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Nairobi ... their message of hope for prisoners in HK
Virus: 50 dead in Iran? *** How sect in Korea spread the virus (... religious leaders in HK and Macau were wise to cancel services!)
Big
drug haul in Melbourne (in area not far from where I am staying!)
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Exodus
26-27: God said to Moses:
"Make a cover for the sacred
tent.
Make the cover's support frames of acacia wood.
Make a veil of purple, violet and red
behind which to put the sacred chest.
Make an altar out of acacia wood.
Make altar vessels out of bronze.
Make a sacred courtyard to go around the tent.
Place a sacred flame outside the veil
and keep the flame burning from night till morning."
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
138: I thank you, Lord, with all my heart.
You have heard the words of my mouth. With the angels I will bless you.
I will adore you in your holy temple. I thank you for your faithfulness and love
which are far above what we can understand. On the day I called you answered.
You increased the strength of my soul. All earth's kings shall thank you
when they hear the words of your mouth. They shall sing of the Lord's ways:
"How great is the glory of the Lord!" Though I walk in the midst of affliction
you give me life and frustrate my foes. Your love, O Lord, is eternal.
Do not abandon us whom you have made.
Lord, when we remember how much
you love us and help us, every day of the year is a Thanksgiving Day
01
02
James
1.1-12:
From James, servant of God and of the Lord
Jesus Christ.
Greetings to believers scattered around the world. You will always have difficulties and things
going wrong.
When they happen, praise God for them and patiently keep going.
Blessed are people who stand firm when trials
come. They have proved themselves, and will win the prize of eternal life
which the Lord has promised to those who love him
Jesus, please give me patience and praise
when
life gets tough
Listen
Mark
5:
A prayer hall official, Jairus, fell at
Jesus' feet and pleaded "My little daughter is dying. Please come and
lay your hands on her and save her life". While Jesus was on the way to
Jairus' home,
people arrived and told Jairus "Your daughter is dead. No need
to trouble the Master any further". Jesus heard this and said to Jairus "Do
not be afraid. Just have faith". Jesus allowed only Peter, James and
John to go with him. At Jairus' home, everyone was weeping and
wailing.
Jesus said to them "Why all this crying? The child is not dead, but
asleep". Everyone laughed at him.
So he got them all to leave. Then taking the girl's parents and his 3
companions, he went to the place where the child was lying. Taking the girl by the hand he said to her
"Little girl, I tell you to get up". The little girl got up at
once. She was 12 years old.
Jesus, please give us more
faith to pray for the sick
....even for children who have died!
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: Words of James' illustration (God is greater than any problem) remind me of words of a prisoner in HK: "I don't have cancer; I have Jesus"
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Towards the end of last year I saw this sign in the window
of a restaurant near my home in HK - the first time I had ever heard of anything
called "Wagyu":
Last night, thanks to Wikipedia, I learnt about Wagyu beef!
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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 25th
of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Ningxia
And praying for one of
the world's poorest countries
each day of the month:
On this 25th of the month, Jesus
please bless the people of Comoros
And praying for one
Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Tuesday,
please pacify Boko
Haram
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Mon Feb 24
Hello from Melbourne where I arrived late yesterday morning ... to attend an in-service program which begins tomorrow. I'm due to return to HK on March 13 please God.
Melbourne 27 degrees, and almost no one wearing a mask. It's a relief to be able to breathe freely again! And Melbourne's tap water (the sweetest in Australia) can be drunk from a tap without boiling!
Some more reports from my January visit to Africa:
My radio interview with FM 702 in Johannesburg
My podcast interview at Jesuit Institute in Johannesburg
My video interview with Daily Motion in Johannesburg
Report by Ethiopia's No. 1 investigative journalist Samuel Getachew: Drug mules bound for Asia *** See also Samuel's report about Ethiopian students stranded in Wuhan and his report about the same Ethiopian students' plea for help
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Exodus
25:
God said to Moses:
"Build me a sacred tent so that I may live among the
people.
