It may be football time in the U.S., but here it is festival time. We have had a few Hindu festivals to different idols the last few months, but those were just a warm-up. This week is Durga Puja, a festival that celebrates the victory of Durga over evil. In addition to the thousands of temples along the streets, there is now hundreds more temporary temples erected with huge elaborate idols garnished with flowers, gold, silver and cloth. These temples line the streets- you can't go more than 500 feet without seeing one. People line up all day, every day, night and day to give offerings and get blessings. This will go on all week with music, food, dancing, incense, and in some places animal sacrifice. Many people are doing these things because they have done it this way for centuries- others do it to find peace and to connect with God, though they are trying to connect with Him in the wrong way. 
Pray this week that the people would find no peace in their lives through this worship, and that they would strive to find the one peace in their heart that is already written on it. Pray that Jesus would find His way into the hearts and minds of the people here, and that one day they will know the true way to celebrate and worship the one and only God. They were made by the creator of the universe, just as you and I have been made, and as the Gospel was for us, so it is for them.
Pray this week that the people would find no peace in their lives through this worship, and that they would strive to find the one peace in their heart that is already written on it. Pray that Jesus would find His way into the hearts and minds of the people here, and that one day they will know the true way to celebrate and worship the one and only God. They were made by the creator of the universe, just as you and I have been made, and as the Gospel was for us, so it is for them.
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