I pray I never see you again

It may seem like an odd request to lift up in prayer, but today, I did pray this over someone.

I was visiting the inpatient’s department at Mae Tao Clinic for my weekly prayer ministry today. And I was introduced to a woman who I did not recognise, but who said I’d prayed for [...]

A confused beginning

The inpatient’s ward at Mae Tao Clinic is about as basic as you can get in terms of medical care. Its just three rows of beds, with between 50 and 60 patients. Most of them have little more than a flimsy blanket, with no sign of advanced medical equipment.
I was there today with my friend [...]

Rick Warren at TED

Here is Rick Warren’s TED talk. His message to some of the smartest, most influential people in the world: The Good Life is about, being good and doing good!

For anyone not familiar with TED, its an annual conference that brings together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk [...]

Awesome faith

I spent this morning at Mae Tao Clinic. My pastoral care ministry there is still in its early days. But, if ever I needed confirmation that this is an important ministry and something I am being called to do, I got it today.
I went with a team from Mt. View Baptist Church. who are visiting [...]

A prayer offered in faith

Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.
15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will [...]

Long suffering

In church this morning, someone reminded me of the story of Adoniram Judson, who helped form the American Baptist Missionary Union and more importantly in this part of the world is widely recognised as the first missionary to bring the Gospel to Burma.

He and his wife Ann, left the US in 1812 and after being [...]

Pray for Burma

Creative World Justice is calling on people of all faiths to pray for 30 days for change in Burma. To sign up and get a 30 day devotion pack, send an email to: burma@creativeworldjustice.com. Or you can sign up with their Facebook group: 30 Days to Change Burma and you’ll be sent details on [...]

What I do

Mae Sot seems to attract a wonderfully varied mix of travelers, volunteers and would-be do-gooders.
Over dinner the other night at a local restaurant, I couldn’t help but overhear the conversation at the table next to me. It was a group of Westerners, and their local Karen hosts. They were discussing the project they [...]

Making disciples

This past Sunday, I had the privilege of delivering the message during the Christmas celebration for the Karen service at the Foursquare church in Maepa, just outside of Mae Sot.

 
Being a special occasion, the church was packed with both church members and their friends and neighbours. Many of whom were non-Christians, and were I’m [...]

Shout to the Lord

On the way home from church today, I dropped by Hope of Mae Sot, an evangelical Thai church here in Mae Sot. Despite the fact that Hope Church is a Thai church, its services are all in Thai and most of its members only speak Thai, I like to pop in occasionally for worship, because [...]

You can call me Al

The Reverend Al Sharpton recently took part in a public debate with Christopher Hitchens, a journalist and author of the book, ‘God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything’. The subject, under discussion was ‘Is God great’
While Hitchens pointed to the actions of religious fundamentalists to discredit religion, Sharpton dismissed his arguments with the following:

“We [...]

Thank God for…

I’m preaching on Sunday, and part of my message is on being thankful to God. How we need to recognise His provision even in the small things in our daily lives. It’s something I’ve been challenging myself about for a while. Sure, I give thanks before a meal, but is that enough? Right now, I’m [...]

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