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David Platt recounts story of man raised from dead in Southeast Asia

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NASHVILLE, TN (ANS - 2016) In a remote Southeast Asian village, a leader’s death and apparent resurrection from the dead fueled revival among a previously unreached group.

Pastor David Platt shared the story with the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee Sept. 19 in Nashville, according to Baptist Press.

Platt currently serves as

president of the Southern Baptist’s mission board.

The report came to Platt from an IMB missionary.

A Southeast Asian believer trained by Southern Baptist missionaries took some friends with him and began sharing the Continuation on Page:3

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings Luke 2:10-14 of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

Doctor Escape Idi Amin’s killing machine to find Miracle Ministry in Christ KAMPALA, UGANDA (ANS – October 12, 2016) – A Ugandan pastor was one of the fortunate of Uganda who, during Idi Amin’s brutal eight years of misrule, was able to escape Amin’s terrible killing machine which left an estimated 3000,000 Christians dead.

In an interview, Bishop Dr. Lamech S. Lumala, a former dental surgeon, and now pastor of Showers of Blessing Church in Kampala, Uganda, shared with me his miraculous escape from death from the man who called himself His Excellency,President for Life,Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of theEarth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in

Particular.

“Yes, it is true that during that Idi Amin era, which was a terrible time my life, I just escaped from being killed,” he said. “Amin had sent soldiers to the clinic at Masaka Government

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weeks. By God’s grace, some negotiations with my friends took place, and the local governor said he would give me protection and that I would not be killed.”

Dr. Lumala said that at that time of his near death experience, he wasn’t a believer, but then his eldest daughter Juliet, and other children in his family, along his wife, Peninnah, “got saved” and they all prayed for him.

“It was back in 1986 when I was invited to an evangelical meeting and, during that gathering, the POWER of God came upon me just as it came upon Apostle Paul on his way to Damascus,” he recalled. “At that moment, the Lord said to me, ‘Lamech, your ways are not My ways.’ It was then that I raised up my hands and I cried out to God and I gave my life to the Lord. From From that day my lifestyle completely changed.

“After my conversion to Christ, I was very thirsty for the Word of God and day and night I studied the Bible, went to conferences and Bible schools, and the Word of God just Continuation on Page:6

A satanist turns to Christ (Photo credit Renee Fowler via Flickr) BY KATEY HEARTH

Peru (MNN) — Iquitos, Peru, is known as a global hub for so-called “spiritual tourism”. Thousands flock to the jungle village each year seeking spiritual encounters and a dangerous drink called ayahuasca.

But, the dark magic that’s so common here is no match for the power of Christ.

“It’s a tremendous testimony to the power of the Word and the faithfulness of those who continue to

Hos pital where I was working, but fortunately my secretary acted quickly when she saw them and told them that I was ‘not in.’

“She then told me that Amin’s soldiers were after me and so I escaped through the back door and I went into hiding for two

“Our partner just sent us an email that said… a man almost ran to the front of the church to give his heart to Jesus,” Williams shares.

“He belonged to a cult of Satanists…. They’d been sent out to destroy the largest churches that were preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and this man had been assigned to this church in Iquitos. But, he could not resist the power of God, and ended up re-

Iquitos is Peru’s largest jungle city. (Photo credit: NASA via Wikimedia Commons)

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give it and preach in the face of the enemy,” states Helen Williams of World Missionary Press.

She’s referring to what happened last Sunday.

ceiving Jesus Christ as his Savior.”

Because the man couldn’t return to the group of Satanists, he took shelter in

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The 9th Street Mission Opens with Party for Hungry and Needy

(Bradenton, FL December 2016 He’s Alive) The 9th Street Mission in Bradenton celebrated the grand opening of their new ministry facility with a Christmas Party that invited over 3000 local residents to attend. Homecooked hot food, gifts and groceries were given to all attendees and the parking lot was packed with eager recipients on the 2001 9th Street West Bradenton location.

We had 113 families registered meaning that conservatively we had over 300 people when you count the children and spouses.

There was a large spread of banquet tables full of delicious food free for the taking. Food donors included The Anna Maria Oyster Bar and Hibachi Grill both of Bradenton. Anna Marie Oyster bar donated 50 pounds of cooked wings with sauce and Hibachi donated, as they did last year for our Party in the Park, several trays of delicious Asian Cuisine.

There were volunteer

workers from several local churches including ding Trinity Baptist, Kingdom Life and of course Faith International.

Everyone worked together diligently to serve the beautiful people of this area. Peaches the clown (Nancy Hollenkamp) was there doing balloons and ministry to the children.

Jesus Christ was lifted up in song and preaching with many responding to the Lords message of love.

Fifty bags of groceries from the local Food Bank were distributed as well as multiplied numbers of household articles, toys and clothes.

It was a wonderful time and all food and items were consumed or given out. The people were very appreciative and Many thanks to the stores thankful for the outreach. who donated including We were the ones blessed Manatee Me morial Thrift however, as we saw the smiles on the faces lightStore.

ing up the party.

This is what church is about and this is what Christmas is really about.

It is an alarming thought that many in our immediate area do not have

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Christmas: Nothing A QUEST NEW More, Nothing Less

By Kenneth D. MacHarg

QUITO, ECUADOR (ANS – November 28, 2016) -- For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

I saw an interesting sign in Atlanta a few weeks ago.

It was out front of a lot where they were going to sell Christmas trees, and it said, “Without a traditional tree, it’s not Christmas.”

My response was: What?

Wait a minute. A traditional Christmas tree is what makes or breaks Christmas? I don’t think so!

A number of years ago, I ran into my friend Pablo on the street in Quito, Ecuador, where we were living at the time.

Pablo Camuendo is a Quichua Indian. These

people, known as Quichua in Ecuador and Quechua in Bolivia and Peru, are descendants of the Inca Indians who were part of a vast empire that stretched from northern Chile and ran up the high Andes

Pablo with his wife.

mountains through Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador on into southern Colombia.

These are the ones who built the massive mountain jungle town of Machu Picchu.

Since it was just before Christmas, I asked Pablo what he and his family

would be doing.

“Well,” he said, “On Christmas eve we take off work at noon, so we’ll go home. We’ll play some fútbol (that’s not football, but fútbol -- in other words, soccer). “Then we’ll eat a meal with our (extended) family and go to church to wor ship God and thank him for sending Cris to Jesús (Jesus Christ).

“That sounds wonderful,” I said. “What about Christmas day.

What will you do then?”

“Well,” he said, “We’ll get up and go to church to worship God and thank him for sending Cristo Jesús (Jesus Christ).

Then we’ll go ho- me and eat a big dinner with our family (extended family).

Then the women will visit and the men and boys will play fútbol.”

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TRENGTH

Colossians 3:15 (NKJV) And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful.

There are a lot of things I’d like to see different in the world. It’s troubling to know that crime is commonplace. It’s hard to see liberalism on the rise… while many conservative people have become calloused and complacent about principles our grandparents would have fiercely defended. What has happened to us?

It can be hard to have a positive outlook, when you view the unrest. It’s natural to want peace and wish that everyone could just get along.

Something that bothers me almost more than the secular society, is the seeming lack of interest on the part of so many Christians, to remember what

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the Word of God says about the last days and how we should behave— and just get on their knees.

Humans have a strong sense of self-preservation; such an automatic tendency toward self-defense.

Some view the events going on in the Middle East and are quick to criticize the actions of the Israelis.

I wonder how willingly they would walk away if the ownership of land that was supposed to be theirs, was being questioned…

Without getting into a big debate, I’d like to spend a little time thinking about peace. Peace means different things to different people. Peace might be getting through a day without arguing with anyone, as much as it might mean a cease fire on war-torn foreign soil.

You might not realize it, but there are ways to have control of peace. You may

not be able to do anything about missiles being launched or bombs going off, but you can have peace in your heart, in spite of the circumstances in our world.

