Greatest Man In History
Jesus had no servants, yet they called Him Master.
Had no degree, yet they called Him Teacher.
Had no medicines, yet they called Him Healer.
He had no army, yet kings feared Him.
He won no military battles, yet He conquered the world.
He committed no crime, yet they crucified Him.
He was buried in a tomb, yet He lives today.
I feel honored to serve such a Leader who loves us!
If you believe in God and in Jesus Christ His Son send this to all on your
buddy list if not just ignore it.
If you ignore it, just remember that Jesus said.
"If you deny me before man, I will deny you before my Father in Heaven."
God's 7-Ups Tips!
1. Wake Up !!
Decide to have a good day.
"Today is the day the Lord hath made; let us rejoice and be glad in it."
Psalms 118:24
2. Dress Up !!
The best way to dress up is to put on a smile.
A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
"The Lord does not look at the things man looks at.
Man looks at outward appearance; but the Lord looks at the heart."
I Samuel 16:7
3. Hush Up!!
Say nice things and learn to listen.
God gave us two ears and one mouth, so He must have meant for us to do twice as much listening as talking.
"He who guards his lips guards his soul."
Proverbs 13:3
4. Stand Up!!...
For what you believe in.
Stand for something or you will fall for anything..
"Let us not be weary in doing good; for at the proper time, we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good..."
Galatians 6:9-10
5. Look Up !!...
To the Lord.
"I can do everything through Christ who strengthens me."
Philippians 4:13
6. Reach Up !!...
For something higher.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not unto your own understanding.
In all your ways, acknowledge Him, and He will direct your path."
Proverbs 3:5-6
7. Lift Up !!...
Your Prayers.
"Do not worry about anything; instead PRAY ABOUT EVERYTHING."
Philippians 4:6
The Xchange
JOHN MCCAIN'S REMARKS ABOUT THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE!!!
(CHECKED THIS OUT THRU TRUTH AND FICTION, THIS IS TRUE!)
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In light of the recent appeals court ruling in California, with respect to the Pledge of Allegiance, the following recollection from Senator John McCain is very appropriate:
"The Pledge of Allegiance" - by Senator John McCain
As you may know, I spent five and one half years as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. In the early years of our imprisonment, the NVA kept us in solitary confinement or two or three to a cell. In 1971 the NVA moved us from these conditions of isolation into large rooms with as many as 30 to 40 men to a room.
This was, as you can imagine, a wonderful change and was a direct result of the efforts of millions of Americans on behalf of a few hundred POWs 10,000 miles from home.
One of the men who moved into my room was a young man named Mike Christian.
Mike came from a small town near Selma, Alabama. He didn't wear a pair of shoes until he was 13 years old. At 17, he enlisted in the US Navy. He later earned a commission by going to Officer Training School Then he became a Naval Flight Officer and was shot down and captured in 1967. Mike had a keen and deep appreciation of the opportunities this country and our military provide for people who want to work and want to succeed.
As part of the change in treatment, the Vietnamese allowed some prisoners to receive packages from home. In some of these packages were handkerchiefs, scarves and other items of clothing.
Mike got himself a bamboo needle. Over a period of a couple of months, he created an American flag and sewed on the inside of his shirt.
Every afternoon, before we had a bowl of soup, we would hang Mike's shirt on the wall of the cell and say the Pledge of Allegiance.
I know the Pledge of Allegiance may not seem the most important part of our day now, but I can assure you that in that stark cell it was indeed the most important and meaningful event.
One day the Vietnamese searched our cell, as they did periodically, and discovered Mike's shirt with the flag sewn inside, and removed it.
That evening they returned, opened the door of the cell, and for the benefit of all of us, beat Mike Christian severely for the next couple of hours. Then, they opened the door of the cell and threw him in. We cleaned him up as well as we could.
The cell in which we lived had a concrete slab in the middle on which we slept. Four naked light bulbs hung in each corner of the room.
As I said, we tried to clean up Mike as well as we could. After the excitement died down, I looked in the corner of the room, and sitting there beneath that dim light bulb with a piece of red cloth, another shirt and his bamboo needle, was my friend, Mike Christian. He was sitting there with his eyes almost shut from the beating he had received, making another American flag. He was not making the flag because it made Mike Christian feel better. He was making that flag because he knew how important it was to us to be able to Pledge our allegiance to our flag and country.
So the next time you say the Pledge of Allegiance, you must never forget the sacrifice and courage that thousands of Americans have made to build our nation and promote freedom around the world.
