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Yesterday I was in Tai Lam women's prison from 9am to 6pm
.....with the final half hour as usual in the hospital section .... in whose
maternity area I spent some time with 7 young mothers and their tiny babies.
Wish I could have had my camera. The G7, make that G14, was a beautiful sight!
Only
when I was in Malaysia two weeks ago did I learn about this: Am
I allowed to touch a dog? (It's one reason why so many drugs pass through
Kuala Lumpur Airport - no sniffer dogs!)
Today is Melbourne Cup Day ... but because of the recent
revelations about the cruel destruction of race horses (and the deaths of
several women jockeys) ... I have no interest in this year's Cup.
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Readings are from
Simple Bible
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 17-18: Lord, when trouble breaks out on every
side,
please protect and help me. For you are my strength, my rock, my fortress,
my savior.
I love you, Lord who save me because you love me. Lord, you are my lamp who lightens my life.
I will praise you among the nations.
Lord, you are worthy of
all praise
Listen
Ephesians
4.22-32: You must give up your old way of life.
You must put aside your old self and its delusions. Your mind must be renewed by a spiritual
revolution, so that you can follow a way of life based on goodness and
truth. From now on, no more lies.
Delete anger from your mind at the end of each day. Anyone who was a thief must stop stealing. Try
to find a decent job. Guard against foul talk.
Let your conversation encourage people, not drag them down. Avoid grudges. Don't lose your temper.
Don't raise your voice to anyone. Don't call people names. Be friends with one another, and kind,
forgiving one another as readily as God forgives us in Christ
Jesus, help me put these words into
practice
Listen
Matthew
8.14-17: Jesus went to the home of Peter the
"fisher of men".
Peter's mother-in-law was sick in bed with a fever.
Jesus touched her hand, and the fever left her.
She got up and began to serve her visitor. That evening,
many sick people were brought to Peter's home.
Jesus healed them all.
Jesus, please heal
.....(names)....who are sick
Listen
Reflection
on the above readings: Peter's mother-in-law was
an immediate missionary for Jesus in her town ... letting others know about her
visitor who could cure sick people. She didn't keep the knowledge of her cure to
herself .... gratitude
in her heart produced the fruit of being eager to help others. Eagerness was a
strong trait in Peter's family!
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In Kuala Lumpur two weeks ago, at a gathering for the
families of prisoners in HK, I took a photo of three men and introduced them to
each other. They are the father, husband and brother of three women in Tai Lam
prison .... and all 3 women are friends working in the prison laundry. Women
were pleased yesterday to know that the 3 men now also are friends.
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun: Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia,
Pacific
Frid: South
America
Sat: Cent, N 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 5th
of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Guizhou
And praying for one of
the world's poorest countries
each day of the month:
On this 5th of the month, Jesus
please bless the people of Chad
And praying for one
Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Tuesday,
please pacify Boko
Haram
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Mon Nov 4
I spent much time yesterday afternoon preparing a support letter
for a Peru man due to be sentenced at the
High Court later this month for drug trafficking. My letter includes printouts
of these three moving letters in Spanish - illustrated by
the No More Mules
team - written by the man: A
door that should never be opened ***
A
calculation that will ruin everything ***
The
anguish of a repentant father
Carrie Lam to make unexpected Beijing visit
- more reason to hope that my
dream might come true!
Well done, South Africa! South Africa hopes World Cup win can bring unity
Two
Nigerians arrested in Malaysia for drug trafficking - maybe a most important
breakthrough
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Ezekiel
35-38: 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
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
16: Please protect me, Lord, I take refuge in
you.
You are the only source of all true happiness. I bless you, Lord, who guide and lead me.
Even at night you direct my heart. And so my heart rejoices, my soul is glad.
My body shall rest in safety now and always. You will show me the path of life,
the fullness of joy in your presence,
at your right hand, happiness for ever.
Thank you, Lord, for the little
joys you give us each day .... and the big joy you've prepared for us in
Heaven
Listen
Ephesians
4.17-19: Do not go back to living the aimless kind of
life that many non-believers live. Intellectually they are in the dark, because
they have shut the door on God's grace. They have a poor sense of right and wrong, and
have abandoned themselves to reckless living
Jesus, help people who are confused about
the meaning of life
Listen
Matthew
8.5-13: In the town of Capernaum, a Roman army captain
said to Jesus
"Sir, my servant is paralyzed and in great pain."
