CRISIS NEWSA bulldn of .......nd tMoIoglcIIl ,.flectton on ...

South AlrlClln emergenCJ

No. 10 July''''

NAME THEM IN PRAYER...When aomeone _ know and love "goesmi"ing"ll 'S ul~llobe upsetlndconcemed, 10 pllIyand be activein searching l()f him'or her When hundred. and IhouSlnds 01 people _dO not know go missing. our naluralresponse is less intense.

But those whO love God IOcl seek to live in the po_r of Il'Ie Holy Spirit are not content with "doing whatcomes Nllurally~. Rather, they .jOCl themselves w,'king in the footsteps of the Good Shepherd who is nOIsatisfied wilh having ninety nine sheep safely In Ihe Idld and one missing. The good shepherd goes OtJlllndMarches lor the lost sheep unlil he finds it. bring. 11 back sarely and calls his friend. to rejOiCe.

That parable in Luke 15l,applied to sinners coming 10 repentllOCe ('1.7) but since God ia Creator and Lord ofall lile the concern ot Ihe good shepherd applies 10 all aspects 0' our IIle.

What Is the use 01 having long lists of names of strangflrs? we can look through lhem 10 _If_ knowanyone. but ttlen what? Here la wh.r.lmagination alld a M sense of thfIucramenUlI" come in. We Ulll brndand .....in. and the wat.r 01 baptism as symbols and instruments of the divin.gl1lce. In tlllsameWfly namesofpeopl•• even 01 slrang.rs. can become symbols and Instruments 01 Goers aU..mbraclng redemptive .0.....The Importanc. of NarM'

In Scripture _ read aboullheimportanc. of names. AccordIng to Genesis 2.1&.20 ttle Ilrst man names theanimals and bird' and all living creatures. When his partner Is maoethe Lon:lcallsher tsIIIhM (o.nesl,2.23)and Iller Adam (man) calls her e.... - Li'e· because she ia the mother of all who lil'l (Gen. 3.20).

At a lime of ,ufferlng ana e.ile the prophel Isaiah. in an amazing menagfl 01 hope and .ncouragement tothe peopl. of Israel. says that God will anoint the heathen Gyrus 10 live Ih.m

',hal you may know lhat lam the LordIsrael's Gael who call, you by nam....

Read IMlah 45.t_7.

OUI Lord Jeaus Christ stood In this lradltlon wh.n n. spok. about the good shepherd who "c"lIs his ownsheep by name and reads them out" (John 10.3). Somelimes _ have used Ihls lIaehlng a, a way ofseparating the saved Irom Ihe unsavect.lnstead of releting il to Ihe 'undlmental biblical trulh thlt Chrill diedlor ALL people. In other words. Gael', saving love embraces eaCh and every person ('ncllldlng the captor, of10,1 sl'leepl. And believer, are called 10 medlale thallo.... 01 Gaeltoall people. moste,peclal'ytollll"leasl" ofGael", 'amlly. (Ma"hew 25.31-46)

A Prayer Usf

So tnis 1111 0' names or misaing per$Ol1S Is a prayer list. a guide to thanksgiving Ind Intercession, Here Is anexample 01 how such lists have been used In vigi's and prayer grouos:

'We divide the lil! into selS 01 ten or fifteen names ."d take lum, to read out lhe names. slowly. pausing aftereach name. AI the enO of each IIt_have brief spontaneous prayer, or set verslcteand response inwhleh_mo,• pl1ll.. God for hia love of these lOll ,help and for hi. presence .....ith th.m .....here....r they may be:• ask God to slrengthen and comfort them and their lamllles. and 10 reslrllin thOse who mighl be temptecllo

abuse tham: and

• commit ourllllves to do everythtng _ can 10 bring them home soon and safel y. and 10 create cOnditions for/uatice. PMc. and sharing.

"we are not mechaniCal aboul this. In some breaks th.re la silence or a quiet hymn or ChOrus. Sometimes_light candle, or pin name ca n:ls onto a board or "fellowship lree". or walk slo.....ly in I circle as lhe nam..arecalled out. thin stand during the response break. etc. We Inch.ode our Sunday .chool Children and our..".gers In this pl1lyer .....0r1l 10 that they can tea", In a prac1lcal w.y about tha blesslngs and d.mands ofbeing part ollhis kind at felloWShip.

"Whll I'm l!)'Ing to Sly II Ihll we (lo whltever we can, wheneWlr we can, 10 bring IheM people into ItIepretlence 01 Godlnet God'lllmlly. We 'hold them up' In luch I wlY Ihlllhey become reil 10 ullnd Ireremembered by ul 1I Olher IImel.

"One persO(\ doelnl hlWl 10 remember eWlryone on the FlII. Thlt would be Impou!bte, aUllll we prlYtogelher In Ihls Wly - .nd 01 couree we llso reld approprilte Scrlplures Ind sing - _ do begin 10 focul onpartlcullr Individuals, or groups of pllOple In particular p1ICes, e.g. lwenty people Irom I smllt counltylOwn. The Lord IIYS on our I'IelIrts I burden lor Ihem Ind Ihll keeps UI In lOUCh wilh lhe hidden pllnlulrellilies I,.. Ihe midst 01 our ',..orm,1 comfortlble lives'."

Rnd your own ..,

We hope 11'111 msny churches, preyer groups 'fld Indtvid~llwilt Ilnd their own wlys 01 using tl'lese tilts 10enSlJre ttlll thOM who are mining' lor whalever relson -Ire nol forgotten: Ihallhe pal,.. and dlstre5l01ll'lelrloved ones is shared and e,sed: I(ld thel the evils which dilrupt our ',mlly, community and nallon,llifl Ireresisted Itrenuoully, pllrsillenlly and effe<:llvllly - to 11'111 glory 01 God 'nd the comi"'O 01 I'll. Ki(lgdom ofluSllcll. 10Wl '(Id trulh.

PRAYER UST-GEBEDSLYS

CARNAf!VON

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