2021 January

February 2020 | Issue 35

Mangaf Full Gospel Church, Kuwait January 2021 | Issue 1

Beloved Church Family, Pastor’s Message
As we say goodbye to 2020, we realize Page 1
the losses we have grieved and the victories
we have won. We have opened our eyes to Monthly Manna
the reality of the world’s absurdity and Page 4
joyfully acknowledge the absolutes of
God’s divine plan. In all the world’s New Year
confusion, we have never lost faith, shrunk Message
back, or remained stagnant. Throughout Page 6
the year we have persevered with all
diligence and steadfastness. You are Praise and Prayer
God’s chosen people, a holy priesthood Request
and warriors standing on the front lines of Page 10
spiritual battles.
Editorial Team Notes
We never give up hope. We remain faithful because we trust in an everlasting God Page 14
who is sovereign in all His ways. As we look towards the future, our hope is in our
Lord Christ Jesus. The fact that we are alive, would suggest that there is hope.
This is no mere hope. This hope, is a firm assurance, based on promises that God
himself has decree for all who will put their trust in him.

May God grant you the riches of his fullness this Year and beyond. May you
discover and enjoy his peace even in the mist of the storms. The storms will come
and will past, God did not promise to stop the storms. What he did promise is that
he will never leave us or forsake us. We can be assured of his promise, for
whatsoever he has promised he is well able to perform.

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kq;fh/g; G+uz RtpNr\ rig Pr. Gilbert Regu

New Year Message Translation by: Bro. Arthur Family

,uzl; htJ> gprhrpdhy; fhag;gl;l xU mtd; Kfk; vg;gbapUe;jJ njhpAkh? mtd;

thypgid fhz;fpNwhk.; (khw;F 5:5)-y; mtd; Kfk; mOJ mOff; ile;J ,Ue;jJ. Mzl; th;

vg;nghOJk; ,uTk>; gfYk>; kiyfspYk>; ghpjhgj;NjhL NahGtpd; Kfj;ijg; ghh;j;jhh.;

fyy; iwfspYk; $f;Fuypl;L fy;YfspdhYk; mtt; sTjhd>; mtd; rpiwapUg;G khwpaJ.

2021-k; tUlk; ehd; cdf;F MNuhff; pak; jdi; df; fhagg; Ljj; pf; nfhz;bUe;jhd;. MNuhff; pakhd thoT; mtDf;F te;jJ. mtd;

tugg; z;zp> cd; fhaq;fis Mw;WNtd; vdW; mtd; kdjpy; MNuhff; pak; ,yi; y. gprhR kdf;fhaqf; s; Fzkhff; gg; ll; J. nfhba

fhj; j; h; nrhyY; fpwhh.; (vNukpah 30:17). Njtd; mtd; clypy; Fbnfhzb; Ue;jJ. ,uTk>; gfYk; gUff; s; kiwe;jJ. mtDfF; ehY

jdpgg; ll; Kiwapy; xtn; thUtNuhLk; NgRfpwhh;. mtDfF; mikjypyi; y. ,dW; k; mNefh; jiyKiwahf gpsi; sfspd; gps;isfisg;

cdf;F MNuhf;fpak; tug;gz;ZNtd;> cd; gprhrpd; Nghuhll; qf; spdhy; jdi; df; ghh;f;Fk; ghf;fpak; fpiljj; J. ,oe;j

fhaq;fis MwW; Ntd; vd;fpwhh;. xt;nthUth; fhag;gLj;jpf; nfhzb; Uf;fpwhhf; s;. mNefUfF; vyy; htwi; wAk; ,ulb; g;ghf ngw;Wf;nfhzl; hd.;

tho;tpYk; xt;nthU tpjkhd fhaq;fs; czL; . (Depression) cUthf;FtJjhd; gprhrpd; Kjy; ,g;nghOJ NahGtpd; Kfj;jpy; nghpa

mijf; fhj; ;jh; mwpthh.; (vNukpah 30:12)-y; Ntiy. mtd; FbapUgG; fyy; iwfspy; re;Njh\k>; NrhfKfk; khwpaJ. Kff;fis

fh;jj; h; nrhyf; pwhh>; cd; fhak; nfhbjha; ,Ue;jJ. mtid mlf;f xUtdhYk; te;jJ.

