Andy H @andyharris@dingdash.com

BTJ just finished hosting our annual Hackers Conference.
WOW
Just WOW❗
This year we had hackers from all around the world meet up in the Middle East and dream of the newest ways to invade the enemy's territory with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and set the captives free.
This is a Great Day to complete the Great Commission.

Andy B 2 Minute Video, Change Is Good! No, Really!! S4, E29

https://youtu.be/n6i-k7BG2RQ

The word ‘change’ can often conjure up our worst nightmares.

It means letting go of things. And learning new things.

It means we won’t be able to use that remote control from memory – we’ll have to stop and look for the buttons we want, that are no longer there, because now they’re in a different position, have a different shape and have a different word – so we walk over to the TV and turn if off by hand.

You know, that kind of change!

But change doesn’t have to be bad. In fact, change is great. Just like the weather and the seasons. We don’t want 12 months of summer, or 12 months of winter. Otherwise, crops wouldn’t go, we’d get fed up, and things in the world would not be so good.

So change is a necessary part of our life, and change is something we should celebrate. Unless it’s the TV remote, then it’s a whole other thing to work out!!

Just a thought…

Andy B

We have a grocery store in our city called Asian market, owned by Chinese people. We are frequent customers. But raw frog legs (in the last picture) ... hmm..... 🙊🤔😜 Have you tasted frog 🐸?

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/

Colorado State offers help to anyone "affected by free speech."
This sign offers students 17 resources to help them if they have been affected by free speech.
Universities are treating Free speech as if it is a disease or violence affecting students.
Do not be fooled - the enemy's first attack when he takes over an areas is to stop free speech. Preaching the Gospel and sharing the Word is essential to complete the Great Commission. This is why China, Saudi Arabia, North Korea, Iran WILL NOT - CANNOT allow free speech. An attack on free speech is ALWAYS a direct attack on completing the Great Commission, to prolong Satan's time on earth. 😥

What......??????
Well I have to say....
This is a first 🤯
https://backtojerusalem.com/archbishop-of-new-york-endorses-btjs-newest-book/

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

Doing our first tour together next month!
The book is coming out on International Women's Day and Mariam Ibraheem's testimony is going to take the church by storm and inspire believers around the world.
Can't wait.
https://backtojerusalem.com/events/shackled-book-tour-with-mariam-ibraheem-and-eugene-bach/

Letter from a sister in North Korea.

https://www.worthynews.com/65337-north-korea-letter-to-advocacy-group-offers-rare-insight-into-life-for-christians

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/

A new era in persecution points us to study the coming rise of house churches.
https://backtojerusalem.com/lessons-from-the-underground-and-the-coming-era-of-decline-for-the-mega-church/

This was so interesting - how a Muslim became a Christian believer BY reading the Koran.
"At the end of the road to Allah, Jesus is the One who is waiting."

Worth the watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOtHwNavd38

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!

More laws passed to tighten the noose even more.
https://backtojerusalem.com/china-introduces-new-laws-prohibiting-on-line-christian-services/

"The road of the cross is not always an easy one, but it is sweeter than the alternative.
During the hardest moments in life, the sweetest of sanctuaries is found in Him. The rewards are not obvious to observers, but they are unmistakable to the gladiators in the midst of raging battle.
God's ways are so much higher than our ways and allowing my fears to crumble in His mighty hands was the best thing I ever did - ALL things work together for the good of those who love the Lord."
- Pastor Shen Xiaoming (China and End Time Prophecy)

Jihadists Decapitate Pastor, Force Wife to Carry His Severed Head
According to military sources, suspected Islamic extremists decapitated a pastor in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique last Wednesday, and forced his wife to carry his head to the police station.
churchleaders.com
Dec 20, 2021
https://churchleaders.com/news/413003-jihadists-decapitate-pastor-force-wife-to-carry-his-severed-head.html?fbclid=IwAR3B24YvVyIe-icd2GOSLR1a9LTmAa_jwbuO5wfnh48mww0YlX-k9gzAR4s

God forgive us when our desire to be relevant compels us to buy into some of the most ignorant senseless ideas while throwing away life's most valuable treasure.