Message for Reflections – Sis. Angelica
Be fruitful, multiply!
I met a mother who lost her husband and struggling to bring up her children in the ways of the Lord. I could see how the Lord was with her blessing her in every way. Today’s meditation of Dt 25:5-10 was a pleasant surprise to me. I realised how the Lord has given various statutes to His children in order to fulfil His blessing “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it”. For this purpose, He established and blessed marriage to beget children. Not getting married or not begetting children was considered wrong in the Old Testament.
"When two brothers are living together and one of them dies without leaving a son, his widow must not be married outside the family to a foreigner. Instead, the brother-in-law must go to her, take her as his wife, and by doing so perform the duty of a brother-in-law. The firstborn whom she will bear will continue the name of the dead brother, so his name will not be erased from Israel. But if the man does not want to marry his brother's widow, then she must go to the elders at the city gate and declare, ……. Then the elders of the city are to summon him and speak with him. If he insists on saying, 'I don't want to marry her,' then she is to approach her brother-in-law in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and say in response, 'May this be done to the man who does not preserve the lineage of his brother.' Then his family name in Israel will be known 'as the family of the one whose sandal was removed." Du 25:5-10
What all perversities and deceptive methods the crafty devil has introduced in the world today against the commandment of marrying and begetting children on earth! God’s children! Beware of all these!
Warfare prayer of the soldiers of the Army of Jesus to bind and destroy the works of the devil
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
Pr 19:3 The spirit which makes a foolish man twist his way
FRP @ Wayanad,Kerala Date: May 19,20
Forgiveness and Reconciliation Programme was conducted in Wayanad on 19,20 May, 2018. Wayanad is a beautiful place of landscapes, forests and wild animals. To reach the place we went from Chennai to Mysore and took a bus from Mysore to Mananthavady. On the way the bus passed through forests and in three places we saw elephants. At one place a cub of an elephant and 5 elephants were grazing. The cub was on the main road. The bus driver passed by without disturbing them. Quite exciting journey!
School of Worship @ Panniyur, Chennai – Date : May 19,20
DAVID SCHOOL OF WORSHIP CONDUCTED ON 15.4.18 @ Dr. CHARLES ELDERS COMMUNITY– CHENNAI
TEACHERS : Sol. Theodore, Sis. Angelica
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS : 25
FEEDBACK FROM PARTICIPANTS :
- Sujatha - I came to know about the True form of Worship, it is very easy for me to found the difference between Praise, Thanksgiving and Worship, it was very well explained what God needs from us regards to Worship
- Mohana Sundaram : Values of Worship was very well explained, I have learned how to wait upon the Lord in a detailed manner.
- Manju Jackin : The Lord spoke to me, when they gave the personal hour of Worship, The Lord reminded me what I have to do in the next up things to come. Anxieties vanished in the Presence of the Lord.
- Sam Thangadurai : I was going through a situation where, I had to take some important decision in my Life, for that the Lord gave me Clarity for how I have to handle the situation. Thank you Jesus for speaking to me.
- Anitha Sam : The Lord taught me how to give thanks for simple things, and also I had a huge burden in my heart and the when I submitted everything to the Lord, peace of the Lord consumed me and I was taken up into the Heavenly realm.
- Lilly Pushpam : In one hour personal worship session, I had a heavenly experience, I felt that my body has taken up and the Lord started talking to me, also had visitation of angels surrounding me. Thank you Jesus for giving me a heavenly experience.
- Catherine : I had a big question i.e “why Lord is not talking to me, and I was asking the Lord reveal himself to me, I heard a voice of Thunder and the Spirit of the Lord started speaking to me, I had a wonderful conversation with Jesus for 30 minutes, I told Jesus that on my left side hearing was lost, please show me where it is, and after a while when I opened my hand it came automatically in my left hand. Thank you Jesus for revealing yourself to me.
- Kaveri : It was very difficult for me to worship for more hours, with full concentration. Today I learned there are stages to go closer to Jesus, and when I was doing it one hour - personal session, it has gone very soon and I could concentrate well, I assure that my pattern of Worship has changed through this. Amen.
- Mohana Sundaram : Submitting Yourself is a Living Sacrifice, this word has really touched my heart which I have not done it before in my life. Today the Lord opened my eyes to do it, I sacrificed my Life has a Living Acceptable sacrifice. Tears were flowing in my eyes, words can't be explained.
- Jackin : I heard a Voice from heaven “ Come up here ! My faithful servant, I am pleased with You “, when I had this inspiration I was very happy. Thank you Jesus for revealing this to me.
