2015 August Reach Magazine by CBN Europe

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CBN EUROPE Partner Magazine

LEARNING TO DEPEND ON GOD We simply must be willing and He will reveal His glory

HEARING GOD’S VOICE THE ONE THING www.cbneurope.com | 0300 561 0700 | August 2015

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Our vision

The Christian Broadcasting Network (UK) is a registered charity (110 1659) and is the European HQ for all CBN broadcasting and CBN International humanitarian activities. CBN is a member of the Evangelical Alliance and in active partnership with key partners in the UK and Europe, our purpose is sharing the message of hope in Jesus Christ, providing humanitarian relief and alleviating poverty. It is our vision to share the Gospel in a relevant way to all generations and see people walk in their true potential in Jesus Christ.

Broadcasting

Practical Relief

Prayer Ministry

CBN’s broadcasting ministry reaches out daily to millions of viewers across Europe through multi-language broadcasts of The 700 Club, Turning Point, Christian World News, 700 Club Interactive and more.

CBN’s Orphan’s Promise and CBN International humanitarian relief teams are providing short and long term relief to vulnerable children, families and communities around the world.

CBN’s UK based Prayer Line is providing a vital life-line to thousands of callers each month. We listen to, and pray with, callers while providing free materials to build and strengthen faith.

“Christian Broadcasting Network is a family of ministries, working in countries all over the world.”

Living God

WE RECOMMEND

Welcome to the latest edition of our reach magazine. Almost every day within our UK office we are in the privileged position of hearing stories from viewers who share how their lives have been impacted after watching a CBN programme. We are aware that these changes are only possible through a personal relationship with Jesus and gaining an understanding of the Father heart of God. Throughout the Bible there are countless stories and illustrations of ordinary people with complex needs and situations who have encountered the living God and whose lives, through faith & obedience were turned around. I am so glad that today the gospel is good news to all people. God has made it possible for CBN to play an active part in sharing & broadcasting stories and testimonies. These are having a significant impact in the UK, Europe and globally. The ministry of CBN Europe is solely funded by the generosity of our UK & European donors and partners for which we are so grateful because we couldn’t do what we do without you. As you read this issue, I pray that you will gain a greater understanding of the extent of the love that the Heavenly Father has for you. It is our hope that you will practically experience a greater dimension of what it is to walk in the fullness of His plans for you. There is so much more for each of us to experience, so everyday learn to take steps of obedience and listen to His voice. Every blessing,

Allen Carter, CBN UK Prayer Centre & Office Coordinator

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READING THE BIBLE

The bible is the word of God, where we can know more about Him and his heart. It’s also our guidance for a life where we can serve Him with all we have. Do you know how to read the bible for yourself? This article will help you to break it down and will be a tool for you to spend quality time in God’s presence. Visit cbneurope.com/blog

CBN RADIO The CBN Radio app for iOS or Android phones and tablets gives you access to some of today’s best Christian music. Now available for free so you can take CBN Radio with you on the go. Visit cbn.com/radio

CBN partners are bringing medical treatments to thousands around the world.

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Broadcast

Schedule and Updates

The 700 Club

The 700 Club Interactive

Turning Point International

On the air continuously since 1961, it is one of the longest-running programmes in broadcast history with Pat, Gordon, Terry and the CBN News team.

Hosted by Gordon and Terry, 700 Club Interactive is designed with you in mind; your voice, your requests, your community.

Hosted by Muyiwa Olarewaju, Turning Point offers a mix of insightful features, interviews and inspirational music.

Revelation TV (Sky Ch. 581 / Freesat Ch. 692) Mon-Thurs at 3pm.

KICC TV (Sky Ch. 591) Sat 8am and Sun 9:30am.

Revelation TV (Sky channel 581 / Freesat Ch. 692 / Freeview HD Ch. 241) Mon-Fri at 6pm + 11pm with next day repeat at 8.00am Gospel Channel (Sky Ch. 587) Mon-Fri at 6pm.

TBN UK (Freeview Ch. 65) Mon-Fri at 1.30 pm.

BELIEVE TV (Sky Ch. 596) Mon to Fri 4:30pm, Sun 10:30am, Sat 1.30pm.

Christian World News

OHTV (Sky Ch. 199) Sun 2:30pm. LOVEWORLD (Sky Ch.586) Tue and Wed 8am, Wed 4pm and Sat 2pm.

Loveworld TV (Sky Ch. 586) Tue-Fri at 8.30am with various repeats throughout the week. TBN UK (Freeview Ch. 65 / Sky Ch. 583) Mon-Fri at 1.00 pm. NEW!

ABN TV (Sky Ch. 235) Sun 7:30pm. Revelation TV (Sky Ch. 581 / Freesat Ch. 692) Wed 3am. KICC TV (Sky Ch. 591) Mon at 3pm, Tue and Thurs at 11pm, Sat at 9am.

