Wk 146
July 18, 2008 To the Ends of the Earth…
Verse for the week:
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD...
(Jonah 1:2-3a)
Quote for the week:
"Some of the girls stood on their own; others clustered around the brothels...strutting for the metal boxes speeding by...I realized I was looking at a child--not a woman--no more than twelve years old, hiding beneath heavy make-up." - Pete Greig
People Group of the week:
Jino of China
http://www.joshuaproject.net/peopctry.php?rop3=114127&rog3=CH
(Links to websites do not necessarily imply endorsement.)
Apostolic Missions Committee Member to pray for this week:
Doug Schock (Bloomfield, IA)
Apostolic Elder to pray for this week:
Mark and Jeannine Masters (Mansfield, OH)
Apostolic Christian Missionaries to pray for this week:
Let's lift up the Ethiopian Christians during this time of famine and drought. Perhaps there is not much of a physical harvest, but what a fertile time for spiritual harvest as Ethiopians cry in desperation for aid and love. Let's pray that Christians there can "plant and water," and may God give the increase.
Other News:
To most, the word "brothel" brings to mind many thoughts--not usually good ones. It's offensive and full of evil. However, as Christians, words like this should stir up another emotion--one that can only come with Christ's heart--love. Will we be like Jonah and run from the wickedness plaguing the earth? Jesus says to each one of us, "Ye are the light of the world!" Was Jesus sent to help the ones who had it all together--"the healthy?" NO! He said it Himself, "They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick." Jesus calls us to reach into the darkest most dirty corners of the earth in prayer and in deed. May our prayers be filled not only with the petitions of our local comrades, but may we cry out against Satan's hold on his lost sheep all over the earth. Let's get our hands dirty.
