"If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin". (1 John 1:7)
Walking in the light involves open, honest alignment with the Lord. Walking in the dark means hiding from the truth. Walk in the light!
EAB/ACEV believes in integral mission. Integral mission is preaching and practicing the Gospel. Integral mission is evangelizing, planting churches and teaching the word, whilst also caring for the poor and needy drilling wells, building them toilets, distributing goats, and running extra help schools for underprivileged children. Integral mission is taking the parable of the Good Samaritan seriously caring for the man attacked by robbers and caring for him, different from the Levite and the Priest. Integral mission is listening to Jesus say: "Whatever you do for one of the least of my brothers you do it for me". We live for Jesus! We love God and our neighbour!
Dates for your diary in 2027: 10-day evangelistic outreach with a 100+ team at Juru from January 8th to 17th / Carnival Camp at Green Pastures from February 6th to 10th / Easter with Good Friday on March 26th and Easter Sunday on March 28th / ACEV/EAB General Conference at Conceição on May 21st and 22nd.
Last night I took part in the Patos Men's Fellowship and was to have brought a study on Romans 7:19-20, but numbers were down so we just had a time of prayer together.
I send special greetings to Marian Rashleigh and all friends in the Southampton area saying sorry for the whipping QPR are going to give you this coming Saturday at St. Mary's! 😃
2 Peter 3 tells us that "with the Lord a day is like a thousand years... so the Lord is not slow in keeping his promise... but is patient not wanting anyone to perish" (v 8 - 9).
Praise God he doesn't want anyone to perish but wants all to come to repentance. Come to Jesus today!
I have just been looking at a Ruddy Dove's nest in the Rose-Apple tree in our garden. The female is proudly laid on the eggs and doesn't bat an eyelid with us really close to her. It's a beautiful scene. 🐦
Our 4-Legs project team is lining up the further donations of sheep in the municipality of Princesa Isabel 🐑 and of pigs in the municipality of Diamante. 🐷
Please pray for new church plants at São Mamede, Santa Teresinha, Ipueira, Catolé do Rocha, Campina Grande Novo Cruzeiro and João Pessoa Bessa. May many come to Christ through the ministry of the Gospel in these towns.
Last night I took 2 men home from the Care Centre after they received treatment from our dentist. They live in inaccessible rural areas where there is no public transport.
2 Peter 2 warns against false teachers who "are springs without water and mists driven by a storm" (v17) who will end up like "dogs returning to their vomit and pigs returning to the mud" (v22).
May God keep us from heresy, firmly planted in the holy word of God, far from sickly dogs or muddy pigs!
"Until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts". (2 Peter 1:19)
God's prophetic word is a light like the day dawning and as the morning star rising in our hearts. We must pay attention to God's word because it's origin is not just human but of the Holy Spirit. It is light in our darkness!
Please pray for all our constant evangelistic endeavours. We have a team evangelizing the Patos market every Saturday morning and another team evangelizing the men's prison every other Wednesday. Then we have a team evangelizing at our school every Wednesday and another team evangelizing the rural area of neighbouring São Mamede on Mondays. We also have 2 ministries of radio evangelism with one at Imaculada up in the mountains and the other at Flores in the state of Pernambuco. And all this evangelism goes together with Gospel tract distribution and Bible distribution. May many yet this year come into the Kingdom! 🙏🙌
The Brazilian presidential election finished without incident and surprisingly incumbent President Lula was re-elected with 51.79% of the second round vote and his opponent Flávio Bolsonaro received with 48.21%.
