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dedicated to the glory of God and the Salvation of the world.
Monday, August 24, 2009
August 24, 2009.Greetings in Jesus' name, friends.He is risen!How's your soul?----Welcome, international readers. Here is a great verse from Jesus (Luke 6:38) that teaches us about generosity and how we cna relate with other people. Try it out: اعطوا تعطوا. كيلا جيدا ملبدا مهزوزا فائضا يعطون في احضانكم. لانه بنفس الكيل الذي به تكيلون يكال لكم.「与えなさい，そうすれば与えられるだろう。押し入れ，揺すり入れ，あふれ出るほどに良いはかりで，あなた方に字義，あなた方の懐に。与えられるだろう。あなた方が量るその同じはかりで，あなた方に量り返されるだろう」。你 們 要 給 人 ， 就 必 有 給 你 們 的 ， 並 且 用 十 足 的 升 斗 ， 連 搖 帶 按 ， 上 尖 下 流 的 倒 在 你 們 懷 裡 ； 因 為 你 們 用 甚 麼 量 器 量 給 人 ， 也 必 用 甚 麼 量 器 量 給 你 們 。давайте, и дастся вам: мерою доброю, утрясенною, нагнетенною и переполненною отсыплют вам в лоно ваше; ибо, какою мерою мерите, такою же отмерится и вам.Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." Luke 6:38 ----The kingdom of God is at hand.----Luke 6:38 is also the week's memory verse. One of the keys in memorising verses is 'review, review, review'. It might not be too hard to remember one verse but if you have been doing it all year long it might be difficult to remember the verse from the second week of February (for example). It is good to review them a lot. Keep the word hidden in your heart - it helps keep you from sinning (so says a verse many of you have memorised).----Holy. now.----Here's the latest from Major David Laeger:THE HEALER“For I am the LORD who heals you.” (Exodus 15:26 NKJV) Standing on the other side of a sea, over one million refugees stood quietly, exhausted from their escape from terror. Safely away from former masters, they rest for a moment while hearing their leader sing with his rich, powerful voice, “I will sing to the LORD, for He has triumphed gloriously!” After several verses He ends with praise by looking toward the rule of God over his people: “The LORD shall reign forever and ever.” In their new freedom, the refugees learn that freedom carries with it certain disciplines.Some of them are bitter to learn. The refugees set foot across desert land and soon encountered water – bitter water, and they complained about the discomfort of freedom. Then the leader of the refugees threw a tree into the water and the tree made the bitter discipline sweet. “Marah” was the name given to the bitter water before it became sweet.Such is the Cross of Jesus to us – bitter things become sweet when the Cross of Jesus is, as it were, thrown into the circumstance. Through that trust, the comforting words of God rise in the heart of the refugee, a stranger now in a new land – a new circumstance:“For I am the LORD who heals you.”And the troubled waters become sweet. What is your bitterness today?Nothing equals the bitterness taken for usby Christ Jesus.And through His Cross, He took away the bitternessof all bitterness – yet through His Cross… What are your drinking in today that sours thetaste of life? It is a test for you in which to findHis sweetness.----Are the roots of bitterness gone? (Brengle)----Remember the poor.----Go for souls and go for the worst. (today is a great time to do it)----God is here.God help us all be humble.

God bless the Finland and Estonia Territory.

Much grace,secposted by Stephen Court
Posted by: armybarmy / 5:49 AM

please pray for us!

Making Missionary Prayer a Habit

Your prayers sustain missionaries.
One practical way to approach praying for your missionaries is to devote each day of the week to a specific area of their lives. Aim for six days a week. If you manage seven, you’ll feel the satisfaction of going beyond your goal.