The Bible compares the events of the end times to the birth pangs of an expectant mother when she is in labor and about to give birth. Any pregnant woman in her final month of pregnancy is only concerned with one thing.

She just wants to have that baby. You can try to talk about any topic you choose with that woman, and the conversation will always find its way back to pregnancy and childbirth.

This is perfectly normal.

A pregnant woman is focused. She is passionate to see the baby and be done with pregnancy.

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Giving more than gifts this Christmas

BY JULIE BOURDON

Russia (MNN) — With Christmas coming, many people are looking for ways to make a spiritual impact in the spirit of the grace we’ve found in Christ. One of the best ways to do that is by partnering with ministries who are already working alongside people in need.

Every year, SOAR International invites you to participate in their “Stuff a Stocking” project. Like the name suggests, every sponsored stocking is filled with toys, necessities, and even a Bible. In addition, the sponsor of the stocking has the opportunity to write a letter to the child who will receive their stocking.

Greg Mangione of SOAR International says they work with and support the local Church through this program to better meet actual needs.

help SOAR purchase items like hats and gloves, and shoes, along with candy and toys.

In addition, this project allows the Church to bring a tangible gift to these chil-

You can write a letter with the stocking you sponsor!

(Photo courtesy of SOAR International)

dren that they normally couldn’t do on their own.

This is one of the reasons Mangione loves this project.

“One of the big encouragements is just seeing the encouragement it is to the pastors to the churches we work with. A lot of them, maybe a good portion of the year, kind of feel

(Photo courtesy of SOAR International)

“In most cases, they’re distributed to orphanages or needy families that the Church either is building, wants to build, or has built a relationship with so there’s continued outreach and not just a one time or twice a year gift.”

This is what makes “Stuff a Stocking” unique. The Church is already actively involved and intentional in their ministry to these children, and they know what the needs are. They

es that are involved with them to be able to continue reaching out and ministering to them.”

That’s why Mangione encourages the first action for people to take with “Stuff a Stocking” is pray for hearts to be softened and for opportunities to share the Gospel.

It’s $35 to sponsor the main portion of the gift, and $5 to sponsor a Bible.

And if you’re wondering what to write about in a letter to your child, and

like they’re just plodding away on their own.”

It’s a team effort to reach out to the community.

But, it’s about more than presents.

“Giving gifts of needed and fun things is great, but that doesn’t necessarily have a lasting impact. We want these gifts to have a lasting impact. We want the children to see they are loved and there’s a God that loves them. We also want to see the church

what to pray about after, Mangione gives us an idea.

“For the most part,” he says, “These kids are going to feel largely forgotten and largely alone.”

Many of them are social orphans, meaning their parents have lost custody of the children, but are still alive. For them, they face a feeling of rejection and abandonment. And children who come from poverty struggle with a similar thing: their value and the purpose of their life.

In your letter, you can remind them that they aren’t alone and they are not forgotten, not only because you are praying for them, but because Jesus loves them.

Another way you can be praying for SOAR is that projects like these will go on without a hitch despite the new anti-terrorism law.

To sponsor a stocking; SOAR International Ministries 135 Granite Point Court Kenai, Alaska 99611 Telephone: 907-283-1961 or 888-388-7627 Email: info@soarinternational. org Website: http://www. soarinternational.org/ Stuff-a-Stocking

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An impromptu game of soccer in Quito Nothing more, nothing less.

Christmas: Nothing More, Nothing Less

I asked him if they would be doing anything else for the season, and he said no.

What about decorating the house, would they be putting up a tree and decorating? “Oh no,” he said.

“We just celebrate the birth of Jesus.”

Didn’t they send Christmas cards? “No, we don’t do that either. We just celebrate the birth of Jesus.”

About the writer: Kenneth D. MacHarg has served as the pastor of nine international churches in seven countries (Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Honduras, Kyrgyzstan, Panama and the Bahamas) and is the author of the book “Singing the Lord’s Songs in a Foreign Land; Biblical Reflections for Expatriates.” He currently is serving as the Interim Pastor at the International Christian Fellowship in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.

His blog can be found at: https://kensintrospect. wordpress.com.

Well, would they be giving each other or the children gifts? “No, we don’t do that. We just celebrate the birth of Jesus.” How simple, yet how profound.

A small community of Otavalan Indians, who at that time had been evangelized for only 20 years, simply but profoundly celebrating Christmas by thanking God for sending (www.assistnews.net) Jesus Christ.

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David Platt recounts story of man raised from dead in Southeast Asia

Gospel in a village “that was totally unreached with the Gospel until they got there.”

The villagers responded attentively, began to study the Bible like the noble Bereans, and many in the village believed.

As they came to Christ, a number brought idols, necklaces and amulets connected with pagan worship to the center of the village to be burned, Platt recounted.

But in a strange reversal one day, some began taking back their occult-linked objects.

It seems the village leader had died and a few superstitiously believed his death was caused by evil spirits upset about the destruction of the sacred objects.

Discouraged by the sudden turnaround, the Christians went to express their condolences at a house where the village leader’s body lay in repose.

Standing over the fallen leader, they began praying “that God would show His mercy to the people in the village, that God would show His glory and His love to that people who were so close,” Platt told Baptist Press.

Platt acknowledged he doesn’t have medical evidence from the remote location to verify the resurrection, but said: “I do know at villages like this, they know how to recognize death.”

Jokingly, Platt said if he wasn’t dead, God chose Then something aston- an opportune moment for ishing happened. As they the man to cough. were praying over the “Here’s what I do know: man, all of a sudden the We have the Good News man coughed! of a God who has con-

Resurrection is the hope of all believers

Everybody in the house got really still. Then the man coughed again. People rushed to the man’s side as he started breathing once more.

People started helping him up. Everyone looked at the Christians in amazement, wondering, ‘What in the world happened?‘

“They decided this was as good a time as any to share the Gospel,” Platt said. “So they shared the Gospel, and in the days to come, people started ASSIST News Service PO com- ing to faith in Christ Box 609 Lake Forest, Ca and that village start- 92609 www.assistnews.net +++ ing burn-ing their idols.”

by Christian missionary Scott Doherty, “Whether poor or rich, uneducated or educated, young or old, almost everyone in Iquitos has used witchcraft at some point…The reality is that witchcraft and the occult is greatly manifested in Peru.”

World Missionary Press “I went into the experi- sends Scripture bookence a devout atheist,” an lets so believers can fight Australian woman told darkness with the light of News.com.au.“Now I am Christ. “Their ministry very open minded to the has been most effective fact that something may when they’ve dealt with exist beyond what we con- healing, helping people sciously see, the same way heal (from past traumas) that we know infra-red and being open doors to and UV light exists even those who are struggling,” though we physically can’t says Williams, “whether see it.” it’s women who’ve been According to a June re- abused, or orphans, or port by The Guardian, young people with no “Every year thousands de- place else to go except to scend on the city, where wander the streets.” centres offering ayahuas- She says the Iquitos church ca have sprung up in the they partner with takes surrounding forest, while hurting people in and oflodges offering ‘jungle fers them the hope of the tours’ or ‘nature tours’ in- Gospel. clude ayahuasca as well.”

While ayahuasca is a rela- “That’s what’s worked there, tively “new” discovery to and what works around mainstream culture, the the world, because people witchcraft associated with are needy and Christ is it goes way back. In fact, the answer for that need.” according to this 2013 blog JESUS IS LORD!

A satanist turns to Christ From: Page 1 the church’s safe house.

Once the group had left, the man moved on to start a new life and learn more about the God who saved him.

In 2014, AmusingPlanet. comdubbed Iquitos “the largest city in the world that cannot be reached by road.” Surrounded by thick rainforest on one side and the Amazon River on the other, Peru’s largest jungle city may be difficult to access. But, that doesn’t stop the tourists.

