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News > 25th June 2010 | A bow of hope and promise
“Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved” Ps 55:22. The Lord indeed is good and His ways are many. The day after our special Gideons’ campaign ended on June 20, the Lord gave us this beautiful rainbow in the sky over LifeStyleTV (see picture above), a token of His covenant with His people. It was like He was saying; this is my bow of hope and promise for you.
While we have not yet reached our goal of 200 new Gideons needed to balance the budget, the Lord has taken care of LifeStyleTV’s mission for now in other ways. During the last week, since our special appeal, the Lord has impressed a lot of people to help out extra, and with many donations ranging from 50 to 30,000 kronor we are now able to pay off one of the satellite bills what we were behind. It is therefore with great confidence that we trust that we will soon be able to pay off the last satellite bill that we are behind. And that with a continual increase in Gideons and other ways the God may chose to supply, LifeStyleTV will continue to broadcast the Three Angels’ Messages throughout Scandinavia to help prepare people for Jesus’ soon return.
We here at LifeStyleTV would like to truly thank you all for your prayers and support during these hard and trying times, and for your encouraging letters and emails. It is good to know that we are not alone in this battle, but that you are standing with us and that together we can trust the Lord and cast our burdens upon Him. Please keep praying for all our viewers, that the Lord may lead them to Him, and that we may soon see a great harvest.
May the Lord be with you and increase your faith too.
Best regards,
Claus Nybo
On behalf of the LifeStyleTV team
News > 17th June 2010 | Personal request
Dear Friends,
This is not a regular news briefing, but a special personal request to you. Please read on.
“Miracles can never come to people who always know where things are coming from – those who have everything provided. Miracles come, as Elder Frazee points out, to those who are willing to get out on a limb with God: ‘The only time miracles happen is when somebody who is doing something for God is stuck unless the miracle happens. The only way to have a miracle happen is to get out on a limb with God. This must be not in presumption, but in doing something God wants done, and you know God wants it done. You must be willing to work with all you have and be willing to sacrifice and go without to make your project succeed. When there is still something beyond what you can do, God steps in and does it for you. This is the way miracles happen.’” – Robert H. Pierson (former General Conference president), in Miracles Happen Every Day, page 10.
LifeStyleTV was established by faith, and has been sustained by many miracles for the past five years. During these years we have seen it fulfill its mission of broadcasting the Three Angels’ Messages to Scandinavia. We have seen how peoples’ lives have been changed and how many have joined the church through baptism. As long as God has a purpose for LifeStyleTV to exist, we are sure that He will continue to perform miracles and supply every need, as He has done so far.
The exciting thing—yet at the same time perplexing and at times trying—is that we never know how God will perform a miracle, nor when or through whom. This does not mean that we don’t plan or do our best to find solutions, but we have learned that God has a thousand ways. Ellen G. White puts it this way: “In every difficulty He has His way prepared to bring relief. Our heavenly Father has a thousand ways to provide for us, of which we know nothing. Those who accept the one principle of making the service and honor of God supreme will find perplexities vanish, and a plain path before their feet.” Desire of Ages, page 330.
This year some of our international startup supporters have had to decrease their support because of the global financial crisis. Even as local support from Scandinavia has increased some, this has left LifeStyleTV in a difficult situation, and how God is going to solve our current financial predicament we don’t know. We can only pray, plan and work. The current shortage in the budget, though big, could be covered by 200 new Gideons partners signing up. We have therefore initiated another Gideons campaign, of getting 200 new Gideon partners before June 20 to help balance the budget. Whether this is the way God will work remains to be seen, and through whom He will work remains unknown. But as the deadline for our campaign is almost here and we are still far from reaching our goal of 200 new Gideons, we therefore ask you to join us in earnest prayer and decisive action.
Are you willing to help us? Would you recruit one Gideons by personally talking to or calling your close friends or relatives, and encourage them to become part of God’s miracle? Maybe there is something else you can do too, so don’t be surprised if God impresses you with other practical ideas that you can do to help.
God’s ways indeed are many. Over the years we have seen young people auction off school photos to family and friends, make a yard sale before getting married, or cancel a wedding honeymoon trip – all personal sacrifices so that they could give and be part of seeing the mission of LifeStyleTV continue. Others have sold cars, written LifeStyleTV into their will, or put a summerhouse up for sale, to be able to give a significant part to the mission of broadcasting the Three Angels’ Messages to Scandinavia. Staff working here at LifeStyleTV have from their already sacrificial salaries volunteered to go on only half pay for a second year, in order that more people’s lives may be changed as a result of watching LifeStyleTV. The question is, what are you willing to sacrifice to see souls saved, and the gospel preached, so that Jesus soon can come and take us all home?
Thank you for taking the time to read this and for praying with us that God again will perform a miracle in behalf of LifeStyleTV, and that it will be a continued testimony to His cause. Do you dare ask with Paul: “What shall I do, Lord?” Acts 22:10. I am sure, that the Lord will show you what you can do and will take care of His mission.
With best regards and wishes of God’s special blessings,
Claus Nybo
On behalf of the LifeStyleTV team
 P.S. Remember, that a Gideons partner is a person that gives every month, but how much and how long is totally up to them and God. We have students that give 50kr and others that give up to 20 thousand kroners every month, with most giving about 500kr. To register and for more information about becoming a Gideons partner please visit our website at: www.Gideons300.se
P.P.S. If you have not gotten our new inspirational magazine with lots of fresh testimonies, just send us your address and we will mail it out to you for free.
News > 18th May 2010 | New Gideons300 campaign
Beginning Wednesday 19 May until Sunday June 20, LifeStyleTV will be running a new Gideons300 campaign. The effort aims to add the equivalent of 200 urgently needed new Gideons monthly partners to help support LifeStyleTV.
This year the amount of start-up support coming from international donors each month has again diminished considerably, and we are now hurting badly. The 200 new Gideons will enable LifeStyleTV to continue broadcasting.
There will be a special series of LifeStyleTV Direkts updating viewers and supporters on the latest news and reports from the Gideons campaign. The broadcast times are as follows:
Gideons special #1 - Wednesday 19/5 20.00 hrs / Saturday 22/5 21.00 hrs
Gideons special #2 - Wednesday 26/5 20.00 hrs / Saturday 29/5 21.00 hrs
Gideons special #3 - Wednesday 2/6 20.00 hrs / Saturday 5/6 21.00 hrs
Gideons special #4 - Wednesday 9/6 20.00 hrs / Saturday 12/6 21.00 hrs
Gideons special #5 - Wednesday 16/6 20.00 hrs / Saturday 19/6 21.00 hrs
The LifeStyleTV Direkt programs will also be available on LifeStyleTV's on-demand page soon after the program airs.
Click here to register your Gideons300 commitment today!
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