You must remember our duty, our honor, and our country
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
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Your Guide to the Net
September 2006
In This Issue
· Security - Backing Up Your Important Data
· Combating Spam - Helpful Hints to Save Your Time
· Keeping Your Website Up-to-Date with Blogs
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Combating Spam - Helpful Hints to Save Your Time
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Keeping Your Website Up-to-Date with Blogs
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Recipe Exchange
Steak and Summer Fruit Kabob Salad
1 pound Beef top sirloin, cut in 1-inch cubes
1 medium Granny Smith apple, cut into 8 wedges
1 medium orange, unpeeled, cut into 8 wedges
1 nectarine, cut into 8 wedges
1 large plum, cut into 8 wedges
8 cups salad greens, washed and torn
MARINADE
1/3 cup steak sauce
1/4 cup lime juice
2 teaspoons brown sugar, packed
1 tablespoon jalape๑o, seeded/minced
SALAD DRESSING
1/4 cup lime juice
2 tablespoons honey
OR
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon jalape๑o, seeded/minced
1 teaspoon fresh cilantro, minced
1/8 teaspoon lime zest (optional)
1. Cut steak and fruit as directed above. Combine steak sauce, lime juice, brown sugar and jalape๑o. Add beef cubes, apple, orange and nectarine wedges to marinade. Marinate 15 - 30 minutes. Do not marinate plum wedges.
2. Thread skewers with alternating beef cubes and fruit wedges, including plums.
3. Grill kabobs 4 - 6 inches from medium coals for 10 - 12 minutes, turning to grill all sides.
4. Toss salad greens with dressing (last 5 ingredients listed above). Place steak and fruit over greens on plates or a platter.
Cream Puffs by Carla Null
¼ c. Tapioca Starch
¼ c. Corn Starch
1/8 c. Potato Starch
½ c. Sweet Rice Flour
1 c. Water
½ c. Butter or Butter flavor Crisco
4 eggs
Mix first 4 ingredients together. Bring water and butter to a boil and add starch and flour mixture. Beat until at ball stage and let cool for 15 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time and beat until glossy. Fill a greased muffin tin ½ full. Bake 425 degrees for 20 minutes and then 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes. Fill with pudding, meat spread, etc.
Christian Xchange
I'll warn you a little up front, the content to follow is graphic at points. How little we appreciate the process of His sacrifice for us.
God bless.
Bryan
The Day Christ Died
One of the most common icons of the 21st century is still the crucifix. Worn for many different reasons, whether it be faith, style or keepsake, and usually made of gold or silver, many of us have grown callous to its horror.
The gospel writers do not help us very much on this point because crucifixion and scourging were so common during their lifetime that they apparently considered a detailed description unnecessary. So we have only the concise words of the evangelists: “Pilate, having scourged Jesus, delivered Him to them to be crucified – and they crucified Him.”
What is crucifixion? Torture and execution by fixation to a cross. Apparently, the first known practice of crucifixion was by the Persians. Alexander the Great broght it back to the Mediterranean world, from whom the Romans learned the practice and rapidly developed a very high degree of skill and efficiency at it.
Without any historical or biblical proof, Medieval and Renaissance painters have given us our picture of Christ carrying the entire cross. But the upright post was generally fixed permanently in the ground at the site of execution and the condemned man was forced to carry the cross portion, weighing about 110 pounds, from the prison to the place of execution.
What happened during Jesus' crucifixion?
Arrest: in the middle of the night, after being betrayed by Judas, Jesus was brought before the Sanhedrin (Jewish Council) and Caiphus, the High Priest. It is here that the first trauma is inflicted. A soldier struck Jesus across the face for remaining silent when Caiphus questioned Him. The palace guards then blindfolded Him and mockingly taunted Him to identify them as they each passed by, spat on Him and struck Him in the face.
Early Morning: battered an bruised , dehydrated and exhausted from a sleepless night, Jesus is taken across Jerusalem to Pontius Pilate, the Procurator of Judea. After being passed off to Herod Antipas, the Tetrach of Judea, he was promptly returned to Pilate. It was then, in response to the cries of the mob - some of which would have been the very people He taught and fed - that Pilate ordered Barrabas released and condemned Jesus to scourging (whipping) and crucifixion.
Scourging: After being stripped of His clothing, Jesus’ hands were tied to a post above His head. The Roman Legionnaire then stepped forward with the flagrum (or flagellum) in his hand. This is a short whip consisting of several heavy, leather thongs with two small balls of lead attached near the ends of each. The heavy whip is brought down with full force again and again across Jesus’ shoulders, back, and legs.
At first the thongs cut through the skin only. Then, as the blows continue, they cut deeper into the subcutaneous tissues, producing first an oozing blood from the capillaries and veins of the skin, and finally spurting arterial bleeding from vessels in the underlying muscles. At this point the Prisoner can only wonder when the beating will come to an end...
