March 2014 Blog Posts (30)

I’ve heard it all my life, but when I heard the expression again the other day, I paused to reflect on the exact meaning of, “Lo and behold”! It’s actually an exclamation meant to draw attention to something. It is used especially to announce things that are considered important, thus it is often written with an exclamation mark. The word “lo” is a shortening of “look”. So, “lo and behold” has the meaning of “look! – behold”!. “Lo” is also akin to “O”, and has been in use since the first…

Are you taking a do-it-yourself approach, or trusting the Master?

“It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.”

- Henry Ward Beecher, Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit…

Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 253 | Wed 26 Mar 2014



by Elizabeth Kendal



Jesus said, 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.' (Matthew 28:18-20 ESV)



WELCOME to the intercessors…

Our life is Christians is a response to the love of our Savior. Read "Responding to Christ's love" on my blog at www.GentleWhispersFromEternity-ScripturePersonalized.com



Johnny R. Almond

Pastor, Colonial Beach Baptist Church, Virginia

Author, Gentle Whispers from Eternity—Scripture Personalized

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[This devotion was based…

http://ronbrumbaugh.wordpress.com/2014/03/21/do-i-need-the-holy-spirit-to-pray-effectively-how-do-i-know-if-it-really-is-the-holy-spirit/

God Bless

Ron Brumbaugh

Have you noticed that as He prayed on the cross, Jesus prayed scripture? He repeatedly prayed to God in the exact words of Scripture. In fact he prayed so much of the 22^nd Psalm that a friend of mine believes He quoted the entire psalm in prayer, and the Gospel writers recorded enough of it for us to understand that. Praying Scripture can be a wonderful practice.

You can memorize a verse and pray…

I was recently thinking about the many track meets my husband and I attended for our sons and my grandchildren. If you are like most grandparents you too have attended many track meets. One of the many events at a track meet is the 4 x 400 relay where the runner passes the baton to the next runner and then the next runners.

When my husband and I became parents the generational baton was passed on to us. Then as we became grandparents, the baton was passed to our son and his wife.…

Protection from What?

© 2014 By Jim Reapsome

My missionary friend’s email gave me some fairly typical prayer requests: Pray for seekers. Pray for safety and protection. He provided details for his valid needs around his life and work.

Pray is critical for him and his family. It’s just as critical for them as the communication between airline pilots and air traffic controllers. At the same time, it seems that some of these missionary prayer emails fall short of the prayer…

Protection from What?

© 2014 By Jim Reapsome

My missionary friend’s email gave me some fairly typical prayer requests: Pray for seekers. Pray for safety and protection. He provided details for his valid needs around his life and work.

Pray is critical for him and his family. It’s just as critical for them as the communication between airline pilots and air traffic controllers. At the same time, it seems that some of these missionary prayer emails fall short of the prayer…

What are you afraid of? Faith the future and find peace of mind.

“As a rule, what is out of sight disturbs men’s minds more seriously than what they see.”

- Julius…

Join Us For The 6:4 Fellowship’s 2014 National Conference 

The 6:4 Fellowship exists to call pastors back to the primary ministry priorities seen in Acts 6:4, “But we will give ourselves continually to prayer and the ministry of the word”.  The 2014…

Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 252 | Wed 19 Mar 2014



Uzbekistan: Church leader outlines history and vast needs of the registered and ethnic churches



By 'AV', a religious liberty advocate with a particular concern for and involvement in the former USSR. 'AV' based this RLPB on a recent interview with one of the key Uzbek Church leaders.



After the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s there was a large influx of missionaries from Western…

Walk as He Walked

Daily Lenten Readings in the Footsteps of Jesus

© 2014

By Rev. Jim Reapsome, Th.M.…

If we confine worship to Sunday church services, ritual overshadows relationship. To walk with God 24/7 is life's greatest adventure!



“The worship of God is not a rule of safety—it is an adventure of the spirit, a flight after the unattainable.”

- Alfred North Whitehead



What does your heart ache for—really, truly, above all else?

Does your inner being yearn for a close walk with God?

Does your soul long for Jesus to be real to you?



Have you declared…

I hope this letter finds your new year going well. I am recovering from Achilles tendon surgery which, of course, comes at the very worst time of year for this busy ministry. I am sure you can identify with that!

Yet, I am finding whole new ways to pray and trust our Father as I am more “dependent” than usual. Which brings me to my word of encouragement for you, from Andrew Murray.

He was a pastor in South Africa in the 19th century. Full of excitement about his work and love…

Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 251 | Wed 12 Mar 2014



NORTH KOREA: DOZENS DETAINED, 33 TO BE EXECUTED

by Elizabeth Kendal



On 27 February South Korean Baptist missionary Kim Jung-wook (50) fronted a North Korean press conference in Pyongyang to 'confess' to his crimes and plead for mercy. For seven years, Kim Jung-wook had been providing food, clothing and sanctuary to North Korean refugees and job-seekers in the Chinese border city of Dandong.…