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Volume 5 Issue 41

Posted on 15 October, 201716 November, 2017 by admin

Message for year 2017

Luke 24:47--49"And then repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem".

Peace among men with whom God is pleased

The Lord has declared 2017 as the year of Forgiveness and Reconciliation

October, 2017 – We pray for Forgiveness and Reconciliation between authorities and subjects.

Week-2

Authorities to tend the subjects being examples to them(1 Pet,5:3)
That authorities realize that whoever exalts himself will be humbled (Mat, 23:12)
That authorities aim at love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith (1 Tim,1:5)
That authorities make use of the talents granted to them to make the administration more and more fruitful(Mat , 25:16)
That authorities be patient, be constant in prayer and contribute to the needs of others (Rm , 12:12,13)

Be Formed and Form is a 5 day short term course. This training is a challenge to the present Church. Because our Lord Jesus Christ (Head of the Church) wants the Church to be transformed according to Ephe 5:26,27. To make her holy, (cleansing her by the washing with water through the word), and to present her himself as a radiant Church. Today the Church is ignorant about the will of our Lord Jesus Christ. By this BFF training , the Church awakes and arises to shine in the world.

The educated as well as the uneducated can apply . Send your Resume, Recent Passport size Photograph (3 Copies), ID Proof and reference letters to

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Ph : 044-65453245, 9952040052

Arunachal BFF organized from september 28th to 2nd October 2017.There were 9th participants . On deliverance day Mrs yaluk Padung in bondage for a long time was healed instantly from Tumour and Doctor got ready to operate Gallbladder stone also vanished .She is from Baptist background and promised to start BFF Centre in her area. Mrs Takhe Yapa’s catholic stronghold was broken, was also delivered from all her sickness. Jamuna from Assam promised to start troop church . On deliverance day itself all saw the mighty presence of angels standing beside each of them. During prophecy time Shri Megu Riba saw Jesus and Jesus spoke to him about vision of Arunachal.

October 10 – 15 – Hindi – Mumbai –Contact : Sol.Jagdesh

October 13 – 18 – Hindi - Azamgarh,UP- Contact : Dr.Premchand

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October 13 – 18 – Kannada - Chikmagalur-Sol.Sushma

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Please pray, attend and send participants for this course.

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Come and be blessed and bless others.

This Month in NWC we are worshiping for “Andhra Pradesh”. Book your slot for worship. No doubt the nation is going to be shaken during our worship. Be ready and prepare for that.

Contact Us

Email : worshipcentreindia@gmail.com

Mobile : 7708505152

National Worship Centre is a centre where the Lord of hosts, the Lord God Almighty will be worshipped in His majesty all the 24 hours.

Address :

Father’s House,

4/364 E, Anna Salai 1st Cross Street,

ECR, Palavakkam, Chennai – 600041.

Praise God for the successful completion of 15256 slots in National Worship Centre with a Non Stop Worship (24/7)

Frightening Warning About Approaching Solar Flare Destruction Revealed Within Revelation

The scriptures tell us that the earth will be destroyed a total of three times. The first was by water during the days of Noah to purge unrepentant man from the earth and restore God's order. The next time the earth will be destroyed is during the Tribulation period through a series of various events; several of which are clearly described as resulting from fire in which the Lord will once again purge unrepentant man from the earth. After this second restoration (Isaiah 65: 17-25), the Lord will reign on the Earth for 1,000 years. The Book of Revelation then states that after this period, the world once again turns wicked and God executes the third destruction. In this final destruction, the Earth and heavens (the entire universe) will pass away with a fervent heat and a new heaven and a new Earth (of a different kind without day or night) will be created to last for all of eternity.

The Scriptures provide the framework by which the end-times will unfold and describes a world where there must be a convergence of religion, economics, and leadership. Right now, we clearly see these new systems and ideologies merging and most surmise that a one-world financial system will emerge as nations' economies become more unstable. The Bible also talk about the characteristics of the last generation and we are the first generation in human history to meets all of the conditions described in the Scriptures. The Bible also states that during these last days there would be unprecedented Christian and Jewish persecution of which we also see the framework being laid today for such a scenario. There is scarcely a day that passes in which we don't hear of events around the world which continue to lay the foundation for the final days as described in His Word; however, the scriptures also talk about geographic and cosmic events within the Book of Revelation that will devastate the earth and result in the death of millions or billions of people. The truth is that the foundation for these cataclysmic cosmic events are also being laid today!

In this article, we will be focusing on only one of the fire-related destructive events described within Prophecy during the Tribulation period, and new discoveries made that are foreshadowing its passing. We may not know the day nor the hour of such events, but we can clearly see the season approaching. Many are familiar with the prophetic event within Revelation that describes 1/3 of the Earth being burnt up along with 1/3 of the trees and grass (Revelation 8:7). John's wording is compact and precise and tells us exactly what he's seeing. Based on the wording of the text, many theologians and astrophysicists claim that what is being described could be the occurrence of a coronal mass ejection (CME) from the Sun hitting the Earth!

The surface of the sun consists of dense, super-heated Plasma. Think of the sun as a ball of liquid FIRE - burning at around 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit, and not as having a surface that is on fire - but is literally fire through and through (i.e. like a lake of fire and not a lake on fire). CMEs are always being emitted from the sun, but should a large one on an unprecedented scale directly strike the Earth; this dense superheated plasma would push away part of the Earth's atmosphere. This would expose the stratosphere to the -150 degrees Fahrenheit temperature of space which would instantly crystalize all the moisture within the stratosphere. As the CME pressure wave continues to push through the atmosphere, it would compress the ice crystals into hail balls. This is exactly what is being described within the text of Revelation. John described that before 1/3 of the Earth was burnt up, "there came hail and fire"; seemingly contradicting states of matter. As the CME continues into the tratosphere, it would then vaporize all planes, birds and flying insects which also complies with the next description from John that the coming of hail and fire was "mixed with blood". The CME would then continue to the surface of the Earth where John clearly described that this hail, fire and blood is then, "cast upon the earth" - burning up 1/3 of the trees and grass! As you can see, John's description is specific and intended to be in chronological order; describing exactly what one would expect if an unprecedented CME did indeed strike the Earth.

Some may believe this is nothing more than theory or speculation of what events could occur within the end times, but the reality is that various governments from around the world have realized this approaching Biblical event is entirely real, and they are already preparing for it.

Since God commonly utilizes His own creations to carry out judgment as we see this time and time again throughout the Old Testament, then we know if this CME scenario is true, we may already be seeing the foundation of this event unfolding today. First, something has changed within the last 10 years regarding how governments are planning for continuity of operation; they're now thinking global. Recently, governments all over the world have built over 1,000 doomsday seed vaults to ensure the survival of the human race. The largest that we know of is the Norwegian vault on the island of Spitsbergen in the Arctic Circle. In addition, governments have begun building massive underground bunkers and small underground cities carved within the bedrock of mountains for their leadership. But the most frightening signs are the ones hiding in plain sight. First, unknowing to most, Earth's magnetic field, which normally protects us from high energy particle emissions from the sun, is collapsing! With a reduced magnetic field, solar radiation and CMEs will now have a greater impact on the Earth than ever before. In fact, the European Space Agency recently launched a satellite array that monitors solar activity and the impact it has upon the Earth. During the first 6 months of operation, it was revealed that the Earth's magnetic field was not only indeed collapsing, but that it was happening 10x faster than researchers first realized. In addition, recent discoveries by astrophysicists in Japan have revealed that our sun is in fact capable of producing what is now being called a "super flare" which is 20x - 1,000x more powerful than any flare witnessed on our modern age. They're referring to a CME that would be substantially larger than the one which occurred in the Carrington event of 1859. The "super flare" being described by researchers would be so powerful, with Earth having a weakened magnetic field, it could truly penetrate the stratosphere; causing the events described by John in revelation.

The Lord Has Already Warned Us that This Is Coming. We are told to do look for the signs for the end of our age, and it appears that the Lord has already warned us that the event described by John is indeed coming soon. During July, 2012, a massive CME ejected from the sun and crossed Earth's orbital path; missing us by only one week! This particular CME was unprecedented in size (X-class), and if the flare would have erupted just one week earlier it would have hit Earth square on. This CME blast was so massive that NASA referred to it as "The Solar Superstorm of 2012" and believe it would have knocked our civilization back to the 18th century - leading to panic, war, starvation and disease. This near miss was so shocking to various unaware agencies, they kept the event SECRET from the public for one and a half years before finally revealing it to media at a recent space summit. Following Europe's early flare detection system, NASA has also recrntly launched their own CME detection satellites,named "STEREO", which will gives the US Government a 12 to 24 hour notice in the case of an approaching catastrophic solar flare.

- BY PNW STAFF

Christians and Yazidis in Iraq Stand on the Brink of Extinction

Astonishingly, for three years U.S. government bureaucrats have refused to help endangered religious minority communities like Christians and Yazidis survive the genocide ISIS began in 2014. These communities stand on the brink of extinction. As a witness from Iraq testified at a congressional hearing I chaired Tuesday (Oct. 3) — the 10th hearing I have convened on the atrocities — “foreign aid decisions will determine whether Christianity and religious pluralism will survive in Iraq at all.” The U.S. Agency for International Development is reviewing a proposal from the Nineveh Reconstruction Committee to repair 6,800 religious minority homes damaged or destroyed by ISIS on the Nineveh Plains of northern Iraq.

The NRC is an ecumenical partnership between the Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Catholic Church and Syriac Orthodox Church. It has already restored more than 2,200 houses and two towns, enabling more than 11,000 displaced Christians to return home. Two Christian charities, the Knights of Columbus and Aid to the Church in Need, have provided most of the funding, together with support from the government of Hungary. But more is needed. Key government bureaucrats have been blind to people of faith for decades. They often see individuals merely as individuals or cases, rather than parts of a people or community of faith whose lives and destinies are beautifully bound together — and who are often targeted together. They also miss that prioritizing religious freedom globally enhances our national security, including our fight against terrorist groups that target religious groups as part of their ideology, propaganda and recruiting. “Yazidis, Christians and other religious minorities, especially the non-Muslim minorities, cannot survive in Syria and Iraq under the current conditions. Without serious action from you and the world governments many of these people will continue to flee their ancient homelands of Syria and Iraq.”

North Korean Defector Describes Horrors of Being a Christian under Kim Jong-un’s Regime

Choi Kwanghyuk, a North Korean defector, said despite being offered freedom from the prison camp, he and other believers said they would not deny Christianity. Choi led an underground church in North Korea before being imprisoned. He said Christians at the prison camp would not accept an offer of freedom if it meant renouncing their beliefs. “Even though they are offered release by signing a contract renouncing their religion, they do not accept this offer,” he told The Christian Post in an interview. “Some of them feel that living inside the political camp is better than going outside because they foresee that it will be difficult for them to adapt to the outside society."

Christians in North Korea are largely persecuted in the country. Open Doors USA has ranked the country as the worst persecutor of Christians in the world. Still, Choi started an underground church. "Our meeting spot was literally underground. In North Korea, we dig holes on the ground to store Kimchee and potatoes over the winter. It's very cold in North Korea and if we don't bury it underground, then it will freeze up. We don't have heating system in North Korea," he said.

"We meet in this rectangular hole and use [a] lantern to study the Bible. Since we cannot sing out loud, we praise by humming the hymn." Choi also said that only about one of 100 people “know about God” in North Korea. “If you get caught associating with religion, then DPRK government will send them to political camp or prison," he said. To help persecuted Christians in the country, ICC, which reports on the persecution of Christians around the world, is cooperating with other countries. Gina Goh, ICC’s regional manager for Southeast Asia, said that ICC sends rice in floating bottles to the country. They also sponsor a Christian radio program and send in Gospel fliers into the country through balloons. "We want to provide not only humanitarian aid that addresses their basic needs, but also the Gospel that they don't get to hear in their country. We invite Christians to remember and pray for North Korea and its 25 million oppressed souls," she said.

India Cuts Off Foreign Aid to KP Yohannan's Believers Church

The Indian government led by a Hindu nationalist party, which is believed to be cracking down on Christian groups, has banned the Believers Church, founded by K.P. Yohannan of Gospel for Asia, and three other groups associated with it, from receiving foreign funds. The church believes they will get their licence back soon.

The Ministry of Home Affairs, or the interior ministry, has cancelled the registrations of the southern India-based Believers Church and three of its affiliates — Ayana Charitable Trust (formerly Gospel for Asia India), Love India Ministries and Last Hour Ministry — under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, according to The Times of India.

Anything more than that comes from evil one

(This message was given at the night prayer on 29^{th July}2017 at Charles Elders Community, Retteri)

King which you shall set over you (Deut 28:36)

“Jehovah shall bring you, and your king which you shall set over you, to a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known. And there you shall serve other gods, wood and stone. And you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by-word among all nations where Jehovah shall lead you.“Deu 28:36-37

If you do not say “Yes” or “No” in specific situations, or if your decision taking delays than the time fixed,

Somebody will say it (Yes or No) for you and they will start ruling over you. He is the “King” you are setting upon you.

Choosing to remain silent, when you have to open your mouth and say “Yes” or “No”, is handing yourself over to a King, who will rule over you. Somebody else will take the decisions for you. As a result you will go into captivity . You will remain in this captivity until you make up your mind and set yourself in a condition to say “No” and then you will liberate yourself from their grip.

Human beings while living in a society, are always under the pressure of various laws, natural, social, religious etc.

The society in which you live,

The company where you work

The school or College where you study have enforced many such rules over you.

Abundant Life in Jesus!

Jesus came to give you abundant life. Jn 10:10.

But only those who say “Yes” to Jesus all the time, can enjoy it!

Every child born in our society, till he/she attains the age of 18, are under instructors as per our constitution.

“But he is under guardians and housemasters until the term appointed before by the Father. Even so we, when we were infants, were in bondage under the elements of the world. But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, coming into being out of a woman, having come under Law, that He might redeem those under Law, so that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. So that you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, also an heir of God through Christ. “(Gal 4:2-7)

After taking baptism, you need to be guided only by the Holy Spirit not by human beings. Till then you might have been guided by human beings, elders who had a close walk with Jesus. They were of help to you. Now you need to take decisions by yourself and be ready to face the outcome of your decisions.

“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God”. Rom 8:14

Jesus said “Yes” to His Father

After 4000 years of Adam’s sin and seeing the plight of human beings on the cursed earth, Jesus took a decision and said “Yes” to His Father. He knew the outcome, consequences, and the price He had to pay in saying “Yes” to the will of His Father.

“Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; My ears You have opened; burnt offering and sin offering You have not asked. Then I said, Lo, I come, in the volume of the Book it is written of Me; I delight to do Your will, O My God; and Your Law is within My heart”. Ps 40:6 -8

“For to which of the angels did He say at any time, "You are My Son, this day I have begotten You?" And again, "I will be to Him a Father, and He shall be to Me a Son?"

“when He brings in the First-born into the world, …….." Heb 1:5-6

After saying “Yes” to His Father’s will, He had no regrets, no complaints. He took upon Himself all the consequences of it whether good or bad. He consulted His Father in everything but decided to obey in everything.

“For I have not spoken of Myself, but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know that His command is life everlasting. Therefore whatever I speak, even as the Father said to Me, so I speak”. Jn 12:49,50

Jesus had direct contact with His Father continuously while He was on earth. In everything He submitted to His Father.

“…for, in that himself has suffered, being tempted, he is able to help those that are being tempted”. Heb 2:18

“..though he were Son, he learned obedience from the things which he suffered; and having been perfected, became to all them that obey him, author of eternal salvation” Heb 5:8, 9

Thousands of “Yes” inside one “Yes”

By Sr.Angelica (To be continued)

Volume 5 Issue 40

Posted on 7 October, 201716 November, 2017 by admin

Suffering for His name’s sake

These days we hear a lot of about the sufferings Christians are undergoing in our nation India. I was reminded of the vision the Lord gave in 2006. He showed me how India is going to suffer a labour pain before it comes under the rule of Jesus Christ. The Lord revealed that in India a persecution similar to that of Rome in the early centuries, will occur.

The first edict calling for persecution of the Christians in Rome came in March 303. Emperor Diocletian ordered the cessation of meetings of the Christians, the destruction of the Churches, the deposition of officers of the church, the imprisonment of those who persisted in their testimony to Christ, and the destruction of the Scriptures by fire. A later edict ordered Christians to sacrifice to the pagan gods on pain of death if they refused. Eusebius, the Church historian (260-340) pointed out that prisons became so crowded with Christian leaders and their congregations that there was not even enough rooms for criminals. Christians were punished by loss of property, exile, imprisonment, or execution by the sword or wild beasts.

Diocletian was a strong military leader who came to the imperial throne at the end of a century that was marked by political disorder in the Roman Empire. He decided that only a strong monarchy could save the empire and its classical culture. In 285 he ended the diarchy of the principate, created by Caesar Augustus in 27 B.C. by which the emperor and senate had shared authority. Out of this historical situation came the most severe persecution that the Christians ever endured.

These are the years Indian Church is going to pay the last and greatest price for the salvation of India.

The Lord appeared to Ananias and said about Apostle Paul,

“For I will show him what great things he must suffer for My name's sake”. Act_9:16

“If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He also will deny us.” 2Ti_2:12

The educated as well as the uneducated can apply . Send your Resume, Recent Passport size Photograph (3 Copies), ID Proof and reference letters to

Email ID : heavenlyhostofjesus@gmail.com

Ph : 044-65453245, 9952040052

Message for year 2017

Luke 24:47--49"And then repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem".

Peace among men with whom God is pleased

The Lord has declared 2017 as the year of Forgiveness and Reconciliation

October, 2017 – We pray for Forgiveness and Reconciliation between authorities and subjects.

Week-1

That the rulers and authorities do not lord it over the subjects (Mat, 20:25)
That great men do not exercise authority over the subordinates (Mat, 20:25)
That authorities have the basic attitude of being servants (Mat, 20:26)
That authorities commit themselves to serve and not to be served (Mat, 20:28)
That authorities who would be first among others must be their slaves (Mat, 20:27)

Anything more than that comes from evil one

(This message was given at the night prayer on 29^{th July}2017 at Charles Elders Community, Retteri)

Mat 5:37 Instead, let your message be 'Yes' for 'Yes' and 'No' for 'No.' Anything more than that comes from the evil one."

This does not mean to limit your words other than yes or no.

Jesus here speaks about the decisions you have to take yourself every moment- In our daily life we have to take decisions every moment. Every moment we are speaking to ourselves

Yes

No decision (being drifted away by circumstances, others).

Your life is the result of the decisions you have taken so far.

You said “yes” to

Your studies, subject you selected in studies

The dress you wear now

The hairstyle you are having

The vehicle you own

The wife/husband you have today

Accept Jesus as your personal saviour

Can you think of the times you said “yes” to the above.

You said “No” to

The studies you didn’t choose

Some kind of dress which you could have chosen

Another brand of vehicle you don’t have today but your friend has

Another group of worshipping people

To your family members, friends, close associates, who persuaded you to take certain decisions

Have you delayed in taking decisions, afraid or not wanting to say “Yes” or “No” as a result

Led and tossed by circumstances, situations, society and people around you?

Have you allowed somebody else to take decisions for you

Regarding marriage, studies, buying a house, choosing a place to settle down, selecting job, selecting a profession, friends, selecting a Church,

Result?

Gal 6:7-8 For whatever a man sows, that he also will reap. For he sowing to his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh. But he sowing to the Spirit will reap life everlasting from the Spirit.

Were you pushed to take certain decisions, in the past, which were not of your own? Compelled to yield to somebody else’s decisions and bear the consequences of it?

Do you have any regret over it? Have you suffered because of that ?

This can be the result of saying “No” at heart and “Yes” with lips.

Or Yes at heart and “No” with lips.

When we received baptism, I said “No” to sin, satan and all his associates.

“Yes” to Jesus, Bible commandments and to a life led by the Spirit. (Rom. 8:14).

This Yes should be kept up in your life 24 hours/7. This yes should be a continuous process. Any one moment looking back and saying “No” is violating Mat. 5:37

This is setting a king over you (instead of you taking decisions by yourself) and obeying him. Jehovah, while leading the Israelites in the wilderness had warned against them.

