My Islam File        Muslim map of world

Last night at 6.10pm HK time, 21 year old former inmate So Ming Gwan went home to Heaven, after a long battle with cancer. I had visited him almost every day over the past two weeks, sometimes twice daily. Yesterday I visited him in the morning, and then in the afternoon, after my time at Lai Chi Kok Detention Centre, I visited him again, and was with him with he passed away.
Many thanks to all who prayed for him. Our prayers have not been in vain. Somehow or other the Good Lord will use or has used our prayers. Jesus, may A-Gwan's prayers in Heaven help us on this side of the veil. Please give strength and courage to his family.

Daniel 8-12

Daniel received many visions from God, usually after a special time of prayer and fasting.

Daniel was given glimpses of the future, the rise and fall of nations.

He also was given to understand what happens after this life:

"The dead will rise from the grave,
some to everlasting life, some to everlasting shame.

Those who have instructed others in virtue, will shine like stars for all eternity."

Lord, please help everyone get to Heaven

Psalm 104 (a)

Bless the Lord, my soul!
Lord God, how great you are.

You make the clouds your chariot.
You walk on the wings of the wind.

You make springs gush forth in the valleys. They give drink to all the animals of the field.

You make grass grow for the cattle, and plants to provide food for people.

You give us wine to cheer our hearts, and oil to make our faces shine.

You made the moon to mark the months. The sun knows the time for its setting.

Recording

Psalm 104 (b)

How many are your works, O Lord. In wisdom you have made them all.

The earth is full of your riches,
and the sea is swarming with life.

All things, great and small, look to you for food. You open your hand, they have their fill.

You send forth your spirit, and life is created. You renew the face of the earth.

I will sing to the Lord all my life.
May my thoughts be pleasing to him.

Bless the Lord, my soul!

Recording

John 4.34-36

Jesus said to his disciples "My food is to do the will of the one who sent me, and to complete his work

Look around, look at the fields. They are ready for harvest"

Jesus, please encourage more people to be Gospel workers, harvesting souls for eternal life

Recording

Recommended: check these readings early morning, think about them during the day, check them again at night. This habit gives us extra energy, courage, motivation, peace and compassion for each day

 Heroism does not wear national badge

In the face of Islamic State’s atrocities, global inaction is not an option

Afghanistan braces for violence as Islamic State makes presence felt

China president arrives in Pakistan to sign £30bn 'land corridor' agreement
Xi Jinping’s funding of electricity generation and transport expected to give China access to move goods through Pakistan to the Arabian sea

South Africa's xenophobic attacks:  are migrants really stealing jobs?

My weekly article in today's Ming Pao newspaper
with the topic: Understanding Islamic Terrorism
is on Ming Pao website - click "Australian in HK".
Free access to article with recording today from about noon to 8pm HK time. Text without recording

Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day of the week:

Sun: Africa        Mon: Europe & Russia     Tues: South Asia      Wed: East Asia  
Thurs: S.E. Asia & Pacific       Frid: South America       Sat: Central & North America 
  
Jesus, today, Tuesday,  please bless the people of South Asia

And praying for prisoners in one part of China each day of the month:
On this 21st of the month,  Jesus please bless the prisoners of Yunnan

And praying for one of the world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 21st of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Benin

And praying for one Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, please pacify Boko Haram 

This website's Tanzania File
(stopping Africans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- letters  from Tanzanian inmates  in Hong Kong prisons

This website's South America file 
(stopping South Americans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- letters  from South American inmates  in Hong Kong prisons

This website's HK Asylum Seekers' File
(stopping South Asians from being "people smuggled" to HK)

My Islam File    Muslim map of world

What an excellent article!

My time in prison reveals caring behind bars

HK's Sunday radio program "The Hour of Love" (HK time 9pm) is listened to by hundreds of overseas inmates in HK prisons. Program can be accessed at www.metroradio.com.hk  - click on "AM 1044 Metro Plus"

 If overseas relatives would like to take part in the program, please email the kind program host: Bruce Aitken - houroflove@gmail.com 

Daniel 7 

Once when Daniel was asleep, he had a vision of heaven:

"Thrones were put in place, and one of great age took his seat. His robe was white as snow, his hair as pure as wool.

