Prayer request from Wale & Emma at Liberty City Church

Posted by Bill on December 4, 2012

Wale and Emma are founding pastors of the Liberty City Church in Bradford, UK. They are on the CCI team and the Lord is doing wonderful things through them and through LCC. Emma recently sent the following prayer request. She says …

“Wale and I have such peace in the ministry. On December 8th we are inviting our community to a Christmas coffee morning at the Life Centre with craft activities for children. We are doing a letter box drop of over 2,000 leaflets in the area. Statistically, according to the distributors, you get 3 responses per 1,000. But just one more person, with a desire to know the Lord, would be wonderful!

I would appreciate a prayer request to the CCI team and support network for this event, that it may draw in those who wouldn’t necessarily come to church and start the ball rolling to salvation, discipleship and leadership”

Love to you, Emma! Friends, please pray with me …

“Lord, You are the Saviour of the world! You have commissioned us in our time on earth to live as your ambassadors of peace and salvation. We are glad for this divine appointment, and we take this global commission seriously. Emma and Wale have stepped out by faith, making preparations to lead their church to engage with their surrounding community, extending invitations to them to ‘come and taste You’. Lord, You are the dominant partner is such exercises. As Liberty City Church lowers their net, draw those to Yourself the Spirit has prepared for salvation. Help LCC to engage in this event by faith and prayer … not by force or human effort, but by You Spirit. May the harvesters of LCC return from their labour of love with much fruit, for Your glory. We pray this in Your name. Amen.”

Coaching Connection – Prayer

Posted by Bill on September 29, 2012

Here’s a powerful prayer to use on a regular basis. It’s a good ‘all-rounder’ that will keep you on track with the Lord.

Teach me, O Lord, to follow every one of your principles.

Give me understanding and I will obey your law; I will put it into practice with all my heart.

Make me walk along the path of your commands, for that is where my happiness is found.

Give me an eagerness for your decrees; do not inflict me with love for money!

Turn my eyes from worthless things, and give me life through your word.

Reassure me of your promise, which is for those who honor you.

Help me abandon my shameful ways; your laws are all I want in life.

I long to obey your commandments! Renew my life with your goodness (Psalm 119:33-40).

It doesn’t matter if you can’t discern ‘what’ the Lord is doing in your life at a particular time.

As His reputation with us is perfect, trust Him!
Trusting Him when we can’t ‘see’ is faith.
Faith is what enables you to move forward with Him.

Starting right?

Posted by Bill on August 30, 2012

How do you start each new day? Do you throw yourself into the day with the best intentions, understanding and strength … but, you find yourself falling short of God’s mark, wallowing in doubt, discouragement, and despair?

Why not trial this approach, and assess the results – you won’t be disappointed. Start each new day by praying …

“Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins. Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin. Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me. Do not banish me from your presence, and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me again the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you” (Psalm 51:1-2, 10-12).

This is a sweet prayer that is sure to reach the ears of our God – touching His heart, setting us free to experience each new day as He has ordained for you and me … a day that is good, pleasing, and perfect (Romans 12:2).

Please, “have mercy on me, O God.”

Destiny Kids all set for VBS 2012

Posted by Bill on June 2, 2012

Destiny Kids International (DKI) is passionate about reaching-out to refugee kids in Cairo. Fredrick Omoh-John and his team are all set to launch their Vacation Bible School (VBS) in Cairo on 10 June thanks to the generosity of the congregation of Christ Church Jebel Ali in Dubai, UAE, part of the Chaplaincy of Dubai and Sharjah with the Northern Emirates.

Fredrick is so thankful for this wonderful answer to pray, for God’s unfailing provision and for the investment that Christ Church has entrusted into DKI he has offered this expression of thanks …

Dear friends,

Words are not enough to express our deep thanks to the whole congregation of this wonderful family of Christ Church Jebel Ali and the Chaplaincy of Dubai and Sharjah for their gift to support the work of DKI among the refugee communities in and around Cairo.

With this gift we are now able to run the DKI Vacation Bible School as planned, which is coming up on the 10-13 of this month (June). The theme of this year’s VBS is … “It’s All About Praising God”. The generosity of our brothers and sisters at Christ Church Jebel Ali means that we are now able to pay for the facility, buying of materials, providing of food and also transporting 75 teenagers and 10 leaders to the VBS venue.

Please continue to pray for us as we take up this great adventure with the youngsters of Destiny Kids. We will be updating you on what God is doing in, with and through us all with a lot of pictures.

Once again, may Almighty God bless you all.

Destiny Kids love you all

Fredrick Omoh-John

ANCC in South Sudan needs help

Posted by Bill on May 19, 2012

CCI committed some time ago to support our dear friend Pastor Papiti Yowin and his church – All Nations Community Church in Malakal in Southern Sudan in prayer and any other means available to us.

Thanks to courageous leadership and a real vision of Pastor Papiti, this church is GROWING! Praise the Lord! And what is even more amazing is that even in the challenging and often harsh circumstances of Southern Sudan, Pastor Papiti and his congregation are doing whatever they can to develop their church facilities to meet the growing needs of the congregation and, even more importantly, the local community – so that God’s love and mercy can flow out of their church and make a real, positive impact in their town.

ANCC has already managed to construct a large part of the shell for a new school building to accommodate 8 classrooms – but because of the growth of the congregation they are also using it for regular worship for 750-800 people at a time! The ministry has also grown to the point where Pastor Papiti cannot continue in his job (he used to work to support himself as well as being the Pastor) and so he has left his job to minister full time, managing the church and helping to run the school (which is also expanding and cannot yet meet demand because of lack of facilities).

Pastor Papiti recently sent us some new pictures and has been keeping us up-to-date with the situation at ANCC, writing…

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Dear Pastor Bill,

My thanks are to you and all the members and supporters of CCI for your concern with ANCC ministries here in Malakal in the Republic Of South Sudan.

As you know, I have chosen to depend on on God since I received this vision for ANCC and I know He is the one in charge of it, that is why we have this rapid expansion without fear. I will continue to do what He wants me and our team to do, all the time depending on Him completely with whole our hearts. He has already enabled us to have a shelter for worship as well as school classes on other days. At the moment the sides are partially covered with bamboo and we use it for worship services on Sundays. When the structure is complete it will be able to accommodate 750 or 850 people. We are only temporarily using it for worship as it is meant to be 8 school classrooms by next year. Now every Sunday evening we divide it with some local materials into classes and remove them on Saturday evening, that is wisdom to us.

I really wanted to send you the detailed proposal for our needs so that you can put them on your website for people to see – but the only thing that always delays me is the network and power.

We have many problems in our new country and we really have challenges due to expansion of our ministries. I myself am no longer working to support my family now, I’m depending on His grace. Please continue to hold us up in your prayers. We have been so blessed, and feel sure that our God will provide for all our needs.

God bless you.

Pastor Papiti
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Dear friends, please prayerfully consider making a donation to support Pastor Papiti and the All Nations Community Church in Malakal, Southern Sudan.

If just 10 people donated $10 a week for one year, that would raise $5,200 – which by God’s grace would do truly amazing things to help this expanding local church in the heart of Souther Sudan.

If you feel led, just click on the PayPal button below.