September
2007
7IRR
Datebooks Marvelous
"The Dawson State Jail Chaplaincy Department would like to thank you for sending the 2007
Datebooks. The inmates here love them! It was a real joy to receive the booklets and to pass them out to some of the 2,200 men and women here. They are being used by God to bring inmates to salvation and as a means of Christian growth. We continue to receive many requests for
them.
"The Datebooks are marvelous for many reasons. They are loaded with verses from the Bible, include the plan of salvation, provide opportunities to obtain additional resources, focus on world missions, and have a practical yearly calendar.
"We have had the pleasure of using some of your other publications in past years. They really supply a variety of needs and are especially helpful as reading material for the inmates in solitary confinement. We appreciate your generosity!"
K.A., Texas
Willing to Die for Christ
"This is my first time...to read your booklets. They have done many wonders or changes in my family and me. Also, your booklets have changed my friends who don't know God.
"I have seen that the world is about to come to an end. We need to send the gospel across the whole world as He commanded us to do so that they can receive Christ Jesus. I have been chosen to stand for Christ Jesus. No matter what the situation may be, I will die for Christ Jesus our Lord....
"Please, provide me with a lot of booklets about Christ Jesus that I can give to friends who are not ready to change or accept Christ as their personal Savior. I want, for example, Meditations in the Psalms.
"I plan to use them in so many ways, such as giving some to friends in the church, school, and friends at home, too, and everybody who is willing to study it. Also, my parents, siblings, and friends are willing to help me distribute booklets to our brothers and sisters in villages and the traditional areas in my country who don't know God."
M.D., Ghana
Powerful Witness in Extreme Weakness
"I could not breathe at all and went with my husband to the emergency room of the hospital, where they immediately started giving me intravenous steroid drips to open up my lungs every five hours. They kept me there till I was admitted the following day.
"The 'Door of Opportunity' began to open when I was absolutely weak beyond measure. Although I was hardly able to summon the strength to talk, yet I felt impelled by God to witness - intravenous and all, lying in the bed - to each nurse. Somehow God got the words out of my mouth. 'Gladly will I glory in my infirmities that the power of Christ may rest upon me' (2 Corinthians 12:9) and 'When I am weak, then I am strong' (2 Corinthians 12:10b).
"When Angie, the emergency room nurse came upstairs to my room (Jesus had saved her earlier when I'd been in the emergency room), she told another worker whom He had also saved, 'This lady is so very sick, but all she does is help people.' She wept when she walked away after hugging me.
"There was a succession of nurses night and day.... Terrence, who had my phone connected, returned two days later to tell how his life had changed. Also, a Gaelic woman, Maura, giving communion, who, instead of giving it to me, received the Lord. And even an emergency room worker who had run through my street meeting not far from the hospital the previous week! He reminded me that he had been in too much of a hurry to talk then, but he now received the Lord.
"To each one who made a profession, I gave your Bible study on John. My husband, who visited me every single day after work, supplied them to me."
P.K., New York
