Lukose @LukoseGeorge@dingdash.com

3 Christians and 24 others killed in #Nigeria

https://www.thedefensepost.com/2022/02/28/nigeria-jihadists-attacks/

I received (yesterday) this forwarded message from a sister in Christ in Finnish, and again my own translation of it to English:

"We got a message yesterday from our friend in Kiev:
I want to encourage you with the words of our known soldiers and of other common people who are coming from different warfronts. They tell:
"We feel your prayers. Sometimes happens something very inexplicable, like an invisible hand really would direct the bullets and other ammunitions away from us so that they fly us by. We get victories in very difficult situations, like if someone was guiding them. We become invisible to our enemy, but we self can see them in complete darkness so that we know what and how to react. All of this is giving us courage and strenght. We believe that the Lord Jesus himself is protecting Ukraine. We ask you, please, don't quit your prayers, but keep on praying. We need you!"

From a pastor in Ukraine. I found it on FB, "Radiant Israel."

Are you like me and assume that persecution against Christians was worse 2,000 years ago?
that is not what the data shows.
According to a recent report, 2021 saw more Christians martyred for their faith than at ANY OTHER TIME IN HISTORY!
https://backtojerusalem.com/report-2021-worst-christian-persecution-in-world-history/

so it happened... Russia is invading Ukraine, please pray.
😢

Ukraine prayer update message from Pastor Sasha

Hi Todd !
Things seem to escalate quickly here !
In the last 24 hours 3 things at least happened.
1) russia officially recognized those two stolen regions of Luhansk and Donetsk
2) right away they signed a military treaty with them
3) Russian parliament just a few hours ago allowed Putin officially to use his army abroad
This opens him the door for military invasion (
Let’s keep believing God 🙏

https://youtu.be/0hm7UK5iyX8
Remembering John Allen Chau and praying for the people of North Sentinel Island.

Guys, whether you acknowledge it or not, this single event in history is changing the future of the Middle East FOREVER.
The final frontier of missions is getting smaller.
https://backtojerusalem.com/game-changer-%f0%9f%a4%af-mass-number-of-foreign-missionaries-flee-china-for-new-ministry-in-middle-east/

NO SHAME!
Facebook blocks account of African Christian Mother that was persecuted for her faith.
AND WHY????
For posting about persecution of Christians.
FB's timing is oddly just before her book is to be released.
Let's help highlight her story even more by sharing it with others.
If you have an account on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Parlor, Gab, etc - please share this article on as many platforms as possible.
https://backtojerusalem.com/facebook-blocks-account-of-well-known-persecuted-christian-mother-ahead-of-book-release/

Those joining us in prayer for the nation of Iran need to be aware that Honor Killings are a massive problem.
https://backtojerusalem.com/iranian-husband-smiles-carrying-severed-head-of-young-17-year-old-wife/

Christians' ability to speak biblical truth is at risk in Finland due to an overly broad hate speech provision in Finnish law. In a stunning case, a Christian member of the Finnish parliament, Päivi Räsänen, has been charged by the Finnish prosecutor general with three counts of "ethnic agitation." Each count relates to Räsänen's respectful expression of her widely-held Christian beliefs.

https://www.frc.org/updatearticle/20220125/finland-trial

I've been working in Iran for years and thought I'd seen it all, until I saw this torture device that the Islamic government uses on prisoners and children.
https://backtojerusalem.com/heres-a-torture-device-in-iran-wanna-guess-what-it-does/

Are we guilty of sending money to support the Taliban?
https://backtojerusalem.com/accomplice-un-sends-32-million-to-afghanistan-renewing-strength-of-taliban-to-persecute-christians/

This week, the Afghani Islamic leadership sent out elite troops known as Haqqani on a 'search and destroy' mission to kill any Christian leaders they could find.
Believers remain in hiding, and desperately need our prayers.

https://backtojerusalem.com/accomplice-un-sends-32-million-to-afghanistan-renewing-strength-of-taliban-to-persecute-christians/

A second update about my friend Mikael who is still in hospital. Unfortunately they won't let him go because his oxygen saturation is too low. They wanted to put him in IC on ventilator - exactly what's not a good solution (according to many). Both him and his wife have refused it, and it seems like the doctors have respected it if I understood it correctly (we discuss in a Telegram group). His CRP was 84 some hours ago. His wife wrote that they won't let her visit him. We wrote that she should demand that, because she is married to him, and has just recovered from C-19. There is so much strange things going on when it comes to C-19. Why put him on a ventilator when they just have started to give him antibiotics for his pneunomia? And then they report the news about how many unvaccinated they have in IC. Please, pray for a quick recovery and for protection from harmful interventions!

I have a lot of friends and church relationships in Ukraine. Just got a message from Pastor Sasha...

Hello Todd !
Hope you are alive and well !
Things are getting spooky here a bit , couple of embassies are evacuating their families out of Ukraine. Also a few airlines are not leaving their planes over night. Flying in and a few hours later left. Russian army now because of conquering Belarus last couple of months is less than 100 miles from Kiev/in Belarus But overall there is no panic - praise God !
Please continue to pray as I know you do !
Blessings

Afghanistan is even more dangerous than North Korea for Christians.

⚠️ IMPORTANT ⚠️
Open Doors 2022 update of the Global Persecution map is here.
North Korea is NOT in the 1st place on the list anymore...
Check it out.

https://www.opendoorsusa.org/christian-persecution/world-watch-list/