And the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to Jehovah. And Jehovah said to Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. 1Sa 8:6 Sa 8:7

These kings when the Israelites set over them perverted their ways from the Lord and He had to bring them back with punishments.

By Sis.Angelica (To be continued)

This Month in NWC we are worshiping for “Andhra Pradesh”. Book your slot for worship. No doubt the nation is going to be shaken during our worship. Be ready and prepare for that.

Contact Us

Email : worshipcentreindia@gmail.com

Mobile : 7708505152

National Worship Centre is a centre where the Lord of hosts, the Lord God Almighty will be worshipped in His majesty all the 24 hours.

Address :

Father’s House,

4/364 E, Anna Salai 1st Cross Street,

ECR, Palavakkam, Chennai – 600041.

Praise God for the successful completion of 15256 slots in National Worship Centre with a Non Stop Worship (24/7)

“Now gather yourself in Troops, O daughter of troops, he had laid siege against us." Micah: 5:1

A wonderful opportunity for ladies who want to serve the Lord

A movement to raise the status of Women in India

Both in history and in the Bible Women’s role is very important in a nation.

During the crucial period of our Lord’s visitation to India (2007 – 2020), He wants our fair sex mass play a vital role in the transformation of our nation. In order to train them up, a 12 hour training Programme is given by the Lord. KHRDC has started implementing it.

This training session covers the following subjects

Fallen nature of women and restoration by Jesus Christ
Building relationship
Finance Management
House Maintenance
Exercising the authority of parents
Behavioral patterns
Common sicknesses of women and Medical checkup.
Civic Sense

The Lord is in need of "6 filled Jars" to accomplish His work as He did in Cana. (John 2:1-11 )

The jars should be filled with the Holy Spirit!!

The Lord will add to it colour, odour, taste, value etc.,

People can draw wine from the jar to give taste, strength, love and value to the women of the world.....!!

"" Oh Dear Covenant woman, “ARE YOU A FILLED JAR??” If you are a WOMAN FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT the Lord is ready to make use of you to bring taste, joy and love to the women of our Nation ""

THE LORD NEEDS " 6 FILLED JARS " (6 WOMEN FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT) to CONDUCT CWM IN YOUR PLACES!!

Find out the jars who are simply sitting outside the houses and synagogue for washing purpose!! (Traditional Christian life)

The Master is in need of you!!!

Are you ready???

Dr.Petricia - 9842482493

Why Study Bible Prophecy?

There are six very good reasons why you should study Bible prophecy.

Nearly a Third of the Bible is Prophecy

Some 31% of the Bible is God letting mankind know what the future holds. And I'm not just talking about the writings of the Major and Minor Prophets and the book of Revelation. If you don't want to read prophecy, then you also have to skip the Psalms, Jesus' own teachings in the Gospels, and pretty much all the books by Peter, Paul, Jude and John.

The Apostle Paul warned Christians, "Do not despise prophecies." He even confirmed that "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God" and so that must also include the prophetic writings. And, even Jesus throughout the Gospels and Revelation, recited prophecies from the Old Testament and taught new ones. To top it all off, Jesus promised a blessing for those who read and obey the prophecies in the book of Revelation.

So, if prophecy is so important to Jesus, then shouldn't it be important to Christians as well?

The Focus of Prophecy is Jesus Christ

Bible prophecy is in the end all about Jesus. Jesus declared He must fulfill prophecy so that "...all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me." The angel of Revelation 19 even equated the testimony of Jesus with prophecy, declaring "...Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."

If Jesus did not fulfill even one of the 109 distinct First Coming prophecies about the Messiah, then He couldn't be who He claimed to be -- the Savior.

Fulfilled prophecy validates Jesus' claim to divinity and being our Savior.

Fulfilled Prophecies Prove the Bible is Truly God's Word

The Bible is unique in being prophetic. There is no religious book, not by Buddha or Krishna or Mohammed or anyone else, ever written which contains so much prophecy. And, I'm not talking about general prophecies about the future, but super specific prophecies such as the Messiah would descend from the line of David, be born in Bethlehem, be killed by crucifixion, and be raised from the dead three days later.

The actual fulfillment of all these prophecies and over a hundred more proves the Bible truly is the Word of God, and so we can put our faith in what it teaches.

Bible Prophecy Motivates One to Holy Living

The Prophets and Apostles didn't just relay God's messages about the future, but they also gave powerful messages concerning living morally. For example, Romans 13 encourages, "...the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light."

When the people obeyed prophetic teachings, they grew spiritually. 1 John 3 declares, "...when He [Jesus] is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure."

They became better people, being less self-centered and more God-centered. 1 Peter 4 admonishes, "But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers... have fervent love for one another... minister to one another, be good stewards..."

When a person is more heavenly minded they'll be more generous because they're investing in eternity. 2 Peter 3 advises, "But the day of the Lord will come... Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God..."

And, the people became much better at discerning truth from falsehoods. Luke 21 warns, "But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly..."

Bible Prophecy Energizes Christians to Evangelize

Knowing that we're quickly running out of time before Jesus returns, Christians when they study Bible prophecy become motivated to get out there and tell people about the Good News of Jesus Christ.

Fulfilled Bible prophecies actually are an excellent apologetics tool for defending the faith. And, the Gospel is very attractive to people wanting to know what the future holds.

Bible Prophecy Provides Hope for the Future

When the world seems to be careening into chaos and you wonder if God's still around, Bible prophecy tells us God certainly is still in control. In the light of Bible prophecy, these crazy current events finally make sense. They're all leading up to one big thing -- Jesus Christ's return.

And when Jesus returns, He wins! And when Jesus wins, believers in Christ, well, we win as well! So, when you live a life of anticipating victory, you too can have hope for the future.

Summary

So in summary, to reject Bible prophecy means skipping almost a third of the Bible. The focus of prophecy is Jesus Christ. Fulfilled prophecies prove the Bible is truly God's Word. Prophecy motivates Christians to holy living, to evangelism, and to have hope about the future. The Apostle Peter warned, "that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, and saying, 'Where is the promise of His coming?'" Will that be you? No! Or, will you embrace the wonder that Is Jesus Christ, the focus and fulfillment of Bible prophecy?

- BY PNW STAFF

At Least 21 Dead In Bombing At Egyptian Church

The blast struck as Egypt's Coptic Christian community marked Palm Sunday.

Cairo: A bomb blast at a church north of Cairo killed at least 21 people and wounded dozens who had gathered for Palm Sunday mass, state media reported, in the latest apparent attack on Egypt's Coptic Christians. Some 59 people were wounded in the blast, which struck at a Coptic Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Cairo, the reports said. A medical official at a hospital in Tanta confirmed to AFP that at least 13 people had been killed. Palm Sunday is one of the holiest days of the Christian calendar, marking the triumphant entrance of Jesus to Jerusalem.

ISIS Claims Egypt Church Bombings That Killed 38: Report

Egyptians gather by a Coptic church that was bombed on Sunday in Tanta, Egypt. (Reuters)

Cairo: The ISIS claimed responsibility for bombing two Egyptian churches as worshippers gathered to mark Palm Sunday, killing at least 38 people in the deadliest attacks on the Coptic Christian minority in recent memory. The attacks followed a Cairo church bombing in December and came weeks ahead of a planned visit by Catholic Pope Francis intended to show support for the country's Christian minority.

The first bombing struck the Mar Girgis church in the city of Tanta north of Cairo, killing 27 people, the health ministry said. Emergency services had scrambled to the scene when another bombing rocked the Saint Mark's church in Alexandria where Coptic Pope Tawadros II had been leading a Palm Sunday service. Eleven people were killed in that attack, which the interior ministry said was caused by a suicide bomber who blew himself up when police prevented him from entering the church. The ministry said Tawadros was unharmed, and a church official said he had left the church before the bombing. At least 78 people were wounded in Tanta and another 40 wounded in Alexandria, the health ministry said.

Iranian Christians Celebrate New Believers in Mass Baptism

Being a Christian in Iran is very dangerous. Christian converts face persecution in many forms, but that hasn’t stopped 20 Iranian Christians from recently getting baptized. CBN News reports that many in the group of Christians converted to Christianity years ago, but have had to wait to be baptized due to the danger it places them in. For that reason, neither the identities of the converts nor the exact location of the baptism has been revealed. The group of converts reportedly got together to make a pilgrimage to the baptism site which was outside of Iran. "I've been waiting for this moment for nearly nine years," said one convert. "This was my wish before I die," said another.

The mass baptism was a joyous event for these fervent believers who ranged in age from teenagers to the elderly.Nearly all of them have faced consequences and persecution for deciding to put their faith in Christ, but they have persevered. And although Iran is one of the most dangerous places for Christians and government authorities fear the spread of the Gospel, it is also one of the places where Christianity is growing by leaps and bounds. There are many reports of Muslims encountering Jesus through dreams and visions. "We have been praying for years that Iranian people believe in Jesus and get baptized. Now, this dream is coming true,” said a Christian convert whose brother was murdered for his faith in 1994.

Four Nepali Christians Released After Nine Months of Wrongful Imprisonment

International Christian Concern (ICC) is elated to report that four Nepali Christians, Lali Pun, Bimkali Budha, Ruplal Pariyar and his wife Ganga, were finally released from prison when their sentences for "violence and witchcraft" after praying for a mentally ill woman were reversed. This news comes after ICC's advocacy team led a petition to the Nepali government demanding their release earlier this year.

These Christians were originally convicted in December of last year in the District Court in Salyan after the father-in-law of a mentally ill woman accused them of abuse and witchcraft against her. The father-in-law had brought the woman to a local church for prayer in the hopes that their efforts might heal her. The mentally ill woman, Seti Pariyar, left the prayer service and was later found in a forest harming herself and yelling before being taken home.

After reading a media report of the incident, a complaint was made by Bhisma Pariyar. This led to the hearing and following conviction in District Court, despite the mentally ill woman and her husband testifying that the four did not act in a forceful or abusive manner. The woman also testified that she was healed because of their prayers. This wrongful imprisonment was further indication of Nepal's continued backslide on issues of religious freedom. Earlier this year, the Nepali parliament passed a new law criminalizing conversions to non-Hindu religions. The parliament passed the law despite Article 26 (3) of Nepal's 2015 constitution already restricting religious conversion and expression. Nate Lance, ICC's Advocacy Manager, said of these Christians' release, "International Christian Concern is so pleased that this situation has reached its rightful resolution. However, the imprisonment of these Christians should have never taken place as the facts of their innocence were clear. This is a step in the right direction for religious freedom in Nepal, but there is still much work to be done. No one should fear imprisonment for the free expression and practice of their religion."

US Efforts to Assist the Victims of Kim's Regime Cross a Major Legislative Hurdle

Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2061, formally known as the North Korea Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2017. This bill not only provides much needed relief to many displaced citizens of Kim Jong-un's cruel regime, but it also provides tools for the United States to more effectively respond to the North Korean crisis. The bill also renews the responsibilities of the Special Envoy to North Korea and provides congressional oversight for all US endeavors concerning North Korea, including technology and information drops, radio broadcasting, and refugee assistance.

This bill, introduced in April of this year, renews legislation that was passed in 2004, granting relief to the North Korean people. For almost 70 years, North Korea has been ruled by the Kim family. Countless thousands have fled the state in order to avoid execution, starvation, or life imprisonment for trivial offenses against the state. In an effort to provide aid to those who have fled the atrocities of the Kim regime, H.R. 2061 will place much needed resources in the hands of those who can directly assist the most destitute individuals.

In a statement prior to the vote in yesterday's session, Congressman Ed Royce asserted, "The Kim regime wants to pose a mortal threat to the United States, and to our democratic, treaty allies: South Korea and Japan. But in facing this reality, we cannot afford to forget the regime's greatest victim and longest-held hostage: The North Korean people themselves." In a time when tensions with the North Korean government are at an all-time high, H.R. 2061 provides the necessary tools for the US government to help address this human rights crisis.

Nate Lance, ICC's Advocacy Manager, stated, "ICC is pleased to see H.R. 2061 pass through the US House of Representatives. This bill is critically important in allowing the US to address the human rights crisis in North Korea through its special envoy on human rights and the variety of programs to enhance humanitarian support outside of the country and promote freedom of information. I agree with Chairman Royce when he says that although we are in a tense security situation with North Korea, the North Korean people cannot be forgotten. The House has demonstrated that commitment, and I hope the Senate will follow shortly."

Volume 5 Issue 39

Posted on 2 October, 201716 November, 2017 by admin

Will of our Father

The sole aim of all religions is to take people to heaven. They all recommend many methods for this. But Jesus has given a criterion to enter into heaven.

Mat 7:21 “Not everyone who keeps saying to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will get into the kingdom from heaven, but only the person who keeps doing the will of my Father in heaven.

"but only the person who keeps doing the will of my Father in heaven will enter the Kingdom of heaven."

Then what is the will of our Father in heaven?

All people to be saved.1Ti 2:4.

"who wants all people to be saved and to come to know the truth fully".

Not a man to be lost. Mat 18:14 .

In the same way, it is not the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost.”

How to achieve this?

Every believer should engage in soul winning. Today many have misunderstood "soul winning" as adding members to an institutional Church or to a religion called Christianity. It is not so. Soul winning is making one a disciple of Jesus. He/she need not be the member of Christian religion.

One sister Selvam came to Chennai attend the “Worship School " classes on 23,24 September. When she came she could not walk. Both her legs were swollen and when she got down from the taxi, she came crawling on both her hands and legs. Her children brought her here with the firm belief that if she attends this class she will be healed. After the first day's class, she wanted to be prayed over.

But the servant of God told her,

"Jesus Christ has accomplished everything on the cross. You have received the same spirit as me. Use your authority! Come on! You yourself are going to pray for your legs. Lay your hand on your legs and command this pain to flee from your body. Repeat after me. 'I am the child of God. Jesus Christ has saved me. His blood has already been shed for me. By His stripes I am healed. All the infirmities and sicknesses in my legs, I command in Jesus name to get out of my body. Amen."

She was asked to repeat this 100 times.

When the course was over, she walked normally, climbed down the steps even without holding on to the rails, walked to the bus stand and went by bus to her village which is 4 hours drive.

Praise be to God!. This is the authority given to a believer! How many of us make use of this authority to win disciples for Jesus?

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Message for year 2017

Luke 24:47--49"And then repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem".

Peace among men with whom God is pleased

The Lord has declared 2017 as the year of Forgiveness and Reconciliation

September, 2017 – We pray for Forgiveness and Reconciliation between people of all castes and people group.

Week -4

That the Lord who loves Israel with an everlasting love draws all the peoples into that love. (Jer 31:3)
That the Lord continues His faithfulness to everyone in this world. (Jer 3: 3)
That all the peoples rejoice in the Lord; in the Holy One of Israel. (Is 41: 16)
That all the peoples enter into the increase of His government and of peace. (Is 9:7)
That all the peoples on earth worship the Lord God who revealed Himself as “I am who I am”. (Ex 3: 14)

THIS IS THE MESSAGE GIVEN BY THE LORD TO HIS CHILDREN ON THE FUTURE OF INDIA

No	Verse	Explanation
01	The burden of Egypt	India, a land full of idolatry
01	Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt	The years had come for God’s Will and action to be accomplished very quickly.
01	And the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence,	The idols of India will tremble before the Lord, he will shake and shudder idols, they wither like fruits of the trees
01	And the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.	The heart of India with 3000 year history of idol worship has started to melt, as Rahab, the prostitute told the people of Joshua, And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. ( Joshua 2:11)
02	And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.	Days of Confusion in India – In the family, society, country etc – Confusions will be rampant like war within a country. The Lord will initiate confusion and bring on war within the country
03	And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof and I will destroy the counsel thereof	The politicians and governing officials will be clueless of the reason behind this. I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. Joshua 2-9 These people will convene meetings again and again, state wise and in the capital city
03	And they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.	In search of answers for this confusion, they will seek help of Astrologers and sorcerers.
04	And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.	Already, the Lord has entrusted Egypt in the hands of a cruel and tough ruler, the one who has won elections and come to power is evidenced as a dictator by the Lord himself
05	And the waters shall fail from the sea,	The anointing which was like a huge bubbling ocean has drained
05	And the river shall be wasted and dried up.	The River – Churches. The anointed which was in the churches will also drain out

By Sis.Angelica (To be continued)

World Is Running Out Of Antibiotics, warns WHO

Bacteria appear to be innovating faster than the global health community.

In a new report, the World Health Organization warned the world is running out of antibiotics: There are not enough truly new antibiotics being developed to keep up with the many antibiotic-resistant infections ravaging the human population.

"Antimicrobial resistance is a global health emergency that will seriously jeopardize progress in modern medicine," said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO's director-general, according to MarketWatch.

"There is an urgent need for more investment in research and development for antibiotic-resistant infections including TB, otherwise we will be forced back to a time when people feared common infections and risked their lives from minor surgery."

Antibiotic resistance happens when bacteria mutate and become immune to a certain antibiotic. The overuse or incorrect use of a drug can lead to pathogens becoming resistant to it.

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Antibiotic resistance has worried public health officials for many years, and the threat has only grown recently. In August 2016, the WHO released new guidelines for treatment of three sexually transmitted infections – chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis – because the existing antibiotics were becoming less and less effective.

In July, the organization announced drug-resistant gonorrhea was becoming a particularly big problem, warning it's "only a matter of time" before gonorrhea is resistant to all current antibiotic treatments.

Drug development is falling behind diseases, especially for drug-resistant tuberculosis and other maladies the WHO has flagged as high priority. Out of 51 new products currently being developed for antibiotic-resistant infections, the WHO thinks only eight are actually innovative and add value to the world of treatments.

On top of that, the WHO report said current development efforts could produce only about 10 newly approved drugs in the next five years because drug development is a slow, drawn-out process.

But even any new drugs likely won't be successful against many existing drug-resistant infections.

According to the WHO, "these potential new treatments will add little to the already existing arsenal" because most of the drugs in development are basically versions of existing antibiotic classes. They will only provide short-term solutions.

The WHO report also singled out drug companies for failing to involve themselves enough in the process, largely because antibiotics are not very profitable. These types of drugs are relatively low-priced, and much of the new antibiotic development is funded at least partly by public or philanthropic research grants, according to the WHO.

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Russian Anti-Missionary Law Mainly Hampers Christians

Concerns among Russian Christians that the government’s antiterrorism legislation, adopted last year, would take away their religious freedom have been proven true. The Yarovaya Laws, named for the lawmaker who sponsored them, ban proselytizing, preaching, and praying outside recognized religious institutions. Forum 18 counted 186 cases filed since enforcement began, with roughly half the charges against various Christian denominations and individuals or Christian-affiliated organizations. Officials later dismissed only about 20 percent of the cases. Punishments ranged from fines and confiscation of materials to orders for deportation.

Since July 2016, authorities have prosecuted Christian churches and individuals for announcing an upcoming service, conducting home prayer meetings, distributing religious calendars, failure to fully display a church name, and organizing a concert. In one of the first cases against a Christian, officials in Noyabrsk charged Baptist Union Pastor Aleksei Teleus for allowing children to play on the playground outside his church, where they might overhear sermons and prayers or gain access to religious literature. Officials called it an “unsanctioned children’s camp” and fined the pastor 5,000 roubles (about $85).

Independent Baptist missionary Don Ossewaarde became the first American prosecuted under the law for holding a worship service in his home. Courts up to and including Russia’s Constitutional Court, the country’s highest, ruled against his multiple appeals. Authorities also targeted members of other religions, including Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hare Krishnas, and Jehovah’s Witnesses. In the most extreme example of persecution under the law, Russian officials labeled Jehovah’s Witnesses “extremists,” liquidated their property, and banned them entirely. The law’s vagueness has caused widespread confusion, attorney Mikhail Frolov told Forum 18. “Believers don’t understand what is permitted and what is forbidden,” he said. “It is possible to sentence people under this for any religious activity.”