Let everyone follow the promptings of their heart
in making contributions for the building of the temple.
Make a sacred chest (ark) to hold
the stone tablets on which are the Ten Commandments,
Aaron's rod and some manna.
Also make a table for the bread of offering,
and a golden lamp-stand."
Dear
God, thank you for churches and other special places for prayer
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
Hebrews
13.8-21: Jesus Christ is the same today as he was
yesterday and as he will be for ever. Do not let yourselves be led astray by strange
doctrines
that teach a different Jesus. Jesus died outside the city. Let us go to him
and share his rejection. Our life in this world is a temporary
arrangement, like a tent. We look for a permanent home in the life to come.
Keep doing good works and sharing your
resources
God of peace, you brought Jesus back from the dead to be our great Shepherd and
Priest. Make
me ready to do your will in any kind of good action
Listen
Mark
6.53-56: When Jesus got out of the boat on the other
side of the lake,
people recognized him and news of his presence spread quickly.
From
all around that area, sick people were brought to him.
Wherever he went, to village or town or farm, they laid down the sick in
open spaces, begging him to let them touch even the fringe of his cloak.
Jesus, please heal my sick
friends ...(names)... by letting them,
through prayer, touch your clothing
Listen
Reflection on the above readings:
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When
I got tram yesterday from city to the O.M.I. house where I am staying in
Melbourne, I found myself sitting opposite a very friendly young Indian couple
dressed in clothing from early last century in the US. Guy was wearing white
shirt with bow tie + bowler hat. Then they explained: they were on their way to
a "Roaring Twenties" party!
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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 24th of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Inner
Mongolia
And
praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 24th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Zambia
And praying for one Islam-related intention
each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Monday,
please pacify I.S.
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Sun Feb 23
Hello from HK airport late Sat morning where I'm
waiting for flight to Australia .... due to arrive late tonight so I am
posting this menu a little early. In Australia I'm due to attend an in-service
program. Due back HK March 13.
HK airport used to be one of the busiest places in the world, but these days
it's like a semi-deserted village. Check in took less than one minute; security
check one minute; immigration (using the mighty HK ID card) 30 seconds
Virus: As I read the latest reports I can't help feeling the world urgently needs to curtail travel (as I wait for flight!), to require all arriving passengers from anywhere to take part in a quarantine program (since even if they have not been to China they might have been in contact with people who are infected) .... and ... Olympic Games needs to be put on hold? .... and we urgently need help from Heaven! *** Virus has brought an Australian town to its knees (... "on our knees" is where we will spend more time as virus spreads?)
Just
launched: website of the NGO I have helped start: Voice
for Prisoners (God bless the kind editors!)
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
c.f. Readings for Sunday 7
Leviticus
19: God's words through
Moses: "Be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy. Honor your father and
mother. The Sabbath must be a holy day. When you collect from harvest or
vine, leave something for the poor and the stranger. Be just, honest and
truthful in your relationships. Do not
let hatred live in your heart".
Dear God, please help me live according to your sacred word
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 children, 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
Corinthians 3.5-15: Apollos
and I are servants who brought the faith to you. I did the planting, Apollos did
the watering, but God made things grow. You are God's building. By God's grace,
I laid the foundation, the only foundation there can be: Jesus Christ. On
that foundation you can build a house with good or poor materials. At the
end of your life, your building will be judged by God.
Jesus, you are the foundation of my life. Help me build a house with good
material (= good deeds)
Listen
Matthew
5.13-48: Jesus said to the crowds: You are
the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, it's no use for anything.
You are the light of the world. Let the world see your light, your good deeds.
When people see you doing good deeds, people will praise God. I have not come to
abolish the Jewish religion. I have come to raise it to a higher level of
goodness. Your goodness must not just be something superficial. Your goodness
must be something from the heart. You
must avoid anger and insult, just like you avoid murder. If you have
offended someone, say "Sorry". You must avoid lustful looks and
thoughts. Looking at someone lustfully is immorality of the heart. Love
and pray for people who are unkind to you. This is the way to practise
the highest level of goodness.
