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Being a pen pal for free to an orphan can enrich your child, as well as the orphan. By sharing interesting things about their life and their city or town, they can improve their writing skills while learning about another culture. The Prospering Christians and Gail Cavanaugh’s Business Solutions are hosting an event in Newport, RI where children can sign up to be pen pals to orphans in Kenya, a country in Africa.

If not able to attend, please go the the “Save Orphans and Widows of Kenya” group on Face Book and choose an orphan. Then visit my Newsletter for Pen Pal Guidelines. On the contact form, indicate the name of your pen pal. I will confirm your choice and give futher instructions. Follow the directions on the pen pal guidellines for sending the letter.

If you wish to advertise your website or business for a donation, please visit the Newsletter on Gail Cavanaugh;s Business Solutions’ website.

The orphans in this pen pal program live in Kitale and Kisimii, Kenya and are members of churches under the leadership of Aposptle George Osignario and Apostle Joshua. They are in need of food, shelter, and clothing as well as frienship. Some need money to pay for an education. They are required to learn English and would benefit from this program.

The Prospering Christians are holding an event in Newport, Rhode Island to benefit the orphans and widows in Kenya. The Children’s Christmas Gala will be held on December 13, 2009 from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm at the George Martin Recreation Center, 35 Golden Hill Street, Newport, RI. Children will make angels, decorate cookies, sing Christmas Carols, design Christmas Cards and write to pen pals which they will choose on the day of this event. Donations are accepted and donors receive free advertising on my website. Parents can choose to sponsor a child for $30.00 per month.

This is a joint effort with Johnstone Sikulu Wajala of the SIMA Communitty Based Organization and Apostle George Morara Onsarigo of the River of Revival International Ministries in Kitali, Kenya where 185 orphans and many widows receiving help. The African country of Kenya has suffered from the devastating HIV/AIDS virus. The proceeds will be used to provide food, shelter, and clothing for the orphans through both of these organizations.

The Prospering Christians currently has over 400 members and we welcome more as we minister to the orphans and widows. Join us on Face Book and invite your friends and family. Maybe we will see you in Newport at the event.

The Lord calls us to “oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt.” He then promises, “then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.” (Jeremiah 7:6,7 KJV). That’s a long time! We can follow this command by using our gifts to further this cause. Some may not be called to personally visit the orphans and widows, but we can do thisngs from afar to help give them a better life.

For instance, you can encourage your employer to donate to the cause, offer prayers for the widows and orphans, or encourage your children to be a pen pal to the orphans. This will develop their character and let the orphans know that someone cares. There are 185 orphans who would like to receive a pen pal that they can write to and receive letters as well. I encourage you to pray and ask the Lord how he wants you to be involved.

You can participate in one of four ways:

1. You can make a donation by writing out a check to Johnstone Sikulu Wanjala, Program Coordinator, Sima Community Based Organization
PO BOX 1691, Kitale 30200 Kenya.

2. If you would like to sponsor an orphan, you can mail your donation to:
http://www.riremii.co.cc/ and click onto “Feed an Orphan” for details on where to mail your payment.

3. If you would like to support the gala, you can advertise on my website and send you donation to me. Let me know how much you would like to donate and I will send an invoice from Pay Pal.

4. If you would like your child to be a pen pal – for free – please e-mail me her name. You can go to the:”Save the Orphans and Widows in Kenya” group on Face Book to choose an orphan. Then e-mail me for writing guidelines and address.

Blessings!

Jesus promises in John 10:10 that he came to give us the abundant life. He came so that we could overcome the forces which keep us from using our gifts, talents, and skills so that we can prosper.

Many of us have developed bad habits which prevent us from perfoming our jobs with excellence. Once we become aware that we have a bad habit, the we can seek the help from the Lord to overcome it.

Overcoming the habit requires crucifying the flesh so that we can walk in the Spirit, according to Galatians 5:24. When we walk in the Spirit, then we can do the things that we can do. We walk in bondage to the bad habits, and if we are really slaves to the bad habit, we have not made Jesus the Lord of our lives. When jesus becomes Lord, then we can worship Him and enjoy fellowship with Him.