,Uff; pwJ. (vNukpah 30:13)-y; cd; fhaq;fis $lhjpUe;jJ. Mdhy; Mzl; th; mtDfF;

flL; k;gb cdf;fhf Vw;gLthhpy;iy. cd;id MNuhf;fpaji; j nfhLf;f tpUk;gpdhh.; mtidj; 2021-k; tUlk; cqf; s; Kfk; kyUk.; flej;
tUlk; ele;j rkg; tq;fshy; te;j fhaqf; is
nrh]j; g;gLj;j xs\jqf; Sk; ,y;iy vd;fpwhh.; Njb fly; fleJ; te;jhh;. (khw;F 5:8)-y; mRj;j ,ej; tUlk; Mz;lth; MwW; thh;. cqf; is
MNuhff; pakhf;Fthh;. mNef mwG; jq;fis>
rpyUila fhak; nfhbjha; ,Uf;fpwJ MtpNa ,ej; kdpjidtplL; Gwg;gl;L Ngh vdW; tpLjiyia ePqf; s; fzL; kfpo;tPhf; s.;
NahGtpd; rpiwapUgG; khwpaJNghy cqf; s;
vd;gijAk>; me;j fhaji; j NtW ahUk; nrhyy; papUe;jhh;. gprhR NghdTlNd ,NaRtplk; rpiwapUg;G khWk.; eprr; ak; MNuhff; pak;
tug;gzz; p cq;fs; fhaq;fis MwW; thh;.
Fzkhf;f KbahJ vdTk; fh;j;jh; mwpthh.; tej; hd;. t]j; puk; jhpjJ; > clf; hhe; j; hd;. mtd; ePqf; s; kdkfpor; r; pNahL ,e;j tU\j;ij
mEgtpg;gPh;fs;.
MfNt ehd; cdf;F MNuhff; pak; tugg; zz; p> Gj;jp njspej; J. fh;jj; h; mtDfF; ,uq;fpdhh;

cd; fhaqf; is MwW; Ntd; vdw; fh;j;jh; vdW; fhzf; pNwhk.;

nrhy;fpwhh;. ,e;j tUlk; vyy; h epiyapYk;

MNuhf;fpaji; j Njtd; tugg; z;Zthh.; cqf; s; %d;whtJ> NahG tho;fi; fapy; ,ogG; fshy;

fhaq;fs; epr;rak; Mww; gg; Lk;. ,J rhPu tej; fhaq;fs; fhzg;gll; J. (NahG 2:7)-y;

fhaq;fis klL; ky;y> kdff; haq;fisAk; mtd; clypy; cr;rej; iy Kjy; cs;sqf; hy;

Fwpff; pwJ. tiu nfhba gUf;fs; fhzgg; l;lJ vd ,J tpisr;rypd; tU\k;> tpLjiyapd; tU\k>;
,oe;jitfisj; jpUg;gpfn; fhs;Sk; tU\k.;
. fhz;fpNwhk.; rhPu Ntjid klL; kyy; > mNef edi; kfis tugg; z;Zthh;. fle;j
tUlk; thot; py; Nehpll; fhaqf; s; MWk;.
(Mjpahfkk; 26:3)-y; Mzl; th; <rhfi; f Nehff; p vy;yhtw;iwAk; ,oe;J mtd; fhzgg; l;lhd;.

eP vfpgJ; fF; Nghfhky; ehd; cdf;F nrhyY; k; (NahG 34:6)-y; vd; fhaqf; s; Mwhjjha;

Njrj;jpy; FbapU. ,ej; Njrj;jpNy thrk;gz;Z. ,Uff; pwnjd NahG Gyk;gpaij mtd;

ehd; cd;NdhL $l ,UeJ; cdi; d ezg; h;fs; Fwpgg; pLfpwhh;fs.; czi; kapNy

MrPh;tjpg;Ngd; vdf; pwhh;. gQ;r tU\k; Njrj;jpd; NahGtpd; fhaq;fs; Mwhj fhaqf; s;. mtd;

epynky;yhk; twlr; papy; twzL; > ntbjJ; fhaqf; is mtd; ez;ghf; shy; Fzkhff;

