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insend!departments:4gospel or asia + youYou can impact the mission elds o Asia.16in ocusHow your partnership is changing lives.In this issue, we highlight youth outreach
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20short reportsBrie glimpses o what God is doing
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22profleFor most missionaries, learning and
explaining the intricacies o one aith are
more than enough, but Jeremiah nds he
does better with three.
23fve minutes with K.P.We can make our lives look so spiritualand be right in all our doctrineyet still
be completely wrong on the inside. But
when we continually see Jesus in all our
circumstances, that is when we will
experience Him and His lie through us.
6 little school in the countryIn the nation o Nepal, Gospel or Asias English medium
schoolspart o the Bridge o Hope programare bright
lights among otherwise dismal educational opportunities.
Children are nally getting the education that has so long
been denied them because o their background, amily
situation or home address.
12 a bright uture or bhutanFor centuries, the Bhutanese way o lie has been heavily
entrenched in keeping ancient religious traditions.
Christians today still ace beatings, harassment, death,
disowning and loss o citizenship, but they see the heart
o their nation gradually opening to receive the Gospel.
O N T H E C O V E R
Along with his school subjects, this little Nepali boy
is learning every day how much God loves him.
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The building doesnt seem all that special.
Its a low-slung, fat-rooed structure,
built rom simple, sturdy, inexpensive,
locally available materials. The bright blue
window rames, which mimic the color o the
Nepali sky, are the only pops o color on the
gray concrete aade. In act, it looks like a
typical building you would nd almost anywhere
else in Nepal. Yet the 152 children who attend
this Gospel or Asia English medium school are
living proo that the day-to-day routine inside
this simple building is changing their lives,
bringing hope to their amilies and making
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8 | send! | www.ga.org *The name o this village has been changed or security reasons.
This particular school in Margapuj*, Nepal, is just one o
28 scattered around this tiny country wedged between India
and China. GFAs English medium schoolspart o the Bridge
o Hope programare bright lights among otherwise dismal
educational opportunities or Nepals youngest citizens. Most
o the children enrolled are nally getting the education that has
so long been denied them because o their background, amilysituation or home address.
The majority o our students are rom low-caste amilies,
and they dont have money to study in any other school, says
Madhav Dami, principal o the Margapuj school. The parents
o these students are very happy that these Christians are helping.
It is good.
A History o Educational PovertyProviding adequate education has historically been a
challenge in Nepal. Prior to 1950, there were only a handul o
schools in the country, and these were reserved or the childreno the ruling elite. Ater a political revolution in 1951, the public
demanded a government-run education system. But it would
take another 24 years beore public schools became a reality.
And then, even ater the public schools opened and
attendance became compulsory, thousands o children were still
not seeing the inside o a classroom. In some places, chiefy in
rural villages, parents needed their children to work in the elds
and at home. A number o parents did not see the value o
sending a child to schoolespecially their daughters. In many
areasparticularly the villages tucked away high in the Himalaya
Mountainsthere was no public school or them to attend. The
villages ortunate enough to have a school had trouble attracting
qualied teachers, and classrooms oten sat empty.
In addition, the strict social code o the caste system kept
many Dalit (Untouchable) children out o class. Society saw
very little need to educate people who would grow up to clean
the sewers or bury dead bodies.
While the government was struggling to establish a public
education system, a number o private schools sprang up to ll
the educational needs. The schools that had the best results were
those that taught the children in English. These English medium
schools, as they came to be known, developed a reputation as
providing an excellent education. Nepali parents wanted theirchildren to go to an English medium school above all else.
A Peoples War Closes SchoolsNepals progress in providing public education quickly
unraveled during the Maoist insurgency, which began in 1996
and lasted or more than a decade. During the crisis, which the
Maoists dubbed the Peoples War, both public and private
schools were requently closed because o strikes and gun battles.
Public education took another blow when the government
English medium schools in Nepal are meeting a desperate need
or education, health, nutrition and moral and spiritual values
in the lives o the children they are reaching. Parents deeply
appreciate all that the teachers and sta do to help their
children, and their hearts are opening to the Gospel as a result.
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shited more o its ocusand moneyto ghting the insurgency.
The countrys struggling education system began to crumble.