• Monday: Inner life and growth. For spiritual disciplines. For confidence in God’s sovereignty when things go wrong. For God’s mighty touch in relieving stress.
• Tuesday: Relationships. With their partner and children, with coworkers, with unbelievers, and with authorities in the country.
• Wednesday: Special needs in a foreign culture. Mastering the language. Defense against loneliness, homesickness, frustration. Insights into how to communicate the truth. God’s sovereign working in government decisions and politics.
• Thursday: Ministry. For Christ to be manifested through their lives day by day. For God to empower them for their work. For His blessing on their evangelism, discipling, and church responsibilities. For their specific area of service.
• Friday: The nitty-gritty. Physical health. Financial provision. Coping with red tape. Wise use of time. For strength and faith in trials. That they will take adequate time for exercise, relaxation, sports, hobbies, vacation.
• Saturday: Victory. Against Satan as he seeks to keep people blinded to the gospel and thwart the growth of believers.

Praying for missions is not a fringe activity from God’s point of view. By praying you can play a major role in God’s great purposes. Prayer gives you the opportunity to make a vast difference in this world. Your prayers are vital.

—Ruth Myers, condensed from World Disciple (winter 1994).

Estonian War Cry 1929-1940

http://dea.nlib.ee/index.php?lid=282

If you are interested in history and the Salvation Army War Cry in Estonian, which are published in Estonia 1929-1940, please visit this link.

SASB 344/819

Words: , 1881; first ap­peared in the Sal­va­tion Ar­my’s The War Cry, De­cem­ber 29, 1881. Fry wrote the lyr­ics in Lin­coln, Eng­land, while work­ing with the Sal­va­tion Ar­my there.
Music: ; adapt­ed by Charles W. Fry.


I have found a friend in Jesus, He’s everything to me,
He’s the fairest of ten thousand to my soul;
The Lily of the Valley, in Him alone I see
All I need to cleanse and make me fully whole.
In sorrow He’s my comfort, in trouble He’s my stay;
He tells me every care on Him to roll.

He’s the Lily of the Valley, the Bright and Morning Star,
He’s the fairest of ten thousand to my soul.

He all my grief has taken, and all my sorrows borne;
In temptation He’s my strong and mighty tower;
I have all for Him forsaken, and all my idols torn
From my heart and now He keeps me by His power.
Though all the world forsake me, and Satan tempt me sore,
Through Jesus I shall safely reach the goal.

He’s the Lily of the Valley, the Bright and Morning Star,
He’s the fairest of ten thousand to my soul.

He will never, never leave me, nor yet forsake me here,
While I live by faith and do His blessèd will;
A wall of fire about me, I’ve nothing now to fear,
From His manna He my hungry soul shall fill.
Then sweeping up to glory to see His blessèd face,
Where the rivers of delight shall ever roll.

He’s the Lily of the Valley, the Bright and Morning Star,
He’s the fairest of ten thousand to my soul.

call to prayer

http://www.salvationarmy.org/ihq%5Cwww_sa.nsf/vw-news/58E7DD9D306F874D802574F2006468F6?opendocument

http://www.suicideprevention.salvos.org.au/index.php?prayerday

http://www1.salvationarmy.org/ihq/www_ihq_general.nsf/vw-news/771714496EEB623F802574F200652796?opendocument

http://www1.salvationarmy.org/eet/www_eetr.nsf/

8 principles

from http://www.armybarmy.com/2009_08_01_archive.html#1636642161896547876

Major Alan Harley gives eight principles for Salvationists.
The first four come from the reformation (16thC):
Salvation is provided by grace alone;
Salvation is received by faith alone;
Salvation is experienced in Christ alone;
Salvation is taught in Scripture alone.
And in these four we agree with our evangelical comrades of various stripes.
Those are points of unity.
The other four emerge from the 18thC and Wesley:
All people need to be saved;
All people can be saved;
All people saved can know they are saved;
All people who are saved can go on to Christian holiness.
These last four do distinguish us from other evangelicals.
But they remain truths to savour and spread.

BabySong

http://youthdownsouth.net/ChristianEd/BabySong.htm

http://dublinsalvationarmy.blogspot.com/2008/08/babysong.html

http://www1.salvationarmy.org.uk/uki/www_uki.nsf/vw-dynamic-index/F329B510DDC2971A802575A6003B5E80?opendocument

http://www.saministryresources.ca/childrens-ministry/babysong

http://www1.salvationarmy.org.uk/uki/www_uki.nsf/vw-dynamic-index/B2575ACABEF789AC80256FF70030E792?opendocument