Two Churches Reopen in Minya with Full Support of Local Community

International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on Sunday, September 10, local authorities in Egypt's Minya Governorate reopened St. Mary and St. Michael Coptic Orthodox Church in Ezbat Al-Forn and St. Paula Coptic Orthodox Church in Kidwan village. Security authorities routinely close Egypt's churches under the pretext that their existence would spark community controversy. However, the local Muslim community united with the Christian community in advocating for the reopening of Minya's closed churches, leading President al-Sisi to recommend that the security authorities reopen the two churches.

Dahi Abdul Salam, the Muslim mayor of Ezbat Al-Forn, told ICC, "There was no form of objection from the beginning by the village Muslims for our Coptic brothers to pray in their church. We formed a delegation of Muslims from the village; we went to the security leaders and leaders of the intelligence sector where we affirmed our appreciation for the need of our Coptic brothers in the village for a place to pray. We (Muslims) pray anywhere and see that it is the right of our brothers Copts to pray as well."

The reopening of the St. Mary and St. Michael Coptic Orthodox Church occurred 20 days after security officials forced its doors to close. Minya police were present during the Holy Mass and some Muslims attended to offer congratulations on the reopening of the church. The church's priest, Father Paula Bebawy, expressed his thanks for the neighboring Muslims' support. "We are grateful to them because they showed Egyptian citizenship effectively. Every prayer held in the church is good for Egypt and for all Egyptians. We pray in the Mass that Egypt may be blessed. And we pray for our leaders, soldiers, and our borders." Gratitude was further offered in a statement offered by the Diocese of Minya and Abu Qurqas who specifically thanked President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for his response to their pleas and the promise of officials to speedily reopen the rest of Minya's closed churches. The statement also echoed the thankfulness of local Christians for the assistance from their Muslim neighbors.

Nady, a local Christian resident of Ezbat Al-Forn, told ICC, "We thank God who listened to our prayers and suffering by moving the hearts of the officials. We thank President al-Sisi for his response to our appeal and for ordering the officials in Minya to reopen our church. We also thank Anba Macarius, the General Bishop of Minya, for standing with us and defending our right since the beginning of the crisis until now. And we thank our Muslim brothers in the village for standing with us and for their genuine love which was showed to us during the crisis." Another resident added, "We are very happy that our church has been reopened and we can now freely pray there at any time."

Claire Evans, ICC's Regional Manager, added,"Reopening these two churches in Minya is a positive step forward in allowing Egypt's Christians the opportunity to exercise their right to worship and practice their faith. However, this process further demonstrates how Egypt's security forces will close a church, citing local objections even when none are present. The opportunity to peacefully practice one's religious faith is a right which should not be denied. The Egyptian government should quickly make good on its promise to open the churches which remain closed and take steps that would prevent future closures based on false allegations."

Pakistani Christian Teen Beaten to Death by Muslim Classmates

A Pakistani Christian boy was taunted and beaten to death by some of his Muslim classmates, reports The Christian Post. Seventeen-year-old Sharoon Masih faced discrimination, ridicule, and ultimately physical violence which led to his death. Sharoon was singled out by his fellow students because of his Christian faith. The British Pakistani Christian Association (BPCA) reports on what Sharoon endured: "On his first-day, Sharoon was slapped and told to stand outside the class for an entire day for not wearing the school uniform. His parents say he didn't wear the uniform because they simply didn't have the money to buy it.”

Sharoon was also called a “filthy Christian,” a “demon,” and a “chura,” which is a derogatory word for Christians in Pakistan. Sharoon’s classmates also refused to allow him any access to water while he was at school. Then, one day, they beat him unconscious, and he died. "None of the school staff took Sharoon to the hospital [but] some pupils took his dead body some hours later,” reported the BPCA. A candlelight vigil will be held for Sharoon in New South Wales, Australia. The vigil will also raise awareness of Christian persecution in Pakistan. Sharoon’s mother said he was “a kind-hearted, hard-working and affable boy.”

Mob Violence Terrorizes Small Christian Village in Egypt

International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on September 14, a Muslim mob in the village of Tawa in Minya attacked the local Coptic Christian community. Homes, businesses, and cars were destroyed and three Copts suffered minor injuries. These attacks were in retaliation against a Facebook post which was widely shared among Christians. The author, a 22-year-old Christian resident of Tawa named Bassem, had written the post in May following the deadly attack by Islamic extremists against a caravan of Coptic Christians traveling to the Monastery of St. Samuel the Confessor.

Bassem wrote on May 27: "Are we (Copts) Egyptians not from Egypt? No matter that you try to hurt us, one day all your ways will fail. Do you think that I cry? Never! I don't cry because I trust in Jesus very much, I prostrate to him and he loves me. He never leaves me one day. When you demolish the homes of his children, you attack himself. I ask Jesus to touch your heart and change you. Our Lord knows and see what is happening to us. Continue and increase your terrorism, but I'm not afraid because it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of God."

At the end of the post, Bassem shared photos of Salafi Sheikhs whom he believed bore responsibility for inciting extremist violence against Christians. Bassem deleted the post the next day, on May 28, but not before it had spread across social media. It wasn't until four months later that a Muslim villager in Tawa saw the post on the Facebook page of Bassem's friend, Mena. The post then spread among some of the Muslim villagers, who considered the post an insult to Islam. Essam, a Christian resident in Tawa and an eyewitness to the mob's violence, told ICC, "Many Muslims gathered and the mob began to attack Christian homes and shops. They were pelting stones at the homes while shouting, 'Allah Akbar.' They hurled bricks and stones at Mar Girgis (St. George) Coptic Orthodox Church despite the presence of some security guards who had been assigned to guard the church, but the guards couldn't confront the huge number of the mob. The police then arrived in the village, controlled the situation, and arrested Muslim villagers. The security forces have now deployed across the streets of the village." On September 15, the governor of Mina and the security director toured the village while accompanied by a number of parliamentarians as well as Islamic and Christian clerics. The same day, the prosecution detained 19 Muslims pending an investigation into the violence. The prosecution also ordered the arrest of Bassem and Mena, charging them with insulting Islamic figures and inciting sectarian strife. Both Christian men have fled the village.

Claire Evans, ICC's Regional Manager, said, "Egypt's Coptic Christian community has greatly suffered at the hands of Islamic extremists. In Tawa, Christian men, women, and children were once again terrorized by those who have no desire for peace. This violence is unacceptable. We are relieved to learn that Bassem and Mena were not injured by the mob, but alarmed about the prosecution's decision to charge them although they were clearly targets of the mob's violence. We pray for their safety and that of their fellow villagers. The authorities need to be more intentional in protecting the lives and property of Egypt's Christians."

Church vandalised and cross desecrated in Faridabad

A Church was completely vandalized and a cross desecrated by a mob of Hindu extremists earlier this month in the Indian state of Haryana. Pastor KG Matthews, 63, was conducting a morning service in one of the two churches he is responsible for in the Rehoboth Fellowship Church in the Nehru colony of Faridabad, when he received news of the attack on Sunday 3 September. On reaching his church he found it badly damaged.

He said, “About 40 members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh [RSS – a Hindu right-wing organization] broke into my Church, which was locked and damaged the entire property of the Church including chairs, tables, benches, musical instruments besides breaking the main door and the door of another room inside the Church. “They broke the cross made from cement which was engraved above the door post of the Church and applied cow-dung on the desecrated cross”, said Pastor K. G. Mathew in an interview with Global Christian News.

Cow-dung on the desecrated Cross of the Rehoboth Fellowship Church

“As I was conducting service elsewhere, nobody was in this Church at the time of the attack thus no one got injured,” said Pastor Mathews. Mathews was born in the southern Indian state of Kerala and moved to North India 42 years ago and since then has been ministering in the locality. He has been running this Church for the past 15 years. “I have been running a school for the underprivileged children of drug addicts who live in the surrounding slums,” said Mathew. Mathew reached the police post to complain about the attack, where he found another Pastor Abraham Thomas, who was brought in by the RSS mob. “I came to know in the police station that the same Hindu mob had also vandalised my Church. The police initially were not willing to hear my complaint, they heard the allegation levied on us by the Hindu extremists and then came to visit my Church. After the police, themselves witnessed the wanton destruction caused by the extremists, they realised the truth in my statements,” said Mathews. The Police offered police-protection to the Rehoboth Fellowship Church for their Sunday services and “two constables were sent to guard my Church during the worship service last Sunday (10 Sep)”. No action has been reported to have taken place against the Hindu extremists.

The CBCI also expressed its gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mrs. Sushma Swaraj for “persistently and perseveringly working to obtain the release of Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil.”

Intervention by the Oman Government helped secure the release of Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil. A statement released by the Oman News Agency said, “In response to the Royal Orders of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said and as per a request from the Vatican to assist in the rescuing of a Vatican employee, the concerned authorities in the Sultanate, in coordination with the Yemeni authorities, have managed to find him.” Later another version of the statement was released online which omitted the words “as per the request of the Vatican” and referred to Fr Tom as a “Vatican priest” and not a “Vatican employee”.

The Government of Oman claimed that Fr. Tom’s release had been secured with “Omani help” and said that “Tom Uzhunnalil, a Vatican priest expressed thanks to God Almighty and appreciation to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos. He also thanked his brothers and sisters and all relatives and friends who called on God for safety and release.” Meanwhile Mrs Sushma Swaraj on 13 September 2017 at around 4 pm IST announced from her Twitter account that Fr. Tom was indeed in Vatican and had spoken to her. She wrote in a three-part tweet, “Fr Tom has spoken to me from Vatican. He profusely thanked the Government of India especially the Prime Minister for efforts to rescue him. He also conveyed his thanks to the Governments and people who helped in his rescue mission. He has also conveyed his thanks to the people of India for their concern and prayers for his release.”

Volume 5 Issue 38

Posted on 21 September, 201716 November, 2017 by admin

Delivered to the tormentors

In my recent trip to a place for Forgiveness and Reconciliation Programme (FRP), they brought a young boy for prayer who was told to be mentally ill. He had been treated as a psychiatric patient for one month. The family spent about Rs. 1,00,000.00 for his treatment. Even at the first sight we can make out that he is possessed by an evil spirit. When the command was given in the name of Jesus, he fell down and started rolling on the ground. He was asked to get up and utter the name “Jesus”. When he pronounced that name, satan knocked him down and again he fell down.

“Jesus answered and said to them, You err, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God”. Mat 22:29

From the FRP classes we learned more about the activities of satan and evil spirits these days. They need legal rights to one’s life. They cannot just intrude at will. It always involves legal consent from either the individual or from God. Formally deliverance ministry for us took 5 days, 3 days or hours together. Now it has become so easy. Find out the door through which enemy has intruded and chase him out! It needs the consent of the individual. Until the person agrees to chase it out or breaks all the ties he/she has with the evil spirit, it refuses to leave!

God’s consent: Will God allow enemy to torment a person? Mathew 5:25-26 clearly says yes. It teaches us a great lesson. While we are on this earth as pilgrims of life journey, we are supposed to forgive all our enemies from the bottom of our heart. Those who refuse to forgive, inevitably will go to prison, and will be there until he pays back all his debt. The judge (Heavenly Father) hands him over to devil (officer) who imprisons him.

Today 95 % of the believers are in prison one way or other. Just because they refuse to forgive!

Mat 18:34 And his lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors until he should pay all that was due to him.

Mat. 18:34,35 clearly says that when a person refuses to forgive others, all the generational, ancestral sins and curses which were forgiven (Mat 18:27) when he accepted Jesus Christ, comes back to him and he again becomes a debtor and taken to prison. Until he pays back his whole debt (which once was cancelled and written off) he will never come out of the prison! What a horrible situation!

Let us forgive our brothers and sisters deliberately and willfully!

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Farmer Banned From Selling Food Due To Christian Beliefs Fights Back

A federal judge has ordered a Michigan city to allow a nearby farmer to participate in its farmers market after concluding officials there likely illegally discriminated against him because of his faith.

The case centers on the issue of same-sex "marriage," and it isn't the first time since the U.S. Supreme Court created that status several years ago that courts have ruled the rights of homosexuals supersede the right to exercise religion.Previous cases were decided in favor of a T-shirt maker in Kentucky and bakers in Mississippi.

"Outlasting the Gay Revolution" spells out eight principles to help Americans with conservative moral values counter attacks on freedoms of religion, speech and conscience by homosexual activists

- BY PNW STAFF

This Month in NWC we are worshiping for “Andhra Pradesh”. Book your slot for worship. No doubt the nation is going to be shaken during our worship. Be ready and prepare for that.

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National Worship Centre is a centre where the Lord of hosts, the Lord God Almighty will be worshipped in His majesty all the 24 hours.

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ECR, Palavakkam, Chennai – 600041.

Praise God for the successful completion of 15088 slots in National Worship Centre with a Non Stop Worship (24/7)

Message for year 2017

Luke 24:47--49"And then repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem".

Peace among men with whom God is pleased

The Lord has declared 2017 as the year of Forgiveness and Reconciliation

September 2017 - We pray for Forgiveness and Reconciliation between people of all castes and people groups.

Week 3

That nation may not lift up sword against nation; neither shall they learn war anymore. (Mic 4: 3)
That peoples observe the law that goes forth from Zion and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. (Mic 4:2)
That people live in peace that none make them afraid. (Mic 4: 4)
That peoples know the thoughts of the Lord and understand His plan. (Mic 4: 12)
That peoples devote their gain and their wealth to the Lord of the whole earth. (Mic 4: 13)

Dear Soldiers of “The Army of Jesus”,

Greetings in the name of the Lord of hosts!

“Strengthen the weak hands and confirm the tottering knees. Say to them that are of a timid heart, Be strong, fear not; behold your God: vengeance cometh, the recompense of God! He will come himself, and save you. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf be unstopped; then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and torrents in the desert. Isa 35:3 -6

I presume all of you are doing well and getting trained daily in the spiritual warfare. We are keeping you soldiers in our daily prayer.

A few weeks ago one brother came to me and said, “Sister I have come to share a serious thing with you. Then he shared about an audio posted in the whatsapp which speaks about Bro. Uma Shankar and also about me. I told him not to worry about such things. We should spend our time more usefully to execute the plans which the Lord has entrusted with us. After that a few from other States also alerted me about the same. Usually I don’t listen to audios in whatsapp. Day before yesterday only I listened to that audio just to know the will of God regarding this. We are in the midst of the battlefield. Born to fight and win. Attack of enemy is not news for us. It is our daily routine. But when an attack bothers our soldiers, we should deal with it. Hence this letter. I was asking the Lord what I should do regarding this. See how the Lord led me.

“Go to them of the captivity, (to those who are tied up to the building Churches) to the children of your people, and speak to them, and tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh;’ whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse. Moreover he said to me, “Son of man, receive in your heart and hear with your ears all my words that I speak to you. Eze 3:11,10,

For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel; not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can’t understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you. Eze 3:5-6

But the house of Israel will not listen to you, for they will not listen to me; for all the house of Israel are obstinate and hard-hearted. Behold, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads. I have made your forehead as a diamond, harder than flint. Don’t be afraid of them, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.”

Eze 3:7 -9, Is. 66:5

Yesterday one sister from Telengana phoned to me and said that the Lord gave Isaiah 19 to them while praying. Then I remembered the Veeramuzhakkam (Clarion Call) which I wrote and published in Ezuchikural (Vol. 20, Issue 6) of June 2014. When I read it again, it was the exact reply for this audio. I kindly recommend all the Army soldiers to go through it. It is in Tamil. Somebody who has time, please translate it into English (Contact Sr.Anitta) for the sake of our non Tamil soldiers.

“Or what king, going on his way to engage in war with another king, does not, sitting down first, take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him coming against him with twenty thousand? and if not, while he is yet far off, having sent an embassy, he asks for terms of peace.

Thus then every one of you who forsakes not all that is his own cannot be my disciple”. Luk 14:31 -33

Those who know Tamil can read this. We will try to translate the same into English without much delay.

Extract from the Tamil Magazine EZHUCHIKURAL Vol 20 Issue 6. (June 2014)

JUNE 2014

And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. 2 Kings 19:3

This month (May 2014), a pastor called me up over phone a couple of weeks before, he was an assistant pastor in a big church and God asked him to leave that church, though it was tough for him he obeyed the instruction of God, he said that when he sat for prayer the Lord showed him Isaiah 19

Accepting this message from this unknown pastor I waited upon the lord and He spoke to me giving some explanations. THIS IS THE MESSAGE GIVEN BY THE LORD TO HIS CHILDREN ON THE FUTURE OF INDIA

By Sr.Angelica (To be continued)

Pakistani Christian Teen Beaten to Death by Muslim Classmates

Sharoon’s mother said he was “a kind-hearted, hard-working and affable boy.”

The Invisible Christians of North Korea: Surviving by God's Grace Alone

If you think North Korea’s dictators are bad for the world, just imagine what it’s like to be a Christian there. Anyone who knows anything about world missions and the global church knows about the Christians of South Korea. According to the Operation World prayer guide, “From the first Protestant church planted in 1884, South Korea now has possibly 50,000 Protestant congregations,” and 15 million Christians of all kinds. It’s also a missionary powerhouse, currently sending more than 21,000 missionaries to about 175 countries. Amazing!

But the Christians of North Korea? They’re virtually invisible—though of course not in the eyes of the Lord Jesus! Operation World says that although no one really knows their true number, there could be as many as 350,000 underground Christians living in the slave state of 24 million people. When you consider that the government there—whether run by the Japanese occupiers during World War II, or the current cult-like, totalitarian leadership—has been trying to stamp out all vestiges of Christianity for about 70 years, that’s alsoamazing. Tragically, and infuriatingly, up to 100,000 of these brothers and sisters in Christ are locked up in harsh prisons or work camps. Where did they all come from, and how do they survive? Well, in answer to the first part, it’s a fascinating story. Did you know that from the late 19th century until 1942, Pyongyang, North Korea’s Orwellian capital city today, was known as the “Jerusalem of the East”?

According to Providence journal, “a Presbyterian medical doctor named Horace Allen … became physician to the king of Korea and received royal permission to proselytize after saving the life of a royal family member severely wounded during an attempted coup. Presbyterian and Methodist missionaries from the United States followed, and along with Catholic and other Protestant missionaries from other countries, they found Koreans to be receptive to their message in large numbers. A quarter of a century later in 1910, Korean Christians numbered over 200,000, two thirds of them Presbyterians and Methodists, in a country of approximately 13 million people.”

If the city of Seoul was receptive to the gospel, and it was, Pyongyang was even more so. Following a series of revivals in and around the “Jerusalem of the East,” by 1910 the region was the most heavily Christian in all of Korea. Of course, most of us know what happened next. After World War II, the communist regime of Kim Il-sung attempted to stamp out all foreign religions, especially Christianity, which was branded a tool of “Western imperialism.” Missionaries were thrown out, churches closed, and many Christians executed for their faith, with many more pouring into democratic South Korea at the end of the Korean War.

So how do those who remain survive? As with all of us, by God’s grace. Today, Open Doors USA reports, North Korea is the most oppressive place in the world for Christians. “Due to ever-present surveillance,” the agency says, “many pray with eyes open, and gathering for praise or fellowship is practically impossible. Worship of the ruling Kim family is mandated for all citizens, and those who don’t comply (including Christians) are arrested, imprisoned, tortured or killed. Entire Christian families are imprisoned in hard labor camps.” It’s no wonder that one North Korean Christian lady who escaped continues to pray a simple prayer she learned from her mother: “Lord, Lord, please help!”

And the Lord, through agencies such as Open Doors, is answering that prayer, providing Bibles and emergency relief inside the country as well as to fleeing North Korean Christians. They’re not invisible to Him—and now, I hope, not to us, either.

Two Churches Reopen in Minya with Full Support of Local Community

Gratitude was further offered in a statement offered by the Diocese of Minya and Abu Qurqas who specifically thanked President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for his response to their pleas and the promise of officials to speedily reopen the rest of Minya's closed churches. The statement also echoed the thankfulness of local Christians for the assistance from their Muslim neighbors.

Russian Anti-Missionary Law Mainly Hampers Christians

“Believers don’t understand what is permitted and what is forbidden,” he said. “It is possible to sentence people under this for any religious activity.”

