Monday, November 5, 2012

Giving Thanks

After Aaron Luse finished teaching evangelistic lessons to 3 groups of Patpatar people in Papua New Guinea, several shared their new found faith with the rest of the group. One old man spoke up saying:

This teaching through God's Talk has led me to praise. It has led me to God's Son. God made Adam and Eve in the garden and restricted them from the fruit. When they sinned a new road was needed to get to God. A new road was needed and God promised it, but it wasn't completed then. That road is this that we believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus. We believe and know that we are not good. I am not a righteous man. But if we know this and believe in Him, God will make us new again.

Another new believer said:

When you wake up in the morning, you can look out on the ocean and see dolphins jumping in the water. That is like the joy that I have. I have joy jumping up and down because of the teaching from God's Word. It is clear to me and the truth has replaced what I used to believe.

At this time of the year I am reminded that we have much to give thanks for. I am very thankful for all those who pray for my ministry. Your prayers on my behalf are much appreciated.

Bob


 

Andrew Murray on "Humility"

"Humility is perfect quietness of heart. It is to have no trouble. It is never to be fretted or irritated or sore or disappointed. It is to expect nothing, to wonder at nothing that is done to me. It is to be at rest when nobody praises me and when I am blamed or despised. It is to have a blessed home in the Lord, where I can go in and shut the door and kneel to my Father in secret, and am at peace as in the deep sea of calmness when all around and above is trouble."