Victory

"All our victories are won before we go into the fight"

Smith Wigglesworth

If the world was 100

Red Shield

So, 12.5 hours of collecting down, I have another 4 to go! I have a sore back!

My corps is quite lucky, we have the Tullamarine Airport that we focus on rather than the door knock, but we have it over 2 weeks, so many hours to cover.

So many stories too. One today made me laugh, a guy got off the plane from Adelaide and pulled out a couple of $100 bills, a couple of $50's and a $10 and a $5 and asked if I then had change for the $5 bill - I said no and so then he said he'd get some change..... he came back in a minute and gave me a grand total of..... $1!!!! I felt so special that he went to all that effort for $1. It made me laugh!

I've noticed at least 3 types of people that pass me (without being judgmental, please note!) - the people who don't give, the people who give you the loose change they don't need and the people who actually give generously.

The last point I want to point out for today is, that I have noticed that there are really only 2 people from my Corps that actually wear our full uniform during collecting - and surprise surprise - these two Soldiers raise a SIGNIFICANT amount more than everyone else!!! What does that tell you?

Many Salvationists just think wearing our uniforms is for Sundays to show each other, but it shows - even those Salvationists are slacking off even on Sundays, only wearing uniform if they have a standard just so they can sing in the Songsters or play in the band! We need to be getting out more, where the uniform in significant and very relevant

We just need to do something about the price of the uniform since it is so useful, recognisable, and identifiable....

The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous give generously

Psalm 37:21

Movers and shakers

Note the words of Acts 4:31: "And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembles together was shaken."

There are many churches where they never pray the kind of prayer that you read of here. A church that does not know how to pray and to shout will never be shaken. If you live in a place like that you might as well write over the threshold; "Ichabod" - "The glory has departed from Israel!" (1 Sam. 4:21)

It is only when men have learned the secret of prayer, power, and praise that God comes forth. Some people say, "Well I praise God inwardly," but if your heart is full of praise, you will have to let the praise come out.

"As in water face reflects face, so a man's heart reveals the man"

Proverbs 27:19

Dialogue

You say;

"Sometimes I'd like to ask God why He allows poverty famine and injustice when He could do something about it."

"What's stopping you?" asks a friend

You reply;

"I'm afraid God might ask me the same question"

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It's easy to blame God for all the problems in the world, isn't it. Take responsibility for your own actions, and why not work with God?

Remember: You + God is a majority!

"If I have denied justice to my menservants and maidservants when they had a grievance against me, what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when called to account?"

Job 31:13-14

Albertine

ALBERTINE
(Brooke Fraiser)

I am sitting still
I think of Angelique
Her mothers voice over me
And the bullets in the wall where it fell silent
And on a thousandth hill, I think of Albertine
There in her eyes what I don't see with my own
Rwanda

[CHORUS]
Now that I have seen, I am responsible
Faith without deeds is dead
Now that I have held you in my own arms, I cannot let go till you are

I am on a plane across a distant sea
But I carry you in me
and the dust on, the dust on, the dust on my feet
Rwanda

[CHORUS]

[BRIGDE]
I will tell the world, I will tell them where I've been
I will keep my word
I will tell them Albertine

[CHORUS]

I am on a stage, a thousand eyes on me
I will tell them, Albertine
I will tell them, Albertine

Are you encouraging human slavery?