From: christlife+noreply@googlegroups.com
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:15:59 +0000
Subject: [ChristLife] Digest for christlife@googlegroups.com - 4
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Today's Topic Summary
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Group: christlife@googlegroups.com
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- need an answer [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/christlife/t/50dfd8e760da931c
- prayer requests - Christ Bible Institute in Japan [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/christlife/t/7099491f5dcc5961
- Church is a fun and happy place. [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/christlife/t/3d21e13c2352488f
- Rom.8:28 -- What does it say? [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/christlife/t/771e64c3b630c77
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Topic: need an answer
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/christlife/t/50dfd8e760da931c
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From: roger shira <rogerdshira@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 14 03:29PM +0530
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/christlife/msg/b6cb43a54bc1c24b
God (the Holy Spirit) Killed them.
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Topic: prayer requests - Christ Bible Institute in Japan
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/christlife/t/7099491f5dcc5961
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From: JosephYLee@aol.com
Date: Aug 14 01:20AM -0400
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/christlife/msg/d03c9fe8548fd2d1
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
On June 10, 2010, I have sent an e-mail of good news about a
seminary in Japan when they have purchased a new building for
their seminary. Now, they have a minor setback, and they need
your prayers.
Please visit the website at......
MAJOR prayer request is the rapidly weakening US dollar which
has lost another 10% since May!!! That translates into a $100,000
loss once we wire our funds to purchase the campus. Please pray
for a dramatic reversal if God allows! It would be a terrible waste of
funds and would severely limit our ability to do renovations.
I really want everyone in Japan to go to heaven. Please pray a lot
harder for the seminary and the people in Japan. Please pray that
the Japanese will lose all of their money and go to church. I don't
know... Jesus did say that it is a lot harder for a rich man to go
to heaven compared to a camel going through an eye of needle, and
Japan has a lot of money. They have about 3 to 4 times more money
compared to South Korea. Many Koreans tried to evangelize in Japan.
However, most Japanese ignore the Korean missionaries because
many Koreans who went to Japan are poor. It is so sad...
Please pray for the seminary and for the nation of Japan.
Your Digital Jedi Knight in Christ,
Joseph Yosuk Lee
Suwon, South Korea
Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray for my mother, father, and younger brother
Richard that they will worship our Jesus as their Savior and
Lord.
2. Please also pray that they will also realize both money
invested and time invested building relationships with
people for God's glory is eternal.
3. Please pray that my father will not have any serious heart
problems after he had his heart attack on September 1, 2001.
4. Please pray for my success at Samsung by publishing
more papers and patents. Please pray for my health by losing
more weight and by exercising 4 times per week.
5. Please pray that I will tame my foolish tongue in terms of
arguing with my father
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Topic: Church is a fun and happy place.
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/christlife/t/3d21e13c2352488f
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From: JosephYLee@aol.com
Date: Aug 13 09:31PM -0400
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/christlife/msg/28f5f08a08c1ef68
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
I do not know whether you are going to church. So, if you are
going to church every Sunday, then please ignore this e-mail.
To those, who stopped going to church, can I ask you this
question?
Are you really saved? Church is a fun and happy place compared
to my job at Samsung. I have to work 5 days of hell. I am willing
to tithe to go to church. It is my pleasure. You do not find church
fun? You are telling me that you are a Christian?
I know a pastor and his wife on the internet, who stopped going to
church. Wow...
Your Digital Jedi Knight in Christ,
Joseph Yosuk Lee
Suwon, South Korea
Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray for my mother, father, and younger brother
Richard that they will worship our Jesus as their Savior and
Lord.
2. Please also pray that they will also realize both money
invested and time invested building relationships with
people for God's glory is eternal.
3. Please pray that my father will not have any serious heart
problems after he had his heart attack on September 1, 2001.
4. Please pray for my success at Samsung by publishing
more papers and patents. Please pray for my health by losing
more weight and by exercising 4 times per week.
5. Please pray that I will tame my foolish tongue in terms of
arguing with my father, mother, and younger brother related to
the Bible, church, God, finances, and other issues of pride.
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Topic: Rom.8:28 -- What does it say?
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/christlife/t/771e64c3b630c77
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From: Jacob <jninan@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 13 06:20PM -0700
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/christlife/msg/f1f206c7ac53ed46
Some people think it says only good things happen to us Christians.
Some others think that whatever happens to us is good because it comes
from God. Both are NOT right! Many bad things also happen to us, and
it is not God who makes everything to happen to us.
What do we mean when we say, "God is in control"? Is it correct to
think that God plans and executes every single thing that happens to
us. If it were so we could ask Him, e.g., "Why did You do 9/11?" But
God doesn't do everything that happens. We are living in a sin
corrupted world. Evil people do many evil things, and Satan and his
demons also are at work, directly and through people. Our gadgets go
wrong just as they do for others. We do many foolish things for which
we suffer consequences. This is because God has created people with a
freedom of choice. God told Adam and Eve what to do, but He also gave
the right to do what they chose. Then where is God in control? He can
and does whatever He wants (Ps.115:3). He also puts limits on what can
happen to us (Ge.3:22,23;1Co.10:13). Satan could not do to Job more
than what God permitted him (Job.1:12;2:6).
What God does say is that whatever happens to us--irrespective of what
it is and where it comes from--He will make that to work for our
good.
"And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to
those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
NASB"
"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love
God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. KJV"
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who
love him, who have been called according to his purpose. NIV"
"And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good
of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for
them. NLT"
"That's why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love
for God is worked into something good. The Message"
This goes beyond what Joseph said, "As for you, you meant evil against
me, but God meant it for good" (Ge.50:20). God causes everything that
happens to us to do something good to us. This depends on us too. We
can miss them if we react to things in a bad way, or we are not
looking for the good God wants to give us through our experiences.
What God essentially wants to do for us is to make us more like Jesus
(Ro.8:29). That is why Ro.8:28 is valid only to those who love God and
are called according to His purpose.
When Joseph was taken into slavery wrongly he sought for freedom (Ge.
40:14,15). So did Paul (Acts.25:11). They did not thank God for their
misfortune and remain there! Learning to give thanks in everything is
fine, but don't we also need to overcome every hindrance and fulfil
God's plan? Paul sang praises to God even in prison because God was in
control, but he made his defence whenever he had opportunity.
Let us want most what God wants to give us, and let us cooperate with
Him as He works in and around us.
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