The small balls of lead first produce large, deep bruises which are broken open by subsequent blows. Finally the skin of the back is hanging in long ribbons and the entire area is an unrecognizable mass of torn, bleeding tissue. When it is determined by the centurion in charge that the prisoner is near death, the beating is finally halted.
King of the Jews: the half-fainting Jesus is then untied and allowed to slump to the stone pavement, wet with His own blood. The Roman soldiers see a great joke in this provincial Jew claiming to be a king. They throw a robe across His shoulders and place a stick in His hand for a sceptre. They still need a crown to make their travesty complete. Flexible branches covered with long thorns (commonly used in bundles for firewood) are plaited into the shape of a crown and this is then pressed into His scalp. Again there is copious bleeding, the scalp being one of the most vascular areas of the body.
After mocking Him and striking Him across the face, the soldiers take the stick from His hand and strike Him across the heads, driving the thorns deeper into His scalp. Finally, they tire of their sadistic sport and the robe is torn from His back. Already having adhered to the clots of blood and serum in the wounds, its removal causes excruciating pain just as in the careless removal of a surgical bandage, and almost as though He were again being whipped the wounds once more begin to bleed.
The walk to Golgotha: the heavy cross section (not the entire cross) is tied to His bloody shoulders, and the procession of the condemned Christ begins its slow journey along the Via Dolorosa. In spite of His efforts to walk erect, the weight of the heavy wooden beam, together with the shock produced by copious blood loss, is too much. He stumbles and falls. The rough wood of the beam gouges into the lacerated skin and muscles of the shoulders. He tries to rise… the weight is just too much.
The centurion, anxious to get on with the crucifixion, selects a stalwart North African onlooker, Simon of Cyrene, to carry the cross. Jesus follows, still bleeding and sweating the cold, clammy sweat of shock, until the 650 yard journey to Golgotha is completed.
Jesus' Crucifixion: Jesus is again stripped of all clothing – not even a loin cloth (contrary to images depicted in artists' paintings). Simon is ordered to place the cross on the ground and Jesus is quickly thrown backward with His torn shoulders against the wood. The legionnaire feels for the depression at the front of the wrist. He drives a heavy, square, wrought-iron nail through the wrist and deep into the wood. To comment on the shout Jesus must have released is too much to bare.
Quickly, he moves to the other side and repeats the action being careful not to pull the arms too tightly, but to allow some movement. The cross portion is now hoisted to the upright pillar where it fits into a groove near the top.
Jesus left foot is now pressed backward against the right foot, and with both feet extended, toes down, a nail is driven through the arch of each, leaving the knees moderately flexed. The Victim is now crucified. To make matters worse, the Victim is mocked by His executioners as well as some of the religious onlookers in the gathering throng.
As He slowly sags down with more weight on the nails in His wrists, excruciating pain shoots along the fingers and up the arms to explode in the brain – the nails in the wrist are putting pressure on the median nerves. As He pushes Himself upward to avoid the stretching torment, He places His full weight on the nail through His feet. Again there is searing agony of the nail tearing through the nerves between the metatarsal bones of the feet.
At this point, as the arms fatigue, great waves of cramps sweep over the muscles, knotting them in deep, relentless, throbbing pain. With these cramps comes the abiility to push Himself upward. Hanging by His arms, the pectoral muscles are paralyzed and the intercostals muscles are unable to act. Air can be drawn into the lungs, but cannot be exhaled. Jesus fights to raise Himself in order to get even one short breath. Finally carbon dioxide builds up in the lungs and in the blood stream and the cramps partially subside. Spasmodically, He is able to push Himself upward to exhale and bring in the life-giving oxygen. It was undoubtedly during these periods of fighting for air that Jesus uttered the seven short sentences which are recorded.
The Death of Jesus: hours of this limitless pain, cycles of twisting, joint-rending cramps, intermittent partial asphyxiation, searing pain where tissue is torn from His lacerated back as He moves up and down against the rough timber in order to take a breath.
Then another agony begins. A terrible crushing pain deep in the chest as the pericardium slowly fills with serum and begins to compress the heart. It is almost over. The loss of tissue fluids has reached a critical level; the compressed heart is struggling to pump heavy, thick, sluggish blood into the tissues; the tortured lungs are making frantic efforts to gasp in small gulps of air. The markedly dehydrated tissues send their flood of stimuli to the brain.