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Roku TV Watch our free 700 Club Continental TV channel

Superbook Superbook teaches children the Bible in a way they understand and enjoy. UCB TV (Sky Ch. 584), TBN UK (Freeview Ch. 65), LOVEWORLD (Sky Ch.586) and ABN TV (Sky Ch. 235). For more information visit sky.com/tv-guide

Creation Fest Creation Fest is a free to attend Christian Music Festival and Bible Week held at the Royal Cornwall Showground in Wadebridge, Cornwall, from the 1-7 August 2015. The event offers something for all the family, with a full programme of music, Bible teaching and seminars, sports activities, film and much more. There’s also Creation Kids and The Tube (youth venue) incorporating a massive undercover skate park, and the all new for 2015 Fitness Venue. Make sure you come along to the Kids Zone to watch Superbook. Visit www.creationfest.org.uk/

TESTIMONIES “I have witnessed the difference Superbook has made to our lives, not just as a form of entertainment but as a life altering tool changing the destiny of our youngest son eternally, and to express my gratitude in a few sentences would never be enough. Now 6 years old he is a prayer warrior. Faith filled words come out of his mouth and he still alongside his almost 13 year old brother enjoys the many episodes of Superbook. Thank you God bless you and prosper your ministry and increase all you put your hand to.” From Rhonda “Gordon gave a word of knowledge about a left kidney being healed. I had suffered for 20 years with a failing kidney, but after hearing Gordon I knew it was for me and at my next results, it came back that my left kidney function had increased by 4 points. I give God all the glory!” From Audrey Send your testimony to us: PO Box 700, Hereford, HR1 9EW, UK or email to testimony@700club.tv

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Learning To Depend On God The promises of Abraham are ours, by faith. The more we think we know, and the more we rely on our own wisdom, the more we miss out. God delights in revealing secret things to the foolish. As Jesus says in Matthew 11:25, “I thank You, Father … that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes.”

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I remember preaching in India when I didn’t know how to preach to Hindus or Muslims. That was good, because God had to step in. One Sunday, we had been on the road since 8 a.m., travelling among small churches in a remote area of Andhra Pradesh. It was so hot— about 115 degrees—that the breeze felt like a hairdryer. I had preached in four churches and we were on our way to the fifth when we got lost late that afternoon. I was tired, hot, and ready to give up. Thinking I knew what I was doing, I said, “Let’s just stop.” So we did. And a person came running out of a building, saying, “I’m so glad you’re here!” We discovered that a group had heard about us and didn’t know how to contact us—yet they had been waiting three hours in the heat for us to come! I felt as if I had nothing left to give, so I asked God for a message. He answered, “Tell them the promises of Abraham are theirs.” I argued, “God, they are Hindus. They’ve never heard of Abraham and won’t know those promises.” He spoke to my heart again: “Tell them the promises of Abraham are theirs.”

“We simply must be willing, hungry and thirsty, like little babes crying out to God, and He will reveal His glory.” At the time, I didn’t know India has the second highest population of Muslims in the world. In this little village was a Muslim girl who had heard about Jesus and came to find out about Him. When I said the promises of Abraham were for her, she understood exactly what that meant— and she wanted all of those blessings. She was filled with the Holy Spirit to such an incredible degree that light literally started coming from her face. It was an anointed moment, and I was glad I’d lost my argument. We simply must be willing, hungry and thirsty, like little babes crying out to God—and He will reveal His glory. God bless you. Scripture is quoted from the NKJV. This teaching was given during a CBN staff chapel meeting.

So I read them Galatians 3, saying, “You’re inheritors. You get what God promised Abraham.”

“The more we think we know, and the more we rely on our own wisdom, the more we miss out.”

Gordon Robertson, Chief Executive Officer of CBN.

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Global impact LOOK AT WHAT YOU ARE DOING AROUND THE WORLD During a recent month: FRENCH AFRICA

A ministry partner, supported by Orphan’s Promise, offered approximately 19,500 meals to children. Also, through various outreach activities held by our CBN centres, the Gospel was presented to 19,687 people. And the prayer centres received 20,066 phone calls, emails, letters, online chats, and text messages, resulting in 1,729 people responding to the Gospel message. INDONESIA

More than 10,420 patients were treated in 24 medical outreaches throughout Indonesia.

THAILAND

CBN organised a seminar for 51 pastors and lay leaders from 27 local churches who will be assisting with our medical missions throughout the next year. One attendee at the seminar said, “I’m thankful to CBN for the expression of interest to care for local churches and the ministry they are doing. … You care about us and you really have a heart to respond to … the needy.”

