Single mothers in Japan

"Most single mothers in Japan survive on less than half the national median income, the poverty line defined by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

"Their children are, on average, poorer, less educated and have fewer prospects - an underclass in a wealthy and ageing nation that can ill-afford to lose a significant chunk of its future workforce."

Please read more: The children of Japan's single mothers have become an underclass, East Asia News & Top Stories - The Straits Times

Please pray for us as we reach out to single mom families….

We walk the way of the cross

How do Christians relate to society? Please listen to this: The Esther Option

"Rather than fight power with power, we walk the way of the cross, stand by our convictions, and make ourselves vulnerable."

Matthew 5:5, "Blessed are the meek (the gentle, the humble), for they will inherit the earth."

Through the cross

"We must listen to (God) when he tells us who He really is. He essentially supremely reveals himself... through the cross." Tim Keller

Listen to Tim Keller - The Theology of the Cross and Walking with a Limp - YouTube

Galatians 6:14, "But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ…."

Travel

"The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page." St. Augustine

Psalm121:2-3, "My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip…."

"When your life seems filled with unbelief…"

“When your life seems filled with unbelief and other forms of sin and weakness, get your eyes off yourself and fix them on the Messianic Victor, who once and for all has defeated the flesh, the world and the Devil.” Richard Lovelace

from Renewal as a Way of Life: A Guidebook for Spiritual Growth (Paperback) - Common: By (author) Richard F Lovelace: 0884146647028: Amazon.com: Books

Hebrews 12:1-2, "Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God."

Artist Makoto Fujimura

“Thou are my loveliness, my life, my light, Beauty alone to me.” George Herbert

You artists need to check out Makoto Fujimura | Artist, Writer, Catalyst

Psalm 19:1, "The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork."

"But God gave the growth."

Please read Results Are Not Your Responsibility.

"Because of Christ’s perfect life and sacrifice, we can know our acceptance with God never changes based on what we have to offer him." Jade Campbell

“Obedience is our responsibility. The result of our obedience is up to God.” Elisabeth Elliot

1 Corinthians 3:6-7, "I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth."