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I have been following Jesus for over 40 years. I have worked in manure, petrol, chemical waste, mopped up after the police, airlines, and church congregations, and am an artist. At the moment I teach how to make cutlery from logs. I am a student of The Word and walk in The Spirit. He must increase, I must decrease.
Joined Nov 2020
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Report: Christians are most persecuted religious group in the world
Christians are the most persecuted religious group in the world, according to an interim report
https://www.theblaze.com/news/christians-most-widely-persecuted-religious-group-in-the-world-report-says
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We ourselves love now because he loved us first.
1 Yochanan (1 Jo) 4:19 CJB
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Disrn:
U.K. charity urges country to grant asylum to Pakistani girl forced to wed her captor
Watch your thoughts, they become words; watch your words, they become actions; watch your actions, they become habits; watch your habits, they become character; watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.
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this morning as we attend Sunday worship service, let's remember the 10s of thousands of children in Yemen that are dying. According the UN, this is the worst humanitarian disaster on the planet and Yemen is on the cusp of losing an ENTIRE GENERATION of children. LET US - THE CHURCH - BE A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS.
https://backtojerusalem.com/world-silent-on-entire-generation-of-children-dying-of-starvation-in-yemen/
The Hazard of Preaching:
"The hazard of preaching is that sometimes The Lord requires us to swallow our own texts!"
Corrie Ten Boom at 9m:16s into this lovely video. I can't find who posted it here earlier today, but thank you!
I am hungry to hear from, learn from, stand together with my brothers and sisters who live with persecution daily. Yet I am beginning to understand some reasons why you might not want to talk about it much. I would like to understand more about that as well.
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Iranian Christian receives 80 lashes for partaking in Communion.
https://backtojerusalem.com/iranian-christian-receives-80-lashes/
There's not the persecuted church, and the free church: we are all plain & simple, the body of Christ, One body, under Him.
In the early days of arriving in Somalia, several decades ago, an American Missionary says this:
"I am beginning to see that evil has never stopped doing what evil does, but I am also beginning to see that God has never stopped doing what God does".
From "The Insanity of God: A True Story of Faith & Persecution"
Hallelujah.
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She was already married 5 times and shacked-up with another man! This woman was really thirsty, but she had been drinking from the wrong wells. One day, The Well that would quench her thirst forever sought her this time. Jesus, not holding her sins against her, transformed her in an instant!
She ran to tell all in her village, leaving her water jar behind, because now, out of her belly flowed living waters. She no longer needed it! She had become the well!
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Will we ever hear the full story? When will these high profile social media platforms actually use their influence to share truth instead of hiding it? Probably never! They won’t but DingDash certainly will 🙏🏻
"Any over-valued comfort will soon prove to be our trouble"
(Jonah 4:6-11)
Thomas Manton
A taste of 17th Century preaching I'm listening to on youtube:
It is expedient sometimes that God should displease his people for their advantage. The Shepherd must chose the pasture for the sheep, whether bare or full-grown. The child is not to be governed by his own fancy, but the father’s discretion, nor the sick man by his appetite, but by the Physician’s skill.
(John 16:6-7)
The Puritan Thomas Manton, (1620-1677) preaching on
Psalm 131:2
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By my reckoning, love is not leaving people in their bad lifestyle choices, but helping them out; accepting them as they are, but still showing them the Way!
#speaklife #speaktruth
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In this era of endless bad news and hate better stay focused on this...
Philippians 4:8
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
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Deadly plagues hit the Roman Empire. When they did, Early Christians responded differently than the pagans and became known for their courage.
What will we be known for?
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Latest blog post...for such a time as this!
"Stoking the Fires of Prayer and Intercession (especially for those who struggle)
https://t.co/EZx27K5Jz3?amp=1
Paul to Titus:
“This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to MAINTAIN GOOD WORKS. These things are good and profitable unto men.
9 But AVOID FOOLISH QUESTIONS, and GENEALOGIES, and CONTENTIONS, and STRIVINGS ABOUT THE LAW; for they are unprofitable and vain.” (Titus 3:8-9, capitalisation mine).
I find this challenging: What are the 'good works' God would have me concentrate & be consistent with today?
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You can feel the spiritual battle, please pray for us.
I have been following Jesus for over 40 years. I have worked in manure, petrol, chemical waste, mopped up after the police, airlines, and church congregations, and am an artist. At the moment I teach how to make cutlery from logs. I am a student of The Word and walk in The Spirit. He must increase, I must decrease.
Joined Nov 2020