Jesus replied "I will go and heal him". But the captain said
"Sir, I am not worthy that you should enter my house.
Just say the word and my servant will be healed. For I understand orders. I give an order, and
people act.
I know that you also just need to give an order,
and my servant will be healed". Jesus said
"This foreigner's faith is greater than that of the local people.
And I tell you that in the future
people from all parts of the world will be in the kingdom of heaven".
Then Jesus said to the captain
"Go home. Your request made in faith is granted". And the servant was healed at that moment.
Jesus, please give more people, from all parts of the world, the faith of the captain
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: How come the Roman captain had such great faith? For a start, he didn't have a mindset which said "I'm a Roman ... I've got nothing to learn from the Jews". And this openness to the truth led on to faith ... in miracles
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I took this photo a few months ago - gives new meaning to the
phrase "money
down the drain"?
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun:
Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia,
Pacific
Frid: South America
Sat: Cent, N. 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 4th of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Gunagdong
And
praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 4th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Mozambique
And praying for one Islam-related intention
each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Monday,
please pacify I.S.
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Sun Nov 3
As
an English teacher, I can't resist making corrections to the violent protesters'
artwork (and see 
below)
Yesterday morning I attended a very special Yum Chah as 348
Nathan Road, in a restaurant which used to be a triad/disco/drug
centre! 01
02
03
04
Cathay
Pacific: paranoia and sackings
Pope Francis says we should celebrate our baptism anniversary:
Thank you Jesus for baptising me 73
years ago today in Brisabne
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Readings are from
Simple Bible
c.f. readings for Sunday 31
Wisdom 10-19: Wisdom has been present in the world since
the beginning of time.
Wisdom has always been a close friend of good people. Wise people see God in the beauty of
creation.
Foolish people are blind to God's presence in creation. Wise people ponder God's goodness and
kindness.
Wise people try to be good and kind to other people.
Lord, please help me see and
imitate your goodness and kindness
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
145: I will give you glory, O God my king.
I will bless your name day after day. The Lord is great, worthy of all praise.
His greatness cannot be measured. Age to age shall proclaim your works,
shall speak of your splendor and glory. The Lord is kind and full of compassion,
slow to anger, abounding in love. How good is the Lord to all,
compassionate to all his creatures. All your creatures shall thank you, O Lord,
and tell all the world of your love. The Lord is faithful in all his words
and loving in all his deeds. The Lord supports all who fall
and raises all who are bowed down. The eyes of all creatures look to you
and you give them their food each day. The Lord is close to all who call him,
who call on him from their hearts. Let the whole world bless the Lord's holy
name,
for ever, for ages unending.
Thank you, Lord, for your love.
Thank you for your love
Listen
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
Listen
Luke
19.1-9: In Jericho there was a wealthy man named
Zacchaeus, a senior tax collector. He wanted to see what kind of person
Jesus was. But because of his
short stature he couldn't see over the crowd.
So he climbed a tree. Jesus saw him up the
tree and said "Zacchaeus, come down, because I will stay at your
house today". Zacchaeus hurried down
and welcomed Jesus warmly. People complained "He's gone to stay at
the house of an outcast". Zacchaeus replied
"Sir, I am going to give half of my property to the poor. And if I
have cheated anyone, I'll pay them back fourfold". Jesus said to him
"Today salvation has come to this house"
Jesus, please help more
people to want to know and love you
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: If we show interest in communicating with Jesus, he will come to our house/heart
Video
commentary on today's readings - in Italian, Chinese, English, and
Spanish
Daniel Daring: I will praise Jesus' name for ever (with Chinese text below English text)
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Hour
of Love HK radio program 8.30
pm HK time tonight
- with items about HK prison inmates
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Police in bust up with fireman over tear gas strike
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun: Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia,
Pacific
Fri: South America
Sat: Cent., N 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 3rd
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Gansu
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 3rd of the month, Jesus
please bless the people of Burundi
And praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Sunday,
please bless all Muslims in my country
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Sat Nov 2 ALL SOULS DAY
Central govt plans to 'improve' CE election system
- this gives me hope that my
dream might come true !