Ayahuasca – a plant-based brew that produces hallucinogenic effects when consumed – is traditionally used by Peruvian shamans to access the spiritual world. Over the past decade, the drink has attracted growing numbers of people who want to “experience the sacred.”

quered death, who has power to say to the dead, ‘Come to life.’”

He called upon thou sands upon thousands of believers to proclaim the Good News to the ends of the earth.

The episode illustrates, Platt said, the spiritual fruit that results when missionaries share the Gospel with “biblical clarity, precision and consistency.

The Spirit Of Truth uffany

By Madeline D

Dear Reverend, I have been baptized in the Holy Ghost and I want to see people healed and set free. What more should I do? I feel a lot of emotion and power when I pray for someone. I find myself shouting. I want others around me to see that I have something unique – a special healing ministry! It is important to me that my Pastor recognizes this gift that I have and that others in church may have.

Signed, What Next?

----------------------------Dear Next: The Holy Ghost is not a gift of power, but of God Himself. This is where the mistake lies. An individ-

ual may think that they are supposed to manifest some certain characteristic of power.

No! God comes to present you with Himself! “Ye shall receive power, AFTER that the Holy Ghost is come upon you” (Acts 1:8).

When Jesus went to Heaven, He unlocked the very treasury of the heart of the Eternal God for your benefit. The streams of His life and nature can flow all through you. “The words that I speak, I speak not of Myself, but the Father that dwelleth in me.” (John 14:10) You can’t look for God on the surface … you have to look within. To discern a

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Christmas

By Rusty Wright

MOUNT HERMON, CA (ANS – December 1, 2016) – ‘Tis the season to be … gloomy?

Feeling low this Christmas season? You’re not alone.

Amid cheery songs, festive parties, gifts and good wishes, many lonely people are crying or dying on the inside. Maybe you’re one of them. I was.

During a horrible year, my wife of twenty years divorced me, my employer of 25 years fired me, and I had a cancer scare. As I drove home one night, lovely Christmas music came on the radio. Melancholy aching evidenced the deep pain of abandonment and loss that I was still processing. No fun.

Romantic estrangement, family strife, and bereavement can make your holidays dismal. One of Elvis Presley’s most popular songs was “Blue Christmas.” A lonely crooner mourns heartbreaking lost love. Performers from The Beach Boys to Celine Dion, Loretta Lynn, and Jon Bon Jovi have recorded it.

Does even thinking about that song make you depressed?

The spoofed “Porky Pig” version could get you laughing.

Lonely Christmas. (Image copywright: Danie Nel/Shutterstock.com).

Coping with Loneliness

person and see if God is within him, you must look into his spirit, into his soul, into the depth of his being.

You see, friend, that it is not something of your own doing, but God working through you. Your nature has to become sensitized until your mind is no longer occupied with the manifestation of God, but with God Himself!

It is a lot more than speaking in tongues. You will speak with the soul of Jesus Christ. You will feel His heartbeat and the heavenly desire to bless the world!

There will be no desire or inclination in your heart to turn to another child of God and say, “You are not in my class; I am baptized in the Holy Ghost.” This Christmas cards. I wanted the same thing I’d wanted every day for eight months: the strength to force myself out of bed in the morning, to brush my teeth and to eat.”

One possible influence, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), is a form of depression the medical community doesn’t completely understand. The Mayo Clinic says genetics, age and body chemistry could be the culprits. Mayo recommends seeing your doctor if you feel down for days and have motivation problems. Symptoms can include changing sleep patterns and appetite, feeling hopeless, contemplating suicide, or seeking comfort in alcohol.

How can you cope with Christmas loneliness?

Some suggestions: Spend time with people, especially positive ones who lift your spirits. Perhaps you’ll be grateful for

Several factors can produce Christmas blues.

Hectic activity can bring physical and emotional stress. Overspending can produce financial pressure. Year-end reflection and focus on loss can magnify sorrow.

McGill University psychologist Dr. Michael Spevack notes, “Over eating and over drinking combined with a decreased amount of sleep is also a formula for extreme emotional swings.”

Depression can lead to thoughts of suicide, especially among the socially isolated, he says.

Is your family apart this season by necessity or choice?

Maybe an “empty chair” reEmpty Chair. (Image copywright: minds you of Paul Maguire/Shutterstock.com your pain. Does Christmas “Ho, Ho, Ho” their cheer. contrast with your deep Exercise regularly. Blood anguish? pumping can help clear One widow recalled how your mind. she felt during the Christ- Eat right. Chocaholics bemas after her husband’s ware. Overindulgence can death: “Little mattered mean temporary highs to me. I didn’t want to followed by disappointing hear carols. I didn’t want flab. to be cheered up. I didn’t Lights on! Enjoy sunwant to look at perky light, outdoors if possible.

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Stop thinking about who notices you. What does God see deep inside of you? That is all that matters.

What is next? More love, more power, more of You in my life, Jesus!

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Brighten up your home and workplace.

Light therapy sometimes helps SAD. Budget your gift spending and stick with your budget. Prevent January bill shock.

Talk about your feelings.

Keeping them bottled up can mean anxiety, ulcers, sour disposition, and/or explosion. Need a trusted, listening friend? Try a local church.

Give to others. Volunteer. Medical professor Stephen Post, PhD, is convincedthat giving is essential for optimum physical and mental health in our fragmented society. He says some California physicians give volunteerism “prescriptions” to their Medicare patients.

Seek counsel. I used to be embarrassed to obtain professional counsel. Now I recommend it. We all can use good advice navigating life’s storms.

Develop spiritual roots.

I’m glad that before my dark days began, I had a friendship with God. Now, I realize you may not agree with me about spiritual matters. But – with sincere respect for you – may I politely mention a few thoughts that have made sense to me, and which you might wish to consider?

Tired of friends who betray, manipulate, disrespect, or desert you? God won’t. He cares for you, values you, will listen to you and comfort you. You can trust Him. He always wants your best.

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A QUEST FOR NEW TRENGTH

strophic events are getting closer together. It’s unlikely that a woman who is on the verge of delivery would ever say, “Okay, let’s stop the labor. I think I just want to stay pregnant and not have this baby.” If the end times can truly be compared to childbirth— then we should be saying, “Come, Lord Jesus!” and be focused on our part in the management and cooperation of the advancement of the birthing process.

When I went through birthing classes, we were told to have an object that we focused on when the labor became increasingly hard. We were instructed to breathe in certain ways and we were given various recommendations as to what kind of posture would help, and so on.

Jesus is really coming. The time is getting closer. The struggle is going to continue intensifying. All the things that are going on seem like bad stuff—but it’s really good stuff, when you realize this is the Word of God coming to pass in our lifetime.

Shortly before the baby is born, a pregnant mother goes through the period known as ‘transition’ in the birthing process. It’s a time

when she might be apt to become critical of anyone around her. She might find it hard to listen to advice from a birthing coach, but at that time—she really needs to work hard at cooperating with her body—and her coach, in order to bring forth her child. At that time, it’s vital for her to stay as calm as possible.

World peace is a dream we can wish for…but whether we see world peace or not, we can stay calm and cultivate the ability of allowing the peace of Christ to rule in our hearts. While we tend to be so critical of our leaders and the way things seem to be going in the world—we could be working on cooperating with the body of Christ and our fellow believers right here at home—building unity and peace in whatever way we can, to advance the kingdom of God. Declaration: I will find new strength by getting a grip on where we really are in the process of Christ coming again. I will stop being critical and start embracing the birth process by staying calm and having the peace of Christ in my heart.

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OUR DAILY WALK...

By Bob Duffany

It is becoming increasingly apparent that modern Christianity in general is drifting ignorantly, perhaps, into a devilish doctrine which is dangerous for those who may become enmeshed in its deceit. It is the deceit of ascription of assigning what Christ has done for us, to our own efforts of belief and faith.