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Posted on 16 September, 201716 November, 2017 by admin

whole body will be full of light

“The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

Eye photographs things and the images are recorded in mind. The picture or image it imprints in your mind remains forever. In this perspective, we can say that eye is the most important of all the five senses. Because the image it has imprinted in

your memory and mind is most unlikely to be changed by any other senses like hearing, touch or smell . As a good camera takes good photos, the picture taken by a good physically and spiritually healthy eye will be proper. If the eye is sick, the photo it takes and records will not be correct. When we invite videographer for a function, we look for the best man who takes good photographs. Sick eyes will take wrong photographs. Either there will be double vision, or wrong vision.

In another version of the Bible, the same verse is given like this.

Mat 6:22 “The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light”. In this version the word ‘healthy’ is substituted by "single". What is ‘Single vision”?

When we read the Bible, we should see it in the same way as God sees it. The problem of God with Israel was that whatever God said to them was seen by them in a different way. They had vision problem.

And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, of the giants. And we were in our own sight like grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. Num 13:33

Today the problem of God with His children is the same. When He says something, we have to believe it. We should utter the same words along with our loving Father. e.g. when the Lord says,

“Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life”. Isa 43:4 Confess it as it is, in faith.

The whole world might tell you, “You are stupid, good for nothing etc… you should look at yourself with a single eye and say, “I am precious in my Father’s eyes, and honoured, and He loves me”.

Message for year 2017

Luke 24:47--49"And then repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem".

Peace among men with whom God is pleased

The Lord has declared 2017 as the year of Forgiveness and Reconciliation

September 2017 - We pray for Forgiveness and Reconciliation between people of all castes and people groups.

Week 2

That everybody loves one’s neighbor as God has commanded “Love your neighbor as yourself”. (Lk 19: 18)
That peoples flow to the mountain of the house of the Lord. (Mic 4: 1)
That peoples walk in the name of the Lord our God. (Mic 4: 5)
That God might teach the peoples His ways. (Mic 4:2)
That everybody walks in His path. (Mic 4: 2)

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There is an earnest search among the believers across the world for a real Church where a person can commune with God and relate to his fellow brethren. After trials and experiments the Indian Church is forming “Troop Church”.

The Army of Jesus was experimenting with the “Troop Church” for the past 19 years. Started in the year 1998. The experiment with Troop Church has been successful.

It has independent first line second and third line Troop Churches
It has raised many leaders, prophets, counselors and other ministers and gospel workers.
It has no visible leader or hierarchical structure
It has no office, no full timer, no paid worker etc.
No organizational (hierarchical) set up.
No money collection or transaction.
No election, board, Committee etc.
Every Troop Church trains up believers in their gifts like worshipping, preaching, prophecy etc.
Since the mother troop disperses and starts new troops after 2 months, there is no stagnancy.
No pollution or corruption with money or power.
The two wings of Troop Church are Decentralisation and Multiplication.

The Practical

Given the right circumstances, a private home can be the ideal setting for a church meeting. The smaller, homey setting fosters the genuine friendships. The Lord's Supper celebrated as a holy meal in this relaxed, unhurried, comfortable setting helps build unity and love. Since a home is usually not big enough to accommodate a huge number of people, participatory worship wherein each person contributes according to his spiritual gift is much more intimate and meaningful. Also, with no joint ownership of property, the carnal temptation to fight over such things as the color of the carpet can be avoided. House churches can be simple, wonderful, down-to-earth (yet touching heaven) expressions of new covenant church life. J. Vernon McGee predicted, “the Christians met in homes. I used to hold the viewpoint and I still do .. that as the church started in the home, it is going to come back to the home.”[24]

comparing apples and oranges. Scholars tell us the early church met in the homes of its wealthier members. This was probably because of the large size of the home and the ability of the host to provide much of the food for the love feast. Roman villas typically also served as a center for commerce. The front two rooms facing the street were often stores fronts. A hallway between the two led into the home’s atrium. At the far end of the atrium was the business office. Thus it was not unusual for strangers to be in and out of a home. Further, there were typically multiple generations of family under the same roof. In addition, the household employed servants and their families. These were big, semi-public houses. There were large areas in which the church could gather, such as the atrium. Walls between adjoining rooms off the atrium could be removed to create a large area. Beyond the business office was an even larger semi-covered and completely enclosed courtyard. Enough believers gathered to make disciples, manifest a variety of spiritual gifts (and multiple people with the same gift), to have a plurality of elders and financially support qualified elders (who were thus freed to provide in depth teaching and leadership). They also probably had more of an Asian mindset to crowding than we do in the West; there may have been 150 people in an early house church.

Many modern homes are simply too small to hold enough believers to have the strength of a New Testament church. In modern Western house churches there often is no one qualified to serve as elder (such men are in short supply) and no one gifted to teach. Consequently, lacking leadership, the church becomes more of a “bless me” club. The fellowship at the Agape is fantastic and often the worship is wonderful and the kids have a good play time together, but no discipleship is really taking place. Outreach is nil. The congregation is so small there is no way a pastor could be supported. Though house churches are at the opposite end of the spectrum from mega-churches, it is important to avoid the mistake of thinking toosmall. Like Goldilocks’ porridge, the size should be just right; not to small and not too big.

To function as effectively as the early church functioned, modern church structures, sizes and systems must be carefully considered. The structure should be informal, the size of the community ought to be relatively small and the seating arrangement flexible. Since every member’s participation and ministry was highly valued and encouraged in the early church, a large home is still a good setting wherein every person can comfortably contribute and function for the edification of the whole body of Christ.

Regretfully, due to the structure and the order of churches today, we are often missing some very important purposes of church gatherings — fellowship and one another encouragement. Church is not about passively attending formal services; neither is it to be a program. It is a people. Worship is not going to a service but doing service to one another. It should be about intimate fellowship with one another and actively encouraging one another. It is about interdependently functioning for the edification of all.

We are suggesting that the apostolic church did not erect church buildings in large part because they simply didn’t need them. The letters which were written to the various New Testament churches were mostly written to house churches. Because they are written to house churches the instructions contained in them are geared to work in a smaller congregation.

A reformation is needed to help God’s people function more effectively and biblically. We must never forget that any church paradigm is weak and lacks life without the empowerment of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit of God is the life of the church; without Him any church is dead. Let us seek to be clothed with the power from on high as we constantly seek to establish His Kingdom on earth. May the Lord abundantly pour out His Spirit upon His body, the church!

by Steve Atkerson (To be Continued)

Aims to train everyone how to use this gift!
Will God talk to everyone?
Can everybody hear the voice of God?
What is prophecy? A divinely inspired message from god
Through seeing, hearing or sensing.
After receiving it how to deliver it to others?
How to claim victory in everything?
How to use your tongue to prophesy?
How to hear the voice of God or be aligned with the programme of God.

All these are taught in the Jeremiah School of Prophecy

It’s a 2 day training program with different levels of learning about the gift of Prophesy. All have the gift of prophecy, it just needs to be activated.

This Month in NWC we are worshiping for “Andhra Pradesh”. Book your slot for worship. No doubt the nation is going to be shaken during our worship. Be ready and prepare for that.

Contact Us

Email : worshipcentreindia@gmail.com

Mobile : 7708505152

National Worship Centre is a centre where the Lord of hosts, the Lord God Almighty will be worshipped in His majesty all the 24 hours.

Address :

Father’s House,

4/364 E, Anna Salai 1st Cross Street,

ECR, Palavakkam, Chennai – 600041.

Praise God for the successful completion of 14988 slots in National Worship Centre with a Non Stop Worship (24/7)

A Warning From God Or Coincidences?

Was the Aug. 21, 2017 total solar eclipse a warning for America to repent of its sin?

One, my heart and prayers go out to the victims of Hurricane Harvey. I have no desire to add to their suffering. Prophecy Plus Ministries has sent a contribution. We encourage others to do the same.

Two, I am not qualified to say whether the total solar eclipse was a warning or not, but if God was warning America to repent, it is a mistake to be one of those that are ridiculing the idea. The people of Texas and Louisiana have suffered the most, but the entire U.S. is going to pay a price and the cost will keep increasing, if there is no repentance.

Three, because darkness was one of the Ten Plague warnings to Egypt's Pharaoh to let God's people go (Ex. 10:21-23) some Jewish rabbis believe darkness caused by an eclipse is a warning from God.

Four, the total solar eclipse was seen only in America so some Jewish rabbis believe it was a warning to America.

Five, if the total solar eclipse was a warning to America, repentance is needed all over America not just in Texas and Louisiana. To deny that America needs repentance is seriously wrong. Repentance would be good for America not bad.

Six, God told Noah to warn people that He was going to send a Flood to destroy the earth (Gen. 6:1-7:12).

Seven, God told Jonah to warn the people of Nineveh to repent or He would overthrow them in 40 days (Jonah 3:1-10). NASA and Cuneiform tablets confirm that here was an eclipse in Nineveh shortly before Jonah arrived.

Eight, God sent two angels to warn Lot that He was going to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen. 19).

Nine, when God sends a disaster to warn people to repent (II Chron. 7:13), if His people will humble themselves, and pray, and seek His face, and repent, He will forgive their sins and heal their land (II Chron. 7:14; Jonah 3:10).

Ten, since the sun is almost 400 times as big as the moon, the sun would have to be about 400 times farther away from the earth than the moon is for them to appear to be about the same size. That is the way it is and it is not likely to be an accident.

Eleven, Anne Graham Lotz (Billy Graham's daughter), Mark Biltz, Steve Cioccolanti and others were preaching that the total solar eclipse could be a warning from God.

Twelve, the total solar eclipse was unusual in many ways:

a) Jerusalem, the Holy City that is associated with the Tribulation period, probably got its name from the King of Salem called Melchizedek (Gen. 14:18);

b) The sun set in Jerusalem at the exact moment the eclipse started in the U.S.;

c) The first U.S. city to experience the eclipse was Salem, Ore.;

d) The eclipse occurred over seven cities (a significant Bible number) in the U.S. named Salem;

e) It has been almost one generation since Israel became a nation in 1948;

f) It has been about six God-Days (6 X 1,000 years = 6,000 years since God created Adam;

g) The Aug. 21, 2017 total solar eclipse will be followed by a second total solar eclipse in 2024 (about 7 years apart) and they will make an "X" over the U.S. with the center of the "X" being an area in Illinois that is often called "Little Egypt" (Darkness was one of the Ten-Plague warnings in Egypt and the only place in the U.S. that will be crossed by both eclipses is called "Little Egypt."

Thirteen, God controls the weather and He uses it to fulfill His Word (Job 38:24-28; Psa. 135:6-7, 148:7-8; Luke 21:25).

Fourteen, on Aug. 21, 2017 Harvey was a tropical storm. Three days later, it became a Category 1 Hurricane (at 1 pm on Aug. 24). Less than 30 hours later it had grown to a Category 4 Hurricane (at 6 pm on Aug. 25). It made landfall 4 hours later (at 10 pm on Aug. 25).

Fifteen, when Harvey made landfall it got trapped by two high pressure systems. As powerful as it was, it was boxed in and it couldn't break loose. It just kept spinning and dumping rain. Who besides God can trap a Category 4 hurricane?

There are many reasons why America needs to repent: pushing the two-state solution to divide Israel and Jerusalem, abortion; the U.S. Supreme Court redefinition of marriage, LGBT issues, the globalist effort to create a world government, violence and bloodshed all over America, silent pastors and church members, corruption in the swamp and media, and more. Did you notice that the first item on the list is pushing the two-state solution to divide Israel and Jerusalem? Look at event number Fourteen above. Notice that Harvey went from being a tropical storm on Aug. 21, 2017 to being a Hurricane on Aug. 24, 2017.

Now notice what was going on with the peace negotiations in the Middle East: President Trump's Advisor and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and his "negotiating team" went to Saudi Arabia and Qatar on Aug. 21, 2017, Jordan on Aug. 22, 2017, Egypt on Aug. 23, 2017 and they arrived in Israel on Aug. 23, 2017 for a next-day meeting with Prime. Min. Netanyahu on Aug. 24, 2017. God said He will drag the nations into the battle of Armageddon for scattering the Jews and dividing the land of Israel (Joel 3:2). The total solar eclipse over the U.S. occurred on the same day Jared Kushner and his team went to Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Hurricane Harvey made landfall in the U.S. on the same day Jared Kushner and his team met with Prime. Min Netanyahu in Jerusalem (or ancient Salem).

The total solar eclipse passed over "Little Egypt" in the U.S. one day before Jared Kushner and his team were in Egypt to discuss Pres. Trump's "ultimate deal." Is there a connection between the eclipse, Jerusalem and Hurricane Harvey? It has been said, "There are no coincidences with God." These things are either a warning from God or coincidences. Each person should decide for their own self. Many are reluctant to say these things are a warning from God to repent, but if they are people need to stop ridiculing it, they best get on their knees soon and the U.S. needs to end the so-called peace process immediately. If God's patience with America is waxing thin, there are no words to describe what America may experience in the next few weeks or months (Israel attacked - God and Magog, economic collapse, increased violence, birth pang type natural disasters, persecution, only God knows what else.

- BY PNW STAFF

Fulani Militants Kill 20 Christians in Unprovoked Attack

International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on September 7, 2017, the Christian village of Ancha in Plateau State in north-central Nigeria was invaded by Fulani militants at midnight. Twenty Christians were killed in this gruesome, carefully coordinated attack. Nineteen of the murdered victims were members of Salama Baptist Church; one was a member of the Methodist Church. One entire family was killed in the attack. They were the last surviving members of their direct line. Five other Christians suffered various injuries and are now in the hospital for treatment.

These type of attacks are not new. Between October 2016 and September 2017, Fulani militants have attacked more than 20 Christian villages, killed more than 200 Christians, destroyed hundreds of homes, many churches, and properties. The damages associated with the destruction have cost more than $100,000.

ICC's Regional Manager, Nathan Johnson, said, "The Nigerian government needs to hold the Fulani militants accountable for their actions. Allowing them to commit these atrocities with impunity is putting many Nigerian lives at risk and shows that they do not truly value all of their citizens. We hope that the government can take effective action to demilitarize and stabilize the Fulani militants and stop the senseless killing of so many Christian farmers."

China Continues to Hold and Presumably Torture Nobel Nominee Gao Zhisheng

(International Christian Concern) - Nearly a month has passed since Chinese Christian human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng was presumably taken by state security from his home near Shaanxi's Yulin city on the morning of August 13, where he was under house arrest. The whereabouts of Gao, reputed as the "Conscience of China," are still unknown. As is typical in these cases, he could face torture in a black jail hidden away in rural province.

Gao became the target of Chinese authorities for defending the most vulnerable in China, including Christians, coal miners, and Falun Gong practitioners. He has been kidnapped numerous times, repeatedly endured torture, including beatings, sleep deprivation, and electric shock, and spent many years in jail and solitary confinement. The Chinese government released him in 2014, but placed him under house arrest.

The causes for his disappearance could be many, including President Xi Jinping's retaliation for Gao's recently published memoir, in which he heavily criticized the Communist Party and predicted a 2017 collapse of the regime; the upcoming 19th Party Congress, a major power show where Beijing wants no accidents and demands silence from dissidents; or interviews he recently gave to the media in Hong Kong and the US, detailing torture and inhumane treatment.

Iraqi Christians in U.S. Face Deportation

Chaldean Christians who escaped persecution in Iraq by coming to the U.S. now face more obstacles. Slate.com reports that the U.S. Chaldean Christians have a large community in Michigan--about 121,000 of them have settled there.This is the largest community of Chaldeans outside of their native Iraq. Most of the members of this community are politically Republican. Many have been known to support the Republican Party and President Donald Trump with donations and votes. These Christians applauded Trump’s and Vice President Pence’s commitment to protect persecuted Christians in the Middle East.

Despite these political leanings and the dire situation in which they would find themselves if forced to return to the Middle East, this community of Chaldean Christians now faces possible deportation by the same administration they have supported. The ACLU and other lawyers have previously filed a class-action complaint, successfully stopping deportation at least temporarily, but members of the U.S. Chaldean community still fear detainment and deportation, and ultimately, the torture and possible death that they may face if forced to go back to Iraq, due to terrorist organizations such as ISIS.

Supreme Court sends notice to Government on rights of Dalit Christians

In a major development in the fight to secure the rights of Dalit Christians and Muslims, the Supreme Court of India has issued a notice to the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment of India as a result of a petition filed by All India Catholic Union and its past president, Dr John Dayal, challenging the validity of Article 341 para 3 of the Constitution of India.

Uttar Pradesh militants crackdown on Christians

Christians in the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh are facing harassment and disruption of their worship on an ongoing campaign by Hindu militants against so-called ‘forced conversions’.

After our report last week that the Sunday worship service of Pastor Mahendra Gangwar’s Church in village Grem was disrupted by a mob of young men, led by members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP-World Council of Hindus) and the Gau Rakshaks (cow vigilantes) on 30 July, another incident has occurred only a few miles away from Grem. In this case a church service held in Nawabganj, district Bareilly of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh was disrupted by the same mob of Hindu extremists on Sunday 6 August 2017.

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Reward you openly

While I was attending a Sunday Service in a Church, I saw the pastor introducing his assistant to the congregation, ‘he has finished his 40 days fasting’ I held him in high esteem.

Today while I was meditating the following verse only, I realised what all hypocrisies have crept into the Church system ! Jesus clearly said,

“…… So that you do not appear to men to fast, but to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret shall reward you openly.” Mat 6: 16-18

Father is watching you in the hidden place. When you are alone in prayer, alone in streets, alone in the mall/shopping complex, alone in your bed, alone depressed, alone crying, He is watching you.

He is the one who rewards you.

Today there is a tendency in the Churches to please the pastor in everything you do. Believers are not taught to please the Father in heaven but to please the Church heads.

When the Lord said to Abraham,

“I am the Almighty God! Walk before Me and be perfect”. Gen. 17:1

the Lord meant this. Today since the believers are taught to walk before only men, they would like to please their Church leaders.

The Troop Church soldiers should take care always to walk before God and to seek always things pleasing to God.

When you do things pleasing to the Father in secret, He will reward you openly. Praying, fasting, giving alms, all these three things are to be done in secret. The heavenly reward will come openly.

Message for year 2017

Luke 24:47--49"And then repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem".

Peace among men with whom God is pleased

The Lord has declared 2017 as the year of Forgiveness and Reconciliation

September 2017 - We pray for Forgiveness and Reconciliation between people of all castes and people groups.

Week 1

That no one in this world calls any man common or unclean as God has shown to Peter (Act 10: 28)
That in every nation everyone fears God, does what is right and be acceptable to Him. (Act 10: 35)
That everyone is respected and accepted as God’s creation that He may not stir up the spirit of a destroyer. (Jer 51: 1)
That people forget all the differences and love one another as God loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. (Dt 10: 18)
That all people observe God’s command to love the sojourner (Dt 10:19)

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A lady who could not hear was healed and was able to hear from both ears.
1 brother who was unable to sleep straight since last 10 years was healed.
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1 brother (just 8 days believer) was delivered from fear, depression, loneliness, anger and addiction of tobacco. After taking baptism he was filled with joy and started smiling.
1 lady was suffering since severe pain in the back for 7 years; she was delivered from that pain. Doctors had given up and said that you will not live, but Jesus gave her a new life.

Healings done by students in the name of Jesus

A man suffering with dengue fever was prayed upon and instantly he was healed from fever and weakness.
1 lady who was very weak also her child was in the incubator due to weakness, after praying the mother received strength and was filled with confidence that Jesus will give strength to her child as well.
A man was admitted due to snake bite, after prayer he received healing, all the pain disappeared.
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Proportions

Since the New Testament church met almost exclusively in private homes, the typical congregation of the apostolic era was relatively small.[15] No specific number is ever given in Scripture, but there were generally no more people than would fit into a wealthy person’s home (in the atrium or perhaps courtyard area). In general, the overall pattern is for smaller rather than larger congregations.

The Matthew 18 restoration process detailed by Jesus assumes more than two or three families in a church. Counting the various gifts dealt with in 1 Corinthians 14 reveals the presence of a healthy number of believers. That qualified widows and elders were supported by early house churches (1Ti 5:3-16) also required more than just a handful of believers. Having a plurality of elders in a single church is also unlikely in too small a setting (Acts 14:23).

