Christians Murdered in Turkey
A letter to the Global Church from The Protestant Church of Smyrna (Izmir, Turkey)
Dear friends,
This past week has been filled with much sorrow.
A letter to the Global Church from The Protestant Church of Smyrna (Izmir, Turkey)
Dear friends,
This past week has been filled with much sorrow.
It was a Wednesday night August 2005 when I was rushed to emergency due to chronic abdominal pain and vomiting thought to be pancreatitis. My bowel had burst, my lungs collapsed and my kidney’s failed. I was wrapped in ice due to my soaring temperature of 42 degrees Celsius and no blood pressure. My body was pumped full of fluid which caused retention and my weight soared from 65-140kg within one week. It literally ripped me apart. The pain was so excruciating that my body started shutting down. I went blind and could not speak.
The exhaustion I felt was tremendous.
Introduction: In chapter 7 we see Joshua and his men getting routed by the men of Ai because of the sin of one man Achan who coveted and kept devoted things from the previous exploits, against the specific command of God to not do so. This defeat follows a grand victory God had given the Israelites when the walls of Jericho collapsed and the entire city was destroyed and every living thing in that city was put to the sword by the Israelites.
Though very familiar with the Bible and believing myself a Christian, it wasn’t until much later that my life was truly changed by turning to Christ. Includes details of how I was filled with the Holy Spirit for the first time and what a difference that made to me. This is the first part of my story. Living with Jesus Christ means the adventure continues and something new is always happening!
My somewhat chequered career as a musician is documented here, in words and photos. The bands I played in had varying degrees of success, and through my career I guess I must have played just about every venue from Sydney to Perth (and all points in between!). There’s a story behind each of these bands, and these days they’re all like bookmarks of my life to me. In my testimony, you’ll see how my life was completely revolutionised by an encounter with God. I hope my story touches you. If you’d like to contact me, drop me a line.
Neavei Isaac, the author, currently resides in Queensland, Australia. He was born and raised in New Zealand
I want to tell you about the single most important event in my life. In doing so I will have to reveal some things of a personal
nature. I guess almost everyone has things in their personal history which they would rather were otherwise. There is no
profit in dwelling on things which have been cast into the sea of forgetfulness; they are recalled here only to provide some
necessary background.
(A TRUE STORY OF A BORN AGAIN EXPERIENCE)
WRITTEN BY CRAIG. L. POWER
Introduction
This is an actual letter written to a close friend of mine (Andy), whom I had worked with for two years in Darwin. I originally wrote this letter to explain the awesome life changing experience that I had. I think that this information is more important than how much money you have in the bank, how successful you are in life or how many friends you have. If I call this person a friend (Andy) and not tell him about this encounter, then I don’t think I can call myself a friend to this friend.
Freedom From Alcohol. Freedom from Fear.
by Craig Smith
At the age of twenty-three I was riddled with fear and guilt. At that time I was unemployed and a university drop-out. I had no qualifications and no job prospects. I was dependent on alcohol to the extent that I could not function socially without being drunk since I used alcohol to cover up deep feelings of inferiority. Desperate to be accepted due to my poor self-image, I would immediately conform to whatever ideas and behaviour was in vogue amongst my friends.
I was born in a suburb of Sydney, Australia, on March 9, 1951, the youngest
of three children. Mum was a school teacher, dad a welder. Both came from
Christian families.
My great grandfather and grand father on mum’s side of the family, were
both evengelists with the old Methodist church in Australia.Grandfather
used to spend 6 months of the year riding his push bike from his home in
the Gosford area north of Sydney, down into Sydney and back, preaching
in different churches. This was in the days before freeways, highways and
bitumen roads.
Michael, thought I would give you my testimony, you may want to use some
of it.
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