Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Avert Your Gaze - iFast58

iFasters,

I'm writing this at 11:15 pm and have spent most of my day researching sex trafficking. Seems like a good prelude to an iFast email, doesn't it?

The truth is, my heart is broken. Every 2 minutes a child is being prepared for sexual exploitation and 2 children are sold every minute. Children.

I remember singing Jesus loves the little children as a child. I pictured Him like I saw Him on the flannelgraph, surrounded by children of all races - all smiling happily. That love of children hasn't left our Jesus. I imagine that His heart must absolutely break over the horrific tragedies that are happening all around the world even now.

My prayer for our fast day is this....that our eyes would be opened. I was rereading Isaiah 58 last week while we were on our call. True fasting is to "loose the chains of injustice" to "set the oppressed free". We, as a church, have neglected this duty. It feels to overwhelming. How? I'm just a stay at home mom, how can I be involved in issues of this magnitude? And so we choose to close our eyes, to avert our gaze from the horrors. Please join me in praying that the church will rise up on behalf of justice. Join me in praying that this issue and all of the other issues of justice will be truly SEEN by the church and that we will act.

Remember the Poor:
James 4:4 Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. We've been far too friendly a nation. Praying that we repent of our misplaced friendship and make things right with our maker and Savi dying world.

HopeChest:
1. Oditel Launch - in Kalamazoo
2. Office growth
3. We have a team on the ground in Moldova/Russia
4. We have a team leaving for Ethiopia on April 16th
5. We have a team leaving for Uganda on May 5th
6. Praying for our new opportunities in the sex-trafficking arena - what do we do and how do we do it?

Orphan Relief and Rescue
This week, please pray with us for effective planning and fundraising to sustain programs in Liberia through the summer (rainy season), with the kids out of school and stuck indoors most days; and also to give a jumpstart to construction in the fall (we've got big plans, now we just need the funding!). Also pray with us for many new team members to join--people to manage agriculture programs and construction sites, mentors to serve the children one-on-one, and a videographer to tell the stories.

Join us tomorrow morning first thing for a time of corporate prayer. I promise, you'll be blessed!
Wednesdays 9:30 AM (eastern) at CALL IN # : 760- 569- 9000 ID: 968101

Thanks!

Brandi
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1 comment:

洪廷甫只當台灣人 said...

阿彌陀佛 無相佈施


不要吃五辛(葷菜,在古代宗教指的是一些食用後會影響性情、慾望的植
物,主要有五種葷菜,合稱五葷,佛家與道家所指有異。

近代則訛稱含有動物性成分的餐飲食物為「葷菜」,事實上這在古代是稱
之為腥。所謂「葷腥」即這兩類的合稱。 葷菜
維基百科,自由的百科全書
(重定向自五辛) 佛家五葷

在佛家另稱為五辛,五種辛味之菜。根據《楞嚴經》記載,佛家五葷為大
蒜、小蒜、興渠、慈蔥、茖蔥;五葷生啖增恚,使人易怒;熟食發淫,令
人多慾。[1]

《本草備要》註解云:「慈蔥,冬蔥也;茖蔥,山蔥也;興渠,西域菜,云
即中國之荽。」

興渠另說為洋蔥。) 肉 蛋 奶?!











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