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Several months ago, you indicated a desire to follow Jesus Christ on our website. Our hope is that you are growing in that relationship. Proverbs 27:23 says, "be sure you know the condition of your flock." We hope that you will complete a brief, six question survey to see how you are doing with things like prayer, Bible study, sharing your faith, and involvement in a community. Your answers to these questions will be extremely helpful to us as we look for ways to help you grow in your faith.

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Sunday, April 5, 2009

Weekly Global Media Outreach Prayer Letter

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“Do you think I cannot call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?” Matthew 26:53

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Please pray for the people of the city of Rome in Italy. Rome has had great influence over the centuries; in the days of the early church Rome often persecuted the church, but Rome then became the home of the Roman Catholic Church. Please pray that God would pour out His Spirit and draw everyone in Rome to Himself this Easter season.

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At www.JesusandEaster.com, we tell the story of how Jesus Christ died for our sins. This is an evangelistic website that you can send your friends to who do not know Jesus. Just send them a link to the site in an email and invite them to read the site to find out the real meaning of the holiday Easter. If you want to read the story in the Bible of the day Jesus was crucified, you can read it in the Bible at John Chapters 18 and 19; you can click here to read it online.

They crucified Jesus.

Who was Jesus? He is the one and only Son of God. What is being crucified? Crucifixion was an extremely painful death that was used in the ancient Roman world for criminals; someone was nailed to a large cross of wood and left there to die.

Why was Jesus crucified? There are two reasons. The Romans and leaders of His day crucified Him because He said He was the Son of God. The real reason is Jesus willingly gave Himself to be killed for all of us — to pay for the sins of the world. How great is God’s love for us!

On the day we call Good Friday, Jesus willingly went to the cross for us. He had the power to call on God His Father to send thousands of angels, and He would have escaped the cross; but He chose to go through it all for us so that we could be forgiven of all our sins.

So this week, let us pray and

  • Thank God for sending His Son Jesus to die on the cross for our sins
  • Tell Jesus how much we love Him
  • Pray for God’s protection and blessing over our staff here at Global Media Outreach

The great news is that, after He died on the cross, Jesus rose from the dead! He is the conqueror over sin and death and hell; no power on earth can withstand His great love.

THANK YOU so much for your prayers. God answers prayer and fills us with His Holy Spirit! You are partners with us in reaching the world with the message of Jesus Christ and His love.

May God bless you,

Your friends at Global Media Outreach

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This is an actual response received at one of our Web sites:

"I am from Jordan; I accepted JESUS to be my Savior." M, Jordan

 

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Sunday, March 29, 2009

Weekly Global Media Outreach Prayer Letter

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“Again the high priest asked Him, ‘Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?’ ‘I am,’ said Jesus. ‘And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.’” Mark 15: 61, 62

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Please pray for the people of Indonesia. Indonesia is one of the largest countries in the world with many people spread across many islands. Please pray that there will be freedom of religion and that many people will come to know Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord.

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At www.ichristianlife.com You can click here to see the online Bible and read the book of Matthew chapter 26, which is about Jesus before He was crucified.

The trial of Jesus: How do you feel when you are unjustly accused of something — when someone says you did something wrong but you are innocent? Don’t you want to defend yourself — to strike back?

But when Jesus, the sinless Son of God, was brought to trial, He did not defend Himself. Why did He not speak up? The reason was that He chose to be punished, to go to the cross, to pay the punishment for you and for me.

Let’s say a friend of yours owed a bank a large sum of money and could not pay it, and the bank threatened to put him in jail if he did not pay. You came and you paid the money for him so that he could go free. In the same way, Jesus paid a debt He did not owe because we owed a debt we could not pay. Jesus Christ died for our sins.

So Jesus was arrested and put on trial in a court called the Sanhedrin, almost 2,000 years ago. Even though He was innocent and had committed no sin, He was sentenced to death because He said He was the Son of God.

As we approach Easter, let us celebrate the fact that Jesus Christ paid the penalty for our sins. We can go free when we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord! How great is the love and forgiveness of God.