A sponge soaked in posca, the cheap, sour wine which is the staple drink of the Roman legionnaires, is lifted to His lips. He apparently does not take any of the liquid. The body has reached its limit. This realization brings out His sixth words, possibly little more than a tortured whisper, “It is finished.” His mission of atonement has been completed. Finally, He can allow His body to die. With one last surge of strength, He once again presses His torn feet against the nail, and straightens His legs, takes a deeper breath, and utters His last cry, “Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit.”
We have had our glimpse at what Christ went through – a terrible sight, and more than enough to leave us depressed and despondent.
Remember, this was all done willingly. Christ offered up Himself for the sins of the world – and more particularly for you – that through His sacrifice we might know life.
"Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again." (John 10:17).
Migrant Ministry Klang
Dear Friends and Pray Partners in Christ!
Gong Xi Fatt Chai and a Happy Chinese New Year to all our Chinese Prayer Partners. We like to thank each and everyone of you who have contributed, encouraged, and providing feedback to us. We thank you for your support and really appreciate you standing in the gap to pray for us.We pray that you will continue to join us to bless the Migrants in Malaysia. May the Chinese Lunar Year of the "Dog" brings you barks for Joy and faithfulness in our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen
Here are some prayer items from all of us:
General MMK committee
Brother Andrew will be going to Bali to attend an international consultation on "Ethnics 2006" from 7-11 March 2006. He will be attending a workshop on reaching out to migrants on an urban setting. Pray for his journey mercy.
MMK plans to set-up a fellowship among the Pakistani and Bangladeshis. We have a willing believer student who intends to reach to his community. Please pray for God's timing and favor for the set-up.
Kapar set-up
We thank God that we have 5 new churches willing to take up the challenge to work together with MMK to set up some community services in the area of Kapar. The main purpose to provide free Medicare for the community and migrants with the hope to start a fellowship to reach out to the migrants around the area. The 5 participating churches are:- Gospel Community Church, St Peter Church, Kapar Tamil Methodist Church, Kapar Chinese Church and Sementa Presbyterian Church.
We will set up our first Medicare service every Sunday in the month of May. Pray for everything to go well and smooth
Willing volunteers for the Medicare team from the 5 churches
For sponsors of medical supplies and etc
Pray for God to bring the migrants so that we can start-up a fellowship in Kapar.
Continue to pray for the request for last month
MMK will be organizing the 3rd thanksgiving dinner tentatively on the 1st July 2006 to raise fund for the various ministry
MMK urgently need sponsors of van for various migrant groups
To streamline the availability of van and drivers to assist the Pastors for weekday visitation for all migrant groups
We need more volunteers drivers and helpers
Urgent need of an administrator to help in general work (full time basis)
We are shortage of volunteers to help and serve in the various groups of migrants. Pray for God to provide more volunteers to join us
Nepalese group
Some updates from the Leadership Camp. Praise God! We have about 90 Nepalese and 12 helpers attended. We had 12 different groups that came throughout Malaysia for this camp. (Outside Klang area)
We want to thank God for His miracle in bringing the 2 invited speakers safely here and the fruitfulness of the Leadership Camp training.
A study on Servanthood Leadership and New Testament (NT) Survey was conducted by Pastor Narayan Sharma and Dr Val Inchley. The camp went well and most of the new converts were able to memorize the NT in a chronological way.
We thank God too that as a result from the Camp, has stirred up some Nepalese who desire to draw closer to God by attending bible school and serve full time when they go back to Nepal. Pray for God's leading and guidance for them
Pray for the availability of a permanent pastor as Pastor Kumar's visa will be expiring in March and Pastor Pasang is still having difficulties in his visa to return to Malaysia. Pray for God's favor and God's clear plan.
We want to thank God for both the invited speakers as they sacrifice their time to come and also the Malaysia volunteers to make it possible for the success of the Camp
Telugu group
Thank God for Pastor Rajoo who has been visiting new Telugu groups in various areas.
On 1st Feb. the group went for a picnic / sharing time to Morib. There are many 'seekers' in the fellowship. Pray that they will come to the Lord soon.
Average attendance is about 30-40 people every week.
Vietnamese group
Continue to pray that Pastor Joseph and his family's will come back soon.(coming over is smooth with all the details workout)
Due to the festive season and both pastors back to Vietnam for the Chinese New Year celebration, the attendance rate have been fluctuating. Pray that the attendance will be back to normal
We have Samuel from Vietnam who will be with us for 2-3 months. He will be assisting Pastor Binh to strengthen the mature believers in serving. Pray for their visa clearance during this period of time.