86
(!) Malaysian drug mules arrested
this year overseas and BBC:
The rebel lawyer transforming Malaysia
Children labouring in
Malawi's fields for British American Tobacco
4
min video of my birthday party attended by 40 homeless people (God bless the
kind film-maker!)
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c.f. Readings for All Souls Day
Isaiah 25: On
Mount Zion in Jerusalem, the Lord will prepare for all peoples a banquet of rich
food, a banquet of fine wines. On
this mountain he will delete Death. The
Lord will wipe away the tears from every cheek. Lord, you are my God, I
extol you, I praise your name. You, Lord, are a refuge for the poor, a refuge
for the needy in distress.
Lord, please give hope and courage to people who are sad and troubled in the
world today
My recording of this reading
Psalm 27: The
Lord is my light and my help, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of
my life, before whom shall I shrink? Though an army encamp against me, even then
would I trust. There is one thing I
ask of the Lord, for this I long: to live in the house of the Lord all the days
of my life. It is your face, O Lord, that I seek. Hide not your face. I
am sure I will see your goodness in the land of the living. Hope in the
Lord, hold firm and take heart. Hope in the Lord!
Lord, please increase my remembering, my longing and my hope
Recording
Philippians 3.20-41: Our
homeland is in heaven. We wait for the Savior from heaven who will
transfigure these wretched bodies of ours into copies of his glorious body. He
will do this by the same power he has as C.E.O. of the universe. So, do not stop
running but remain faithful in the Lord.
Jesus, please increase my longing for heaven
Recording
Mark 16.1-8: Jesus
died on Friday afternoon. Early on Sunday morning, Mary of Magdala and two other
women went to Jesus' tomb to anoint his body with
spices. They had been wondering how they would roll away the large stone, but
when they arrived, the stone had already been rolled away. When they went into
the tomb, they saw a young man in a white robe and they were full of awe. But he
said to them "Do not be afraid. You are looking for Jesus who was
crucified. He is not here. He has risen
from the dead. Go and tell his disciples he will see them in
Galilee"
Jesus, when life seems hopeless, like a dead body in a tomb, please help us
remember how you rose from the dead .... and you can help us "rise"
from any "hopeless" situation
Recording
Reflection on the above Bible readings:
One thing that nearly all cultures share: an instinct to remember the dead, to pray for the dead, to honor the dead.
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A truck loaded with thousands of copies of Roget's
Thesaurus crashed yesterday losing its entire load. Witnesses were
stunned, startled, aghast, taken aback, stupefied, confused, shocked, rattled,
paralysed, dazed, bewildered, mixed up, surprised, awed, dumbfounded,
nonplussed, flabbergasted, astounded, amazed, confounded, astonished,
overwhelmed,horrified, numbed, speechless, and perplexed.
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun:
Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia, Pacific
Frid: South
America
Sat: Cent. & N
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 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, today, Saturday,
please pacify the
Taliban
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Fri Nov 1 ALL SAINTS DAY
Yesterday
morning I was at the High Court building for the cases of an Indonesian woman
and a man from Bolivia. Woman's Court of Appeal case was adjourned by a
sympathetic bench of 3 judges. Man received 3 months discount for help to my
anti-drug campaign. After which I had a lunch time meeting to do with the
anti-drug campaign. Then last night I attended the usual Thursday night meal for
50 homeless people ... at a new location .... under the tent of one of the
singing areas behind Kowloon Central Post Office. A very happy occasion.
But as I went to sleep last night, happy thoughts about the meal and about All Saints Day competed in my brain with fears about a toxic mix of violent protesters and Halloween revelers brewing in areas like Lan Kwai Fong where 21 people were killed and 62 injured in a large-scale human stampede whilst celebrating New Year in 1993.
