Anti-Venom
A humble father and pastor came to report what God had done. He shared how a large cobra, possibly a king cobra, had bitten his son in the leg. After prayer and placing the Bible on his chest, he was completely healed instantly.
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A humble father and pastor came to report what God had done. He shared how a large cobra, possibly a king cobra, had bitten his son in the leg. After prayer and placing the Bible on his chest, he was completely healed instantly.
A small church of 90 people started discipling their own people and then those people started discipling others in the village. People started coming to Christ rapidly. The church has now grown to more than 400 people in one month! Praise the Lord!
Wheat and rice look quite similar and have similar properties. Another unique aspect is that both wheat and rice have counterfeits as well. The “tares”. In the Cambodian language it is called “song-gnie”. It looks very similar to rice when growing, yet when it turns harvest time it is more than clear what is rice and what are tares. One you can eat, the other has no nutritional value. One has value, the other is worthless.
Do you know how they treat poor people in Cambodia? They give them a bottle of soy sauce and take their picture. I am not sure who is supposed to be the one feeling blessed, the photographer or the impoverished villager.
We live in an instant high-tech age where ways of communicating and relating change rapidly and drastically. We must always remember and even force ourselves to be physically, personally and intimately engage people in a real world. We are called to be agents of change, but transformational change, in the real world.
In Cambodia everyone knows the name Duch. He was the warden of the Khmer Rouge prison called S-21. From 1975 to 1979 Toul Sleng held 20,000 prisoners. All of them, except 7, were tortured to death. As a believer in Jesus, he is using his final days to share the message of forgiveness and love. He is an unlikely witness.
It seems so many employees have forgotten about people and live for simply fulfilling policies. If policies lead to injustice: Break the policy. If policies lead to broken relationships: Break the policy. Policies are only someone’s idea. Don’t forget about people. Someday you are going to need people, and you better have some friends around.
How Important are foundations? A foundation is a massive structure which has to support the weight of the building. A small building needs a small foundation. A big building needs a big foundation. I am not an expert builder, but I think we have to be sure we always build our nations, our lives and our families on a solid foundation. That foundation must be a foundation of righteousness, holiness and obedience to God’s commands. No exceptions.
If you are an urbanite just remember you can’t eat concrete. You need the poor. Love them, treat them with respect and give them the full value of the fruit of their labor.