Father help us not to look for excuses for not sharing about your first coming, before it is too late.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
Source: https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/God-Not-Delaying
@erdenpilger I totally get that! But at least we can pray for one another not to lose courage, and not give up our convictions etc.
@tanjaostman I would pray, but I have no faith that the situation would change for the better. :(
But we're in the same boat yet...
Continues here: In September our government will discuss the covid passport. Mrs Henriksson, has been pushing in this direction. I wrote very kindly to her, for instance “we are many parents that are very worried about giving vaccines to 12-year-old children, as there are documented risks, like heart inflammations… it’s vaccine (Pfeizer) that is not even approved yet… I hope that our society won’t discriminate people [the passports] who choose not to have the vaccine… There are many highly educated people I know that are skeptical, but keep a low profile about their opinions, since they risk to be discriminated or bullied."
I am so sick and tired of all this. I belong to a minority (even among Christians), who is not vaccinated. Of course, I believe the virus is for real, but there are bigger things going on in our world in the political arena. Some days I feel low, exhausted, anxious and frustrated. We need to pray for and encourage one another!
https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/pm_marin_vaccination_of_12-15-year-olds_set_to_begin/12048065
@MaryMamuzich you can always enjoy the pictures! It's quite expensive and takes time to travel between the continents, if you don't live close to a bigger airport with intercontinental flights. This is what I usually want to experience when I travel: 1. Warm and sunny places by the sea (because of our winters). 2. Nature. 3. Cities. If I would go to the USA I would like to see New York- it feels epic. Then I would like to get a real experience of the country, both when it comes to nature, people and culture. Not only stay with other tourists at the most famous places. My son bought a book about recommended road trips in the States. He is also very interested in going there). I hope we will make it there one day... when we have enough time, money and aren't hindered by the pandemic or mandatory vaccines (we don't want to have it because of the known risks).
Read Tortured for Christ by Richard Wurmbrand. After learning about the type of Juche communism in NK it’s amazing to read this original take on the earliest form of Christian persecution from communists.
“Communism is demonic”, is common to hear, but I often feel when people say “demonic” they aren’t really being literal. It’s more like they’re using the word to get the point across that it’s just evil &wrong in the worst immoral way.
This is what Wurmbrand says:
“What the Communists have done to Christians surpasses any possibility of human understanding. I have seen Communists whose faces while torturing believers shone with rapturous joy. They cried out while torturing the Christians, “We are the devil!”
We wrestle not against flesh & blood but against the principalities and powers of evil. We saw that communism is not from men but from the devil. It’s a spiritual force-a force of evil-& can only be countered by a greater spiritual force, the Spirit of God.” Amor vicit omnia
🎉 BTJ's Chasing Revival wins BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY at Christian Awareness Film Festival this week! 🎉
This is simply the work of the Holy Spirit, because we did this entire video series CHASING REVIVAL with no budget, no plan, only filmed as we were doing projects, and ALL of our filming, editing, and graphic design was done by one guy on our mission team.
Chasing Revival turned out so much better than it should have and it's impact keeps growing.
The 9 part video series of CHASING REVIVAL is available for free to any church that has an account on RightNowMedia https://backtojerusalem.com/%f0%9f%8e%89-btj-wins-best-short-documentary-at-film-festival-%f0%9f%8e%89/
@mensajero So interesting. I'd never heard of this. It sounds like an opportunity for those called to this community.
@sinbach Congratulations!
Let's pray for #Barundi
https://borgenproject.org/why-is-burundi-poor/
@bethany wow. Prayers for Ethiopia.
@sinbach I just finished listening to Nicky on your podcast. The story of Sheila is heart wrenching. I’m glad that she was able to get out of that horrible situation in the prison before she passed away.
Human trafficking is on an exponential rise. In some places in the world it seems it has normalized into the cultures. The Chinese and North Korea border and how women defecting are often bought and sold as wives to Chinese farmers is one example of this. It happens so frequently.
Thanks for sharing Eugene! Great interview!
https://backtojerusalem.com/one-womans-fight-against-human-trafficking-in-indonesia/
About transgenderism in children. Parents and professionals are raising their concerns, since it's irreversible and the child is mutilated for the rest of its life (unable to have children, or to be fully a man or a woman). For instance: professionals are threatening parents with the sentence: "Do you want a dead daughter or a live boy?" (Or vice versa). But studies show that the suicide risk increases with transition - not that transitioning a child to the opposite gender is the only solution to identity problems/gender disorder. One documented side effect of puberty blockers is depression. There is no scientific evidence that 'gender affirmation therapy' is a solution.
https://youtu.be/rUeqEoARKOA
Please join us in praying for Ethiopia. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front have recently taken the ancient city of Lalibela.
The churches of Lalibela date back to the 12th century and are carved out in the mountains. The rock churches are a monument to the strength and endurance of the faith. Now, this ancient city and the nation of Ethiopia needs our prayers.
https://backtojerusalem.com/a-silent-disaster-in-the-cradle-of-african-christianity/
A team to highlight the prayer needs of 10/40 Window Nations.