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August 31, 2006

Welcome! We hope you will enjoy using these reflections with us!

Reflection

‘One day God will put the whole world to rights.’ Do we have to wait passively until that day?

In Romans 8:18-30 the apostle Paul proclaims the good news that God will heal the world and fill it with his love and beauty.

Rev Tom Wright writes that God already begun the project and wants us to share in the task- right now.

‘When we take a stand on behalf of the poor and against oppressive systems, locally, nationally and globally, we are not simply doing random acts. We are putting the victory of Jesus into operation, and anticipating the day when God will put the whole world to rights once and for all.’

Prayer

Please pray:

Praise God for Jesus’ victory at the cross ! And lets pray that we will be able to put it ‘into operation’ in our lives.

Praise God for encouraging progress in Micah Challenge Malawi.
Over the past months three regional sensitization meetings were held and Micah Challenge was endorsed warmly, even the national radio and TV programs covered these meetings.
This week a consultation is taking place with the Minister of Finance present who will give a Progress Report on the MDGs in Malawi.
Please pray for the preparations for the launch on 15th October. Pray for Charles Gwengwe who coordinates the development and the steering group members who have taken on aspects of the development of the campaign.

The statistic below shows the sheer inequality and complexity of our world. Let us ask God how we should pray and act for our world.

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Meditate on the Statistics

As you spend time in prayer and reflection, you may like to take a moment to silently understand with your heart the focus statistic we will include each week (see below). We are hoping that you will find this series of statistics a useful reference in preparing presentations.

Goal 1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger.

Target 2: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger

‘The number of overweight people in the world has overtaken the number of malnourished for the first time, with a billion people considered heavier than advised.

While almost one in six of the estimated world population of 6.5 billion is now overweight or obese, about 800 million people do not have enough to eat.’

Source: Telegraph 15 August, 2006

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/08/15/wfat15.xml&DCMP=EMC-new_15082006

Yours in Christ,

Regine, Jill and Michael

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