You have something that takes priority in your life. We all do. It changes our schedules, captures our passions and causes sacrifices. We defend it. We fight for it. We claim it. What comes first in your life? For the Christian, God should come first. He should capture our passions. His worship should change our schedules. His work should cause us to sacrifice. We should defend Him and proclaim Him! for most Christians God has a small place in their lives. He is low on the priority scale. They feel as though they do God a favor by going to church an hour a week. Others may attend church regularly but act very differently outside of the church. Even those that are faithful to church rarely tithe 10% of their income or read their Bibles daily. Work, recreation, and rest often come before God. This should not be.

Matthew 6:33 “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”

God should be first in your life. If you seek God first, He will take care of all the other areas of your life. The first priority of a child of God should be to spend every day making sure God is preeminent in life. This is not easy. The world, the flesh and the devil will conspire together to keep God low on your list of priorities. You must fight for Him.

Let me be clear. The Bible doesn’t mean you should SAY that God is first in your life. It means to LIVE with God first. You are seeking His Kingdom and putting Him first by your decisions and deeds. Lip service only deceives self. Your love for God is proven by your actions. I John 2:3

How do we put God first? What does that life look like?

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Give God the First Hour of the Day.

Psalm 63:1 “O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, My flesh longeth for thee In a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;”

Mark 1:35–37 “And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. And Simon and they that were with him followed after him. And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for thee.”

Spending time alone with God in prayer, Bible reading, and meditation is essential. During this time you center your mind, heart and soul around God. Your inward man is renewed and grace is given for the day ahead.

Don’t make the mistake of waiting until the evening. By that time you will have been beaten up all day and come weary to God for rejuvenation. I’m all for that, but how much better would your day have gone if you had started the day with God as well. Give God the first hour of your day. God the First Hour of the Day

During the month of September 2019, We organize eight home church prayers meeting and share the Gospel with One hundred and ten male/female, distribute five small food package to our Brickyard Christian family, Facilitate two hundred and fifty children with school bag, food and school/educational stationary in our two ministry center and organize ten Sunday school services. We organized prayer meetings in our LOTC and SJPS center and share the Good news from the Bible about “God the First Hour of the Day”. The group members, children and brickyard families are thankful for your great love, prayers and continued support to us.

Pray for Peace in Pakistan and Peace in the world.

Prayer Meetings:

Give God the First Day of the Week.

Revelation 1:10 “I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet.”

1 Corinthians 16:2 “Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.”

Hebrews 10:23–25 “Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.”

Sunday is called “The Lord’s Day” for a reason. It is not your personal day of rest and recreation. It belongs to Him. We worship on the day of His resurrection to start the week with God and live the rest of the week in His power. If you skip church and ministry time on Sunday, your entire week will suffer for it.

I recommend you attend church at least 3 times a week. I know… take a breath. We live in a day when many churches are canceling services. Before a growing trend of people seeing how little God had to impact your schedule, people built their lives around the church for thousands of years. I realize in Bible times they didn’t go three times a week. But before you think that statement proves your point, you should read the Scripture. They assembled every day!

Every activity offered on Sunday is a worldly alternative to God’s House. Build your life around God’s family. Give God the first day of the Week.

Acts 2:46 “And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart.”

We organize ten prayer meetings during this month. The six prayer meeting was held in Christian home in surrounding area of Toba Tek Singh and we organize two special prayer meeting in our Saint James Primary School and Least of These Center. We share the Book of Acts with our one hundred and ten male/female. We share the Good news with our brethren and share them how to make strong connection with heavenly Father, His Grace is sufficient for me.

Brickyard Christian Family Support Program:

Give God the First Consideration in Every Decision.

Proverbs 3:5–6 “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; And lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he shall direct thy paths.”

Seek God’s direction. What does the Bible say about it? If there is no verse that specifically addresses your situation, find a principle that applies. Seek advice from godly people who know the Bible. Pray about your decision with a submissive spirit and ask God what He wants you to do. Then do it.

Stop making decisions with no thought of God. It is pride and self-trust. Stop trying to figure it all out yourself. Trust God. He is in your life to stay and will direct your steps to a greater life than you can imagine. Give God the first consideration in your decisions.

Psalm 37:23–24 “The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: And he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: For the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.”

The Christian families from Brickyard kiln are very happy that we visit them and share the Book of Acts, give them food package. They thankful to your great love, prayers and continue support.

We share the book of Acts with them. They gather in one home and Praise our God with singing hymns of praise to God be the glory all the time.

Least of These Center:

Give God the First Portion of your Pay.

Leviticus 27:30 “And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD’s: it is holy unto the LORD.”

Proverbs 3:9–10 “Honour the LORD with thy substance, And with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, And thy presses shall burst out with new wine.”

Matthew 23:23 “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.”

Yes, tithing is in the Bible. It’s in the Old Testament and the New Testament. Jesus said you should do it. No, most pastors are not money hungry monsters trying to steal from you. Now stop trying to find all the reasons why your money belongs to you. Giving is a test.

God doesn’t need your money. He wants your heart and there are few things that people value more than money. Do you love God more than money and things? Your tithing record is the answer.

Your first check written after you deposit your paycheck should be to the local church you attend. Yes, you can afford it. Truthfully, you can’t afford keep God’s tithe. You’ll never get out of debt and save money if the first thing you do each week is rob God. Give God the first 10% of your pay.

