worship songs: Christmas

O come all ye faithful

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oUAnGcT--A

Joy to the world

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5hj518Iugk

Come, thou long expected Jesus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToA_qHun-I0

Joyful joyful we adore Thee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaEH1e_DLm0

Missionary work

the effort of churches and missionary works focusing on the unreached people group in Asia:

http://www.gcinetwork.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5&Itemid=156

Aids and missionary works focus on the persecuted church:
http://barnabasfund.org/UK/


 largest church in the middle east:

http://www.healinggraceministry.org/AboutUs/KasrelDobara.aspx

Bible verses abut persecution:

 

Romans 12:14

"Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse."

Matthew 5:43-45

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ “But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you..." 

1 Peter 3:14-15

"But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “And do not be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled.” But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear."   

John 15:18-21

“If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you... If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you... because they do not know Him who sent Me."

2 Corinthians 12:9-10

"And He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong."  

2 Timothy 3:1-5, 10-14

"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God…. And from such people turn away!

        "…all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. But you must continue in the things which you have learned ..."

other verses about persecuted church:

• God blesses right suffering. (Matthew 5:10-12; Luke 6:22-23)
• We should not be ashamed or embarrassed about persecution. (1 Peter 4:16; Hebrews 13:12-13)
• We must follow the example of Christ. (Philippians 2: 1-11; 1 Peter 2:19-25)
• We must react under persecution as the Lord did. (Matthew 5:38-48; Romans 12:14,17-21; 1 Peter 2:21-23)
• We are called to stand with those who are persecuted. (Matthew 25:31-46; Hebrews 10:32-38; 13:3)
• We can have the victory. (John 16:33)

Rewards for suffering persecution:

• Glory in heaven. (2 Corinthians 4:17-18; 1 Peter 5:1,10,11)
• Eternal consolation. (2 Corinthians 1:7; Romans 8:17)
• Christ is made known. (2 Corinthians 4:11)
• Life is being given to others. (2 Corinthians 4:12)
• Grace of God is being made manifest. (2 Corinthians 4:15)
• A guarantee that God will judge righteously. (2 Thessalonians 1:4-5)
• Will reign with him. (2 Timothy 2:12a)
• Spirit of glory rests upon. (1 Peter 4:14)
• Glory is brought to God. (1 Peter 4:16)
• Reason for joy. (1 Peter 4:13-14)

Science and Noah's ark

Have you ever wondered what triggered the Genesis Flood? Genesis 7:11 tells us that a unique geologic event took place at the same moment as the Flood began: “In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.”
Most creation geologists believe that the opening of “the fountains of the great deep” refers to the breakup of the earth’s crust into plates.¹ The subsequent rapid, catastrophic movement of these plates would have released huge quantities of hot subterranean waters and molten rock into the ocean. As the hot water gushed through the fractured seafloor, the water flashed into superheated steam and shot high into the atmosphere as supersonic steam jets, carrying sea water that eventually fell as rain.

more on....
 http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v7/n1/meteors-trigger-flood


articles on science and Biblical point of views:
http://www.answersingenesis.org/

Bible verses: the origin of cultural diversity

Genesis 11

The Tower of Babel

11 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. ² As people moved eastward,^[a] they found a plain in Shinar^[b] and settled there.

³ They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. ⁴ Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”
⁵ But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. ⁶ The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. ⁷ Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”
⁸ So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. ⁹ That is why it was called Babel^[c]—because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.


God's plan for all nations:

Matthew 28:19

¹⁹ Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,



Revelation 7: 9-10

The Great Multitude in White Robes

⁹ After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. ¹⁰ And they cried out in a loud voice:

“Salvation belongs to our God,
who sits on the throne,
and to the Lamb.”

Sermon: prayer for children (by Joyce Meyer)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aThtCU0aMpo

the power of simple prayer-1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkusakVb-Ws

the power of simple prayer-3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3fDuxTgQ7w

the power of simple prayer-4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_qiBxj3E6g&feature=endscreen&NR=1

Bible verses: Companionship with God

Revelation 3: 20
²⁰ Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.

Psalm 145: 18
The Lord is near to all who call on him, 
 to all who call on him in truth.

1 John 1: 7
⁷ But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

James 4: 8
⁸ Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Jeremiah 29: 13
¹³ You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

Bible verses: give thanks in all circumstances

 ^{1 Thessalonians 5: 16-24
16} Rejoice always, ¹⁷ pray continually, ¹⁸ give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
¹⁹ Do not quench the Spirit. ²⁰ Do not treat prophecies with contempt ²¹ but test them all; hold on to what is good, ²² reject every kind of evil.
²³ May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁴ The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.