Matt 13:24-30
24 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; 25 but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. 26 But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. 27 So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’ 28 “He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’ 29 “But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.” ‘ ”
 

Stay expectant and meditate on this word …. I will release the revelation over this week end.

Roy 

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Pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 or SWINE FLU

 1.1   What is pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 virus?

A new strain of influenza A (H1N1) virus that has never before circulated among humans has been found. This virus is unrelated to previous or current human seasonal influenza viruses. This is commonly known as “swine flu” and “novel flu”.

 1.2   Transmission

The virus spreads from person-to-person. It is transmitted as easily as the normal seasonal flu and can be passed to other people by exposure to infected droplets expelled by coughing or sneezing that can be inhaled, or that can contaminate hands or surfaces. To prevent spread, people who are ill should cover their mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing, stay home when they are unwell, clean their hands regularly, and keep some distance from healthy people, as much as possible.

 

1.3   Typical signs and symptoms of infection

Signs of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 are flu-like, including:  fever, cough, headache, muscle and joint pain, sore throat and runny nose, and sometimes vomiting and diarrhea.

 

2. Case definitions for identification of pandemic influenza A(H1N1) 2009

The symptoms of pandemic influenza are non-specific and may be similar to seasonal influenza infections. The case

definitions below will enable you to recognise a case that may be infected with pandemic influenza, and classify them into one of two categories:

 

2.1 ILI (Influenza Like Illness) – Mild Disease:

• • An individual with recent onset of an influenza-like illness (ILI), which may include fever ≥380C PLUS ONE OR MORE of the following acute respiratory symptoms (sore throat, rhinorrhoea / nasal congestion, cough or other signs part of the respiratory complex, myalgia, diarrhoea ).

 

2.2 SARI (Severe Acute Respiratory Infection) – Moderate to Severe Disease:

• • Persons 2 days to < 3 months old:

o Any child with diagnosis of suspected sepsis or physician diagnosed lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI)

irrespective of signs and symptoms. Patient presenting within 7 days of the onset of illness.

• • ≥ 3 months old to < 5 years old:

o Any child ≥ 3 months to < 5 years with physician-diagnosed acute lower respiratory infection (LRTI) including

bronchiolitis, pneumonia, bronchitis and pleural effusion. Patient presenting within 7 days of the onset of illness

• • ≥ 5 years old:

o Any person presenting with: sudden onset of fever (>38oC) AND cough or sore throat AND shortness of breath, or difficulty breathing with or without clinical or radiographic findings of pneumonia. Patient presenting within 7 days of the onset of illness.

 

 

 

 

2.3 Features of severe illness

The criteria for severe pneumonia according to the WHO integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) guidelines are below:

a.       Any child age 2 months up to 5 years with:

a.       Cough or difficult breathing, AND with

b.      Any general danger signs (unable to drink or breast-feed, vomits everything, convulsions, lethargy or

b.      Unconsciousness), OR

a.       Chest in drawing or stridor in a calm child.

c.       Severity criteria in adults of any age group include: respiratory distress, dyspnoea, hypotension and / or evidence of hypoxia.

 

3. Who should be tested?

 

As of 16 July 2009, the laboratory testing strategy has been modified to only conduct testing if a clinical decision warrants these investigations.

Therefore, testing is only recommended for the following patients:

• • Patients who meet the SARI case definition (i.e. severe infections) where a laboratory diagnosis will assist in patient management or patients hospitalised due to a lower-respiratory infection, and where no other explanation for illness is indicated and influenza forms part of the differential diagnosis.
• • Patients with co-morbid disease and at risk for serious complications and who are symptomatic with SARI or ILI should be considered for testing if it will guide clinical management.
• • Clusters of cases where a diagnosis of the cause of the outbreak is needed.
• • An individual who has died where pandemic influenza A (H1N1) is suspected as the cause of death.

