WelshRev: DIY Sunday Service Kit 12/06/22 - 1 John 4:10-12 and a fresh look at 'Roots and Fruits' in the World for the Week

Hello ... and welcome to this DIY Sunday Service Kit in the middle of June!

This week the Word for the Week video is about 'Roots and Fruits', and the Bible exposition tackles 1 John 4:10-12 dealing with the sort of objection people make when they say 'God?! ... show me.' What their question is flagging up might not be what you expect ...

But first, let's pray.

Lord and loving Father we thank you for the privilege we enjoy of access to your presence each and every day. On this Lord's Day, the special day in every week, we ask you to lift our eyes once more in a fresh ad living way to the things that are above, where our Saviour sits at the right hand of the Majesty in Heaven, and to transform our hearts as we gaze on your glories.

We ask for Jesus' sake.

Amen.

Here comes the Word for the Week video ...

Prayer points

Today we have a special focus on praying about access to the Scriptures where there is no written language to begin with.

That was the situation for the Gusilay language in Senegal.

What do you do then?

You have to work out how the spoken language works, how to write the words down and (working with the community) start to write some sort of dictionary.

With the first Gusilay language published in 2019, work began on translating Genesis. Why Genesis? It's because it offers a bridge between the message of Jesus and the majority region of the Gusilay people.

In the meantime, before they have the written Word, the Gusilay will be able to hear the Storie of Genesis in audio form as the translation team are producing radio broadcasts and dramatised readings ... and asking Gusilay musicians to write songs based on Scripture in their own language.

The broadcasts go out regularly and are based on the life of Abraham, which speaks directly into the Senegalese context.

Here are some of the ladies who are voting the stories in the broadcasts.

These broadcasts have been transmitted for a year now as the written translation work continues, and they cover the area in orange on this map.

You can read more about what is being done to bring the Bible to the Gusilay people HERE

Let's pray

for the protection of the team and their families
for the people helping as actors, readers of dramatised readings, musicians and all the local helpers to meet with and to walk with their God
for continued access to this area, to the radio and to the hearts of men and women for the materials that are being produced
and for a great work of God amongst the Gusilay people