- Acha : The Lord showed me that, “ I will be doing greater things in the coming days, all the plans which I showed you before will be accomplished”, I was overwhelmed in the presence of the Lord, after hearing this a words.
- Shakespeare : Although I used to worship the Lord before, I with joy not having a clear understanding about it. The Lord opened my mind to understand the mysteries, I will share these things to others also.
- Thangaraj : Awareness of Worship was not there before, The Lord gave some greater insights about it. Amen.
ALL GLORY TO JESUS ALONE
Prophecy – Children, @ Perambur,Chennai – Date : May 13
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National Worship Centre – Visions and Revelations
- It was an amazing experience to worship the Lord and felt this 2 hours should never end. I saw the angel holding a baby and taking care of it while worshiping. The Lord is my savior and I am blessed to experience again in my life may this worship at NWC never stop.
- I saw a torch in west of India and it was ignited with fire and a lion was holding that torch. Right after that a person who worshiped with, he spoke in prayer about Gideon’s army and prayed for anointing. The Lord reveled conformation of that vision.
- When I was worshiping I heard a voice, this is the time of struggle which will get over soon, go ahead with God’s work, I am with you.
- Beautiful experience. When my husband and myself started worshipping, the presence of the Lord filled us. God gave me a conformation through his word (Jer 29:11). I wanted to come with my husband. God fulfilled this wish of mine with wonderful experience.
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Prophecy NEWS Updates
The #1 Most Overlooked Prophetic Sign
Can we know when Jesus is coming back? No. No one knows the day or the hour of His return (Mark 13:32). However, we can know the general season of His return. Why do I say this? Because Jesus told us so. He said certain signs will indicate His return is near.
And today, we see them. Those signs include (but are not limited to): the rebirth of Israel as a nation (Jeremiah 23:7-8)... The Jewish people in control of Jerusalem (Luke 21:24-28)... A marked increase in travel and knowledge (Daniel 12:4)... and many more.
Centuries ago, Jesus and the prophets pointed to dozens of signs just like these. Jesus said when you see them, you should "look up, because your salvation draws near" (Luke 21:28). But I want to focus on just one of those signs. It's a sign so obvious, people take it for granted.
It may even be the most important sign. Yet, while it's in full view of every man, woman, and child on earth, most people still ignore it. Hard to believe isn't it? But it's true. One of the foremost signs of the Second Coming is either ignored or dismissed by almost everyone in the world.
The Most Overlooked Sign of the Second Coming
So what is this sign? It's the Gospel. That's right. The spread of the Gospel is the most overlooked sign of the Second Coming. When Jesus was asked, "When will the end come? And what will be the signs of your coming?" He said, "the Good News will be preached to the whole world so all nations will hear it, and then the end will come" (Matthew 24:14). Our generation is on the verge of fulfilling this sign.
Right now, the Gospel is being preached in every nation on earth. It's an unmistakable sign of the times in which we live. Yet, it's the #1 most overlooked sign. The world, and even many Christians, take it for granted.
Those people say, "What's the big deal? Why wouldn't the Gospel spread across the world? We live in an age of satellite TV, the Internet, and global travel." True. Technology partially explains the recent explosion of the Gospel. Print books, ebooks, websites, television, radio, and more take the Gospel to millions on a daily basis. But is technology solely responsible? No. Technology alone will not make a message go global.
So what will? The power of the message. God is the one behind the spread of the Gospel. Don't doubt it. As Gamaliel observed, "If the Gospel is not from God, it will soon fade away. But if the Gospel is from God, no one will be able to stop it" (Acts 5:38-39).
How many others have tried to spread a different message and failed? The Gospel has spread because it's the Word of God. The Bible says the Word of God always produces fruit. It will accomplish all God wants it to and prosper everywhere He sends it (Isaiah 55:11). No one should take this for granted. After all, the global spread of the Gospel is nothing less than a miracle.
Think about it. A first century carpenter on the outskirts of the Roman Empire said His message would be proclaimed to the ends of the earth. He said "the whole world" and "all nations" will hear it. That's a bold claim. Remember, Jesus only had a few followers at the time. He had no great wealth. He didn't hold a high or important government position.
He wasn't a conquering hero. He was a poor wandering preacher in an all but forgotten province of the mighty Roman Empire. He lived in a time when TV, radio, the Internet, and the printing press did not yet exist. Nothing indicated His name and message would spread to all nations. Yet, here we are today, where the name of Jesus is known throughout the world.
