We (our church) have four loans out with the following. Please read more about Kiva, And, read each story of the ones we have loaned to. Please pray for their success. As they repay us for their loans we will loan to others.
Kiva – What Is Kiva?
Ms. Hai is 30 years of age and has two small children. Beside raising livestock and caring for her family, she is also into the hand-gloves making business. Glove-making is a growing trend in the community in which she lives. Every month, she is able to bring in 2.500.000d. This is in addition to the revenue she receives from raising livestock. This next loan, she is requesting an amount in which she plan on purchasing materials and a stitching/sewing machine. Read more of her story.
Kiva – Vu Thi Hai
Financial Crises Globally
The Psalmist says, “I have been young and I have been old, but I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging for bread.”
I have been thinking about my place in this financial crisis our nation is going through and will go through for some time. I first remind myself that the righteous have an Anchor in the midst of this crisis. Let us hold on to the words of the Psalmist while being awake, alert to do the things we are directed to do by divine guidance from the Holy Spirit. The Book of John tells us the Holy Spirit, among many other things, is a counselor to us. Yes, a financial counselor to us as well as all other activities in the dailiness of our lives. That is, if we invite Him to be.
Minutes in Hell
I have been reading books by Bill Wiese about the Lord’s taking him to Hell for 23 minutes and his sequel to it on the subject of HELL. Some would ask, “why would Christians or any so-called good people want to read about Hell, anyway?”
Well, Jesus talked a lot about Hell and it kind of hit home when I was reading Jeremiah this morning in the beginning chapters, as well as throughout the whole book, God’s lamenting and His righteous anger with Judah and Israel because of their vehement backsliding. So I asked the Lord in prayer why in the world would HE want nasty ol’ Judah and Israel, anyway, when they had been unfaithful to Him, committing spiritual adultery, turning their backs and spurning Him after His gracious and magnanimous lovingkindness and compassion that He had shown toward them.
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Quote by QB
“Be responsible for yourself… Look in the mirror and make yourself better!” Jason Campbell, QB, Washington DC
Torn at the Seams
I have heard often in the last year(s) that our nation, America, is “Torn at the Seams.” Do we have answers? I believe we do!
Saturday, September 27, 08, First Lady, Laura Bush with The Library of Congress will be hosting a “Book Festival” on The Mall, Washington, DC.
This will be an intergenerational event. Writers of children’s books, mystery writers, biographers as well as many other authors will be on ‘The Mall’ reading and modeling the joy and life of reading. Mrs. Bush invites us all to come. She says, “there will be something for all ages and all interest. Come and bring your families.”
(Laura and Jenna Bush)
Read All About it!
Be a Bee Eye for a day
“Life is just a mirror,
and what you see out there,
you must first see inside of you.”
Wally ‘Famous’ Amos
US cookie businessman (1936 – )
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My Journey to India
I have a lot of favorites as far as hymns go but one that sticks out in my mine the most is:
Here I am Lord
Words and Music by Daniel L Schutte © 1981
Genesis 46:2
“And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night,
and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.”
I, the Lord of sea and sky,
I have heard my people cry.
All who dwell in dark and sin,
My hand will save.
Chorus
Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord?
I have heard you calling in the night.
I will go, Lord, if you lead me.
I will hold your people in my heart.
I, who made the stars of night,
I will make their darkness bright.
Who will bear my light to them?
Whom shall I send?
Interchange of thoughts
I discovered something On the subject of communication and interchange of thoughts and ideas and information In reframing and reapplying the lesson on the gift of tongues from Paul in the Book of 1Corinthians 14:6-11. Paul is speaking of Tongues and Interpretation of Tongues but the spiritual counsel he gives can be used in reframing how we think about communication and interaction among ourselves in the Body of Christ and life , in general.
He says, “ I would that you all spoke with tongues but even more, that you would prophesy so that the church may be edified and built up by your exhortation.” He explains further, “Now brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in another tongue or language how would that profit you as you have no idea what I am talking about; but rather I should speak to you clearly, with some knowledge and divine revelation or by the Word of God. Then you would understand what I am saying to you.”
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A Story I remember
It was Mrs. Wagoner, my third grade teacher that read us a story about a boy wanting to develop his muscles. The boy about twelve wanted to grow muscles. He went around his town asking people how to do this. He went to a house at the edge of town. There was a guy chopping wood. So the boy asked him, “mister do you know how to grow muscles, see mine are really small?”
The old guy said, “let me think about it, I’ll sit here while you chop some wood that’ll be the pay for me telling you how to grow muscles.” Well the boy chopped wood for an hour that day. He stopped and asked the guy “do you have any ideas yet?” The old guy said “no, but if you come back tomorrow this same time I’ll think about it some more while you chop wood.”
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Detoxing our minds
Joel Osteen and his family came to the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. on September 5, ’08. What an uplifting event. The bill of fare lived up to its name, “A Night of Hope”. Everything was inspiring and truly Joel Osteen is anointed for this message. He said that most people today are into detoxifying their bodies but what they need even more is a detoxifying of minds. We need to go on a diet and stay diligent to it and not allow negative things to infiltrate us. We need to unload the negatives, find and up root the cause whether a teacher or counselor speaking negative things into our life, or whether anyone else spoke it – ask forgiveness or write letters of forgiveness so that you can be set free to become everything that Jesus wants you to become – what he wanted for you as a child of God from the very beginning. He said that we need to read scripture of affirmation of who we are in Christ everyday. These scriptures and like message had been given to some of us at the 3rd Annual Retreat of the Daily Lily, “The Four Bees, by Sara. The message at the retreat by Sara and the message that Joel Osteen preached were almost identical. This must be the message of the hour for God’s people. Here are some of the scriptures typed out so that each of you can read them and become whom God spoke blessings over from the very beginning:
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