 

4. Case Management & Infection Control

 

4.1 Mild cases

• • Mild cases do NOT require confirmatory laboratory testing and should NOT be admitted to hospital. They should be advised to isolate themselves at home for 7 days after the onset of symptoms and managed symptomatically.
• • Supportive care at home is adequate for recovery. Provide the patient with advice which should include: resting, drinking plenty of fluids and keeping warm and dry. Use a pain reliever for head and muscle aches. Non-aspirin pain relievers should be used by children and young adults due to the risk of Reye’s syndrome.
• • Antiviral medication is NOT recommended for mild cases or contacts not at risk for development of severe disease unless these patients are at high risk for serious complications of influenza.
• • Patients at high risk for serious complications of influenza should be offered antiviral therapy at the discretion of the attending physician.
• • The patient and their contacts should be given infection control guidance as follows:

o Regular hand washing with soap and water

o Cover nose and mouth with a tissue when coughing and sneezing (or use the upper part of your sleeve).Dispose of used tissues in a dustbin, and then wash hands with soap and water.

• • Contacts of cases should stay at home at the first sign of illness and follow guidelines as above. They should seek medical care only if required.

 

 

 

4.2 Moderate to severe cases

• • Cases with moderate to severe illness (based on a clinical assessment) that require hospital admission should be managed as follows:

o Where possible these cases should be isolated in their own room with the door closed for the duration of hospital stay. If discharged prior to day 7 of onset of illness, they can complete home isolation as outlined above.

o Droplet and contact precautions should be instituted.

o Health workers should wear a properly fitting N95 mask on entry into the patient’s room (if available).

o The patient should wear a standard surgical mask whenever he/she is required to leave the isolation room.

o Where separate isolation rooms are not available, suspected cases should be cohorted in a designated ward and the above precautions instituted.

o Oseltamivir should be used for treatment of moderate to severe cases (see section 4.3)

 

4.3 Treatment

Use of antiviral agents should be limited to persons with the following indications:

• • Individuals with moderate or severe influenza-related illness, OR
• • Any individual at high risk for serious complications of influenza and in whom treatment can be commenced within 2 days of onset of illness.

Oseltamivir (TamifluR) and zanamivir (RelenzaR) are active against influenza A and B viruses. Oseltamivir (TamifluR) is orally administered and is registered for use in individuals aged ≥1 year of age. Zanamivir (RelenzaR) is administered through an inhaler and is registered for use in individuals aged ≥ 12 year of age. Antiviral treatment with zanamivir or oseltamivir , should be initiated as soon as possible after the onset of symptoms.

 

4.4 Pregnant Women :

No clinical studies have been conducted to assess the safety of these antiviral for pregnant women. Because of the unknown effects of these drugs on pregnant women and their fetuses, oseltamivir or zanamivir should be used during pregnancy only if the potential benefit justifies the potential risk to the embryo or fetus; the manufacturers’ package inserts should be consulted.

 

4.5 Adverse events and contraindications

Consult manufacturers’ package inserts for further information on adverse events and contraindications for these anti viral drugs.

 

5.  Further information:

 

Answers to most questions are available on the following websites:

• • NICD Website: http://www.nicd.ac.za
• • Department of Health Website: http://www.doh.gov.za/swineflu/swineflu-f.html
• • World Health Organisation Website: http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/en/
• • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, Atlanta): http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu

(Information taken from Revised Health Workers Guide- Department of Health South Africa)

Dr Rosanna Moonsamy

Medical Doctor

CCF International Church South Africa

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CCF INT CHURCH – SOUTH AFRICA SUN 9 SEPT 2009  09.00HRS

( PART OF THE MESSAGE)

 

THOSE WHO ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD ARE SONS OF GOD

 Rom 8:9-14

9 You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. 10 But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. 11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you. 12 Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation-but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it. 13 For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, 14 because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. 

 

 The question now arises as to what spirit is leading you.

Your true identity is revealed by the spirit that is leading us.

 The spirit world is a vast realm. All kinds of spirits roam in this realm.

We can all come into one house, we can all praise and worship together.

Yet we are driven by a variety of spirits.

For example.

If you constantly causing division, always turning the hearts of the people away from the set man, instead of helping to build the family of God, then you driven by the spirit of Absalom …. That would identify you as the son of Absalom because you are led by that particular spirit.

