dW 10.07.09

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Romans 14:1-4

Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters. One man's faith allows him to eat everything, but another man, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. The man who eats everything must not look down on him who does not, and the man who does not eat everything must not condemn the man who does, for God has accepted him. Who are you to judge someone else's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand

 

En Espanol, Romanos 14:1-4

 

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Never make a principle out of your experience; let God be as original with other people as he is with you.

Oswald Chambers

dW 10.06.09

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Psalm 119:49-50

Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope. My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life.

 

En Espanol, Salmos 119:49-50

 

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He who would live a life without pain has come to the wrong world.  There is no such choice here on this earth.  But we can choose, at least to some extent, the kind of pain we want to have.  We can choose between creative pain and pointless pain, between holy pain and petty pain, between pain for a purpose and pain that has no purpose.

Jack Riemer

dW 10.05.09

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John 15:18-20

Jesus speaking, "If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. Remember the words I spoke to you: 'No servant is greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.”

 

En Espanol, Juan 15:18-20

 

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Viji, my dear friend and fellow servant of Christ, went on a trip to Orissa, India. There August 23, 2008 was a very large, devastating riot lead by Hindu extremists against Christians in the area. Brother Viji and eight other men, being burdened for the persecuted church of Orissa, went to encourage and minister to their needs. Here are two excerpts from the report of their trip to Orissa from August 31 to September 9, 2009.

 

Monday September 7, 2009

We, all together visited Kandhamal the worst affected district of RIOT 2008 (23.08.2008).  The Christians here underwent severe persecution. 86 killed, many raped, many houses looted and the Christians had to run for life into the dense forest. Following are some of the statistical data given by Rev. Sushant Naik of Baptist Church, Raikia, Kandhamal …

 

 5,200 houses of Christians destroyed

           50,000 Christians (5,000 families) rendered homeless

           15,000 Christians fled to other districts and states

           25,000 Christians Stationed at various relief camps

                168 Churches, about 100 Christian institutions and

                       a large number of shops owned by Christians were ransacked.

 

The prime motto behind the riot was to eradicate Christianity from the state of Orissa, unaware of the fact that ‘they cannot’.

 

First we visited a place called ‘Raikia’ where a Baptist Church, the only church left without damage. We met Rev. Sushant Naik who accompanied us and take us around the nearby relief camps. Even though, many relief camps are closed by the government and the people asked to go to their native village, the people had erected small tents near the village for they don’t have a home to live. We visited the broken houses (many to the ground level) and poisoned wells. Many villages are deserted because of continuing threat. 

 

We also visited K.Nuagan where a nun was raped.  It was horrific to see the entire building with two jeeps and few bikes, set on fire.

 

We extended as much as help we could do on the spot by way of finance and rice to the people in the camps.

 

Finally…

The persecution took place on 23^rd August, 2008 and on the same date of 2009 the Lord celebrated the anniversary of the tribulations of HIS people in Kandhamal by sending 15 elephants (It was uncommon for the elephants to visit) and demolished 700 houses out of which 94% houses were of the culprits who persecuted God’s people.  The persecutors have told ‘even the elephants have become Christian Elephants’.

dW 10.02.09

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James 4:13-15

Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that."

 

En Espanol, Santiago 4:13-15 

 

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Oh teach me, Lord, to treasure much

The simple things of life- the touch

Of wind and snow, of rain and sun;

And when the hours of work are done,

The quietness of rest, the fair

And healing sustenance of prayer.

And, Lord of living, help me keep

A shining, singing gladness deep

Within for blessings yet to be

Through all eternity.

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dW 10.01.09

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Revelation 21:3-4

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."

 

En Espanol, Apocalipsis 21:3-4

 

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For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.

William Penn

dW 09.30.09

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Hebrews 13:5-6

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." So we say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?"

 

En Espanol, Hebreos 13:5-6

 

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Our desires must not only be offered up to God, but they must all terminate in him, desiring nothing more than God, but still more and more of him.

Matthew Henry

dW 09.28.09

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Jeremiah 17:7-8

But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.

 

En Espanol, Jeremías 17:7-8

 

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There was a ship at sea in time of storm.  The passengers were in great distress.  After a while one of them, against orders, went up on deck and made his way to the pilot.  The seaman was at his post of duty at the wheel and when he saw the man was greatly frightened he gave him a reassuring smile.  Then the passenger turned and went back to the other passengers and said, “I have seen the pilot and he smiled, ’All is well.’”  When our small boat of life is storm-tossed and our hearts are fearful, we may push through the storm to our Pilot who is standing at the wheel, and when we see His face we shall know that all is well.

Robert Louis Stevenson

dW 09.24.09

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James 1:22-25

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does.

 

En Espanol, Santiago 1:22-25

 

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I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a great deal about their acts.

Horace Mann

dW 09.23.09

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John 15:9-14

Jesus says, "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command.

 

En Espanol, Juan 15:9-14

 

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Someone has pointed out that the mere knowledge of religious truth “without an honest attempt at translating it into action and putting it into practice, will not profit a person very much.”  Medicine left in a bottle, unused, will not help anybody.  Machinery stored in a shed and never used will be of small value to anyone.  Books that are kept on a shelf and never read will help nobody.

Abraham Feldman

dW 09.22.09

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Psalm 19:1-7

The heavens declare the glory of God, the sky proclaims His handiwork. Day to day makes utterance, night to night speaks out. There is no utterance, there are no words, whose sound goes unheard. Their voice carries throughout the earth, their words to the end of the world. He placed in them a tent for the sun, who is like a groom, coming forth from the chamber, like a hero, eager to run his course. His rising-place is at one end of heaven, and his circuit reaches the other; nothing escapes his heat.

 

En Espanol, Salmos 19:1-7

 

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A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.
C. S. Lewis