



Psalm 91:4 He will cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you will find refuge.
Psalm 40:11 May Your love and Your truth always protect me.
Revelation 1:18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever!
John 2:24 See that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.
Romans 6:13 Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to Him, as instruments of righteousness.
Ephesians 2:18 For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
For everyone looks out for his own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. But you know that Timothy has proved himself, because as a son with his father he has served with me in the work of the gospel. Philippians 2:21-22
So, as you see, Jesus Christ has interests of His hearts. When people are interested in how to become rich and successful in this world, Jesus' interests are about the spreading the Gospel to people.
Thank You, dear Lord and the Father, for letting us know Your heart and Your interests. I want to join and choose to be about the interest of my master- Jesus Christ, thus to bring the gospel to others.
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge anmd depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes from Jesus Christ- to the glory and praise of God. Philippians 1:9-11
Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure... Philippians 2:14
Seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper. Jeremiah 29:7
Our focus will be on thinking about the city as a place for ministry. And how can we connect the urban, suburban and rural areas, so there will be equalization. Urbanization process is tightly connected to industrialization, health improvements and some other factors. The good thing that we want to see happening is the partenrship between the suburban and urban churches.








When you are poor, you become to see the graces of God that in other times you take for granted. When you are poor, you feel low and humble, sometimes there is self-pity, but there is also a remorse. How can we say that poverty comes from devil? Why would God be so concerned for the poor and widowed, orphans and foreigners? 



My next comment is not relating to the poverty issue but just about colllege studying. I have thought that we spent so much time writing the papers (from 4 to 6 pages), yet the only thing we get back is the grade. The teacher is not discussing with us what our issues and point of view are. Do we grow if we just soak in our own thoughts? No response, no communication about what we write, why we write. I think that every student take an effort to put something valuable and meaningful in each paper (even if it it a sentence). It will be great if after spending so much time and energy in our papers, to be able to meet and talk with teachers and professors and hear their comments. WE need to grow and hear the responses from the older generation. The only time we hear their response is the group discussion. But have you noticed that not all people are comfortable to share and open in front of others? What is the purpose of writing all those papers, anyway? I love writing and searching the information, but after 4 years of college I question the fruitfullness of its approach.
Thanks


Но я к Богу обратился бы, предал бы дело мое Богу,
Который творит дела великие и неисследимые, чудные без
числа,
дает дождь на лице земли и посылает воды на лице
полей;
униженных поставляет на высоту, и сетующие возносятся во
спасение.
Он разрушает замыслы коварных, и руки их не довершают
предприятия.
Он уловляет мудрецов их же лукавством, и совет хитрых
становится
тщетным:
днем они встречают тьму и в полдень ходят ощупью,
как
ночью.
Он
спасает бедного от меча, от уст их и от руки
сильного.
И
есть несчастному
надежда, и неправда затворяет уста
свои.
Блажен человек,
которого вразумляет Бог, и потому
наказания
Вседержителева не отвергай,
ибо
Он причиняет раны и Сам
обвязывает их; Он
поражает, и Его же руки
врачуют.
В шести
бедах спасет тебя, и в
седьмой не коснется тебя
зло.
Во время
голода
избавит тебя от смерти, и
на войне – от руки меча.
От
бича
языка
укроешь себя и не убоишься
опустошения, когда оно придет.
Опустошению и голоду посмеешься и
зверей земли не убоишься,
ибо с
камнями полевыми у тебя союз, и звери
полевые в мире с тобою.
И
узнаешь, что
шатер твой в безопасности, и
будешь смотреть за домом
твоим, и не
согрешишь.
И увидишь, что семя твое
многочисленно,
и отрасли твои, как
трава на земле.
Войдешь
во гроб
в зрелости, как
укладываются снопы пшеницы в
свое
время.
What things did I learn about God through all of these?
He is with me. (Ps. 23:4)
The Lord is longsuffering and merciful. (Ps. 103:8-13)