Is this important enough to me, a Christian believer, that I should consider what is presented herein?

The short imperative is “YES!” Let’s take a look at what I call “misplaced faith”.

Please consider thoughtfully the following two subjects with the help of the Holy Spirit.

First, Substitution. Consider 2 Corinthians 5:21; “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” Look at this verse: First, He became sin for us; then – after that first thing was accomplished – we may become the righteousness of God in Him. This is a time progression.

There is a modern view that Jesus died for us out of some sort of Godly sympathy for humans.

However, a hard look at the real meaning of the above verse reveals that He - Jesus - was made to be sin for us, not because of sympathy for us, but be-

cause of His identification with us.

Our sins are removed for only one reason - the death of Jesus, by obedience to His Father - not because of sympathy for us (either corporately or individually).

The death of Jesus Christ in obedience to His Father is the one act, the one required process which made us acceptable to God. There is no other explanation or reasoning to this. It is not because of our obedience or our giving up things, or any action or belief by us!

It is ONLY through His obedience to death.

We may state that Jesus came to reveal the Fatherhood and lovingkindness of God to us; but the Word says that he came to “take away the sins of the world.”

John 1:29.

Jesus reveals the Father only to those who become believers in Jesus as Savior.

He never said he came to reveal himself as the One who revealed the Father.

In fact, He spoke of Himself as a “stumbling block.”

John 15:22.

In John 14:9, Jesus said, “He who has seen me has seen the Father.” He was speaking to His disciples, believers in Him. These are not easy insights into God’s revealed Word, but are absolutely necessary for a true and correct faith-walk with and in

Christ. We need to have a clear knowledge of HOW we are to believe - of what belief in Jesus Christ actually consists. Let’s brush away man-made cobwebs and our own concepts, and concentrate on God’s Word until the Holy Spirit reveals the truth to us.

Let’s continue. It is never stated or taught in the Word that Christ died for me and that I am completely free from penalty.

What is actually taught is that, “He died for all.” (2 Cor. 5:15). It is not that, “He died my death.” It is through identification with His death that I may be freed from sin and His righteousness imparted into me as a gift from Him. There is a great difference in these two concepts. This substitution declared in the Word is of two parts: Gal. 4:19: (1) “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, (2) that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” It is not Christ for me unless I have Christ formed in me. We need to truly understand what God’s Word reveals to us.

Now, let’s look at the second of the two modern misplaced concepts of a true faith-walk: Justification.

Consider Romans 5:10.

“For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.”

Have You Walked the Romans Road?

- Admit that you are a sinner. Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.”

- sinners suffer, their pay is death. Romans 6:23a “For the wages of sin is death...”

the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

- “Whosoever” includes everyone, no one is excluded. Romans 10:13 “For - God’s gift to sinners is Je- whosoever shall call upon sus Christ, He came to save the name of the Lord shall us. Romans 6:23b “...but the be saved.” gift of God is eternal life - Believe God defeated death through Jesus Christ our through Jesus and confess Lord.” now that Jesus is Lord of your life. Tell everyone you - Now give your life to are saved!

God... Romans 5:8, “But God commendeth his love Romans 10:9,10 “That if toward us, in that, while thou shalt confess with thy we were yet sinners, Christ mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart died for us.” that God hath raised him -Repent of your sins and call from the dead, thou shalt upon the grace of God- Ro- be saved. For with the heart mans 2:4 Or despisest thou man believeth unto

righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”

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Think about this statement: I am not saved by believing; I simply realize that I am saved by believing. I am not saved just because I believe I am...I am saved by a deliberate act of God, and I realize this by my belief.

Again, repentance does not save me; it is only the sign that I realize what God has done through the obedience of Jesus Christ.

The only way that I am made right with God is that, before all my repentance and belief, Christ died! When I turn to God and accept and believe what God reveals to me, His atonement by the Cross of Christ places me in right standing with God. As a result of this, I am justified - not by my sorrow for my sin or my repentance. It is only by what Jesus has done!

This misconception of salvation by my faith and belief is unscriptural!

The one and only basis of my salvation is what Jesus Christ did on the Cross! It is not by any action on my part. It was accomplished well-before I was even alive, and was finished at the cross.

The Holy Spirit brings justification with a light that shatters our darkness, and we know we are saved, but not how it was accomplished. We realize this after it is accomplished in us! Our belief and repentance are expressed after the work of the Holy Spirit in us.

This salvation is not based on our human reasoning or logic, but solely on the death of Jesus Christ on the cross - His sacrificial death. We have the privilege to be born again only - only - because of the atonement of Christ.

Sinful men and wom- en can be changed into new Continuation on Page: 6

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Native Americans & the Great Commission Disaster

United States (MNN) – There’s the sentiment that “what’s past is past.” But sometimes that mentality becomes an excuse to ignore real and current problems. Sometimes in forgetting the past, we overlook people of the present. The United States just celebrated Thanksgiving, almost four centuries after that first meal was shared. In the backdrop are the ones we shared it with – the first Americans.

“Today, Native Americans are in a monumental battle to survive and it’s not even on our radar. And ‘Exhibit A’ would be that here is one people group in the country whose suicide is at minimum three times, and depending on the part of the country, ten times greater than the rest of the people in America.”

In addition, Hutchraft says, they struggle with sexual crimes and abuse, as well as drug and alcohol add-

(Photo courtesy of Ron Hutchcraft Ministries).

Ron Hutchcraft Ministries is one Christian ministry working to bring hope to Native American Tribes.

We spoke with Ron Hutchcraft, who recently wrote the blog post, “The Thanksgiving Guests We Forgot.”

Hutchraft says, “It’s like we invited them to dinner and forgot them for 400 years.”

Native Americans saved the pilgrims when they taught them how to gather enough food for the winter. Today, that scenario has been flipped. It is Native American communities struggling to survive.

And yet, very few hear their cries.

ictions. There is a common theme of despair and hopelessness. According to Native American Aid, the 22% of Native Americans living on reservations face conditions comparable to the third world.

“I have a native brother who [said] ‘Ron, I listen on the news and in all these things that were broadcast.

[They] talk about African Americans and Asian Americans and Hispanic Americans, and my ears are all ready to hear my people. [I] never do.’”

Christians know that the only hope that can combat any brand of despair is the hope found in Jesus. In the Continuation on Page: 8

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Doctor Escape Idi Amin’s killing machine to find Miracle Ministry in Christ

sunk in me and I got into the presence of God. “Then one day I had a visitation from the Lord. He came to me with so many angels singing wonderful Handel’s Messiah type of music. I had never heard that type of music in this world anywhere, and they were singing that ‘the king is coming, the king is coming!’

“So God then lifted me up and took out my spirit like a little kitten in his hands and spoke things to me and called me into ministry and then pushed my soul back into my body.

And, from that time, I’ve been trying to see what God has for my life.

“Then one day, God told me: ‘I want to show you My Supernatural Divine Healing power. You have been healing people using your head knowledge, but now I want to show you My super human divine healing power.’”

“Today, the Lord is working many miracles,” he told me. “I’ve seen so

many people being healed supernaturally. I’ve seen the lame walk and have got the documentation of that. On one occasion, there was a student in City Hill College at Mutundwe, who had paralyzed legs.

I prayed for him and immediately he got up and walked.”

But, he says, that one-day, healing became really personal for him, explaining, “My wife Peninnah con-

Dr. Lumala on his travels again tracted breast cancer, and while we were in America, they analyzed it and did a mammogram and we discovered that the cancer was for real. During the night, we had a visitation

from the Lord who woke me up at 3:00 AM to tell me to start praying for her while she was sleeping. As I did, I immediately saw a vision. It was something like a yellow light jelly moving from her body.

