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My Islam File
The
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"Same-sex
marriage"
On
the menu of May 30 and May 31 (below) I lamented the fact that so many
Catholic websites are supporting "same-sex marriage". To the
list of sites can be added Eureka Street
(Australia). Note the cartoon at this
pro "same-sex marriage" article. Also note some of the
comments ...I'm not the only lamenter.
e.g. comment by Ross Howard (May 29):
"In
Massachusetts, California and Ontario, education policy now mandates
teaching the homosexual agenda to kids. The Australian Education Union
too is ready, having adopted a ‘gender identity’ education policy
back in 2006. .....The goal is to eliminate real Christian values"
e.g.
comment by Marg (May 29):
"Did
it cross your mind, John Warhurst, that what scripture says on this
issue should play some part of what a purportedly Christian person
decides? Or do we just go with the flow because the flow must be right?"
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On
this day in 2001 Dr Kenneth McAll went home
to Heaven.
What
he had learnt in China about healing, he
took back to the UK - and helped thousands
of people for whom ordinary medicine ...and ordinary prayers ...could
not help. Whereas normally 15-30 per cent of anorexics die, 84 per cent
of those he treated were cured.
Some of his experiences might seem incredible, and some people make fun
of him. But for me I just wish I'd known about his book (Healing
the Family Tree) earlier in my ministry ...I could have
helped more people.
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Comments/reflections
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Readings are from
Simple Bible |
Genesis
28
When Rebecca sent
Jacob to Haran,
she and Isaac told Jacob to find a wife in Haran.
While Jacob was on his way to Haran,
God appeared to him in a dream and said to him
"I will keep you safe wherever you go,
and I'll bring you back safely to your own land."
Dear God, please keep us safe
wherever we go
My
recording of this reading
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
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Psalm
146
My soul, give
praise to the Lord.
I will praise the Lord all my days.
Put no trust in
princes,
in mortal men in whom there is no help.
Take their breath, they
return to clay,
and their plans that day come to nothing.
They are happy who are
helped by Jacob's God,
whose hope is in the Lord our God, who alone made heaven
and earth,
the seas and all they contain.
It is he who gives
bread to the hungry,
the Lord, who sets prisoners free.
It is the Lord who
gives sight to the blind,
who raises up those who are bowed down.
It is the Lord who
protects the stranger,
and upholds the widow and orphan.
It is the Lord who
loves the just,
but thwarts the path of the wicked.
The Lord will reign for
ever,
Zion's God, from age to age.
Lord, please increase my trust
and faith in you
Recording
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Hebrews
7.1-28
Melchizedek was king of Salem and a priest of
God. He blessed Abraham. Abraham gave Melchizedek 10% of all
he had
Melchizedek's priesthood continued down
the ages in people dedicated to the service of God. It reached its
perfection in the Son of God, the Eternal High Priest
The Son of God, our Lord, did not come from
the priestly tribe of Levi. Everyone knows he came from the tribe of Judah
This is because he established a new
priesthood, coming not from Levi, but from Melchizedek. This is why the
prophecy was made of him "You are a priest of the order of
Melchizedek, for ever"
Jesus' priestly power to save us is utterly
certain, since he is living for ever to intercede for all who come to God
through him
Jesus, Eternal High Priest, please help all
pastors and priests be more like you every day
Recording
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Matthew
3.1-17
About 30 years after
Jesus was born,
a man began preaching repentance,
and baptizing people in the river Jordan.
This man was John the
Baptist.
His message was
"Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand".
John fulfilled the
prophecy:
"A voice cries in the wilderness: prepare a way for the Lord".
John said "I
baptize you with water,
but one is coming who will baptize you with the Holy Spirit".
Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.
After Jesus was baptized, the heavens opened,
and Jesus saw the Spirit of God coming down on him like a dove.
And a voice from heaven
said
"This is my Son, the Beloved.
My favor rests on him".
Jesus,
please help me to prepare your way, like John the Baptist
Recording |
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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 2nd of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Fujian
And
praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 2nd
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Niger
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) |
