When you make a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends or your brothers, or your kinsmen, ---.

Saturday 28 July 2007 our usual time with the children. K.Dum excited as we prepared buying things for children. This week we expected only 3 of us to be there. Ajarn Damrong quite commit to the area and he also has experience power of God and other spirits in the area before. As we stop and talking with usual first stop he arrived in the motor bike with guitar on his back. Thank God for his heart for those people. We visited Pah Jongkol and her husband. We bought banana cupcake for her and few (too small for me) T-shirt for her husband. As we come out my phone rang unexpectedly, Numt, Noon and junior come to join us, asking to locate us. We visited another mother give her kids something to munch. We handed her a Godeon Bible and told her about the blessings in the Bible and tell her to read and pray. Our burden even we know that growing in Christ belongs to the Lord. We are still praying of what we direction we have to do to this village. A lot of children, many medium, many blocks on our way.

Every time we go to this area we see God's blessings over us. More children come to join us. Some even invited us to visit their home to pray for their grand mah. So eventually we've just go across the boudary line of the area where they do not like us without any reason. They stopped their children to take things from us. They control their children not join others even to enjoy themselves. There are the group of children come and sing few happy songs to many old ladies in the area. Those old folk normally were left alone there by themselves. I used to tell the Lord before we started going in to this area that I don't know what to do with these people but He reminded me with the Word in Luke chapter 14:13 but I will put them all here for you.

Luke 14:12 And He also said to him who invited Him, When you make a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends or your brothers, or your kinsmen, or your rich neighbors; lest they also invite you again, and a recompense be made to you.
Luke 14:13 But when you make a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind,
Luke 14:14 and you shall be blessed, for they cannot repay you; for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just.
Luke 14:15 ----------, Blessed are those eating bread in the kingdom of God.

In His hands, we thank God that we have more chidren today but further more things we have prepared for 10 children also by grace of God we have more than enough. Numt also gave them ice cream from his own pocket.

Pray for us as we have burden to come to bless new believers during school hours to have Bible study and to have a cell group meeting when opprtune time arrive. We do not know what to do yet but leave this dream to our heavenly Father to lead us. We do not know how to do with out Him. These children is the kingdom's tide in the days to come.

"1Peter 5:6 Therefore be humbled under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you in due time,
1Peter 5:7 casting all your anxiety onto Him, for He cares for you. "

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons:----

This is the last time we visited Rosukol on 21 July 2007 you can see her condition. The girl lie down next to her is her daughter who now come to stay with her. We thank God for her condition.

"1Co 13:13 And now faith, hope, charity, these three remain; but the greatest of these is charity."

She has hope and so do us to see God work in her life. We want to see Lord Jesus glorified and lifted high.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you. Amen.

From the higher ground the land below is the eastern area of Thailand's Chonburi. Adjacent to the gulf of Thailand. The burden I have is to see the real Nong Tumlueng. Soon as I arrived we come up with a plan to see where is the real Nong Tumlueng look like. Nong Tumleung area cover the village where we are working in there. There are many believers but as I mentioned earlier that their lives remain the same or worst than before.

Genesis 1:27 And God created man in His image; in the image of God He created him. He created them male and female.

We can see that God created man in His image and I believe that real nature of man is spirit according to the book of John we learnt that " John 4:24 God is a spirit, _ _ _." We are His image and have dominion over many things in this world. Man lose his dominion after Adam sinned against God. But in Matthew 28:18

"And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, All authority is given to Me in Heaven and in earth."
Anyway we have found the real Nong Tumleung hidden inside very hard to find. I recollect the map from Google and took another 2 members to come along.
With authority of the Scripture in Matthew 12 verse 18
""Behold My Child whom I have chosen; My Beloved, in whom My soul is well pleased. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He shall declare judgment to the nations."

We take authority of the Scripture Matthew 12 verse 25

"Matthew 12:28 But if I (Lord Jesus) cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you.
Matthew 12:29 Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house and spoil his goods, unless first he binds the strong one, and then he will plunder his house."

We went there second time and wonder hoe we can get in there that day even second time we even have a hard time to find this place. The first day our attempt fail because of the car broke down. From that incident we were sure that this was warfare.

"Matthew 12:30 The one who is not with Me is against Me, and the one who does not gather with Me scatters."

That day the shrine door was opened wide like taking our authority in the Lord but we are just His vessels only and we already have the victory. After this incident we drove through the earth road by the shrine and dry pond behind this shrine just revealed to us. The pond (Nong in Thai) is wide and more than 100 feet deep there. We notice as we drove by those people's houses around that area are full of idol houses.

