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PRAYER LETTER OF CHALLENGE LITERATURE FELLOWSHIP |
DECEMBER 2008 |
 DEVOTIONAL
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Psalm 63:3 “
Your loving-kindness is better than life, my
lips shall praise You. (4) So I will bless You while I live; I
will lift up my hands in Your name. (5) My soul shall be
satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall
praise You with joyful lips”
What we do - My lips shall praise You, I will bless You
while I live, I will lift up my hands in Your name, My soul
shall be satisfied, my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.
Why? - because the Father’s loving kindness is better than
life.
Your loving kindness is better than what life?
The ones that we have chosen for ourselves. Some may
choose to be in business or to be an employee. Some may
strive for fame and fortune or be content with his lot in
life, some a life of work or others a life of leisure. We strive
for honours, riches, pleasures, applause, acceptance and
belonging, but all this comes up short. When we finally
arrive at that place we think will make us happy or satisfied
we find it to be empty and not what we expected. Diverse
are the lives that we live, but better is the life from God
than the life of our own making can ever be.
What would a man give in exchange for his life, to save
it or to extend it?
Many men have grown weary of their lives, as is evident
throughout history; but no man in history has been found
that was tired of the love and favour of God. No one
values the sun and fellowship more than the person who
has been shut up in the darkness and loneliness of solitary
confinement. It is also true for those who have been in
spiritual darkness who have seen the light of the favour
of God.
Matthew 10:39 “He who finds his life shall lose it. And
he who loses his life for My sake shall find it.”
His loving kindness is seen in the gift of salvation through
Jesus Christ, His grace towards us is better than life. Truly
His Life in us is better than anything that this world has
to offer. Scripture instructs us to lay our lives at the foot of
the cross, dying to self, that we may experience eternal life
in Jesus Christ as we abide in Him and He in us.
The joy that I knew when I first became a Christian
should be the same joy that is evident right throughout my
life. I cannot pretend to have these things for He says that
He searches the mind and heart and knows the motives for
all that we do. With this in mind we should live and work
in such a way that all praise, honour and glory belong to
the Father.
Psalm 40:10 reads “I have not hidden your deliverance
within my heart; I have spoken of your faithfulness and
your salvation; I have not concealed your steadfast love and
your faithfulness from the great congregation.”
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Challenge Literature Fellowship Bank Account direct deposit details
BSB: 066162 / Account: 00900455
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 PRAISE POINTS
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The opportunity to work with Word of Life ministries in
Southern and Central America and into Mexico and for the
desire they have to share the good news of the gospel.
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For the nearly 100 000 copies of the Challenge paper that
will be distributed throughout Australia in December and
that the Lord may be glorifi ed through this work.
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For all the people who have supported the work of
Challenge financially, prayerfully and practically again
throughout this year.
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For all the writers who contribute stories and articles
for each edition of the paper, for the time and prayerful
thought that goes into every article.
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That God has chosen to bless this small operation in Perth
with great opportunities around the globe and for the great
response that we have seen again in this year and for the
lives that have been changed by the paper.
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 PRAYER POINTS
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“The situation in Zimbabwe is becoming critical on a
daily basis. Famine is gripping the country and people
have to go door to door begging for food. Many people
are perishing including two Christian Leadership Institute
trained pastors that have died of starvation. Please pray that
the Lord will intervene in Zimbabwe.” — who run the C.L.I. training)
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The global demand for our paper is out stripping our
ability to supply. Funds are a constant hindrance to meeting
these requests from countries such as Egypt, Nigeria, and
Uruguay, as well as other parts of South America.
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For Carls’ trip to Argentina, that the Lord will bless the
trip and grant Carl travelling mercies, and continue to
strengthen him on his busy schedule. For our current Word
of life partners and for the potential expansion into each
country in Southern and Central America.
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Please pray for a suitable desktop publisher/graphic
designer.
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For the nearly 100 000 copies of the Challenge paper that
will be distributed throughout Australia in December. That
they may be directed to the right people and that God will
speak into their lives through the testimony of Jesus Christ
recorded in these pages.
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For our Partner organisations in Africa, USA, India, South
America and the work that is being done in each of these
countries.
