Welcome to the May edition of our Hope Alliance Newsletter, our second edition!

Hope Alliance Newsletter is a Body of Christ newsletter dedicated to bridging the gap in the Body of Christ, identifying needs and meeting those needs across the nations and uniting people in the Body of Christ for the sake of transforming lives for the Kingdom of God glory.

In this second Newsletter edition, you will find amongst other things,

*  Inspiring articles
*  Two Inspiring testimonies from Uganda
*  Word of Encouragement and
*  At our Interview corner you can read about our Interview with Chris Hall a passionate Christ follower and wonderful web designer  

Thank you for uniting with us for the sake of transforming lives across the earth globe.

Enjoy reading

Pastor Olabisi (Editor)

My name is Muhwezi Gideon, the eldest in a family of three. I was born into a dysfunctional and poor family. My mother was always being beaten by my father and as children, we got a lot of mistreatment from our father.

Living in these conditions became too hard for me to bear and consequently I decided to join the army as an escape route. Though I was under age the army took me in as a kadogo (child soldier). Much as I had joined the army to escape home, I found life in the army very difficult and hard as well.

Editor: Shalom Chris. It is wonderful to have you feature in our interview corner this month. I know you have a wonderful testimony about how you ended up being a Christian. To start with, do you mind sharing that testimony with our Hope Alliance Newsletter readers out there

Chris: I grew up in a family where God wasn't known. That's not to say love wasn't shown or I was neglected! Far from it. It's just the way it was. We had no contact with any Christians or with the Church, apart from the usual births, deaths and marriages. All my life I was interested in physical things, spiritual stuff like religion was a waste of time...

By Pastor Abiodun Olalere

What You Need To Continue Moving Forward!

Do you know what the mark of a disciple, of a growing Christian, is? You can find it in today’s verse. If you are a disciple of Christ, you will abide, or stay, in God’s Word!

There’s no end to what God’s Word does for us. It fills us with counsel, it corrects us when we get off the path, and it strengthens us for spiritual battle. When we find ourselves walking through days of discouragement, God’s Word  lifts and encourages us.

In fact, Romans 15:4 tells us that through the encouragement of the Scriptures we have hope. That’s because when we open the Scripture, Jesus walks out of the Word and into our lives. We can taste the presence of the Lord and it encourages us.

The Bible is life and it gives us life. There is no way that we can continue to grow in Christ without it. We need it to keep moving forward! But if you neglect time in God’s Word, you will stop making forward progress in your spiritual growth, and may even slip backwards.

So today, I hope you see how important it is to abide in God’s Word. And I pray
you will make it a point… every day… to make his Word your heart’s home.

Blessings

To God be the glory!

Hope Alliance had its first Committee meeting on the 24th of April 2010.

Hope Alliance Committee comprises of twelve members that are currently serving in different ministries in the Body of Christ and we appreciate your prayer support for their lives and also for Hope Alliance general continuous success....

After living what I felt was a "decent" life, my time on earth came to the end. The first thing I remember is sitting on a bench in the waiting room of what appears to be a court house. The doors opened and I was instructed to come in and have a seat by the defense table. As I looked around I saw the "prosecutor or was it persecutor. " He was a villainous looking gent who snarled as he stared at me. He definitely was the most evil person I have ever seen...

Jubilee Praise church is a ministry dedicated to preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ in the red light district area of Kampala an area that is inundated with problems of drug addiction, prostitution and health problems and since the ministry began the Lord has used Pastor Jude and his team to set loose several souls from the enemy bondage camp...

O, my love O, my love

How sweet and gentle are you in your love towards me

How excellent is your love for me

How great is your love for me

How magnificent is your love for me

My name is Precious Mahoro from Rwanda.

I came to Christ in 2007. I remember one Sunday morning Pastor Masadde Jude came to the brothels to pick us girls to go to church. I was so drunk and high on drugs that morning but I went in the car with four other girls...