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ENTRY SEVEN – JANUARY 27, 2008

7 – Moses, the Strong Leader Who Listened Exodus 15:22 – 19:25

The next two entries only cover one and a half day’s worth of reading between them, but both are so meaty I had to leave them on their own. The topics highlighted here are OBEDIENCE, KEEPING DISEASE FREE IN A WORLD WHICH ENCOURAGES SELF-DESTRUCTION; GRATITUDE, FRIENDSHIP & TEAMWORK; SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE, BEING GOD’S TREASURED POSSESSION, and FEARING GOD.

 

 

 

 

It was the "leadership team that allowed the church in Guatemala to have 85 baptisms/restorations and grow for the first time in four years after laying off 70% of the church's full time staff."  Bill Ellis reports good news from Guatemala, but he also shares the financial struggles of a missionary trying to raise the support he needs for family and medical expenses... Here's his report.

  FACING DESTRUCTION, ESCAPING DEATH... Disciples Among Victims Of Post-Election Violence In Kenya

                                    The Phoenix campuses are off to a firey start this year as they seek to help people connect to Jesus.  One goal is to reach out to 1000 students for Jesus.  Read their story here... http://asu4christ.blogspot.com/2008/01/ignite-fire.html

 

ENTRY SIX – JANUARY 22, 2008

6 – Moses, the Reluctant Leader who Changed Exodus 1-15

And now on to the story of the Exodus, and the life of Moses. This entry will cover five days of reading, and will hit issues such as COURAGE, BLAMING OTHERS, “the GOD OF WHY”, and the AMAZING PROMISES AND POWER OF GOD.

Haris a brother in the PJ Singles has been trying hard to rise to the occasion to study the Bible with someone all the way. He and his wife Bee Gaik are currently leading one of the Singles ministry in the KL church. While Haris was looking hard and praying for God to place someone in his path, God brought Douglas into the picture.

From the evangelism plan throughout the whole KL church, many Eunice ministry sisters were also very excited to share their faith. A sister by the name of Survein went through many obstacles to locate her friend.

Survein met a friend but could not manage to get her telephone contact except for her company name. Through that, Survein called up the directory service and track down the company contact. But strangely, this company was not in KL where she met this woman. Without hesitation, she called them up and found that they had just setup a branch in KL. Immediately, she got the branch office contact and called up to look for this lady. When she got a call from Survein, she was so blown away on the kind of trouble Survein would take to find her.

The Kuala Lumpur Central Christian Church was established in April 1991 by a group of faithful disciples from our sister church in Singapore. With only a handful of disciples leading the mission team, the church grew from as few as 15 men and women then to well over 350 disciples now. Currently the KL church is led by Vincent and Jayne Sim together with a team of 4 full time ministry staff and 5 administrative staff.

Ministry of Reconciliation - By Shawn Wooten

We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. 2 Corinthians 5:20 NIV

 

The Power of Prayer

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. taught that “Everybody can be great because anybody can serve.” Thousands of HOPE worldwide volunteers in the U.S. have pledged to take a “Day On, Not a Day Off” on Monday, Jan. 21 and this upcoming weekend to honor Dr. King with community service. Volunteers have an opportunity to serve their neighbors and communities at more than 50 service sites with activities such as fire prevention outreach, school and neighborhood beautification, health and safety fairs, outreach to foster children and their families, and visits with the elderly.

 

ENTRY FIVE – JANUARY 18, 2008

5 – Joseph in Egypt Genesis 39-50

 

As we finish our study of the patriarchs, we will focus on Joseph in Egypt. This entry covers four days worth of reading, and discusses issues like FORGIVENESS, SPIRITUAL THINKING, INTEGRITY at WORK, GRACE, GENEROSITY, and of course, more PARENTING ISSUES.