“She later testified that she was feeling something in her breast. And then she woke up and asked, ‘What is happening Lord?’ She felt that still voice of the Lord telling her, ‘I’m operating on you. You are now being healed, and so from now on go and pray for other people so they too will be healed.’ She did just that and so many people have since also gotten healed completely.”

So now, this former medical professional is continuing to see God’s healing power at work in Uganda and other nations that he goes to, including in America.

Several people have testified about how God has healed them through Dr. Lumala’s ministry.

(You can read his story at https://www.facebook. com/lumala.lamech/ osts/1315312768488887.)

In conclusion, Dr. Lumala says that he is grateful that his life was spared during the horror years of Idi Amin so he could “get Salvation” and then help bring new life and healing to others. “Glory be to the Lord Almighty”.

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From: Page 5 creations - new creatures - not through their repentance or belief, but through the work of God in Christ Jesus ... which preceded all of our lives and experience.

(2 Cor. 5:17-19): “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.”

Notice the word “now”, above. This means, “Now, after we have become new creatures, old things have passed away, and all things have become new; then, all things are of God, etc.”

Read it again with this understanding.

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“It’s God’s heart to rescue these girls.”

India (MNN) — In the central Indian community of Madhya Pradesh, girls are being sold into sexual slavery – and their families are doing little to stop it.

Gary Edmonds of Food for the Hungry says parents are making the impossible decision to prostitute their own children in order to put food on the table. And it’s not okay. So Food for the Hungry is partnering with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) to bring about change.

“You’ve got a group of people there, the Banchada people,” shares Edmonds. “They’re of the lowest caste in a Hindu culture, and for more than 500 years now, one of the ways those people have provided for themselves is they’ve taken their young daughters — often the eldest daughter when she reaches the age of 11, 12, 13-years of age — and they literally sell her into prostitution.

“They’re basically saying if their young daughter can begin to sell herself to the local traders, the local craftsmen, the local people who are tourists in that area, they will have a livelihood.”

Edmonds’ voice shakes when he considers what’s at stake. “I have two daughters. I have three granddaughters, and I think about this kind of a situation. We would go, ‘Horror of horrors – that’s not okay for a society to

(Image courtesy of Food for the Hun gry set itself up where they’re selling their daughters into prostitution.’”

That same passion is felt throughout the Food for the Hungry organization, and it’s what prompted their partnership with Youth With A Mission India. “With those people, we’ve helped set up a school,” explains Edmonds. “It’s called the House of Palms. And this school becomes a place where these young girls can be brought in, they can be trained, they can be educated, they can be fed on a regular basis.”

The girls are provided safe housing and learn alternative job skills, so parents are no longer forced to sell them into prostitution.

Food for the Hungry has another reason for their involvement in the House of Palms. “It’s estimated that more than 50 percent of the women right now are HIV positive, and so that just gets passed on from generation to generation, literally obliterating whole households, entire generations of young people. So we believe this is

l e end. Fide Defiant to tha Cuban flag Castro with HAVANA, CUBA (ANS – - Former Cuban dictator, Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to an improbable victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 US presidents during his almost half-a-century rule, died on Friday, November 25, 2016, at the age 90, in Havana.

His younger brother, Raul, who had succeeded him in 2006 as President of Cuba, announced his death late on Friday on state television.

The BBC stated that in later years, Castro seemed to have mellowed, and it be-

) God’s heart to rescue these kind of girls, to create a new kind of an environment, a new kind of a culture, and thus as well, raise the dignity of women in that place.”

Edmonds continues, “We believe this is what God desires to do, so with that kind of a partnership, there’s a place of care, ongoing education, there is training in vocations and trades, helping these young girls and these families to develop trades in such a way that they can provide for themselves without there being prostitution.

“And at the same time, there’s ongoing work and activity with the family units, of us saying to them, ‘We’re going to train you in agricultural skills, we’re going to train you in health, sanitation, and hygiene. We’re going to train you in other kind of trades to set up a business or economy.’”

Stories of rescue often entail late-night raids on brothels and returning victims to their families.

But Edmonds believes true

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gan in 1998 which saw a ground-breaking visit by Pope John Paul II, something which would have been unthinkable even five years earlier.

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rescue must focus on restoration, and that’s what is happening at House of Palms.

“It gives them an alternative direction, it gives them training. It helps them to recognize their dignity, their worth, their value, and to develop the skills that will allow them to create an alternative pathway to their life.”

Edmonds says rescue must also address the families.

“We have learned as well when people are caught in impoverished situations, they’re actually very creative and innovative in trying to figure out how to provide for themselves, and so we have to work with whole family units to give them a new direction, a new pathway to actually provide the means and the livelihood for sustaining their lives.”

Food for the Hungry works alongside YWAM

God’s perspective on life, they’re showing them in very practical ways what grace looks like.”

He shares a letter written by a young girl who was sold into slavery by her parents. “She said, ‘Now I’m at the House of Palms, I go to school daily, but by God’s grace, I feel much better.

I’ve learned that God is a gracious God. I’ve had the opportunity now to know God and experience His love in very practical ways and I understand in the fullest sense that God is my Healer. I believe God will fulfill my desires.

Please pray for me, my studies, my family, and my health.’”

Edmonds asks for prayer for those working at House of Palms. “The thing I

to provide education and vocational training. Edmonds credits the indigenous staff with paving the way for the Gospel to be lived out in the lives of all who serve and all who benefit from the work being done at House of Palms.

“They’re teaching them how to read the Bible, they’re teaching them

hope you’d hear is this is a tragedy, it’s not okay, that God has opened up doors right now and we need you to pray that the doors would continue to stay open, that the people who are working there, the Indian partners with whom we have relationship right now, that they would be protected, they would be provided for, they would be allowed to continue to Miami to take in Bibles to the country, via Havana’s José Martí International Airport. After some serious prayer on the flight, we were not discovered.

When we later delivered our many Bibles to a church in the capital, we walked into its lobby, and a little old man came running towards me, pointed a finger at my face, and said, “You’re the one!”

When I asked him what he meant, he replied, “Last night I had a dream and, in it, I saw all of you, but I especially saw you and the Lord told me that you would pray for me and bring me some encour-

obviously got under their skin.

Why I am banned from Cuba: I have visited the Caribbean nation on three occasions, and was banned from ever returning some years ago, because of my reporting activities there.

I guess that was a badge

Revolutionaries: Fidel Castro of Cuba with Argentine guerrilla leader Che Guevara.

(Photo: AFP/Getty Images).

express the Gospel in ways only Indians can do.”

He also says financial support is welcomed as Food for the Hungry works to build a desperately needed second home. The first home is at capacity, and young women are now being turned away — and it grieves the heart of Edmonds and his team.

“We need support at this level. We’re sponsoring these young girls to get them out of the sex trade, out of prostitution. We’re actually building and opening a second home, and we want a third home to be opened, so people can literally can give to

that. Go to fh.org and you can find a way to actually contribute to help us rescue these young girls and begin to change the trajectory of life for whole communities, whole families.”

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www.Hesalivenews.org Get a copy for your friends also. my father, Alfred Wooding, and I put my arm around his shoulder and began to pray for him, and the whole time he sobbed.

So, at the end of my prayer, I asked him why he was so upset. He wiped away his tears, and told me, “I am not upset. These are tears of joy. You are the first person in the whole my lifetime to come from England to bring Bibles to us.

Thank you for caring.”

During our time in Cuba, we noticed that Castro had established in every neigh borhood, a house with the sign, “CDR,” on it, which meant “the Committee for the Defense of the Revolu-

of honor, as my writing about the persecution of Christians there had obviously got under their skin.

The then Pope condemned Cuba for its human rights abuses, embarrassing Castro in front of the world’s media.

reporting activities there.

