Irene and her mother, Justine, were one of many orphans and widows in their area. They heard about our work with the poor in Burkina, and came to us to share her story. Irene’s father died of Malaria and since then she and her mother have struggled for just the basic necessities in life. After hearing her story, our administrator enrolled Irene in our local school there in Tintilou and arranged for her to come to school five days a week and receive clothes, school supplies, and a meal while there. He also sent her home with some much needed clothes, soap, and a bag of rice for her mother. We are so pleased that this precious little girl will now hear about Jesus everyday at her school and receive a head start to life through an education. Because of your support and prayers Irene now has a new outlook on life, and we here pray that she will soon accept Jesus as her Lord and Savior!
Sunday, August 28, 2011
A Report from the Field
We have a story to share with you our partners this month about a beautiful little girl and her widowed mother living in the village of Tintilou in Burkina Faso. Many of the orphans and widows we support are in need of the most basic necessities of life: food, clothes, and water. It is also worth mentioning that in this country that is mostly Muslim, the orphans and widows are treated with little if any respect and left on their own by their culture and their government. We here at RDM-Child’s Hope have a heart to help those “outcasts” in Burkina and show them the love and light of our Lord Jesus!
The Father Revealed- The Way, Truth, and Life part 3
We established that Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, that no one comes to the Father except by (through) Jesus (John 14:6).
Remember that Jesus said in John 8:58, "before Abraham was, I Am." Now read Exodus 3:13 where Moses said to God, "Who shall I say you are?" and God said to him, "Tell them I Am Who I Am; say to the children of Israel, I Am has sent me."
We know that Jesus always did just what the Father said for Him to do.
Read John 14:7-11
V7: "If you had known me, you would have known my Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him."
V9: "Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, "show us the Father"?
V10: "Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works."
V11: "Believe Me that I am in the Father and Father is in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves. "
Now read along with me John 14: 19-21
"A little while longer and world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also. At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. He who has my Commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him." The word manifest also means reveal.
Remember that Jesus said in John 8:58, "before Abraham was, I Am." Now read Exodus 3:13 where Moses said to God, "Who shall I say you are?" and God said to him, "Tell them I Am Who I Am; say to the children of Israel, I Am has sent me."
We know that Jesus always did just what the Father said for Him to do.
Read John 14:7-11
V7: "If you had known me, you would have known my Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him."
V9: "Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, "show us the Father"?
V10: "Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works."
V11: "Believe Me that I am in the Father and Father is in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves. "
Now read along with me John 14: 19-21
"A little while longer and world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also. At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. He who has my Commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him." The word manifest also means reveal.
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