Jesus, please help me practise a higher level of goodness
Recording
Reflection on the above readings:
61% of cancer patients have forgiveness issues - see this
one minute video
Video
commentary on today's readings - in Italian, Chinese, English, and
Spanish
(+
Cantonese audio)
Daniel Daring: Being Perfect (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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When
I got to bus stop this morning (Sat) a bus was just leaving, with another one
not due for about 20 minutes. As I contemplated using a taxi to go to airport
(which I have never once done in 35 years) a man came up to me and asked if I
would like a taxi to airport. He was a Uber driver ... and his price was half
the price of a normal taxi ... and I was keen to get to airport and use my
computer...so I accepted his offer....and on the way downloaded the Uber App. I
saw this providential experience as a happy start to my Australia journey!
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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 23rd
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Guangxi
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 23rd of the month, Jesus
please bless the people of Djibouti
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 Feb 22
Today I am due to fly to Australia for in-service course in Melbourne. Due to return to HK March 13. Has been a busy time the past few days finishing jobs from Africa ... and yesterday I spent time with a man from Latin America whose father is hoping to apply for bail (after being tricked to bring drugs to HK from Sao Paulo) ... which reminds me, the elderly man who was given bail last week has already returned to his native Italy. GOD IS GOOD!
Virus:
Another
doctor dies; hundreds of prisoners infected ***
Korean
diocese stops Masses *** WHO CEO calling on all countries to treat virus as
"Public Enemy No. 1", yet his own country, Ethiopia, which is beholden
to China, is not even requiring passengers from China to be quarantined
.... which means they are endangering not only Ethiopia but all parts of Africa
since Addis Ababa is a transit stop for flights to all parts of Africa.
Huge
backlog of court cases in HK!
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Exodus
24:
God invited Moses, Aaron, Nadab and 70
other men
to see him face to face. They saw God face to face and ate and drank in his
presence.
Under God's feet the ground was like a pure blue jewel.
God then invited Moses to go up the mountain.
A cloud covered the mountain
and for 6 days the glory of the Lord settled on the mountain.
On the seventh day God spoke with Moses inside the cloud.
Moses stayed on the mountain for about 40 days.
Dear
God, thank you for times of prayer
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
136: O give thanks to the Lord for he is good,
for his great love is without end. It was his wisdom which made the skies,
for his great love is without end. It was he who made the sun, moon and stars,
for his great love is without end. It was he who rescued and protected his people
Israel,
for his great love is without end. He gives food to all living things,
for his great love is without end. To the God of heaven give thanks,
for his great love is without end.
We praise you, Lord, for your
great love is without end
Listen
Hebrews
12.18-13.6:
Your ancestors were at Mount Sinai when God
spoke to Moses.
But you already have one foot in the city of the living God, the heavenly
Jerusalem, where millions of angels gather in praise. So, continue to live a life of love and
hospitality.
Keep in mind those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with
them. Keep your marriage undefiled. Avoid greed. Be
content with what you have
Jesus, help me remember heaven....and people
in prison
Listen
Mark
5.24-34: A large crowd gathered around Jesus near the
side of the Sea of Galilee. In the crowd was a woman who had suffered from
bleeding for 12 years. She had spent all her money on doctors, but
they had been unable to help her. She had heard about Jesus. She came up behind
him in the crowd and touched his cloak. "If I can touch even his
clothes, I will be healed" she said to herself. As soon as she touched Jesus' cloak, the
source of the bleeding dried up at once. Aware that power had gone out
from him, Jesus turned round and said "Who touched me?" The woman fell at his feet and told her story.
Jesus said "My daughter, your faith has restored you to health. Go in
peace and be free from your illness".
Jesus, please
help sick people
touch you by prayer
Listen
Reflection
on the above readings: Today's
reading from Hebrews
is a commentary on today's reading from Exodus!