Many o the private schools also closed.
Nepals children again ound themselves stranded without
teachers or classrooms. The countrys literacy rate hovered
around 50 percent.
It was during this tumultuous time that the rst GFA Englishmedium school opened in Nepal.
Proving the Character o ChristGospel or Asias country leader, Narayan Sharma, says the
political and economic situations in Nepal in those days orced
Gospel or Asia workers to earnestly seek God in prayer or new
ways to share His love.
Our country was going down economically. We had to nd
some way to not just share Christ with people, but to prove the
character o Christ through our lives and through our service to
the community, he recalls. So we started these little countrychildrens schools all over Nepal.
The rst school, which was ully unded by local churches,
opened in 2005, at the height o the Maoist-government clash.
That little country school represented a monumental step
o aith. No one was sure i the schools would be accepted or
how long they would be able to remain open.
The Maoists never allowed any new schools in the villages
because they didnt want any business done in the schools,
Sharma explains. But they welcomed us because we werent
making any money rom our schools. We would tell them, Its a
Christian school and our schools are run on Christian principles.
And the Maoists even helped us start schools in many places!
In act, when there were strikes and problems, they closed down
other schools, but they told us that our schools should stay open.
GFAs English medium schools were also quickly embraced
by the local people and the Nepali government, even though
society does not generally hold Christianity in high regard.
All the parents and the government know the school is run
by Christian people. But at times like this, a new school is good
news or the government, Sharma explains. So we eel this is
Gods timing, and we never imagined or thought we could have
so much infuence. We are providing a ree education to the
whole village!Today the schools are still unded by the believers who
attend Gospel or Asiaaliated churches throughout Nepal,
and students are sponsored through Bridge o Hope.
Think about all the times that Nepal needed help rom
Westerners or Western projects or United Nations programs.
And what is working or us is a tiny, small village carrying on
an indigenous project in the name o Jesus to bless the Nepali
people in that community. Its a wonderul thing. Its so
amazing, Sharma says.
Whats the Dierence Betweenan English Medium Schooland a Bridge o Hope Center?
In addition to the 28 English medium schools
in the country o Nepal, Gospel or Asia alsooperates 17 Bridge o Hope centers. So whats
the dierence between the two?
The children enrolled in Bridge o Hope
centers have the opportunity to obtain their
primary education in a local schooleither a
public, government-run or privately unded
school. Part o each childs sponsorship covers
these costs. Ater school, the children come to
the the Bridge o Hope center or several hours
o tutoring and other programs that will help
them excel academically.
English medium schools,
however, are located in communities
where there is no other school at all.
This is a common situation in Nepal.
Many schools that closed during the
Maoist insurgency were never reopened,
leaving thousands o children with no access
to proper education. Because the country is
dominated by a mountainous landscape, many
villages are located in difcult-to-reach areas
where there are no schools or where there are
problems getting qualied teachers to work ata school.
Whether they attend
English medium schools or
Bridge o Hope centers, Nepali
children receive regular
medical checkups, a nutritious
meal each day and the school supplies and
uniorms they need. And without ail, every
time they step into class, they hear how much
Jesus loves them.
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No One Should Close Down This SchoolEach English medium school in Nepal has created enormous
opportunities or sharing the love o Jesus. No one knows that
better than Principal Madhav Dami.
Beore we started, they thought Christians were not goodpeople. They didnt like our aith, Madhav explains. Now
some students have chosen to ollow Jesus ater coming to our
school. And many parents are more positive about Christianity.
The anti-Christian sentiments o many Nepalis do not reach
into these Christian schools. The local people love the schools and
go to great lengths to deend them, according to Deepak Gurung,
who oversees Gospel or Asias ministry in the Margapuj area.
There were some outsiders who came in and tried to shut
down one o our schools, Deepak recalls. But the parents came
and stood in ront o the building. They told the outsiders, No
one should close down this school. This school was built or us,
and this is a very good school, so we have to keep this school.
These parents were even ready to go to the governments regional
education oce to deend it.
