Give God all the glory
‘For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword,’ Psalm 44:3 NKJV
A frog was running out of water, so he asked two birds to transport him to a nearby pond by having each bird carry one end of a stick in their beak while he bit down on the centre and held on. It was a sight to behold: two birds, one stick, and a frog in the middle. A cow looked up, saw the trio passing overhead, and asked, ‘Who thought of that?’ The frog couldn’t resist. Pride prevailed over prudence. ‘It was meeee…!’ he yelled as he plummeted to earth. Don’t make the same error. Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall’ (Proverbs 16:18 NLT). Why are you good at doing what you do? For your own comfort? To save for your retirement? To bolster your self-esteem? No, these are all bonuses, not the main reason. You’re good at what you do, for God’s sake. It’s about Him, not you! Read and ponder these words in your heart: ‘Wealth and honour come from you alone, for you rule over everything. Power and might are in your hand, and at your discretion, people are made great and given strength’ (1 Chronicles 29:12 NLT). Recalling the victories, blessings, and successes Israel had experienced, David reminds us: ‘For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, nor did their own arm save them; but it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, because You favoured them.’ (Psalm 44:3 NKJV). Keep in mind that the blessings you enjoy every day are yours only because God favoured and smiled on you. That’s the truth!
SoulFood: Gal 5:22, Luke 2:8-20, Pro 3:13-18, Ps 119:161-168
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Radio
Helping local Christian people harness the incredible power of radio to have a positive impact in their communities is the mainstay of our ministry.
Radio gets behind closed doors to bring the light, hope and encouragement of the Gospel message to people right where they are.
We broadcast our youth focussed Life fm, (Laif FM, Laef FM) in Vanuatu, Cook Islands, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, and soon Fiji and Nauru. You can hear what that station sounds like right now with this link or by using the “Listen Now” button at the top of our website.
But these broadcasts aren’t without challenges. In today’s COVID crazy world we struggle to get expert technical support to our stations when they need it. It is hard enough just to ship replacement equipment when something breaks.
Please pray for our ministry and our local teams. We need God’s wisdom and provision as we seek to serve the beautiful people throughout the Asia Pacific region with the best Christian radio. And ‘the best’ is what they deserve!
The Word for Today
In 2020, thanks to your donations, we were able to launch a special 200 page, 12 month edition of The Word for Today in Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa and Timor-Leste.
We did it all again in 2021 and added Nauru and an Indonesian language edition called Renungan Hari Ini. And we’ve continued to do it every year since.
And not to forget our team in Nepal have been faithfully producing the Nepali edition for many years.
If you are in one the nations listed above and you’d like a copy of the current edition, contact your local UCB team – you’ll find their contact details when you choose the nation from the Projects in the menu above. Or use our contact form and well pass it on.
The Word for Today is loved around the world for its simple Biblical truths and relevant teaching. A quarterly edition is also available in Australia (from Vision Christian Media) and NZ (from Rhema Media).
Online & Social
Even in the remotest island nearly everyone has a mobile phone. And while their village might not have running water or grid electricity, they do have YouTube and Facebook!
So if we are to reach people with ‘Christian media’, guess where we have to be.
Thanks to support from people like you we are able to build websites, develop a mobile App and help our local team develop Social Media strategies so they can effectively interact with their community.
Our App is free and customised for each nation. It has a custom radio stream and relevant content for that nation’s people including The Word for Today, the Bible in local languages, podcasts and a lot more.
Ideally we would like a Telecommunications partner so local people can use our app unmetered (without having to use paid data). Something we’d love you to join us in prayer about.
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Ministerial Visit to Radio Voz
Our team at Radio Voz had a visit from Francisco Martins da Costa Pereira Jerónimo last Week, Timor-Leste's Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Social Communication. They were able to show the minister their studio and tell him a bit of Radio Voz's history. He...
An increase for 2021
We are excited and encouraged by the positive response to the launch of The Word for Today in 2020. So for 2021, thanks to your support we've been able to increase our print run to over 17,000 copies across 7 nations in the Pacific. The new books are being printed and...
The Word for Today now on air and online in Tetun
Our team at Radio Voz in Timor Leste have a new website - but that's not what this story is about. As part of their website we gave them The Word for Today - with each new devotional automatically publishing each day. But for many Timorese English is a second...