I guess that was a badge of honor, as my writing about the persecution of Christians there had

My first trip to Cuba: On my first visit trip to Cuba in 1982, I was still living in agement.” tion.” Each home was part England, and had joined a The man stood about five of Fidel’s “Revolutionary team of Bible smugglers in feet tall, the same height as Continuation on Page: 10

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Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt, PhD Sending Petitions to God & Government to Defend Religious Freedom

Target Boycott shuts down Christian Website

An anti-Christian web-site host shut down a Christian web-site because they boycotted Target retailers’ policy of forcing women to share bathrooms with men, reports LifeSite.

“A conservative website to galvanize support against Target’s ‘gender-inclusive’ restroom and changing-room policies was shut down on Thanksgiving morning by its web hosting company on the claim that it featured ‘hateful or discriminatory’ content.

“Our #AnywhereButTARGET campaign has been so effective that at 9:00 a.m. this Thanksgiving morning our Minneapolis-based web host (Leadpages) unfortunately SHUT US DOWN for being ‘hateful’ and discriminatory’ to try to stop this movement!” stated Lance Wray, Executive Director of 2ndVote, the organization behind the website, in a press release.

“In an email to Wray date

November 23, Leadpages’ director of operations Doug Storbeck said that it must take down its #AnywhereButTarget landing page by November 24.

“You see, at Leadpages, we strive to create an inclusive workplace that upholds the dignity of all people,” they wrote, [except Christians, women, and girls who are forced to undress with men, I notice].

“Wray pointed out the irony of the left’s ideology of equality, tolerance, and diversity.

“Liberals who constantly tout tolerance and inclusion go out of their way to shutdown ideas they disagree with,” he wrote.

[Dr. Chaps’ comment: Censoring Christian speech is all the left can do to protect cross-dressing men who violate womens’ privacy. Shame on Leadpages, and good for the #AnywhereButTARGET boycott campaign.]

Navy Chaplain: Obama’s Navy prohibited my Religious Freedom

“For the first time in a long time, recently-retired Wes Modder – a former enlisted Marine turned Navy Chaplain – feels like he finally has his religious liberty back [after retiring from] what has become Obama’s military,” reports Conservative Review.

“Modder was nearly dismissed from the United States Navy in 2014 after sailors complained that his religious views were ‘intolerant,’ because he counseled a lesbian sailor against having premarital sex and engaging in a same-sex relationship.

The former Marine of 16 years and father of four felt betrayed.

“After so many years serving honorably and then to be dishonored and disrespected,” Modder told Conservative Review in a phone interview. “Betrayal was the first thing I felt.”

“What really stung, however, was being abandoned by his fellow chaplains and officers.

“I really was surprised at

all the people that ran away,” Modder, a veteran of Desert Storm and Desert Shield during his 16 years of service, said.

“They treated me like a criminal or like I had leprosy or something, because the topic was so hot.”

“Following the monthslong legal battle, aided by Texas-based First Liberty Institute, Modder was eventually exonerated and returned to full duty in September 2015.”

[Dr. Chaps’ comment: Chaplain Modder is a hero, President Obama a persecutor, and now that Donald Trump is President-elect, we must up the pressure on Congress to permanently grant freedom for chaplains to pray “in Jesus’ name.”]

Trump won 81% of Evangelicals, record Church voter Turnout

If anybody owes a debt of gratitude to church voters, particularly evangelicals, it’s Donald Trump who won 81% of their vote. ABC reports a record turnout by evangelicals. Evangelicals were the most powerful voting block in this year’s election.

Jimmy Carter: Obama should divide Israel before 20 Jan

beginning, there were some Christians who wanted to share the Gospel with Native Americans. Hutchcraft says some of the first translations of the Bible were directed towards different tribes.

But somehow, reaching that mission field didn’t happen back then, and it’s a mission field all but forgotten by today’s Christians.

“Four-hundred years later only 4% know Christ. This is a Great Commission disaster. And if there is one group of people for whom American Christians are

Wings,” RHM has been able to empower Native youths to reach out to their own people. God is really doing something through this generation.

“I have watched what happens when we go out with the team of Native American young people who have lived the hopelessness, who have lived the violence, who have lived the despair, who have lived the addiction and the brokenness. And when they stand up on a reservation basketball court surrounded by their people, and they tell about what this Jesus has done, all I can tell you

“In an absolutely stunning editorial for the New York Times, former President Jimmy Carter has publicly called for Barack Obama to divide the land of Israel at the United Nations before Inauguration Day,” reports Michael Snyder in Charisma News.

Carter knows that his dream of seeing a Palestinian state while he is still alive is rapidly slipping away. In a desperate attempt to salvage the situation, Carter is urging Barack Obama to take bold action while he still has the power to do so.

“While he was president, Carter negotiated peace between Israel and Egypt, and ever since that time, he has been a very strong advocate for a Palestinian state. Carter is completely convinced that a ‘two-state solution’ will bring lasting peace to the Middle East, but now that Donald Trump has been elected

[Dr. Chaps’ comment: responsible to represent is when they give people JimmyCarter should read Christ to, it would seem an opportunity to come to like it would be the peohis Bible. In Joel 3:2, God warns America if we dare divide Israeli land: “I will enter into judgment with them there on behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations; and they have divided up My land.”]

Supreme Court Justice admits: Religious Freedom Under Fire

“During a recent speech in Washington for the national lawyer’s convention of the Federalist Society, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito opined that religious freedom might be ‘in greater danger’ than the right to free speech,” reports Christian News.

“Alito pointed to a case out of Washington State that was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, in which the owner of a pharmacy was required to stock the morning-after pill despite his religious convictions regarding abortifacients...

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Ninth Circuit sustained the law, and the Supreme Court did not even think that case deserved review.”

“Yet the Ninth Circuit held that the regulations do not violate the First Amendment, and this Court does not deem the case worthy of our time,” he bemoaned. “If this is a sign of how religious liberty claims will be treated in the years ahead, those who value religious freedom have cause for great concern.”

[Dr. Chaps’ comment: Since the Supreme Court declined to hear my case about religious freedom, I notice a trend. Just imagine if Hillary had been elected President, the hostility of the Supreme Court would shift further left, against Christian freedom.]

Pray In Jesus Name, PO Box 77077, Colorado Springs, CO 80970 Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt, PhD chaps@prayinjesusname.org

(Photo courtesy of Ron Hutchcraft Ministries)

ple who were here first. It would be the first Americans, the Native Americans. If not us, who?”

Hutchcraft explains, these people haven’t been forgotten by God, they’ve been forgotten by his people. He calls it a double blindness. The enemy has blinded Native Americans so that they believe Jesus is the white man’s God. Unfortunately, from the beginning, they have had plenty of reason to substantiate this belief.

“They have lost their land, they have lost their language, they have lost their culture, they have lost their lives. And often it was in the name of Christianity– doing things that Jesus would have had nothing to do with—that he would abhor.”

The other blindness is God’s people not seeing the huge need in these communities.

What now? Hutchcraft says the solution to this blindness is not to go rushing in to try and do something. The problem from the very beginning is that the Gospel messenger was an outsider who understood very little about the Native American culture.

“The messengers of the hope of Christ need to be Native Americans who have been changed by this savior. And, I know that for a fact because I have seen it with my own eyes.”

Through “On Eagles

Christ, they see what few if any missionaries in this 400-year history have ever seen.”

He’s seen thousands of Native Americans publicly choose Christ.

What can YOU do? If you feel like God is asking you to do something there are a couple of ways to help.

Consider partnering with “On Eagles’ Wings.”

But first, Hutchcraft says, we must commit to prayer and consider where our hearts are. He is praying that from this conversation would arise thousands of gatherings of Christians to pray for first Americans. Join a chorus of voices asking God to bring hope where despair reigns.

Another thing to consider is whether or not you have been ignoring the plight of Native Americans because of stereotypes or assumptions. Hutchcraft says if you have, asking for God’s forgiveness is a good step.

