August 2017
for the servants of the Master. People who have committed their lives full-time should be given due respect and care. They should be well taken care of. Their children should have the best possible education. Their health concerns need to be attended for. They should be taken care after retirement. We should not forget that, it is the responsibility of every Church and every Christian Mission to take care of their workers. The organisations and churches should not boast of the number of workers they have. Rather they should boast of how well they take care of their staff. God cannot bless our Nation if His servants are not treated with due care and respect. There might be black sheep and black shepherds, but that is not an excuse to allow a committed worker to suffer. If you are already a supporter, think of ways to increase it. God will repay you a hundred fold. If you are not a regular contributor for missionary work, start doing it right away. Adopt a missionary, or a missionary family, or a missionary kid. Stand with them till the end of the journey. God will bless you.
pray. Two or three would be enough, said Jesus( Mat 18:20).
All of us need a spirit of prayer. The needs of India should bring us to our knees. Let us forget our differences and come together in prayer. Let us rephrase the words like ' my church ', ' my mission ' and ' my ministry ' with words like ' God ' s Church ', ' God ' s Mission ' and ' God ' s Ministry.'
Prayer is our only solution. We may not have financial back-up. We may not have political support. But the Kingdom of God doesn ' t depend on any of these things. It depends on praying men and women. It depends on holy men. It depends on ordinary praying people like you and me. Hence, let us come together and pray for the Nation so that God may shower His blessings upon our Nation.
“ There shall be showers of blessing”( Eze 34:26)
( Abridged and modified from missionary Jason ' s recent book, ' Heart-Cry of God.' To order a copy see back cover for more details)
5) Prayer Is Our Power
Spiritual life is a spiritual battle. We cannot wage this war without preparing ourselves in prayer. We need individual prayers and corporate prayers. We need to organize small groups in our work places, in our institutions and set aside at least an hour a week to pray for our Nation. God moves mightily when we
| PAGE 11 |