6 October 2007 - Praise and Prayer from Robert & Dara Peh

“It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness. The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in Him. The LORD is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD” (Lamentations 3:22-26, KJV).

THANK GOD FOR HIS GREAT LOVE AND MERCIES TOWARDS US EVERY DAY. My family was down with food poisoning during the fourth week of September, beginning with Evangeline, then Dara, followed by Evangel and Robert. Thank God for healing us and for being able to have a good rest (especially for Robert) that really refreshed the body upon recovery. By the grace of God, we have all recovered and are once again full of life and energy.

We request you to pray for Robert’s mother. She has been having nose bleeding recently. May the Lord be merciful unto her in her old age and continue to strengthen her in her faith and daily walk with God and grant her full recovery in due time. Thank God for His reminder in His infallible Word, “And even to your old age I am He; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you” (Isaiah 46:4, KJV).

All the souls in the Christian Home of Love are fine. Younger children will be taking their mid-term examinations starting next week (8th to 10th October). Grace is also studying hard, preparing for her coming examinations at the end of the month (28th and 29th October). She will be sitting for 3 papers altogether. May the Lord bring to their remembrance all that they have learned and enable them to do well for the glory of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Jesus says to the Church in Philadelphia, “I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept My Word, and hast not denied My Name” (Revelation 3:8, KJV).

This verse is so relevant to us. Thank God for opening unto us another opportunity to serve Him in the new outreach in Hui Pu Red Lahu village. Humanly speaking, we have but little strength, but God has enabled our church to commit to bring God’s Word to the souls there once every month. God willing, we will be going there again this coming October 20th. Gospel related Bible stories and messages are deliberately prepared to meet the needs of the lost souls. And Lord willing, we will be teaching from one of the Parables of Jesus mentioned in the 13th chapter of the gospel of Matthew, with the children and youths from the Christian Home of Love acting it out. Being mountain people, sowing and harvesting are things common and relevant to them. Thus, the Parable of the Sower is chosen. May the Holy Spirit that Jesus sent, use the Parable that Jesus told, to bring home the point that Jesus taught and make it applicable to the lives of the people there.

Jesus says, “And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear My voice; and there shall be one fold, and one Shepherd” (John 10:16, KJV). Please pray for the empowering of the Holy Spirit in the lives of all of us who will be involved in the skit and teaching, and for the preaching of the Gospel and the working of the Holy Spirit in the lives of the villagers, to bring conviction of sins and grant them repentance and regeneration unto live everlasting. For thus saith the LORD in His Sacred Word, “Look unto Me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else” (Isaiah 45:22, KJV).

Thank God for seeing Dara through her past 1 and a half year of studies. From now onwards, she does not have to attend classes anymore. She is working on her thesis at home but still needs to travel to Chiang Rai regularly to meet her thesis advisors. She is writing on “Teaching English as a Second Language” and there will be five chapters altogether, if the Lord will. Thank God for helping her with the first draft of the first three chapters of her thesis. Part of the requirements for her, besides theory, is to use her thesis to teach in a school for two terms, before she could complete her course. Praise God for granting her good results in all her examinations and thank you for co-labouring with her in your prayer. May the Lord grant her wisdom to use her time wisely and strength and good health to carry out her daily responsibilities faithfully. “Moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful” (1 Corinthians 4:2, KJV). Please continue to uphold her in prayer.

Do remember also to pray for our Discipleship and Leadership Training Course. God willing, there will be 1 more session to go (on October 12). May God grant both teacher and students that they may receive great blessings from the studying of the Gospel of Grace. May you also be challenged to “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15, KJV). Not forgetting also what Paul says to Timothy, “And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also” (2 Timothy 2:2, KJV).

Brethren, do persevere in prayer with us.

His unworthy servants,
Robert, Dara, Evangel, Evangeline Peh
& all in the Christian Home of Love
& Truth B-P Church, Thailand