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Who Shall Dwell in God’s Presence

Who may enter your presence on your holy hill?

Psalm 15 gives us the list of the characters of the people who shall dwell in God’s holy presence.

And they are:

1. Right doers who has clean and pure hearts (15:2)

2. Just and love their neighbors (15:3)

3. Fear God, faithful, have no doubt (15:4)

4. Not greedy and not love money (15:5)

Let’s pray together that God will help us to be the people who can stand in His holy presence. Holy Spirit will help if we ask humbly.

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Need of Deaf Translators

“Deaf people don’t understand things from a hearing person’s perspective.”

Hundreds of signed languages around the world don’t have God’s Word. See how the Bible comes alive for Deaf people in El Salvador when it’s translated into their language for the first time.

Get involved at http://www.wycliffe.org/deaf

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Stand In The Gap

“The more you pray, the more will be revealed. You will appreciate not only the greatness of prayer, but the greatness of God.”

Joni Eareckson Tada

Through the prayer, we will see the greatness of God in the nations, we will see the glory of God revealed in the life of each people in the world.

This coming May 5th is the National Day of Prayer. Let’s all of us have some time to pray, seek God’s face, and stand in the gap between God  and the unreached people groups in the world (Ezekiel 22:30b). God is looking for people who wants to do that so that He will not destroy those nations.

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The Bucket For Our Well

 

Translation is what opens the window, to let the light in.
It breaks the shell, so that we may eat the kernel.
It pulls the curtain aside, so that we may look into the most holy place.
It removes the cover from the well, so that we may get to the water…
In fact, without a translation in the common language, most people are like the children at Jacob’s well (which was deep) without a bucket or something to draw the water with; or like the person mentioned by Isaiah who was given a sealed book and told ‘Please read thus,’ and had to answer, ‘I can not, because it is sealed.’ (Isaiah 29:11)

(Taken from Christian History Magazine, issue 100, cover page 2)

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It Is Okay To Say No

But Jesus often withdrew to the wilderness for prayer. – Luke 5:16

I sometimes will feel guilty to say no to get involve with Christian Activities at our local church. This guilty feeling tell me that I am not “Christian” and “active” enough with the church and other people. Is it a lie? Is it a intimidation? It is to me after I read this Women’s Devotional from New Living Translation website.

The verse of today from Luke 5:16 teaches us that even Jesus took sometimes off and be alone in the wilderness for prayer, to reconnect with His Heavenly Father. Jesus said no to any charity or so called Christian activities just to pray, seemed for God’s guidance and be with God.

If you’re active in church, you attend Sunday worship, Wednesday prayer meeting, lead a women’s Bible study, teach Sunday school, sing in the choir . . . the list could go on. And you never take a break, right? Of course not. Saying no to people in need is not something a Christian woman does, right? Taking time off makes us feel guilty.

That’s why studying Jesus’ ministry is so important for us overachievers. When we look at his life, we see a Savior who knew his limits. Jesus chose whom to help and whom to say no to. Even though his time on earth was short, he still spent long hours alone. If Jesus did not view these rests as selfish or wasteful, why do we? And he didn’t hesitate to tell women to slow down, either–remember Mary and Martha?

Ladies, it’s okay to say no. Go ahead–rest. Rejuvenate. Don’t kid yourself into believing that you can’t take a break. That kind of pride will only drive you to exhaustion. God the Creator rested on the seventh day. And Jesus constantly withdrew from the crowds to connect alone with the Father.

Whatever you do, is it more important than what Jesus did when he was on this earth? If not, then take a time off from whatever you do to reconnect with God and to have constant refueling by God. That is important.