Trudeau's
decision to keep refugee families separated is unconscionable
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Bible
c.f. Readings for All Saints Day
Revelation 7.9-17: I
saw a huge number, impossible to count, of people
from every nation, race, and language. They were standing in front of the
throne, with palms in their hands. They shouted: "Victory
to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb". One
of the elders told me who these people are: "These are the people who have
been through the great persecution. They now serve God day and night in his
sanctuary. The Lamb is their Shepherd. He leads them to springs of living water.
God has wiped away all tears from their eyes"
Jesus, please help sorrowing people who are crying today
My
recording of this reading
Psalm 24: The
Lord's is the earth and its fullness, the world and all its peoples. It is he
who set it on the seas; on the waters he made it firm. Who shall climb the
mountain of the Lord? Who shall stand
in his holy place? People with clean hands and pure hearts, who desire
not worthless things. They shall receive blessings from the Lord and reward
from the God who saves them. Such are the people who seek him, seek the face
of the God of Jacob.
God, by living a good life, help me to seek your face
1 John
3.1-3: Think of the love that the
Father has lavished on us by letting us be called God's children. And God's love
has even more in store for us in the future: we
shall be like him because we shall see him as he really is. This is why
we must try to live good lives. We must try to be as good as Christ.
Jesus, please help me be more like you
Matthew 5.1-12: Jesus
said to the crowds: Blessed are poor and
simple of heart people. They belong to the kingdom of heaven. Blessed
are people who are going through great sorrow. Their hearts will be
filled with peace. Blessed are people
who lead just and honest lives. They will see the victory of goodness. Blessed
are people who show mercy to others. God will be merciful to them. Blessed
are people who have a clean heart. They will see God. Blessed
are people who are peacemakers. They are God's children. Blessed
are people who are persecuted for the cause of right. They will receive a
great reward in heaven.
Jesus, please help me be merciful and
kind and just
Recording
Reflection on the above readings:
All you Saints in Heaven, great and small, pray
for us!
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When the Saints Go Marching
In !
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun: Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia, Pacific
Frid: S.
America
Sat: Cent, N. 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 1st
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Anhui
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the
month:
On this 1st of the month, Jesus please bless the
people of Congo
And praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Friday,
please bless all Muslims
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Thu Oct 31
11/01
= All Saints'
Day
10/31= the
evening before ASD
= the eve of All Saints' Day
"All Saints"= "All Hallows"
10/31 = the eve of All Hallows
= Hallow+eve
= Hallowe'en!
Scrap Halloween, says exorcist, warning of "spike in demonic possessions". This article will be ridiculed by some people. But it won't be ridiculed by anyone who has read books like Deliverance From Evil Spirits by Francis MacNutt
Yesterday afternoon I had the happiness of spending time with the
Indonesian woman acquitted two days ago .... together with her compatriot
acquitted in June who was a witness for her. The happiness of people just
released from prison is a powerful image of what Day One in Heaven will be like!
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Bible
Ezekiel 33-34: God told Ezekiel to say this to Israel's leaders:
"Punishment is coming for you shepherds who have fed ourselves
but not looked after the sheep. You have failed to make the weak sheep strong,
or to care for the sick ones. You have failed to bring back stray sheep
or look for lost sheep. On the contrary, you have been cruel to the sheep
and treated them badly. Therefore I will look after my flock myself.
I will rescue them from where they have been scattered. I will look for the lost one, bring back the stray,
bandage the injured, and make the weak strong. I will also judge the sheep themselves.
I will judge the fat sheep which have bullied the weak sheep. I will raise up a special shepherd
and put him in charge of all my sheep."
Lord, please help all leaders care for their
people,
like Jesus the Good Shepherd
Recording
Psalms 14-15: So many people live and act as if God doesn't exist.
Some foolish people even say there is no
God. So many people have left the way of justice and truth.
So many people follow the way of falsehood. Lord, help us to live as we should.
Help us not to slander, help us not to wrong others.
Lord,
help us to stand firm in the
way of goodness
Recording
Ephesians 4.1-16:
I implore you to lead a life worthy of your
vocation. Bear with one another charitably, in complete selflessness, gentleness and patience.
