OCTOBER, 2006
Dear precious friends of
Lamplight,
We are blessed to be knit
together with you through our publications.
As we write each new book we are aware that lives will be touched
throughout eternity by what we are writing now. Thank you for your prayers and your financial support. We are very grateful to you and for you.
COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN HELPED BY OUR
PUBLICATIONS
A PASTOR FROM NIGERIA SAYS THAT WORRY,
FEAR, STRESS AND DISCOURAGEMENT WERE NO LONGER PRESENT AFTER HE READ NEVER, NEVER GIVE UP. Pastor
Steven Ayiya of the Chapel of Better Hope Mission said, “I cannot express my
profound gratitude after reading your publications. I want to assure you that God is using you to bless my family and
my co-disciples. Your book Never, Never Give Up arrived when I was
in need of encouragement. This book
encouraged me to continue believing the promises of the Lord. I am living by faith unto God. The worry, fear, stress and discouragement
that I experienced before are no longer present. I am learning how to enter into God’s rest and remain there. I am no longer struggling and straining as I
used to. Your books are a great
blessing to my family and my church.
These books are great treasures.”
A PASTOR FROM ZAMBIA SAID THAT OUR BOOKS
HAVE ENCOURAGED HIM TO SOLDIER ON WITH THE MINISTRY GOD HAS GIVEN HIM. Pastor
Rex Chaipoya of Shammah Christian Church in Zambia said, “I want to thank you
for sending me Quiet Confidence in the
Lord and Unshakable Faith in Almighty
God. I know that money is involved
in printing and sending these books, but I would not be able to pay for
them. I know that the Lord will reward
you for your good work. These books have
inspired me. They have helped me to
increase my faith in God. Your books
have encouraged me to soldier on with the work of the ministry God has given to
me. I am very thankful that the books
came at a time when I needed inspiration.
I am now moving on with this work.
Thank you so much. I have
enclosed my photo holding one of your books.”
A WOMAN FROM THE PHILIPPINES SAYS THAT HER
STRUGGLE IS OVER AND THAT SHE IS AT PEACE BECAUSE OF EXCHANGE YOUR WORRIES FOR GOD'S PERFECT PEACE. Rita Heaner
of Lapu Lapu in the Philippines said, “I have been a Christian for more than
ten years. I have not found a lot of
books that can help me with my spiritual growth. Exchange Your Worries for
God's Perfect Peace is a masterpiece.
My faith has exploded. What a
friend I have found in this book. Now
the struggle is over and I am at peace.
Thank you so much for helping me.”
EXCHANGE
YOUR WORRIES FOR GOD'S PERFECT PEACE WAS THE LIFELINE THAT HELPED A WOMAN
FROM FLORIDA TO WITHDRAW FROM ANTI-DEPRESSANTS. This woman said, “Your
book Exchange Your Worries for God's
Perfect Peace was an answer to my prayers.
The Lord is so great! I had just
weaned myself off of antidepressants that I had been relying on for four and a half
years to ease my sadness and anxieties.
Your book literally was the lifeline I needed to pull me through the
physical and psychological difficulty of doing this. I have never read such a good, rich Christian book in my
life. My newfound level of peace and
trust in the Lord has helped my relationship with my husband and children. Thank you for all that you do. I KNOW that God is blessing you richly.”
COMMENTS FROM JACK HARTMAN
My appearance on Bill
Keller’s television program.
When the September newsletter
was printed I was scheduled to appear on Bill Keller’s Liveprayer television
program on September 30th.
Since I had a severe virus and had lost my voice, I did not know until just
before the program whether I could go through with this commitment. Because of this situation I was unable to include
any information regarding this television program in our last newsletter.
I
was healed and I was able to appear on Bill’s program as scheduled. Bill devoted most of the entire hour to our
ministry. He began the program by
asking me to give my testimony. He
asked me several questions during this segment of the program.
The
second segment of the program consisted primarily of my answers to Bill’s questions
about what the Bible teaches in regard to overcoming worry and fear. The third segment of the program consisted
of telephone calls from people who were watching the program. Bill turned several of the people who called
over to me for my advice to them and for me to pray with these people.
This
program was a great experience. We have
received many favorable comments. If
you would like to view this program, you can see it by going to our website www.lamplight.net and clicking the
hyperlink above the picture of Judy and me.
We invite you to review our website which has been greatly improved since
our last newsletter. We would appreciate
any comments that you have.
An update on our next book. I have written (or coauthored with Judy) seventeen
Christian books and ten sets of Scripture Meditation Cards. I always write the first two drafts of each
book and then give the second draft to Judy for her to write as coauthor from
that point forward. I have never
written any initial draft that is as
exciting to me as the first draft of our next book, The Supernatural Power of the Living Word of God. I am so
excited about this book that I can hardly wait to begin writing each
day.
I
am now approximately one-third of the way through Draft #2 of this book. I have never shared the first draft of any
book with anyone before because first drafts are so rough and disorganized. However,
I decided to share Draft #1 with my secretary, Marie Hart. Marie is overwhelmed with what she has read
so far. Each day she gives me her
comments on what she has read.
