ASAP

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ASAP

• Adventist Southeast Asia Projects

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Hebrews 133

• Remember them that are in bonds,
• as bound with them and them which
• suffer adversity, as being yourselves
• also in the body.

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• What is happening?
• Approximately 200 million Christians in over 40
  countries endure persecution such as physical
  abuse, family separation, incarceration, and
  martyrdom.
• Thousands will be martyred and suffer for their
  faith this year.
• More Christians have been martyred for their
  faith in the 20th century than all previous 19
  combined.

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• The first request of persecuted Christians
  around the world is always the same
• Pray for us

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Prayer Makes a Difference

• "Prayer breaks all bars, dissolves all chains,
  opens all prisons, and widens all straits by
  which God's saints have been held."  E. M. Bounds

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Nguyen Thanh Minh
Name changed and photo blurred for the safety of
Gods servant.
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Hau An Bao
Name changed and photo blurred for the safety of
Gods servant.
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The Apostle Paul

• Pray also for me, that whenever I open my
  mouth, words may be given me so that I will
  fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel,
  for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that
  I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.
  Ephesians 619-20

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The Apostle Paul

• Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and
  thankful. And pray for us, too, that God may open
  a door for our message, so that we may proclaim
  the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.
  Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I
  should. Colossians 42-4

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Van Lo
Name changed and photo blurred for the safety of
Gods servant.
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Samuel M. Zwemer

• "The history of missions is the history of
  answered prayerit is the key to the whole
  missionary problem. All human means are
  secondary."

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How Can I Get Involved?

• Pick up a copy of the ASAP newsletter
• Pray daily for our persecuted workers in Vietnam
  and Laos
• Visit asapministries.org and join the ASAP prayer
  team
• Visit asapministries.org or call 1-866-365-3541
  to request additional copies of the ASAP
  newsletters to share with friends and family

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• May God bless you with discomfort at easy
  answers, half truths, and superficial
  relationships, so that you may live deep within
  your heart.
• May God bless you with anger at injustice,
  oppression and exploitation of people, so that
  you may work for justice, freedom and peace.

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• May God bless you with tears to shed for those
  who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation and
  war, so that you may reach out your hand to
  comfort them and to turn their pain into joy.
• And may God bless you with enough foolishness to
  believe that you can make a difference in this
  world, so that you can do what others claim
  cannot be done.
• Amen
• A Franciscan benediction

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