Do we really grasp the significance of this? When Jesus made this bold claim, His followers didn't even understand what "the whole world" was. Perhaps they had heard of India and China, but Japan? Australia? North and South America?
All these places were unknown to the disciples. No one at the time knew how large the world was or even how many nations existed. The idea of reaching them all was absurd. Yet Jesus knew. As God in the flesh, He knew how big the world was. And He said the global spread of the Gospel would be a sign of His return.
The Spread of the Gospel
Following the crucifixion, the Gospel spread throughout Israel. But it took several decades to reach the rest of the Roman Empire. For the first 1,000 years of Christianity, the Gospel rarely left western Europe and the Mediterranean region. So for fifteen centuries, no Christian could point to this sign of the Second Coming.
Many honored the Lord's command to "go into all nations and make disciples" (Matthew 28:19), and they tried to fulfill this sign in their time. But only in recent years could anyone claim this sign is nearing fulfillment.
Today, the Gospel circles the globe on a daily basis. Missionaries take it to the most remote corners of the world. Radio and television transmit the Word of God into nations hostile to Christianity, and the Internet brings the Gospel to everyone with an electronic device. Yet, despite all this, the spread of the Gospel goes largely unnoticed. Jesus said this would be a sign of His return.
He said in the days of Noah, people enjoyed banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat and the flood came and destroyed them all (Luke 17:26-30). The people of Noah's day did not believe a flood was coming. But the flood did come, and so will Jesus.
Remember, Jesus said, "The Gospel will be preached to all nations, and then the end will come" (Matthew 24:14). He didn't say, "The Gospel will be preached to all nations, and then I'll come 50 years or 100 years or 1,000 years later." No. He said, "And then the end will come." Our generation is on the verge of seeing the Gospel preached to all the nations. That means Jesus is right at the door. He's coming soon!
Britt Gillette is author of the ebook Coming to Jesus as well as the books Signs of the Second Comingand Racing Toward Armageddon.
- PNW Staff
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Indonesia: Death Toll ‘Unimaginable’ if Bomb Had Exploded Inside Church
The leader of one of the Indonesian church most badly damaged by the suicide bombing attacks last Sunday, 13 May, has said he “can’t imagine” how much greater the damage could have been had the attacker detonated the bomb inside the church.
Rev. Yonathan Budiantoro of Surabaya Pentecostal Church, told the Christian charity Open Doors International that the morning service is the “worshippers’ favourite time” to be at the church. Asked what might have happened had the bomber made it inside, he said: “I can’t imagine. There would be so many victims. I can’t imagine the death toll if the bombs had exploded inside the church.”
Police say that Dita Oepriarto, whom they accused of being the local leader of the JAD militant group behind the attacks, drove a car laden with explosives at the church at around 7.30am local time, but it exploded outside the building. A 52-year-old security guard died, as did four church members, including a 17-year-old who tried to prevent the bombers’ car from passing through the church gate.
The church has since posted a list of missing church members:
Sentence Upheld for Pastor in Algeria Stopped for Carrying Christian Literature
A case that began with police in Algeria stopping a Christian suspected of carrying Bibles in his car ended yesterday with a large fine for the church leader.
A judge in Tiaret, 600 kilometers (372 miles) southwest of Algiers, on Wednesday (May 16) denied pastor Nouredine Belabed’s appeal of a sentence of a 100,000-dinar (US$868) fine and payment of court fees under a controversial law that forbids “undermining the faith of a Muslim.” Belabed had received the sentence on March 8, including a three-month suspended prison term reduced from what had been a two-year prison term.
The 37-year-old father of three was traveling with a companion, identified only as 26-year-old Khalil, to Tiaret on March 14, 2015 when gendarmes stopped their vehicle, Pastor Belabed told Morning Star News. National Gendarmerie in Tiaret had contacted officers in Sidi Abderrahmane to report two suspects driving an Opel Zaphira coming from El-Bayadh toward Tiaret with Christian books on board.
“We went to El-Bayadh to see our Christian brothers, but also to answer the call of a man who contacted us to know Christ,” Pastor Belabed told Morning Star News. “I do not know him, but we are used to working that way. But once there, he called me to apologize for not being able to come. Back at a gendarmerie checkpoint at a junction, we were stopped to search the vehicle from top to bottom. I was sure someone pointed us out.”
A thorough search followed, ending with the officers seizing 56 books, according to a police report delivered to prosecutors at a court in Frenda, 50 kilometers (31 miles) southwest of Tiaret. The books included the Gospel of Mathew, Bibles, a Bible commentary, a book on church history and some pamphlets.