And if there are First Nation individuals in your life, ask them for forgiveness too.

Finally, if we have friends, neighbors, or coworkers who are Native Americans, Hutchcraft suggests that you take time to sit down with them—not to talk, but to listen. Ask them about what it’s like to be Native American today—what breaks their heart, hurts them. What do the rest of us need to understand?

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Counselor’s Corner Let’s Walk: Wonderful!

By Louise Alleva

For the past several months I have been sharing with you some insights on how we can see ourselves as God’s beloved children and learn how to better relate to others in sharing His love. I had another topic all outlined when my husband reminded me that this article would come out in December. He suggested that I may want to focus it on Christmas. I agreed and began praying about the type of counseling article I would write surrounding the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ.

While praying, I looked up from the blank page on the computer screen and noticed hanging on the note board in front of me a Christmas ornament given to me years ago by a dear friend. On it was written Wonderful Counselor. I realized then the Holy Spirit gave me the inspiration I needed. It would be a counselor writing about The Wonderful Counselor who totally directs her ministry.

It is exciting to realize that not only God provided a way for us to spend eternity with Him but His Son

also became the role model to man kind to show us what a child of God is like. This event was so awesome that even the mantle of heaven was opened to mankind long enough for angels to appear in great joy over Emmanuel being born among men.

The Hebrew name (Immanuel) means “God with us” which was the foretold name of the Messiah by the prophet Isaiah in the Old Testament.

Wonderful Counselor was among the names of Jesus mentioned in Isaiah 9:6. This name reflected His desire to show us how to forgive others and ourselves, to love others unconditionally, to show mercy and not allow ourselves to be affected by the hurt of others as His love for us is perfect, eter-

The Mission

By Evangelist Wende Thompson

The Mission, it could be right in your own city or you could be called to the nations. I have been called to the nations and the Lord said He would give the Nations as our inheritance. Psalm 2:8 (‘Ask of Me, and I will assuredly give [You] the nations as Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth as Your possession.)

These are the events of my recent Evangelistic mission trip to Vietnam. It was awesome for the Lord to take a Doctor, who is a Sister in the Lord,

and born in Saigon, Vietnam, myself and three other Vietnamese pastors on a life changing mission from South to North Vietnam. We ministered to 18 different house churches as well as to everyone else who would say yes to Jesus Christ as their Lord, and to those who would be filled with the baptism of

The Holy Ghost.

God put us together as a fivefold ministry team with the nine gifts of the Holy Ghost in each one of us working in unity. The Lord’s great Power flowed through us like Fire. Many people were healed and delivered from idol worship, demons, witchcraft and curses that came through Buddha and their traditions.

We visited a leprosy village where there were many children and a few older men and women

that had the effects of the disease. They were so excited to see us that they followed our SUV from the beginning of the road all the way to the church which was several blocks away. They were all waving and calling out in their own Vietnamese language. What a new and exciting experience it was for me to see such excitement

from those who have almost nothing, but still they glowed with joy and happiness abounding with hunger just to hear the Word of The Lord.

We gave out food and gifts to everyone, and candy for the children. Many prayers went out to the people afflicted with leprosy as we laid hands on them while they asked for prayer in their language. The other ministers translated to me what they had need of. We believed that they were healed and cleansed according to The Word.

Matthew 10:6-8 6 but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, and cleanse the lepers, cast out demons.

Freely you have received, freely give.

Next, we visited a men’s rehab with 15 men that were in the dorm. They were delivered from drugs and on fire for The Lord through the ministry of a young man, his wife and 2 children, who had started the rehab only six years ago. His miraculous testimony of the power of God began when he was told they would not be able to have any children. Well, the doctor was wrong and since then, he and his beautiful family have ded-

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nal, and complete.

The word wonderful in this passage literally means “incomprehensible.” The Messiah, Jesus, will cause us to be “full of wonder.”

Today the word wonderful is used in a much lighter tone than the way it is was used in ancient texts. We say things are “wonderful” if they are pleasant, lovely, or the least bit likable. Jesus is wonderful in a way that is almost overwhelming if we think about it as He demonstrated His wonderfulness in various ways when He was on the earth, beginning with His conception in the womb of a virgin (Matthew 1:23). He showed He is the “wonderful” One in His power to heal (Matthew 4:23), His amazing teaching (Mark 1:22), His perfect life (Hebrews 4:15), and His resurrection from the dead (Mark 16:6). Jesus also taught many wonderful things that are different then what we would expect: “Blessed are those icated their lives to minister to families and orphans and operate the rehab.

What impressed me about this place were the two buildings they had, three stories high with the upper rooms turned into sanctuaries. This is where they worshipped and held their church meetings. They have to hold all of their meetings in secret. They call it the “underground church” but it truly is an “Upper Room” experience. This was the first of about 18 house churches that we visited that worship in the “Upper Room” where we had praise and worship, prayed for the sick and afflicted and the Lord performed many notable instant miracles at the

who mourn” (Matthew 5:4), “Rejoice and be glad” in persecution (Matthew 5:11–12). “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you” (Luke 6:27).

Jesus’ kind of wonderful is awe-inspiring and superior to any other kind, for He is perfect in every way (Matthew5:48).

The second part of the Messiah’s title is the word counselor. In ancient Israel, a counselor was described as a wise king.

Isaiah uses this word again in 28:29 to describe the LORD: “This also comes from the LORD of hosts; he is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.”

Jesus is a wise counselor.

Therefore, we can see Jesus as our Wonderful Counselor. We can trust Him to listen to our problems and guide us in the right direction (Proverbs 3:6). We can be sure He is listening because He told us to pray to Him about our worries (Philippians 4:6; James 1:5). We can be certain He the home churches and witnessed deliverances from demonic oppressions and healing of limbs, which resulted in many receiving Salvation as they proclaimed Jesus Christ of Nazareth their Lord and Savior.

One very memorable event happened as we worshipped in an “Upper

has our best interests at heart because He loves us (1 John 4:19). And His love is so wide and deep (and wonderful) that we cannot fully understand it (Romans 5:8).

I also prayed for anyone who wants to know this Wonderful Son of God and become part of the true joy of Christmas by receiving Him as not only Emmanuel or Wonderful Counselor but as your personal Lord and Savior. He loved you so much that He came to earth as a baby in a manger and then offered you perfect love and eternal life with His greatest sacrifice, His death on the cross and resurrection from the grave. Emmanuel, God with us on earth as it is in heaven! AMEN! Suggested Reading, Jesus: The Greatest Life of All by Charles Swindoll.

Blessings and Joy !

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hands of our fivefold ministry team.

This was the beginning of a 2400 mile journey from the South Delta area to the North mountain region. As we travelled, we prayed in every city and every province taking authority over and praying against idol worship. Most of all, for God to impart to them the truth of His Word. The cities displayed their idol worship with huge dragons, and idols of Buddha, Hindu gods and goddesses. We took authority over all of them as we travelled. We visited

Room”. A woman who had been in Hindu worship for 25 years was in the meeting and was not receiving the ministry of the Word, but was moving backwards around the room as we preached the Word. The Lord put a bold word in me to speak to her in a loud voice and she fell down to the floor. After about 20 minutes she stood up and was speaking in tongues, full of the joy of The Lord! This was like a breaking down of a wall of resistance and everyone in the house started coming up for prayer and

this man and laid hands on him.

He went down in the Spirit and when he came up he started punching with his left arm and marching around the room shouting hallelujah and praising the Lord for 20 minutes or more. He was totally healed. When another young man saw the miracle of this man, he started moving his arm which he had been unable to lift because it was atrophied, and he was also healed instantly!

going down in the Spirit.

When they came up, they were all glorifying God. This church house belonged to a very prominent man who had been crippled by a stroke 2 years earlier. This man could not use his left arm.

