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Living 4 Jesus 4 Life: #28 July 1, 2012
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In this issue... Freedom!!!!
Prayer Requests
Birthdays!
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{Prayer Requests}
"Do
not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and
petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God." -
Philippians 4:6
- Please help all the people that have been hit by storms lately. And keep them safe!-Christina Kay
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Please pray for Taylor russels family, Taylor jump off a boat in the
amite river, never came up, and died. He was about to have a baby ( due
in a couple of weeks). And that baby will never see his real father on
earth. So please pray for his family and friends.-Natalie G.
- Harper Grigsby's is recovering from open heart surgery. Please continue to keep her in your prayers. adgrigsby.blogspot.com. Thanks! - Autumn
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Also pray for my best friend's brother Kevin. He's fifteen years old
and has gone to church all his life, but has never become a Christian.
We want so bad for him to take this step! - Autumn
- Pray for all the people who don't know Christ that they will come to know Him and be saved - Rachel
- Please pray for a lady in our church who has breast cancer. Erin has 3 kids: 4, 3, and 18 months. You can read about her at erinfray.blogspot.com. - Artiss
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Please continue to pray for Rebekah's cousin Karen, who has breast
cancer. She has five children, and her husband is in the military! Thank
you!
- Pray that God will show Himself to a girl in Elly's gym class and He will change her heart!
- Please pray for a Chinese family who is under a lot of pressure. Thanks! -Loice
- Pray for the people in different countries, and different places that don't have the freedom of speech, religion, human rights, and more. Pray that God will keep the Christian's in those places safe and that He would allow them to tell others about His love. Pray that we would not take our freedom for granted. -SarahElisabeth
- Pray for the people in different countries, and different places that don't have the freedom of speech, religion, human rights, and more. Pray that God will keep the Christian's in those places safe and that He would allow them to tell others about His love. Pray that we would not take our freedom for granted. -SarahElisabeth
11 Happy Birthday Annabelle!!!
Annabelle turned 11 on July 2nd. Her hobbies are painting, drawing, swimming, and tennis. Her favorite ice cream is Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough.
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12 Happy Birthday Grace!!!
______________________________Grace celebrated her twelfth birthday on July 11th. Her favorite song is "Love Story" by Taylor Swift. Her favorite ice cream is Mint Chocolate Chip!
15Happy Birthday MaryJane!!!
MaryJane turned 15 on July 14th. Her favorite song is "Equally Skilled" by Jon Forman. She likes photography, speech, and chilling.
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16Happy Birthday Hannah!!!
Hannah turned 16 on July 18th. Her favorite song is "Be Still My Soul". She enjoys crafts and likes animals. Her favorite ice cream is Caramel.
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19Happy Birthday Lenae!!!
Lenae turned 19 on August 3rd. She has lot's of favorite songs but she particularly likes "To the River" and "The Secret Place". Something that she finds intriguing about herself is the fact that she actually likes cleaning!! She can talk to just about anybody and people normally guess her to be younger than she actually is. Her favorite ice cream is Vanilla!!
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Freedom
-What is freedom? According to Noah Webster, freedom is: a state of exemption from the power or control of another. Freedom is: liberty; exemption from slavery, servitude, or confinement. Freedom is personal, civil, political, and religious.
-Just from that we can understand that freedom is personal, civil, political, and religious. Here, in the United States of America, we have SO much freedom. We have the freedom to worship whomever, wherever, and whenever we want without having to worry about losing our lives. We are so blessed to be able to worship the one true God and freely talk about Him without any fear of persecution.
--In many, many other countries and places they don't have the privilege of worshiping freely. One of the countries that hits close to home for me, and I'm sure Autumn as well, is China. We have some dear sweet friends that live in China. Other countries that do not have freedom of religion are Burma, Egypt, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam.
---Do you realize what this means? It means that EVERY single day, Christian's in these countries, have to fear for their lives and for the lives of their loved ones.
-Religious freedom is not the only freedom that many countries are deprived of. Many countries give no voice to their people. As of 2009 the United Sates had 86% voice. That means that someone who lives in the U.S. is able to be heard and is allowed to have SO much freedom. Sadly, this isn't the case for many more countries. Egypt only had 15% voice, Tunisia had 11%, Iran had 8%, Saudi Arabia only had 4%! And finally, North-Korea who had 0%!!! Can you believe that?? That means that people in North Korea basically have no freedom of speech, religion, or human rights. They can't voice their opinion's freely.
--That kind of puts things into perspective, right? I encourage each of you to commit to pray for these countries every day. I will add these countries into our prayer requests as a reminder. Keep serving the Lord dear girls and don't forget to thank God for your freedom and pray for those without freedom.
1 Thessalonians 5:17- Pray without ceasing.
Love you girls!!
God is GREAT! God is GOOD!
<3SarahElisabeth
Pretzel Sparklers
You'll need:
8 Squares(1 ounce each) white baking chocolate
1 package(10 ounces) pretzel rods
Colored candy stars or sprinkles
Here's what ya do:
1) Place chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl.
2) Heat until melted.
3) Dip each pretzel rod about halfway into chocolate.
4) Sprinkle with stars.
5) Place on waxed paper to dry.
Makes about 2 dozen
Once again, Sorry this one was SO late girls. We are trying to get caught up again. Hope ya'll have a fantastic week!!!
Autumn Posey
&
Sarah Stephens
