Sari @sarikorpi@dingdash.com

#Afghanisthan #Turkey
*Andrew (name changed for security) is an Afghan teenage believer from the Pashtun tribe with a death threat on his life to join the Taliban. During the US evacuation last summer he was separated from his family and fled Afghanistan which landed him up in Istanbul Turkey illegally where he was rescued by our own A n B couple.took Andrew into their home and have been working on getting him the documentation he needs to reunite with his family and go to the US for school. Last week while A n B were out in eastern Turkey, the police located Andrew in Istanbul, took him into custody and moved him to another eastern city in what appears to be a deportation effort. Andrew is currently in a city near the Iran border
Would you urgently join us in praying (and mobilizing prayer) that the Lord would intervene and rescue Andrew from being deported or abducted and returned back to A n B's home. Let’s pray that the plans the Lord has for Andrew’s life would be fulfilled!

God uses trials with a purpose in mind—He never wastes anything.

Here we get to the heart of the issue.

Faith produces endurance, or steadfastness. “Steadfastness” implies staying behind or waiting patiently. This is not passive acceptance, but a persistent determination to walk through a trial as a winner, someone who clings tenaciously to God in perfect peace. This is patience that makes a man stand on his feet and face the storm head-on, being strong in the Lord. This is the active, heroic endurance to aggressively wait in the strength given by God. This is exactly what we need in trials and is promised to you as a believer in Christ.

Steadfastness is a virtue gained gradually and painfully, not by reading books about perseverance, but by walking through pain.

S. Swartz

Mrs.Kunnia lost her hearing partially. Please pray for her healing.
Wife of a senior partner, mother of 2 active teenagers.

Christian beaten by police in China
https://backtojerusalem.com/christian-beaten-arrested-after-refusing-to-stop-preaching-during-police-raid/

If we really wanted to “save” America, the number 1 issue is sex outside of marriage. Sex outside marriage is the root of most of our social issues: abortion, single motherhood, poverty, lost opportunity, lower intelligence, apathy, short term thinking, etc. If we don’t start there, the culture can not and perhaps should not be saved. Full stop.

Please pray for these precious people. No one should ever be forced to live like this! Imagine being crushed to the point where suicide feels like your only or best option. God do what only You can do 🙏🏻

https://backtojerusalem.com/%e2%9a%a0%ef%b8%8f-urgent%e2%9a%a0%ef%b8%8f-city-of-shanghai-turns-into-worlds-largest-prison-prayers-needed%f0%9f%99%8f%f0%9f%99%8f%f0%9f%99%8f/

The “Triumphal Entry” of Jesus is such a paradox. It sounds victorious and worthy of celebration but it is really pretty sober. We know that Good Friday and the cross are right around the corner. This Sunday feels like trying to celebrate your birthday when you know you will die on the next weekend. This day is the deep breath before the plunge.
This day represents our current cultural situation very well. We know we are in a great awakening. We know that better days are ahead. But we don’t know what we will have to suffer between here and there.

“for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”Hebrews 12:2

There is joy set before us. Victory is guaranteed to us because Jesus has sat down at the right hand of the Father (this is “the Gospel”: Jesus is King). With assurance of this, we move forward and embrace the cross and we despise it’s shame.

@Cherishingsparrows2020 @Berrybunchfamily @Olamide @MaryMamuzich @tanjaostman @Kruselady

Thank you so much. What you wrote fully describes my situation and that of my wife. We receive by faith all that God has prepared for us and what God has made you see. Thanks for the encouragement and for the prayers. God is faithful. God bless you. 🙏

Almighty God, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, come to my help and deliver me from this difficulty that besets me. I believe, Lord, that all trials of life are under Your care and that all things work for the good of those who love You. Take away from me fear, anxiety and distress. Help me to face and endure my difficulty with faith, courage and wisdom. Grant that this trial may bring me closer to You, for You are my rock and refuge, my comfort and hope, my delight and joy. I trust in Your love and compassion. Blessed is Your name. In Jesus' name. Amen.

LOVE this…

“The church is a hospital for the broken, not a museum of good people”