The meeting room of the Lullingstone Villa house church in Kent, England (built during the Roman occupation) measured approximately 15’ x 21’.[16] Fuller seminary professor Robert Banks opined that “the entertaining room in a moderately well-to-do household could hold around 30 people comfortably — perhaps half as many again in an emergency . . . it is unlikely that a meeting of the “whole church” could have exceeded 40 to 45 people, and may well have been smaller . . . In any event we must not think of these as particularly large . . . Even the meetings of the ‘whole church’ were small enough for a relatively intimate relationship to develop between the members.”[17]Dr. Banks’ numbers may be too low. An examination of floor plans in Pompeii shows typical atriums measuring 20’ x 28’.[18] Jerome Murphy-O’Connor measured six homes in Pompeii and found the average atrium to be 797 square feet.[19] A house known to be a Christian meeting place at Dura-Europos (in Syria) could, according to the Yale archaeologists who excavated it, seat 65 to 70 people.[20] Acts 1:15 records 120 believers assembled in the upper room.

Progression

Some argue that the practice of churches small enough to meet in an atrium was merely an initiatory phase of the church’s early development, a transitory step toward later maturity. It was right and natural, it is argued, for the church to grow beyond these small sizes and develop ways that are far different than the practices of the apostles as recorded in Scripture: cathedrals, large spectator worship services, archbishops, the modern presbytery system and the merger of church and state after Constantine.

In answer, it should be noted that the apostles intended for churches to adhere to the specific patterns they originally established. For instance, the Corinthians were praised specifically for holding to the apostles’ traditions for church practice (1Co 11:2). Sweeping appeals to hold to various church practices were made based on the universal practices of all the other churches (1Co 11:16, 14:33b-34). The apostles were handpicked and personally trained by our Lord. If anyone ever understood the purpose of the church, it was these men. The practices they established for the church’s corporate activities would certainly have been in keeping with their understanding about the purpose of the church. Respect for the Spirit by whom they were led should lead us to prefer their modes of organization to any alternative that our own creative thinking might suggest.

Also telling is the total absence of any instruction in the New Testament regarding the construction of special buildings for worship. This is in contrast to old covenant Mosaic legislation, which contained very specific blueprints regarding the holy tabernacle. When the new covenant writers did touch upon this subject, they pointed out that believers themselves are the temple of the Holy Spirit, living stones that come together to make up a spiritual house with Jesus Christ as the chief corner stone.[21]In The Radical Christian, Arthur Wallis said, “In the Old Testament, God had a sanctuary for His people; in the New, God has His people as a sanctuary.”[22]Through Christ Jesus, we ourselves are God’s temple and God’s church (1Co 3:16, Ac 20:28). Let us give heed to the penetrating words of John Havlik: “The church is never a place, but always a people; never a fold but always a flock; never a sacred building but always a believing assembly. The church is you who pray, not where you pray. A structure of brick or marble can no more be the church than your clothes of serge or satin can be you. There is in this world nothing sacred but man, no sanctuary of man but the soul.”[23]

The real issue is not where a church meets, but how it can best do what God requires of it. The problem is that a major reason church buildings have been erected is in order to hold more people than would fit into a typical Roman home’s atrium or courtyard. We wonder at the aptness of building large church edifices since having too many people in attendance can serve to defeat the very purposes for holding a church meeting in the first place. Large crowds are great for worship services, evangelistic meetings or seminars, but the weekly church gathering is to be about something more: mutual edification, accountability, encouraging one another, the fellowship of the Holy Meal, strengthening relationships, building consensus, etc.

Proportions

Progression

by Steve Atkerson (To be Continued)

The Rise And Fall Of The Christian Bookstore

Starting in the 1950s with Bibles and Gospel tracks, the Christian bookstore would soon grow in popularity on into the 80s as Christian literature achieved mass marketing success. The end-times genre burst onto the scene in 1970 with Hal Lindsay's The Late Great Planet Earth that sold more than 30 million copies and paved way for the fictionalized Left Behind series of novels. Between 1973 and 1983, the market for Christian literature of all forms expanded by 25% and by the 1990s, the country was dotted with the Christian bookstores that many of us now remember.

For Christian bookstores, the 90s saw breakout successes such as The Prayer of Jabez, The Purpose Driven Life and a surge of Christian fiction that succeeded in crossing over into the secular world. Those were the days when you could walk in off the street to find shelves filled with thousands of carefully curated titles, an array of Bibles and enough educational material to equip a school. Many stores became a central point of their local communities, offering not only books but a rich literary and didactic experience. Sadly, those days are quickly drawing to a close. The revolution in online shopping and increasing competition from superstores such as Walmart ate into the bottom line of Christian bookstores. Slowly, these stores began to peddle what Christianity Today recently called "Jesus Junk". For many, the Christian bookstore had lost its way as it struggled to stay relevant. Desperate to stay profitable, quality literature began to be pushed out by trinkets, decorations, toys and shelves full of coloring books, self-help titles and joke books.

Early this year, author Jared Wilson tweeted a list of the top 100 best-sellers from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. Included in the top 20 were "three versions of Sarah Young's controversial Jesus Calling, two kids joke books, two adult coloring books, titles by HGTV stars and athletes, and, of course, the latest from Joel Osteen." Wilson called the list "proof American evangelicalism traffics mainly in superficiality, sentimentalism, and superstition."

In 2015, the largest chain of Christian bookstores, Family Christian Stores, declared bankruptcy. In an effort to keep the company afloat, a host of Christian publishers and other key creditors agreed to forgive $127 million of Family Christian Stores' debt and approved of a corporate reorganization. Now, it seems that the measures weren't enough to bring the company back from ruin and it is now forced to shut down. This will mean shuttering 240 locations across 36 states and leaving more than 3,000 employees without jobs.

The Christian Booksellers Association, which boasted nearly 4,000 retailers in the mid 1980s, had already shrunk to 2,800 stores by 2008. That rate of closure has only accelerated. In 2008, Christianity Today ran a cover story "How to Save the Christian Bookstore" which counseled offering something different that can't be bought online: a sense of community. Christian bookstores are often affiliated with a specific denomination, such as LifeWay, which is organized under the Southern Baptist Convention.This narrows the client base as the stores refuse to stock certain materials that may not line up with the denominations particular teaching on a subject, but it also provides a measure of identity that is lacking from a faceless mega-corporation like the aptly named Amazon. A Christian bookstore, if it is living up to its mission, can be expected to stock a carefully selected catalogue of titles that ensure the reader won't be served simply the most popular "flavor of the month".

Customers should be able to trust these stores to provide a level of education and guidance that would be wholly out of place in the vast churn of star ratings that online booksellers like Amazon have become. As Christian bookstores, the value-added benefit is curation to ensure that what they are promoting is theologically sound. Blogger, Christopher Williams, pointed out, "There has to be a balance between respecting differing doctrines, protecting orthodoxy, and promoting growth.

That said, I think stores professing to edify Christians need to take a stance on what material they choose to sell." Truly, Christian bookstores are caught between a rock and a hard place with their margins pressed thin by online retailers. According to Paul Wilkerson, a Christian bookstore owner in Ontario, "the problem isn't the filters the independent stores or chain stores are using. The problem is the part of the market that has been ceded to Amazon, which has no filters." Only the tyranny of public opinion. The fall of the Christian bookstore is being replaced by an ever-widening selection of literature. Rather than reinforce the doctrine of a single publisher or book vender, online bookstores provide the customer with exposure to countless other viewpoints.

However, as the religious literature landscape broadens, owing to hundreds of new authors and their varying perspectives, it becomes more of a challenge to sort out the chaff. Gone, too, are the days when a publisher could rely on its brand name or its relationship with bookstores to move lower quality material. Now Christian authors are competing on a more level playing field with all writers, including those that the big publishers had previously excluded. And those who complained that Christian bookstores had resorted to selling trinkets and "Jesus junk" just to survive are not likely to shed many tears either, provided that the literature itself can survive and thrive. In the end, the reality is that just as most secular bookstores and many large retail chains have closed their doors in the last decade, so too are Christian bookstores. How this tectonic shift affects Christian communities across the continent remains to be seen, but the results promise to be significant.

BY PNW STAFF

Nigerian Clergy Demand Compensation for Churches Destroyed by Boko Haram

Religious leaders in Nigeria are renewing and amplifying their call for the government to pay compensation for the destruction of churches by Boko Haram, even as the Islamist militants escalate attacks in the country’s northern states. Nigerian clergy say at least 1,000 churches have been destroyed in the six-year insurgency, which the government declared crushed last year.

Human rights groups say thousands more churches have been abandoned or closed in the conflict — in which schools, mosques, markets and military installations have also been targeted.

Clergy say the attacks on churches have compromised freedom of religion in the nation, as well as Nigerians’ right to live in peace. And while Boko Haram is the agent of the attacks, religious leaders also assign blame to the government.

“The church … is demanding compensation from the government for lives lost and properties destroyed by the (Boko Haram) criminals,” said the Rev. John Bakeni, secretary of the Maiduguri Roman Catholic diocese. “We believe the government should have provided security for lives and property.”

The Rev. Felix Omobude, national president of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, described the destruction of the churches as a breach of the freedom of worship guaranteed in the Nigerian Constitution. He also considers compensation a government responsibility. “Churches that have been destroyed should be rebuilt by the state governments … and appropriate compensation paid to the victims,” Omobude said in a recent statement.

Two religions predominate in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation: Christians in the south and Muslims in the north. In 2015, President Mahammadu Buhari promised to reconstruct churches and mosques destroyed in the conflict, and he later urged federal officials to help reconstruct schools and places of worship destroyed by the militants.

Some reconstruction work started in 2016 in the northern majority-Muslim state of Borno, with its governor, Kashim Shettima, ordering the rehabilitation of the biggest church in Lassa, which was destroyed by Boko Haram. Though pleased with the commencement of reconstruction work on churches in Borno state, Bakeni expressed dismay at what he described as the small number of churches in the north undergoing reconstruction compared with the number of mosques there that have been restored. He praised Shettima, though.

“This is a bold decision by a governor in northeastern Nigeria to listen to the Christians and render justice, against all odds and opposition,” said Bakeni. Boko Haram — whose name translates to “Western education is sin” — aims to create an Islamic state in the north. It has carried out a campaign of terror, attacking churches, schools and security installations. Its first attack on Christian minorities there occurred in 2010. The United Nations estimates that 20,000 people have died in the violence, which has also displaced 2 million people in the northern states of Yobe, Adamawa and Borno. The terrorist group has abducted women and girls and forced its victims, especially young women, to act as suicide bombers. In 2014, the group kidnapped 276 schoolgirls in Chibok town. The kidnapping sparked the solidarity campaign

Pastors Arrested in Sudan as Government Moves to Take Over Church

Police in Sudan arrested and int errogated seven church leaders last week in Omdurman, Sudan before releasing them on bail, sources said. The Christian leaders were jailed for six hours on Wednesday (Aug. 23) and charged with refusing to comply with an order to turn over leadership of their congregation to a government appointed-committee. Omdurman lies across the Nile River from Khartoum, the capital.

The Rev. Ayoub Mattan, Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC) moderator, and Kwa Shamaal (also transliterated Kuwa Shamaal), head of missions at the SCOC, were among the church leaders arrested. Pastor Shamaal was previously arrested on Dec. 18, 2015 and acquitted on Jan. 2 this year of charges ranging from spying to inciting hatred against the government. Sudan’s Ministry of Guidance and Religious Endowments had written a letter dated Aug. 14 ordering them to hand over church leadership to the committee appointed by the government ministry, sources said. When they refused, police opened a case against them, though it was unclear under what law. “Police asked if we still maintain our stance on our refusal to acknowledge the committee appointed by the Ministry of Guidance and Religious Endowments, and we said yes, because it is not the work of the [government] ministry to appoint committees for the church,” Pastor Shamaal told Morning Star News.

Police said that in arresting them they were implementing orders from the Ministry of Guidance and Religious Endowments to impose its committee as new SCOC leadership, presumably to sell off the church property in Sudan’s bid to rid the country of Christianity. The pastors said the committee was contrary to SCOC's constitution, which calls for general elections every three years to appoint new leadership.

Pastors Mattan, Shamaal and the others are still members of the legitimate executive committee of the SCOC, sources said. The current leadership term expires in March 2018. Police also arrested the Rev. Yagoub Naway and pastor Musa Kodi, both from the SCOC. The four Christians were interrogated along with the three other church leaders, including SCOC Finance Secretary Abdulbagi Ali Abdulrahaman and SCOC Deputy Finance Secretary El-Amin Hassam Abdulrasool, before they were all released on bail. Six other SCOC members are in hiding after learning police were searching for them to arrest and interrogate them, sources said.

Another SCOC pastor, the Rev. Hassan Abdelrahim Tawor, had received a 12-year sentence earlier this year after being charged with spying and trying to tarnish Sudan’s image, but he was freed along with Abdulmonem Abdumawla of Darfur on May 11 after receiving a presidential pardon. He had been arrested along with Pastor Shamaal in December 2015. They were convicted on baseless charges of assisting Czech aid worker Petr Jasek – pardoned and released on Feb. 25– in alleged espionage, causing hatred among communities and spreading false information, according to their attorney.

Foreign diplomats and international rights activists took notice of the case after Morning Star News broke the story of the arrest of pastors Abdelrahim Tawor and Shamaal. Their arrests were seen as part of a recent upsurge in harassment of Christians. Most SCOC members have roots among the ethnic Nuba in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan’s South Kordofan state, where the government is fighting an insurgency. The Nuba along with other Christians in Sudan face discrimination and harassment, as Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir has vowed to introduce a stricter version of sharia (Islamic law) and recognize only Islamic culture and Arabic language.

In its campaign to rid the country of Christianity, Sudan has designated 25 church buildings for destruction, and on Aug. 2 it demolished a Baptist church in Omdurman. On May 7 Khartoum state authorities in Sudan demolished a church building in the Khartoum suburb of Soba al Aradi, which began as a refugee camp for south Sudanese. A bulldozer sent by Jebel Aulia locality and the Ministry of Planning and Urban Development destroyed the SCOC building.

Authorities had notified church leaders of the impending demolition just a week prior. The government reportedly claimed the churches were built on land zoned for residential or other uses, or were on government land, but church leaders said it is part of wider crack-down on Christianity. Harassment, arrests and persecution of Christians have intensified since the secession of South Sudan in July 2011. The Sudanese Minister of Guidance and Endowments announced in April 2013 that no new licenses would be granted for building new churches in Sudan, citing a decrease in the South Sudanese population.

Sudan since 2012 has expelled foreign Christians and bulldozed church buildings on the pretext that they belonged to South Sudanese. Besides raiding Christian bookstores and arresting Christians, authorities threatened to kill South Sudanese Christians who do not leave or cooperate with them in their effort to find other Christians. Sudan fought a civil war with the south Sudanese from 1983 to 2005, and in June 2011, shortly before the secession of South Sudan the following month, the government began fighting a rebel group in the Nuba Mountains that has its roots in South Sudan.

Due to its treatment of Christians and other human rights violations, Sudan has been designated a Country of Particular Concern by the U.S. State Department since 1999, and the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom recommended the country remain on the list in its 2017 report.

Sudan ranked fifth on Christian support organization Open Doors’ 2017 World Watch List of countries where Christians face most persecution.

Hindu Leaders Blame Nepal’s Church Growth on Greed

The former Hindu monarchy of Nepal boasts one of the fastest growing Christian populations. Hindu critics claim money and greed are driving the growth, but Christians say the country’s caste system makes Christ’s message of equality especially appealing. Hindu shaman Purna Bahadur Praja told The Guardian that people in the Chepang region turned to Christianity for assistance after the 2015 earthquake that killed nearly 9,000 people and left thousands of others homeless. “[A]fter the earthquake, they got Bibles, rice, clothes, blankets, money to build churches. Pastors were getting motorbikes. … They spend the whole time emailing foreigners to ask for money,” Praja said.

Another Hindu priest told The Guardian that well-funded foreign organizations are “using money to promote Christianity,” helping sick church members and only providing post-earthquake aid to Christians. While the disaster certainly created a need for humanitarian assistance, it also increased opportunities to share the gospel. Christian groups say many conversions were sincere and most ministries helped everyone, regardless of their faith.

“Christians did some of the church reconstruction after the earthquake but they have done more for the general public, [from] emergency relief to reconstruction,” said pastor Tanka Subedi, co-chairman of the Nepal Christian Society and the leader of Nepal’s Religious Liberty Forum. The end of Nepal’s monarchy in 2008 and the establishment of a secular government allowed more freedom of religion in the country, although freedom is not absolute. By 2015, Christians numbered more than 1 million, about 3.8 percent of Nepal’s 28.5 million people, according to the World Christian Database. Conversions of low-caste Hindus, known as Dalits, are driving the growth, according to The Guardian. Dalits suffer discrimination, deprivation, and abuse in Hindu culture due to their lowly status. “It’s not surprising that Dalits are converting en masse, or that Christian groups would be doing work within this community,” said International Christian Concern’s William Stark, noting the Dalits are the most marginalized, least educated, and neediest people in the country.

The common “false narrative” of inducement or exchange for conversion to other religions pervades Southeast Asia, not just Nepal, Stark said, and Hindu nationalists often promote the idea. While he acknowledged instances of such behavior aren’t impossible, he insisted they are rare, noting that Dalits are drawn to Christianity because it validates their human worth. “The message of the gospel—that everyone is equal, everyone is loved by God, and God’s sacrifice was for everyone—is attractive especially to people of a Dalit background,” Stark said.

Chinese Theology Student and Aspiring Pastor Warns of Country's Increasing Persecution of Christians

Derek Lam, a Christian studying theology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, says he will probably not be allowed to fulfill his dream of being a pastor. In a column for The New York Times, Lam says his democratic activism in Hong Kong could possibly lead to his imprisonment next month. Lam is a member of the democratic political party Demosisto.

Two of his friends were recently put in prison for peaceful protests the group organized in 2014, and more and more the government, under the leadership of General Secretary of the Community Party of China Xi Jinping, is taking control over Christian events. “During the last evening of one of this summer’s camps, the leaders of the camp told the campers that ‘God would make China prosperous’ and that Xi Jinping’s pet infrastructure project known as ‘One Belt, One Road’ was ‘the path that God had prepared,’” Lam said. “The organizers of the camp then had the audacity to claim that ‘One Belt, One Road’ would help spread the gospel.”

People in Hong Kong are being pushed to the side with the country’s communist views, Lam said. “Beijing is encroaching not only on Hong Kong’s political freedoms but also on the most personal ones, such as religious beliefs, as part of a larger strategy to shut down any kind of organizing outside of the (Communist) party,” he said. That’s led to the removal of crucifixes from churches and even razing some churches. Then last year, a pastor and wife were buried alive for trying to stop the destruction of their church.

Hong Kong’s bishop, Michael Yeung Ming-cheung said the churches were demolished because of “structural safety concerns.” Lam, however, says the bishop is looking to Xi Jinping and not God for “spiritual guidance.” “Although there is nothing I would love more than to become a pastor and preach the gospel in Hong Kong, I will never do so if it means making Jesus subservient to Xi Jinping. Instead, I will continue to fight for religious freedom in Hong Kong, even if I have to do it from behind bars,” he said.

Christians in India Mark 9th Anniversary of Country's Worst Anti-Christian Violence

International Christian Concern (ICC) and India's Christian community are marking the ninth anniversary of the 2008 anti-Christian Orissa riots, widely considered to be the worst incident of Christian persecution in India's independent history. Despite the passage of nine years, the lives of many Christians affected by the violence remain shattered by fear and injustice.

On August 24, 2008, anti-Christian mob violence swept across the Kandhamal District of India's Odisha State, then known as Orissa, after Christians were wrongly blamed for the assassination of Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Lakshmanananda Saraswati. After three months of violence, at least 91 Christians were killed, many hacked to death by axes and machetes, and at least three Christian women were gang raped. Additionally, nearly 56,000 people were displaced, forced to flee into the forests, as mobs burned down more than 5,600 houses, 300 churches, and other Christian institutions. "We are still in terror, not feeling safe," Pastor Pradeep Nayak, a Christian survivor of the 2008 violence, told ICC. "At every corner of the market we feel something is going against Christians."

