REFUGEE CRISIS EXACERBATED BY RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION Religious persecution plays a “central role” in the global displacement crisis according to Open Doors 2017 World Watch List. The charity noted that more than half of the world’s 65.3m refugee population come from Somalia, Afghanistan and Syria, all countries in which it has become extremely dangerous to identify […]
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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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Hello to my subscribers but especially to those participating in prayer! It’s been a while since our last prayer focus (praying for Greece). If you are anything like me, our intercession really never stops; whether it is to do with personal or family concerns, concerns around our local fellowship, friends and work colleagues and the
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Hot, dry wind over parched desert land, swirling up sand, stinging eyes and partly exposed faces, mainly of women and children cueing for their daily rations. A sea of tents, as far as the eye can see. Makeshift homes of refugees; once large families with a desire to prosper and to give a future
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As intercessors but also as ordinary Christians, living our daily lives, we encounter many difficulties and heartaches. It is part of the journey and walk of faith. Some of us can get unstuck during these challenging times. We become overly focussed on the problems, to the point of obsession. We lose our peace, become frantic
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Greece’s Economic & Political Climate: The (Greek) economy has shrunk by a quarter in five years, and unemployment is about 25 percent. The (EU) bailout money mainly goes toward paying off Greece’s international loans, rather than making its way into the economy. And the government still has a staggering debt load that it cannot begin
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Making your child attend church could be a human rights violation, according the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. The report issued by the U.N. panel shows concern about childre… Source: UN COMMITTEE SAYS TAKING CHILDREN TO CHURCH VIOLATES THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS
UN COMMITTEE SAYS TAKING CHILDREN TO CHURCH VIOLATES THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS Read More »
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
Although I consider myself a committed Christian, I absolutely believe that religion per se is the great counterfeit to God’s (Christ’s) Kingdom. For example, religion would try to promote God and His Christ (1 Chronicles 17:11-14) as central but in reality they are used as a smoke screen. Religion in general, is focussed on man’s
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An alternative to offshore detention by Julian Burnside | Nov 4, 2015 | Asylum Seekers, Human Rights The present system of dealing with asylum seekers who arrive by boat is cruel (intentionally) a… Source: An alternative to offshore detention
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The Israelites, thousands of years ago, found themselves to be wandering in the wilderness, cut off from their previous lives, with only God’s help as their hope and God appointed leaders to help them. Today, there are still millions of people in the same situation, many have never heard of the God who deeply cares for
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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… Source: Easter greetings and some thoughts on human slavery
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Love is probably one of the most (mis)used words, yet least understood. We call love between “brothers”, those who are united in the same cause ‘Philia’. The love between family members is called ‘Storge’. Then there is the much sung about type, Eros; consisting of powerful sexual attraction. When God speaks of His love,
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Source: Considerations and prayers around 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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Observing the yearly gradual acceleration of Christmas events and preparations for Christmas, I am becoming aware that increasingly, Christmas carols and events are becoming focussed on entertainment, rather than on the actual Christmas message. And I don’t mean Santa and his reindeers! The issue and need for constant entertainment is taking over more and more
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My heart goes out to the people in Europe at this time, especially the countries at the epicentre of the latest terrorist event in Paris. I sense great turmoil in the minds and hearts of Europeans, especially so as at the same time they are being flooded by refugees seeking asylum. As it has been revealed
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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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As we continue to pray for the latest prayer issue (refugees in and heading for Europe), we all have heard of many of those refugees abandoned in desert areas (the sea of course is another type of “desert area”), often due to people smugglers’ dodgy cars (or boats) braking down, or abandoned in “holding camps”
Some more promises to claim! Read More »
The first two people, Adam and Eve, according to my Bible, were duped by the deceiver to make a decision that was based on misinformation and a smearing of God’s character, resulting in them distrusting Him and disobeying His command. What the deceiver did was an actual projection of his own character onto God’s. This practice continues to