gospel, but she still worships idols. Please pray she would be released and gloriously saved

Please continue to pray for our safety, especially as Helen drives her electric bike and Ming/Helen drive our car.

Please pray for Hele's mum, who lost husband of fifty years in 2019, very lonely, but doesn't want to trouble anybody. Please pray for her salvation

Continue to pray for our teaching, especially me online and Ming/Me face to face with several students.

Please pray a hedge of protection around us, especially Helen as she is being attacked by another of the co-workers

Please pray for one of the ladies Y and her husband P, she believes in Jesus, but he is an atheist. Their marriage is unhappy, he is not saved. We are seeking to counsel them and are able to share the gospel. Please pray for salvation and restoration in Christ.

Please pray for my ministry, especially the websites, please share the following links with all your friends. Here are two links, there are eleven pages on each site to bless you

STIR AND SHARE MINISTRIES
Poet's corner

Read some of the best poems on the web

http://freesites.ourchurch.com/s/StirandShareMinistries/?page_id=197

PRAY WITHOUT CEASING MINISTRIES
Prayer Focus

Please pray for the following countries ( England, Wales and Scotland)

http://freesites.ourchurch.com/p/Praywithoutceasingministries/?page_id=162

Thanks for reading and praying.

God bless you

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Done forget to click on the website links and view all eleven pages of both websites

We are nearly back to normal, Chinese new year is now a distant memory.

Please remember our family especially our daughter as she awaits the results of her teaching exams due on 1st of March


Please pray that the manufacturer will be able to make my new glasses


Please pray for complete restoration in our marriage, we have gone through a very difficult week, please pray for us both.


Please pray for me to deal with my anger issues


Please pray for more online students to join our classes. Please pray for one boy, R who plays games whilst learning, his mother wants to withdraw him. . Please pray that wouldn't happen.




My websites


Thanks, God, for your response to them, please continue to visit, read, share and pray, there are 11 pages on each.


Greatest gift


A page to share with your unbelieving friends, a clear gospel presentation.


http://freesites.ourchurch.com/s/StirandShareMinistries/?page_id=147



Battle stations


Please pray for our little church here in Nanjing and get others to do the same.


http://freesites.ourchurch.com/p/Praywithoutceasingministries/?page_id=203







Thanks for your love and support.


God blesses you for your earnest and powerful prayers


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