Organizing a reach out to unbelievers in Flexitech in Meru on 22 Feb. Pray for God's touch
We have non believer ladies from Pangsapuri who occasionally join in the service but due to the heavy influence of their living community, we have not been able to reach out to them. Pray for breakthrough in that area and for God to touch their hearts
Praise God that brother Quynh who has accepted the Lord last week. He had a bad accident 5 years ago and have been having pain on his left eye. Please pray for him to grow in faith and experience God's healing
Pray for more committed volunteers from various cell groups from participating churches
Myanmar group (2 groups)
Myanmar group - Pastor Gloria Grace
Praise God she has adjusted well
We thank God that we now have 9 new non believers in the church. Pray for God to touch their hearts
Chin tribe group - Pastor Kap Te
Praise God that he will be permanently serving with us. Pray for smooth adjustment from KL to Klang
Indonesia (Batak group)
Continue to pray for God's wisdom and guidance as the Batak group is going through some changes
Pray that they will have wider vision of reaching not only the Batak but the whole Indonesian community in Malaysia
Average attendance is about 50-70 every week. Pray for Pas. Rumitha and her team in the ministry
Emmanuel Christian Center
Reaching out
Salina church offers weekly free meal and program to public
By APRIL MIDDLETON
Lisa Bailey Salina, helps her daughter Julieonna, 2, with her dinner Saturday during Saturday Night Alive at Emmanuel Christian Center. The church offers free meals and a program to the public every Saturday evening.
Harley Farrar always knows there’s something for him to do Saturday night.
Four blocks from his home, a slew of volunteers are working to prepare a meal for him and anyone else who shows up.
“It’s a real delicious dinner each time I come,” Farrar said.
Farrar doesn’t remember how he heard about the Saturday Night Alive program at Emmanuel Christian Center, 1325 E. Cloud, but he’s been attending for at least a month.
Usually, his wife comes with him, and the two have dinner together and stay for a service afterward.
This Saturday, though, Farrar ate his meal, got a to-go box for his wife and left.
“She just had surgery and she wasn’t feeling up for it,” Farrar said. “I’m going to take her some food. We’re real glad they do this.”
The church started offering Saturday Night Alive about 18 months ago. It is just beginning to publicly push the program, though.
“We are wanting to find a way to get to more people,” said Bryan Hurlbut, administrator of Saturday Night Alive and a member of the church congregation.
The church has put up billboards and signs throughout the community and will continue to add some, Hurlbut said.
“There is no gimmick involved. It’s a free meal, just help yourself. We don’t expect them to stay and clean the church,” Hurlbut said. “They don’t even have to stay for the service. We just want them to get a good meal and enjoy the fellowship.”
Dinner is served each Saturday at 6 p.m. The service is at 7 p.m.
Church volunteers start preparing a hot meal late in the afternoon. By about 5 p.m., busses start making the rounds to bring people to the church who don’t have transportation.
Hurlbut said there are about 16 stops on the bus route right now, including private residences, the Salina rescue Mission and the Domestic Violence Association of Central Kansas.
Generally, 100 to 120 people attend dinner each week. Hurlbut said they could easily handle 350, though. Any food that isn’t used is boxed and sent home with people or stored at the church just in case someone finds themselves unable to get a meal later during the week.
A staff of about 40 volunteers is on hand each Saturday to cook, set up, clean and run the busses.
“We feel like we know how to do this now, and we have all the kinks worked out,” Hurlbut said. “I know there are people who could use this.”
The idea for the weekly program grew out of a staff meeting at the church.
Hurlbut said they were trying to think of a way to be more available for the community.
He said there are many people who can’t afford to prepare themselves or their children a nutritious, warm meal every night. Others could use a break from cooking and cleaning.
And some of the elderly population rarely get out of their homes.
A free meal serves all of those people.
“We are not a rich congregation by any means, but we have a wealth of good people who are willing to help out,” Hurlbut said. “What we find is that are some people who don’t have a lot of connections in the community. This gives them a chance to make some relationships and get of their homes.”
Linda Henningsen, who is in charge of the food for Saturday Night Alive, said there are several menus they use.
This particular Saturday night, dinner was turkey sandwiches, baked means, salad and lots of different desserts to choice from. Fried chicken is on the menu next week.
“I really try to make sure it’s a good balanced meal. Not junk,” Henningsen said. “For some people, this might be the only good meal they get.”
Lisa Bailey said she loves that meals are nutritious.
She attends each Saturday night with her four young girls. Before they discovered the program, they didn’t attend church, she said.
“We like it here,” Bailey said.
Each Saturday, they have dinner and stay for the service. Bailey said she has now started working in the church’s nursery on Sunday.
“It’s been good for us,” she said. “The food is always good and the pastor (Loren Houltberg) is really good.”
Reporter April Middleton can be reached at 822-1409 or by e-mail at sjamiddleton@saljournal.com.
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