You
might be interested in the following excerpts from comments Marie has written
on the first six chapters. “This book
is too awesome for words. It has made
me very hungry and thirsty for more of God’s Word …I have to take this book in
little bites because it is blowing my mind and working on my heart …I can feel
my faith in God growing stronger each day …I have been looking for over forty
years for an answer and now I have it.
This book is truly the greatest news I have ever been told. I want to tell many others who, like me,
have been in the dark about these things.”
We
are willing to share a limited number of copies of Draft #2 with people you who
have an email address. We plan to limit
this initial project to a maximum of twenty people. If we receive more than twenty requests, we will consider the additional
requests on subsequent drafts.
If
you would like to receive by email a copy of Draft #2 as it is completed,
please send an email message to me at lamplightmin@yahoo.com
with Draft #2 in the subject line. If
we receive too many requests at this time, we will give priority to people who
are contributors to our ministry.
One
of the reasons we are undertaking this project is because we would like to
receive comments from as many people as possible. If this book is helpful to you, would you please email me four or
five paragraphs of your comments? Our
goal is to have one full page of comments on both sides of the paper before the book is published.
When
the book is published we will send individual copies to a selected list of pastors. For the first time ever, our goal is to have
enough comments before the book is
published to include these comments with each of the new books. Your comments can encourage these pastors to
teach and preach from the scriptural contents of this book. This process will provide a tremendous
multiplying effect from this book and from future books that we write using
this system of obtaining comments before the book is published.
If
you do request and receive Draft #2, I must to tell you in advance that such an
early draft of a book always contains
a great deal of repetition, grammatical mistakes and other errors. These routine errors will be cleaned up in subsequent drafts. However, the essence of the book is already present. The Scripture is in place. We believe you will be highly motivated to
immerse yourself in the supernatural living of Word after you read the
scriptural facts in this book.
In
closing I would like to ask you to pray about sending a generous contribution
to help us send many more of our publications to needy people in Third World
countries. You can see by the comments
in this newsletter and in previous newsletters that many people are being
helped. We have received many more requests from needy people in
Third World countries for our publications than we have been able to send out. We have a large waiting list. We will appreciate anything you are led to
do to help us to assist these needy people.
Thank you and God bless you.
COMMENTS FROM JUDY HARTMAN
We
are excited about our new website. We
have created a very smooth ordering system. We are sending a free gift with every order that is placed online
to thank you for choosing our simplified system of orderingJ Remember
that we are always ready to send your pastor a free copy of Trust God for Your Finances. Just send
us his name and addressJ
We love to receive reports from these
pastors.
As
our time on earth is winding down, our closeness to God’s family increases. The intensity of our commission to provide
God’s message of love to every person who will listen increases as well. Our purpose on earth is to know God and to
make Him known. This is the simple
message of Youth With a Mission where I completed the Crossroads Discipleship
Training in Concord, NH.
I
encourage each of you to spend time with God asking Him how He will empower you
to “know Him and make Him known” in your corner of the world. You are unique and have a special message for
those with whom you have a bridge for bringing the message of God’s love through
Jesus Christ. Each of us truly is an
ambassador of Jesus Christ to the hurting world.
I
recommend that you always have your Bible with you so that you can turn to the
passages that present Jesus Christ. You
can learn the passages by heart, but still turn to them in the Bible when you
are sharing them with someone. We want
to place a person’s heart in God’s heart and in His message, the Bible, the
Word of God. Jesus Christ is the Word.
When we place a person’s heart in the Bible, we are placing the person in Jesus
Christ Who is the Word.
The
Bible may not be easy to understand before we become a member of the family of
God. As soon as we open our heart to
God through Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit then becomes our Explainer of the
Bible. We must tell people that, if the
Bible seemed difficult to understand, try studying it after Jesus Christ enters
their lives as their Savior and their Lord.
Here
is one way to present the Bible: Romans 3:23; Romans 6:23: Romans 10:9-10; I
John 1:9; I John 5:13. Please go to our
website: www.lamplight.net to print out
an explanation of each verse and why it is a key component of presenting the
gospel. Of course, you can present John
3:16 which everyone has heard and explain how God gave so that we might
receive.
Prayer requests: Please pray
for our precious friend, Dr. Ley, for complete healing. Please pray for Arthur for healing. Please pray for Rollin and Cathy Andersons
for all of the pieces to be in place as they prepare to move to Africa to serve
God. Please pray for Dennis to be
healed. Please pray for Alex and Laurie
to be healed. Tell us your prayer
request via www.lamplight.net.
Thank
you for praying. Please let me know if
you are willing to be part of our prayer team. I would like a team I can contact when a need arises. Please send me your email address, if you
have one, to lamplight@lamplight.net
so I can send a request immediately.
The
associate pastor of the church we attend carries our healing Scripture cards
with him to give to people in the hospital when he visits. The Scripture cards are a wonderful way to
share Jesus Christ with people. You can
give a whole set or do as many people do by giving single cards out as you go
about your daily life. Our prices are
so low that we practically give the cards to you so that you can give them to
othersJ Our publications also make terrific
Christmas gifts.
With love and hugs in Jesus
to each of you. We bless you today in
Jesus’ name. Exodus 23:25.
Yours in Christ,
Jack and Judy
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