A thousand thousand waited on him, ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him.

Then coming on the clouds of heaven was one like a son of man.

On him was conferred  glory and kingship, and people of all nations became his servants.

His kingship is eternal. His empire will never be destroyed."

Jesus, please help me understand that you are the "Son of Man"
whose kingship is eternal

My recording of this reading

Psalm 103

My soul, give thanks to the Lord.
All my being, bless his holy name. My soul, give thanks to the Lord
and never forget all his blessings.

It is he who forgives all your guilt,
who heals every one of your ills. It is he who fills your life with good things, renewing your youth like an eagle's life.

The Lord is compassion and love,
slow to anger and rich in mercy.

As the heavens are high above the earth, so strong is his love for those who love him. As far as the East is from the West, so far does he remove our sins.

As a father has compassion on his sons, the Lord has pity on all who love and honor him.

Give thanks to the Lord, all his angels, who heed the voice of his word. Give thanks to the Lord, everyone and everything. My soul, give thanks to the Lord!

Thank you, Lord, for your love and compassion

Recording

1 Timothy 1.12-17

I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who called me into his service, even though I was an offender

Mercy was shown me, because I was acting in ignorance

Christ Jesus came into the world to save offenders. I myself am the greatest offender

Christ Jesus' patience and mercy to me is available to all offenders.
I am a demonstration model of Christ's mercy

To the eternal King, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen

Recording

John 4.1-14

Jesus visited a Samaritan town. Near a well there, Jesus said to a Samaritan woman "Give me a drink"

He also said to her  "If you drink water from this well, you will get thirsty again. But if you drink the water that I shall give, you will never be thirsty again.

The water that I shall give will turn into a spring of eternal life inside you"

Jesus, please give me a drink of your eternal life water  - which is your Holy Spirit

Recording

International Catholic Reform Movement took to the Green!
^{If the exclusion of women from governance, leadership, and ordained ministry continues, it will indeed have harmful effects}

A-Gwan (21 year old former inmate, dangerously ill with cancer) is still battling on at a local hospital. His father stays with him through the night. His mother and other family members are with him through the day. Other patients in his ward also encouraging him. I've been to see him every day the past week, and will try to keep going each day if I can. Thank you for prayers. Jesus, please heal A-Gwan!

Refugees don’t need our tears. They need us to stop making them refugees

Dear Pope Francis, Namibia was the 20th century’s first genocide

The pope was wrong when he called the Armenian massacre the first genocide of the last century  

Life Issues

Sickening: Major food corporations use tissue from aborted babies to manufacture flavor additives in processed foods

The pornography plague is airbrushing our humanity

From a reader in Australia:
On the first day

Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day of the week:

Sun: Africa        Mon: Europe & Russia     Tues: South Asia      Wed: East Asia  
Thurs: S.E. Asia & Pacific       Frid: South America       Sat: Central & North America 
  
Jesus, today, Monday,  please bless the people of Europe & Russia

And praying for prisoners in one part of China each day of the month:
On this 20th of the month,  Jesus please bless the prisoners of Sichuan

And praying for one of the world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 20th of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Gambia

And praying for one Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, please pacify ISIS 

This website's Tanzania File
(stopping Africans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- letters  from Tanzanian inmates  in Hong Kong prisons

This website's South America file 
(stopping South Americans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- letters  from South American inmates  in Hong Kong prisons

This website's HK Asylum Seekers' File
(stopping South Asians from being "people smuggled" to HK)

My Islam File     Muslim map of world

Sledge hammered or airbrushed: getting rid of ‘beautiful things’

..... ' the gradual, insistent airbrushing of religion out of (Irish) life.'

 .....'to refer to the challenge and comfort of a lived faith in a God of love and compassion, is almost to speak a language that so many now either refuse to speak or don't really understand.'