So this week, let us pray

  • That God will help us forgive others, even as we are forgiven by God
  • That God will help our team who work here at Global Media Outreach to be filled with His joy and His victory
  • That at least one person you know will come to accept Jesus Christ as Savior this year

THANK YOU so much for your prayers. God answers prayer and fills us with His Holy Spirit! You are partners with us in reaching the world with the message of Jesus Christ and His love.

May God bless you,

Your friends at Global Media Outreach

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This is an actual response received at one of our Web sites:

"How must I live my life now?" S, Sweden

 

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Monday, March 23, 2009

Weekly Global Media Outreach Prayer Letter

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"Yes, Lord," she told him (Jesus), "I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world." John 11:27

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Please pray for the people of Estonia. Estonia is a small country in Europe with 1 million people that used to be part of the USSR and is now independent. Please pray that the people of Estonia will have a real heart for prayer.

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Click here to find out from Joyce Bartholomew how you can put Jesus Christ first in your life. The home page of www.ichristianlife.com also lists other ways you can learn about Jesus.

Jesus Christ is God’s Son. As we look at preparing for Easter this year, let us realize how wonderful it is that God’s Son came to die for us.

How can one man take on the sins of the whole world? An ordinary man could not do this — but Jesus is not just a man. He came to earth 2,000 years ago and was born of a virgin whose name was Mary. Jesus’ father is God. Jesus Himself existed with God from the beginning of time. “He was in very nature God.”

What is wonderful and amazing is that Jesus, the sinless son of God, came to earth and took punishment that He did not deserve. “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him would not perish, but would have eternal life. God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved.” Everyone on earth has sinned; God has laid on Christ the punishment for the sins of us all.

What we have to do is accept Jesus Christ as our savior; agree with God that we have sinned; and thank God that Jesus paid the penalty for our sins. Without that, we are deserving of eternal death and punishment and separation from God. When we accept Jesus Christ, we are given the gift of eternal life — and forgiveness for all our sins! What a wonderful gift! How great is the love of God!

So this week, let us thank God

  • For sending His own Son Jesus to be our Savior
  • For allowing His Son to be crucified to pay the penalty for our sins
  • For His great love for us

God is so wonderful — He is willing to not hold our sins against us, but He wants us to be His sons and daughters. Let us live our lives in thankfulness to God.

THANK YOU so much for your prayers.

May God bless you,

Your friends at Global Media Outreach

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This is an actual response received at one of our Web sites:

"thank you for making me realize how stubborn I was to turn my back on God" M, Philippines

 

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Sunday, March 15, 2009

Weekly Global Media Outreach Prayer Letter

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“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, what whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16

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Please pray for the people of South America. There are hundreds of millions of people in South America, most of whom speak Spanish or Brazil. Pray that everyone in South America would know Jesus Christ as their Savior and that they would send out many missionaries around the world to share the love of Jesus.

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The most watched movie in the world is the Jesus Film. You can click here and watch the Jesus film online. You can also click short sections of the movie and see different parts of the life of Jesus. All of the words in the movie come from the Bible.

The next three weeks, let’s focus on Easter. Easter is the time of year when we celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ came to this earth over 2,000 years ago. He was the Son of God, yet He came as a poor person. He did not sin, but He came to die for us all. He commanded no armies, but He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

He came to die on a cross to take away the sins of the world. He told His disciples He was going to die. But where most of us do not want to die, and will fight to prevent it, Jesus went to the cross willingly for us. He who knew no sin became sin for us, so that we could be forgiven and become children of God.

When John the Baptist saw Jesus coming, he said “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.” Do you have sin? Of course you do; we all have sinned. To sin is to do or think something that is against God’s will. We all have been selfish, or have stolen, or have been prideful, or have committed other sins. But when Jesus came, He paid the penalty that we all deserve for our sins. All we need to do is to accept Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord.

So this week, let us pray that

  • God will help us to realize how wonderful is our salvation in Jesus Christ
  • Each of us would walk in newness of life — forgiven in Jesus!
  • God would help our staff at Global Media Outreach have peace and joy and victory in Jesus Christ

How great is the love of God! God could just have judged the whole world, and we would all have been lost. Instead, He sent His own Son so that we could be saved. Let us share the love of Jesus with the whole world!

