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PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPORT
TO THE MINISTRY OF THE
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL. 8, NO.
11
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
MARCH 14, 1986
Dear Ministers,
We had another fine telecast response last weekend to Dr. David
Albert's second program about the purpose of human life. · 17,762 weekend
cal.
ls made this the third highest response for a non-prophetic program!
And that was in spite of preemptions on 28 stations, including
superstation WGN.
Had all stations aired the program, we would have
received more than 20,000 calls! Telecast response this year is running
!!!Q.!.! than double last year's, at 133% increase to date.
Let's remember to thank God for His blessings, as well as asking for
them.
Sometimes we can focus so much on asking God's blessing,
inspiration, direction, intervention and encouragement--whether for His
Work or in our personal lives or the lives of others--that we forget ,E2.
thank Him. We don't want to be like the nine lepers who went their way
rejoicing about their healing, never thinking to go back and thank Jesus
for doing it 1 Rather, we need to be like the one who did appreciate the
source of his blessing and returned to express that appreciation.
·
Mr. Herbert Armstrong often mentioned that 80% of his prayer time was
spent in thanking God. If the bulk of your prayers are not focused around
thanksgiving, try it!
You
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11· like it!
And much more importantly, God
will like it! . Notice the apostle Paul's instruction in Philippians 4: 6:
"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication,
with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God."
Also II
Thessalonians 5:17-18: "Pray without ceas�ng, in everything give thanks;
for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you."
Encourage the brethren to remember these instructions in prayer.
This again is a part of showing God where our hearts are, and what our
minds are on.
I met this past Sunday, March 8, with eight members of the faculty of
education from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. (One faculty
member had not yet arrived, due to a death in the family).
The nine
professors, five women and four men, will be visiting us for six weeks,
IN THIS ISSUE
From the · Pastor General
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From Church Administration.
Ambassador College Update .
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studying
American
instructional
methods at our own Imperial School
in Pasadena, as well as at certain
other selected schools in this
area.
During this reception on
Sunday, I discussed with them the
differences between education in
Thailand and education in America.
American methods are actually su
perior in many ways to traditional
Thai methods. The Thai method is
basically straight, formal lecture.
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