"It was [the] most terrifying day of my life," Pastor Raj Kishore, a Christian who survived the violence, told ICC. "I saw big flames and thick smoke coming out of a neighboring village. We had to run away knowing that the next target [was] our village. We walked 40 kilometers through the thickest forest in the dark night with my 20-days-old son and my wife to reach a town nearby." "Kandhamal is peaceful, but there is no peace in Kandhamal," Suranjan Nayak, General Secretary of the Christian Jankalyan Samiti Kandhamal, told ICC. "On the date Lakshmanananda was assassinated, all the churches were provided with security. This means there is still a threat to Christians."

Many Christians displaced by the violence have been unable to return to their home villages due to threats and a lack of government assistance. "So many people are not able to return to their own homes as they are not able to build back their houses," Suranjan Nayak explains. "During the government survey, many were still away from their villages and were not recorded, hence they were not able to get government compensation to reconstruct their houses."

William Stark, ICC's Regional Manager, said, "It has been nine years since Christians in India experienced the worst anti-Christian violence the country has seen in its independent history. Many of the victims of this terrible violence have yet to receive justice due to discrimination and poor police work following the riots. In many cases, Christians driven from their homes by mobs in 2008 are still unable to return to their villages unless they agree to convert to Hinduism. The Indian government must do more to provide justice to these victims and must take greater steps to rebuild the lives that were devastated by this violence nine years ago."

Volume 5 Issue 35

Posted on 2 September, 201716 November, 2017 by admin

Unwilling to disgrace

Today many marriages end up in divorce after a long judicial or ecclesial (if Christian) process. We have an example of a man in the Bible who wanted to divorce his wife even before marriage. Let us meditate on that this week.

Joseph, who is chosen to be the foster father to Jesus, faced the same problem with his wife. Here the problem was serious because his wife seemed to be pregnant even before they come together. This is a clear justifiable case for divorce. But Joseph a righteous man and unwilling to disgrace her, decided to divorce her secretly. Joseph’s righteousness manifested in doing it secretly. Why secretly?

Joseph was particular that Mary’s future should not be affected. If the real reason for divorce is publicly known, she will be stoned to death. He wanted to safeguard her even while observing the commandment.

This speaks loudly against disgracing one’s husband or wife by hiring lawyers for money to speak against your spouse. At least for a few days, months, years you have loved a person sincerely. How can you betray him/her or desert him/her forever. This is unfaithfulness. This is against the vow you have taken with your wife/husband on the wedding day in the presence of God, in front many witnesses.

Mat 1:19 Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to disgrace her, decided to divorce her secretly.

While Joseph was compelled to take a legal step against Mary, he was pricked in his conscience. He wanted to check with God whether he was doing the right thing. The Lord sent an angel to clarify his doubt. Once he got the answer from God, lifelong he was bound by that. He never wavered in his decision again.

Beloved husbands, beloved wives, whenever you have problem with your spouse, before taking it to anybody, take it to God for finding a solution. After getting a reply, abide by that. Your parents, the whole society , religious laws all might be against you. But everything depends on you. Once you abide by the decision of God, nothing can shake you.

A Purposeful Pattern

The most common explanation for the existence of early house churches was the pressure of persecution, similar to the situation that exists today in China or Iran. Suppose there had been no first century persecution are we to assume that church buildings would automatically have been constructed to allow individual congregations could swell to enormous size, limited only by the dimensions of the largest building affordable? Persecution or not, might the apostles have laid down a purposeful pattern of smaller congregations? It is a design axiom that follows function. Meeting in a smaller setting would have a practical effect on one’s church life. The apostles’ belief concerning the function of the church was naturally expressed in the form that the church took on in the first century. Some of the distinct practices of those early house churches are worth considering:

The Church as Family: One over arching significance of the New Testament church lies in its theology of community. The church was depicted by apostolic writers in terms which describe a family. Believers are children of God (1Jn 3:1) who have been born into his family (Jn 1:12-13). God’s people are thus seen as part of God’s household (Ep 2:19, Ga 6:10). They are called brothers and sisters (Phm 2, Ro 16:2). Consequently, Christians are to relate to each other as members of a family (1Ti 5:1-2; Ro 16:13). Out of this theological point that God’s children are family arises many church practice issues, such as the size congregation that best facilities our functioning as God’s family. (More on this below).
The Holy Meal: The Lord’s Supper was originally celebrated weekly as a full, fellowship meal (the Agapé Feast). Early church meetings, centered around the Lord’s Table, were tremendous times of fellowship, community and encouragement). Rather than a funeral-like atmosphere, the Lord’s Supper was celebrated in anticipation of the Wedding Banquet of the Lamb. Each local church is to be like a family; one of the most common things families do is to eat together. The larger the congregation, the less family-like and the more impersonal the Lord’s Supper as a true meal becomes.
Participatory Worship: Early church meetings were clearly participatory. Since public speaking is a great fear, participatory meetings are best suited to smaller gatherings, composed of people who all know each other and are true friends. Participatory meetings are impractical for large numbers. After church meetings in Roman atriums were replaced by meetings in much larger basilicas, participatory worship was replaced by worship services.
One Another Ministry: The Scriptures are full of the “one another” commands. Church should be associated with mutual encouragement, accountability, relationships, community and maintaining church discipline. These ideals are best accomplished in smaller congregations where people know and love each other. A large auditorium of people, most of whom are relative strangers to each other, will not easily achieve these goals. Nominal Christianity is harbored as it becomes easy to get lost in the crowd. Smaller churches can best foster the simplicity, vitality, intimacy and purity that God desires for his church.
Consensus: The New Testament church had a plurality of clearly identified leaders (elders, pastors, overseers), yet these leaders led more by example and persuasion than by command. The elder-led consensus of the whole congregation was paramount in decision making.[13] Achieving consensus is possible in a church where everyone knows each other, loves each other, bears with one another, is patient with one another, and is committed to each other. However, the larger the fellowship, the more impossible it becomes to maintain relationships and lines of communication. Also, in a large congregation, the pastor necessarily functions more like the CEO of a corporation. An informal homelike setting is an effective place for the building of consensus.
Multiplication: House churches are low cost, can reproduce quickly, and have great potential for growth through evangelism. We need to think small in a really big way! God does not equate bigness with ability. Paul reminded that “God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things — and the things that are not — to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him” (1Co 1:27-29, NIV).
Resource Allocation: Without a lot of money, it seemly has become almost impossible to do the Lord’s work. Charles Price, Director of Missions for the San Antonio Baptist Association, lamented that the typical cost to start a new church in North America is 2 million dollars (!)[14]Not nearly so much money is required to plant house churches. Gathering as a church in a dwelling is about as simple as it gets. The first century church turned their world upside down (Ac 17:6) and did so via small congregations (house churches). The early disciples planted churches in homes, had simple gatherings in homes and multiplied into other houses as the fellowship grew. Like the early church, a simple home can be enough for the fellowship of the church. Freed from the burden of constructing church buildings and their resulting expenses, greater sums of money can go toward the support of pastors, missionaries, evangelists and the poor.

- Steve Atkerson (To Be Continued)

Message for year 2017

Luke 24:47--49"And then repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem".

Peace among men with whom God is pleased

The Lord has declared 2017 as the year of Forgiveness and Reconciliation

August 2017 - We pray for Forgiveness and Reconciliation between People of all different religions

Week 4

That people of any religion come to know Him, “who is from the beginning” 1 Jn 2:13
That people of all the religions come to know the truth and the truth to make them free. Jn 8:32
That Jesus Christ, the Son makes every person of different religions free and they be free indeed Jn 8:36
That people of all the religions be called by Jesus Christ out of darkness into His marvelous light. 1 Pet 2:9
That people of all the religions come to Jesus Christ, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood of Jesus. Heb. 12:24

PA Chairman: I'll Pay Terrorists' Salaries Until My Last Day

A leading Palestinian newspaper published an account on Monday of a tense encounter between Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and US President Donald Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner in Ramallah last week. Al-Quds, a Jerusalem-based newspaper that is close to the PA, reported that Kushner had raised the issue of the so-called "martyr payments" made to convicted terrorists and their families -- a policy dubbed "pay to slay" that costs the PA more than $300 million annually.

On the two-state solution specifically, Kushner was said to have shown "some openness" on the matter.

According to Berger, Abbas reiterated his desire for the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative -- which calls for a Palestinian state with its capital in eastern Jerusalem -- to be used as the basis for any future negotiations with the Israeli government. If attempts to restart talks fail, Berger continued, Abbas was likely to lobby the UN Security Council for increased pressure upon Israel, as well as seeking the admission of an independent State of Palestine as a full UN member. "I will never stop paying the allowances to the families of the prisoners and released prisoners, even if this costs me my position and my presidency," the PA president said. "I will pay them until my dying day."

BY PNW STAFF

8^th September to 13^th September – Tamil - Pannaiyur,Chennai - Sol.Dinesh 9663362589 ,Office. 044-65453245

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The FRP meeting at Udumalpet held on August 19 and 20. Around 20 participants attended. From the beginning in every step satan was fighting very hard. A day before the meeting most of those invited said that they could not come. On the first day after prayer and prophecy, around 10 people came. After lunch, those who attended the first 2 sessions left. Once we started worship, the Lord brought another 15 people. The deliverance message was given powerfully. Those attended were touched by the Lord.

On Sunday another 15 attended and participated in the troop church. A girl who just completed her college shared the message. It touched every one. After that during prayer time the Lord spoke to a few and they were touched.

Another family committed to organize the FRP meeting.

Forgiveness message touched all who attended. A non christian couple attended both days and another non christian sister attended the first day meeting. This meeting has opened doors in a very dark area and we will continue to pray and work for expansion of the kingdom of God in Udumalpet

- Benjamin

Hindu Leaders Blame Nepal’s Church Growth on Greed

The former Hindu monarchy of Nepal boasts one of the fastest growing Christian populations. Hindu critics claim money and greed are driving the growth, but Christians say the country’s caste system makes Christ’s message of equality especially appealing. “Christians did some of the church reconstruction after the earthquake but they have done more for the general public, [from] emergency relief to reconstruction,” said pastor Tanka Subedi, co-chairman of the Nepal Christian Society and the leader of Nepal’s Religious Liberty Forum.

The end of Nepal’s monarchy in 2008 and the establishment of a secular government allowed more freedom of religion in the country, although freedom is not absolute. By 2015, Christians numbered more than 1 million, about 3.8 percent of Nepal’s 28.5 million people, according to the World Christian Database. Conversions of low-caste Hindus, known as Dalits, are driving the growth, according to The Guardian. Dalits suffer discrimination, deprivation, and abuse in Hindu culture due to their lowly status. “It’s not surprising that Dalits are converting en masse, or that Christian groups would be doing work within this community,” said International Christian Concern’s William Stark, noting the Dalits are the most marginalized, least educated, and neediest people in the country. “The message of the gospel—that everyone is equal, everyone is loved by God, and God’s sacrifice was for everyone—is attractive especially to people of a Dalit background,” Stark said.

Chinese Theology Student and Aspiring Pastor Warns of Country's Increasing Persecution of Christians

Derek Lam, a Christian studying theology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, says he will probably not be allowed to fulfill his dream of being a pastor. “During the last evening of one of this summer’s camps, the leaders of the camp told the campers that ‘God would make China prosperous’ and that Xi Jinping’s pet infrastructure project known as ‘One Belt, One Road’ was ‘the path that God had prepared,’” Lam said. “The organizers of the camp then had the audacity to claim that ‘One Belt, One Road’ would help spread the gospel.”

Local Authorities in Upper Egypt Prevent Christians from Holding Sunday Worship

International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on Sunday, August 20, police in Ezbat Al-Forn, located in Egypt's Minya governorate, prevented local Christians from accessing a building they were using to hold Sunday worship. Father Botros Azeez, the priest who travels to Ezbat Al-Forn on a weekly basis to officiate Sunday worship, was also kept off the church premises by security forces who cordoned off the area. The security officials claimed that the Christians were refused access to the church because they had no permit to practice religious rites in the house. Police officials, represented by Brigadier General Mohamed Salah, filed a report to that effect, citing complaints reported against the Christians by local Muslims in Ezbat Al-Forn.

William Stark, ICC's Regional Manager, said, "The forced closure of the church in Ezbat Al-Forn is another example of how authorities use Egypt's church building laws and regulations to persecute the country's Christian community. The fact that Christians were prevented from using a building they had openly used for worship for years only a week after church leadership complained about the closure of churches clearly shows the arbitrary and punitive way in which authorities apply the church building laws and regulations. Clear reforms must be made to Egypt's church building laws and regulations if Christians are to truly be able to exercise their religious freedom rights. Until then, local authorities will continue to use these vague laws and regulations to close churches and prevent worship whenever and wherever they please."

Indian Christians Experience Record-Breaking Persecution in 2017

Indian Christians experienced almost as many attacks in the first half of the 2017 as they did in the entire year of 2016. That's according to a new report from the persecution watchdog organization Open Doors. According to the report, there were 410 reported incidents targeting Indian Christians in the first six months of this year. Last year, there were 441 reported incidents total.

Eighty-four of those incidents were violent assaults. Of those 84 violent attacks, 32 would have been deadly if timely medical-aid had not been provided. One partner told Open Doors the Indian government fails to punish attackers, which emboldens them to target Christians even more.

"When Christians are beaten up by extremists, they are injured mostly on their heads or vital body parts. There was one incident earlier this year when the victim was attacked by a sword to his head. He was bleeding profusely and was critically injured… Attackers do not care if the person dies. They know they will not be punished because the Government (and hence the judiciary) will take their side. In most cases attackers go unpunished," the partner said.While some Christians may not be physically attacked, they pay a heavy societal toll for following Christ. While the Indian government speaks of religious freedom and secularism, the government is run by a Hindu nationalist party called RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh). Leaders are embracing Hinduism more and becoming less tolerant of other religions, especially Christians.

One Christian leader said he was once a Hindu nationalist and persecuted Christians before he made the decision to follow Christ. "Before I converted to Christianity, I used to be a staunch Hindu. I also joined RSS at that time and started working with them. The party upholds Hindutva ideology and believes that if Christians in India aren't controlled, they would convert all the Hindus in the country and Hindutva would lose its identity," he told Oepn Doors. "Hence RSS wants to do their best to stop Christians from preaching about their faith. They would go to any extremes for that. I myself persecuted many Christians until I came to the Christian faith and realized what I had been doing." India's Christians are fighting back by lobbying their government officials.

The National Council of Churches in India (NCCI), which represents 14 million Protestant and Orthodox Christians, recently wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in hopes he would condemn the persecution. No such actions have been taken by the Indian government since that letter was written.

This Month in NWC we are worshipping for “Karnataka”. Book your slot for worship. No doubt the nation is going to be shaken during our worship. Be ready and prepare for that.

Contact Us

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Praise God for the successful completion of 14747 slots in National Worship Centre with a Non Stop Worship (24/7)

1) When I started worshipping in the Centre Jesus came near me. I felt his presence and saw light shining .He spoke to me like this” I have come as a light to shine in the world.You have been chosen to be the light to everyone and shine in the world and you will be a witness to me.”

2) At the time of my worshipping in the Centre God spoke to me like this “ All the deception of the enemy will go away.The servants of God have all turned away from me and now started leading worldly life. Immediately go and preach my words to the people.”

3) As soon as I entered the Worship Centre I felt the presence of God. When I started singing , my head, two hands and legs started shaking and felt a power entering into me. Again when I started praising I was filled fully with power.

4) God showed me how he is protecting me and the family in all the critical situations. God clearly told me to wait patiently for His coming (Rapture).

This Month in NWC we are worshipping for “Karnataka”. Book your slot for worship. No doubt the nation is going to be shaken during our worship. Be ready and prepare for that.

Volume 5 Issue 34

Posted on 26 August, 201716 November, 2017 by admin

What he said shall occur

In 2011 we were in Mumbai for 18 months. In the flat where we lived, there was a window which will bring bad smell from outside. So we could not open it. One day when we read Mark 11:23, we wanted to apply this. We opened the window and prophesied, “Let all this rubbish and the stench it brings be moved out of this place, fresh air flow in through this window and fill our house”. The next day the authorities decided to convert it into a park and the work started right away. Within one week it was completed.

Yes our mouth has power in it!

Mar 11:23 For truly I say to you that whoever shall say to this mountain, Be moved and be cast into the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he said shall occur, he shall have whatever he said.

Yes, we will have whatever we have said.

In the place where we live now also the same miracle happened. When we came here in 2015, the road we had was of mud and sand. Auto rickshaw drivers were fearful that their tyres may get punctured. We started prophesying! Now without any efforts on our part, there are shade trees and flower gardens in front of the house, which are watered and cared for! You may produce anything out of your tongue and eat the fruit. Why don’t you try?

“Now gather yourself in Troops, O daughter of troops, he had laid siege against us." Mica: 5:1

A wonderful opportunity for ladies who want to serve the Lord

Covenant Women Meet (CWM)

A movement to raise the status of Women in India

Both in history and in the Bible Women’s role is very important.

During the crucial period of our Lord’s visitation to India (2007 – 2014), He wants our fair sex mass play a vital role in the transformation of our nation. In order to train them up, a 12 hour training Programme is given by the Lord. KHRDC started implementing it.

This training session covers the following subjects,

Fallen nature of women and restoration by Jesus Christ
Building relationship
Finance Management
House Maintenance
Exercising the authority of parents
Behavioral patterns
Common sicknesses of women and Medical checkup.
Civic Sense

The Lord is in need of "6 filled Jars" to accomplish His work as He did in Cana. (John 2:1-11 )

The jars should be filled with the Holy Spirit!!

The Lord will add to it colour, odour, taste, value etc.,

People can draw wine from the jar to give taste, strength, love and value to the women of the world.....!!

"" Oh Dear Covenant woman, “ARE YOU A FILLED JAR??” If you are a WOMAN FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT the Lord is ready to make use of you to bring taste, joy and love to the women of our Nation ""

THE LORD NEEDS " 6 FILLED JARS " (6 WOMEN FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT) to CONDUCT CWM IN YOUR PLACES!!

Find out the jars who are simply sitting outside the houses and synagogue for washing purpose!! (Traditional Christian life)

The Master is in need of you!!!

Are you ready???

Message for year 2017

Luke 24:47--49"And then repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem".

Peace among men with whom God is pleased

The Lord has declared 2017 as the year of Forgiveness and Reconciliation

August 2017 - We pray for Forgiveness and Reconciliation between People of all different religions

Week 4

That people of any religion come to know Him, “who is from the beginning” 1 Jn 2:13
That people of all the religions come to know the truth and the truth to make them free. Jn 8:32
That Jesus Christ, the Son makes every person of different religions free and they be free indeed Jn 8:36
That people of all the religions be called by Jesus Christ out of darkness into His marvelous light. 1 Pet 2:9
That people of all the religions come to Jesus Christ, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood of Jesus. Heb. 12:24

The Premise

There are no known church buildings prior to the time of Constantine. During the apostolic era and for the next two centuries, churches met primarily in the private homes of its wealthier members. This necessarily meant that the typical congregation was smaller rather than larger.

The Purpose

Everything in the New Testament was written to churches that met in private homes. The relationships the New Testament describes work best in situations where everyone knows each other. These smaller settings foster the intimacy and accountability that characterized the New Testament church. A loving, family-like atmosphere is more easily developed. Celebrating the Lord’s Supper as an actual meal is much more conducive to a smaller setting. Achieving congregational consensus is easier when everyone knows everyone else and open lines of communication genuinely exist. The many “one another” exhortations of Scripture can be much more realistically lived out. Church discipline takes on real significance. Participatory worship is natural to a smaller setting and is more meaningful.

