PM Theresa May praises Christian mums supporting daughters affected by eating disorders

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PM Theresa May praises Christian mums supporting daughters affected by eating disorders

Bestowing a Points of Light award each to Jean Hart and Di Archer, Theresa May said they were “making a real difference” through their charity, ‘tastelife’.

She said: “You have both responded to the struggle of supporting daughters with eating disorders by creating a tremendous force for good.

 

“Your ambitious work with ‘tastelife’ is not only providing sufferers with vital support on their path to recovery, but also giving carers and families much needed guidance in how to cope with the daily difficulties of eating disorders.”

Jean, who lives in Southampton, and Di, who comes from Kenilworth in Warwickshire, developed – along with a GP – their own recovery course after struggling to support their own children through eating disorders.

They said: “We are absolutely delighted that we have been chosen as ‘Points of Light’ for our work in combating the hideous modern curse of eating disorders.

 

“Through ‘tastelife’, lives are being changed, families remade and now, with this award, news of this work will surely spread to new areas of the country.”

The programme, which was born out of Highfield Church in Southampton, was first published in July 2013. The eight weekly sessions are now run in 27 locations nationwide.

Jean and Di are encouraging people in areas currently without a ‘tastelife’ programme to consider running one.

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Asia Bibi’s daughter says she hopes to visit Italy soon

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Asia Bibi’s daughter says she hopes to visit Italy soon

Asia Bibi is currently in a secure location provided by the government but her family are in a different location.

The family are in contact with the charity Aid to the Church in need and, according to CEO John Pontifex, have expressed concern about their own safety.

He said the situation is constantly evolving but that his last conversation involved the family saying that people were looking for them by going house-to-house, asking if people had seen them.

Asia Bibi’s daughter (pictured above at Premier earlier this year) has filmed a video, thanking Christians around the world for their support.

Eisham Mashiq says in the video, which is translated:

“Thanks to all of you for…praying for my mother. I would also like to thank the great judges and the Pakistani justice system that recognised my mother’s innocence.

“I would also like to thank all the governments, as the Italian government, that are [concerned] about our future and our safety.”

“I remembered that last February we were in Rome when Aid to Church in Need illuminated, in red, the Colosseum – my mother was in prison at that time.

“This evening, while you [illuminate] in red Venice, thank God – she is free.”

She was referring to lighting-up of eight buildings in Venice in red light on Tuesday night.

Eisham went on to say that she would like to go back to Italy: “I hope that our entire family are finally happy…

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Five Examples of Small Victories in Struggling Churches

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Churches often underestimate how small wins can create momentum—to the point where they don’t even recognize the victories. Today we discuss what small wins to look for, what to do, and how to celebrate them.

Today’s Listener Question:

FROM MAURICE

I pastor a small, rural church. We are trying to revitalize, but it’s not easy. You’ve mentioned in previous episodes about the importance of celebrating even the small wins. What are some examples of those?

Episode Highlights:

  • Be creative and try to use your church facility to bless the community in every way possible.
  • Your church building is the best resource you have to minister to your community.
  • There are kids in every community. There are always ways you can minister to kids and their families.
  • If your community has holiday parades or festivals, figure out a way to be involved in some way.

The five small wins we cover are:

  1. Using the facilities for the community
  2. Transfer of leadership to those who actually live in the community
  3. Older adults beginning a children’s ministry
  4. Becoming involved in and contributing to community events
  5. Becoming a friend to single parents

Resources mentioned in this episode include:

Revitalize & Replant is sponsored by the North American Mission Board and ChurchReplanters.com. More than 10% of churches in North America are at risk of closing and the North American Mission Board is committed to reversing this trend…

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Six ways to instantly become a more positive person

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Six ways to instantly become a more positive person

Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday. Or so we think.

We tend to believe that the Pilgrims invented the holiday when they held a feast to celebrate their successful fall harvest. However, they borrowed the tradition from the English.

And the English celebration is nowhere as ancient as the Japanese national holiday known as Kinro Kansha no Hi (“Labor Thanksgiving Day”), which goes back more than two thousand years. The Chinese have been celebrating their version of thanksgiving even longer, with a Mid-Autumn Festival that goes back 2,500 years.

