Saturday, April 28, 2012

WHO IS GOD FOR YOU?

Who Is God For You? is the theme of the MM4J Men's Camp this week-end near Gobabis in the east of Namibia.

Please pray for the Camp Team from left to right Jacques van Vuuren, Danie Botha, Gys Botha, Piet Jacobs and Jannie Botha.

Trust God
for the healing of men, for a better understanding of who God is and how He wants to restore them and equip them as husbands and fathers. Pray for the many children in Namibia, growing up with out a father in the house. Pray God's protection on marriages and families.


He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Malachi 4:6

MM4J Website:  www.restourasie.com.na 


UPDATE: Praise God as He did mighty things at the conference and restored many lives!

Thursday, April 26, 2012

wpa2012 A CALL TO PRAYER

The World Prayer Assembly (May 14-18, 2012) is taking place in the midst of a modern day spiritual awakening in the nation of Indonesia. Millions of Indonesians are now connected in prayer for their nation. 24/7 "prayer towers" are operating in many cities, and over two-hundred thousand trained child intercessors are crying out to God for the transformation of their nation.
 
The Lord is moving in this vast archipelago of 17,000 islands with many diverse people groups. The Church has united in an extraordinary way, creating an environment for spiritual and societal transformation that is spreading across the region. Thousands of prayer, mission and marketplace leaders, along with on-fire youth and children, will gather in Jakarta to seek the Lord together in a new paradigm for an international congress. Like the five leaders at Antioch (Acts 13:1-3), we want to "let God be God" and seek Him together for His strategies of "prayer-action" for our hurting world.

Let's join the thousands who will attend the World Prayer Assembly in spirit and in prayer. Follow the link to read about the purpose of wpa - Call to Prayer

Please also study the article Calling as Intercessors to better understand our calling and task to pray. There are also some great videos on their media page
 
Let us trust God that we will also become shapers of the future as intercessors for Namibia, Africa and the world.

History belongs to the intercessors, who believe the future into being… These shapers of the future are the intercessors, who call out of the future the longed-for new present. Theologian Walter Wink

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

PRAISE GOD FOR AN INVESTMENT


The Pastor’s Book Set Conference,  organized by SIM (an international mission organization) took place here in Windhoek last week.

Pastors and Christian workers received a set of brand new study Bibles, a Bible concordance, a Bible commentary, several books on Christian theology, NT Survey, as well as a book with Bible Maps and Charts. It is the desire of SIM that this project will help to equip Christian workers in Namibia of all participating churches to do God’s work more effectively.

The good news is that Lord willing there will be a second portion of books in 2013. Click here for more information.

Let us praise God for the generosity of churches and believers who are making this wonderful investment in the lives of pastors and church workers in Namibia. Pray that those who received this gift will put in to good use, that they will grow in their relationship with the Lord and that God's Kingdom will be established in the hearts of believers all over Namibia.

PRAISE GOD FOR THE ARTS

On Friday last week Prof Aldo Behrens and the KalahariKrismis Music Ensemble presented "The Miracle" here in Windhoek. With recitation, music and song the crucifixion and resurrection were celebrated.

This event once again confirmed the powerful role that the arts can play in touching hearts and sharing the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

We can also burst into song:

The angel's up on the tombstone
Said, "He's risen just as He said
Quickly now, go tell His disciples
Jesus Christ is no longer dead"

Joy to the world
He's risen, hallelujah
He's risen, hallelujah
He's risen, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah!


Praise God for the sphere of Celebration (Arts, Entertainment & Sport) that serves the Lord in Namibia!

Saturday, April 14, 2012

GLOBAL 4/14 DAY PRAYER

The 4/14 Window refers to all children between the ages of 4 to 14. During this decade or “window,” most children in this demographic develop their moral and spiritual foundations. Why do mission strategists consider this age group so important?

There are 2.3 billion children on earth under age 15 and they represent the largest unreached people group in the world. Boys and girls in the 4/14 Window are given priority because they are more open and receptive to the gospel than older youth and adults. Nearly 85% of people who make a decision for Christ, do so between the ages of 4 to 14!

The 4/14 Window Initiative is “to raise-up a new generation from the 4/14 Window to transform the world for Christ.”  Please visit their site http://www.global414day.com for more information.