If we live by the truth and in love, we shall
become more and more like Christ. We are parts of the Body of Christ. Christ is
the head. Each part must do its bit to keep the Body healthy and growing
in love
Jesus, help me understand how the Church is
your Body
Listen
Matthew
8.1-3: In Jesus' time, it was illegal for anyone to
touch a leper,
and it was illegal for lepers to go near other people. But one day a leper broke the law.
He came right up to Jesus and said
"If you want to, you can heal me." Jesus also broke the law.
He stretched out his hand, touched the leper,
and said "Of course I want to heal you. Be healed!" The man was healed
immediately.
Jesus, I didn't know you were a
law-breaker. I guess this means that sometimes, in special
cases, it's ok to break the law
Listen
Reflection on the above Bible readings: Never once did Jesus say "No" to someone who asked for healing. Why would he "No" to us? See: 11 reasons why people are not healed
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To go with today's Gospel:
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun:
Mon:
Tues:
Wed:
Thurs: S.E. Asia, Pacific
Frid:
Sat:
Cent,
Jesus,
today, Thursday,
please bless
the people of
And praying for prisoners in one
part of China each day of the month:
On this 31st of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 31st
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Nepal
And praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the
week:
Jesus, today, Thursday, please pacify Al-Qaeda
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Wed Oct 30
Last
June at the High Court of HK an Indonesian woman was acquitted 7:0 by a jury
after being tricked by a Nigerian man in Cambodia to bring drugs to HK. After a
couple of weeks with her family back in Indonesia, the woman returned to HK to
be a witness at the trial of another Indonesian woman tricked by the same
Nigerian in Cambodia. The second woman's trial finished yesterday - she
also was jury-acquitted, 6:1. I could not attend the trial ... I was in
Malaysia last week and was not free Monday or yesterday. But this morning at the
monthly O.M.I. retreat I prayed and prayed for the second woman ...just as many
other HK people and the woman's family/friends also were praying. Now for the
part you don't have to believe: as I left Austin Station yesterday afternoon on
the way home from the retreat, as I walked along Jordan Road, an Indonesian
woman with a loaded shopping trolley coming in the opposite direction stopped
and smiled at me. I smiled back, and we both kept walking. I have no idea who
she was but I took it as a sign that the High Court trial had ended happily.
Sure enough, just as I got home, the W/App messages from various friends started
coming "She's free!" Thank you Jesus that D.
is free!
A
most important article - explains what happens in HK and other places:
At
Paris airport, a daily duel between Customs and West African drug mules
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Chris McDonnell
The Christian Imagination
That vibrant image, strong in colour
and vital in movement, mirrored two very fruitful ideas to inspire the challenge
of Primary Education
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Ezekiel 19-32:
Ezekiel continued to speak God's message: "Since my people have forgotten me and
followed false ways,
therefore they will be scattered around the world. But eventually my people and peoples of all
nations
will learn that I alone am their Creator, their God.
Lord, please help all peoples
know and love you
My
recording of this reading
Psalms
9-13: I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart.
You have so often rescued me from trouble. Thank you! You are the best helper for people in
trouble.
Please keep on helping me when troubles come. Please stop bad people from hurting others.
Please let peoples in all countries know they must avoid evil and live a
life of justice.
Dear Lord, thank you for
so often rescuing me
Listen
Ephesians
3.14-21: This is what I pray, kneeling before the
Father from whom
every family, whether spiritual or natural, takes it name: May he give you power through his Spirit
for your hidden self to grow strong. May Christ live in your hearts through faith.
Planted in love and built on love, may you
continually focus
on the love of Christ, until your life is filled with that love. Glory be to him whose power working in
us,
can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine. Glory be to him from generation to generation
in the Church and in Christ Jesus for ever and ever. Amen
Listen
Matthew
7.1-27: Jesus said to the people: Do not judge other people,
and God will not judge you. It's so easy to be aware of other people's
faults
yet be blind to your own faults. Persevere in prayer. Ask and you will receive.
Search and you will find.
Knock and the door will be opened. You like to give good things to your children.
God likes to give good things to you. Treat other people
the way you would like them to treat you.
Beware of bad leaders. A sure way to know if someone is good or bad: are their actions good or bad?
If you put my words into practice,
you are like someone who builds his house on
rock. If you ignore my words,
you are like someone who builds his house on
sand.
