WORD OF THE DAY - Monday 04 October 2010 from Mykolayiv, Ukraine

We had six people for worship yesterday. Lyuda was out of town at the seminar in Feodosia, and Nikolai was also working out of town. We had three visitors during our worship yesterday. One young man and two women named Oksana. Both Oksana's stayed around while we had some tea and conversation about the word of God. One works as a PE teacher at the special school for children studying English K-11 that is situated very close to the building where we meet. She came to one of our nightly meetings recently just as we were about to leave and promised to come back. The other Oksana is the one who was a WEI student back in the Summer, but due to her work at two restaurants she was not able to keep her appointments. Now, she is working as a cashier and wants to resume her studies. She came about the time we were to begin our worship only to make an appointment for her English study. Liz and Brian Wakefield are on their way from Colorado to help us in our evangelistic work. They are scheduled to arrive on Wednesday morning by train from Kiev. We spoke with Olga from Magadan yesterday in Moscow. Unless doctors encourage her to have a surgery, she will come to Nikolaev and spend a couple of weeks with us. We are very pleased that she will be here while Brian and Liz are here since she knows English and can be of some help to them around the city. Thank you for the many prayers and kind words of encouragement.

Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, because the LORD has a charge to bring against the inhabitants of the land: “There is no faithfulness, no love, no knowledge of God in the land.” (Hosea 4:1)
Слушайте слово Господне, сыны Израилевы; ибо суд у Господа с жителями сей земли, потому что нет ни истины, ни милосердия, ни Богопознания на земле. (Осия 4:1 Russian)
Послухайте слова Господнього, Ізраїлеві сини, бо Господь має прю із мешканцями земними, бо нема на землі ані правди, ні милости, ані богопізнання. (Осия 4:1 Ukrainian)
Escuchen, israelitas, la palabra del SEÑOR, porque el SEÑOR va a entrar en juicio contra los habitantes del país: «Ya no hay entre mi pueblo fidelidad ni amor, ni *conocimiento de Dios. (Oseas 4:1 NVI)

Almighty God, our Dear Heavenly Father ~ Thank you for the precious gift of life that sparkles within us on this new day that greets us with even more blessings and challenges. Give us wisdom as study and meditate on your word, so that we will understand how to more effectively combat the increasing spiritual ignorance that is marked by the rising rate of violent acts of crime, hatred, theft and swindling in civilized countries of the world. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.