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“B
eing born again, not of corruptible
seed, but incorruptible, by the word
of God, which liveth and abideth for ever” (1
Peter 1:23). Every part of God’s creation
must remain connected to, and fed by, its
source for it to remain alive and well.
God said, “Let the waters bring forth abun-
dantly the moving creature that has life”
(Genesis 1:20).
He spoke to the waters to produce fish and
other aquatic creatures. That is why the fish
in the seas, oceans, lakes and rivers have to
remain in the water to survive, because that
is their source. If you were to take a fish out
of water and put it on a beautifully well-
stocked table, it would die because it is cut
off from its source.
In the same way, God said: “Let the earth
bring forth the living creature after its kind,
cattle, creeping things and beasts of the
earth after its kind, and it was so” (Genesis
1:24). So all land animals actually came from
the earth and that is why they must remain
on the land in order to stay alive. No land
animal can successfully live permanently
under water.
Even though man’s physical body came from
the ground, his breath came from God. Any
man who is cut off from God, his source, is
actually spiritually dead. That is why Jesus
said, “You must be born again” (John 3:7). If
you are born again, the Bible says you are
born again by the word of God. As such you
must remain connected to your source -
which is the word of God, which itself is God.
By not staying in the word, you are starving
your spirit of the material needed to survive,
grow and function normally.
It is therefore time for each of us to make a
quality decision to remain connected to the
word of God at all times, which is all the
nourishment we need. We must read and
study God’s word every day, meditate on it,
keep speaking about it and putting it into
practice and then we will be sure by His
grace of eternal life.
Stay Connected to Your Source
| Bro Stephen Ogenga (Kampala, Uganda)
Kakuma Ecclesia (Kenya)
M
embers of the Kakuma Ecclesia held a
Bible School from 23-24 December, at
Kakuma Ecclesial Hall in the refugee camp.
We invited friends in the Truth and some
people from churches of various denomina-
tions to come and listen to the living God’s
word of eternal life.
While we were making arrangements, a
sudden ugly clash broke out at Kakuma
refugee camp in Kenya between refugees
from the Sudan tribes of Nuer and Dinka,
spreading to other refugees from Burundi and
the Democratic Republic of Congo. The trou-
bles lasted three weeks and many sought
refuge in schools and police stations, leaving
their belongings behind which were plun-
dered. Other refugees from Burundi and D R
Congo were scattered in towns away from
Kakuma in order to save their lives. The
fighting caused at least 14 deaths and many
injuries from machetes.
We thank our heavenly Father for his
powerful protective hand that there were no
Christadelphian casualties, and that a sister
from our meeting took care of some of our
members and their families at her home
during the difficult time.
Seeing that the situation had improved and it
was safe in Kakuma 2 camp where our
Ecclesial Hall is situated, and refugees had
been told by the authorities to return to their
houses in the camp, members of the ecclesia
took the opportunity to contribute food from
their own food rations received from the WFP
(even though it was reduced by 50% because
of lack of funds). We received the following
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