Why is giving thanks such a universal phenomenon? Because it’s so good for us.

The relationship between optimism and health

One problem some of us face on this Thanksgiving Day is that we don’t feel like giving thanks. If we’re facing hardships, Thanksgiving can be more obligatory than celebratory.

However, it’s when we don’t feel like being thankful that we most need to be thankful.

Time recently published a fascinating article titled “6 Ways to Instantly Be a More Positive Person.” The author notes that optimism is essential to our overall health.

For instance, when Harvard researchers studied seventy thousand women over an eight-year period, they discovered that the most optimistic quartile had an almost 30 percent lower risk of dying from several major causes of death compared with women in the least optimistic quartile.

How can we be more positive, whatever our circumstances or challenges?

The Time article encourages us to “savor the good,” “set reminders” such as positive quotes where we can see them, “do something nice for someone else,” “phone a friend” for help with challenges, and “say thanks.” The last suggestion is important because, as one expert notes, our interpretation of events influences our emotions more than the events themselves.

“Reframe or divert”

At the top of Time‘s list, however, is this vital suggestion: “Reframe or…

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Young campaigner returns ‘home’ to CAFOD 30 years on, as new director

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Young campaigner returns ‘home’ to CAFOD 30 years on, as new director

Christine Allen said her appointment to replace Chris Bain – who is retiring next spring after 15 years in the post – feels “like coming home”.

Having become a campaigns co-ordinator for the charity in 1989, Allen went on to take high-level roles in organisations including Christian Aid and Progressio.

 

She said: “I’m honoured and delighted to be appointed to this role at CAFOD. It feels like coming home.

“Working for CAFOD as a young campaigner, I discovered Catholic social teaching and was hugely inspired and influenced by a church that took action for peace and justice.

 

“The need for global solidarity today is as great as ever.”

Following eleven years as the executive director of the international development charity, Progressio, Allen has been heading up policy and public affairs at Christian Aid since 2012.

 

She continued: “CAFOD, and its thousands of supporters, stands as a powerful witness of love in a world of greed and selfishness, as we seek to end the injustices of poverty, inequality and environmental exploitation.

“I am immensely…

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American adventurer killed by tribe was Christian missionary

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American adventurer killed by tribe was Christian missionary

Visits to India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands are heavily restricted as the people resists outsiders, often attacking anyone who comes near.

Despite this, John Allen Chau from Alabama decided to go there, with the help of seven fishermen who helped him get there and whom have now been arrested for doing so. 

He described himself in his twitter bio as: “Adventurer. Explorer. Wild. Kingdom Seeker.” and had been a student with Oral Roberts University missions in the past, an evangelistic organisation. 

William Wilson, President of ORU missions, said: “We are not surprised that John would reach out to these isolated people to share God’s love”. 

Police said Mr Chau arrived in the region on 16th October and stayed in a hotel while he prepared to visit the prohibited island.

He was apparently killed by arrows, but the cause of death cannot be confirmed until his body is recovered.

Police have approached anthropologists with contacts on the island in an effort to visit and recover the body.

He interacted with some of the tribes people, giving them gifts he had prepared such as a football and fish. But the tribes people became angry and shot an arrow at him which apparently hit a book he was carrying

CNN report that one of his friends, John Middleton Ramsey, said: “I see him as a martyr,

 “He was someone who died out of love for these people to bring the good news of…

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Joyce Meyer Devotional 22 November 2018 — Gifts of Grace

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Topic: Gifts of Grace [Joyce Meyer Devotional 22 November 2018]

Proud people compare themselves to others and feel superior if they are able to do something others cannot do.

In 1 Corinthians 15:10, the apostle Paul wrote, But by grace (the unmerited favor and blessing) o God I am what I am (AMPC). If you do not realize you are what you are by the grace of God, you will think more highly of yourself than you should.

You should judge yourself soberly, knowing that without God you can do nothing of value. Success only comes by His grace. Your accomplishments and abilities are not yours to take credit for—they are gifts from a loving Father.

