Andy H @andyharris@dingdash.com

A trip with BTJ can change your life. Send an email to belinda.btjtravel@gmail.com and learn more about joining us in Iraq.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJSuKfVxCgE

Schools are rapidly closing in Nigeria - not because of Covid, or even school shootings, but because of mass abductions by terror groups.
Hundreds of children have been taken in a string of kidnappings in recent months.

https://backtojerusalem.com/schools-close-but-not-because-of-covid/

Christians mustn't forget Nigeria
https://backtojerusalem.com/schools-close-but-not-because-of-covid/

@farmerjohn because the church is not comfort or buildings. Those things can be idols. If Christians are not willing to meet in a park or in a home then the people who they meet with in a church building are not their brethren. Ether they or those they meet with are not Born Again. Born Again Christians want desperately to be with their family as much as possible whether it is illegal or not.

We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine. - Dwight L. Moody #Shine

Dear DingDash family, please keep us in your prayers today. I am here in the US writing Meriam Ibrahim's story. Not an easy story. Yesterday was filled with emotion and tears as Meriam talked about being born in a refugee camp, her father brutally murdering her aunt for an honor killing, her mother being tied up for two days and raped, and her running away and hiding to escape circumcision - only to be forcefully dragged back to the village and the Muslim elders publicly witnessing her genital mutilation - and this was all before she was even 7 years old!
We can use all the prayers we can get for this project.

It is not great men who change the world, but weak men in the hands of a great God. - Brother Yun

Father, You’ve put on my heart over this last week to intercede for every member of this group, as well as those needs which You have placed in their heart. I ask You, Father, to keep Your wall built around each person; that no areas of the wall will become weakened by fatigue, discouragement, anxiety, or even satanic attack. May this group be strong in the Lord, trusting You in all things and at all times. May we go about the Father’s business with expectation of joy in what doors You will open for us. May we join together in love for You, Abba, and in love for each other. May You anoint each person within this group with a burning desire to share the gospel, to heal the sick, to make disciples! May we be obedient to every command You instruct us to do. May we not grow weary in doing good and allow Your joy to be our strength. Father, it is a privilege to link arms with my fellow brothers and sisters on this site. Bless each one. In Jesus’s name, Amen.

Do something that takes you out of your comfort zone.
Join us in Iraq.
https://backtojerusalem.com/iraq-vision-casting-trip-2021-sign-up-now/

A BIG FAT THANK YOU to all of you guys that have been praying for our work in China. We've had some major miracles happen and KNOW that it's the direct result of your prayers!
https://backtojerusalem.com/back-in-business-an-answer-to-prayer-in-china/

This week in Egypt, terrorists posted a video showing the execution of three people. One of them was 62-year-old Coptic Christian, Nabil El-Habashy.
His crime? Helping to rebuild a church.

https://backtojerusalem.com/terror-from-sinai-coptic-christian-murdered/

The tide is turning! https://www.freeburmarangers.org/2021/03/27/myanmar-burma-police-flee-instructed-shoot-protestors/?fbclid=IwAR27jMt4GwRb_xqtJ4qY0jYlnjLDZsYKuEr-b6YROvkKI-J9gah9QEBtNY8

Who will be the champion of truth and justice for your nation? You will.

“But I’m a nobody.”

“I don’t have any training.”

“I hate speaking in front of crowds”

“I don’t have money.”

Guess what!? You are qualified!

“When they saw how boldly Peter and John were speaking, and realized that they were untrained, ordinary men, they were astonished, and they recognized them as people who had been with Jesus.” Acts 4:13

Untrained,
Ordinary,
been with Jesus = qualified + able.

The next step is OBEY

One of our BTJ partners working in a closed country was ministering yesterday in a rural village. The police were called and the local authorities are now looking for him.
Please keep him and his family in your prayers today 🙏🏼

In Nigeria, Christian persecution rose by 60% last year and nearly half of Christians killed for their faith worldwide were killed in Nigeria.
Our brothers and sisters need our prayers.

https://backtojerusalem.com/a-deadly-cocktail-in-northern-nigeria/

Not all ministers need a stage.
Not all preachers need a microphone.
Not all ministries need neon lights.
Missionaries in closed countries are going back to the basics and using the same methods as the 1st century church - using simple business opportunities to spread the Gospel.
That's why we are hosting a Christian business forum and are inviting you to come and meet our Chinese, Asian, Middle Eastern, and African partners that currently use business in closed countries to support the spread of the Gospel and how we can partner together.
https://backtojerusalem.com/calling-all-current-and-future-business-owners-business-as-mission-forum-coming-soon/

It may feel as though life has slowed down during all the lockdowns and restrictions the past year, but BTJ missionaries are still faithfully taking the Gospel into the most unreached nations in the world.
Our prayers are a vital part of their work. Would you take time to pray for them today?

Here's 12 ways to pray for missionaries working in the 10/40 window:
https://backtojerusalem.com/12-ways-to-pray-for-back-to-jerusalem-workers/

What we should be learning right now is that freedom doesn’t come from a system. Systems can be good but they only work if people have integrity. Only people who fear God have integrity because they do what is right when only God can see.

Conclusion: Freedom and the rule of law are born and preserved through reverence for God.

You know any Chinese that are not believers?
Betcha' they have NEVER heard of this before.
This is one of the most powerful secrets in Chinese history that the enemy does NOT want them to know.
https://backtojerusalem.com/this-is-thee-biggest-secret-about-china-that-most-chinese-dont-know/

Remarkable testimony of Chinese evangelist that died and went to heaven. What he saw changed his life forever.
https://backtojerusalem.com/btj-evangelists-in-wuhan-during-pandemic-i-died-and-went-to-heaven-and-this-is-what-happened/