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
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