Jesus, please help me put your
words into practice
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: Ignoring Jesus' words is like a very sick person ignoring the words of a doctor
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Police spooked by calls for Halloween march
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun: Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E.Asia, Pacific
Frid: South
America
Sat: Cent, N 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 30th
of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Shanghai
And praying for one of
the world's poorest
countries each day of the month:
On this 30th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Haiti
And praying for one
Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Wednesday,
please pacify Al-Shabaab
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Usually I remove each menu after one week. It can still be accessed on "Archives" (top of this page). But because the menu of Oct 8 has special relevance to HK at the moment, I will not delete it for the time being
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Tues Oct 8
The collapse of HK is continuing at exponential speed: Vandals
bring HK to standstill.
Yesterday before midday as I crossed the intersection of Nathan Road and Jordan
Road to join two very special friends for a Yum Cha, I noticed the traffic and
pedestrian lights were not working ... with pedestrians running the gauntlet
between buses, trucks and cars to cross the road .... and vehicles blasting
horns trying to force their way through the intersection .... with not a few
near-misses. I actually made a video of a police car going through the
intersection, but not stopping to help the situation.
More than an hour later when I returned to the same place, after the Yum Cha,
the situation was just as chaotic. So, I went home, got my trusty bush hat, and
went back to the intersection as a volunteer traffic guide .... for which, as
the afternoon went on, many dozens of bus drivers and other drivers waved a
thank you sign to me as they went past. Many pedestrians gave me bottles of
water ... from a few of which I took a few mouthfuls before putting the bottles
at an crossing island.
After about 30 minutes a police car stopped and several policeman told me to stop. I said I'd be happy to stop if they would do the job. They asked me to get in their car. I declined and walked to a footpath. Then I went home for a drink and toilet break. Then went back. Police still not helping. So I went back to work. Having a bus licence (in Australia and formerly in HK) I understand traffic and felt in no danger. Just got tired after another 90 minute stint. With a cramp in my left foot. So I went again to the footpath. Providential timing. Within a minute another police car came and two polite officers and I had the same conversation as above. They told me to go. I said I would go if they would do their job. My left foot and tiredness decided on a trip home, where I had a shower (very hot weather) and rest.
About 6.30pm I went back to the intersection ....as part of a prayer walk ...and was pleased to see 4 (!) traffic policeman on the job. But when I returned around 7pm they were just leaving ....walking away from a dangerous situation. So I ask myself, as on last night's menu: why are police not on the job? Why are they letting vandals have hours of freedom to wreck MTR stations and smash shops? Some people say the authorities want to see HK in chaos so that the PLA can come in and restore order and rule will be from Beijing. To this end, some people even say that some of the destruction is being done by undercover policemen .... maybe from the Mainland since some don't speak HK Cantonese.
Some people say that while the vast majority of protesters are peaceful, there's a small minority of radical vandals whose aim is anarchy. No mainstream media will talk much about this, but in private many people feel that former legislator "Long Hair" Leung Kwok Hung is one of the masterminds of the destruction that "spontaneously" breaks out at the same time at so many locations. Wikipedia's main article (with it's many links) shows he was/is a Trotskyist, anarchist and revolutionary Marxist.
So, the vandalising is maybe coming from more than one source, but it is turning one of the safest and most beautiful cities in the world into a place of destruction and despondency. I felt absolutely gutted last night as I walked down Nathan Road from Jordan Road to Waterloo Road, seeing the trail of destruction ...especially my beloved Kowloon Central Post Office whose doors and windows have been smashed and the front of the building covered in "campaign signs". And I noticed many groups of mainly young people in black carrying umbrellas (on a fine night) heading towards Mong Kok ....trouble brewing there.
Violence just makes things worse. And this is a lesson that the HK government is just not getting. It caused the original peaceful protests (by its crazy extradition amendment) and then by ignoring the peaceful protesters, the govt bred violence, bred radical vandals ..some of whom didn't need much breeding .... they were waiting for a chance to destroy HK. The govt has handed HK to them on a petrol bomb.
