60%!
The number of Christians killed for their faith jumped 60% last year!
😢
https://backtojerusalem.com/number-of-christians-killed-for-their-faith-jumped-a-whopping-60-in-2020/
Sen. Hawley: It’s time to stand up against the muzzling of America https://newstarget.com/2021-01-25-hawley-stand-up-against-muzzling-of-america.html
@icecream thnx. i am a history buff and after living in china for more than 20 years - have written more on the history and persecution of the underground house church than almost any other author. The censoring of speech that I am seeing in the US and targeting of Christians on social media is not new, but can be found in every single communist society. The tools are different, but the mindset and implementation are almost exactly the same.
the Lord reminded me of this hymn during lock down, we are still in lock down in ireland, im learning to use time wisely, Lord help us all.
Twitter launched a community watch program yesterday that is straight from Mao Zedong's deadly "people have sharp eyes" program - encouraging neighbors to report on neighbors that think differently.
Millions died in China from this program.
https://backtojerusalem.com/twitter-launches-mao-zedong-like-monitoring-program-called-birdwatchers/
In regards to Eugene's post about putting your face in your profile picture, I don't do that anymore because I have been hacked too many times in the past on social media and have encountered too many weird people online. My digital footprint is now as secure as I know how to make it and I prefer to appear anonymous.
This is a good video on an underground church meeting in Canada. As a church in Los Angeles got bombed the other day, I am preparing my heart and mind for the necessity of house church in the future.
https://tv.gab.com/channel/theologyjeremy/view/what-its-like-attending-an-underground-600ed790eb5093d48402376a
Seek the Lord while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near. Let the wicked change their ways and banish the very thought of doing wrong. Let them turn to the Lord that he may have mercy on them. Yes, turn to our God, for he will forgive generously.
Isaiah 55:6-7 NLT
“Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.”
Psalms 55:22 NIV http://nmprayerconnect.weebly.com http://www.christianbody.net
Following Jesus leads us into peace and rest; but also to war and work. It is only in the Kingdom of God that these realities can coexist. In my youth, during our family prayers, my Dad regularly prayed, “Help us, Lord, to work and to play out of rest.” To believe Jesus is to enter into a place of rest, out of which we also wage war.