It was totally limp. His left leg would kick out as he walked. We all prayed for

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The ministry that I experienced was amazing to me, because I can’t speak their language, and I couldn’t understand their words. But God gave me utterance as I prayed in the Spirit, the Lord gave me a new tongue, and as we ministered, many confessed Jesus as Lord, received Salvation and were baptized in the Holy Ghost and came up speaking in tongues, full of the Joy of The Lord.

We travelled to the Northern Most Province of Vietnam where there are high mountains. We could see the mountains of China.

Relatives had been praying many years for a family we visited here. The husband, wife, and the grandmother all received the Lord. They were delivered from their Hindu religion. Another family had their father delivered from alcohol and restored to right relationship with The Lord and his family.

We travelled next to the tribal people, a 12 hour trip that was another testimony of the power of God changing lives. Young girls who were tormented with mental conditions were delivered and restored to their families in their right minds. The tribal people lived very simple farming lives in the area that is all

nations, and chose me to be his vessel to take His power and His anointing to the utter most parts of the earth.

I thank God also for the miracle supply of making it possible for me to take this Great adventure.

I did not have the money to make this trip when I was asked, but the Lord supplied the money miraculously in one week, confirming I was to go.

I want to share with you that when you have received the Lord Jesus as your personal Savior, you too are called to the mission field. As I said at the beginning, the mission may be right here in your own city, or you could be called to the nations. Jesus said in Matthew 28:18-20 18 Jesus came up and said to them, “All authority (all power of absolute rule) in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations [help the people to learn of Me, believe in Me, and obey My words], baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always [remaining with you perpetually—regardless of circumstance, and on every occasion], even to the end of the age.”

rocks, large rocks, I mean huge boulders everywhere. They came to Jesus Christ through the ministry of Vietnam Missions and the ministry of Tom and Huong Marks. After they received Jesus they stopped worshipping the rocks and their rocky land suddenly became fertile so they were able to grow all kinds of crops. It was through this miracle of God that they became a witness to all the others in their area.

The Lord also had another mission for us as we were there, the ministry of reconciliation. God directed us to speak that everyone who had fought in the war were forgiven. Everyone from both sides, forgiven and reconciled from North to South Vietnam, to America, and reconciled to Israel. The Lord had me take a tallit, or prayer shawl, and we prayed over it then left it with the leader of the main house church of “Vietnam Missions” Time and space keep me from sharing all of the miracles and Salvations that took place as we ministered on this 2400 mile mission from the South to the North and back again.

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Collective Surveillance,” containing neighborhood spies who created social violence and hatred.

One Cuban pastor I spoke with said that at every church service, a “CDR” spy would sit on the front row with a notebook in his hand and jot down what the pastor had said, just in case he criticized the com

they described in graphic terms how they were tortured during their imprisonment.

Then, one of them decided to tell a well-known joke in the country. “There was a cat in a room, and then the authorities opened the door and threw in a rat,” he began. “Then, after a while, they opened the

Fidel and Raul Castro with Saddam Hussein in Havana.

munist government.

Paranoia was everywhere at that time, and during a conversation with a group of Cuban pastors, who had all spent time in prison,

door and saw that the rat was dead and the cat had a huge smile on his face.” He paused and then added, “So they question is: Who killed the rat?” Before I

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She is also national coordinator of Operation Law enforcement officials outside of a parking gaEsther on the campus of Ohio State University as Circles, rage they respond at the scene of the emergency, Colua group mbus, Ohio, on Monday (Paul Vernon/AFP/Getwhich ty Images) seas Students Mission. pray for international students The alleged attacker at and works with leaders in Ohio State, Abdul Razal Ali Artan, was killed by campus communities to reach out to visitors. police. First reports said “We need to reach out 10 students were hospitalin love to these visitors ized in the attack and one and show them that we is in critical condition. Artin carried out the attack that we care.”

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could answer, he laughed and said, “The CIA. They think the CIA is responsible for everything in this country.”

On my final visit to Cuba, this time with my wife Norma, we visited many Cuban churches, mainly because we had set up through ASSIST, a Sister Church program, whereby we linked Cuban congregations with churches in the United States.

It was a moving time for us, as we marveled at the courage of these believers, and later, several US churches send delegations over to Cuba to visit and encourage their Sister Church.

Now Castro, who reigned over the island-nation 90 miles from Florida that was marked by the USbacked Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 and the Cuban Missile Crisis a year later that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war, has gone.

Many wonder if the persecution of Christians will now slow down. My view is: Don’t hold your breath! www.assistnews.net

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a journey to an infamous music venue where stars are born, rivals are met and no one leaves the way they came in.

“With this tour, we wanted to try something new, something different,” said Michael Tait, lead singer Newsboys. “There’s some thing about drama, seeing scenes acted out, lived out, right in front of you, that has a different effect. We are excited about sharing this new theatrical experi ence with our fans.”

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Liquid Church Packing 500,000 Holiday Meals For Underprivileged New Jersey Families

MORRISTOWN, N.J.,/ PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to serve its neighborsin-need at Christmas, Liquid Church, one of New Jersey’s fastest growing Christian churches, has announced it will host the largest Christmas Outreach in church history.

On December 3rd, 3,000 volunteers gathered across 7 locations to pack 500,000 meals to be distributed to families in need this holiday season. Designed as a family event, children and parents will be serving side-by-side at the Christmas Outreach, working in an “assembly line fashion” in order to pack thousands of meals in short order.

“We feel called to put our faith into action and demonstrate Jesus Christ’s compassion to the hungry and hurting,” said Tim Lucas, lead pastor and founder of Liquid Church.

“Hunger is a pervasive problem and more than 1 million New Jersey residents don’t know where their next meal is coming from. That’s 1 in 9 of us, which means this is a

struggle faced by our friends and neighbors.

This hits home, and that fueled us to set such an ambitious goal for our 2016 Christmas Outreach.”

Liquid Church’s provision of 500,000 meals will more than double the meal-packing achievement from last year, when 240,000 meals were packed in one day.

“No one should have to choose between keeping the lights on or putting food on the table, or life-saving medicine and their next meal, but this is the heartbreaking reality for too many people in New Jersey,” added Lucas.

“It’s our goal to address those needs in a practical way and with a compassionate heart.” www.LiquidChurch.com/ ChristmasOutreach. +++

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not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t God, who gave us Christ, also give us everything else?” His point: God loved us enough to send Jesus, his only Son, to die on the cross to pay the penalty for our wrong, our sins. What a demonstration of love! I can trust a God like that. Then Jesus rose from the dead so he could live inside us and become our friend.

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Having just finished our Christmas Party and Grand Opening of the 9th Street Mission, I was gently reminded by the Holy Spirit how the Church is not a building nor a denominational name or identity, but it is people, for people and about people.

The Lord loves people and He is in the people restoration business.

Sometimes we get so caught up in so many other things that we lose sight of the commission ‘to go make disciples’.

(Matt 28:18-20) As I was on my face before the Lord the morning of the outreach party, He clearly said to me as I asked for souls that I should make disciples rather than just winning a soul.

What a revelation that was to me. God is more interested in making a disciple than just someone praying a quick prayer so that I have another notch in my belt as a soul winner. The Scriptures clearly teach in John 17:3 that eternal life is ‘knowing God’, not just a one time prayer.

Now I agree that prayer is the first step and has to be done, I am not belittling that. What I am saying is that it is more than just having someone pray a prayer; it is mentoring, discipling, nurturing, until christ be formed in them. This takes love, patience and perseverance, not just praying and then leaving them to the wolves.

I have always considered myself a ‘soul-winner’ and love to evangelize. It is not optional, it is a command. However, we must also be certain there is follow up and assistance in getting the new convert grounded in a Bible believing church where they can hear the Word and be accountable to the leadership there.

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