Bethany @bethany@dingdash.com

@DevotionalTreasures Really appreciated that devotional. Holiness is the essence of God from which all His other attributes flow. He wants His holiness to work in us and to flow through us to touch others, cleansing and transforming us in the process. A surrendered heart opens the door for that to begin. May God give us a heart hungry for His heart of holiness.

Several BTJ supporters have been sharing about the Canadian pastor that was arrested for not shutting down his church.
Some compare it to persecution in China.
Other BTJ supporters argue what has happened to the pastor is not persecution, but is something different entirely.
What's what?
We talk to a pastor in China and ask his opinion.
His answer might ruffle some feathers.
https://backtojerusalem.com/honest-discussion-is-the-arrest-of-canadian-pastor-same-as-persecution-we-see-in-china%e2%9d%93/

This morning my husband and daughter witnessed A horrific event of a motorcycle being hit by a van. The couple literally flew off the bike!Quickly, we jumped out to help! my daughter immediately checked for injuries. After checking, it seems the lady may have a dislocated arm, broken leg and whiplash.the man seemed ok. Christina told them that she is a Christian, and asked if she could pray for them. They said yes, so she layed her hand on the lady and began to pray out loud.She prayed for peace, healing, thanksgiving and prayed for them to find a more precious meaning for their life. As she left, she told them she loved them.
It is not coincidence that we were there at that exact moment in time to help.
It was not coincidence that she could relate to them and show sympathy - because she herself was hit on a motorbike with her little brother!
So we truly believe that today IS A link in a chain in their lives - which will lead them to Salvation.Will you stop and pray for them?

Stop me if you have heard this one before....
A group of Bible Smugglers, John Calvin, and the Pilgrims walk into a bar, order a Bloody Mary and laugh - because it connects them all.
In our latest article we tell you how Bloody Marys are connected to the long history of Bible smuggling.
https://backtojerusalem.com/bloody-marys-and-bible-smuggling-the-connection-you-never-knew/

NEW RELEASE: COURAGE TO STAND IN THIS GLORIOUS HARVEST!
https://mailchi.mp/cmm.world/2019-giving-tuesday-global-missions-4851110?e=1693df0e94

Here to ask for earnest prayer on behalf of a dear missionary family in China. They cannot post for themselves. Their family is besieged with respiratory illness, several of them severely. The consequences of even being suspected of being ill like this are severe in China. This family needs the healing power that Jesus paid for on the Cross.They are weary in the battle. Please pray.

https://youtu.be/0i-3SpqelJA

Pray for the North Korean Christians who choose to stay against all odds to love Jesus and their Korean neighbors in the hope of leading them to Jesus. Persecution fuels the spread of the gospel. Holy Spirit is the fire that spreads hope and courage in those persecuted hearts for that gospel. Don’t just ask for courage for them, impart it with faith hope and love in the minds of all those willing to receive it. If you believe.... watch out! Anything can happen with Him.

Just finished the Chasing Revival: A Road Trip Bible Study mini series documentary by Eugene Bach. Extremely informative, super adventurous and really easy to follow. I don’t think I’ve ever wanted to simply go out to evangelize more than I do now. Do it already.

Solzhenitsyn was right

Pray for those in Myanmar. 91 people have recently been killed by the military police that took over government power. Lord, Give strength to the powerless in need and peace to those in danger from those in power. Amen.

"See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland." -Isaiah 43:19⛲🏜️🌊

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/

Awesome time preaching in Florida this week. Witnessed about 124 respond to receive salvation and 47 called to missions! Jesus was strong in my weakness!!!
[not sure why the pics are upside down here 😁 so I guess you’ll have to turn your head sideways]

I recently bought my five year old son a Bible with much ease and he was so excited. But then I remembered those believers who may never see the Bible in their lifetime.

Disturbing video just released shows young boys brutally beaten in monastery. Many are even more disturbed when they learn this is normal practice among Buddhists.
This video was not as shocking for those that have already read LEAVING BUDDHA. In our book LEAVING BUDDHA, Tenzin (a former Buddhist monk) reveals the physical, emotional, and sexual child abuse that that takes place behind closed doors of Buddhist monasteries.
This evil practice must be exposed and stopped.
https://backtojerusalem.com/shocking-video-young-boys-brutally-beaten-by-monk-reveals-real-buddhism/

Matthew 16:24‭-‬27 #TPT
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If you truly want to follow me, you should at once completely reject and disown your own life. And you must be willing to share my cross and experience it as your own, as you continually surrender to my ways.
For if you choose self-sacrifice and lose your lives for my glory, you will continually discover true life. But if you choose to keep your lives for yourselves, you will forfeit what you try to keep.
For even if you were to gain all the wealth and power of this world—at the cost of your own life—what good would that be? And what could be more valuable to you than your own soul?
I, the Son of Man, will one day return with my messengers and in the splendor and majesty of my Father. And then I will reward each person according to what they have done.
#Bible #ThePassionTranslation

https://bible.com/bible/1849/mat.16.24-27.TPT

UPDATE ABOUT LITTLE JOSHUA WITH SEIZURES: He has improved but is still not completely back to normal. Today he is struggling with hyperactivity and emotional meltdowns (common after seizures). Thank you for all who cared and Prayed!

Salvation is both simple and incomprehensible; He had mercy on me and saved me because He loves me! My humanity can never comprehend why Almighty God should love me, I can only accept it humbly.

As you join your church services today, please remember those that were forcefully taken from theirs.
https://backtojerusalem.com/house-church-raided-in-china-more-than-dozen-christians-arrested/