Prayer Starter: Lord, thank You for Your grace that enables me to do everything. Help me to always treat others with an attitude of humility. Help me to constantly lean on You and humbly receive Your help. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

If you missed yesterday devotional, please click to read “Joyce Meyer Daily Devotional HERE’’

From Joyce Meyer’s Ministries.

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Grace By David Ibiyeomie

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Grace: Believer’s Leverage By David Ibiyeomie

Topic — Grace: Believer’s Leverage

John 10:10b (KJV) I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Life is for enjoyment not for “endurement”. God did not create you to endure things; He created you to enjoy life. God’s intention, plan and program for His children as revealed by the scriptures is to enjoy life and not to struggle.

Ephesians 2:8 (KJV) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Romans 3:24 (KJV) Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

Without Grace, there is a limit you can enjoy life. Just like the jack—a mechanical device used to lift and provide support for heavy objects— Grace is a divine leverage from God. Grace is a state of divine acceptance with God. It is an exclusive reserve of God. By God’s grace, we are saved and justified.

Zechariah 4:7 (KJV) Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.

Every Kingdom giant is Grace-made. When you operate under Grace, people don’t see efforts; they only see results. You don’t struggle, yet you succeed. Many in the body of Christ are under so much pressure and struggle because they forsake the place of grace.

Righteousness is simply having a right standing with God. It’s a free gift of God provided by Jesus Christ at Calvary, through the Grace of God that counts us (Christians) acceptable before God. Righteousness consciousness means living with a mindset developed to accept the finished work of Christ at Calvary and walking into it.

Also Read: Covenant Protection by David Ibiyeomie

However, despite Christ’s finished work at Calvary, some are still bearing unnecessary burdens thereby living outside Grace. One reason people do not live in Grace is due to lack of knowledge

Hosea 4:6 (KJV) My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

Ignorance of Goďs Word is the most undoing of many Christians because the unawareness of your rights allows you to be trampled upon by the enemy. I pray that as you gain adequate knowledge of every benefit of new birth, you will begin to walk in the righteousness consciousness and command results effortlessly in Jesus name!

Another reason is self-help. We are Grace-made not self-made. Trying to achieve results by strength and willpower will drain you and leave you with no results.

1 Samuel 2:9b (KJV) for by strength shall no man prevail.

The third reason is due to alternatives. Remain focused on the help that comes from God; refuse to live with alternatives.

Jeremiah 17:7 (KJV) Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.

The fourth reason is depending on man. We have been commanded by God to depend on Him. God withdraws His grace whenever we bank on man.

1 Peter 5:7 (KJV) Casting all your care upon him; for He careth for you.

Life of Grace is the distinguishing force that makes the difference from one believer to another. Bank on God’s grace and you will know no limitations in life.

God bless you!

Also Read: Other Inspiring Messages by Pastor David Ibiyeomie

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MFM Daily Devotional 22 November 2018 – Dealing With The Spirit Of Laziness

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MFM Mountain Top Life Daily Devotional 22 November 2018 By Dr. D.K Olukoya – Dealing With The Spirit Of Laziness

TOPIC: Dealing With The Spirit Of Laziness (Mountain Of Fire and Miracle Ministries, MFM Daily Devotional 22 November 2018)

FIRE SCRIPTURE: Proverbs 24:30-34

MEMORY VERSE: “How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?” –Proverbs 6:9

The MESSAGE:

laziness is the mother of poverty and it is a spirit that can never be of God. It is demonic. It is the spirit of “I will do it if it does not take too much effort.” Laziness is the act of listening to the voice of the devil and the enemy saying “tomorrow or later”. It is pulling back emotionally from anything that is important. The victims seek to know nothing, interfere with nothing, enjoy good things without willing to work for it, do things that require little effort, and remain alive only because there is nothing of worth to die for, (that is, whatever will happen, let it happen).

The spirit of laziness is the killer of hope and dreams. It causes indifference towards something important. It makes the victim believe that he has entitlement to all the blessings of this world while he contributes nothing. Beloved, it is bewitchment and putting on the shoes of procrastination. Laziness, at times, does not mean you are not doing something, but that you may not sincerely do what you ought to do, or fail to do what is to be done when it needs to be done. This is failure. The characteristics of a lazy person therefore include:

  1. Sleeping away valuable hours.
  2. Resting before you get tired.
  3. Keeping on planning to do it tomorrow.
  4. A demonic gravity.

