Lukose @LukoseGeorge@dingdash.com

Why does the underground church of China continue to grow? How did it survive through the harshest years of communism?
"They did not depend on a centralized structure. Any believer could plant a church, preach, and baptise others. In this way they could multiply in secret. Also, strong organisations are easy to target. You can destroy their buildings, freeze their assets and arrest their leaders, but a church that does not depend on buildings, bank accounts or a hand-full of leaders, is very hard to control."

https://backtojerusalem.com/where-are-the-churches-in-china-and-why/

"For every time you look at yourself take ten looks at the cross and ten looks at Jesus."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne

3 weeks of rain in the North Eastern parts of India! Several domestic animals and wild animals died. Crops submerged in water. Tea Estate workers suffering in their leaky cottages.
Please continue to pray!
(Pictures are from 2014 Vietnam floods)
Volunteers are struck in remote villages without transportation.

Many are requesting for Seeds and hand tools.

A new window has opened up in North Korea for feeding the hungry.
PTL!
https://backtojerusalem.com/a-new-window-to-north-korea-has-opened/

As the people of Afghanistan deal with the devastation of the earthquake yesterday, our team is on the ground providing immediate emergency aid 🙏🏼
https://backtojerusalem.com/%e2%9a%a0%ef%b8%8f-urgent%e2%9a%a0%ef%b8%8f-deadly-earthquake-hits-afghanistan-225-dead/

Today as we join our fellowships, let us life our brothers and sisters living in extreme persecution in Nigeria
https://backtojerusalem.com/intense-persecution-continues-for-christians-in-nigeria/

SUPERNATURAL
J. Hudson Taylor (1832-1905)
“God's power is available power. We are supernatural people, born again by a supernatural birth, kept by a supernatural power, sustained on supernatural food, taught by a supernatural Teacher from a supernatural Book. We are led
by a supernatural Captain in right paths to assured victories." read Luke Chapter 10

Prayers welcome. My family and I are not feeling well. We've been hit by another round of Covid. Our first time was in November, 2020. This one is different, but also miserable.

✝️ HE IS RISEN ✝️
The tombstone was rolled away.
Death was defeated.
My sins are forgiven.
I have everlasting life because of His blood that was shed for me and because He lives - I too have the promise of life eternal with my Creator.

I have sooo much to learn from Him!!!

Update
https://backtojerusalem.com/latest-update-on-the-ukraine-refugee-crisis-from-btj-poland/

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 🙏