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“Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial.” ~ James 1:12Stead·fast: resolutely or dutifully firm and unwavering.
Be strong & steadfast! Do not fear nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God, is with you. ~ Joshua 1:9 “The root of all steadfastness is in consecration to God ~ Alexander MacLaren “You O’ God are my fortress the God who shows steadfast love.” ~Psalm 59:17 Arise & shine; please pray for the following! COMMUNITIES OF THE PERMIAN BASIN Let us PRAY for peace, comfort, wisdom and patience for the families and businesses that have been affected by the economic downturn due to low oil prices. “They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord.” ~ Psalm 112:7 AWAKENING Give thanks for all the Lord is AWAKENING IN YOU!! There is power in His blood and the name of Jesus Christ. May others experience the goodness of this truth and have an encounter with the Living God in this season! Pray for our local and global churches; for our pastors to stand firmly on the Word of God. GOVERNMENTAL LEADERS Pray for our leaders to stand firm on God’s Word. Give thanks we have leaders that are in the Palm of His Hand! Isaiah 41:13 May they call upon Him for wisdom. May they give Him thanks for the peace and order that He brings. Give thanks for God fearing men and women serving in these positions. PERSECUTED BELIEVERS We lift up our brothers & sisters & those yet to come that they may know He is present in their midst and hears their prayers. Let us pray that even in the midst of dire circumstances and even in the midst of severe threats and actions of death they will have the grace to STAND NO MATTER WHAT and not forsake Jesus Yeshua Isa – Son of the Living God. Lift up where ISIS is controlling in places like Nigeria, Middle East and Algeria, etc. ISRAEL Lift up Israel and individuals within the country (Jews & Arabs alike). Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. May those who love you prosper, Psalm 122:6, Pray that Israelis will move forward with the leader that the Lord appoints. May there be peace. Breaking news & latest headlines for the week: French church attack: Priest's throat slit by 'two terrorists who claimed to be from Islamic State' Published July 26, 2016 — A French priest has been killed in a hostage attack on a Catholic church in Normandy. The priest, named as Father Jacques Hamel, had his throat slit by "two terrorists who claimed to be from Islamic State", said French President Francois Hollande… One other was seriously wounded and is "fighting for their life", said the French interior ministry. NEWS | Out of All Nations, China has Yielded the 7th Largest Number of Citizens who have Joined ISIS Published July 26, 2016 — BEIJING—Leaked Islamic State records provide the first solid evidence that more than 100 Chinese nationals have joined the jihadist movement in Syria. Attacks Against Christians in Egypt Rising at Alarming Rate, Human Rights Groups Warn July 25, 2016 — Human rights groups have been speaking out against what they say is an alarming escalation of violence in several attacks against Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Christian community, with police providing little if any protection for victims. Kenyan Government Says Largest Refugee Camp Soon Shutting Down July 24, 2016 – Dadaab, Kenya –The Kenyan government recently announced plans to shut down the world’s largest refugee camp located in the country’s northeast corner near the Somali and Ethiopian borders. The camp in Dadaab currently houses 326,000 Somali refugees fleeing violence in their own country. Kenya now wants to shut the camp down because they consider it a security risk, since it could allow for the infiltration of Al-Shabaab terrorists into the country. Special Prayer Request!! • Pray for the believers who are persecuted, imprisoned & even killed for their faith • Pray for law enforcement, and the friends and families who lost their loved ones. • Pray for unity in our country. Baptist Pastor Loses Hand to Muslim Fulani Herdsman in Nasarawa State, Nigeria Published July 22, 2016 — South Sudan (The Washington Post) - Two days after a cease-fire took hold in the capital of the world’s youngest country, the situation remained dire Wednesday for tens of thousands of civilians displaced by fierce clashes. International officials and aid workers are being evacuated from South Sudan, including U.S. diplomats..…