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Will be good not to have to wear a mask in Australia!
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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 22nd
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Zhejiang
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the
month:
On this 22nd
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Rwanda
And
praying for one Islam-related intention
each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Saturday,
please pacify the
Taliban
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Fri Feb 21
My 20 min TV interview
with Clouds Media in Tanzania *** 
South
African media report about drugs passing through Johannesburg Airport
Virus:
If you are in Guangzhou, despite the lock down of the city, you may leave on an
Ethiopian Airlines direct flight to Addis Ababa, and not have to go into
quarantine in Addis. How can this be possible? Because Ethiopia, like Cambodia,
is beholden to China ... and virus restrictions are no-go. This is a frightening
reality that has ramifications for not just Africa and South East Asia but for
the whole world. And just now I found this article - it says the same thing: Ethiopian
Airlines reducing flights to China
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from Simple
Bible
Exodus 23: Moses told the people:
"Don't be unfair to anyone, friend or foe.
Work for six days, then rest on the seventh day.
Work your land for six years,
then let the land rest and recover in the seventh year.
Three times a year you must celebrate special feasts:
the Feast of Unleavened Bread,
the Feast of Harvest,
the Feast of Ingathering.
On these three feasts
all men must present themselves before the Lord."
God's promise:
"I will send an angel before you to protect you
and bring you to the land I have prepared for you.
Eventually you will possess this special land
and take it over from the peoples who live there now."
Dear
God, please help everyone love you
01
02
Psalm
135: Praise the name of the Lord,
praise him, servants of the Lord. Praise the Lord for he is good.
Sing a psalm to his name for he is loving. I know the Lord is great. He does whatever he
wills
in heaven, on earth, in the seas. Pagan idols are silver and gold,
the work of human hands.
They have mouths but they cannot speak.
They have eyes but they cannot see. Sons of Israel, do not trust in useless idols.
Sons of Aaron, trust only in our Creator and
Lord.
Dear Lord, please help people
who worship idols to know and love you
Listen
Hebrews
11.1 - 12.15:
Only faith can keep us going. Only faith
helped Abraham and other famous people in the Scriptures to keep going. So many of them were weak people who were
given strength by God, to be brave when life became difficult. With so many witnesses in a great cloud all
around us, we too should keep running in the race we have started. We
should get rid of everything that slows us down. Keep focusing on
Jesus. He is running beside us. His example going to the cross gives us courage.
Try to live at peace with everyone. Don't let
any seed of bitterness begin to grown and make trouble. This can poison a
whole community
Jesus, help me remember your presence
in my heart
Listen
Mark
4.35-41: Jesus and his disciples got into a boat
to cross the lake. Jesus was so tired that he went to sleep in
the boat.
A sudden storm caused big waves to lash the boat. Jesus' friends woke him up and said
"Save us, Lord, we are sinking". Jesus stood up, and ordered the wind and sea
to be calm.
Straight away the wind and sea were calm. Jesus' friends said to each other
"Who is this? Even the wind and sea obey him."
Jesus, please calm the storms
in my life, my family, our world
Listen
Reflection on the above Bible readings: "Storms" and "big waves" = all sorts of personal/family/national/global crises ... concerning which we can wake Jesus up (?) and say "Save us, Lord, we are sinking"
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Yesterday - an interesting date: 2020-02-20!
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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 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, today, Friday,
please bless all Muslims
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Thu Feb 20
Yesterday I had lunch with three homeless people ... 3 in my register of the more than 70 in our local area. I keep hoping and praying there can be a centre (a ground floor shop) where such people can receive a daily meal + social worker help to find accommodation/employment + a place where unused food and other items can be delivered and distributed. In your time, Jesus, in your time!
Two
Guinea women with drugs from Addis Ababa arrested Macau
Chairman
Xi Sends Apparatchiks to Tame HK
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The Book Blog: 4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from Simple
Bible
Exodus 22:
Laws
announced by Moses:
"If a man seduces a virgin, he must marry her.