Refugees don’t need our tears. They need us to stop making them refugees

A-Gwan, 21 year old ex-inmate fighting cancer at a local hospital, is still battling for his life. Yet another tiny improvement yesterday, DG.
Jesus, please heal A-Gwan!

c.f. Readings for "Easter 3"

Acts 3.9-16

When people saw the former crippled man walking, they couldn't believe their eyes. So Peter said to them "Why are you so surprised? Do you think John and I made this cripple walk?

It is by our faith in Jesus that this man has been restored to health.

Jesus is the Holy One, the Just One, the Prince of Life whom you handed over to Pilate for crucifixion. But God raised him from the dead

Jesus, Prince of Life, please increase my faith in you. Please give me a faith that can bring your  healing to handicapped people

My recording of this reading

Psalm 4

At the end of this day I praise you, Lord, for all your love and help.

O people of the world, how long will you close your hearts to God?
How long you will keep on chasing false goals?

Lord, you have put into my heart a joy that cannot be obtained by big meals and plenty of wine.

I will lie day in peace and sleep comes at once, for you, Lord, make me dwell in safety and peace

Thank you, Lord, for your love and help right through today

Recording

Luke 24.36-49 (a)

The disciples were still talking about what had happened when suddenly Jesus himself stood among them. At first they were terrified and thought they were seeing a ghost

But he said "Look at my hands and feet. Yes, it is I indeed. Touch me and see for yourselves. A ghost has no flesh and bones as you can see I have"

Their fear turned to joy but they still couldn't believe what they were seeing. So he asked them for something to eat, and they gave him some grilled fish which he ate in front of them

Recording

Luke 24.36-49 (b)

Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and he said "So you see how it is written that the Christ would suffer, and on the third day rise from the dead. And that in his name repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be preached to all the nations

Soon I will send down to you what the Father promised (the Holy Spirit).  Stay in Jerusalem until you are clothed with this power from on high"

Jesus,  increase my faith in your resurrection, and open my mind to  understand the Bible better

Recording

 The crimes of Boko Haram
I believe that Boko Haram has not damaged the relationship that existed between Christians and Muslims, on the contrary! Boko Haram attacks both Muslims and Christians! Everyone is in the same situation. Both suffer the same way! This then gives us great understanding in our dialogue. Everyone ensures the security of the other.

 A decade after the Bali Nine arrests, it's time to kill the death penalty

      Video of riots

1981 (Australia)
1985 (HK). Thank you Francis for 1st planting seed of HK in my heart in 1981

Cardinal Francis George O.M.I. dies after long struggle with cancer

John Allen: The ‘American Ratzinger’ dies

BBC Radio - 43 mins:
Matteo Ricci and the Ming Dynasty
Program discusses the life of Matteo Ricci, whose story is one of the most important encounters between Renaissance Europe and a China which was still virtually closed to outsiders

10 years ago
 today

2005-04-19 Visit to Ricci Centre by 60(!) Zhaoqing University students

- a whole new meaning to the term “zebra crossing”

Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day of the week:

Sun: Africa        Mon: Europe & Russia     Tues: South Asia      Wed: East Asia  
Thurs: S.E. Asia & Pacific       Frid: South America       Sat: Central & North America 
  
Jesus, today, Sunday,  please bless the people of Africa

And praying for prisoners in one part of China each day of the month:
On this 19th of the month,  Jesus please bless the prisoners of Shanxi

And praying for one of the world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 19th of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Sudan

And praying for one Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, please bless all Muslims in my own country 

This website's Tanzania File
(stopping Africans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- letters  from Tanzanian inmates  in Hong Kong prisons

This website's South America file 
(stopping South Americans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- letters  from South American inmates  in Hong Kong prisons

This website's HK Asylum Seekers' File
(stopping South Asians from being "people smuggled" to HK)

My Islam File      Muslim map of world

Pope ponders Cuba stop off during US visit      

Death on the Mediterranean

The least worst option for so many Africans
 … "A dead goat doesn’t fear the butcher’s knife"

A-Gwan, 21 year old ex-inmate fighting cancer at a local hospital, is still battling for his life. Another tiny improvement yesterday, DG.
Jesus, please heal A-Gwan!