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“Let us run with ENDURANCE the race that is set before us.” ~ Hebrews 12:1“God has a purpose for trials and testings” ~ Warren Wiersbe
“We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance.”~ Romans 5:3 “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” ~Psalm 46:1 Arise & shine; please pray for the following! COMMUNITIES OF THE PERMIAN BASIN Let us PRAY for peace, comfort, wisdom and patience for the families and businesses that have been affected by the economic downturn due to low oil prices. “They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord.” ~ Psalm 112:7 AWAKENING Give thanks for all the Lord is AWAKENING IN YOU!! There is power in His blood and the name of Jesus Christ. May others experience the goodness of this truth and have an encounter with the Living God in this season! Pray for our local and global churches; for our pastors to stand firmly on the Word of God. GOVERNMENTAL LEADERS Pray for our leaders to stand firm on God’s Word. Give thanks we have leaders that are in the Palm of His Hand! Isaiah 41:13 May they call upon Him for wisdom. May they give Him thanks for the peace and order that He brings. Give thanks for God fearing men and women serving in these positions. PERSECUTED BELIEVERS We lift up our brothers & sisters & those yet to come that they may know He is present in their midst and hears their prayers. Let us pray that even in the midst of dire circumstances and even in the midst of severe threats and actions of death they will have the grace to STAND NO MATTER WHAT and not forsake Jesus Yeshua Isa – Son of the Living God. Lift up where ISIS is controlling in places like Nigeria, Middle East and Algeria, etc. ISRAEL Lift up Israel and individuals within the country (Jews & Arabs alike). Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. May those who love you prosper, Psalm 122:6, Pray that Israelis will move forward with the leader that the Lord appoints. May there be peace. Special Prayer Request!! • Pray for the believers who are persecuted, imprisoned & even killed for their faith • Pray for law enforcement, and the friends and families who lost their loved ones. • Pray for unity in our country. • Prayer meeting, SEEK HIM, Friday July 22, 2016, 7pm – 3am, FBC Chapel UNICEF Warns of Children Starving to Death in Nigeria Published July 19, 2016 — Almost a quarter of a million children in parts of Nigeria's Borno state formerly controlled by Boko Haram are suffering from severe malnutrition, the UN children's agency says. Another House Church is Closed in Southern China July 19, 2016 — Guangzhou, Guangdong—Officials in China’s southern Guangdong province shut down and sealed one branch of a house church on June 23, threatening to take action if the church continued meeting. Authorities in Sudan Jail Christians Defending School on Property of Embattled Church July 15, 2016 – JUBA, South Sudan– Sudanese security personnel in North Khartoum last week jailed 14 Christians after raiding an evangelical school on a church property the government is helping a Muslim business interest to seize, sources said. Russia: Church reacts as ‘anti-missionary bill’ becomes law Published July 15, 2016 — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a bill referred to by one Christian organization as an “anti-missionary bill”. The new law, known more commonly as the “Yarovaya” law (the name of one of its authors), which will come into effect on 20 July, was formally introduced as an “anti-terrorism” measure, allowing the government to monitor extremist groups. However, its biggest impact may be upon Russia’s Christians, particularly missionaries, who will need a permit, and the so-called “house churches. Officials bar Christian minors from taking college exam, entering military Published July 14 , 2016 — Huaqiu, Guizhou— On June 23, a local government office in China’s central Guizhou province delivered an ultimatum to parents who attend a house church: if children do not stop attending church, they will be barred from attending college or entering the military. Additionally, violators of the new regulation will be sued. South Sudan Struck by Aid Shortage After Days of Fighting Published July 14, 2016 — South Sudan (The Washington Post) - Two days after a cease-fire took hold in the capital of the world’s youngest country, the situation remained dire Wednesday for tens of thousands of civilians displaced by fierce clashes. International officials and aid workers are being evacuated from South Sudan, including U.S. diplomats. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. ~Psalm 46:1 “Pray and seek for Strength to change our circumstances rather than praying for our circumstances to change.” ~ David A. Bednar