Pastor Belabed told officers that he had bought them at a Christian bookstore in Algiers after a meeting with other church leaders at the headquarters of the legally recognized Protestant Church of Algeria (l’Église Protestante d’Algérie, or EPA). He told them he meant to distribute them free to other Christians or any other person who wanted to know Christ, he said.
“They detained us at the gendarmerie brigade from 3 p.m. until 10 p.m. after photocopying each of the books we were carrying,” he said. “Since then we did not hear of this case. I thought they had forgotten us.”
Nearly two years later, around Christmas of 2017, he was informed that a security warrant had been issued on him and that he had been sentenced to two years in prison and a fine of 50,000 dinars (US$434) by a court in Frenda. The judgment was dated October 27, 2015.
“It was at the police station that I was informed,” he said. “The two of us had been sentenced for possession and distribution of Christian articles in order to destabilize and undermine the faith of Muslim according to article 02/11 of the Law 03/06.”
Law 03/2006, commonly known as Law 03/06, calls for a prison term of two to five years and a fine of 500,000 to 1 million dinars (US$4,343 to US$8,687) for anyone who “incites, constrains, or utilizes means of seduction tending to convert a Muslim to another religion, or using for this purpose the institutions of education, health, social, cultural, or educational institutions, or other establishment, or financial advantage; or makes, stores or distributes printed documents or films or other audiovisual medium or means intended to undermine the faith of a Muslim.”
Christian leaders say the charge is unconstitutional, citing the Algerian constitution’s Article 42, which guarantees freedom of belief, opinion and worship.
During interrogation Pastor Belabed told officers he converted from Islam to Christianity in 2003, and Khalil said he had converted in 2009.
Judge Rebukes Pastor
While the pastor secured an attorney with the EPA’s help, Khalil fled the country for Europe with others in a makeshift boat at the risk of their lives, Pastor Belabed said.
After he fought the sentence with legal defense, in March a court in Frenda convicted both Christians of undermining the faith of a Muslim and sentenced them to pay the fine and court fees; the two-year prison sentence was cancelled in favor of the three-month suspended sentence, while the fine of 50,000 dinars was doubled.
The pastor opted to appeal, and the case was transferred to the Tiaret Criminal Court. On May 9, he appeared before the same judge who had sentenced him in 2015.
“When I saw and recognized the judge, knowing that it was the same who had sentenced me in Frenda, I was scared,” Pastor Belabed said. “But, encouraged by the Lord, I tried to defend my cause somehow. But the judge was harsh and said, “Why do you carry those Christian books, Are not you ashamed?’ The judge used intimidation and told me repeatedly, ‘You’re not ashamed to do that? Algeria is a Muslim country.’”
He replied that he was a Christian who loved Muslims and did not seek to harm their peace, he said. The pastor said he told the judge, “I did not do anything wrong, judge. The Bibles I carried were intended for members of our community, our Tiaret church, which is affiliated with the EPA. I did not give them to others or try to evangelize anyone.”
The May 16 verdict did not appear to mention Khalil.
“Nouredine B. alone was found guilty for carrying and distributing Christian articles in order to undermine and destabilize the faith of a Muslim, in accordance with Article 11/02 of Law 03/06, and for that he is ordered to pay a fine of 100,000. DA ($ 862),” the verdict read.
Pastor Belabed said he would not file any more appeals.
“I am tired,” he said. “The police keep watching us, my wife and me. They watch all our movements. I do not want to inflict more on my family than that; I decide to choose to pay the fine.”
Algeria ranked 42nd on Christian support organization Open Doors’ 2018 World Watch List of the countries where it is most difficult to be a Christian.
US State Department Criticizes China for Shutting down Church Service
The US State Department has criticized the Chinese government for reportedly shutting down a Christian church service held in memory of the nearly 70,000 people who died in a 2008 earthquake.
According to TheHill.com, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement:
"We are deeply concerned by the Chinese government’s reported harassment of the Early Rain Covenant Church, in Chengdu, Sichuan Province after they planned to hold a memorial service on May 12, for the victims of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake.”
"The United States government joins the people of China in mourning the loss of tens of thousands of lives in the tragedy, and notes the value of memorializing their lives and calling for full accountability to prevent or mitigate future disasters," Nauert continued.
Nauert’s statement also called on Chinese government officials to protect the religious freedom of its citizens:
"Regarding reports that Chinese authorities confiscated Bibles, we call on China to uphold its international commitments to promote respect for religious freedom for all persons."
Over 200 Chinese Christians were reportedly arrested, and three have yet to be released, according to the church’s pastor, Wang Yi.