Building Relationships with Their StudentsOne o the secrets to the success o GFAs English medium
schools is that they are staed with godly, qualied, dependable
educators who are committed not only to the child, but also to
his or her entire amily. That means their work in the classroom
is only part o the job. These teachers and principals spend their
time outside the classroom serving in the local church and getting
to know their students amilies.Madhav and the six teachers rom his school have spent
hours hiking the narrow mountain trails and skirting rice
paddies, walking hundreds o miles to visit these homes.
During the course o the school year, they visit each students
home at least once. Some amilies will receive multiple visits rom
the English medium school sta. The visits have a threeold purpose.
At rst they talk about the children and how they are doing.
Then they take them some tracts and share with them about
Jesus and talk to them about Christs love, Madhav explains.
And the teachers always take time to pray with the amilies too.
One Friday aternoon, the teachers rom Margapuj stopped
by the house o one o their students, a young boy named Deling.
When they arrived at the simple home, they were greeted by
Delings ather. He was a well-known boxer, with a muscular
build and chiseled eatures that have intimidated many in thering. But on this day, his eatures sotened as he asked the
teachers to pray or his younger daughter, Saranya. The little girl
had a mental condition that could not be treated in their remote
area. Her behavior was so unpredictable that the amily kept her
tied to a tree or her own saety. She spent her days alongside the
amilys herd o goats, which are tied up in the same area.
Ater the teachers prayed or her, Saranya smiled or the
visitors, completely unaware that her condition was bringing
such sorrow and shame to her amily. Her parents eyes lled
with tears at their compassion.
Since then, the teachers have continued to pray or the little
girl each time they visit Delings house. Saranya has shown signs
o improvement during the past ew months, which is
encouraging to the teachers and her parents.
Academics and True WisdomThe teachers moved on to the next home, where they visited
with the amily o Chepan, another student. The parents invited the
teachers in, and everyone sat cross-legged on the foor o a screened-
in porch. Ater talking about their sons progress in the classroom,
Madhav asked the ather i he knew anything about Jesus.
Yes, I like Christianity very much, the ather said. But I
dont want to accept it as my religion because I am happy livingas I do in my society. I we believe in Christ, i we accept Him,
our society will hurt us and oppress us.
Madhav knew that what Chepans ather said was true. But
he also issued a challenge.
I also live in this same society, Madhav explained. I was
born and brought up in this very village. But I accepted Christ
because He is truly the only way.
The ather was still wrestling with the decision that day, so
Madhav and the teachers gave him some Gospel tracts. As the
parent-teacher chat was winding down, the teachers caught a
More than 100 children rom
kindergarten through th grade
attend the English medium school in
Margapuj (ar right). One o the ways
the teachers and sta (right) build
relationships is through home visits
(let), where they have the opportunity
to reach out to the amilies as well.
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glimpse o the children peeking around the doorway. Madhav
went over and gave Chepan a hug, and a huge smile broke out on
the boys ace.
The teachers visited several more homes that day, talking
about both academics and the true wisdom ound in Jesus Christ.At the end o the day they were tired, but the ocus o their
mission was still strong in their minds.
Our goal is to reach these children and their parents with the
Word o Jesus Christ, Madhav shares. Our motivation is Jesus.
Changing Tomorrows NepalThese simple actseducating a child, caring or his amily
and demonstrating the compassion o Christ in his community
are doing something no amount o preaching alone could do;
they are shattering long-held notions about Christianity.
Christianity was always considered to be a religion or the
uneducated, the poor and the downtrodden people, notes Shikal
Deuba, a GFA-supported missionary who oversees an English
medium school and pastors a nearby church.
But this school has brought a new perspective to the people.
They couldnt believe a church, especially a poor church o lower-
caste people, had started a school oering English education!
This has led more people to visit the church and
ultimatelyhas changed their lives or all eternity.
The Gospel is becoming more eective because o our actions
o love being expressed through this school, Pastor Shikal says.
In Shikals school, six amilies chose to ollow Christ during
the rst year the school was open. And all the villages where theseschools are located are having similar encounters with the love o
God as they interact with the school sta and the local pastor.
Narayan Sharma says greater things are yet to come.
I we grab the opportunity now, we can change tomorrows
Nepal, he says smiling.