God will renew your strength. ~Isaiah 40:31 “Humility isn’t denying your strengths; it’s being honest about your weaknesses.” ~ Rick Warren In the day when I cried out. You answered me, and made me bold with strength in my soul. ~Psalm 138:3 Arise & shine; please pray for the following! COMMUNITIES OF THE PERMIAN BASIN Let us PRAY for peace, comfort, wisdom and patience for the families and businesses that have been affected by the economic downturn due to low oil prices. “They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord.” ~ Psalm 112:7 AWAKENING Give thanks for all the Lord is AWAKENING IN YOU!! There is power in His blood and the name of Jesus Christ. May others experience the goodness of this truth and have an encounter with the Living God in this season! Pray for our local and global churches; for our pastors to stand firmly on the Word of God. GOVERNMENTAL LEADERS Pray for our leaders to stand firm on God’s Word. Give thanks we have leaders that are in the Palm of His Hand! Isaiah 41:13 May they call upon Him for wisdom. May they give Him thanks for the peace and order that He brings. Give thanks for God fearing men and women serving in these positions. PERSECUTED BELIEVERS We lift up our brothers & sisters & those yet to come that they may know He is present in their midst and hears their prayers. Let us pray that even in the midst of dire circumstances and even in the midst of severe threats and actions of death they will have the grace to STAND NO MATTER WHAT and not forsake Jesus Yeshua Isa – Son of the Living God. Lift up where ISIS is controlling in places like Nigeria, Middle East and Algeria, etc. ISRAEL Lift up Israel and individuals within the country (Jews & Arabs alike). Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. May those who love you prosper, Psalm 122:6, Pray that Israelis will move forward with the leader that the Lord appoints. May there be peace. SPECIAL PRAYER REQUEST • Pray for the believers who are persecuted, imprisoned & even killed for their faith • Pray for the city of Dallas, the law enforcement, and the friends and families who lost their loved ones. • Pray for unity in our country. • Prayer meeting, SEEK HIM, Friday July 22, 2016, 7pm – 3am, FBC Chapel Christian Convert Endures Egypt Torture, Including Being Fed to Savage Dogs — but God Intervenes and Tames the Beasts Published July 12, 2016 — an Egyptian Muslim who converted to Christianity found himself at the mercy of ferocious attack dogs that were unleashed by his jailers to torture and possibly kill him. However, …the savage animals miraculously did not harm him... The police tortured him before throwing him to Abu Zaabel prison in Cairo. Christians Concerned as Russian President Signs Law Requiring Government Permission to Share Faith July 10, 2016 — MOSCOW — The president of Russia has signed into a law an anti-terror bill that contains several provisions that have raised concerns among Christians, including requirements that religious citizens obtain permission from the government to share their faith. Egyptian Muslims Burn Christian Homes Over Rumors of Church Construction on Property July 10, 2016 – Around 300 Muslims burned four houses belonging to Coptic Christians in Samalout, Minya, Upper Egypt on June 30 after rumors spread that a church was being built on a property in the village. Nine Christians Killed in Another Attack in Eastern DRC Published July 08, 2016 — An attack by unknown armed men… has claimed the lives of at least nine Christians in the volatile eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Local sources…said the assailants stormed the Tenambo, Nzanza and Mamiki communities, near an army base on the outskirts of the town of Oicha,…armed with guns and machetes, they looted homes, taking food and cattle as plunder. Kenyan human rights lawyer killed while investigating police corruption Published July 07, 2016 — NAIROBI, Kenya: The human rights lawyer, Willie Kimani, whose alleged murder by "rogue elements within the [Kenyan] police" has sparked mass demonstrations in Nairobi, was working for a Christian charity, the International Justice Mission (IJM). “Once you choose hope anything is possible.” ~ Christopher Reeve “God is the only one who can make the valley of trouble a door of hope.” ~Hosea 2:15
