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Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 20:09:37 +0000
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- Please pray for HyeWon's father, who is ill in hospital. [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/christlife/t/3fcc1d4f74609b40
- YOUR SILENT YEARS [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/christlife/t/8c10f58fb5ac3e38
- "The Tower of Babel" by Joseph Y. Lee --- 9/11 [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/christlife/t/ebb524c32bffebdd
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Topic: Please pray for HyeWon's father, who is ill in hospital.
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/christlife/t/3fcc1d4f74609b40
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From: Harry Riaz <hyriaz@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 12 07:52AM +0500
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/christlife/msg/83c844d3decd1c39
Hello
> Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
I have read ur e mail of Prayer Request.
And now i am going to say u this that ur Father ill heal
You need not worry cause our Father who is Heaven ill
Listen are whole Prayer Requests and Give us the Answer on The Right time u
also Pray and me too Pray for ur Great Father he ill be Heal Soon
May God Bless Him and Heal Him very very soon and he ill able to come back
safe and sound into his Family u just take care of urself and ur Family and
of ur Father too Especially.
God Bless You.
From Yours Brother in Chirst.
Mr.Waqas Shahid.
From Pakistan.
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Topic: YOUR SILENT YEARS
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/christlife/t/8c10f58fb5ac3e38
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From: Bayo Afolaranmi <spiritualdigest@yahoo.com>
Date: Sep 11 12:11PM -0700
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/christlife/msg/34e5e2c2c9b693f4
Dearly Beloved,
YOUR SILENT YEARS
"And Jesus increased in wisdom (in broad and full understanding) and
in stature and years, and in favor with God and man" (Luke 2:52 AMP).
The writers of the Gospels did not write much about the early years of
Jesus Christ on earth. Apart from His birth narratives (Matthew
1:18—2:23; Luke 1:26-38; 2:1-39) and an incident when He was twelve
years old (see Luke 2:42-52), nothing is known about Him from the
Bible until He was about thirty years old (see Luke 3:23). Some Bible
scholars have referred to these unknown years as the silent years of
Jesus Christ on earth. Luke used just a verse to describe these silent
years (see Luke 2:52). Almost all other Bible characters had their
silent years. Much is not known about the early years of most of these
people. These silent years were years when God was preparing each of
these great men and women. Most of them did not have the best of time
like Jesus in their silent years, but after God had prepared them in
various ways secretly, He launched them into their public missions.
Undoubtedly, each one of us nowadays also has our own silent years
when no one knew about us before now that we become known. In fact,
many people are even still in their silent years. They are not
renowned. God is still preparing them for the manifestation of His
glory in their lives. Such people are still like caterpillars in their
cocoons. They are waiting for the mature time to rip open the cocoons
and become beautiful butterflies. Any attempt to open the cocoons
prematurely will cause a very adverse effect on the growing
butterflies.
Are you still in your silent years? God is preparing you for the
manifestation of His glory in your life. The preparation may not be
pleasant now. However, wait till when God is done with you. Do not be
in a hurry. You will indeed shine for His glory, and people will
celebrate you.
In His service,
Bayo Afolaranmi (Pastor).
NB
MY TWO-WEEK MINISTRY-RELATED VISIT TO MOZAMBIQUE
I thank God for my two-week ministry-related visit to Mozambique. I
mainly interacted with students and staff of an evangelical
theological seminary and some Christian youth in the capital city of
the country. My focus of interaction was the introduction of practical
ways of using the Internet in Christian ministries. It was a time of
refreshing and blessings of God to the people I met in Mozambique and
even to me and my ministry.
I am very grateful for the people that provided the resources I used
for the visit, and people that prayed with/for me before, during and
after the visit. Thank you very much.
I am looking forward for more of such refreshing experiences in the near future.
God bless you!
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Topic: "The Tower of Babel" by Joseph Y. Lee --- 9/11
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/christlife/t/ebb524c32bffebdd
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From: JosephYLee@aol.com
Date: Sep 11 02:10PM -0400
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/christlife/msg/5bd86791fc8505b6
The Tower of Babel
By Joseph Y. Lee
I have debated with my non-Christian father on the
authenticity of the book of Genesis. He believes it
is a collection of fables, not based on historical
fact. My non-Christian father could not believe that
God would punish the descendants of Noah for building
the Tower of Babel and not punish the people in New
York City, Seoul, LA, Tokyo, Chicago, and many other
cities for building skyscrapers a lot higher than the
Tower of Babel. My father asked, "Why did God spare
the people in New York City, Seoul, LA, Tokyo, Chicago,
and many other cities and not the people in Babel?"
I would say, "Isn't it obvious?" God simply shows
His mercy and compassion on the people in New York
City, Seoul, LA, Tokyo, Chicago, and many other
cities. (Romans 9:15) Why did God punish the people
in Tower of Babel? Isn't it again obvious? The people
in the Tower of Babel are sinners. (Romans 3:23, 6:23)
We all know what happened on 9/11. It was very easy
for sinful man to destroy the World Trade Center in New
York City. Sinful man has the ability to destroy. The
World Trade Center could be a reminder of what had
happened at the Tower of Babel. It seemed odd that
the news media broadcasted that only Americans died
in the World Trade Center when actually, the attack
on the World Trade Center was an attack on the whole
world. Many Christians, Muslims, and Jews died in the
World Trade Center. Many Chinese, Koreans, Japanese,
Europeans, Iranians, Iraqis, Saudis, Americans, and
many others died in the attack by Muslim extremists,
who would even kill their own people. Did it seem
obvious that God could destroy every skyscraper in
the world when sinful man did it so easily in 9/11?
Even though God had that power to destroy the Tower
of Babel, he never physically destroyed the Tower of
Babel. He only confused the languages of the world
and made them speak in tongues. (1 Corinthians 14:33)
When the descendants of Noah at that time were speaking
in different languages and speaking in tongues, God
was pronouncing His judgment and anger for their
rebellion. Their rebellion was obvious in Genesis
11:4 in terms of their pride and arrogance.
In my opinion, my non-Christian father did not ask
the right question. He should not ask, "why?" but
"when?"
"For the coming of the Son of Man will be like the
days of Noah." Matthew 24:37
The smarter question is, "When will God destroy all of
the Tower of Babels in New York City, Seoul, LA, Tokyo,
Chicago, and many other cities?"
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