fhzg;glb; UfF; k.; <rhfF; epyj;ijg; Kbatpy;iy. mth;fs; tPzhd

ghhf; ;FkN; ghJ vg;gb ,e;j epyj;jpy; tpahf;fpahdq;fisf; nfhLj;J mtid

tpisrr; y;tUk;? vgg; b ,e;j epyj;jpy; Fww; khag; ; Ngrp mtid ,dD; k;

gaphpLtJ? vd fyq;fpapUgg; hd.; xUNtis fhagg; Lj;jpdhh;fs.; Vd;> mtd; kidtp $l ePh;

cq;fs; fk;ngdpapd; R+o;epiyfs; ,dD; k; cj;jkj;jpy; cWjpaha; ,Uff; pwPuh?

mg;gbapUff; yhk.; fkn; gdpNa gQ;rj;jpy; Njtid J}\pjJ; [Ptid tpLk; vdf; $wpdhs.;

,Uf;Fk;NghJ ekf;F vg;gb rk;gsk; tUk?; vd rpiwapUgg; pd; fhyj;jpy; ahh; ahnuy;yhk;

ePq;fs; fyq;fyhk;. ,ej; Njrj;jpNy cdN; dhL cq;fSfF; MWjyha; ,Ug;ghhf; s; vd

$l ,UeJ; cd;id MrPht; jpgN; gd; vd fh;j;jh; vzZ; tPhf; Nsh mthf; s; cqf; isf;

nrhy;fpwhh;. Mzl; th; gQr; fhyk; twz;L fhag;gLj;jpfpwthf; shfNt ,Uf;ff$; Lk;.

NghapUe;j <rhff; pd; epyj;jpw;fF; MNuhff; pak; NahGf;F Xh; cz;ik njhpAk;. kdpjh;fs; vd;

tugg; z;zpdhh.; MfNt> twz;l epyk; fhaqf; is Mw;wKbahJ vdg; ij

E}WklqF; gyd; nfhLjj; J. (Vrhah 35:1)-y; mwpe;jpUej; hh;. MfNt> mtiuNa

tdhe;jpuKk>; twzl; epyKk; kfpoe; J; > fLntsp ek;gpapUe;jhd.; NahG fh;j;jUila jhrd; vdg; J

fopjJ; > G\g; j;ijg;Nghy nropfF; k; vd fh;jj; UfF; njhpAk.; MfNt> mtDf;F

thrpf;fpNwhk.; Mk; gphpakhdthf; Ns> twzl; MNuhf;fpak; tug;gz;zp> mtd; fhaqf; is

thof; ;if khWk;. epr;rakha; khWk.; ehk; Mw;w tpUgg; q;nfhzl; hh;. (NahG 42:9)-y; fh;j;jh;

trpfF; k; Fitjj; pNy fhj; ;jh; mijr; nra;thh.; NahGtpd; Kfj;ijg; ghh;j;jhh; vd thrpf;fpNwhk.;

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A New Road for a New Year

By Sis. Twinkle Gilbert…..

Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always. Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and
the judgments he pronounced,… 1 Chronicles 16:11-12

