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  <title><![CDATA[Our Authority as Believers]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[I was thinking about authority as a subject and how Jesus said to His followers that He had given them His authority.  I realised that this authority is on one hand like his signature.  We are able to 'write letters to God' and afix Jesus' signature to them thus making them official.  And of course seeing as Jesus is the one writing the letter it carries great weight and importance.  This means that firstly we are going to get our prayers answered, and second that we should be careful how we use the 'divine letterhead.'  <br/><br/>The second thing I realised about this authority (using Jesus' name) is that we have power to command situations to change.  Just like Jesus commanded the wind and the waves, and at other times He commanded other things.  We have this authority.  However just like a policeman who doesn't wear his badge has lost his authority... sometimes we don't seem to carry it with us... we have little faith and we act like we actually do NOT have any authority.  <br/><br/>There is a great deal you can change and influence in the name of Jesus.  Be a active believer, follow the Lord and use His name to change things for the kingdom of God.  ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Visiting the Orphans]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Tonight we are going to visit a church on the way to Pondicherry and then tomorrow we are visiting the orphans that the church here works with.  Life in India is never dull.  You should come to India to see.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2007 20:51:49 +1000</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Sunday in Chennai]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Today was Sunday in Chennai and I preached 3 times at the Calvary Community Centre here in Adayar.  The people are very warm and I have the highest regard for Rev. Vincent and his son Ps. Premnath Samuel.  They are godly men called and chosen and comitted here.  One of the things I like the most about Ps. Premnath is his heart for missions and how he has already organised the planting of 5 regional churches in remote areas where the gospel is most needed.  This is a great blessing to hear about and its very enjoyable being able to serve them here in their church in India.  ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Being a Tourist in India]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[On Saturday in India we were able to relax and be tourists for the day.  India is a fascinating place where you never know what to expect, or at least I didn't.  On Saturday evening we ate at a genuine Indian restaurant where banana leaves are laid out on the table and a variety of sauces and rices put on the leaves.  The food is typically hot and there are lots of curries and spices.  In typical Indian style it is all vegetarian.  After this we went and saw some of 'the sights' including a Catholic Church which focused very heavily on worshipping Mary.  This was a shock to see people bowing and kneeling before a statue of Mary.  They were selling bottles of holy water for 10 rupees.  I have heard of this kind of idolatry before but this was the first time I saw it with my own eyes.  The Bible says we are not to worship images, and whilst Jesus Mother Mary was his physical Mother in the earthly sense, she is definitely not the 'Mother of God' as is claimed.  Mary is a created being like you or I and is not to be exalted.  We owe our great allegiance to Jesus Christ.  After this we saw the beach at Chennai where the tsunami came in.  The beach is covered in shops like you would see at a carnival.  We were told that after the tsunami swept the shops away it took a long time for people to get the courage to come back there again.  Its a strange world isn't it!  I'm loving India, everything is a new experience and there is so much I would love to write about.  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2007 20:43:53 +1000</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Healing Service in India]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[After flying in to Chennai late on Friday we had a meal and straight away I was asked to preach at a Healing and Deliverance Service which the church here has as an outreach.  This was a good evening with the people all speaking the Tamil language.  I was able to share with them from John 15:1-8 about abiding in Christ and then prayed with many people.  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2007 20:41:08 +1000</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[On the Way to India]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Hi All.  I'm sitting in a coffee lounge in Sri-Lanka on the way to India for a church mission trip.  Wireless internet is free and by some amazing stroke of luck I had the right electrical adaptor to plug in my laptop.  Coffee here tastes the same as in Autralia which was nice, but its really tea which Sri-lanka is famous for...Ceylon Tea that is.  South East Asia is a whole different world to Australia or other western nations.  These people need Jesus.  I was sitting next to a Malaysian Hindu lady in the airport lounge who was telling me that her family pray to a god called Vishnu and that [she believes] if she is good, she will get reincarnated as a human being again.  She said that [she believes] that she shouldn't eat meat because they could be eating a human who was reincarnated as an animal.  I feel very sorry for people who have never had the chance to hear the gospel in a way they can understand.  The Bible is clear...there is only one way to Heaven....Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life. (John 14)  There is no name under Heaven by which we can be saved.  All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.  Please pray for that lady that the things I said to her today would stay with her and bring her many troubled thoughts until she receives Jesus.  Please also pray for my time away that I will be safe and do a great job representing Christ.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:56:44 +1000</pubDate>
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