Is this all a bad dream? If only. But today is another day .... and how will people get to work and school with the MTR badly damaged and under threat after four nights of destruction (Frid, Sat, Sun, public holiday yesterday for Chung Yeung Festival)? God, please help HK get out of this mess! Please thwart the plans of the wicked!
New
FB to try to stop women from Thailand
bringing drugs to HK: Thailand Drug
Trade
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Jeremiah
7: At the gate of the Temple in Jerusalem,
Jeremiah proclaimed the word of the Lord: "You people of Judah who come here to worship,
amend your behavior and actions,
and then I, the Lord, will meet you here in this Temple. Do not exploit the stranger, the orphan and the widow.
Do not follow alien gods, do not break the Commandments. If you don't care about bad behavior
and yet keep on coming to my Temple for worship,
your worship is useless
and you are turning this Temple into a robbers' den. This nation refuses to listen to the Lord.
Sincerity has vanished since worship and behavior are not
related."
Lord, please help me "practise
what I preach"
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
137: By the rivers of Babylon we sat and cried,
remembering Zion.
On the poplars that grew there we hung up our harps. For it was there that they asked us, our
captors, for songs.
"Sing to us", they said, "one of Zion's songs". O how could we sing the song of the Lord on
alien soil?
If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand wither. O let my tongue cleave to my mouth
if I remember you not, Jerusalem, above all my joys.
Lord, please help people
who have been exiled from their homeland
Listen
Galatians
1.11-24: The Good News I preach is not a human message.
It is something I received from Jesus Christ. I used to persecute the church, but then God
called me to follow Jesus. I am a one-time persecutor who is now
preaching the faith I had previously tried to destroy. When I visited Jerusalem three years after my
conversion, the believers gave glory to God for what he had done for me
Jesus, please turn more persecutors into
preachers!
Listen
John
20.1-10: Before dawn the next morning, Sunday, Mary
Magdalene went to the tomb. She saw the stone had been moved from
the tomb's entrance. She ran to Peter and John and said
"Someone has taken the Lord out of the tomb". They ran back to the tomb. Peter went in
first. He saw that the linen cloths were on the ground. But the cloth that
had been around Jesus' head was not on the ground. It was neatly folded
and in a place by itself. Then John went into the tomb. He saw, and he
believed
Jesus, I believe you rose from the dead.
Please increase my faith
Listen
Reflection
on the above readings: Today's Gospel reminds us
that in the midst of death and destruction and dejection, God plants seeds
of .... deliverance and delight
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Australian
protesters using HK tactics!
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun: Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia,
Pacific
Frid: South
America
Sat: Cent, N 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 8th
of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Heilongjiang
And praying for one of
the world's poorest countries
each day of the month:
On this 8th of the month, Jesus
please bless the people of Sierra Leone
And praying for one
Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Tuesday,
please pacify Boko
Haram
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My Africa trips:
2015: Tanzania, Malawi
2016:
Kenya, Uganda
2017:
Southern Africa, Dubai (
The
Last Run)
2018:
My trip to Latin America
2018: My trip to Thailand and Cambodia
March 18, 2018: South China Morning Post report on my work
Dec 2018 - Jan 2019 trip to Malaysia
June 2019: my anti-drug campaign featured in The Malaysia Drug Trade
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Australian Chinese for
Families Association
Gay marriage: an elephant in the room (by John W)
Video:
What "gay
marriage" did to Massachusetts
同志婚姻自2004年立法後，美國麻省的改變
（ 廣東話附字幕版）
Frightening
YouTube reports:
LGBT radical impact
on educational institutions (No.
5); LGBT
infiltrating churches
(No. 6); US corporations massively
supporting LGBT agenda (No. 7). What
has happened in the US is now starting to happen in other places. Some
day our children will ask "why didn't you do more to stop this evil?"
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Pope's surprise visit to drug treatment centre
Pope is practising what he preaches: "get out and mix with the poor"
HK
readers might like to join me in praying each day for one group of HK
prison inmates: Sun:
Lo Wu; Mon: C.I.C., Siu Lam, Tai Lam; Tue: Stanley
Wed: Hei Ling Chau Thu: Lantau
Fri: Lai Chi Kok
Sat: Hospitals, Pik Uk & other centres
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