5.] The Daily Grind
10 days, every hour = 6shifts/d [4hr/shift]
Sixty prayer shifts & if we take four people off drugs
that's 240. [48:30]
I know you understand numbers here because you
have prayer shifts—also with people. So there we
were, people coming to the LORD & growing up &
doing rather well.
Then leaving, and doing rather well. Then leaving,
yes it is like that with the poor, one thing you must
never do is to try to identify leaders too soon.
It's killing, you cannot. [49:22]
They're not there for you to shape your future
Ministry, or run it, or inherit it! They are there
to be loved, and cared for. And allowed to fail
because they're worth it!
Because HE died for them & HE died for me &
thought apparently I was [worth it]
So it didn't look that good.
Because they came & they went. [50:01]
5.1] Putting to Death the Old Man
Romans 6:6 | ⁶ We know that our old self was
crucified with HIM so the body of sin might be
rendered powerless, that we should no longer
be slaves to sin.
There was one called Ah-Chow, I loved Ah-Chow.
I'd met him & told him about JESUS & he received
JESUS—he was a gangster from another gang. I had
met him again in court.
It's a long story.
When he saw me in court, he had decided to plead
guilty, instead of not guilty—which he was going to
plead. But because he caught he saw me out of the
corner of his eye..
It's a long story, eventually Ah-Chow says he really
wants to get off drugs & he comes to live with us.
On day two, he changed his mind.
Now people do
……………………………………………………………………..………..
It's called the old man in the new man
……………………………………………………………………..………..
We've learned to listen to the new man, not to talk
to the old man. “I don't expect you to understand.”
But he said,
“Now I've decided I don't want to follow
JESUS after all. I think I need to leave…”
So I said, “You cannot leave, we're going to pray in
tongues & you'll be fine.” And he said, “I will not!
I'm leaving & you cannot stop me.”
And I said, “I will. You see, I believe you when you
said 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗝𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗦. That is what I
believe. I don't believe what you're saying now.”
He said, “I will jump!”
We were living on the seventh floor at that time.
I've rented or borrowed over 300 places over the years
to pray people off drugs. This one was on a 7th floor &
he said, “I'm gonna jump.”
I'm terrified of heights, so I turned my back & said OK,
he disappeared & later on I looked & I couldn't see a
puddle at the bottom—so I went to the lady in the
apartment next door.
The balconies are a long way apart, but I thought he
might have done it—so she was an Indian, and I said
“Would you mind if I looked on your balcony? I've
lost a boy,” & she said “oh yes, I am having a difficult
son—so I understand.”
So I looked on her balcony, I couldn't see anything &
I came back. I think I'll look again. Drug addicts are
very clever—very clever!
He was hiding in a corner.
I don't know how he could have hidden, but there he
was—so she said, “Oh you are having a good time with
your son?” Yes & so anyway, he refused to go into the
apartment where we were praying him off drugs.
Who was helping me?
At that time no one, but over the years we've had lots
of people who've come for a while & some people who
have come here today with me.
—who've stayed many years & he said:
“I'm not going in! I'm leaving”
And I said, “I'm not going to let you leave.”
I held onto the stair banisters,” & he said, “I'll scream.”
I said, “Okay scream, but I'm not letting you go.” So he
screamed & he really screamed. The neighbors started
walking down the stairs..
“My difficult son, you know.”
The screaming didn't work & he said, “I'm gonna strip!”
So I said, “Okay strip.” Well he did, but he only down to
the underpants.
And I wondered why he went only that far? You know,
so eventually he got exhausted, I outlasted him and
the brothers who were in the apartment saw that he
was tired & said, “Come & take a bath!”
And so we took him into the apartment.
They discovered why he'd left the underpants on:
because he had 6 watches stuffed down his
underpants—which he was going to pawn
when he ran away. So yeah very smart.
Anyway there was nothing for it after the bath.
He started reluctantly to pray in tongues; &
of course after that, he went straight asleep.
The LORD is so kind & the next day:
Day three, I remember him coming into the sitting
room & saying I have so much to learn: We started
the miracle is one thing, the growing up is another..
5.2] Disappointing Lack of Growth [55:22]
We've seen them come, we've seen them go.
And apparently sometimes we have had nothing to
show—& I read about my friends in other countries
running their groups & multiplying their cells.
And having civilized alpha dinners.
You don't have alpha here, no it's very civilized; & we
were losing them as fast as we were gaining them.
