Dear Family & Friends,
“But the man who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not do so from faith, and whatever is not from faith is sin.”
Romans 14:23
While listening to the Bible the other day I, John, heard this verse and was grabbed by the last phrase. I began to think of things in my life that I might have done that were not by faith. Some were in a similar context to eating or drinking of something because others were doing so. In other words I acted on the encouragement of others to do something I had not done before. I also thought of times that I chose to act on my own regard without first considering whether this would bring glory to God. I acted not out of faith, but out of desire to please myself or to satisfy myself in some regard. All these actions resulted in sin. I realized that when I actually considered the consequences of my action upon my witness for Christ I most often chose to walk the path that brought glory to Christ. Let us try to stop considering what everyone else is doing and concentrate on what God wants us to do instead.
Last week one of the Jang family’s neighbors, Miss Chen, came to the discipleship group. She is a Christian, but has not been attending any worship or small group meetings for quite awhile. We encouraged her to begin meeting together with brothers and sisters in Christ on a regular basis and we welcomed her to return. Lucy is still looking for non-Christians to join the group, but we will be glad to have anyone God calls. Pray for Miss Chen to choose to become faithful to fellowship with other believers.
We had unexpected guests last night. Shu-lan, one of the moms from Xi En about 7 years ago, called and asked if we were busy. She and her two children came by for a visit. She lives about 2 hours away. She is still drawn to the unconditional love that was shown to her at the time her second child was born. She is at a point where she does not really believe in Buddhism anymore, but does not have a church to attend near her. We are going to ask some people that know the area she lives in about churches. Join with us praying for God to provide the right Christians to lead her family to faith in Jesus.
This week Andrew has a soccer tournament here in Taichung that begins Wed. and runs through Saturday. Moriah also has a volleyball tournament on Saturday. Please pray that our children and their team members will be good witnesses for Christ during this time. We ask that you pray for safety for all the teams participating as well.
Thank you for praying.
God Bless,
John & Cheryl
1. Please pray that we learn to be focused on what brings glory to God.
2. Please pray for Miss Chen to return to consistent fellowship with the body of Christ and for others to attend the discipleship group.
3. Please pray for Shu-lan and her family as she seeks to have a relationship with God.
4. Please pray for the witness of the Morrison teams this weekend and the safety of all.
Posted on October 15th, 2016 by dunns
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