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AROUND THE WORLD
WITH CHALLENGE
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Carl Carmody will be representing
Challenge at the Word of Life
conference being held in Argentina
from 19th — 23rd November 2008. Challenge is blessed to be
currently partnering with Word of Life in several South American
countries.
WORD OF LIFE is a non-denominational, Bible-believing
organisation, involved in over 50 years of ministry, reaching
youth with the Gospel of Christ in 46 countries on six continents
through camps, Bible Clubs, Bible Institutes, radio, television and
youth rallies. Currently Word of Life ministries are distributing
a Spanish edition of Challenge paper under the name El Desafi o
into Argentina and Paraguay.
Challenge Literature Fellowship is looking to extend its
partnership with Word of Life ministries into every country in
South & Central America and also into Mexico.
South and Central America is made up of 18 countries with a
total population of 422 million, while Mexico has a population of
109 million. The primary language in each of these countries is
Spanish with the exception being Brazil (Portuguese). According
to internet encyclopaedia Wikipedia the religious makeup averaged
over all these countries is approximately 74% Roman Catholic,
11% protestant, 15% various or no religion.
In August 2008, 6 members of Urbancrest Baptist Church
in the USA went to Argentina on a mission trip. They had the
opportunity at a college to present a 10 minute testimony in
each class and handed out 750 English and 500 Spanish copies
of Challenge newspaper. By week’s end 7000 copies of the paper
were also distributed into homes, so that the true number of
people reached with the gospel may be many times that number.
Now we might never see the full result of the team’s effort but we
are sure that God will bless the sowing of His word. We praise the
Lord for the privilege of sowing the seed of the gospel in so many
families in such a short period of time. “We trust the lord that
eternity will reveal the true impact of this evangelistic effort,” says
Will Herndon of Word of Life, Argentina.
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“I greet you the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Great is the
job you are doing to spread the word of hope to people. I
received a CHALLENGE GOOD NEWS PAPER from a
friend I read it, and I shared it with a friend after a short
time people were asking me whether it’s possible to get
them. I promised by faith but I didn&rsqou;t know how? From
where? I thank God when I connected to the internet I was
able to see your website. Now is my request if possible to
send me every month which is enough to distribute in my
country. I will be happy when you consider my request.”
God bless, Sam
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If you would like to join the next Impact Africa trip for please contact the office:
Challenge Literature Fellowship
59B Kelvin Road, Wattle Grove 6107
Phone: (08) 9453 3311 • Fax: (08) 9453 3006
Email: info@challengenews.org
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FAREWELL
FROM THE WORDS OF...
Joe Attwater:
“All the staff at Challenge are a bunch
of lunatics, and that’s why I fitted right
in!”
“Seriously now, it has been a wonderful
privilege to work with Challenge in
graphics for the last five years. It’s been
a joy to present testimonies, and colour
kid’s pages (I’m just a big kid.)
“Challenge has helped me realise it
doesn’t matter where you work, or what
you do, it’s who you serve that gives you
peace. Carl, Bob and Roger, you are precious mentors. I would
like to thank all the staff for their eternal friendship. Thankyou
Pastor Jim & Armadale Cong. Church for cloaking my family in
prayer and support. Thankyou Joline, my wife and best friend,
for being exactly who you are. You make our home special. I love
being bowled over with hugs at the door every night by Jacob,
Isaac, Joshua & Leah (all born whilst at Challenge). And most of
all thankyou my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ for bringing me
from death into life.
“I have loved the Challenge, been blown away by the Literature
and will forever cherish the Fellowship. Now I’m off to Bible
College to discover more about my King. What a journey!”
Yours in Jesus Christ,
Joe Attwater
Abdel Moorhouse:
“As you maybe aware I have been
involved with Challenge for over 1½
years. The time has come for me
to leave and pursue other areas where
God might be leading me to. It has
been a privilege working at Challenge
and seeing the expansion of the work
and how the Lord has opened doors in
other countries.
“I have enjoyed working with the
staff and would like to thank those
who have supported me during my time at Challenge Literature
Fellowship.”
Yours in Christ,
Abdel Moorhouse
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“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the
government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall
be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting
Father, Prince of Peace” – Isaiah 9:6
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