Persevere says the LORD.
One day it somehow seemed to turn around.
• We kept four, then there were five.
• We lost three & so on & so on
And I don't know why it happened
It doesn't matter where it happened:
You see for me I would stay.
Anyway you understand.
I'd lost my Ministry.
I was no longer a street Evangelist—I was a reluctant
house mother trapped looking after these men who
didn't seem to be changing quickly.
Then one day, somehow there we were:
The government lent us some tin huts & believers
from all over Hong Kong used to come & worship
with us—It got to be quite well known.
Testing of Your Faith 1,2,3,4,5,6 | Jackie Pullinger [Hebrews 12:1-3]
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Things Biden and the Democrats did, this week #10
March 15-22 2024
The EPA announced new emission standards with the goal of having more than half of new cars and light trucks sold in the US be low/zero emission by 2032. One of the most significant climate regulations in the nation’s history, it'll eliminate 7 billion tons of CO2 emissions over the next 30 years. It's part of President Biden's goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 on the road to eliminating them totally by 2050.
President Biden canceled nearly 6 Billion dollars in student loan debt. 78,000 borrowers who work in public sector jobs, teachers, nurses, social workers, firefighters etc will have their debt totally forgiven. An additional 380,000 public service workers will be informed that they qualify to have their loans forgiven over the next 2 years. The Biden Administration has now forgiven $143.6 Billion in student loan debt for 4 million Americans since the Supreme Court struck down the original student loan forgiveness plan last year.
Under Pressure from the administration and Democrats in Congress Drugmaker AstraZeneca caps the price of its inhalers at $35. AstraZeneca joins rival Boehringer Ingelheim in capping the price of inhalers at $35, the price the Biden Admin capped the price of insulin for seniors. The move comes as the Federal Trade Commission challenges AstraZeneca’s patents, and Senator Bernie Sanders in his role as Democratic chair of the Senate Health Committee investigates drug pricing.
The Department of Justice sued Apple for being an illegal monopoly in smartphones. The DoJ is joined by 16 state attorneys general. The DoJ accuses Apple of illegally stifling competition with how its apps work and seeking to undermining technologies that compete with its own apps.
The EPA passed a rule banning the final type of asbestos still used in the United States. The banning of chrysotile asbestos (known as white asbestos) marks the first time since 1989 the EPA taken action on asbestos, when it passed a partial ban. 40,000 deaths a year in the US are linked to asbestos
President Biden announced $8.5 billion to help build advanced computer chips in America. Currently America only manufactures 10% of the world's chips and none of the most advanced next generation of chips. The deal with Intel will open 4 factories across 4 states (Arizona, Ohio, New Mexico, and Oregon) and create 30,000 new jobs. The Administration hopes that by 2030 America will make 20% of the world's leading-edge chips.
President Biden signed an Executive Order prioritizing research into women's health. The order will direct $200 million into women's health across the government including comprehensive studies of menopause health by the Department of Defense and new outreach by the Indian Health Service to better meet the needs of American Indian and Alaska Native Women. This comes on top of $100 million secured by First Lady Jill Biden from ARPA-H.
Democratic Senators Bob Casey, Tammy Baldwin, Sherrod Brown, and Jacky Rosen (all up for re-election) along with Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, and Sheldon Whitehouse, introduced the "Shrinkflation Prevention Act" The Bill seeks to stop the practice of companies charging the same amount for products that have been subtly shrunk so consumers pay more for less.
The Department of Transportation will invest $45 million in projects that improve Bicyclist and Pedestrian Connectivity and Safety
The EPA will spend $77 Million to put 180 electric school buses onto the streets of New York City This is part of New York's goal to transition its whole school bus fleet to electric by 2035.
The Senate confirmed President Biden's nomination of Nicole Berner to the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Berner has served as the general counsel for America's largest union, SEIU, since 2017 and worked in their legal department since 2006. On behalf of SEIU she's worked on cases supporting the Affordable Care Act, DACA, and against the Defense of Marriage act and was part of the Fight for 15. Before working at SEIU she was a staff attorney at Planned Parenthood. Berner's name was listed by the liberal group Demand Justice as someone they'd like to see on the Supreme Court. Berner becomes one of just 5 LGBT federal appeals court judges, 3 appointed by Biden. The Senate also confirmed Edward Kiel and Eumi Lee to be district judges in New Jersey and Northern California respectively, bring the number of federal judges appointed by Biden to 188.
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