Matthew 6:19–21 “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”

Matthew 6:24 “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”

The God has blessed us with School bag, school/educational stationary and foods to our one hundred and twenty five children at Least of These Center. The Children and Group members from LOTC are very thankful to you and your family for your prayers, countinuely support and love. They said to you, ” Thank you so much for your prayers and love” The Children are blessed to know about disciple life. They also rejoice to know more new Biblical stories about disciple life.

Saint James Primary School Evening Class:

Give God First Place in your Heart.

Proverbs 4:23 “Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.”

Proverbs 23:26 “My son, give me thine heart, And let thine eyes observe my ways.”

Matthew 22:37 “Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.”
This is the purest measure of God’s place in your life. Are you living in happy submission to the Lord? Would you go anywhere and do anything that He asked of you? Does He have first place in every area of your life?

Too many have given first place to a job, a person, a cause, a pleasure, a sport, a dream. You are robbing yourself of life’s most fulfilling purpose – to live for God.

What a blessed life when the first thoughts of your morning and the last thoughts of your night are sweet meditations of God! Your heart is a kingdom and He is the King. Every thing He asks of you is an honored privilege instead of a resented command. When He has first place in your heart, nothing else on this list will be a problem! Give God first place in your heart.

Perhaps God was first in your life at some point, but that is no longer true. You have placed something or someone else on the throne of your heart. Other priorities crept in. The deceitfulness of sin seduced you. Pride filled your heart. You are miserable because a child of God can never be happy in rebellion to His Father. You can change that today. Repent of this sin and make God first in your life again today. Return to your first Love!

Revelation 2:4–5 “Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.”

God has blessed our one hundred and twenty five children with school beg, school educational/stationary material and food. God bless us with resource to provide formal education to our seventy five children in our primary school. We facilitate one hundred and twenty five children with Biblical education and formal educational material.

Saint James Primary School Formal Education:

Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Scripture declares that life and death are in the power of the tongue. What we speak we shall have, therefore, watch the words you speak to self or others.

Words are incredibly powerful. Believe it or not but words can build up, bless, curse, encourage, and motivate or they can also tear down, hurt, and cause horrible scars.

Proverbs 15:4 – A soothing tongue [speaking words that build up and encourage] is a tree of life, but a perversive tongue [speaking words that overwhelm and depress] crushes the spirit.

Today, make your mouth a fountain of life and not death. Be slow to speak and swift to hear. Seek opportunities to speak kind, tenderhearted words that build up and not tear down. Encourage more and criticize less.

God has blessed us with seventy children worth to serve them with formal education, foods, school stationary and school begs. We facilate seventy children in our formal education school. They thankful to your prayers, love and care.

Sunday School SJPS:

Ephesians 4:29 Let no unwholesome word proceed out of your mouth, but only that which is good for building up, that it may give grace to the listeners.

What are you speaking? Are the words you speaking producing life or death? Are you building up or tearing down? Are you giving hope or discouragement?

Let today be the day that you purpose in your heart that you will be a person whose mouth is full of life and not death by refraining from attack words.

Remember, life and death is in the power of the tongue and those that love it shall eat its fruit.

Sweet or bitter fruit? Which are you eating and sharing?

At Sunday School, we learn from the Book of Acts during this month almost seventy children attend the Sunday school during this month. They thankful to your love, prayers and support. they are attending everyday class with joy and hope to learn more about new lessons from the Bible.

Sunday School LOTC:

You are blessed! You belong to The Father, God almighty Himself, Who has abundance. Your family is rich! We have accesses to it all. If we seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness all things will be added to us (Matthew 6:33). He promised to give us good measure, pressed down, shaking together, and running over (Luke 6:38). Our God said He will supply all of our need according to His riches and glory (Philippians 4:19). The blessings of Abraham belong to us, if we are in a place of obedience. Are we tithing, praying, seeking God, and doing what He says to do? If you are and you feel you haven’t received enough, do more. He wants more of you. He wants more of your time. He wants more of your heart. The Lord wants you to become more like Him. Use Him as an example. He has already done it all for you.

God has blessed us that we learn the Book of Acts during this month almost 40 children attend the Sunday school during this month. We share the small disciple Stories with our children. They are blessed and enjoy their Sunday school. They said to you, ” thank you so much for your prayers, love and presence in our missions.

The Gypsy Ministry:

Light and Darkness, Sin and Forgiveness

1 John 5:10 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. 8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.

Praise God! God has blessed us this chanc that we share the Good news with our brethren who are living in Gypsy areas. We share the word of God, food package with them. They are thankful to your great love, prayers and support.

The Bible Evening Class:

Love for Enemies

Luke 6:27 “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 29 If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. 30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. 31 Do to others as you would have them do to you. 32 “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. 35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

During this month we share the Book of Acts with our one hundred children and share the Good news with our seventy five adult. We organised Bible Evening Class at our Saint James Primary School and Least of These Center. We gather our children and adult who are living nearest to our center. We pick the children from Brick kiln factory, from other village and share the Word of God with them. They are very excited to listen the Word of God and hear the God news. They enjoy the spiritual food and food. We thankful to our prayer, love and supporters.

Prayer Request:

A Tree and Its Fruit

Luke 6:43-45 “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 44 Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers. 45 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
Pray for Peace in Pakistan, Pray for Peace in World. Amen

In Christ’s Love,

Asim Saddique
Naveed Masih
Sabeeha Kiren