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December 18, 2016 Prayer Note

Dear Family & Friends,

“Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles so that we may be able to comfort those experiencing any trouble with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.  For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow toward us, so also our comfort through Christ overflows to you.”  II Corinthians 1:3-5

Our God is a compassionate God.  He does comfort us in many ways.  His Word has many passages to comfort us in our times of affliction and loss.  His Spirit fills us with His presence never letting us feel completely alone or despairing.  His people come along beside us and give strength through walking with us through our troubles, sorrows, and difficulties.  Our family has received these comforts many times.  We also try to share these comforts with others.  Here in Taiwan we see them as a means of showing that our God is real and truly cares for everyone.  Pray with us that the comfort that we show to people in Taiwan speaks boldly of God’s love for them.

John has been able to share some comfort from God’s Word and through prayer with the Jang family over the past few weeks.  Now a friend of Lucy’s has had her own loss.  Her husband died in a car accident this past week.  John had the opportunity to meet this friend a couple of months ago.  Lucy wants to share the love and comfort of God with her friend at this time.  Please pray for Lucy and John as they go to comfort Lucy’s friend today and in the future.  Pray for Lucy to become confident to share such comfort herself.

This past Friday our family and several others from the Morrison Academy community participated in an outreach to the Taichung Harbor High School.  Approximately 300 students had the opportunity to hear the Christmas story.  Several of these students took Bibles home to read.  Others on our team have other opportunities this week to share at schools and with families.  Pray for the seeds that were or will be planted and watered to grow into faith in Jesus.

Allen & Cherry Messimer have been reaching out to A-Chuan, a sanitation worker in their community, for several years.  He recently was diagnosed with a type of mouth cancer.  He has been very concerned.  He has called or gone to Allen & Cherry’s home almost everyday for over a week asking for prayer.  The night before he was to have an appointment with a mouth cancer specialist A-Chuan asked that Allen pray that God would heal him.  The next day the specialist said that the cancer in his mouth was not there!  A-Chuan is still clinging to some of his Buddhist beliefs.  He says he believes in God, but he is having a hard time letting go of his belief in Buddha.  Pray for A-Chuan to recognize that God is all he needs.

Thank you for your prayers.

God Bless,

John & Cheryl

1.  Please pray for our witness to people in times of hardship and sorrow to be a witness to God’s love for them.

2.  Please pray for Lucy’s friend during her time of loss and for Lucy as she learns to comfort others with God’s Word.

3.  Please continue to pray for the effects of the Christmas outreaches that our team participates in this week.

4.  Praise God for the healing he has done in A-Chuan’s life. Pray for A-Chuan to believe that there is only one true God.

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