Anyway we have just pass through that village and go to our normal area we supposed to to meet that day at certain appointed area.

As we reached "Ban Nern" we met a lady with sratches all over her face. She told us she drunk days before and fall off the track. We eventually found out that we mistaken from the way she told us that she was a Christian. The fact revealed that she used to go to churches only and to her that is a Christianity but she has never accepted Christ. We asked her whether she want to do so that day. As her will we lead a sinner pray for her to follow there.

Another thing we noticed that day were faces of many believers are brighten up but we can not rely on our feelings on the matter but we trust and believe that they will be all covered by the blood of Christ and as we know, the growing part belongs to our Lord. We can do just to spread the gospel water it and that what we have to do and the Lord will sure do His. Praise the Lord.

The same day a man who own the shop opposit the area we mixed with the children in the village also accepted Christ.

On Tuesday we went to see Bro.Paul off. Thank for his heart for Thai people. Instead of direct to the airport we detoured to visit Bangna Baptist Church. The church existed more than 40 years in the East of Bangkok area and outreach to people through children. There are 7 staff and a volunteer under the leading of a medical doctor by profession cum Bible teacher in the Baptist Bible College. Thank God for her heart and well taking care of the church as she restored it to the condition we see. May God blesses the community around the church market place and big community. A lot of needs. There are praying for the school. They are taking care of 103 children of different ages group. Hearts of people.

I will give you thanks, O LORD, with all my heart.

John 5:25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

Having read this passage many times before but did not like this morning the question come to me was "how the dead shall hear?." Today I have prepared a lesson on the authority of believers for the new cell at the concrete factory. Half hearted that whether the lesson will be suitable for two pre-believers who are regularly join the discussion, I prayed then this verse came. One of them passively said that she do good things because she wanted to go to heaven. I asked her that whether she knows the King of hevenlies, God. As the time limited we will wait to tell her about sin and sins we have.

John 5:39 You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life. And they are the ones witnessing of Me,
John 5:40 and you will not come to Me that you might have life.

John 5:44 How can you believe, you who receive honor from one another and do not seek the honor that comes from God only?
John 5:45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father; there is one who accuses you, Moses, in whom you trust.
John 5:46 For if you had believed Moses, you would have believed Me, for he wrote of Me.
John 5:47 But if you do not believe his writings, how shall you believe My Words?

This incident reminded me of the protection of the Lord on last Friday as we seached for the hidden stronghold of the enemy at Nong Tumleung (name of the reservior) area.
I give thank to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ for His always protection. After I came back from our mission's month gathering in Singapore, my heart has a question lingering and become burden to me to see where is exactly Nong Tumlueng located. I asked people around but every one told me that Nong Tumlueng (name of reservior) is not exist but many other Nongs (reserviors) in the area. I checked in the Google's world map and get the location located.
K.Dum drove his "Puegeot" to the area. We stopped for lunch then began to go to the place. I have a map but seem no one be able to know where is it. As we hit the road the break lost its grip. Anyone who drive automatic car would know how dangerous to drive the automatic car with out break. Anyway there is no panic but with peace of God in our heart. K. Dum put the "D" position and moved as slow as he can to get out to that jungle area. Just before we hit the road behind the "Wat (Buddhist Temple) Nong Tumleung" we saw the garage but that garage unable to help us but the owner told us to go further and we will find the mechanic to help us. The first garage owner's name Dum (black) the next one name Kow (white). Kow help us to locate the problem but he has no spare part but he help to close one of the break tube to stop break fluid leak out. We went back to Muang Chonburi with that to a Christian own garage to change the break and another part the culprit that cause that chaos. Both of us realized from the beginning that would only be spiritual warfare.
That's reminded me of e-mail from Beverly Say.

"If you're a child of God, you have protection that's far better than any earthly fence or gate." the statement by Nancy Leigh DeMoss is so true.

The story continued I will tell you about the scripture we quoted and what happened during this period after the trip back to the field.

Thank you Lord for your protection and revelation in the eyes of my heart.

Psalm 8:1 O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory upon the heavens.
Psalm 8:2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength, because of thine adversaries, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
Psalm 8:3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
Psalm 8:4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Psalm 8:5 For thou hast made him but little lower than God, and crownest him with glory and honour.
Psalm 8:6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
Psalm 8:7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
Psalm 8:8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
Psalm 8:9 O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!