THANK YOU so much for your prayers. There is great spiritual power in believing prayer.

May God bless you,

Your friends at Global Media Outreach

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This is an actual response received at one of our Web sites:

i`m from Suriname; a country in South America; and i`m very proud that i`ve found this site to help reach other people to accept Christ as their saviour" S, Suriname

 

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Sunday, March 8, 2009

Weekly Global Media Outreach Prayer Letter

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“And He (Jesus) said to them, ‘Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.” Mark 16:15

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Please pray for all the unreached people of the world — people who have never heard the good news of Jesus Christ. There are over 6 billion people on earth. While most people on earth have heard something about Jesus, there are still many who have never heard that God loves them and Jesus Christ died for their sins. Pray that God will bless the efforts of Christians around the world to give everyone on earth the chance to receive Jesus Christ.

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If you click here, you will go to a section of www.iChristianLife.com where you can share your faith with someone you know by email. It will let you put in someone’s email address and then email them a simple gospel presentation that will tell them that God loves them and how they can receive Jesus Christ. It’s simple and can change someone’s life for all eternity.

Each week we are looking at one of the 6 Keys to Christian Growth. This week we are looking at Key 6: Sharing your faith.

If you are a Christian, what is the best thing that has happened to you? It is receiving Jesus Christ as your Savior and being given the gift of eternal life. What is the best thing you could do for someone else? It is to help them to know Jesus Christ.

How can you do this? There are 3 simple steps: Pray, Prepare, and Go. First, you can pray for those around you who do not know Jesus Christ. Pray that God will draw them to Himself and they will see the light of Christ. Second, prepare; be ready to tell them about Jesus. You can tell them how Christ has changed your life, and that He died for their sins and they can receive Him. Third, go. Go and tell people about Jesus. Be sensitive to who may be open to God. You can also send them an evangelistic email that will share Christ with them. It is not so important that you say things perfectly; you won’t. But pray that God will use what you say to bring people around you to Jesus Christ.

So this week, let us pray that

  • God will save your friends and family and loved ones and those around you.
  • God will help our staff team here at Global Media Outreach to be filled with His Spirit and joy
  • God will help us see millions of people this year pray to receive Jesus Christ as Savior

You can email us by hitting “reply” to one of these prayer letters and tell us any response you get if you try to reach someone else for Jesus Christ. We would love to hear from you!

Also, this coming week, we are adding several new online chat Bible Studies. If you’re looking for a way to connect with other Christians while studying the Bible, online Bible study chat is for you. These “virtual home groups” take one hour each week and focus on Bible study, key truths about the Christian life while allowing you to connect with other believers and be a part of Christian community. These community groups are free. The new times are:

  • Monday, 2:30am UTC (10:30 pm *Sunday* Eastern Standard Time, USA)
  • Tuesday, 6:00pm UTC (2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time, USA)
  • Wednesday, 9:00pm UTC (5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time, USA)
  • Thursday, 2:30pm UTC (10:30 am Eastern Standard Time, USA)
  • Friday, 4:00am UTC (11:00 pm *Thursday* Eastern Standard Time, USA)

To sign up, just go here. For chat attendees in the USA, note the new times! (Daylight savings time has shifted them forward one hour).

THANK YOU so much for your prayers.

May God bless you,

Your friends at Global Media Outreach

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This is an actual response received at one of our Web sites:

"Jesus i need you. Save me." D, Cote D’Ivoire

 

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Sunday, March 1, 2009

Weekly Global Media Outreach Prayer Letter

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“Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another — and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” Hebrews 10:25

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Please pray for the people of England, which is part of the United Kingdom. England has had Christians for many centuries and has been greatly used to reach the world for Christ. In recent years some people have turned away from God and the church. Please pray for a great revival to come to England and that many people will be swept into God’s kingdom.

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At www.iChristianLife.com, we have some great resources to help you connect with other Christians. In the “Connect” section (click here) England has had Christians for many centuries and has been greatly used to reach the world for Christ. In recent years some people have turned away from God and the church. Please pray for a great revival to come to England and that many people will be swept into God’s kingdom.