Vanuatu Team registered
We're excited that our team in Vanuatu are now fully registered with the Vanuatu Government as a not-for-profit association. This is a huge step forward as we work towards establishing a flourishing and effective radio ministry in Vanuatu. Already they are keen to...
Still bringing hope
At our staff meeting last week Aimee shared from Psalm 138:2 For You have magnified Your word above all Your name. This is a great reminder about how important God’s Word is – and why we are so passionate about getting it out through the airwaves. Speaking of The...
Tetun News Added
Our team in Timor-Leste have really taken hold of their new website. www.radiovozfm.com They've already added a news feed in the local Tetun language as they saw there is a need. They were also keen to ask for a 'Social Share' option so that visitors to their site can...
Thank you from Vanuatu
Help in the aftermath of TC Harold
The people of Vanuatu were hit hard by Tropical Cyclone Harold. Many people lost buildings, crops and their livelihood. But there are some good news stories too. Like the folk at the Santo Baptist Church who were out and about helping where they could and distributing...
Battlefield of the Mind
Everything that you say and do begins with the thoughts in your mind. Right now, you are thinking about something. Maybe it’s work or family. Maybe it’s the ever looming question of the future. Where else do your thoughts go? Do you fear, get angry, feel...
Harmony
Each week at Vision we do life together with things like having communion, drinking a coffee, supporting each other, eating lunch in our staff room, and more, which all helps build a sense of belonging for everyone. 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 speaks about the body...
The Cross at Easter
The cross is an important symbol during Easter, reminding us of the incredible sacrifice Jesus made. Despite all of our struggles and pain, the cross reminds us we are not alone in this world. We can find strength and comfort knowing that Jesus has already...
Celebrating Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday is an important Christian holiday that commemorates Jesus Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem, which took place just days before his crucifixion and resurrection. The Bible says, crowds of people welcomed Jesus into the city by waving palm branches and...
You are enabling God to do great things in the lives of people all across the Asia Pacific region.
Here are just three examples of the impact you are having:
James
I am from Eastern Part of Nepal called Khotang. Currently I am doing ministry at Kathmandu. I am very much thankful to Message of Hope for providing The Word for Today. I got to know about this from one of my Facebook friends. Since that day I am a regular listener of daily devotion of “The Word for Today“. I am very much blessed by this post, which is very short and sweet to understand and share to others friends. From this devotion post, I learned so many new things, which became very useful for my ministry. Similarly, the weekly quiz has developed my reading habit of Bible. I am very much thankful to Message of Hope Nepal.
The Word for Today reader
Nepal
Mrs A
…you have no idea, how much impact God has wrought in my life through those anointed messages.
Those messages are sent straight from the throne room of the Almighty down to his chosen. I truly owe it to you all and I believe nothing in this physical world could match the wealth of heaven that is distributed every day through the programs that are aired.
I count myself most privileged person to reap its benefits just by tuning every morning. My daily routine was dependant on those power packed messages.
Laif FM listener & The Word for Today reader
Papua New Guinea
Debby
Over Christmas, we had a big Franklin Graham event and 50,000 attended. At this event they showed our video which we made in three days about former addicts who had been set free by Jesus. Many were touched and encouraged by it.
When we put our same video online, it got 700,000 views. I learned that you don’t have to be a specialist. You can be a mom and learn how to use these tools and you can make media and send messages out to share the Gospel with people all over the world. We post one new little video each day. On my website, most of our videos get 200,000 views.
Medialight course graduate
Thailand
Our Team
Ian Worby
CEO
The big cheese or ‘sir’! He’s the ideas man, dreaming big, coming up with “what if we…” and gathering the right people around him to make it happen.
Grant Kennedy
Projects Manager
Actually he’s more like: photographer, designer, administrator, builder, plumber, maker of things unheard of and fixer of things broken.
Steve Monro
Broadcast Development Manager
Fancy title, but really he’s a top bloke and tech whizz/geek who knows how to make the radio, studio, computers and stuff work really well.
Rudy Oei
Liaison Officer
Part technician, part Mr Fixit, but
all nice guy. And it really helps he’s fluent in Indonesian when it comes to communicating with our teams in Indonesia and Timor-Leste
Henry Peterson
Digital Content Specialist
Another fancy title, but if you want to talk websites and social media then this is your guy, also samoan muscles available for hire.
If I had to define ‘Trusted Christian Media’ and sum up what we do in a few words I would say…
We preach the Word and make disciples.
How? We use media.