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February 10, 2000 Issue 31: Adjusting the Focal Point (Part 2)
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<>< CONTENTS <><
1. Mini-Reflection
2. Prayergear.com product and services updates
3. Subscriber Sharings
4. Cruising Christian Cyberspace!
5. Let us know!
6. Weekly Reflection: "Adjusting the Focal Point" (Part
2 of 4)
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Greetings to all of you! And thank you for letting us
"visit" you in this way. We also thank you for your
kind e-mails and for what you are teaching us. So, on with the
show....in gratitude!
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1. ~~ ** Mini-Reflection ** ~~
This month's Weekly Reflection theme is "Adjusting the Focal
Point". The Pharaoh tried adjusting Moses' focal point by
degrees. He first tempted Moses with the suggestion to go ahead
and worship God, just don't leave Egypt. When that didn't work,
Pharaoh, in effect, said, "Well, if you must leave Egypt,
don't go far. Hang around." Moses' focal point remained on
God's directive. So Pharaoh continued with the offer to have the
men go out and worship, but leaving the women and children
behind. Finally, the Pharaoh said, "Go, but your animals
stay." Moses could only reply, "Not one hoof is to be
left behind." (Exodus 10:26.) Pharaoh failed to adjust
Moses' focal point on the mission God gave him. We will be
considering the examples of Moses and Nehemiah in keeping the
spiritual focal point well adjusted in parts 3 and 4 of this
month's Weekly Reflections.
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2. ~~ ** Product and Services Updates ** ~~
A reminder from last week: "To our new subscribers and a
reminder to all others, our audio prayer feature on the web site
was reintroduced last week and over 100 people have "tuned
in" this week. You know how we are striving to make this
Newsletter open to your participation. If you have a prayer you
would like recorded on the web site, we can read it for you or
you can send us a tape of your own recording (Prayergear.com,
P.O. Box 436, Chatsworth, NJ 08019.) Use us to help sing your
praises to the Lord throughout the world!"
We mentioned last week that many nationals and missionaries in
countries where Bibles are not easily accessible or illegal do
have access to online computers and satellite cellular phones
(along with ground wire phone connections). Among our subscribers
are people from Romania, Latvia, India and other
Christianity-oppressed countries. We also reported how, in some
countries, pastors tear out pages from the Bible and distribute
them among the worshippers, who, in turn, hand-copy them. At
their next meeting, they exchange these precious pages of
scripture and repeat the task of hand-copying. To help
disseminate the Gospel in these regions, Prayergear.com has
created links to Bible translations in Russian and Chinese,
located on our Cruising Christian Cyberspace page on our web
site. We will continue to add more links to other languages
during the week.
We also added more inventory to our online store. Please keep
checking in to "window shop" and support our ministry
and livelihoods with your purchases. We offer order options by
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3. ~~ ** Subscriber Sharings ** ~~
We thank you for keeping this section of the Weekly Newsletter
alive. We are grateful for the short, encouragement e-mails you
send. And below is a comment from a US subscriber. Your responses
are encouraged!
< Recently many of my Christian friends have been e-mailing
things to me that
seem to be blatantly anti-homosexual. Some of these things even
blame gays
and lesbians for many of the world's problems. I think that much
of this is
being stirred up because it is an election year. Well, I say
what's the
difference? Is not homosexuality a sin? Sure it is. So is
adultery,
alcoholism, gambling, and a whole host of other sinful activities
that
heterosexuals take part in. Who among us is blemish free? If
anyone says
God hates homosexuals, well they need to study their Bible more.
Because He
does not hate homosexuals. He hates their sin and He hates it a
lot. But
He loves them and He died for them on the cross. My family lives
in a part
of the country that has a high percentage of gay and lesbian
people, and in
fact my husband and I both work with many gays and lesbians. We
have chosen
to love our friends and coworkers, even if we hate their sin. But
we also
hate the sins of our straight friends, and pray for their
salvation too. If
you want to see homosexuals get saved then you need to accept
them as fellow
human beings. Invite them to your church. Invite them to your
home and
show them the Jesus film. We did! You catch more flies with honey
than you
do with vinegar. How can Christians expect gays to come to Jesus
and stop
sinning if we are constantly petitioning governments to take
their rights
away? If you want to stop homosexuality in your community, the
only
ammunition you have is prayer. Pray for the salvation of these
people
because you, too are a sinner. You are forgiven. They could be
too if you
would show them God's love. >
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4. ~~ ** Cruising Christian Cyberspace! ** ~~
We are going to stray from doing our usual one web site feature
of the week. This week and the next we are providing you with
helpful links to Christian perspectives on psychological,
emotional and spiritual issues. Check them out and tell us what
you think...
http://www.crosssearch.com/Counseling/ Counseling Resources
http://www.christianadhd.com/ ADHD (Christian)
http://www.crosssearch.com/cgi-bin/bounce/7550 Eating Disorders
http://www.anotherway.com/ Sexual Orientation
http://members.spree.com/autism/ Autism
http://www.crosssearch.com/cgi-bin/bounce/48625 Suicide
http://www.messiah.edu/hpages/facstaff/chase/h/
Homosexuality/AIDS
http://christianpain.faithweb.com/mental.html Links to other
sources
http://www.onelist.com/community/TheRefinersFire Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome
http://www.caic.org.au/zentry1.htm Cults and Isms
http://www.apologeticsindex.org/ Cults
http://www.achievebalance.com/divorce/ Divorce
http://members.aol.com/janf1976/ritual/ Ritual Abuse
http://www.vsg.cape.com/~dougshow/index.html Forgiveness
http://www.vsg.cape.com/~dougshow/index.html Griefshare
More next week!
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Let us know of the spiritual challenges you face in your region
of this world, and your triumphs. Let us know your prayer
requests. Please keep in touch and let us know!
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encourage others to
subscribe! Share this newsletter with many of your friends and
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So in gratitude to God for all things, let me bid you grace in
the Name of
our Lord and please keep in touch with us! We are blessed to hear
from you!
John
John S. Hilkevich, Ph.D.
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Adjusting the Focal Point
Part 2 of 4
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