Each week we are looking at one of the 6 Keys to Christian Growth. This week is Key 5 — the church.

The church is the “body of Christ.” All of us who have truly accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord are part of Christ’s body here on earth. We are a community of Christians — the “family of God.”

Who is in this community? It is people all over the world — people from every country — men and women, old and young. As part of God’s family when we have accepted Christ, we are brothers and sisters together.

It is extremely important for your growth as a Christian that you meet regularly with other Christians. If you have a good Christian church near you, you should try to go each week. You can learn from the teaching; meet other Christians who can encourage you; pray with others; and worship God together. If there is no church you can attend, often there may be a small group of Christians who you can meet together with. You can also connect with other Christians online. At Global Media Outreach we have thousands of volunteers who are strong Christians who you can email with and who can pray with you and answer your questions online. We encourage you to spend time with other Christians as much as possible. God can also use you to be a blessing to others.

So this week, let us pray that

  • God will help you be connected with a good church if possible
  • God will fill our staff at Global Media Outreach with His Holy Spirit each and every day
  • God will help all who become Christians through this ministry to get connected to church where they can grow in their faith

Church is important. I will pray that God will help you find a good group of Christians who can support you and help you grow in your Christian life.

THANK YOU so much for your prayers. We are brothers and sisters together in Jesus Christ. Someday we may meet in heaven; for right now we can worship God in our separate locations all around the earth.

May God bless you,

Your friends at Global Media Outreach

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This is an actual response received at one of our Web sites:

I'm so thankful to all in Global Media Outreach for always sending me email every week, this is my guide to the Lord and its give strength because I work abroad so I’m far from my family and everytime i read my email its like its giving me the will power to fight my loneliness..God Bless everybody in Global Media..more power to all of you

 

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Monday, February 23, 2009

Weekly Global Media Outreach Prayer Letter

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“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be fully equipped for every good work.” 2 Timothy 3:16, 17

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Please pray for the people of Kenya. Kenya is a large country in East Africa and has many Christians. Many people there speak both English and Swahili. Please pray for a great revival to break out in Kenya and that as many people as possible will become devoted followers of Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.

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We have many resources to help you learn from the Bible if you click here. In this section, the Bible section of www.iChristianLife.com, we have an online Bible so you can read the Bible and search through it on your computer. We have 6 Bible Studies that you can take, one on each of the 6 Keys to Christian growth. And we have a video series by Dorman Followill of 1 to 2 minutes each about each of the books that are in the Bible.

Each week we are looking at one of the 6 Keys to Christian Growth. This week is Key 4 — the Bible.

The Bible is God’s Word. The Bible can be “a lamp for your feet and a light to your path.” God through the Bible can lead you and guide you. You can learn about God through the Bible and how to live a godly life.

The Bible is a book that is inspired by God. There are two main parts to the Bible. The Old Testament tells the story of God’s dealings with mankind, largely the nation of Israel, before Jesus Christ came to earth. The New Testament tells the story of Jesus Christ and His early followers — the first church.

If you have never read the Bible, a great place to start is in the New Testament. There are four gospels in the New Testament — Matthew, Mark, Luke and John — that tell the story of Jesus and His life here on earth. There you will learn about Jesus and His saving love for you — how He lived and died on our planet earth and rose again. It is a great idea to read the Bible every day — for it gives you spiritual food just like you get physical food every day. The Bible is God’s Word and can give you spiritual strength as you read it and learn from it and memorize it and put it into practice in your life every day.

So this week, let us pray that

  • God will teach you how to live a Christian life through His holy Word the Bible
  • God will protect our staff at Global Media Outreach and help us to be filled with His joy and peace and love
  • God will provide financially both for you and your family and also for our ministry

THANK YOU so much for your prayers. When you accept Jesus Christ as your Savior, you become part of a worldwide family of true Christians. We are brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ.

May God bless you and your family,

Your friends at Global Media Outreach

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This is an actual response received at one of our Web sites:

"I need to know more about Christ; please help me!" A, Brazil

 

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