Father God, please lay Your hand on our sons, guiding them constantly into Your purposes. Pursue them with Your love. Bring to them disciplers, mentors, teachers and friends who will challenge them to walk as one with You and model what that looks like. Guard their eyes, ears, heart, mind and body from evil, andContinue reading “Prayer for Sons and Parents”
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Thailand-Cambodia Conflict and Other News
CAMBODIA-THAILAND: Conflict broke out yesterday between Thailand and Cambodia, with dozens killed. More than 130,000 Thai citizens have been evacuated from the border region. CHINA: When the flooring gave way in a mine in Inner Mongolia, six university students visiting from Liaoning province fell into a flotation tank and drowned. A teacher was also injured.Continue reading “Thailand-Cambodia Conflict and Other News”
Listen UP!
How do you make decisions? Do you weigh the pros and cons? Press for what you want? Lean on your own understanding? Ask others their opinions on the matter? Our decision-making processes are one of the main ways the enemy slips in to do his dirty work. Do any of those methods feel familiar toContinue reading “Listen UP!”
Christians Arrested Post-Ceasefire in Iran
In the two weeks following the June ceasefire with Israel, at least 21 Christians were arrested in several Iranian cities. Some relate to the alleged possession of Bibles, but other details are yet unknown, although evangelical Christians are often accused of being spies or “Zionists.” In addition, the well-being and whereabouts of some of theContinue reading “Christians Arrested Post-Ceasefire in Iran”
Headlines to Pray Through
BANGLADESH: An Air Force training jet crashed into a school in Dhaka, killing at least 27 and injuring 164. SYRIA: The death toll from recent violent clashes between the Druze, Sunni Bedouins and government forces is now more than 1,260. The Syrian military is now evacuating Bedouin families trapped in Sweida. VIETNAM: A tourist boatContinue reading “Headlines to Pray Through”
Fighting for Love
What battles have you been fighting in your marriage or other relationships? It’s easy sometimes to forget what this fight is for and who our real enemy is. We have an enemy, but it’s not that person standing next to you. When you fight for what you want and get angry because someone doesn’t doContinue reading “Fighting for Love”
Deadly Lightning, Fire, Clashes, Floods
PAKISTAN: Monsoon rains and flooding killed at least 65 in Punjab province and injured nearly 300 in one 24-hour window Wednesday-Thursday, bringing the total of deaths up to more than 180 in the past three weeks. INDIA: At least 33 died and dozens were injured by lightning strikes in Bihar this past week, bringing theContinue reading “Deadly Lightning, Fire, Clashes, Floods”
Three Killed at Gaza Church
An Israeli strike killed three people and damaged the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City, one of two locations where most of the remaining 600 or so Catholics, Orthodox Christians, and Protestants in the Gaza Strip harbor. About 50 Muslim families of children with disabilities also shelter at the Catholic Church. The deceased includeContinue reading “Three Killed at Gaza Church”
15 Christian Rohingya Thrown into the Sea
The whereabouts and well-being of 15 Christian Rohingya detained in Delhi for unknown reasons, and then thrown into the Andaman Sea by the Indian navy, are unknown since they swam for their lives to Myanmar, the very country they fled to escape genocide. (Morning Star News, July 1) The Rohingya are a Muslim people groupContinue reading “15 Christian Rohingya Thrown into the Sea”
Open Our Ears, Lord
A prayer from John 10:27: Lord, open up our ears to hear You. How have we closed off our minds and hearts from listening? Have we decided You no longer speak? As if Your Word is a lie? As if You somehow stopped being the God of the Bible? As if our insecurities and ideasContinue reading “Open Our Ears, Lord”
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