Daniel 4-6

Some of the king's officials were jealous of Daniel, so they had him arrested on a false charge and condemned to death.

One evening, Daniel was put into a cave of lions. The mouth of the cave was sealed with a great stone.

In the cave Daniel prayed to God for help, and God protected Daniel.

The next morning the stone was removed. Daniel walked out unharmed.

The king then ordered Daniel's accusers to be put into the cave.
The lions immediately ate them.

Thank you, Lord, for protecting Daniel. Thank you, Lord, for so often protecting me

My recording of this reading

Psalm 102

O Lord, listen to my prayer in my distress. Do not hide your face from me.

For my days are vanishing like smoke, my bones burn away like a fire.

I forget to eat my bread. My skin clings to my bones.

All day long my foes revile me.
Those who hate me use my name as a curse.

But you, O Lord, will endure for ever. You will arise and have mercy on Sion.

You will hear the groans of the prisoners, and free those condemned to die.

I pray to you: "Do not take me away before my time has come,
you whose days last from age to age.

Lord, please help people who are in great distress 

Recording

1 Timothy 1.1-10

From Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus, to Timothy, true child of mine in the faith. I  wish you grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ

Please stay at Ephesus and insist that no one teaches misleading doctrines or empty speculation about the Law of God

As a penal code, the aim of the Law is to make provision not for good people but for offenders: for murderers, for people who are immoral with women or with boys or with men, for liars and for perjurers  - and for everything else that is contrary to sound teaching

Jesus, please help law offenders not to offend again, and to make up for what they have done

Recording

John 3.25-36

Some of John the Baptist's disciples told John that many of his disciples were leaving him and following Jesus

John replied "I am not the Christ. I am the one who was sent to prepare his way. The bride is only for the bridegroom. But the bridegroom's friend is happy when he hears the bridegroom's voice. This is the happiness I now feel

He must become more and more important. I must become less and less important

Anyone who believes in the Son has eternal life. But anyone who refuses to believe in the Son will not have eternal life"

Jesus,  be more and more important in my life

Recording

Executions of citizens abroad continue to raise questions about Indonesia's hardline policies at home

Amnesty and others say Kenya’s plans to close the world’s largest refugee complex would breach international law and play into the hands of al-Shabaab

10 years ago
 on this day

A preacher visits an elderly woman from his congregation. As he sits on the couch he notices a large bowl of peanuts on the coffee table. "Mind if I have a few?" he asks. "No, not at all!" the woman replies.
They chat for an hour and as the preacher stands to leave, he realizes that instead of eating just a few peanuts, he emptied most of the bowl. "I'm terribly sorry for eating all your peanuts, I really just meant to eat a few."
"Oh, that's all right," the woman says. "Ever since I lost my teeth all I can do is suck the chocolate off them."

Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day of the week:

Sun: Africa        Mon: Europe & Russia     Tues: South Asia      Wed: East Asia  
Thurs: S.E. Asia & Pacific       Frid: South America       Sat: Central & North America 
  
Jesus, today, Saturday,  please bless the people of Central & North America

And praying for prisoners in one part of China each day of the month:
On this 18th of the month,  Jesus please bless the prisoners of Shandong

And praying for one of the world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 18th of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Ivory Coast

And praying for one Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, please pacify the Taliban

This website's Tanzania File
(stopping Africans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- letters  from Tanzanian inmates  in Hong Kong prisons

This website's South America file 
(stopping South Americans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- letters  from South American inmates  in Hong Kong prisons

This website's HK Asylum Seekers' File
(stopping South Asians from being "people smuggled" to HK)

My Islam File     Muslim map of world

A-Gwan, 21 year old ex-inmate fighting cancer at a local hospital, is still battling for his life. Tiny improvement yesterday, DG.
Jesus, please heal A-Gwan!