The Professors

According to Anglican evangelist David Watson, “For the first two centuries, the church met in small groups in the homes of its members, apart from special gatherings in public lecture halls or market places, where people could come together in much larger numbers. Significantly these two centuries mark the most powerful and vigorous advance of the church, which perhaps has never seen been equaled. The lack of church buildings was no hindrance to the rapid expansion of the church; instead . . . it seemed a positive help.”[1]

A Yale University archaeology pamphlet stated, “The first Christian congregations worshipped in private houses, meeting at the homes of wealthier members on a rotating basis . . . Worship was generally conducted in (either) the atrium, or central courtyard of the house.”[2]

Graydon F. Snyder, professor of New Testament at Chicago Theological Seminary, observed that “the New Testament Church began as a small group house church (Col. 4:15), and it remained so until the middle or end of the third century. There are no evidences of larger places of meeting before 300.”[3] Again quoting Snyder, “there is no literary evidence nor archaeological indication that any such home was converted into an extant church building. Nor is there any extant church that certainly was built prior to Constantine.”[4]

The ESV Study Bible notes that “Early Christian churches, since they were small and not recognized as a legitimate (or legal) religion, met in homes . . . There is extensive archaeological evidence from many cites showing that some homes were structurally modified to hold such churches.”[5]

Martin Selman, lecturer in Old Testament at Spurgeon’s College in London, wrote that “The theme of the ‘household of God’ undoubtedly owed much to the function of the house in early Christianity as a place of meeting and fellowship (e.g. 2 Tim. 4:19; Phm. 2; 2 Jn. 10).”[6]

Reformed scholar William Hendriksen, said “since in the first and second centuries church buildings in the sense in which we think of them today were not yet in existence, families would hold services in their own homes . . . The early church numbered many hospitable members, ready and eager to offer their facilities for religious use: meetings, services, etc.”[7]

According to Anglican commentator W.H. Griffith Thomas, “For two or three centuries Christians met in private houses . . . There seems little doubt that these informal gatherings of small groups of believers had great influence in preserving the simplicity and purity of early Christianity”.[8]

In his monumental work New Testament Theology, Donald Guthrie (lecturer on New Testament at the London Bible College) wrote that “the expression ‘in church’ (en ekklésia) . . . refers to an assembly of believers. There is no suggestion of a special building. Indeed, the idea of a church as representing a building is totally alien to the NT.”[9]

Ronald Sider, in Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger, made a good point. He said, “The early church was able to defy the decadent values of Roman civilization precisely because it experienced the reality of Christian fellowship in a mighty way . . . Christian fellowship meant unconditional availability to and unlimited liability for the other sisters and brothers — emotionally, financially and spiritually. When one member suffered, they all suffered. When one rejoiced, they all rejoiced (1 Cor. 12:26). When a person or church experienced economic trouble, the others shared without reservation. And when a brother or sister fell into sin, the others gently restored the straying person (Mt. 18:15-17; 1 Cor. 5; 2 Cor. 2:5-11; Gal. 6:1-3). The sisters and brothers were available to each other, liable for each other and accountable to each other. The early church, of course, did not always fully live out the New Testament vision of the body of Christ. There were tragic lapses. But the network of tiny house churches scattered throughout the Roman Empire did experience their oneness in Christ so vividly that they were able to defy and eventually conquer a powerful, pagan civilization. The overwhelming majority of churches today, however, do not provide the context in which brothers and sisters can encourage, admonish and disciple each other. We desperately need new settings and structures for watching over one another in love.”[10]

The Proof

The word church (ekklésia) in the New Testament never refers to a building. It fundamentally means assembly, gathering, meeting or congregation. [11] It is clear from Scripture that the early church met in the private homes of its more affluent members.[12] For example Philemon, who was wealthy enough to own a slave, also hosted the church in his home (Phlm 2b). Church hostess Lydia was a prosperous businesswoman who sold expensive purple fabric and could afford servants (Ac 16:14). A church met in the home of Aquila and Priscilla who engaged in the lucrative first century trade of tent making (Ac 18:1-3). Gaius, a man with the means to generously support missionaries (3Jn 1-5), had a home big enough to host the whole church (Ro 16:23). Less well known is the fact that the early church continued this practice of house churches for hundreds of years after the New Testament writings were completed. What are we to do with the fact that the early church met mostly in homes?

by Steve Atkerson

Magog Alliance Forming? - Russia, Turkey & Iran

The chief of staff of the Iranian military, Mohammad Bagheri, made an "unprecedented" visit to Turkey this week, meeting with Turkey's military chief of staff and marking the first such visit of the highest Iranian military officer since the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran. A Turkish pro-government newspaper called it a "milestone," noting that such a meeting between the two would never have been possible if the countries weren't making alliances with one another regarding Syria and Iraq.

Since Ankara was forced to make amends with Moscow after shooting down a Russian plane making maneuvers in the Syrian war, Turkey has been towing the Russian party line in the Syrian civil war - and thus, de facto, in an alliance with Russia's ally Iran. Now that America is arming Kurdish forces fighting ISIS - arguably the most effective forces to date combating the brutal terror group - it is worth it for Turkey and Iran to put their differences aside and join forces against what they perceive as ever-growing Kurdish power and world acceptance.

Turkey has much to gain by its alliance with Russia and Iran. It is in the closing stages of securing the powerful S-400 missile defense system from Russia, and it recently signed a $17-billion agreement with Russian companies to supply Turkey with much-needed oil they are no longer able to buy at contraband prices from ISIS. They are engaged as well in business with Iran, having signed large contracts with an Iranian company to supply them with natural gas.

No one should be surprised at the increased and "unprecedented" cooperation between Turkey and Iran. When it comes to advancing its own agenda, Turkey will not hesitate to make alliances even with those who might be their natural enemies. With Turkey's move away from the United States, Turkey has significantly less constraints in advancing its extremist Islamist agenda. Certainly Iran (or for that matter Russia) will not complain while Turkey crushes the Kurds, injects massive funding into Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, and pumps up Qatar in its current dispute with the Gulf and Arab states over Qatari terror funding.

Turkey's alliance with Iran only lends it additional stability and throws more weight behind these dangerous causes. Hegemony for the region can wait.

- BY PNW STAFF

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Please pray, attend and send participants for this course.

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New Syrian Christian Bishop Brings Hope after ISIS’ Destruction

A new Syriac Orthodox bishop was inaugurated this past weekend and has ushered in hope for Syrian Christians persecuted by ISIS. Amseeh’s inauguration marks the first time since four years ago that the community will have a bishop to lead them. The previous bishop fled when Islamic State militants took control of the area.

The Syrian people, and particularly Christians and other religious minorities, have been subject to genocide carried out by the Islamic State. In addition, over 330,000 people have been killed in Syria’s Civil War. Millions of people have fled the country due to the violence and turmoil.

In these discouraging times, Amseeh’s presence is bringing new hope to the Syrian people. "It's true that many have left, but we're still here, and what happened today is the proof that we're still here in this country and that we will stay," said a 23-year-old Syrian student.

Amseeh has expressed his commitment to begin to help the region rebuild.

“As soon as Deir Ezzor is freed from terrorism, I will make a blessed trip there to start rebuilding both buildings and people,” he said.

Militants Kill Four Men in Eastern Kenya for Their Christian Faith

International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on August 17, 2017, al-Shabaab militants perpetrated another attack in Kenya's Lamu County where four Christian men were killed. The attack came just over one month after an attack in nearby Jima village where seven Christian men were killed.

Father Cyprian Taah of Witu Catholic Church told ICC, "One of our catechists, Stephen Nyati, lost his son in the attack and we are saddened as a church community and we strongly condemn the act. His son had gone back to the fields to check the progress of the farm when the militants pulled him out of the house and slaughtered him." He continued, "We are asking the global community to remember us in prayer and if possible send us material help because the people in the camps need food, shelter, water, medicine, sanitary pads and soap."

The President of Kenya asked the families to remain calm in the displacement camps as measures are being taken to rid the area of the terrorists. He ensured the villagers that they will return to their villages and resume their normal lives as soon as possible, but this recent attack means that Lamu is still not safe.

Christian Operation Using Balloons to Get Scripture into Hands of North Korean Christians

North Korea is the number one country for Christian persecution in the world. Christians in the country face extreme persecution and are forbidden from practicing their faith. Christians from neighboring South Korea are involved in a special mission to get Scripture into the hands of North Korean Christians, and that mission involves specially-designed balloons. The balloons are filled with pages of Scripture and can fit the entire book of Mark. The South Koreans then drive to the border of North and South Korea--the demilitarized zone, fill the balloons with helium, and launch the balloons, which, if the weather is right, will float down into North Korean territory.

The initiative is known as Operation Dandelion. "We started this project back in 1991, and just as a dandelion needs the wind to spread its seeds, we need the wind to spread the message," explained a South Korean Christian identified as Peter who is involved in the project. "It's almost impossible to get Bibles into North Korea, so using balloons is one of the most effective ways to share the gospel," Peter continued. "By sending these balloons, we let our North Korean brothers and sisters know that we are praying for them and the scriptures on the balloons are meant to encourage them," another believer added.

Join us in praying for our North Korean brothers and sisters and for the South Korean Christians who are risking their lives to provide them with Scripture.

This Month in NWC we are worshipping for “Karnataka”. Book your slot for worship. No doubt the nation is going to be shaken during our worship. Be ready and prepare for that.

Contact Us

Email : worshipcentreindia@gmail.com

Mobile : 7708505152

National Worship Centre is a centre where the Lord of hosts, the Lord God Almighty will be worshipped in His majesty all the 24 hours.

Address :

Father’s House,

4/364 E, Anna Salai 1st Cross Street,

ECR, Palavakkam, Chennai – 600041.

Praise God for the successful completion of 14747 slots in National Worship Centre with a Non Stop Worship (24/7)

Volume 5 Issue 33

Posted on 19 August, 201716 November, 2017 by admin

We read about a righteous father in Bible who prayed for his sons sincerely.

In danger of the fire of Gehenna

Job 1:5 It was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts.” Job did so continually.

What are the chances of Job’s sons sinning by cursing God in their heart? Very rare.

This would mean cursing their brethren in their hearts. Because Jesus said,

Mat 25:40 “The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

Mat 5:22 But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment; and whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ will be in danger of the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

When money, fame, popularity increases, there are chances of underestimating, discriminating, judging others.

Getting up early in the morning and offering praises to God is the best sacrifice one can offer to God! That is the best time to hear from God too!

The educated as well as the uneducated can apply . Send your Resume, Recent Passport size Photograph (3 Copies), ID Proof and reference letters to

Email ID : heavenlyhostofjesus@gmail.com

Ph : 044-65453245, 9952040052

18^th August to 23^th August – Tamil – Pannaiyur,Chennai - Sol.Dinesh 9663362589 ,Office. 044-65453245

12^th August to 16^th August – Telugu – Ameerper, Hyderabad – Sis.Kiruba Vani 8374412377 ,Bro.Santosh 9441156056

24^th August to 29^th August – English- Pannaiyur,Chennai - Sol.Dinesh 9663362589 ,Office. 044-65453245

24^th August to 29^th August –Hindi - Vasai East,Mumbai – Sol.Jagdish 9930804564 , Sis.Benny 9867644012

Please pray, attend and send participants for this course.

Come and be blessed and bless others.

Message for year 2017

Luke 24:47--49"And then repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem".

Peace among men with whom God is pleased

The Lord has declared 2017 as the year of Forgiveness and Reconciliation

August 2017 - We pray for Forgiveness and Reconciliation between People of all different religions

Week 4

That people of all the religions worship one God, the Father, and one Lord Jesus Christ 1 Cor. 8:6
That people of every religion live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. Mat 4:4
That in order to flee from the wrath of God, everyone of any religion believes in Jesus Christ and acknowledges Him as their personal Saviour. Mat. 3:7
That people of different religions come to Jesus Christ to be cleansed by His blood from all sin 1 Jn 1:7
That the Gospel of the Kingdom be preached throughout the whole world to all the nations, Mat. 24:14

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America's Suicide Crisis: Dying For Lack Of Hope

How bad is America's suicide problem? Well, it's so bad that Americans' overall life expectancy has declined for the first time since the 1930s.

As Aaron Kheriaty writes in First Things, the suicide crisis in America has reached epidemic proportions. Rates are growing coast to coast, in rural and urban areas, among the poor and the rich, the young and the old. What in the world is going on, and what do we do about it?

In his article, Kheriaty, director of the Medical Ethics Program at Cal-Irvine, describes a witch's brew of factors behind this epidemic of death--ones we've talked about for years on BreakPoint: social fragmentation, an overall decrease in religious involvement, utilitarianism, and--yes--the growth of assisted suicide laws.

But in the end, Kheriaty boils the problem down to one word: Despair. Despair, as in the utter lack of hope.

In 1995, Robert Putnam first raised a red flag in an essay and subsequent book, "Bowling Alone." He noticed that while more Americans than ever before were bowling, the number of bowling leagues was declining. Folks were bowling alone.

Similarly, fewer Americans were attending school board or town meetings, volunteering, or even getting together with their neighbors.

And this was long before the isolating effects of internet, social media and cell phones. I doubt that back then Putnam could have imagined a family of 4--mom, dad, sister, and brother--out to dinner together but each one staring into their own mobile devices. But you've seen it, and so have I.

This isolation breeds loneliness. And loneliness can be a major factor behind depression, which in turn can set people on the road to self-annihilation.

Now, Kheriaty notes that clinical depression can and does have chemical causes as well, but, as he writes, "Your serotonin and dopamine levels may be out of kilter, but you may still have a problem with your Tinder compulsion and dinners alone in front of the television."

So while depression can be a serious mental illness that needs medical and psychological treatment, aloneness is curable. And that's exactly where the Church should be jumping up and down, waving its arms saying, "Come here! Come here! Join us!"

"We now have a sizeable body of medical research," Kheriaty continues, "which suggests that prayer, religious faith, participation in a religious community, and practices like cultivating gratitude, forgiveness, and other virtues can reduce the risk of depression [and], lower the risk of suicide."

One study of 89,000 people showed that those "who attend any religious service once a week or more were five times less likely to commit suicide" than those who don't.

Obviously, church--or for that matter, synagogue or mosque--attendance reduces isolation. And of course, all three Abrahamic faiths "have strong moral prohibitions against suicide."

But in the end, what religious faith provides is meaning, belonging, and ultimately hope for something beyond us or our circumstances and our self-isolation.

"Come to me all you who are weary and heavy laden," Jesus says, "and I will give you rest." We, my friends, need to bring people to Jesus.

Chuck Colson liked to say that Christianity offers the world a great proposal--a better way to live and flourish--an invitation to the wedding feast of the Lamb.

We have the invitations . . . are we passing them out?

- BY PNW STAFF

State Government in India Passes Anti-Conversion Bill Despite Widespread Opposition

International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the Jharkhand Assembly, a state legislative body in northeastern India, passed the Jharkhand Freedom of Religion Bill-2017, also known as "Jharkhand Dharma Swatantra Adhiniyam," on Saturday, August 12. The bill will now be sent to the governor, following whose approval it would go to the president for final assent. The bill was passed by the BJP-led government despite significant opposition from religious groups, civil society, and the tribal groups across Jharkhand.

"This is very unfortunate for the people of Jharkhand," Rev. Dr. Man Maish Ekka, a member of the Jharkhand Sadbhavana Munch, a local religious freedom forum, told ICC. "This is not just an attack on Christians, but is an attack on the religious freedom that the constitution gives to very citizens of this country. The motive of the bill is to divide the tribal people and break their unity."

"[These] anti-conversion laws, ironically titled freedom of religion laws, are actually aimed at taking away the freedom of religion and rights of tribal and other marginalized sections of the Indian society," Rev. Vijayesh Lal, General Secretary Evangelical Fellowship of India, stated in a press statement.

Section 3 of the law states, "No person shall attempt to convert, either directly or otherwise, any person from one religious faith to another by use of force or by allurement or by any fraudulent means, nor shall any person abet any such conversion." Punishment under this bill would include imprisonment of up to three years, a fine of 50,000 Rupees, or both. In cases where a minor, a woman, or a person from the Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe communities were involved, the prison sentence would increase to four years and the fine to 100,000 Rupees.

Although similar laws exist in six other states in India, those governments have not defined the terms "inducement," "coercion," "force," or "fraud" in the context of religious conversions. Due to this legal ambiguity, these laws have been widely abused by radical Hindu nationalist groups to harass and intimidate Christians while claiming to be under the auspices of state law.

"The anti-conversion law will ruin the lives and the witness of the church," a local pastor in Ranchi, who wished to remain anonymous, told ICC. "The BJP, having the power both at the national level and the state, wants to implement its Hindutva ideology. This bill will further divide the people of Jharkhand, particularly divide the tribal people who lived in unity for ages."

William Stark, ICC's Regional Manager, said, "We here at International Christian Concern are deeply disappointed to see another state in India pass an anti-conversion law, especially in the face of so much local opposition. These laws are widely abused by Hindu radicals due to the legal ambiguity within the laws themselves. Often, these laws provide an easy excuse for radicals to attack Christian leaders with impunity. One simply needs to claim the pastor was forcefully converting an individual following an assault. As a result, instead of the pastor's assailants being arrested, it's the assailed pastor who is arrested by police following an attack. With attacks on Christians skyrocketing, the adoption of a law that would only incite more violence seems to be another step away from India enforcing religious freedom for all."

Herdsmen in Plateau State, Nigeria Quietly Seizing Christians' Property, Pastors Say

Muslim Fulani herdsmen attacks on predominantly Christian Berom farmers in Plateau state, Nigeria amount to “economic terrorism,” Christian leaders told Morning Star News. While Plateau state officials say “relative peace” prevails, Christian leaders point to herdsmen attacks in the past eight months that saw 18 Christians injured and two villages seized. Whether the “peace” is said to be relative to violence in northern neighbor Kaduna state, where attacks are so prevalent that officials dictated a news blackout, or with Plateau state flare-ups of past decades in which thousands died, Christian leaders told Morning Star News that attacks by Muslim Fulani herdsmen since December have quietly continued.

A pastor and his 5-year-old son were injured in May, four Christian women were raped, 12 Christians were injured and two communities displaced in attacks on 17 villages in the Barkin Ladi and Riyom Local Government Areas, said Christian leaders Choji Chuwang, Jatau Gyang, and Da Jelkyes. Chuwang said all those affected were members of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) and Assemblies of God.

“As we gleefully wallow in the false sense of peace on the Plateau, know it today that a deliberate economic terrorism and land-grabbing strategy is being launched on Christians of Riyom and Barkin Ladi on a daily basis with the sole aim of making them poor, weak and destitute in their own land,” he said.

Management Committee Chairman of Riyom Local Government of Plateau State Mafeng Gwalson told media in May that the area was enjoying relative peace because the relationship between the security operatives and the citizens had been strengthened. Pastor David Dalyop of the Assemblies of God and his 5-year-old son were wounded when Muslim Fulani herdsmen attacked Gana Ropp, Barkin Ladi LGA, the night of May 25, Chuwang said. In Jol, Riyom LGA, Fulani assailants on March 17 stoned secondary school students, injuring 14-year-old Nehemiah David. When security personnel intercepted the attackers’ cows, Chuwang said, “there were sporadic gunshots into homes of our people. This left them panicking.”

Two Fulani herdsmen on June 6 assaulted and raped a Christian woman (name withheld) in Dayan Rim, Riyom LGA, then tied her to a tree from 1 p.m. until 7 p.m., he said. Later apprehended, the Fulani herders admitted they had raped her and tied her to a tree. Later that night, Fulani herdsmen invaded Lwa community of Riyom LGA and removed the roofs of all the houses while Christians there were away from their homes at a wake. In the past eight months, Fulani herders have attacked eight Christian women, he said: Tanitha Luka, Rifkatu Emmanuel Pam, Victoria Monday, and one identified only her surname, Maichibi. The identities of four other women were not disclosed because they were raped by the herdsmen, he said.

On July 2, Fulani herdsmen ambushed and attacked Christian women returning from a mining site, injuring many of them, he said. On July 7, Fulani pastoralists grazed their cows on maize farms of Christian villagers of Rim community, Riyom LGA, at night, destroying about six hectares of farmland. On the evening of June 17, when inhabitants had returned home, herdsmen grazed their cattle on the farmland of Gyang Yarima and Davou Mwagwong, both of Vwak hamlet in Jol, Chuwang said. The next night, the herdsmen destroyed the maize crops of Joshua Peter of Dajol hamlet, Jol, he said. On June 28, Fulani herdsmen ambushed Christian villagers of Jol who were returning from mining, seriously wounding five of them.