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It was the frst time Thaye saw his ather cry. Thiswas the same man who had chased him out o the
house three times (once with a knie), mercilessly beat
his own wie and children or their aith in Jesus
Christ and alsely accused a pastor o kidnapping his
amily. This same man now stood beore a church
congregation with tears streaming down his ace as
he testifed o his personal encounter with Christ
the very one he used to loathe and oppose.
In Bhutan, many people eel the same way aboutChristianity that Thayes ather, Zinjay, once did.
They fght it and do everything in their power to turn
believers away rom their aith. They beat them,
harass them, threaten their lives, disown them and
even revoke their citizenship. But Thaye is one o
many Bhutanese believers who are standing strong
despite the odds against them.
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Bhutan: Some Basic Facts Nearly 700,000 population
Religions: Lamaistic Buddhism (ocial state religion)72%;
Hinduism23%; Islam4%; Christianityless than 1%
Christian missionaries are barred from entering the country
Illegal for a Buddhist to choose to follow Christ, and church
buildings are orbidden
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Those opposing Christianity to personally
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Prayer wheels (upper right), prayer beads and
religious ortresses (middle) are common sights in
a land where people seek to earn salvation through
religious acts. But men and women compelled by
God's love (lower let, upper let) are persevering
to reach their nation with His message o grace
and orgiveness.
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Be readyor service
and keepyour lamps
burning. Conerence theme,
based on Luke 12:35
in slums and leper colonies are also making the program
available as they see the need. Normally held on
Saturdays out o convenience or the students schedules,
the weekly classes provide children and teens with
regular discipleship and support rom Christian adults
they can consider role models.
The program has the added benet o easy
communication about special events like youth camps
and conerences. These events are usually held or a
group o 75150 kids, but attendance has reached
well into the upper hundreds. Although one o the
goals is to share the Gospel with nonbelievers, the
main idea behind the conerences is to encourage
youth in their spiritual growth.
ge e Meae oAs the students learn how to strengthen their
aith, theyre also taught how to share it with others.
Messages like the Mission Challenge session
rom the Nepali conerence are helpul or teens
ater they leave the event and return to their homes
and churches.
The obvious changes in their lives seen by their
riends and amily give them an automatic
opportunity to share the Gospel, but theyre also
encouraged to participate in outreach ministries with
their local church. Missionaries take the young people
to distribute Gospel tracts, help with VBS and even
return to their old Sunday school classes to teach and
be an example or a new group o young believers. In
one district, the childrens ministry leaders are so
enthusiastic about giving the youth opportunities to
minister that theyre even developing mission trips
and internships during school vacations.
While they work to raise up uture pastors
and missionaries, current leaders are seeing their
prayers answered.
The conerence was really blessed and ruitul,
a missionary correspondent said about the Nepali
event, because this conerence provided spiritual
nourishment to many young people.And as the youth grow today, theyre ensuring
a harvest tomorrow.
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Jiva Giri had been prayerully waiting or the
opportunity to start a prison ministry, and now the
conditions were ripe. He and his ellow missionaries
had obtained permission rom jail authorities
to distribute Christian literature to the inmates.
They had only one concern: How would their
message be received?
Jiva and his team members began by distributingcopies o the New Testament. In many parts oAsia, copies o the Scriptures are rare, even among
believers. In this case, however, the missionaries were
able to give a New Testament to every prisoner.
To the teams surprise, the most enthusiastic
reactions came rom the jail ocials, who were
happy to see this work going orward and oeredtheir ull support.
In act, the ocials agreed to keep more than
60 Christian books in the prison library or inmates
to read whenever they liked. It is the guards hope
that the prisoners hearts will be changed as a result.
But o all the signs o budding aith witnessed
that day, the greatest was the request o a single
ocer. He asked Jiva to leave the missionaries
contact inormation so that prisoners could get in
touch with the ministry ater being released. Jiva and
his team are praying that both guards and prisoners
will soon choose to put their aith in Jesus Christ.
The remarkably ast growth o this new outreach
is a testament to the power o Gods Word and the
great hunger or truth in the hearts o people
throughout Asia. Many missionaries have ound that
simply distributing Bibles and other literature is an
incredibly eective means o communicating the
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short reports {Brie glimpses o what God is doing all across Asia}r
as he watched the lms story unold,
God touched himand instantly healed him.
