{"id":1300,"date":"2020-04-29T11:27:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T15:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/regina-rodman\/?p=1300"},"modified":"2024-03-29T11:32:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T15:32:03","slug":"april-2020-update-thankful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/regina-rodman\/2020\/04\/29\/april-2020-update-thankful\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2020 Update &#8211; Thankful"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dear Family &amp; Friends,<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We just wanted to say thanks for your partnership to build a thriving church for every people.\u00a0Things have slowed down since\u00a0the Home Office closed for now, with people working from home.\u00a0I drafted this email at Thanksgiving and never got a chance to finish it.\u00a0This seems like a great time to be thankful!\u00a0 Hopefully you will be encouraged by these seven Bible verses from the languages of variety of people groups, with the English NIV below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/d5d8aa93e7772aea00359cc13\/images\/a133681f-8ff6-4730-8cd7-ec59bcf85e38.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/d5d8aa93e7772aea00359cc13\/images\/7ef70099-212d-4c5d-b49d-b16ae2507366.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Philippians 1:3 \u2013 I thank my God every time I remember you. (Above: Bible from Manjui people of Latin America, printed in 2015)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/d5d8aa93e7772aea00359cc13\/images\/6d7e4ad5-acde-4781-829b-a56847ec4b2b.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hebrews 13:15 \u2013 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice\u00a0of praise\u2014the fruit of lips\u00a0that openly profess his name. (Piapoco people of Latin America, printed 1966, 1985, and 2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/d5d8aa93e7772aea00359cc13\/images\/76c75644-b671-4128-a8c5-17fb54e2baee.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 Thessalonians 5:16-18\u00a0Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances;\u00a0for this is God\u2019s will for you in Christ Jesus. (Panare people of Latin America, printed 2002, 2007)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/d5d8aa93e7772aea00359cc13\/images\/30541d07-6f43-46a7-bfc2-3d90093c1497.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colossians 3:17 \u2013 And whatever you do,\u00a0whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks\u00a0to God the Father through him. (Kuman people of Papua New Guinea, printed 2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/d5d8aa93e7772aea00359cc13\/images\/061c0269-38d4-44b4-852f-76ea5d322f2f.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 Corinthians 15:57 \u2013\u00a0But thanks be to God!\u00a0He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (Semandang people of Asia Pacific region, printed 2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/d5d8aa93e7772aea00359cc13\/images\/d940ca91-49cc-433d-a720-8b6719466617.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 Corinthians 2:14 \u2013 But thanks be to God,\u00a0who always leads us as captives in Christ\u2019s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma\u00a0of the knowledge\u00a0of him everywhere. (Budik people of Africa, printed 2015)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/d5d8aa93e7772aea00359cc13\/images\/b8a5aefe-a5eb-4465-b994-80ead16a10ea.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 Corinthians 4:15 \u2013 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God. (Maco people of South America, printed 2014)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prayer requests:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Computer team facilitating remote work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Regina editing short videos; work-home balance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wisdom raising Joseph; healthy baby<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Family &amp; Friends, We just wanted to say thanks for your partnership to build a thriving church for every people.\u00a0Things have slowed down since\u00a0the Home Office closed for now, with people working from home.\u00a0I drafted this email at Thanksgiving and never got a chance to finish it.\u00a0This seems like a great time to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":448,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-ministry","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/regina-rodman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/regina-rodman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/regina-rodman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/regina-rodman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/448"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/regina-rodman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/regina-rodman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/regina-rodman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/regina-rodman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/regina-rodman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}