A sorceress must be put to death.
Anyone who has intercourse with an animal must die.
Do not discriminate against foreigners,
for you yourselves were foreigners in
Do not be harsh to widows and orphans.
Do not demand interest if you make a loan to a poor person.
Always remember you are a people consecrated to God."
Dear God, please help us not to hurt other
people
Recording
Psalm 134: O come, bless the Lord,
all you who serve the Lord, who stand in the house of the Lord,
in the courts of the house of our God. Lift up your hands to heaven
and bless the Lord through the
night. May the Lord bless you from Zion,
he who made both heaven and earth.
Lord, please protect my
family tonight and every night
Recording
Hebrews 10.32-39:
Remember all the suffering you experienced
after you became Christians - the insults and violence, the loss of
your possessions. Don't give up now. Keep going in your
Christian life.
You and I are not the sort of people who give up.
We are the sort of people who stay faithful until our souls are saved
Jesus, help me keep going,
despite difficulties
Listen
Mark
4.1-20: One day Jesus told the people this story:
A farmer was planting seeds in his field.
Some seeds fell on the path. Birds ate them. Some seeds fell on rocky ground.
They became sickly plants, without roots, and died. Some seeds fell among thorns.
When they became plants, they were choked by the thorns. Some seeds fell on good soil
and produced a rich harvest.
Jesus explained the story:
People who hear God's word without good will
are like the seeds on the path.
They are easy prey for Satan. People who hear God's word only superficially
are like the seeds on rocky ground.
As soon as difficulties come, such people easily give up. People who hear God's word with one ear
but with the other are listening to the call of greed and pleasure
are like the seeds among thorns. Greed kills the word. People who hear God's word with good will and
put it into practice
are like the good seeds which produced a rich harvest.
Jesus, please help me be good
seed!
01
02
Reflection on the above Bible readings: Hebrews and Gospel both mention "give up"!
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Police
on a roll as third suspect in toilet paper heist flushed out
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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 20th 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 20th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Gambia
And praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the
week:
Jesus, today, Thursday, please pacify Al-Qaeda
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Wed Feb 19
For the past 10 years, when I've gone to nearby McDs once or
twice a week for morning green tea, I've often provided a meal for homeless
people who sleep at McDs (... God bless McDs for allowing them to sleep
overnight!). I just give the homeless people my Octopus card (which never has
more than a few hundred HKD on it), they get something to eat, and usually sit
with me. So it was yesterday ... but as one man and I were sitting together,
another guy who recognised me approached, saying "I'm just out of
prison" and asked for a meal. So I gave him my card .... but neither man
nor card came back! First time this has ever happened. In future ... if such a
request comes from a non-regular, I'll say "sure, but let me take good care
of your ID card while you take good care of my Octopus"!
Virus:
Virus began in biological laboratory 280 close to Wuhan canteen?
(c.f.
Previous reports: 01
02)
China
student found after 5 days in Gold Coast bushland
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Chris McDonnell
Ciara's
song
Pope Francis strongly criticized the response of the world's governments to the
catastrophic effects of climate change
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Exodus 21: Laws
announced by Moses:
"When you buy an Israelite slave, you may keep him
for only six years. In the seventh year he is free to leave or stay.
Put to death anyone who kills someone in cold blood,
anyone who curses or strikes his father or mother.
If someone injures another person,
the compensation will be according to the formula
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, burn for burn, injury for injury."
Dear God, please help people not to seek
revenge
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
133: How good and how pleasant it is
when people live in unity. It is like precious oil upon the head,
running down upon the beard. It is like the dew of Hermon
which falls on the heights of Zion. For there the Lord gives his blessing,
life for ever.
Dear Lord, please help all the
peoples of the world to live as one family, in unity.
Listen
Hebrews
10.21-25: Jesus is the supreme High Priest of the whole
house of God.