As we embark on this new year, Each of us has a new road ahead of us
in the new year. It’s another road, a
embodied so well in the spirit of different road than any we’ve traveled
on before. As we step off down that
Epiphany and the reality of life moving road, not knowing what we may find,
not knowing exactly where we’re
on, a fair question for us to ask is, going, we can be comforted in knowing
“how can we move on?” The answer that for sure, the light goes with us,
leading us, guiding us, showing us the
may be found in the refrain from an old way. God will be with us on our
church camp song I’ll bet many of you journeys down that new road ahead.
remember: “Rise and Shine.” Isaiah Even now God is calling to each of us,
tells the people of Israel to “Arise, whoever we are, whatever our
shine; for your light has come…” circumstance, calling us to get up off
our hands and knees, to stop creeping,
A new year always brings a sense of They no longer have to live in darkness and rise and shine, and continue on the
hope, doesn’t it? The previous year – nor do we. Rise and shine, get up, journey, giving God our praise, and
with all its tragedies, problems, begin again – there is more to come! sharing the Good News with others
disappointments, failures, and sadness There are new roads to travel upon in along the way.
is now behind us, and a clean slate lies this new year. But there are also
ahead. powerful forces working against this A New Year’s Eve poem I came across
directive. Apathy, lack of confidence, concludes with these words: “With
Many of us are feeling personal pains our physical or mental state, extreme courage we face the future, with warm
or anxieties this new year. Some of us caution or timidity – all these tend to memory we sing the old year out. With
are wrestling with important decisions hold us back. Worse than any of these hope in our hearts and voices we face
regarding a primary relationship or a is fear –disabling, crippling, the sunrise of God’s new dawn.” So,
task to be done; some know firsthand immobilizing fear. let’s sing the new year in by singing
the powerful effects of disabling together the refrain of that old song:
disease or worry about health issues in God has promised to uphold us no “Rise, and shine, and give God the
the upcoming months; some have had matter what – believe this promise! glory, glory, Rise and shine and give
to deal recently with a major loss; some God has promised to grant us victory God the glory, glory, Rise and shine
wonder if we can make it in the coming over all our spiritual enemies – believe and give God the glory, glory, Children
year without the presence of one who this promise! God has promised to of the Lord.” May hope dwell in our
meant so much; some of us are feeling grant us full and free forgiveness of our hearts and voices, and may that sunrise,
very lonely, in spite of people all sins through and because of Jesus the light of Christ, shine brightly on
around us; some wonder if dreams will Christ, our newborn Savior – believe each of us as we journey on the new
ever be realized, or whether the new this promise! Stand upon them, road we’ll be traveling upon in this
year will be even more frustrating and confident that God is as good as God’s new year. Amen.
filled with feelings of futility than the word, and that our living, loving Lord
last. Many of us are feeling pain or will deliver them as promised. Let us
anxiety this new year. What is this rise and shine, knowing that it is God’s
pain or anxiety like for you? light that empowers the light within us.

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Emotionally Healthy Spirituality - Jeremiah 30:17

Pr. Gilbert Regu

Jeremiah 30:17 says, “For I will restore Denying the past’s impact Covering over brokenness,
health to you, and your wounds I will We are under the illusion that because weakness, and failure
heal .” Before healing begins, we need we accepted Jesus, my old life was no The pressure to present an image of
to diagnose the illness. According longer in me. As 2 Corinthians ourselves as strong and spiritually
to Luke 4:18,19, Jesus is our great 5:17 says, “The old has gone, the new “together” hovers over most of us. We
physician. Jesus heals the metastatic has come!” This has to be a new feel guilty for not measuring up, for not
effect of sin in our lives. Let us try to identity in Christ. However, our past making the grade. We forget that not
briefly diagnosis some. will not magically disappear. The one of us is perfect and that we are all
impact of our family life, people we sinners. We can be honest when we are
Using God to run from God know, and events have molded us for sure of God’s love for us.
Among all the conditions, this is the better or for worse. There are
most difficult to diagnose! Why? It is generational patterns of sins that must Living without limits
because you don’t look sick at all! The be addressed. These generational
reason is you appear to be a godly patterns can impact how we live Many of us were taught that good
person who is engaged in ‘God presently. One way of sanctification is
activities. We use these activities as an to revisit the past in order to break free Christians constantly give and tend to
unconscious attempt to escape from from unhealthy and destructive others. I wasn’t supposed to say no to
pain or to fill a void. patterns.
opportunities to or requests for help
Emotions anger, sadness, & fear
Many of us Christians believe because that would be selfish. For
wholeheartedly that anger, sadness, and many of us, saying ‘no’ is very
fear are sins to be avoided, indicating
something is wrong with our spiritual Dividing our lives into “secular” and difficult. Jesus modeled this for us as a
life. Our emotions are ways God is human being—fully God yet fully
trying to reach us. Sometimes, an “sacred” compartments
emotion of anger and sadness reveals a human. He did not heal every sick
deep-seated idol that has been violated. It is so easy to compartmentalize our
Ultimately, it helps us to smash that daily activities as ‘secular’ and person in Palestine.
false idol and cling on the God’s ‘sacred’. We feel we are serving God
infinite provisions. Judging others spiritual journey
while we are at church. But we feel One of the greatest dangers in
Dying to the wrong things work as ‘secular’ and not very Christianity is developing a ‘us verse
The Pharisees were experts in dying to them’ mentality. We turn our
the wrong things. However, we are not important. Everything is sacred before differences into moral superiority or
called by God to die to the “good” virtues. We even judge our brothers
parts of who we are. God has gifted us God. We can glorify God even through and sisters. We conclude God is not
in some way; we are to grow in our working in their lives. Each person
unique way. God never asked us to die mundane tasks such as eating and grows differently like plants. Some
to the healthy desires and pleasures of grow fast, some slow and steady. All
life—to friendships, joy, art, music, drinking! (1 Corinthians 10:31) we can do is pray and wait in faith for
beauty, recreation, laughter, and nature. God to work (Colossians 1:9-10).
Spiritualizing away conflict
Nobody likes conflict. Yet conflict is The pathway to unleashing the
everywhere—from law courts, family transformative power of Jesus to heal
dinners, workplaces, classroom, our spiritual lives can be found in the
politics. We resolve conflicts by joining of emotional health and
burying them or lashing out. As contemplative spirituality. May God
Christians, we have ‘spiritualize’ bless your journey!
conflicts away. The Christian way is to
be humble and keep quiet. Jesus shows
us that healthy Christians do not avoid
conflict.

