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Its true that when we pray not all are healed, there may be various reasons for that, but if some say that its God's will that they are sick, its very hard to comprehend.

The main obstacle to hear God is our lack of understanding, many believe that we need to be holy and blameless to hear from God. Its true that sin separated man from God, but Jesus came to restore this broken relationship of mankind with God.

In the short time Colleen and I have been running The Gypsy Project together, I've gotten to know quite a few people in Chilliwack and a lot of them are down and out, some of them addicts, alcoholics, prostitutes, homeless or any combination of those. It often seems to me that there's always someone who has it worse off than we do, and for whom even the basics of life can be a challenge.

My parents were having difficulty accepting some of my lifestyle choices, such as putting my faith completely in God and trusting in Him to supply the needs of my wife and I. Since she turned sick, I haven't worked at a regular job. I do, however, follow God's will in my life, including working with street people, homeless people, people struggling with addiction, alcohol, and other issues, and witnessing to men afflicted by lust and pornography.

WHAT IS THE CROSS

What is the cross. Two pieces of wood put together in a T form? A piece of jewelry that some people wear on a chain, as earrings, on a charm bracelet? It is found on churches, hung on walls in homes, headstones in a cemetary. It is seen everywhere, but is the meaning of the cross understood? People know a man died on that cross. But do they know, really know who that man was? Do they understand what was done on that cross?

WHAT IS THE CROSS Part II

The cross was known to be the most painful and humiliating ways of death. It was designed to bring the utmost suffering for the longest period. Some took 3 or more days to die. What they went thru we cannot imagine.

In his classic book, The Body, Charles Colson tells the true story of Father Maximilian Kolbe, a Polish monk who was imprisoned in Auschwitz by the Nazi's in WWII. Father Kolbe was subjected to years of tortuous manual labor yet he was a constant source of Godly love and encouragement to his fellow prisoners. One July night a couple years after his imprisonment, the camp air was suddenly filled with the baying of dogs, the curses of soldiers, and the roar of motorcycles. A man had escaped from Barracks 14 -- Father Kolbe's barracks.

Prayer is a relationship with the Father. Because He is our Father, and we are His children, we are dependent upon Him for anything and everything within our lives. We don't pray in order to have our needs met. We pray because we have needs. This is how we are constantly aware of His presence in our lives and the way that our relationship is formed.

There was a boy by the name of Steve who was attending school in Utah. Bro. Christianson taught at this particular school. He had an open-door policy and would take in any student that had been thrown out of another class as long as they would abide by his rules.

Steve had been kicked out of his sixth period and no other teacher wanted him, so he went into Bro. Christianson's class. Steve was told that he could not be late, so he arrived just seconds before the bell rang and he would sit in the very back of the room. He would also be the first to leave after the class was over.