Heartland News & Prayer

January 15, 2012 by Wendy Carter.

Greetings!

“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10.

So far so good in 2012 - we are moving forward with God’s help! How about you? Gary continues to put his shoes in the cupboard as promised and a bonus is he is making our bed almost every day. His latest book, See You Next Week! is finished and in the process of being published on Amazon with a Kindle version. He will continue to develop the whole system. We have changed our Internet facility back from Bell to Rogers as he was having problems uploading his large projects. A Christian rep from Rogers just happened to knock on our door this week and now we know who to call for help. It is working so much better and that’s another huge bonus!

I asked William to send a 2011 report for the money given to his Myanmar ministry. Here are a few things that he said, “Because of your supports we could reach our people who never heard about the Gospel of Jesus Christ across the country. Every week and every month, people were baptized … you are at the very important position for us to reach all the people groups in Myanmar through the Gospel… I would like to give my gratitude and thankfulness to Heartland Baptist Church in Brampton for bringing me to Canada to learn and experience many great and new things which I can never get and see by my own. I learned that people were working hard and they had creative mind with a very clear plan; self-confidence and self-supportive. I found out that those are the basic needs of Myanmar people too. As I learned to see and put those things in my mind, I began to love Myanmar more deeper than before… I share my experiences in Canada to many Church leaders and people. They began to see that we can many great things if we work hard, make a creative plans. Right now 3 new churches has been planted just after I came back from Canada…We are also providing medical supplies to the prisoners and poor people who cannot get medical treatment at the hospital by their own. We use these medicines as a tools to reach them with the Gospel. Many of them were already saved! Your donation gives health to the sicks and life to the dead in sins… We call for your continuous prayer and supports for our ministry in Myanmar 2012 too.”

Richard has bought his truck! Check out www.myanmarmission.info to see some more pictures. This one-cylinder engine is called a Tolagy and used to deliver bricks with its strong suspension. Richard also sent a report along: “We would like to mention our thankfulness, about Rapha Orphanage Children Home, your support to us in finance and how we had just used them. We had just changed the name of Rapha to Agape since 2012 with the agreement of all faculty members! Now there are 50 orphans in the home. There are four full-time workers. There are 16 students in Myanmar Missions School and four full-time lecturers… Through your support, we could march on our ministry forward for His glory. We used the money for daily food and curry for all orphans and Mission students, for the buying some medicines when the children from Agape Orphanage got sick, for clinic fee of our son, Gideon, when he needed to take medical check up a big problem, and especially now, we are using for making bricks everyday. We have no other word except to tell thank you so much for your support. We are doing this project gladly and happily. By the help of God, we could do smoothly. We would like to request all of you that let us help each other with prayer and financial support in the future for His Glory!

Please pray for our Credit Valley Association with all its pastors/wives and churches. We have our monthly luncheon happening this coming Tuesday with about 20 attending. That large number is exciting for it is important that we come together and encourage one another in our various ministries.

2011 tax receipts should be ready by next weekend.

Please continue to pray for Brandon Spears who had a job interview this past Friday at Home Depot. Also remember both Frances Kerr and Penny Spears suffering with sciatica.

Kaiya Burton’s 11th birthday happens next Saturday when she has moved into her new house and room. What a great birthday present!

Home Group happens this Wednesday at the Carters’ house at 7:00 p.m. when we will again be reviewing our study on Islam and praying for our world, our country and each other. The following week we will move from the Burton manor to the Burton castle on 41 Castlehill Rd.

Keep warm,

Wendy
wendy.carter@kainos.org
This blog is a summary of our 9:00 Sunday morning services held at 7777 Churchville Rd., Brampton, ON L6Y 0H3, 905-230-8116. It can always be found at www.blog.heartlandfellowship.ca.

Moving Day by Gary Carter: The Burton family is on the move this next Friday. This is just one example of the many changes that occur in our lives. The older you get the more you dread moving because of all the stuff you have collected along the way which seems to expand the bigger the house you own. It is a good time to sort, compare, figure out what you should keep or throw out. Most days in our lives should be moving days. We should be constantly evaluating what’s happening particularly in regard to our habits. Spiritually we should always be evaluating as well. Unfortunately it doesn’t get any easier. The apostle Paul was evaluating the struggles in the present tense in his life in Romans 7:14. What did his best self want; what did his worst self want? He wanted his deeper, redeemed “I” to be in tune with God and yet the sin living within dragged him away. There was a conflict on two different levels. Don’t let your old “I” take over but delight in God’s law. Paul found the solution in Jesus Christ to reenergize his spiritual muscle.

Revelation (Part 12 – Revelation 6:12-17) by Steve Macdonald: Are you ready for a disaster? If there is an earthquake here today, do you have sufficient supplies to survive for 1 day, 2 days, a week? Are you prepared? Last week we were experiencing the tribulations, the death of those who believed in the Gospel. Now with the sixth seal opened, things happen that signify the end of the tribulation period. Jesus told us about it in Matthew 24:29, “…the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.”

So what could cause the shaking of the earth, the sun to not give off any light, the moon turning blood red, the stars to fall from the sky, the sky to recede like a scroll, every mountain and island to move? Okay, you could argue an earthquake that moves the mountains and islands, created so much dust that it blotted out the sun. But if the sun is blotted out, if it can’t shine though this dust, how can the moon shine through the same atmosphere with a red appearance?? The earth shakes; it happens quite often, doesn’t it? There were 21,829 earthquakes in 2011 with 21,401 estimated deaths.

But this is not a “shake a country” earthquake that leaves over 300,000 dead (Haiti). This isn’t even shake the ocean floor, cause a tsunami and a nuclear crisis, head for the hills earthquake killing18, 000 (Japan). This is an earthquake that moves mountains, but not one mountain - every mountain and island. This earthquake makes all humankind take notice. It is not volcanic eruptions. They block out the sun and shake the earth, but not everywhere; men all over the world don’t go into hiding. Oil field fires, large sand storms, forest fires all block out the sun, but there isn’t much shaking going on. An earth killing meteor strike, no sun, shaking earth, sudden extinction or slow death by starvation could be used to fit the description. How about nuclear war? Ground shaking, nuclear winter (no sun), levelled islands and mountains to cause people hiding. You could consider discussing this one too, but they don’t fit. These disasters certainly have catastrophic impacts to the earth, but would not cause the stars to fall from the sky.

In verses 6:12-17 John includes so many verses from the Old Testament that are amazing. But if you look at a few of these you quickly understand why the earth is shaking and all mankind is fearful and in hiding (Exodus 19:18; Job 9:5-7; Jeremiah 10:10; Isaiah 2:19; 14:15-17). John may be referring to the Old Testament to help his readers to try and understand the un-quantified magnitude that is coming next.

So what is coming next with the sixth seal? God’s wrath and not only the earth, the universe is shaken like a rag doll and all the world will know without a doubt not only that there is a God, but that He is acting in divine wrath against man’s rebellion. Stars are falling from the sky like small unripe figs. Mountains and islands are moving. The stars are falling to earth, the moon blood red, no sun light. The sky receded like a scroll. Is this figurative for Jesus Who is now done and is rolling up the scroll? Nope, the scroll is still not fully opened and we aren’t even halfway through the movie. Is it John symbolizing Jesus’ second coming? The old order is now done. Roll up the script as we have a new order to follow. Could be. Is it symbolizing to all that have heard and yet not believed that your chances are over? See, you were shown; you were told what was going on, yet you ignored it. Too late, too bad, so sad. I’m not going to say no. Moving on, no one is spared - kings, princes, generals, rich, mighty, every slave and every free man. The coming wrath is so overpowering, so indescribable that every man, woman and child regardless of their position in the world is fearful of facing the coming of Jesus.
It could be our friends, neighbours, or family that are running for the caves if we don’t share the truth with them. Do you have a survival kit? Read John 3:16-21.

Conversations with Jesus - Warnings & Encouragements (Luke 12:1-12) by Chris Burton: What is hypocrisy? A quick look up in the dictionary explains hypocrisy as “the practice of professing standards, beliefs, etc., contrary to one’s real character or actual behaviour, especially the pretense of virtue and piety.” Yeast or leaven starts out as virtually non-detectable. Unless you saw it added to the flour you would not know it was there until its effects took hold. Hypocrisy is subtle at first (like a whispered suggestion or idea). It is indirect, smooth, or cunning. The yeast or leaven will soon take over or encompass the whole mass. So hypocrisy, if undetected, will soon pervade all our activities and feelings. Almost a parasitical relationship like vines wrapping around trees to take nourishment so that the trees are not what they once were. Once the yeast has taken over it rapidly expands and puffs up. The warning to the disciples here is to not become like the Pharisees - full of pride and vanity. The hypocrisy must be offset by pride or vanity. It would be too painful to face the hypocrisy of one’s actions so some kind of justification must be found. How would you think God would respond to these actions? It would seem that the comments Jesus made directed towards the Pharisees in Luke 11 with his “Woe To You” instructions reflect just how much God dislikes this “Yeast of the Pharisees.”
The warning is, “Don’t even go there – be cautious – guard against the subtle message of Satan.” To be on guard you have to know what God really wants or says. That’s where the Holy Spirit fits in to help with the questions and comprehension (John 3:16; 14:6). No amount of pride, vanity, subterfuge or deceit can hide you away from God. All will be made known.

Me, Myself & I – What Should I do with Myself in 2012? by Gary Carter: Who rules me? Every relationship is reciprocal – you get to give and give to get. What is my relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ? What does He give? What does He get? What do I give? What do I get?
There are numerous New Testament verses that use the term “Lord Jesus Christ” - Romans 1:7; 5:1,11; I Corinthians 1:3; 6:11; 8:6; 15:57; 2 Corinthians 1:2,3; 13:14; Ephesian 1:2,3,17; 5:20; 6:23; Philippians 1:2; I Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:2; 2:16; Philemon 1:3; James 1:1, I Peter 1:3; Jude 1:21. And from these verses we see the cohesian between Jesus and God the Father plus all the provisions we get from this relationship – justification (fresh new standing with God), peace, cleansing, holiness, blessings, wisdom, love, faith, victory, comfort, compassion, eternal encouragement and hope, mercy. Does He just get excuses from us and the inability for us to rearrange our lives for Him?

Communion: One thing is for certain that the judgment day will come with our ruler and controller Jesus. Through the Lord’s Supper together we remember and are thankful for Jesus’ new covenant or provision for our salvation that was a result of His horrible death on the cross with His sacrificial blood.

Titles by Steve Macdonald:
Foot Coverings by Susan Socks
Fallen Underwear by Lucy Lastic
Fingerplay by Jacob Sladder
How to go to Prison by Robin Steele
If Tomorrow Never Comes by Stew Layt
Irish Flooring by Lynn O’Leum
Mexican/Italian Food by Pepe Roney
Rapunzel! Rapunzel! by Harris Long
Laughing in the White House by Polly Tickle

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