A heated argument on May 1 between Fulani leaders and Solomon Mandiks resulted in an altercation at the Riyom police station; Mandiks had been petitioning against the forceful occupation of lands sacked by the herdsmen. On May 8, Chuwang said, a Fulani man had threatened Mandiks, saying that his days were numbered as Fulanis had just met in Gwav and decided that he should be “silenced” for petitioning their “rightful claim” to lands they have seized. On May 9, Fulani herders attacked and seriously injured Gyang Dambwarang for raising his voice when they grazed their cows into his compound, Chuwang said.

On May 19, Fulani herdsmen attacked three Christians on the Rafin-Acha to Tanjol road, fatally injuring David Yakubu. “They ran away and their cows were apprehended and handed over to security operatives,” Chuwang said. The cows were released to the owner that night “on the excuse that the owner of the cows showed some scratches to his hand, saying that he was also attacked,” he said. On May 17, the head of Darin, in Jol, was attacked by Fulani herders, who left him in a coma, apparently thinking he was dead, he said.

In Werreng Rim, Davou Joro Mangai was attacked on April 4 and seriously injured by suspected Islamic terrorists and/or Fulani herdsmen, who cut down cactus trees that Christians used as a fence around their houses, and grazed their cattle on their lands. Two of the Fulani attackers were apprehended and handed over to Riyom police, Chuwang said.

“On March 9, Fulani herdsmen mowed down the banana farms of our people of Lwa community of Bachit District in Riyom LGA,” Chuwang said. On Feb. 20, Fulanis erected massive and settlements on the Tagabos area of Sho community, which had been sacked by overnight raids “in a definite statement of occupation,” Chuwang said.

“On Feb. 28, Fulani herdsmen, in a lame excuse of searching for a cow, terrorized inhabitants of Tanjol hamlets with sporadic gunshots,” he said. “Christian inhabitants said it was a ploy to know if any of the villagers would return shots too, so that in an eventual attack, they would know which house to target first.” On Jan. 18, Islamic extremists attacked and injured a Jol woman, Rifkatu Emmanuel Pam, he said. Also in Jol on the morning of Jan. 28, Fulani herdsmen tried to kidnap Dachung Maichibi, his wife and son in the Darin area. Later that night, they destroyed mud blocks molded by Internally Displaced People of Zim community in Ropp District of Barkin Ladi LGA, along with those of Jol who were trying to rebuild their razed houses, he said.

“On Jan. 20, Fulani herdsmen attacked our women on their farms at Mere hamlet of Rahoss Community in Riyom LGA, injuring one Mrs. Victoria Monday as others escaped,” he said. One Dec. 8, 2016, Fulani herdsmen set ablaze piles of freshly harvested millet and beans belonging to the people of Nachur and Sopp communities, he said. On Dec. 9, Fulani herders attacked children at Kum of Byei community; Tabitha Lula of Werreng escaped after she was nearly killed, he said.

On the evening of Dec. 18, Fulani herdsmen led their cows to graze on the cabbage farm of Christians. They were apprehended, and the cattle of one of the herders, Musa Shuaibu of Rankum community (renamed Mahanga by the Fulani), were handed over to security agents, Chuwang said. These encroachments and attacks should not be ignored, he said. “If this doesn’t disturb us collectively as Plateau people, then let’s keep playing the ostrich as they forcefully take Plateau state inch by inch, day by day,” Chuwang said. Predominantly Muslim Fulani herdsmen have launched numerous attacks on Christians in northern and central Nigeria. Christians make up 51.3 percent of Nigeria’s population, while Muslims living primarily in the north and middle belt account for 45 percent. Nigeria ranks 12th on Open Doors’ World Watch List of countries where Christians suffer the most persecution.

Cuban Pastor is Released from Jail but Kept under House Arrest

A Cuban pastor who was put in jail for homeschooling his children will be allowed to continue his ministry work but under house arrest, according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide.

Pastor Ramon Rigal, of the Church of God in Cuba, was told Tuesday in court that he could resume his work.

Rigal and his wife, Adya, were both arrested in February for refusing to send their children to a state-run school. The couple had said that the school was teaching a Marxist-Leninist secular ideology that challenged their Christian beliefs.

"I brought evidence that my children were learning — notebooks and materials — [but] they didn't care," Rigal was quoted as saying.

In April, Rigal was sentenced to one year in prison and Adya was sentenced to one year of house arrest.

In July, Rigal’s sentence was reduced to house arrest, but he had to also enroll his children in state school when school started in September. The July sentencing also said he was barred from serving as a church leader.

The new ruling means that Rigal can continue his work as a church leader, but he still remains under house arrest. His children have also been given scholarships to attend an online course through a Christian institution.

"While we welcome the news that Pastor Rigal will be able to continue leading his church, he and his wife are still under house arrest," CSW senior advocate Anna Lee Stangl said a statement.

“We continue to call for the unwarranted sentences that he and his wife received to be cancelled and for the government to cease its harassment of the family and their church."

For Impoverished Christians and Muslims in India, Aug. 10 is a ‘Black Day’

Although the caste system has been politically outlawed in India, it is so ingrained in Indian society that it is often adhered to still.

Hinduism is the dominant religion in India, so members of other religions, specifically Christians and Muslims, are often at a disadvantage. Most of India’s Christians and Muslims are part of the lowest caste. This caste, to which 70 percent of Christians belong, is known as the Dalit caste.

Dalits face discrimination and sometimes even violence.

Today, August 10, marks a particularly sad day for Dalits, according to Christian Today. On this day 67 years ago, a presidential order was signed by India’s first president, Rajendra Prasad, that stated, “no person who professes a religion different from the Hindu religion shall be deemed to be a member of a Scheduled Caste.”

Dalit Christians and Muslims have come to view this day as a “Black Day” because of this presidential order.

Activists have also marked this day as an opportunity to raise awareness and bring about social change. Rallies, meetings, and vigils have been held, and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India has called on campaigners to wear black badges to raise awareness of the Dalits’ plight.

The most Rev. Dr. A. Neethinathan, Bishop of Chingleput, wrote that August 10, the “Black Day” is “an opportunity for Christians to commit themselves to root out casteism and discrimination from within the Church. All of us acknowledge and even assert that caste discrimination and untouchability are against the fundamental tenets of Christianity.”

Christian Convert Released from Prison in Iran after 4 Years

A Christian convert from Islam has been released from prison in Iran where she had been held for four years.

Mission Network News reports that Maryam Nagash Zargaran was charged with being a danger to national security and imprisoned four years ago. She was kept in Iran’s Evin Prison, which is known for its harsh conditions. This was the same prison where Saeed Abedini was kept. A spokesperson for Global Catalytic Ministries commented on the prison’s abysmal conditions:

“Historically when people have come out of that particular prison, it literally takes them months to recover physically — partly due to torture and beatings, but also because of just the lack of sanitary conditions and then the food, etc. It’s a tough place to come out of.”

Zargaran was in poor health before being imprisoned, but now that she has been released, her physical ailments are revealed to be even worse. She was reportedly beaten in the prison--once until her leg was broken. She also has suffered mentally.

In addition to these hardships, Zargaran engaged in hunger strikes to protest her unjust imprisonment.

Another spokesperson for GCM said that Zargaran’s case, although horrific, is unfortunately not unique. Christians in Iran often suffer persecution in the forms of discrimination, torture, imprisonment, and sometimes death.

Volume 5 Issue 32

Posted on 12 August, 201716 November, 2017 by admin

Anything more than that

While travelling in train, I have seen people who can talk incessantly from morning till evening. No doubt, it’s a special talent. When we read the following passage, we may wonder whether we have to think twice before we speak a word.

“Instead, let your message be 'Yes' for 'Yes' and 'No' for 'No.' Anything more than that comes from the evil one." Mat 5:37

This does not mean to limit your words to yes or no.

Jesus here speaks about the decisions you have to take yourself. In our daily life we have to take decisions every moment. Any time, we are speaking to ourselves

Yes

If you refuse to say either of the above, or even if you delay a little while, you will be carried away by others or by circumstances and will become a victim of other’s decisions.

Your life is the result of the decisions you have taken so far.

You said “yes” to

Your studies, subject you selected in studies

The dress you wear now

The hairstyle you are having

The vehicle you own

The wife/husband you have today

Accept Jesus as your personal saviour

Can you think of the times you said “yes” to the above.

Have you delayed in taking decisions for yourself, were you afraid or any time did not want to say “Yes” or “No” to yourself regarding studies, marriage, job, choosing life partner, choosing place of settling down etc etc.

Result?

Others would have decided them for you. You allowed somebody else to take decisions for you

Regarding marriage, studies, buying a house, choosing a place for settling down, selecting job, profession, friends, a Church?

Jesus said, whatever decisions you take in life by saying, “yes”, you hold yourself responsible and you will reap the results.

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Message for year 2017

Luke 24:47--49"And then repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem".

Peace among men with whom God is pleased

The Lord has declared 2017 as the year of Forgiveness and Reconciliation

August 2017 - We pray for Forgiveness and Reconciliation between People of all different religions

Week 2

That people of all religions put on the new nature, created after the likeness of God into righteousness and holiness Eph 4:24
That people of every religion purify their souls by their obedience to truth for a sincere love of the brethren and love one another earnestly from the heart. 1 Pet 1:22
That people of every religion be born of God and God’s nature abides in them. 1 Jn 3:9
That every person of any religion loves his brother and thereby become worthy to be the child of God. 1 Jn 3:10
That people of all the religions be privileged to be called the children of God through Jesus Christ. 1 Jn 3:1

“Go and do likewise” (continued)

Leaving him half dead

The thieves left him half dead. Jesus told about the physical condition. But this applies to the spiritual life also. Many believers are spiritually dead or half dead today. They have lost the liberty to exercise the gift of healing, deliverance etc. They are not able to prophesy. Even the very concept is misunderstood as only predicting the future. So much of ignorance and misinterpretation about the gift of prophecy (Acts 2:17) prevails even among the believers. Jesus said,

“I have come so that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly”. (Jn 10:10)

Many of the believers are not able to enjoy this abundant life themselves or impart it to others. The reason is that they are bound in a traditional set up of “Institutional Church” and do not allow themselves to be guided by the Holy Spirit.

“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.” Rom 8:14.

In this dead/half dead situation, the Good Samaritan,

Set him on his own animal (34)
Brought him to an inn(34)
Took care of him (34)

Going on the next day, he gave two denarii to the innkeeper, and said to him, ‘Take care of him. And whatever more you spend, when I come again I will repay you’.

He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him.

Luk 10:35 And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’

He wanted to take full responsibility of the man who fell among robbers. Perhaps he had cancelled some of his programmes for the sake of that man.

Let us reflect over this.

To how many people have I been a Good Samaritan? How many opportunities have I lost ?

Let us repent and turn to God.

School Officials Declare Playgrounds 'No-Jesus' Zones

A summit meeting has been called, likely as early as next week, to address a backlash after bureaucrats in an Australian state declared their public-school playgrounds "no Jesus" zones.

"It is hard to understand what is so dangerous about Jesus that the Queensland government has to ban children from talking about him, even at Christmas time," said Wendy Francis, the Queensland director for the Australian Christian Lobby.

"Are they worried kids will start living out the values of the Sermon on the Mount?" she asked, urging Education Minister Kate Jones to rescind the new pronouncement.

Jones' comments were reported by the Christian charity Barnabas Fund, which said she now is seeking a meeting of her education agency committee to discuss the issue.

The Australian reported principals have been warned about unacceptable actions such as making beaded bracelets or necklaces with a Christian message to give away. Devising a poem, song or drama to communicate the gospel. Making a speech at a school assembly about something that matters to God. Passing around leaflets advertising church events."

The Australian Christian Lobby said it wants the issue cleared up.

Francis noted that while Jones was quoted saying children were free to speak as they wished, "departmental directives in government reports telling principals to crack down on kids talking about Jesus have not been rescinded."

"It is hard to understand what these unelected bureaucrats fear from children talking about Jesus, exchanging Christmas cards with nativity scenes and with Christmas decorations featuring angels."

Paul Marshall, Lela Gilbert and Nina Shea have collaborated to create "Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christians," which confirms that groups such as Pew Research, Newsweek and The Economist also identify Christians as "the world's most widely persecuted religious group."

- BY PNW STAFF

Christians Killed, Injured in Church Shooting in Southern Nigeria

At least 11 people were killed in an attack on a Catholic church service in southern Nigeria today that apparently was rooted in a conflict with a relative of one of the parishioners, authorities said. At least 18 others were injured in the shooting at St. Philip’s Catholic Church in Amakwa Ozobulu, near Onitsha of Ekwusigo Local Government Area (LGA) in tiny Anambra state, a state official said. A police statement emailed to Morning Star News stated that “unknown gunmen” attacked.The dead and the injured were reportedly taken to Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital in Nnewi.

“Thanking over 50 doctors who were on ground looking after the injured, the governor assured their families that all medical bills will be taken care of by the state government,” Aniagoh said. Another attack on a Catholic church in Anambra, this one politically motivated, occurred more than a year ago. Nigerian security agents on May 30, 2016 killed eight Christians when the officers targeted secessionist Biafra agitators at a church service in Nkpor town. Christians make up 51.3 percent of Nigeria’s population, while Muslims living primarily in the north and middle belt account for 45 percent. Nigeria ranks 12th on Open Doors’ World Watch List of countries where Christians suffer the most persecution.

Brownback Tapped as Religious Freedom Ambassador: An Advocate for the Persecuted

Open Doors USA reports that last year was the worst year on record for global religious persecution. Before that, the worst year was 2015, and before that, 2014. One report by the Center for Studies on New Religions put the range of Christians killed for their faith last year in the tens of thousands, and concluded that as many as 600 million were prevented from practicing their faith through “intimidation, forced conversions, bodily harm or even death.”

In other words, persecution is at historic levels and getting worse. Despite North Korea topping the list of offenders for several years running now, Islamic countries still account for nearly all major persecution of Christians. With the continuing Syrian civil war, the aggression of ISIS throughout much of the Middle East, and growing suspicion toward refugees in Europe and the United States, some of the world’s oldest Christian communities are simply going extinct.

So, given U.S. influence in the region over the past decade and a half, having someone in Washington to speak for persecuted religious minorities isn’t just a nice gesture. It’s our duty.

That’s why I was thrilled last week to hear that President Trump had tapped Kansas Governor Sam Brownback to head the Office of International Religious Freedom at the State Department. This post has been vacant for far too long, and filling it with the right person was crucial.

Let me give one more reason the U.S. needs to be a voice on this issue: because no other government is speaking up for the victims of religious persecution, internationally. No other country has an ambassador for religious freedom, and frankly, a lot of majority secular countries don’t seem to care.

Religious freedom is a unique part of the U. S.’s national heritage—it’s at the core of who we are and always have been as a nation, all the way back to our founding. From William Penn and Roger Williams, to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, religious freedom has always been important to Americans, even when we haven’t upheld it perfectly. If we aren’t speaking for those persecuted for their faith, who will?

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Eight Churches in Baghdad Close Their Doors Forever as Christians Continue to Flee Iraq

The liberation of Mosul came after nine hard months of fighting and three brutish years of occupation. All eyes have fixated on this noteworthy event; however, just south in Baghdad, eight churches have been closed due to the significant loss of the Christian populace.

The eight Baghdad churches were closed in May of 2017, after nearly seven years of low to no attendance. After the regional Catholic Church authority visited the churches, the Vatican decided that it was best to close the doors for good. While this makes logistical sense, it represents a symbolic defeat for the Church in the capital of Iraq.

Christians in Baghdad were distributed within different neighborhoods under Saddam Hussein, some more homogeneous than others. Sectarian conflict and threats began in 2005. At first, the conflicts existed primarily between Sunni and Shia groups, but later, Sunni extremists started threatening Christian populations as well.

Christian accused falsely of insulting Hindu religion in Madhya Pradesh

Four Christians including a Pastor have been charged with insulting the Hindu religion in Sidhi in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh last month. They have been accused of defiling Hindu idols and treating them with disrespect. The accused completely denies the charges and calls it an “evidence planted story”.Pastor Geeta Dixit

Madhya Pradesh is one of the five states in India besides Gujarat, Orissa, Chhattisgarh and Himachal Pradesh which has enforced the anti-conversion laws.

This Month in NWC we are worshipping for “Karnataka”. Book your slot for worship. No doubt the nation is going to be shaken during our worship. Be ready and prepare for that.

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Let us bind and destroy the works of the devil in the name of Jesus Christ who has conquered sin, satan, curse and death on the cross

Mark 7:22 The spirit of wickedness

Troop Church Meeting

Troop Compassion, Virugambakkam

Troop The way, Madippakkam

Upcoming School of Worship

21,22 October – Chennai – Panaiyur - Contact : 9841034637 (Sis.Blessy) , 7338804381 (Sis.Felshiyah)

Upcoming Prophecy School

Forgiveness and Reconciliation Programme (FRP)

Message for year 2017

Be Formed and Form (BFF)

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BFF – Arunachal Pradesh

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National Worship Centre (NWC)

National Worship Centre is a centre where the Lord of hosts, the Lord God Almighty will be worshipped in His majesty all the 24 hours.

Praise God for the successful completion of 15256 slots in National Worship Centre with a Non Stop Worship (24/7)

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Let us bind and destroy the works of the devil in the name of Jesus Christ who has conquered sin, satan, curse and death on the cross

Message for reflection – Sr.Angelica

Suffering for His name’s sake

Be Formed and Form (BFF)

Email ID : heavenlyhostofjesus@gmail.com

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Upcoming BFF

BFF – Hyderabad – Batch 151

Forgiveness and Reconciliation Programme (FRP)

Message for year 2017

Upcoming Prophecy School

Jeremiah School of Prophecy – Avadi,Chennai

Upcoming School of Worship

21,22 October - Chennai - Panaiyur - Contact : 9841034637 (Sis.Blessy), 7338804381(Sis.Felshiyah)

David School of Worship – Trichy

David School of Worship – Eranakulam, Kerala

Know your Bible – Sis.Angelica

National Worship Centre (NWC)

National Worship Centre is a centre where the Lord of hosts, the Lord God Almighty will be worshipped in His majesty all the 24 hours.

Praise God for the successful completion of 15256 slots in National Worship Centre with a Non Stop Worship (24/7)

Covenant Women

The Lord is in need of "6 filled Jars" to accomplish His work as He did in Cana. (John 2:1-11 )

The jars should be filled with the Holy Spirit!!

The Lord will add to it colour, odour, taste, value etc.,

People can draw wine from the jar to give taste, strength, love and value to the women of the world.....!!

"" Oh Dear Covenant woman, “ARE YOU A FILLED JAR??” If you are a WOMAN FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT the Lord is ready to make use of you to bring taste, joy and love to the women of our Nation ""

THE LORD NEEDS " 6 FILLED JARS " (6 WOMEN FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT) to CONDUCT CWM IN YOUR PLACES!!

Find out the jars who are simply sitting outside the houses and synagogue for washing purpose!! (Traditional Christian life)

The Master is in need of you!!!

Are you ready???

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Let us bind and destroy the works of the devil in the name of Jesus Christ who has conquered sin, satan, curse and death on the cross

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Will of our Father

Be Formed and Form (BFF)

Email ID : heavenlyhostofjesus@gmail.com

Ph : 044-65453245, 9952040052

BFF – Varanasi

BFF – Hyderabad

Upcoming BFF

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Please confirm your registration as early as possible.It's a unique Christ designed course, transforms souls, delivers people from bondage, enlightens people on true knowledge of Christ and the word of God, Anointing of the Holy Spirit is abundant all through the programme.

Come and be blessed and bless others.

National Worship Centre (NWC)

National Worship Centre is a centre where the Lord of hosts, the Lord God Almighty will be worshipped in His majesty all the 24 hours.

Praise God for the successful completion of 15156 slots in National Worship Centre with a Non Stop Worship (24/7)

Upcoming Prophecy School

Upcoming School of Worship

New Troop Church – Gujarat

New Troop Church – Champapet, Telengana

Forgiveness and Reconciliation Programme (FRP)

Message for year 2017

FRP – Chattisgarh

FRP- Nagerkoil

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