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• Praise God for the new Month – Jan. 2021
• Praise God for keeping us safe from diseases.
• Praise God for the job and our families.
• Praise God for the church meetings.
• Pray for our Pastor and Family.
• Pray for all Ministries in our Church.
• Pray for the deadly disease: COVID-19.
• Pray for our all the missionary families.
• Pray for all our church members.
• Pray for all children and their studies.
• Pray for all families in our church.
• Pray for the travel of our church members.
• Pray for all countries across the globe.
• Pray for Rulers of Kuwait and their families.
• Pray for new projects, jobs, salaries in time.

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The Bell
I KNOW WHO I AM
I am God's child ( John 1:12)
I am Christ's friend (John 15:15)
I am united with the Lord (1 Cor. 6:17)
I am bought with a price (1 Cor. 6:19-20)
I am a saint (set apart for God). (Eph. 1:1)
I am a personal witness of Christ (Acts 1:8)
I am the salt & light of the earth (Matt. 5:13-14)
I am a member of the body of Christ (1 Cor 12:27)
I am free forever from condemnation (Rom.8: 1-2)
I am a citizen of Heaven. I am significant (Phil.3:20)
I am free from any charge against me (Rom. 8:31-34)
I am a minister of reconciliation for God (2 Cor.5:17-21)
I have access to God through the Holy Spirit (Eph 2:18)
I am seated with Christ in the heavenly realms (Eph. 2:6)
I cannot be separated from the love of God (Rom.8:35-39)
I am established, anointed, sealed by God (2 Cor. 1:21-22)
I am assured all things work together for good ( Rom. 8: 28)
I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit ( John 15:16)
I may approach God with freedom and confidence (Eph. 3: 12)
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Phil. 4:13)
I am the branch of the true vine, a channel of His life (John 15: 1-5)

I am God's temple (1 Cor. 3: 16). I am complete in Christ (Col. 2: 10)
I am hidden with Christ in God (Col. 3:3). I have been justified (Romans 5:1)
I am God's co-worker (1 Cor. 3:9; 2 Cor 6:1). I am God's workmanship (Eph. 2:10)
I am confident that the good works God has begun in me will be perfected (Phil. 1: 5)
I have been redeemed and forgiven (Col. 1:14). I have been adopted as God's child (Eph 1:5)

I belong to God
Do you know
who you are!?
Keep this bell ringing...
Working for God on earth does not pay much, but His Retirement plan is out of this world!!

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Human life is a messy business — a hodge-podge of everything from minor
inconveniences to death itself. God is bigger than every single one of those things.

As we cross the year 2020 and enter the new year 2021, it is undoubtedly one of the most trying in our lifetimes.
Sorry to see a lot of pain across the globe that many families have had to endure. The health and well-being of our
church, communities across the world is one of the prayer request we made days and moths in 2020.
God has been faithful to us and kept us alive and safe during the year 2020. As we see the dawn of the new year
2021, may God bless you and your family abundantly and keep you all safe from the pandemic and all diseases.
Some of you have endured hardship and may year 2021 be a year of blessings. As we reflect on 2020, as per the
Bible verse, “He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be
mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” (Rev. 21:4)

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Approved By: Pastor Gilbert Regu

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