Paul Sunrise @Ps13@dingdash.com
Joined Jun 2020
Appearing to follow the crowd is still following the crowd. Many people want their cake and to eat it too. You cannot say you are against vaccine passports if you have one.
Regrets are just resentments one holds against oneself.
People do not like the harsh reality of Truth. They prefer lies and delusion because it offers temporary comfort, but at what cost?
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We are on one of our biggest adventures right now. can't say much about it but would appreciate your prayers.
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Wanted to shout out a recent podcast episode from @Cmarquis and Nathan. They highlighted some pretty major statistics:
61% of Christians have never shared their faith
42% of the world still live in unreached people groups
There are 900 churches and 78,000 evangelical Christians for every one unreached people group
51% of church attendees in the US were unfamiliar with the term 'Great Commission'
Here's the podcast if you want to give it a listen: https://forgeforward.org/blog/2021/07/13/episode-84-fresh-god-stories-from-the-field/
Thought of the day: I think it is sad that we live in a society that prioritizes youth over age and experience. When did being old become a bad thing, and why do primarily women act as though it is shameful? I don't understand dyeing ones hair, lying about your age, or it being culturally inappropriate ask how old someone is. I think disrespect of elders is a telling measuring stick of the health of a society.
Thought of the day: I don't think there is anything scarier than being truly willing to follow God wherever He may lead. It requires giving up control of our lives and putting it into the hands of a Being that, if we are honest, is at some level abstract. That, I believe is the definition of faith.
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Children at Christian schools are being targeted.
Why aren't we hearing about it?
1,000 children have been abducted this year alone.
Why aren't we hearing about it?
More Christians were killed in Nigeria last year by Muslim gunmen than any other place in the world.
Why aren't we hearing about it?
I am doing a podcast with our Nigerian partner Olamide Olly Dawson today to learn more about what is happening and how we can raise the awareness with the Christian Body. NIGERIA - YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN.
https://backtojerusalem.com/muslim-gunmen-kidnap-140-children-from-baptist-school/
Thought of the day: I've been realizing there is a difference between a righteous man and a sinless one. There have been many examples of righteous men, but only one sinless. My goal is to be a righteous man, the Lord knows I've failed at being sinless.
Thought of the day - you cannot preach salvation without sin, because without sin there is no need for a Saviour.
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An update on the situation in North Korea.
Worth the read
https://backtojerusalem.com/north-koreas-food-crisis/
Pretty much the logical conclusion of questioning the Bible in the darkness of cultural norms. https://notthebee.com/article/heres-the-trajectory-your-church-will-follow-once-its-gone-woke
I prefer experimental christianity to theoretical christianity. I would prefer a major, "in that didn't work, try again," rather than, "what if."
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PRAYER NEEDED: We were driving down the main street in our town here in China, when I saw a man, completely naked IN THE WINTER COLD! He was lifting a very large public metal garbage can and banging it on the ground. We immediately turned our van around to go help.When we got to him there was a crowd of 100+ spectators. Not one helping. Not one in position to help women and children if he ran towards them. Just videoing and laughing. I wept over this afterwards. I walked up to him and saw bruises on his back.He was crouching at the time and was attempting to lift the metal garbage box above him. I immediately told him her was loved and called him a friend. He stoppped. He let me take his cut bleeding hands off the box. Suddenly he sobered up mentally and started to speak English. We only exchanged a few words and the police arrived.he panicked and yelled “please don’t take my life” over and over as they forced him into a police car. Pray for him. For Salvation. For Jesus!
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Update: My Grandpa has passed away. Please keep my family in prayer, especially my Grandma and mom.
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DAY 18 - China's Songbird
God took a young peasant girl who couldn't even read music, and led her to write more than one thousand Chinese worship songs. If you walk into any underground church in China you will, without a doubt, hear the songs of Xiao Min.
https://backtojerusalem.com/day-18-chinas-songbird-xiao-min/
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Happy Sunday! 🙏🏼
DAY 17 - Mai Fu Ren, known as the Bible man: a man who served thirty years in prison for his commitment to get the Word of God into the hands of as many Chinese believers as possible.
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DAY 16 - Missionary Silas
Silas shares about life as a missionary in Tibet-
"Simple things like water and electricity are an answer to prayer for us, but God has never failed us. He continues to show us that He is walking together with us."
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In the last year, I have heard so many people who do not go to church teach me what Jesus would do. It has been really nice.
Wear a mask. that is what Jesus would do.
Keep six feet apart. That is what Jesus would do.
Stay home, save lives, that is what Jesus would do.
Don't go to church, that is DEFINITELY what Jesus would do.
Do not visit the sick, sit with the lonely, or console those grieving the death of a loved one because that is after all what Jesus would do. That is how Christians show love.
Do you not remember the parable of Jesus telling the sick to stay six feet away?
YES! Indeed! Jesus showed true Christian love to the leper by telling them to be safe, stay away from the village, and die alone.
Who knew that all that was needed to show love to those with leprosy was a mask and stay 6 ft away?
But perhaps that is not a fair comparison of the love of Jesus, because leprosy was neither as deadly nor as contagious as Covid.
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DAY 15 - Pastor Mary
Pastor Mary shares how the devastating earthquake in 2008 opened a door for sharing the Gospel.
Joined Jun 2020