There are those who refuse to respect that spiritual authority can be vested in a human vessel. They have one standard response “I only listen to God”.

In the following scripture Jesus confronts the Pharisees with this truth.

The people are unable to discern that He is the One sent by His Father.

 John 8:41-47

“We are not illegitimate children,” they protested. “The only Father we have is God himself.”

42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. I have not come on my own; but he sent me. 43 Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. 44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me! 46 Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? 47 He who belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”

 

If you are destined for greatness, but you are unable to exercise your spiritual authority as the head of your home, then you are driven by the spirit of Delilah, a Philistinian spirit, which is a symbol of the flesh;  which will ultimately cause you to lose your vision totally and eventually will cost you your life.

This spirit will turn you into a sentimental, weak, blubbering individual.

This person never learns a lesson quickly.

Three times Samson encountered Philistines hiding in his house.

He said nothing, because this spirit will shut off your voice.

 

You can be driven by the spirit of your father. The spirit of evil can be imparted from generation to generation.

 2 Kings 24:8-9

8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem. 9 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father had done.

 You can be driven by the spirit of your mother.

 We all know about Jezebel. What we may not know is that she had a daughter by the name of Athaliah.

ATHALIAH

Athaliah married Jehoram (or Joram), son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah. Jehoram reigned only eight years and was succeeded by his son Ahaziah, who died after reigning only one year. Desiring the throne for herself, Athaliah ruthlessly killed all her grandsons-except the infant Joash, who was hidden by his aunt (2 Kings 11:2).

Athaliah apparently inherited Jezebel’s ruthlessness. She was a tyrant whose every whim had to be obeyed. As her mother had done in Israel, Athaliah introduced Baal worship in Judah and in so doing destroyed part of the Temple.

Joash was hidden in the house of the Lord for six years (2 Kings 11:3), while Athaliah reigned over the land (841-835 B.C). In the seventh year, the high priest Jehoiada declared Joash the lawful king of Judah. Guards removed Athaliah from the Temple before killing her, to avoid defiling the Temple with her blood.

(from Nelson’s Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Copyright (c)1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)

 You could be led by the spirit of ambition. All you are interested is to make a name for yourself.

 Gen 11: 3-5

3 They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”

5 But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the men were building.

 

As we can see the spirit that leads you will determine your identity. It will determine whose son you are; or who your father is.

SONS OF GOD ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD.

There is no flesh on view.

Sons of God are motivated by love for their Father’s Kingdom.

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MINISTERIO TERRA FERTIL

September 11, 12, 13

Inhoaiba – Rio de Janeiro – RJ

 

CCF – COMUNIDADE CRISTÃ INTERNACIONAL

September 16,17

Rua Visconde de Ourem, 44 – Bangu – Rio de Janeiro – RJ

 

 REFUGIO TAUBATE

Rua Amadeu Piccine, 56 – Centro – Taubate – Sao Paulo

www.refugiotaubate.com.br

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September 11, 12, 13

APOSTOLIC CONFERENCE

MINISTERIO TERRA FERTIL

Inhoaiba – Rio de Janeiro – RJ

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September 16,17

CCF

Rua Visconde de Ourem, 44 – Bangu – Rio de Janeiro – RJ

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September 19, 20

REFUGIO TAUBATE

Rua Amadeu Piccine, 56 – Centro – Taubate – Sao Paulo

www.refugiotaubate.com.br

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Roy and Sheila Pillay are the Senior founding ministers of CCF International Church which was established in 1995. CCF International Church is an Apostolic-Prophetic Ministry based in Durban South Africa with branches in Brazil and Cameroon. CCF is the acronym for Community Christian Fellowship. The apostles in Brazil are Marcio and Josiane Bernardino; Fabio Fernando and Chris Pereira. The Senior Pastor is Nilo Nogueira and Pastors Rogerio  and Denise Barros;  Edivaldo and JuliaLima. The pastor in Cameroon is Oumarou Dobgima.

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