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God has promised us that if we do certain things, he will prosper us. It is not a right. There are three things that we as Christians must do in order to prosper: 1- Read the Word day and night. Joshua 1:8 says,”This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therin day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and thou shalt have good success.”

Today, we have more than the law. We also have the prophets and the New Testament. Even so, this verse and command still applies to us. Reading the word daily will strengthen you, give you wisdom, and help you to overcome the schemes of Satan.

2- Tithe and give to those in need. Tithing insures there will be “meat in mine house.” Malachi 3:10 (KJV).The “meat” is the word and the lessons that we learn through the sermons in church. These serve to give more light and explanation of what we read in the Bible. By tithing, we are showing that we have a love for the Lord.

By giving, we show that we care about those who are in need and God promises that we will have enough for our needs. 2 Corintians 9:7,8 (KJV) “Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.” And God is able to make all grace abound toward you: that ye having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.”

3- Build God’s kingdom. Matthew 6:33 (KJV) – Jesus commanded -”Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you.” Thsi is a promise of prosperity , if we will build God’s kingdom. We can do that by using our gifts to bring God’s message to the unsaved and to serve those who are suffering or who are in need.

Even in this economic climate, God can bring us into prosperity if we abide by His word. With God all things are possible!

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When God gave the ancient Israelites the Ten Commandments, the first one was to have no other gods before our God. Exodus 20:2,3 (KJV) states “I am the Lord, thy God which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other Gods before me.”

The bondage that God was referring to was the years of slavery that the Israelites experienced under the Egyptians for worshipping false Gods. These verses are still relevant today, as we find ourselves in an economic crisis because of the way we and the financial institutions have handled our money and neglected to praise and thank God.

As Chrisitans, we cannot leave God out of our everyday lives, but we should strive to remember to worship and praise Him often for the great work that He does. Some people choose to acquire money and possesions without thanking God or giving Him the glory for having received these things. That is when we fall into trouble and find ourselves losing those things because we have not praised God.

When we forget God, then our affection goes to the objects that we acquire and not to God. This angers God and it is considered idolatry. This is the very same thing that the prophets spoke about in the Old Testament. The same things about which God warned the Israelites occur today. People seek to acquire possesions – new cars, homes, clothes, appliances, clothing, computer products, without thanking God nor praising him.

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Jesus spoke about worshipping God in the book of John 4:23 (KJV), “For the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the father seeketh such to worship Him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”

God created us so that we could have a relationship with Him. We are here for His glory and not our own. Everything must be done for the glory of God and if it is not, then we should not have it in our possession. It is true, there is grace if we sin, but we should give honor and glory to God out of our reverence for Him.

Jesus spoke about his relationship with God and acknowledged that his power came from God in the Book of John. He was very careful to point out that he was “not here on my own”, John 7:28 (KJV), that he was “not seeking glory for myself”, John 8:50, that he “did nothing on my own”, John 8:28, and that his “teaching is not my own, John 7:16. By the same token, we must be careful to give God glory for the good works that we do because he is working through us.

When we do not give God the glory, our enemies come upon us. Davis spoke about this in many of the Psalms, specifically, Psalm 18:3 (KJV), “I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies.” Praising God will keep the enemies away.

In conclusion, we must remember to praise God and worship Him only each and every day as well as to thank Him for what He gives us.

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We invite you to join us on Face Book where we discuss God’s way of managing money.

This group was formed out of a need to control our finances and enter into God’s promise of prosperity.  With the many problems we are facing in global economy, now is a time for Christians to be diligent in seek ingGod’s wisdom in handling our finances.

Only when we are obedient to God and following Jesus in building the kingdom of God do we begin to experience the opening of the floodgates of heaven.   Jesus commanded in Matthew 6:33 (KJV) “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you.”  This is God’s promise of prosperity.

We should not consume ourselves with acquiring money, but God has his purpose in asking us to tithe, so that our needs with be met, and in asking us to give so that we can be more of service to Him in building up His kingdom.  In giving, we are able to love others.

When Christians are ready to give, it is because we have experienced the love of God in our lives, and so we are able to give to others.  If you have not experinced the love of  God, then it is hard for you to give.  Hopefully, you are around mature Chrisitians who know God and God can use them to show His love to you.

We invite you to join our group on Face Book There will be a book shortly!

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