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A blessed New Year of
2019 to you and yours!
Teaching and Prayer for
Africa:
May our Lord, who has blessed us with salvation in Christ help us to better understand “Of The Church” from the London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689: “In the execution of this power wherewith He is so entrusted, the Lord Jesus calls out of the world unto Himself, through the ministry of His Word, by His Spirit, those that are given unto Him by His Father, that they may walk before Him in all the ways of obedience, which He prescribes to them in His Word. Those thus called, He commands to walk together in particular societies, or churches, for their mutual edification, and the due performance of that public worship, which He requires of them in the world.”
May our Lord, who has blessed us with salvation in Christ help us to better understand “Of The Church” from the London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689: “In the execution of this power wherewith He is so entrusted, the Lord Jesus calls out of the world unto Himself, through the ministry of His Word, by His Spirit, those that are given unto Him by His Father, that they may walk before Him in all the ways of obedience, which He prescribes to them in His Word. Those thus called, He commands to walk together in particular societies, or churches, for their mutual edification, and the due performance of that public worship, which He requires of them in the world.”
Edited from Operation
World, Seventh Edition: About the Unreached of the Horn of Africa: “”There are
101 million in 160 ethnic groups living mainly in Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia and
Somalia. They are represented in six people clusters-Afar, Beja, Ethiopian
(often referred to as “Semitic”), Omotic, Oromo and Somali. Many Christian
agencies are burdened to bring the gospel to them and see a harvest; there have
been many attempts, but the risk and cost are great. It is effectively
impossible to do mission work among the Somali and Afar clusters in their home
countries, but there is a sizeable Somali diaspora in Africa and beyond.” Pray
that God will enable the church to reach these peoples and to bring a
breakthrough about in Nubian, Somali outreaches.
Teaching Links:
See “Christ’s Headship in the Church: The Neglected First Principle of Decision-making: by Jim Elliff at: https://www.ccwtoday.org/2009/04/christs-headship-in-the-church-the-neglected-first-principle-of-decision-making/ and Christian Communicators Worldwide’s excellent website at: http://www.ccwtoday.org/.
See “Christ’s Headship in the Church: The Neglected First Principle of Decision-making: by Jim Elliff at: https://www.ccwtoday.org/2009/04/christs-headship-in-the-church-the-neglected-first-principle-of-decision-making/ and Christian Communicators Worldwide’s excellent website at: http://www.ccwtoday.org/.
See Spurgeon Gems “The Head and the Body” by C.H. Spurgeon at: https://www.spurgeongems.org/vols43-45/chs2653.pdf and Spurgeon Gems’ excellent materials at: http://www.spurgeongems.org/. Please continue in prayer for good health for our dear brother Emmett O’Donnell and his wife Ann.
See Chapel Library’s
excellent resource “Public Worship” by J.C. Ryle (1816-1900) at: http://www.chapellibrary.org/book/pwor and all materials at:
http://www.chapellibrary.org/.
See “Christ, the Head
of The Church” by Grace to You at: https://www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/81-13/christ-the-head-of-the-church.
See “The Local Church
and the Supremacy of God?” by Desiring God Ministries at: https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-local-church-and-the-supremacy-of-christ.
Our News and Prayer
Requests:
Please continue in prayer for Willie, as he is still undergoing treatment for bladder cancer, and pray for good health and peace for his wife Trudy. Pray for good health for Pastor Darryl, Pastor Matt, Daniel, Sarah, Daniel, Baby James, Vern, Christine’s son with a spinal problem, a boy with hydrocephalus, Greg and Kate.
Please continue in prayer for Willie, as he is still undergoing treatment for bladder cancer, and pray for good health and peace for his wife Trudy. Pray for good health for Pastor Darryl, Pastor Matt, Daniel, Sarah, Daniel, Baby James, Vern, Christine’s son with a spinal problem, a boy with hydrocephalus, Greg and Kate.
Pray for conversions through
the work God enabled us to do in 2018-see included photos of the year in
review. Please pray for His grace as we serve Him in 2019.
Pray again for peace
and an end of the violence and killing in South Sudan, DRC (Kivu), Syria, Yemen
and Somalia. Pray that the Ebola outbreak in DRC (Kivu) will be contained and
completely stopped soon; efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak have been
greatly hampered by violence recently.
Pray for Howard,
Amina, Zaina, Noreen, Cissy. Lukiri, Smay, Sarah, and David-for salvation.
We thank the Lord for 17
new churches/fellowships started in Sierra Leone since June 2018 with 225+
people attending and 118 baptisms and for 4 new churches/fellowships in
Kapchorwa. Please pray for their discipleship, growth in grace and further
outreach to the lost.
Our Materials:
See our website (in most countries) at: www.missionafricajk.net and if it isn’t visible and for latest updated materials see our blog at: https://missionafricajk.blogspot.ug/.
See our website (in most countries) at: www.missionafricajk.net and if it isn’t visible and for latest updated materials see our blog at: https://missionafricajk.blogspot.ug/.
See our new page at
Sermon.com (Jim’s sermons): http://www.sermonaudio.com/source_detail.asp?sourceid=jrobinettesermons.
In the Savior’s church
by His grace and peace, your friends, with thanks, Jim and Kappy Robinette
Mission Africa
“And also I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I
will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.”
Matthew 16:18 NKJV
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"It is good for a man
that he bear the yoke in his youth" (Lamentations 3:27).
‘This is as good as a promise.
It has been good, it is good, and it will be good for me to bear the yoke.
Early in life I had to feel the weight of conviction, and ever since it has
proved a soul-enriching burden. Should I have loved the gospel so well had I
not learned by deep experience the need of salvation by grace? Jabez was more
honorable than his brethren because his mother bare him with sorrow, and those
who suffer much in being born unto God make strong believers in sovereign
grace. The yoke of censure is an irksome one, but it prepares a man for future
honor. He is not fit to be a leader who has not run the gauntlet of contempt.
Praise intoxicates if it be not preceded by abuse. Men who rise to eminence
without struggle usually fall into dishonor. The yoke of affliction,
disappointment, and excessive labor is by no means to be sought for; but when
the LORD lays it on us in our youth, it frequently develops a character which
glorifies God and blesses the church. Come, my soul, bow thy neck; take up they
cross. It was good for thee when young; it will not harm thee now. For Jesus'
sake, shoulder it carefully.”
-C.H. Spurgeon English Preacher 1834-1892
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