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We are putting up your WRAP so that our visitors can pray for you and your nation!  We know that the need is great in Uganda, both spiritual and physical as well as emotional.  A good portion of the citizens here in the U.S. just recently experienced the hardship of living without electricity and many were without good drinking water.  Their hardship lasted only a day or so, but perhaps the experience gave them a feel for those in war-torn countries and areas that have lost their power for months--or for those who have had to survive without ever having electricity and all of its blessings.  Our prayer here at doweknow.com is that God will smite the heart of His people and start a prayer session that will touch His heart.  We know from the Scriptures that God has chosen to use His people to distribute His Gospel and to reach the lost with the Good News that Jesus saves.  In the Scriptures, the believers are commanded to pray for the lost and to pray that God will send workers into the harvest.  Hopefully, the Church will be obedient to these commands without too much prompting.  Doesn't wisdom dictate that we hold up the world's needy nations and people because we are prompted to by the Love of Christ.  Surely it would be sad it we have to experience their hardships before we turn our hearts to them.  Also, I'm sure that none of us want to be like Jonah who ended up in the belly of the whale because he didn't want to obey God's commands. 

We will pray that God will give you a heart for the people and the anointing to meet every situation that arises in your ministry.  Please continue to hold up our ministry before the Lord.

Maranatha,

Don

A friend of our family forwarded us an E-mail that I felt like sharing with you!

THE SILENT SERMON

A member of a certain church, who previously had been attending services regularly, suddenly stopped coming to church.  After a few weeks, the Pastor decided to visit.

The Pastor found the man at home alone, sitting before a blazing fire. Guessing the reason for his Pastor's visit, the man
welcomed him, led him to a comfortable chair near the fireplace and waited. The pastor made himself at home but said nothing. In the grave silence, he contemplated the dance of the flames around the burning logs. After some minutes, the Pastor took the fire tongs, carefully picked up a brightly burning ember and placed it to one side of the hearth all alone. Then he sat back in his chair, still silent.

The host watched all this in quiet contemplation. As the one lone ember's flame flickered and diminished, there was a momentary glow and then its fire was no more. Soon it was cold and lifeless.

The Pastor glanced at his watch and realized it was time to leave, he stood up, picked up the cold, dead ember and placed it back in the middle of the fire. Immediately it began to glow, once more with the light and warmth of the burning coals around it.

As the Pastor reached the door to leave, his host said with a tear running down his cheek, "Thank you so much for your visit and especially for the fiery sermon. I shall be back in church next Sunday."

We live in a world today, which tries to say too much with too little. Consequently, few listen. Sometimes the best sermons are the ones left unspoken.

What silent message would God have you share with someone today?

"Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your
good works and glorify your Father which is in heaven." -- Matthew 5:16

A man may go to heaven......
without health, without wealth;
without fame, without a great name;
without learning, without earnings;
without culture, without beauty;
without friends and
without ten thousand other things-----
But he can NEVER go to Heaven
without Christ

 

DON WROTE:

There was a time in the United States that if someone quit going to church, it was assumed that he or she had grown cold to the things of the Lord.  In that day, this "Silent Sermon" would have been a powerful message.  But that assumption doesn't always hold true today.  The church was once a place that one could attend and be assured that aberrant behavior would be the exception and not the norm.  However, many of the old standards that drove the basic doctrine of the church in the past have been challenged or voted out in yearly assemblies, etc., to the point that the ungodly in our midst are now boldly removing the cornerstones of our faith from our society--saying that the "no-no's" have to go in the face of political correctness or assumed stigmatism.  Sadly, most of today's churches are full of self-serving pastors, of denominations that have forsaken the "Great Commission" to "Go ye into all the world" and share the good news that Jesus saves, of denominations that have overlooked the dire warnings the Word of God by ordaining professing homosexuals to preach from their pulpits, of churches that have chosen to leave pedophiles in positions of authority--in such a day as this, it is no wonder that the average church member, if not angry, is at least confused to the point that attending church has lost its meaning.

However, two wrongs do not make a right; and those who have chosen to leave a church for justified reasons need to consider a couple of things:

1. The Bible;
   Hebrews 10:
   24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
   25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but
   exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
2. That feeling that something is missing on a Sunday Morning.

Even though we do admittedly live in trying times that are adverse to the way of faith, nevertheless, like the first Church, we do have the presence and the potential leadership of the Holy Spirit.  Consequently, we should not despair and "just quit" on the Lord.  Rather, we should give ourselves to praying in the Holy Spirit and seeking the mind of the Lord for us--not only in the matter of church attendance, but in every aspect of our lives.

Luke 18
1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

Eph. 6:
18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

Our good buddy, Marvin Lacy, found on our site as the "Singing Mailman," forwarded this E-mail.

GOD CAN USE YOU!!

 
There are many reasons why God shouldn't have called you.
 
But don't worry. You're in good company . . .
 
Moses stuttered.
David's armor didn't fit.
John Mark was rejected by Paul.
Timothy had ulcers.
Hosea's wife was a prostitute.
Amos' only training was in the school of fig-tree pruning.
Jacob was a liar.
David had an affair.
Solomon was too rich.
Jesus was too poor.
Abraham was too old.
David was too young.
Peter was afraid of death.
Lazarus was dead.
John was self-righteous.
Naomi was a widow.
Paul was a murderer.
So was Moses.
Jonah ran from God.
Miriam was a gossip.
Gideon and Thomas both doubted.
Jeremiah was depressed and suicidal.
Elijah was burnt out.
John the Baptist was a loudmouth.
Martha was a worry-wart.
Mary was lazy.
Samson had long hair.
Noah got drunk.
 
Did I mention that Moses had a short fuse?
So did Peter, Paul -- well, lots of folks did.
But God doesn't require a job interview. 
He doesn't hire and fire like most bosses,
because He's more our Dad  than our Boss.
He doesn't look at financial gain or loss. 
He's not prejudiced or partial,
not judging, grudging, sassy, or brassy,
not deaf to our cry, not blind to our need.
As much as we try, God's gifts are free.
We could do wonderful things for wonderful people and still not be . .
 . Wonderful.
Satan says, "You're not worthy." Jesus says, "So what? . . . I AM."
Satan looks back and sees our mistakes.
God looks back and sees the cross.
He doesn't calculate what you did in '98.
It's not even on the record.
Sure. There are lots of reasons why God shouldn't have called us.
But if we are magically in love with Him,
if we hunger for Him more than our next breath,
He'll use us in spite of who we are, where we've been,
or what we look like.

Pray that as Christians, we will step out of our limitations into the illimitable nature of who God is.
Then our passion for God and our passion to communicate with Him will make mincemeat of our limitations.
 
  -- Author Unknown

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