The dangers of laziness are numerous. They include: never experiencing the best from God, never a match to the enemy, inability to finish any good thing started, no impact on other people’s lives, becoming useless and unteachable, remaining a servant forever, wishful thinking but no achievement, and being doomed to poverty. Spiritual laziness gives birth to physical laziness. That is, before somebody is physically lazy, the person must have been spiritually lazy. Spiritual laziness is when somebody fails to nourish oneself with the word of God and lacks meaningful quite time. It is when there are satanic tactics to suit satanic excuses for prayer, fasting, meditation, etc. It is when you do nothing when you notice that colleagues are leaving you behind.

Beloved, you need to examine yourself. When you realise that you are lazy, work it out with God and make a conscious effort to stop being lazy. One of the consequences of laziness is complaining that God is not blessing you. Come to terms with yourself and with God on your side, maximum results is guaranteed. All you need are discipline and determination. Ask God for help. Counter laziness, starve it and do your work, no matter how you feel. Also, carry out personal deliverance to deal with the demons behind it.

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:
LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND LAZINESS HAVE MADE MANY CHRISTIANS TO BECOME SLAVES TO COMMERCIAL PROPHETS.

PROPHETIC WORD:
I curse every spirit of laziness in your life to die by fire.

PRAYER POINTS:

MORNING
1. I receive the divine mandate to kill all spirits of laziness operating in my life, in Jesus’ name.
2. Power that makes one to start a good thing and never finish it, I detach my destiny from you, die, in Jesus’ name.
3. Anything inside of me, making my enemy stronger than me, die, in Jesus’ name.

EVENING
4. Powers assigned to useless and waste my life, die, in Jesus’ name.
5. Spirit of permanent servant to others, operating in my life, die, in Jesus’ name.
6. Plantation of laziness and the mother of poverty in my foundation, I uproot you today, burn to ashes, in Jesus’ name.
7. I jump out of the pit and valley of spiritual poverty, and I mount up with wings like eagles, in Jesus’ name.

“If you missed yesterday devotional, please click to read MFM Mountain Top Life Daily Devotional HERE

MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE is a daily devotional by Dr. D.K Olukoya (General Overseer, Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries, Worldwide)

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DCLM Daily Manna 22 November 2018 – The Good Old Path

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Topic: The Good Old Path [DCLM Daily Manna 22 November 2018 Daily Devotional by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi]

Text: Jeremiah 6:9-17 (KJV)

Key Verse: “Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein“ (Jeremiah 6:16).

MESSAGE:

The search for truth and discovery of the ultimate path to life is a universal quest. Wise men in all ages have tried with varying degrees of frustrations to figure out the right paths for themselves and their societies. These had led to the founding of different religious beliefs, social philosophies and ideologies, which have filled the world today with confusion.

The responsibility of every one is to search out the true path to life and peace, which God has approved for mankind. The focus of our reflection today is the failure of the children of Israel to continue in the good old path which God established for them through unchanging covenants with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob instead of pursuing the vain worship of the heathen.

We owe it a duty to ourselves and to posterity to know Christ Jesus, who made an indisputable declaration that He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. He presented Himself preeminently to concerned seekers of the truth. We should also reveal Him to people around us. This is the only way the world can be saved and men encouraged to walk the good old path.

It is disheartening that while Prophet Jeremiah urged the people of Israel to walk the good path and find rest for their souls, they rebuffed this plead and persuasion bluntly, telling him: “we will not walk therein” (Jeremiah 6:16). We must never think nor behave like them.

God has promised to pour out His anger and fury on those who will not walk in His approved path. Save yourself the trauma of unbelief and rebellion. Believe and walk with Jesus now and always.

Thought For The Day: No alternative to the old path. Only the wise treds it.

Bible Reading In One Year: James

If you missed yesterday devotional, please click to read Deeper Christian Life Ministry, DCLM Daily Manna HERE

DCLM Daily Manna was written by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.

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