Saving Baby Alﬁn

Cleft lip surgery helps hungry infant thrive Her baby was starving and Yanti couldn’t do anything about it. No matter what she tried, little Alfin’s cleft lip and palate kept him from getting enough nourishment. She and her husband Eko even bought a costly artificial palate and special bottle, but it didn’t work. With Eko’s meager income, they couldn’t afford an operation. Yanti cried as she watched her baby growing thinner. One day, Eko read in the newspaper that CBN was providing free cleft surgeries in their little town in Indonesia. Soon, Alfin’s cleft lip and palate were repaired! Now Yanti exclaims, “He is so much better now, he can eat and drink properly!” And Eko adds, “I can’t describe how grateful I am!”

Little Alfin is now a happy, healthy baby.

Keeping a Family Together Mother receives help to provide for children

Adimir is reunited with his family.

The six-year-old was heartbroken. Adimir and his sisters had been in the Kyrgyzstan orphanage for two months, and he missed his mother terribly. She was still living; she was just too poor to feed her children. In fact, Adimir’s mother grandmother were unemployed, about to lose their house. So grandmother reluctantly took the to the children’s home.

and and the kids

Sadly, many children are in orphanages due to poverty. That’s why CBN’s Orphan’s Promise developed a programme called Keeping Families

Together, and our team went to work with Adimir’s family. Partnering with a local church, Orpahn’s Promise rented an apartment for the family, while helping the women find work. Within a few weeks, Adimir was reunited with his family! Best of all, they are now active in the church and becoming financially independent again. Thank you for rescuing struggling families!

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SHARE YOUR TESTIMONY

How has God blessed you? As our CBN UK media team is planning to increase production in the UK, we are looking for financial testimonies and stories of what God has done in your life. If you have a story to share, please contact us at 0300 561 0700 (UK) or email us at mediadesk@cbneurope. com

CBN Broadcasting

Facts

Did you know that prayer has always been a vital part of CBN? The first telethon was held in 1963. After it, telephone lines were kept active as prayer lines. The Prayer Centre was officially launched in 1974 to answer calls 24 hours a day. It received 279,902 calls in its first year.

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Art For Change

CBN Europe staff and Orphan’s Promise Ukraine team working together.

Changing the lives of vulnerable children through art? How is that even possible? Well, with God all things are possible! Rudi and Jenny have been passionately involved with an orphanage in the Ukraine and decided to raise funds for vulnerable children who have been affected and displaced by the war happening in East Ukraine. The funds raised would pay for a summer camp, bringing joy, fun and hope to these children. So where to start? Often, the best place to start is opening your hands to see what God has already provided - and start using it. Rudi, being a talented artist, used the talent God gave him and painted the faces of the children at the orphanage - and took pictures of

the children holding the artwork they created themselves. Rudi and his wife Jenny organised an art exhibition in London and invited many of his friends to visit. Our Orphan’s Promise team from the Ukraine shared about the situation in the Ukraine and how practical support is making a life-changing difference to orphans and families in a time of conflict. During the event, over £2500 was raised to bless orphans during this summer’s camp. A huge thanks to Rudi and Jenny, and all CBN partners who have made this possible! If you would like to support the ministry visit cbneurope.com/donate

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Hearing God’s Voice

There are many who think they are hearing from God when maybe they are not. How annoying are the superspiritual who always say, “God told me this -- God told me that -- God told me this other.” It seems that their every thought is a revelation from God. God does not customarily operate that way. He speaks to us, but He does not chatter away, day in and day out, the way some people claim He does. This has been my experience, and it is the concept that is in accordance with the biblical record. The Bible says that we can tell if someone is a prophet by seeing if what he has said comes to pass (see Deuteronomy 18:22). That is a very pragmatic test, and it works. A friend who purported to hear from God told me, “My second child is going to be a boy. God told me.” His second child was a girl. He said, “Well, God told me that it was not the second child who was going to be a boy, but the third child.” His third child was a girl, too. At that point I determined that brother was not hearing from God. It was clear: He made a statement, supposedly from God, that did not come to pass. There is no shortcut to spiritual understanding. You have to learn to walk with God and to know His voice, otherwise you will mistake your own voice for His. You even may be fooled by the voice of Satan, or you may hear the clamouring voice of the world. It

is so easy to get these voices mixed up. Usually, God speaks to us in a still, small, quiet voice (see I Kings 19:11-13). It takes time, prayer and waiting on God to hear His voice.

“The ultimate is not merely to get direction from God; the ultimate is to know God.” Nor does God scatter His pearls around recklessly. He said, “You will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul” ( Deuteronomy 4:29). God does not reveal Himself to every casual onlooker who would take sacred things and play with them like toys. I have known some adults who treated the gifts of God as if they were just little baubles to play with. To please God and to receive counsel from Him, people must be both determined and serious. How do we succeed in hearing God’s voice? By spending time with God. The ultimate is not merely to get direction from God; the ultimate is to know God. God can make it difficult for us to get into His presence because He wants to see if we truly will expend the spiritual energy and exercise necessary to do

so. Will we stop certain sins? Will we get rid of things that hinder us? Will we truly seek Him with all of our hearts? Some people only want a quick fix; “God, tell me how to make money on this business deal, please. See You next time!” And then that is the end of it. But God wants to be treated with

the reverence and deference that His nature warrants. He wants to change us, not merely give us quick answers to difficult problems. We will never be changed unless we come into His presence, spend time with Him, and allow Him to purify us from our sinful nature.