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Declaring Their Faithv
The once-unreached Mising tribe is now bursting with
testimonies o Gods salvation!
Only a ew years ago, missionary Dayal Thomas struggled
greatly just to share the Lords message among the Mising
people. He could not nd acceptance, much less an openness toGod, among the tribe.
Today, however, dozens o missionaries work among the
Mising. Two Gospel workers, Tarak Gupta and Kavi Gupta,
recently witnessed 33 new believers make public declaration o
their aith in Jesus Christ. Tarak and Kavi praise God or the
privilege o serving in this region, and they pray or continued
spiritual growth or these new disciples.
Loving His Neighborv
When their only bull was bitten by a poisonous snake, the amily
members panicked. Ater all, the animal was their sole source o
incomei it died, they would certainly go hungry.
At rst they tried using dierent medicines, but the bull just
grew worse and eventually ell unconscious.As a last resort, they asked Rajiv Sen, their neighbor and a
Gospel or Asiasupported missionary, to pray or the bull. Rajiv
earnestly interceded or the bull. The Lord answered his prayers,
and soon the bull was healed and stood up.
Through this miracle, three amilies have
chosen to ollow Jesus and now regularly
attend the church Rajiv pastors.
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HealingCame to Himv
Jagajeet Patel was stuck. He lay paralyzed in a remote
village where getting around was anything but
easy. The nearest health center was miles away
a journey that many ailing people did not survive.But one special day, a lm team visited
Jagajeets village to screen a movie about the lie o
Christ. Jagajeet was one o about 150 attendees,
and as he watched the lms story unold, God
touched him and instantly healed him. Jagajeet
couldnt nd words to express his gratitude.
Although Jagajeet has not yet committed his
lie to Christ, he is hungry to learn even more
about Jesus and wishes to share what hes learned
with his amily and other villagers.
She Took the Riskv
Severe pain shot through Charus body. Although excruciating, the attack
did not surprise hershe had been suering unexplained pain or seven years.
No prescribed treatment could ease her suering, until the day a
ollower o Christ came to her door. He shared the Gospel message and
invited her to church to receive prayer or healing.
Charu was skeptical. Why should she turn her back on her amilysreligion? And what would her husband think?
Reluctantlyand without telling her husbandshe eventually decided
to visit Pastor Daruka Durajs church. He took the opportunity to tell Charu
about the power o Jesus, who was more than able to heal her, and then
prayed or her.
Within a month, Charus pain had vanished. Thrilled, she made the
decision to give her lie to the Lord and now attends church regularly.
The change in Charus liestyle piqued her husbands interest. He now
attends church regularly, seeking to learn more about the God who healed
his wie and transormed her lie.
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issionArY
n A M E :
Jeremiah
l o C A t i o n :
South Asia
Dinnerand SalvationFor most missionaries, learning and explaining the intricacies o one religious
aith are more than enough, but Jeremiah nds he does better with three.
Jeremiah is a leader o the Zacchaeus ministry.Through this ministry, named or the biblicalgure, Gospel or Asiasupported missionaries
invite non-Christians to a local believers house or a
meal. There, they have a time o discussing traditional
Asian religions and the Word o God. Jeremiah comes
and explains in detail the history and practices o
two popular religions and then draws attention to
some o the problems he sees in them. Then he shares
rom the Bible.
The simple ormat o presenting all three
religions side by side is producing incredible results in
places where people are very dedicated to their
traditional aiths. In one village, local leaders strongly
opposed Christianity, saying it was a oreign religion
meant only or tribal people. But when Jeremiahspoke, he was able to answer all the questions the
people asked, and two-thirds o the group decided to
put their trust in Christ as Lord.
In another village, local missionaries were having
a hard time making progress because the people were
very skeptical and would mock Christianity. But these
three missionaries kept praying that they would be
able to win the lost, and they decided to have a
Zacchaeus program.
Even when Jeremiah spoke, several people did
what they could to disrupt the program by raising
every argument they could think o, whether relevant
or not. Yet eight people chose to ollow Jesus that
night, giving the missionaries the start they had been
looking or.
Jeremiahs knowledge has astonished villagers, as
or the rst time they learn the truth about the
traditional religions theyve ollowed their entire lives.
