Muslims are Seeing Visions - Is This What Joel Predicted?

Joel predicted that people would see visions.

An interesting video shows how Muslims are seeing visions and finding the Lord. Here

This testimony happened in a prison cell in Malaysia

A Muslim meeting Jesus....

 

Click on the link below.........

Müslüman Hizbullahçı Hristiyan Oldu

Looking for Christian Stories in the Media?

A good source of current events from a Christian point of view is found at

http://thechristians.com/

For example - here are two stories :

Gloom besets an ancient monastery as its tourist bonanza evaporates
The Muslim protectors of St. Catherine’s are left destitute by the chaos of Egypt’s wars.
Read more  here

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Catholic traditionalists used to be able to refute progressives by quoting the two previous popes, who were both doctrinal conservatives and top-down Roman centralists. Their defenders only had to point out that every pontiff, as earthly head of the church, must be honored and obeyed whether you agreed with him or not. Roma locuta, causa finita.*

Now it’s their turn for chagrin, because the new pope, Francis, is almost the opposite – he is largely uninterested in doctrine, and he is also, it now emerges, radically decentralist. RC conservatives simply don’t know what to make of him – but by their own argument they just have to suck it up and smile. He’s the pope. More  Here

What Motivates Us the Deepest?

What are the deepest factors that motivate our lives?

A sense of priorities underlies most of our activities, be it a desire to know the names of all the baseball players, or to have as many friends as possible on Facebook.

The deepest motivations are also those that bring a hope and salvation.

John Piper's blog is worth following. This recent selection is a sample.

My assumption is that people without the gospel are without hope, because only the gospel can free them from their sin. Therefore, missions is utterly essential in the life of a loving church, though not all Christians believe this. The rest can be found here

http://solidjoys.desiringgod.org/en/devotionals/eye-opening-mission

Biblical Tour of Turkey - March 10-18, 2014

Good news from Dr. Andrew Jackson:

Photo: The Library of Celsus in Ephesus

Attention all American pastors! AN UNBELIEVABLE OPPORTUNITY! I've been asked by a Turkish travel agency to lead a biblical tour of Istanbul and the Seven Churches of Revelation for US pastors. It is being planned for March 10-18, 2014. This is an unbelievable special offer for US Pastors. It will be 9-days/7-nights, INCLUDING international Turkish Air flight (from LA, Chicago, or NY), four star hotels, breakfast/dinner, official guide and more.The cost will only be $1,790 (again including the international flight). This offer is for pastors who are interested in bringing a group on a biblical tour in the near future. See more details go to www.BiblicalTurkeyTours.com and look under Andrew Jackson Toours. Contact me if your interested because this tour is filling up fast.

 

The International Turkey Network (www.ITNet.org) in partnership with WorldChristian.com, has produced and just released a new video titled: "Turkey: The Other Holy Land." Watch it on YouTube here: http://youtu.be/oYyjXYiPxuo Please free use it as will best serve you.

I am partnering with a young Turkish friend to start a Christian multi-media ministry in Istanbul, Turkey. It is called Miras (Heritage) Media, and the website is now live at www.MirasMedia.com. One of the first multi-media Christian ministry in Turkey.

Kingdom Leadership - Godly Qualities of Life

Photo - Mosaic in Berea, Greece: St. Paul preaching in Berea,

J. Lee Grady looks at the qualities of leadership needed for ministries that radiate the power of God in practical ways.

We found this helpful, and hope you do too. This is one of many resources we've found on the internet recently, and by sharing it with you, we hope you'll be encouraged to pour your life into younger leaders, raising them up, helping them become disciples who can change the world.

At a time when many Christian leaders today are failing, we need to reclaim these eight vital qualities:
 

1. You must have a sure calling. Nehemiah said to the king: “Send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may rebuild it” (Neh. 2:5, NASB, emphasis added). Nehemiah was a “sent one.” He was called by God, and he surrendered. You must be convinced that you are called. You may have great preaching skills, a powerful anointing or a magnetic personality, but human abilities and God-given talents alone will not make you successful. You must know that you know that you know that God has sent you.

2. You need a heavenly burden. When Nehemiah heard that Jerusalem’s walls were destroyed and that the Jews were displaced... Read the rest here

The Language Jesus Spoke - The Village Being Destroyed

Few of us are aware that the language Jesus spoke, Aramaic, is still used in various places.

