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The Argument for or against allowing 20,000 Afghan Refugees into Australia

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Australia has said it would accept 3,000, possibly 5,000 Afghan refugees into the country, after the recent takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban. There are many voices and petitions at present that the number should be 20,000. The twenty years of war by coalition forces in Afghanistan, initially to flush out the 9/11 terrorists, has […]

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Is COVID-19 insurmountable?

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The world would have us believe that we are dealing with an entirely new set of (medical) problems in overcoming this latest, potentially deadly attack on mankind. Day in and day out, we are bombarded by hourly, and even half-hourly news, of how this virus is wreaking havoc in our midst. This is the reality

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THE VOICE OF THE VOICELESS

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A Poem by Pia Horan-Gross   At dawn I awake suddenly, startled, to the voice of a million voiceless cries.   Children, hidden away for secret exploitation. Hands raised in violent threats, pinning them down, sealing their silent screams.   Young women, enticed and deceived. Trapped, like butterflies in a sticky spider’s web. Their agonised

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WE NEED TO STRIVE TO KEEP THE BIG PICTURE IN MIND

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We all love to make judgements on big and small issues; it’s an innate characteristic of mankind. The trouble is that often it is based on personal biases, gut instinct, brainwashing by others, parental teaching or cultural norms. Self-awareness of this is a wholesome, balancing factor in one’s outlook on life. Americans distrust Iranians, Iranians

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Eight Years of Hell in Syria and No End in Sight!

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I know that most people’s reaction when seeing events in Syria, which is entering into its eighth’ year of war, is to switch off, literally by turning off the TV, or sound, or just mentally. On the other hand, we may gasp and gloat at the increasing horror of this war, when we thought that

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Self-sabotaging God’s Provision

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Today I received a powerful lesson, using the simplest every-day example! I am sure the following example happens to most of us. When this is used to teach us a spiritual lesson, we can be sure that the Spirit, who lives in believers (in Christ), is and has been speaking to us! What a privelege

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Modern Day Slavery – Thoughts and Prayer

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As I read in Exodus 21, about God’s directions to the Israelites regarding slaves, I realize that it wasn’t and isn’t God who instituted slavery but rather, it is a fruit of the kingdom of darkness. This fruit has plagued humanity for millenia and is particularly evil! As a matter of fact, despite the general

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Latest Situation regarding Papua New Guinea and Manus Island Refugee Situation

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Today’s (3/2/2017) Sydney Morning Herald and other major newspapers inform us of the embarassing situation Australia is finding itself in, due to Trump’s unsurprising ?final response regarding the so-called resettlement deal with America, brokered by the Obama administration during his last days in office. Much has been and will be said about this: As Christian

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The Upcoming Australian Election (can be applied to any election; anywhere!) – My thoughts

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Let’s be those who prayerfully consider the present needs of our precious country of Australia and make the effort to carefully consider the responsibility before us to appoint worthy representatives in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Are they representing our struggling and often forgotten farmers, those most vulnerable in our society such

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Prayer Call for Palestinians

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Dear praying friends, Would you like to join me in praying for Christians who find themselves continuously surrounded by hateful, inflammatory speech, which in some cases has been part of generations of their families? I particularly am thinking of Christians living in the Palestinian Territories, surrounded by but also filled with hatred for the Jewish

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Easter greetings and some thoughts on human slavery

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Dear friends and fellow pray-ers! Like some of you; this morning I awoke to a Facebook security message asking me to reply whether I was safe, in view of an explosion which took place just recently. It turned out to be a world-wide error by Facebook, in response to an explosion which just took place

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Considerations and prayers at Christmas

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Dear praying friends, I would like to wish you all a peace-filled Christmas and New Year, as well as renewed vigour in 2016 for the ongoing tasks ahead, which the Lord is challenging us to continue in or to take up new challenges. May we have His wisdom to discern! Would you pray with me

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Truth Matters (noun and verb!)

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In a world of relative truth(s)*(see footnote), which in my opinion really are lies, I believe it is our lives’ purpose and primary task to find truth for ourselves. Truth about what? First and foremost, I believe we need to come to a decision about the existence or non-existence of God. Has man made up

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Further Prayer Needed for Australian Refugee Situation

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2 Chronicles 7:14 “…if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” Folks, in light of the article below, which is just another

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Imminent new additional asylum seeker intake (2015) for Australia

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Hello dear praying friends! It’s been a while since my last posting. I had a welcome two weeks’ break and attended a four days conference to do with reconciliation in the world-wide Body of Christ. Truly inspiring! Despite my silence, I hope that you have been persevering with praying for the needs of refugees. I

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Truth in a world of relative truths

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To carry the Truth in a world of relative truths is a burden and costly. It is not our truth but His! It is not a set of dogmas, ideas, philosophical treaties or any other thing parading as truth, but a person: Jesus Christ! He said of Himself: “I AM (emphasis mine, although Christ identifies

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Some Principles of Intercession by Pia

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This morning, in my study time with the Lord, looking for another scripture, I “accidentally” came across a tremendous scripture to do with our prayer topic (refugees) and the root problem; wars on the earth, whether small or large. The scripture is found in Psalm 46:9 “He makes wars cease to the end of the

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Prayer Points for The Refugee Situation in Europe (2015)

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Father God, we lift up the refugee situation in Europe. As wars and the threat of terror posed by many rogue terror groups increases all across the Middle East and the African Continent and as wars and rumours of wars become the norm (Matt. 24:6), we pray that the hearts of Europe’s leaders and its

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The Refugee Situation in Europe (2015)

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The scale of … tragedies is shocking but no novelty. It is estimated that since 1993 some 20,000 migrants have died trying to cross Europe’s southern borders. The true figure is undoubtedly higher: Thousands have perished, their deaths unrecorded. Who is to blame? European politicians point the finger at traffickers. On Monday (20.4.2015 my inclusion),

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The Rohingyas – Prayer Points

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As we present ourselves with clean hands and pure hearts before the throne room of Grace, we lift up the following requests on behalf of the Rohingya people:  That Jesus Christ would reveal Himself to many Rohingyas. Although mostly Muslims; Jesus Christ is their Saviour also (Gen. 12:3) [Abraham is called the father of faith

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