As we enter that house, let us have sincere hearts that are filled with
faith and hope. Let us be concerned for each other,
encouraging each other to do good. Do not stay away from the meetings as some
people do,
but encourage each other to attend
Jesus, may my life encourage others to
do good
Listen
Mark
3: Jesus went back to Capernaum. Such a crowd gathered that he could not even have a meal.
When his family heard about such things,
they set out to take care of him, thinking that he was crazy. His mother and brothers arrived at the house.
Standing outside, they sent in a message asking for him. Jesus was told "Your mother and brothers
and sisters are outside asking for you". Jesus replied
"Who are my mother and brothers?"
Then looking round at the people sitting in a circle about him, he said
"Here are my mother and my brothers. Anyone who does the will of God,
that person is my brother and sister and mother".
Jesus, please help me to do
your will,
even if people sometimes think I'm crazy
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: Q: How many brothers do I have? A: = Answer + ONE
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In the past a person who wore a mask was a bank robber etc.
But now in HK, where 99% of people are wearing masks, a person without a mask
feels like ... a ... criminal (doing something wrong ... not wearing a
mask)!
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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 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, today, Wednesday,
please pacify Al-Shabaab
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Tues Feb 18
Last night, at the invitation of a kind professor at
the City University of HK, I had my first experience of using a video conference
program called Zoom ... during which I visited
the professor's class ... which was, because of the virus, conducted online!
Virus: This calming article is well worth reading - Listen to facts, not rumours
My article in today's Ming Pao newspaper has the topic: The Wuhan virus .... and Africa. It's on Ming Pao website - click "Australian in HK". Text without recording
Costa
Rica makes biggest ever drug haul
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Exodus
20: The Ten Commandments given by God to
Moses:
1: I am the Lord your God. Do not worship anyone or anything else.
2: Use my name with respect. Do not insult my name.
3: Make the Sabbath Day a holy day each week.
4: Honor your father and your mother.
5: Do not kill.
6: Do not commit adultery.
7: Do not steal.
8: Do not tell lies.
9: Do not lust after someone else's wife.
10: Do not desire what belongs to someone else.
Dear
God, please help us to put these commandments into practice
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
130: Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice.
If you, O Lord, should
record our guilt,
Lord, who would survive? But with you is found
forgiveness.
For this we revere you. My soul is waiting for the Lord.
I count on his word. My soul is longing for the Lord
more than watchman for the daybreak. With the Lord there is mercy
and fullness of redemption. Israel indeed he will redeem
from all its iniquity.
Lord, please forgive me for all
the bad things I have done
Listen
Hebrews
8.9 - 9.14:
Jesus' priesthood is part of the new covenant
predicted in the Scriptures: "See, the days are coming - it is the
Lord who speaks - when I will establish a new covenant with the House of
Israel". Jesus
has come as High Priest of all the
blessings that were predicted would be part of the new covenant. He has offered not the blood of animals like
priests of the old covenant, but his own blood, by which he won our
redemption. His blood can purify our inner self from dead
actions,
to help us in our life of dedication to the living God
Jesus, by your precious blood, purify my heart
and protect me
Listen
Mark
3.13-19:
Jesus went up a hill and called his
disciples.
He chose 12 of them to be his special companions.
He commissioned them for preaching.
He gave them power to cast out devils. The names of the 12:
Simon, to whom he gave the name Peter;
James and John the sons of Zebedee. Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas,
James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot
and Judas Iscariot the one who would betray him.
Jesus, please bless and protect
all Gospel workers
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: Even if we break all of the Ten Commandments .... Jesus' blood can purify us from dead actions .... since with the Lord is mercy and fullness of redemption
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On menu of about a week ago, I posted joke about teacher
who got students to eat honey ... to improve their beehaviour.
Last night when I told that joke to someone, they improved on it: to improve
their beehiveiour
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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 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, today, Tuesday,
please pacify Boko
Haram
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My Africa trips:
2020: Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Dar es
Salaam, Johannesburg (under construction)
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
Oct 23, 2019: FM988 Breakfast program in Kuala Lumpur at which I was a guest
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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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