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VICTORY

I refused to be discouraged
To be sad, or to cry;
I refuse to be downhearted,
and here’s the reason why…
I have a God who’s mighty,
Who’s sovereign and supreme;
I have a God who loves me,
and I am on His team.
He is all wise and powerful,
Salvation is the game;
Though everything is changeable,
My God remains the same.
My God knows all that’s happening;
Beginning to the end,
His presence is my comfort,
He is my dearest friend.
When sickness comes to weaken me,
To bring my head down low,
I call upon my mighty God;
Into His arms I go.
When circumstances threaten
to rob me from my peace;
He draws me close unto His breast,
Where all my strivings cease.
And when my heart melts within me,
and weakness takes control;
He gathers me into His arms,
He soothes my heart and soul.
The great “I AM” is with me,
My life is in His hand,
God is my hope,
It’s in His strength I stand.
I refuse to be defeated,
My eyes are on my God;
He has promised to be with me,
as through this life I trod.
I’m looking past
all my circumstances,
To Heaven’s throne above;
My prayers have reached
the heart of God,
I’m resting in His love.
I give God thanks in everything,
My eyes are on His face;
The battle’s His, the victory is mine;
He’ll help me win the race

ﺎﻨﺣﻮﻳ 8:20-32 (Arabic Life Application Bible)

20 قَالَ يَسُوعُ هَذَا الْكَلاَمَ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ عِنْدَ صُنْدُوقِ التَّقْدِمَاتِ. وَلَمْ يُلْقِ أَحَدٌ الْقَبْضَ عَلَيْهِ، لأَنَّ سَاعَتَهُ لَمْ تَكُنْ قَدْ حَانَتْ بَعْدُ.

21 ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «سَوْفَ أَذْهَبُ فَتَسْعَوْنَ فِي طَلَبِي، وَلَكِنَّكُمْ لاَ تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْ تَأْتُوا إِلَى حَيْثُ أَكُونُ، بَلْ تَمُوتُونَ فِي خَطِيئَتِكُمْ».

22 فَأَخَذَ الْيَهُودُ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ: «تُرَى، مَاذَا يَعْنِي قَوْلُهُ لاَ تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْ تَأْتُوا إِلَى حَيْثُ أَكُونُ؟ هَلْ سَيَنْتَحِرُ؟»

23 فَكَانَ رَدُّهُ: «أَنْتُمْ مِنْ تَحْتُ. أَمَّا أَنَا فَمِنْ فَوْقُ. أَنْتُمْ مِنْ هَذَا الْعَالَمِ. وَأَنَا لَسْتُ مِنْهُ.

24 لِذلِكَ قُلْتُ لَكُمْ: سَتَمُوتُونَ فِي خَطَايَاكُمْ، لأَنَّكُمْ إِذَا لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا بِأَنِّي أَنَا هُوَ، تَمُوتُونَ فِي خَطَايَاكُمْ».

25 فَسَأَلُوهُ: «مَنْ أَنْتَ؟» أَجَابَ يَسُوعُ: «قُلْتُ لَكُمْ مِنَ الْبِدَايَةِ!

26 وَعِنْدِي أَشْيَاءُ كَثِيرَةٌ أَقُولُهَا وَأَحْكُمُ بِهَا عَلَيْكُمْ. وَلَكِنَّ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَنِي هُوَ حَقٌّ، وَمَا أَقُولُهُ لِلْعَالَمِ هُوَ مَا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ».

27 وَلَمْ يَفْهَمُوا أَنَّ يَسُوعَ، بِقَوْلِهِ هَذَا، كَانَ يُشِيرُ إِلَى الآبِ.

28 لِذَلِكَ قَالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «عِنْدَمَا تُعَلِّقُونَ ابْنَ الإِنْسَانِ تَعْرِفُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا هُوَ، وَأَنِّي لاَ أَعْمَلُ شَيْئاً مِنْ نَفْسِي، بَلْ أَقُولُ الْكَلاَمَ الَّذِي عَلَّمَنِي إِيَّاهُ أَبِي.

29 إِنَّ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَنِي هُوَ مَعِي، وَلَمْ يَتْرُكْنِي وَحْدِي، لأَنِّي دَوْماً أَعْمَلُ مَا يُرْضِيهِ».

30 وَبَيْنَمَا يَسُوعُ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِهَذَا، آمَنَ بِهِ كَثِيرُونَ.

31 فَقَالَ لِلْيَهُودِ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِهِ: «إِنْ ثَبَتُّمْ فِي كَلِمَتِي، كُنْتُمْ حَقّاً تَلاَمِيذِي.

32 وَتَعْرِفُونَ الْحَقَّ، وَالْحَقُّ يُحَرِّرُكُمْ».

قَالَ يَسُوعُ هَذَا الْكَلاَمَ فِي

Wuk koc to Piny da Merika wuok Dhuk Nhialic aleec ne ci yen tingde wan maathda James Piot de Lul bei Panda Mirka ne pial de guop. Ya ke long bi nhialic Elizabeth Amer de Makuach ber bei.
Yen wuok ci jam wan ne Uganda Ee kuat eben Muoth ne rin ke Nhialic.
Ee ya bi dor ya tou ne piny nom ke koc ke.
Aci Yecu luel ne thongda toc ye na yake koc pioc ee ke cie ke week bi yic nyic ku yic abi week ya luony bei. “ To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8:31-32)
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Ee Xan Paul Mator de Manyok

Ke wan aci rot loi, yin lau ba luoi wan ci tek yin ne maktap jal loi. Ee ya bi Nhialic ya to kene yin ku jol ya koc bi ke ca gor ya kuen. Aci Yecu ne thong da tooc ye “ To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8:31-32)

Sudanese community of Tennessee will be meeting on 4th of February 2006. In St Bart.
All the Sudanese are invited to attend.
Thanks for your cooperation.
Remember“ Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. ” (1 Peter 1:13)

The lost boys

We saw new birds we hadn’t seen before.
We cried surprised delight and turned our faces up.
How pretty! How alight with speed their flight!

They killed our several cows
and dropped their death on chickens
which my father had.
Our village sighed.

One foot, one foot, the other foot, a foot,
a left foot naked as the blistered right.
It was the Journey.
We joined the journey of the thousand others,
one foot, one foot, the other foot, a foot,
across a Sudan made a ditch of throats,
to an unknown country – Kenya, it was -
where we lost more boys to the unknown leaves.
For we fed and we died on those few trees’ leaves.
If we lived we starved, if we ate we died.
One foot, one foot, the other foot, a foot,
a left foot fleshless as the skinstripped right.
Some fell to the left, some died to the right,
some of the young hanged the shred of their life
there in a branch with a wire -
but one foot, one foot, one foot further
and Ethiopia
a camp
is in sight.

Praise the Lord!

Praise, O servants of the Lord,

Praise the name of the Lord!

Blessed be the name of the Lord

From this time forth and forevermore!

From the rising of the sun to its going down

The Lord’s name is to be praised.

The Lord is high above all nations,

His glory above the heavens.

Who is like the Lord our God,

Who dwells on high,

Who humbles Himself to behold

The things that are in the heavens and in the earth?

He raises the poor out of the dust,

And lifts the needy out of the ash heap,

That He may seat him with princes-

With the princes of His people.

He grants the barren woman a home,

Like a joyful mother of children.

Praise the Lord!

(Psalm 113)