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Tuesday, April 14, 2020

ANXIOUS ABOUT THE VIRUS? HERE'S AN OFFER...

TRANS-WORLD RADIO, also known as TWR, has indicated that, for anyone desiring prayer during this Covid-19 crisis, there is help at hand -- please see an excerpt from their message, below:

So truthfully, friend, how are you bearing up? Are you battling anxiety? Concerned about your own health or that of a family member? Worried about your business or job? Let us know and tell us how the TWR staff can pray for you during our daily devotions. We’d consider it a privilege and another great way to join hands with you as partners serving the Lord Jesus Christ.
Call 919-460-3700 or 800-456-7897 (7TWR) to talk with us or email your prayer requests to info@twr.org. When you call, just let the receptionist know you’d like to “share a prayer request.” The receptionist will see that you are connected with someone happy to take your request.
We promise to lift your needs before the Father as the TWR staff meets via video conferencing every morning for devotions.

A Thought from the Biblical Counseling Movement: The Ineffectual Work of Human Anger -- Van Rees

Anger seems efficacious, sometimes, in effecting SOME changes.  Are these always really the changes we want, or the changes that are desirable?   The following article by Betty Ann Van Rees explores this subject:

The Ineffectual Work of Human Anger

Thursday, April 9, 2020

"THE LAMB:" originally written for children, but good for everyone: EASTER VIEWING!

This story is available at the link below:  probably it is especially good for those from the age of 10 onwards, but I think I would have enjoyed it at and even earlier age.  The story explains the significance of Easter, and, in fact, of much of the rest of the Bible!   Here is the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEj4XKD0cNg&feature=youtu.be&mc_cid=3f007b2b29&mc_eid=7ffcb91be7

More, much more!

Good Seed, the Christian publisher, seems to be offering the PDF version of The Lamb for free in several languages.  It is a beautifully illustrated booklet and really informs the reader about the story of salvation in the Bible.  It is not difficult reading, and, in fact, was originally written with children in view.  Here are some links to various language versions of this booklet:

https://av.goodseed.com/free/lamb-lux-059008.pdf(Luxembourgish)


The Lamb is also offered in other languages:  Amharic, Simplified Chinese, Mandarin Chinese, Czech, Faroese, French, and German.   Each of these is found at the page below, and you just need to look for the terms Download and PDF (usually in blue):

                         https://av.goodseed.com/free/lamb-lux-059008.pdf