Happy Thanksgiving

Let’s take a moment to thank Christ today for everything He has done for us, and recommit our lives and families to love Him, serve Him and bring Him glory the rest of our days here on earth. In the midst of so much darkness, let’s join together as one to shine His light. ThankContinue reading “Happy Thanksgiving”

Thanksgiving & Religious Freedom

As Thanksgiving approaches, let’s thank the Lord for the privilege and freedom to know and worship Him. Let’s also pray for our brothers and sisters throughout the world who do not have that freedom, but face persecution and even death because of their love for Christ. Isaiah 60:1-2. Lord, we thank You for all thatContinue reading “Thanksgiving & Religious Freedom”

Prayers for a Blessed Thanksgiving

As Thanksgiving and Christmas approach, let’s pray God will cover our family times together and fill our homes with His presence, peace, joy and love. Also, please take a moment and ask the Lord if there is someone He wants you to bless during the holidays, perhaps with a special dinner or gift. Do youContinue reading “Prayers for a Blessed Thanksgiving”

Myanmar’s Battle with Evil

While the world turns its attention to Gaza and the atrocities of Hamas, the peoples of Myanmar continue in their years-long fight against a brutal terrorist regime. Since a military coup in February of 2021, Burma’s Russian-backed army has ruthlessly attacked, raped, mutilated and massacred their own people, including women, children and the elderly. AnContinue reading “Myanmar’s Battle with Evil”

Hostages Found Dead Near Al Shifa Hospital

Hostages Noa Marciano, a 19-year-old Israeli soldier from Modi’in, and Yehudit Weiss, a 65-year-old snatched from her home in Be’eri, are now confirmed dead. Israeli ground forces found their bodies this past week near Gaza’s Al Shifa Hospital, which appears to have been used by Hamas terrorists as a command center. The death of aContinue reading “Hostages Found Dead Near Al Shifa Hospital”

He Knows What’s Up the Road Ahead

A word of encouragement from the Lord for His bride based on Isaiah 40-43: “I have a plan through this. I know you can’t see around the other bend, and what you think might be waiting for you there scares you. But trust Me. I know what I’m doing. I know what’s up there ahead.Continue reading “He Knows What’s Up the Road Ahead”

Bring Us Out of Captivity

Let’s pray Jeremiah 29:11-14 over our country today, asking God to bring us back from all the ways we’ve been captive to the enemy, so our children (and we) will have a hope and a future of abundant life, rather than destruction (John 10:10). Lord, You have given us a choice, because You are loving.Continue reading “Bring Us Out of Captivity”

Praying for Yemen’s Salvation

Since Yemen’s warring sides failed to renew a truce that expired last month, fighting has continued at a standstill, giving respite to their haggard nation. In the meantime, however, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have begun attacking Israel. Although Yemen is the third most dangerous country in the world for followers of Jesus, nearly a decadeContinue reading “Praying for Yemen’s Salvation”

Three Christians Conditionally Released from Prison in Iran, One Pardoned

Three Christians imprisoned in Iran for participating in house churches, Ahmad Sarparast, Ayoob Poor-Rezazadeh and Morteza Mashoodkari, have been released to serve the remainder of their five-year sentences outside prison, as long as they return to work daily from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the jail’s adjacent factory. In addition, another house church memberContinue reading “Three Christians Conditionally Released from Prison in Iran, One Pardoned”

Praying for God’s Mercy on Gaza

It has now been several weeks since Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on October 7, beginning a war which has cost thousands of lives and sparked anti-Palestinian and antisemitic protests and violence throughout the world, including hundreds of thousands of people protesting against such prejudice. Meanwhile, the humanitarian situation in Gaza has worsened dramatically, as drinkingContinue reading “Praying for God’s Mercy on Gaza”