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"Same-sex
marriage" file
Islam File
The
New Translation
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105
(a): There
is a tendency to believe that every increase in power means
“an increase of ‘progress’ itself”, an advance in
“security, usefulness, welfare and vigour; …an assimilation
of new values into the stream of culture”,[83]
as if reality, goodness and truth automatically flow from
technological and economic power as such.
The
fact is that “contemporary man has not been trained to use
power well”,[84]
because our immense technological development has not been
accompanied by a development in human responsibility, values and
conscience.
Each
age tends to have only a meagre awareness of its own
limitations. It is possible that we do not grasp the gravity of
the challenges now before us. |
True
story from yesterday:
On
Oct 13, the chief welfare officer at Lai Chi Kok Reception
Centre, Mr Ng, retired (.... HK compulsory retirement at 55..).
Mr Ng was my main support in starting my website campaign to
stop Tanzanian drug mules coming to HK/China/Macau. Yesterday
I attended a farewell gathering for Mr Ng, a gathering which
began in true HK style with a mahjong party. I can't play
mahjong, but I sat in for a while at the table where Mr Ng was
playing. I stayed for 5 games. While I was there, he won all 5
games (sorry, I'm not
available for other mahjong parties) |
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The
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4 readings +
recordings |
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Readings
are from Simple
Bible
(which has Chinese translation available) |
Deuteronomy
11
Moses continued his
speech to the people:
"You must love the Lord your God.
Remember this day, how it was you who heard these words,
not your children.
It is your eyes that have seen the great works God has done.
Keep the Lord's commandments,
so that you may have strength to conquer the land God is giving you.
That land is a land of hills and valleys watered by rain from heaven.
If you love the Lord your God with all your heart,
the Lord will give your land its rain in due season,
autumn and spring,
so that you may harvest your corn, your wine and your oil.
But if you forget the Lord your God and worship other gods,
then the heavens will be closed and produce no rain.
See, I set before you today a blessing and a curse:
a blessing if you obey the commandments of the Lord our God;
a curse if you disobey the commandments of the Lord our God."
Dear
Lord, please help us to obey you and never forget you,
and please give rain to places that urgently need it
My recording of this
reading
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Psalm 139
O Lord, you search me and you know me.
You know my resting and my rising.
You know exactly what's going on in my life,
all my ways are an open book to you.
Before ever a word is on my tongue,
you know, O Lord, what I'm going to say.
Your knowledge is beyond my understanding,
too high, beyond my reach.
It was you who created my being,
knit me together in my mother's womb.
I thank you for the wonder of my life,
for the wonders of all your creation.
Lord, thank you for the gift of
life. Please help me follow the path to eternal life
Recording
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Acts
9.20-31
After a few days,
Paul began preaching in the
prayer halls that Jesus is the Son of God. People were amazed at Paul's
conversion
As time
passed, the Jews planned to kill
Paul. Paul heard of this and decided to leave the city. The Jews kept watch at
the city gates to stop him leaving
Then one night he was able to escape: some
disciples lowered him in a basket from the city wall
He went to Jerusalem and began preaching
boldly in the name of the Lord
Soon another plot was made to kill him. Therefore the disciples sent him
to Tarsus
After this the churches throughout Judea,
Galilee and Samaria were left in peace. They steadily grew, strengthened
by the Holy Spirit
Holy Spirit, please strengthen me, as you
strengthened Paul and the first believers
Recording
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Mark
9.1-8
One day Jesus took his disciples Peter, James and John
up a high mountain.
On the mountain Jesus' whole appearance changed.
His face shone like the sun. His clothes were as white as snow.
Moses and Elijah appeared
and spoke with him. Peter said to Jesus "Lord, how good it is for
us to be here!"
Then a bright cloud covered them with its
shadow.
From the cloud came a voice:
"This is my Son, the Beloved. Listen to him."
The disciples bowed to the ground.
When they got up, they saw only Jesus in his normal appearance.
Jesus,
how good it is to spend time with you
Recording
A
beautiful song about the Transfiguration:
We
Behold
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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, 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 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,
please pacify the Taliban
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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) |
Tell
me ..... what do you think about my
Grandson!”
