The Bible is God's Word

Each week we are looking at one of the 6 Keys to Christian Growth. This week is Key 4 — the Bible.

The Bible is God’s Word. The Bible can be “a lamp for your feet and a light to your path.” God through the Bible can lead you and guide you. You can learn about God through the Bible and how to live a godly life.

The Bible is a book that is inspired by God. There are two main parts to the Bible. The Old Testament tells the story of God’s dealings with mankind, largely the nation of Israel, before Jesus Christ came to earth. The New Testament tells the story of Jesus Christ and His early followers — the first church.

If you have never read the Bible, a great place to start is in the New Testament. There are four gospels in the New Testament — Matthew, Mark, Luke and John — that tell the story of Jesus and His life here on earth. There you will learn about Jesus and His saving love for you — how He lived and died on our planet earth and rose again. It is a great idea to read the Bible every day — for it gives you spiritual food just like you get physical food every day. The Bible is God’s Word and can give you spiritual strength as you read it and learn from it and memorize it and put it into practice in your life every day.

So this week, let us pray that

• God will teach you how to live a Christian life through His holy Word the Bible
• God will protect our staff at Global Media Outreach and help us to be filled with His joy and peace and love
• God will provide financially both for you and your family and also for our ministry

THANK YOU so much for your prayers. When you accept Jesus Christ as your Savior, you become part of a worldwide family of true Christians. We are brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ.

May God bless you and your family,

What is prayer?

Each week we are focusing on one of 6 Keys to Christian Growth. This week, our topic is prayer.

What is prayer? Prayer is just talking with God and being with Him. As a Christian, you are a child of God and can pray to God in the name of Jesus Christ. Just like you would have a conversation with someone you love, you can tell God you love Him. You can praise and worship Him, since He is God. Ask God for forgiveness for any sins you may have committed.

It is also important to listen to Him. While God does not talk to you in a voice you can hear, if you are quiet you can often sense His presence.

And God wants us to ask Him for what is good. You can pray for God’s blessing on your friends and family, and that God would save your loved ones who may not know Jesus Christ.

It is important to spend time with God each day. It can be a good idea to set aside a certain time each day to pray and talk with God; many people find that the first thing in the morning is a good time of day.

Finally, pray in faith. God honors and answers prayer that we pray believing for His will to be done. So, this week, let us pray that

• God would save your friends and family who may not already be Christians
• God would help us at Global Media Outreach be protected and full of His love and joy and peace
• God would provide for us so that we could reach millions with the gospel

We hope you will have a great time each day spending time with God. THANK YOU so much for your prayers!

May God bless you,

Lest We Forget

Isaiah 46:9-10 …….. Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.

Recently, the last surviving veteran of both World War 1 and World War 2 passed away. His name was Bill Stone and he was 108 years old. I believe that it is of the utmost importance that we remember the men who fought and died for the freedom that we enjoy today. The price they paid was immense; in suffering and in death and in the horrendous conditions they lived in on the battlefields.

It is not only veterans of both World Wars that we must remember, there are also soldiers fighting for our freedom in wars today. We remember Iraq and Afghanistan. The weapons of warfare may have changed but the traumatic experiences and devastating carnage remain as atrocious as ever. We must salute and honour those men and women who risk their lives and often lose it each and every day on our behalf.

Of course, there is one war veteran who suffered more than any of us could ever imagine. His name is Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

As He hung on the cross at Calvary, He confronted every demonic power and principality. He took the full weight of the sin of all mankind upon Himself. He was attacked physically, spiritually, psychologically and emotionally, yet He never sinned.

He took our punishment in our place and He won. The battlefield of the cross, where Jesus suffered and died, was the place of our tremendous victory. Jesus overcame sin and death and rose again to secure the greatest victory in the history of the world. The Lord Jesus triumphed on the cross so that anyone who believes in Him will be victorious and live with Him forever.

Let us never forget the war veterans from yesterday and today who paid the highest price for our national freedom, but let us always remember our Lord who gave up everything for our complete and total freedom – Jesus Christ, the saviour of the world.

Thank you Jesus, you have given us absolute freedom. Amen

Being filled with the Holy Spirit.

Each week we are looking at one of 6 Keys to Christian Growth. The second key is being filled with the Holy Spirit.

Who is the Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit is God — here on earth, in an invisible form. How can we be filled with the Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit comes and lives in us when we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord. We can then ask God to fill us and control us and empower us with His Holy Spirit each and every day.

What difference does this make? Without God in your life in the person of the Holy Spirit, you could end up trying to live the Christian life just on your own efforts. With the Holy Spirit in your life, God Himself can live His life through you. This means that God the Holy Spirit can give you His peace, and love, and joy. You can ask Christ to flow through you and give you His attitudes, and replace your sinful thoughts with His presence.

Think how amazing this is! We, who are sinful, are forgiven by God through death of Jesus Christ. Then, God Himself will come and fill our lives with His Holy Spirit as we ask Him to!

So, this week, can you join us and let’s pray and ask God to

• Forgive us our sins
• Fill us and control us with His Holy Spirit each and every day
• Help our staff at Global Media Outreach always be clean before God and filled with His Holy Spirit

The Spirit filled life is the key to a joyful, victorious Christian life. Thank you so much for your prayers. Let us join together and ask God to shine the light of His love through our lives through the power of His Holy Spirit.

May God bless you,

Knowing God

There are 6 keys to Christian growth -- Knowing God, the Spirit Filled Life, Prayer, the Bible, Community (Church), and Reaching Out. Each week for the next 6 weeks, we will look at one of these as our prayer focus.

The first and most important is knowing God. The Christian life is not just a bunch of rules -- it is personally knowing God through Jesus Christ our Savior. There is one true God who created the heavens and the earth and who rules over all the universe. His nature is love; He is just and kind and all powerful.

He sent His Son Jesus Christ to this earth so that all who believe in Him as Savior could be forgiven our sins and have the gift of eternal life. If you have sincerely prayed to ask Jesus Christ into your heart and life as Savior and Lord, you are a Christian. This means you are a child of the King!

Once you have accepted Christ as Savior and Lord, you should try to know Him -- and know about Him -- as much as possible. God is now your heavenly Father and He loves you very much!

This week, let us pray that

• God will draw millions of people around the world to Himself
• God will help our Global Media Outreach staff team to walk victorious in Him
• God will help you to know Him more and more

Praise God that we can rejoice in His great love! It is a wonderful privilege to have our sins forgiven and to be called the children of God. Thank you so much for your prayers and for your love for others!

May God bless you,

The LORD is my shepherd

Psalm 23 : A Psalm of David.

1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. 3 He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.

4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the LORD Forever.