Pat Robertson is the founder and chairman of CBN. He also hots CBN’s The 700 Club show.

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I will instruct you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.... Psalms 32:8

CBN PRAYER God’s heart is to restore, heal and renew. Call our Prayer Centre 0300 561 0700 (UK) 0800 432 0700 (UK) 1 513 3738 (ROI) +44 207 101 7045 (Europe)

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Pray for us Here at the CBN UK Prayer Centre, we pray daily for the needs of our partners and ask our Heavenly Father to pour out His blessings upon their lives. God is calling us to be a people of prayer and “through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let our requests be made known to God” according to Philippians 4:6. As CBN is daily on the front lines of sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ around the world, we really need your prayers, too! Below are some current topics you could join with us in prayer for. Thank you for standing with us!

Since the launch of TBN UK’s channel 65 on Freeview we have seen a huge response to the CBN programming. Pray with us for God’s continued protection and provision for this channel.

We have a vision to reach the children of this nation with the Word of God. Pray for open doors as we are looking at ways to use Superbook to be used in schools during RE lessons, assemblies and after school clubs.

We strongly believe in God-ordained partnerships with people, churches, ministries and organisations - to work together to see lives changed forever through the Gospel message. Please pray for increased partnerships and ministry impact.

Our prayer warriors in the CBN UK Prayer Line are reaching out daily to offer a life line to hundreds of callers each day. Please, pray for God’s Holy Spirit to enable our staff as they minister to callers.

Sharing the word of our testimony is vital to see change in the lives of our viewers. Pray for our media production team as we are launching out to capture what God is doing here in the UK.

We have a vision to reach more viewers with the message of hope in Jesus Christ! Will you pray with us for more open doors with TV channels that are reaching the unreached.

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The One Thing The story of Mary and Martha tells me a lot about the character of Jesus and the heart of God.

“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “You are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed-or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” Luke 10 v 41 – 42 NIV I really love this part of scripture. As a woman, I love to host tea parties; I rush around getting just the right napkins, the ‘nice’ clotted cream and pulling out the most elegant teapots. And I think this makes Jesus smile. I think he genuinely loves to watch me ‘play house’ and prepare the way for my guests to have a really great time. But when my guests arrive, the most important thing for me to do is to be with them. Yes, they came for the tea and the cake and the scones, but they mainly came for me. The story of Mary and Martha tells me a lot about the character of Jesus and the heart of God.

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It tells me that God knows me intimately. In the above verse, Jesus uses Martha’s name twice in a row, which commonly is a way of using someone’s name in a tender and endearing way. He is locking eyes with her. He’s gently trying to get her attention so that she stops what she is doing and just listens to his voice. He is not angry with her for rushing around trying to prepare things for him; I can even imagine him smiling at her ways. Friends, God knows your ways. He knows how you try to serve him and how you strive to be all that you can be. But Jesus came for you. He is not overly fussed with our ‘doing’; he is overly fussed by us. Charmaine Hibberd is an enthusiastic Jesus follower, who works for CBN Europe and enjoys writing and interior design.

PRAYER

Gordon Robertson, Terry Meeuwsen, Andrew Knox and Jessica Chacko are using the latest media to reach the world with the Gospel. Join them Monday to Thursday on Revelation TV at 3pm Sky Channel 581 or Monday to Friday on TBN UK at 1.30pm Freeview Channel 65.

God Will Answer You There is good news for you today! The Bible tells us that if we call unto God, He will answer us. Jeremiah 33:3 (MSG) says, This is God’s Message, the God who made earth, made it livable and lasting, known everywhere as God: “Call to me and I will answer you. I’ll tell you marvelous and wondrous things that you could never figure out on your own.” God knows everything. He knows what we need before we know and He even knows what we are going to pray before we pray it.

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The God of the universe who has created all things knows and cares. What are you struggling with today? Stand in faith knowing that if we pray, God is faithful to answer!

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CBN Partners You Make a DiďŹ&#x20AC;erence

As a CBN partner you help provide medical care, clean water, humanitarian aid and a message of hope to those who need it most.

Become a world changer. Join CBN partners and bring the love of God to millions of hurting people every day. Call 0300 561 0700 or 0800 432 0700 (UK) / 1 513 3738 (ROI) /+44 207 101 7045 (Europe) or visit www.cbneurope.com/donate or fill in the enclosed form and return to us.