They were amazed to discover the alse belies
they had been nourishing in their hearts and minds,
said a GFA eld correspondent about a meeting
where 38 people received Christ. There was so much
wailing and weeping as the people conessed their sins
to the Lord.
Every time Jeremiah travels to a new village, heknows hes about to ace some o the people most set
against hearing about a dierent aith. But he knows
God has called and equipped him or this special task.
And besides, dinner with the neighbors oten results
in souls saved.
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We Will Be
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Imagine with me that someone bought a whole bunch o bright red,
crisp apples and tied them onto an apple tree. Everyone who casually
walked by the tree would think, Wow, that tree looks great. See all o
those apples?and never notice that the apples were just tied onto the
branches. I you let some time go by though, anyone would be able to
notice that the now-rotting apples were not really a part o the tree.
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Our Christianity can be like that apple tree. By knowing theappropriate behaviors, we can make our lives look so spiritual. However,
you and I can be right in our understanding and all our doctrines, yet be
completely wrong on the inside.
Look at the Pharisees. They had everything right. They knew Gods
holiness and all the laws. They were missionaries. They asted, gave,
prayed and taught the Scriptures.
Their problem? Everything began and ended with them. God had
no part in it.
What God wants us to be goes beyond doing all the right things.
Our apples should be produced rom the tree, or our ruit will not last.
So oten we want a plan, an agenda, a book to tell us how to
become godly. But godliness is not a list o how-tos.
The answer is Jesus. I we listen closely, well hear the Lord calling
out to our hearts, Be Mine. Let My lie be yours.
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Please dont look or a quick x. This call rom the Lord involves
daily walking with Him, being sensitive to hear His voice, seeking to do
His will and loving Him through our choices. It is not obedience to the
letter o the law, but rather understanding the heart o our Master. This
is not a ll-in-the-blank test, but a living, growing relationship with the
Creator o this world.
We must see Jesuseverywhere, in all o our lie, in everything. Thebook o Hebrews tells us, Let us fx our eyes on Jesus (Hebrews 12:2, NIV).
Have you ever studied a car that was passing you, and all o a
sudden, without realizing it, you actually started to steer toward the
passing car? The more you dwell on negative things, the more negative
you become. The more you dwell on positive thoughts, the more positive
you become. The more time you spend with someone, the more you
actually take on their mannerisms and vocabulary without even trying.
We are called to be partakers o His
nature (see 2 Peter 1:4). How do we do that?
We see Jesus. Scripture says that when we see
Him, we will be like Him (see 1 John 3:2). Just
like the passing car, the thoughts we entertain,
and the people we spend time withi we look
at Jesus and keep Him beore us, we will go to Him.
We will become like Him. The measure in which were
able to see Him continually in all our circumstances is thesame measure we will experience Him and His lie through us.
lk f hm Evey sa
In my own lie, there was a particular time when I was going
through great difculty. In the midst o that season, the Lord asked me
the question: Are you willing to give up your reputation?
I said to mysel, Oh my goodness! He is the One who didnt care
what people thought about Him. He didnt deend Himsel when people
said all kinds o evil about Him. Hes asking me i Im willing to identiy
with Him and have His nature in me.
Lord, I didnt see this beore, I said to Him. Im happy to do it.
I was able to nd such peace and release rom my personal anguish.
Look or Him in your own situations that you are acing right now.
Listen to the things He speaks to your heart. Look at His lie on earth and
consider what it was like or Him. Look or Him in His Word. I we see
Him in every part o our lives, we will become like Him.
We will have His attitude toward the Father that says, I do nothing
o Mysel(John 8:28) and I say whatever the Father tells me to say
(John 12:50, NLT). We will walk in the humility that yields our rights or
others and is respectul toward those He created. Well have His mind
to suer and not be earul o it. We will maniest His passion to seek
and save the lost.
This is the kind o lie Christ wants or us. I t is a journey. Each day,as we see Him, we will become more like Him.
Will you seek Him today? He promises that you will nd Him.
K.P. Yohannan is ounder and president o Gospel or Asia.
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This article was adapted rom a chapter in K.P. Yohannans newest book, Destined
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