As long as we have GOD, we have HOPE! And so, Lord, where do I put my hope? My only hope is in you.” ~Psalm 39:7 Arise & shine; please pray for the following! COMMUNITIES OF THE PERMIAN BASIN Let us PRAY for peace, comfort, wisdom and patience for the families and businesses that have been affected by the economic downturn due to low oil prices. “They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord.” ~ Psalm 112:7 AWAKENING Give thanks for all the Lord is AWAKENING IN YOU!! There is power in His blood and the name of Jesus Christ. May others experience the goodness of this truth and have an encounter with the Living God in this season! Pray for our local and global churches; for our pastors to stand firmly on the Word of God. GOVERNMENTAL LEADERS Pray for our leaders to stand firm on God’s Word. Give thanks we have leaders that are in the Palm of His Hand! Isaiah 41:13 May they call upon Him for wisdom. May they give Him thanks for the peace and order that He brings. Give thanks for God fearing men and women serving in these positions. PERSECUTED BELIEVERS We lift up our brothers & sisters & those yet to come that they may know He is present in their midst and hears their prayers. Let us pray that even in the midst of dire circumstances and even in the midst of severe threats and actions of death they will have the grace to STAND NO MATTER WHAT and not forsake Jesus Yeshua Isa – Son of the Living God. Lift up where ISIS is controlling in places like Nigeria, Middle East and Algeria, etc. ISRAEL Lift up Israel and individuals within the country (Jews & Arabs alike). Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. May those who love you prosper, Psalm 122:6, Pray that Israelis will move forward with the leader that the Lord appoints. May there be peace. SPECIAL PRAYER REQUEST • Pray for the believers who are persecuted, imprisoned & even killed for their faith • Pray for the Gospel to be spread and to be honored. Revival happens wherever the Word of God prevails (2 Thessalonians 3:1). • Prayer meeting, SEEK HIM, Friday July 22, 2016, 7pm – 3am, FBC Chapel A Muslim Mob Destroys Church and Imprisons Six in Ethiopia Published July 5, 2016 — Woudineh Endayelalu sends email detailing an attack that happened on June 29, 2016 at 11:00am. A Muslim mob, led by the district administrator…destroyed a church building and imprisoned 6 of the leaders… The Muslims, after destroying the church building, have taken the church's land and are praying on the spot daily…Please pray for the following Church leaders: Dechas Shamie, Solomon Tesfaye, Temesgen Mulugeta, Easyas Menberu, Wondu Mamuye, Assisi Sileshi…Contact Getaneh for more information. Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Kill Pastor in Nasarawa State, Nigeria Published July 05, 2016 — BEIRUT, Lebanon — JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A pastor in Nasarawa state killed last week in Obi was buried today in his hometown of Zonkwa, Kaduna state. Muslim Fulani herdsmen with machetes killed the Reverend Kurah… while he was working at his farm. Chinese Authorities Force Churches in Zhejiang to Hand over Income and Donations to the Government July 04, 2016 — (China Aid) Authorities in China’s coastal Zhejiang province recently demanded that some churches hand all their income, including donations, to the government as part of a movement to implement official regulations... ISIS claims responsibility for overnight Baghdad bombings that killed nearly 95 July 03, 2016 – Nearly 95 people were killed and 200 wounded in two bombings overnight in Baghdad, most of them in a shopping area as residents celebrated Ramadan. Soldiers beheaded, churches destroyed and constant fear: Syrian Christian on life under ISIS in Raqqa Published July 01, 2016 — NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A church in northern India remains closed more than a month after four masked Hindu extremists stormed a worship meeting and beat a 66-year-old pastor unconscious. Muslim Villagers in Eastern Uganda Kill Christian Woman, Infant Girl Published June 30, 2016 — NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim villagers in eastern Uganda last week killed a Christian woman for refusing to allow a mosque on her property, and in the same district Muslim relatives of a young Christian mother poisoned her baby, sources said. |
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