One of the villages is Maaloula, in Syria.

It's being destroyed in the fight between the government of Syria and the factions against the authorities. This civil war has had devastating effects on many towns and villages.

Pictures of Maaloula are found here

With Love to China

Much news coming from South Eastern Asia cannot be communicated to the world.

 

Here is one set of activities from a humble group of people living where it costs a lot to serve the Lord.

 

Pastor S is busy ministering in B,  M has spent the week plastering the walls of the small building. It's being prepared for leadership training in a couple weeks and they want to get most of the work done before then.

On Saturday's a small Bible club takes place, starting with . She is starting with the life of David. Previously went well; children had questions and a good discussion following the story. According to O, a number of the kids are secret believers, afraid to openly confess Christ because of family pressure.

J accompanies young people for a song. He is definitely growing in his music though he does miss lessons frequently because of an intense schedule as a pastor. He is already very talented, playing guitar and a history of singing in night clubs before he was saved.

 

Pray new believers would not give in to fear but have strength to obey and confess openly.

 

Pastor Chuck Smith - Transformative Influence After the Jesus People

In his church office, pastor Chuck Smith kept a crown made of thorns and a jar full of candy. The thorns were from the Holy Land. The candy was for his grandkids. The image suggested his special appeal as a preacher:

A harsh, old-school Christianity delivered with grandfatherly sweetness.

Smith, the founder of the Jesus People and the Calvary Chapel movement, and one of the most influential figures in modern American Christianity, died Thursday morning at his home in Newport Beach after a two-year battle with lung cancer, church officials said. He was 86.

The story of his life and ministry and impact is found here

WARNING - A Prayer for the North American Church

WARNING - You may not be the same after reading this prayer.

It comes from a farmer's wife, author, well know speaker, raising six children, schooling at home, and she has a not-quite daily blog called "A Holy Experience".

WARNING The series she is doing called "A Prayer for the North American Church"

A Letter to the North American Church: Because it is Time

Dear North American Church,

After a Sunday morning in Africa, you don’t look the same to me.
You look hungry.
Hungrier than anything I’ve seen in Africa. Find the rest Here

Praying for Your Enemies? Well, not quite ...

Jesus taught us to pray for our enemies, to love them and bless them. The way that Muslims in general are coming across in the Western Press leads many to consider them as "enemies". This is incorrect, since the actual violence being done in Iraq, Egypt, Somalia, Kenya, Sudan, Nigeria, Pakistan (wow, the list goes on and on) ... is being carried out by a very dedicated minority.

So, "Not quite! ... Muslims in general are not our enemies. Most are hard-working families who follow an interpretation of Abraham and the Covenant that is radically different from that of Christians. Most suffer terrible injustice and receive low wages.

My purpose in this blog is not to list the differences.

I want us to concentrate on praying for Muslims. There are many points at which Muslim people who have come to Canada, or the USA, or England, or Germany, or Australia (wow, the list goes on and on) .... can benefit from concentrated, concerned and passionate prayers.

Muslims people often feel rejection in the West. They generally have no Christian friends. We can talk with them, first of all asking their names, realizing that many of their first names have a spiritual significance. They are usually more ready to talk about spiritual matters than secularized Westerners.

Love them and ask them to pray with them when they open up (this is a short list!) about

feelings of rejection by westerners;
raising children in a secular society and the conflicts coming up in schools;
misunderstandings about gender and how they are treated as women;
enmities and hostilities in their home countries that cause shame and dissatisfaction;
feelings of emptiness living in our countries;
broken relationships;
surgeries and ill health;
crowded homes and lack of sufficient funds to pay the bills;
their relatives back home.

You may not have been called to be a missionary  overseas, but right on our front doors are oodles of opportunities to show we love and care for the strangers in our midst.
 

And So God Created the Missionary

Kingdom values and Kingdom are difficult to harmonize. The nine beatitudes  in Matthew 5 contain concepts that literally turn life upside down.

And usually people don't like change.

Jesus ended this list with an amazing declaration: "Blessed are people when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven."

Well, we didn't invent this idea. God did.

He wants people to go out boldly and, even when persecuted, continue being his "sent out ones" (John 20:21 Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you."

That's why God Created the Missionary. This is an amazing video - well worth your time. Loren Cunningham began the movement called Youth With a Mission (YWAM) and visited every country in the world, one of the few to have ever done this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gSuxP9wza4