Pope meets with Kenyan Bishops

"In fidelity to the entire patrimony of the faith and moral teaching of the Church, may you strengthen your commitment to working with Christian and non-Christian leaders alike, in promoting peace and justice in your country through dialogue, fraternity and friendship. 

In this way you will be able to offer a more unified and courageous denunciation of all violence, especially that committed in the name of God"

Daniel 2-3

The king of Babylon had a dream
which none of his wise men could interpret.

God enabled Daniel to understand the dream. The king then promoted Daniel and his friends to important jobs.

Some time after this, the king built a golden statue, and everyone was commanded to adore it.

The Jewish exiles, including Daniel and his friends, refused to adore the statue.

Daniel and his friends were condemned to be burnt to death
in a big furnace.

But God protected the four young  men, and they walked around unhurt in the flames.

They praised God for his wonderful protection, and called on all creatures to adore the one true God.

When the king saw this miracle take place, he cancelled the law for Jews to be killed.

Give thanks to the Lord for he is good.  Let everyone praise the Lord for his love is everlasting

My recording of this reading

Psalm 101

My song is of mercy and justice.
I sing to you, O Lord.

I will try to walk with blameless heart. I will try to give my attention to what is good, not what is bad.

People who slander others, people of proud looks, these will not be my friends.

People who are good and do good,
these will be my friends.

Dear Lord, please help me to avoid bad company

Recording

2 Thessalonians 3.10-16

We gave you a rule when we were with you: not to let anyone have any food if he refused to do any work

Yet we hear that some of you are living in idleness, doing no work themselves but interfering with everyone else's work

In the Lord Jesus Christ, we order and call on such people to go on quietly working and earning the food that they eat

Never grow tired of doing what is right

May the Lord of peace give you peace always and everywhere

Jesus, don't let me interfere in other people's business

Recording

John 3.1-5

A religious leader said to Jesus "you are a teacher who comes from God, for no one could perform the signs that you do unless God were with him"

Jesus replied "Unless you are born through water and the Spirit,
you cannot enter God's kingdom"

Jesus, please help more people be baptized through water and the Spirit

Recording

Suspected Al Shabaab militants arrested in Tanzania

Anti-corruption drive in China is causing people with ill-gotten gains to try all sorts of methods for shifting their money overseas and to HK. For HK they pay simple Mainland people to set up money laundering accounts in HK ....and they pay simple people to strap many pads of money to their bodies - as in the first report at this link (in Chinese, but graphics show the money pads) - for both of which methods the simple people go to prison in HK

Indonesia summons Saudi ambassador re execution of maid
- but Indonesia itself executes inmates!?
- may the sadness felt in Indonesia at the maid's execution, move President Joko to hold a referendum on the death penalty

Cuba has shown us that sanctions don’t work – so why keep using them?
With all the subtlety of Game of Thrones, this kind of warfare has become the default mode of western diplomacy. Yet the only people they hurt are the poor

"If Father Bill Sheehan were your parish priest, the pews would be packed"

Pope blesses family of Pakistan woman condemned to death for blasphemy

I'm currently re-reading a book of poems, letters and other items by and about a man named David John Wotherspoon, my late father, the book kindly edited by my cousin Bob Taylor. Bob's mother Till and my Dad were sister and brother. Yesterday I read how after leaving Tobruk in Libya (where Dad was a Rat of Tobruk), Dad's 2/15 Battalion spent time in Harem, Syria - near the border with Turkey.
This Wikipedia article describes the long history of Harem, and says that since late 2014, Harem has become the headquarters for  the Syrian affiliate of Al-Qaeda

A funeral service is being held in a church for a woman who has just passed away. At the end of the service, the pallbearers carrying the casket accidentally bump into a wall, jarring the casket. They hear a faint moan. They open the casket and find that the women is actually alive. She lives for 10 more years and then dies. A ceremony is again held at the same church and at the end the pallbearers are again carrying the casket out. As they are walking, the husband calls out, "Watch out for the wall!"

Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day of the week:

Sun: Africa        Mon: Europe & Russia     Tues: South Asia      Wed: East Asia  
Thurs: S.E. Asia & Pacific       Frid: South America       Sat: Central & North America 
  
Jesus, today, Friday,  please bless the people of South America

And praying for prisoners in one part of China each day of the month:
On this 17th of the month,  Jesus please bless the prisoners of Shaanxi

And praying for one of the world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 17th of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Malawi

And praying for one Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, on this Muslim day of prayer, please bless all Muslims!

This website's Tanzania File
(stopping Africans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- letters  from Tanzanian inmates  in Hong Kong prisons

This website's South America file 
(stopping South Americans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- letters  from South American inmates  in Hong Kong prisons

This website's HK Asylum Seekers' File
(stopping South Asians from being "people smuggled" to HK)

My Islam File     Muslim map of world

Pope's trip to three South American countries set for July
Trip to Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay will run 6-12 July

Francis hopes to visit his native Argentina, Chile and Uruguay in 2016. He has also promised to visit Peru and Mexico at some point in the future and said he would return to Brazil in 2017

These may be the last Christians of the Middle East – unless we help

This wave of Christian persecution began  a decade ago in the chaos sparked by the  invasion of Iraq. Under Saddam Hussein’s rule Christians were free to worship and played a full role in society. The removal of the dictator let loose an ugly Shia-Sunni power struggle

Yesterday I paid my usual Wed visit to a drug treatment centre (to visit inmates, not for treatment for myself!). And as usual I came away with the question: how to help inmates discover the transforming power of the Risen Jesus?  (DV a new little book in the pipeline will help in this regard)
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A-Gwan, 21 year old ex-inmate fighting cancer at a local hospital is still battling for his life. 
Jesus, please heal A-Gwan!

Daniel 1

There were many Israelite exiles in Babylon. The king of Babylon wanted some of them to work in his palace.

The king told his officials to select 4 young men and train them in local customs and culture.

The 4 selected were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah.
God blessed these 4 with great wisdom. God also blessed Daniel with the gift of understanding dreams.

When the 4 began work for the king, they were much wiser than all the local officials.

Lord, please give us the gift of wisdom, as you gave it to Daniel and his friends

My recording of this reading

Psalm 100

Cry out with joy to the Lord, all the earth. Serve the Lord with gladness. Come before him, singing for joy.

Know that he, the Lord, is God. He made us, we belong to him. We are his people, the sheep of his flock.

Go within his gates, giving thanks.
Enter his temple with songs of praise. Give thanks to him and bless his name.

Indeed, how good is the Lord,
eternal his merciful love.
He is faithful from age to age.

Dear Lord, please help us to serve you with gladness

Recording

2 Thessalonians 3.1-5

Pray that the Lord's message may spread quickly, and be received with honor as it was by yourselves

Pray that we may be protected from the interference of bigoted people

May your hearts focus on the love of God our Father and the fortitude of Christ

Jesus, don't let bigoted people influence me

Recording

Today's Gospel:

John 2.1-11

Jesus, his mother and his disciples were guests at a wedding at Cana in Galilee

The wine ran out, so Jesus' mother said to him "They have no wine".
Jesus replied "Woman, my time for doing special things has not yet come". His mother said to the servants "Do whatever he tells you"

There were 6 big containers there, used for holding water. Each could hold about 35 liters. Jesus said to the servants "Fill the containers with water" and they filled them up

Jesus then said "take some out and give it to the man in charge of the banquet".  When the man tasted the water, it had turned to wine

The man called the bridegroom and said "You have kept the best wine until now"

This was the first public miracle done by Jesus

Jesus,  help me to do whatever you tell me to do

Recording

Ethiopians talk of violent intimidation as their land is earmarked for foreign investors

Kenyan police chief's misuse of plane fuels anger over Garissa massacre
Fury over official response to al-Shabaab slaughter mounts as police air chief admits plane meant to fly commandos was taking his family home from holiday

On my daily prison visits over the past two weeks I've been showing inmates this photo (enlarged and laminated) of the pope washing inmates' feet. But yesterday in one section of a detention centre for drug addicts, I had to smile as I offered my photo to a group of about 6 young guys gathered around a small table with their eyes fixed on another photo - of a young lady missing most of her clothes. The men kindly looked at the pope, but only briefly (.. excuse the pun ...)   

Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day of the week:

Sun: Africa        Mon: Europe & Russia     Tues: South Asia      Wed: East Asia  
Thurs: S.E. Asia & Pacific       Frid: South America       Sat: Central & North America 
  
Jesus, today, Thursday,  please bless the people of S.E. Asia & Pacific

And praying for prisoners in one part of China each day of the month:
On this 16th of the month,  Jesus please bless the prisoners of Qinghai

And praying for one of the world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 16th of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Afghanistan

And praying for one Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, please pacify Al-Qaeda 

This website's Tanzania File
(stopping Africans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- letters  from Tanzanian inmates  in Hong Kong prisons

This website's South America file 
(stopping South Americans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- letters  from South American inmates  in Hong Kong prisons

This website's HK Asylum Seekers' File
(stopping South Asians from being "people smuggled" to HK)

My Islam File      Muslim map of world

Robert Mickens:
The barque of Peter in shark-infested waters

The seas have become a lot more agitated for Pope Francis, who up to now has proven to be unsinkable in the face of adversity

YouTube:

Vladimir Putin's Christian Faith
 - in his own words

Yesterday on my monthly visit to an immigration detention centre, I met more than 100 men, from the Sub-Continent, Vietnam and Africa, who are seeking asylum in HK, basically to escape terrible economic conditions in their own countries. My thoughts 
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Young former inmate fighting cancer at local hospital (see yesterday's menu, below) is still hanging in there.
Jesus, please heal A-Gwan!

Ezekiel 35-48

Through Ezekiel, God kept calling on the people to turn from their sins and remember their Creator.

God said he would bring back Israel's exiles to their homeland.
He would give them a new start in life, like a skeleton coming back to life.

God said the people would re-build the Temple in Jerusalem,
and religious practice would once again flourish.

The people would once again remember God. The people would once again be blessed by the Lord.

Lord, please help nations which have forgotten you, to come back to you

Psalm 99

The Lord is king.  He is great in Sion. His power is seen throughout the world.

Among his priests were Aaron, Moses and Samuel. They prayed to the Lord and he answered their call.

Let peoples everywhere praise his name. He is holy, full of power.

Lord, may all peoples know and love you 

Recording

2 Thessalonians 2.1-17

Regarding the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, don't be deceived by wild speculation

Stand firm in your faith and avoid speculation

Keep the traditions we taught you, whether by word of mouth or by letter

May God strengthen you in everything good you do or say

Jesus, stop people spreading false information

Recording

John 1.35-51

John the Baptist told his disciples Andrew and John that Jesus was the Chosen One of God.  Andrew and John then followed Jesus

Andrew took his brother Simon to Jesus. Jesus changed Simon's name to Peter, and Peter followed Jesus

Jesus met  Philip and said to him "Follow me".  Philip called one more man, Nathanael (Bartholomew) and said to him "we have found the one Moses and the prophets wrote about. He is Jesus, son of Joseph, from Nazareth"

Jesus, please help me introduce more people to know and love you

Recording

Chris McDonnell (Wed UK blogger) 

Feed my lambs, feed my sheep
The black and white sharp edged issue can, so easily with the passing years, be shown to have a blurred boundary that was not at one time evident

10 years ago today

Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day of the week:

Sun: Africa        Mon: Europe & Russia     Tues: South Asia      Wed: East Asia  
Thurs: S.E. Asia & Pacific       Frid: South America       Sat: Central & North America 
  
Jesus, today, Wednesday,  please bless the people of East Asia

And praying for prisoners in one part of China each day of the month:
On this 15th of the month,  Jesus please bless the prisoners of Liaoning

And praying for one of the world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 15th of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Zimbabwe

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Jesus, please pacify Al-Shabaab 

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