The Global 4/14 Day Prayer and Fasting Guide is now available! You are encouraged you to download, print, and use this guide as you pray for children on April 14, 2012. Join this 4/14 prayer movement now and every year on April 14.

Pray for you own children today. Pray for the children of the world. Pray for this movement, that God will be at work and bless children everywhere.

Friday, April 13, 2012

MAGDALENA: RELEASED FROM SHAME

Magdalena: Released From Shame is the story of Jesus through the eyes of Mary Magdalene.

Women were treated as second-class citizens or property in many ancient cultures and nations. They lived in the bonds of low self-esteem, shame, and depression. Unfortunately, this reality is still happening in today’s world.

Women in every culture share common needs, concerns, hopes, and fears—as well as the sad truth that many have felt the sting of being devalued because of their gender. They don’t know that God loves and values them. Many have not heard the gospel, or know who Jesus is. This is a version of the JESUS Film is especially for women—Magdalena: Released From Shame and it speaks to these core issues in a way no other has done.

Tomorrow at 15:00 we will show this move to a number of women who are members of our discipleship group. I have just prepared the place where the film will be screened and watched where Jesus set Mary Magdalene free from evil spirits. I was touched in my heart. God is good! Scripture says: Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. Luke 8:1 Today we can do this with the help of this film.

Pray with us. Trust that God will minister to these ladies tomorrow and everywhere that the gospel is preached in Namibia and the world. Praise God for powerful tools like the Magdalena: Released from Shame film and the Jesus Film. Pray God's provision and blessings on teams that show these films here in Namibia and to the ends of the earth.

The Twelve were with him, and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary called Magdalene from whom seven demons had come out. Luke 8:2

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

THE PRIORITY OF PRAYER

In the midst of all other priorities, let us commit ourselves afresh to pray. Prayer is a call, a command and a gift. Prayer is the indispensible foundation and resource for all elements of our mission.
 
We will pray with unity, focus, persistence, and biblically-informed clarity:
  • For God to send labourers into every corner of the world, in the power of his Spirit; 
  • For the lost in every people and place to be drawn to God by his Spirit, through the declaration of the truth of the gospel and the demonstration of Christ’s love and power; 
  • For God’s glory to be revealed and Christ’s name to be known and praised because of the character, deeds and words of his people. We will cry out for our brothers and sisters who suffer for the name of Christ; 
  • For God’s kingdom to come, that God’s will may be done on earth as in heaven, in the establishment of justice, the stewardship and care of creation, and the blessing of God’s peace in our communities.
We will continually give thanks as we see God’s work among the nations, looking forward to the day when the kingdom of this world will become the kingdom of our God and of his Christ.

Source: From the Cape Town Commitment - Part 2, Section IID, 6
http://conversation.lausanne.org/en/home/prayer

Thursday, April 5, 2012

GOD’S SET PURPOSE

This Friday believers in Namibia and all over the world will remember what happened on a small hill in Jerusalem called Golgotha which means The Place of the Skull. Many question the death of Christ on a cross. However we can defend it in the words of Peter: This man was handed over to you by God’s set purpose and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross. Acts 2:23  It happened because it was by God’s set purpose and foreknowledge.

Paul explains in one of his letters our Savior's death: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. Galatians 1:3-5

Let us remember Christ death and resurrection.
  • Let us pray that in this country and all over the world the power of God will be preached. For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 1 Corinthians 1:18 
  • Let us answer the call of Christ, deny ourselves and take up our cross and follow Him.
  • Let us trust God that this message will be preached on Friday: If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? Mark 8:34-37
  • Let us not be ashamed of Christ and remember His words:  If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels. Mark 8:38

May God's blessings be upon you!

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

ECUMENICAL PRAYER MEETING

All women (men are also welcome) are invited to the Council of Namibian Churches next ecumenical prayer meeting on Sunday 15 April at 16:00 at CCN Office, 8521 Abraham Mashego St in Katutura, Windhoek. Women of all cultural groups and churches come together every first Sunday of the month to pray especially for our country.

All women who attend regularly agree that the atmosphere of unity and common prayers bind us together as Christian women and that each time it is a blessed experience. As usual we will pray for different matters in our community and our country.

Namibia and the nation needs our prayers!!

Intercession is putting yourself in God’s place; it is having His mind and His perspective - Oswald Chambers

. . . men always ought to pray and not lose heart —Luke 18:1