While most Omanis practice a moderately conservative form of Islam, there is almost no tolerance for family members who convert to Christianity due to a strong clan mentality. Omani citizens who convert are put under pressure from family and society to recant their faith. They can be expelled from the family home, lose their jobs and face problems over child custody and inheritance, so many keep their faith hidden.
Immigrant Christian communities are tolerated, providing they avoid sharing their faith with Muslims, but their facilities are restricted. Christian meetings are monitored to record any political statements and determine if Omani nationals are attending.
All religious organizations must be registered with the authorities. Immigrant Muslims converting to Christianity experience pressure similar to their home countries, as they often live within their own national or ethnic communities.

Meet Yacoub​

“My wife threw me out of our house as she didn’t want me to talk about Jesus.”
Yacoub (name changed), a man from the Arabian Peninsula who met Jesus through a series of dreams.

What does Open Doors do to help?​

Open Doors supports the Body of Christ on the Arabian Peninsula by organising prayer, distributing Scripture resources, and training believers and pastors.

Please pray​

• Pray for church communities, that God will protect them.
• Ask God for wisdom and boldness for immigrant believers to live out their faith.
• Pray for Open Doors partners on the Arabian Peninsula to shine the light of Christ.

If you knew you were showing up for your court date after following all the rules and paying all the fees to get your green card and ICE would cart you off to meet their quota you'd be scared too.
ICE agents have replaced used car salesmen as the most untrustworthy people in America (well, next to the members of thiscafministration, of course.)

Before Jesus Christ left this earth, and he went back to be with the Father in heaven, he promised his followers that he would not leave them comfortless, but that he would send them the Holy Spirit to live in them. And he said that the Helper, the Holy Spirit, will teach us all things, and he will bear witness about Jesus, and he will guide us into all truth. And he will empower us to be Christ’s witnesses. And he will speak to us and lead us in the way that we ought to go, and he will warn us of danger, and gift us with spiritual gifts.

And the Holy Spirit gives us the words to speak when we are witnessing for Jesus Christ, and when we are accused falsely of what we did not do, and when we are brought before the authorities on account of we are speaking the truth of God’s word. He will teach us what we ought to say in all kinds of circumstances so that we are not speaking from our own flesh, but so we are being guided by the Holy Spirit in what to say for the glory of God. For we are to be being led by the Spirit of God if we are the children of God.

And the Holy Spirit will not only grant to us certain spiritual gifts, but these gifts will then be empowered by and led by the Holy Spirit and not by our own flesh. And when God pours out his Spirit on us, some of us will prophesy, which is not all future telling, but merely means to speak the words of God, which all of us are called to do, to proclaim the excellencies of him who called us out of darkness into his wonderful light. And some of us will see visions and dream dreams, too (Acts 2:17-18; 1 Peter 2:9).

So many people are limiting the power of the Holy Spirit to the point to where they are not being led by the Spirit because they don’t believe they can hear the Spirit’s voice speaking to them in their spirits showing them the way that God would have them to go, and giving them the words to speak to others, and showing them what gifts they have been given and how they are to use them, and when and where, and with whom. Thus, so many preacher’s sermons are not being directed by the Holy Spirit, either.

But if we can’t hear the Spirit speak to us in our spirits then we can’t hear the voice of God speaking to us, leading us specifically in what he wants us to do each day, and where he wants us to go, and to whom we are to speak, and what we are to say. And how will we know God’s callings on our individual lives? Yes, the Scriptures themselves guide us in what we should do and not do, but they don’t give us our individual callings of God, for none of us existed when the Scriptures were written. So we need the Holy Spirit.

For the Christian life is not just about following the teachings of the Scriptures, but it is about being led by the Spirit day by day in what God has for us for that day. I could not do what I do each day without the Holy Spirit guiding me in what passage to read and in what to write about each passage. And I would not be doing this at all if the Holy Spirit did not speak to me and let me know that God wanted me to write down what he is teaching me each day and to then put these writings on the internet.

And I know I just recently wrote on this subject, but the Lord is having me write on it again, for someone needs to hear this. But what we believe the Spirit is speaking to us must not contradict the Scriptures. They cannot be anti-biblical. And a lot of people reject the working of the Spirit because so many people are claiming the Spirit is speaking to them but in ways which do contradict the teachings of the Scriptures.

For example, the Scriptures teach the fruit of the Spirit as self-control. But many are claiming the Spirit is making them do things out of their control. Demonic spirits make us do things out of our control, not the Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit may lead us to do some unconventional things, just like God led his servants to do all throughout biblical history. But unconventional is not to translate to out of control or directly in contradiction to the teachings of the Scriptures. And it is important we make that distinction.

And this goes to the subject of false teachers, too, who speak as though they are from God but who are speaking what is contrary to the Scriptures, particularly in the area of the gospel of our salvation. We need to be in tune to the Spirit’s voice so that when we hear someone speak what they say is the gospel we can be discerning as to whether or not what they are saying is the truth or if it is a twisted half-truth, which is a lie. For by faith in Jesus we must die to sin and walk in obedience to his commands, or it is not faith.

[Mark 13:11; Luke 2:26; Luke 4:18-19; Luke 10:21; Luke 12:11-12; John 14:26; John 15:26; John 16:13; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:17-18; Acts 11:12; Acts 13:2; Acts 20:23; Romans 8:9,14; 1 Corinthians 2:14-16; 1 Corinthians 12:1-31; Romans 12:1-8; Ephesians 4:1-16; Romans 6:1-23; Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23; Galatians 5:16-24; Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 3:4-10]

My Sheep

Based off John 10:1-30 NIV
An Original Work / June 24, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

My sheep hear me. They know me.
They listen to my voice and obey.
I call them and lead them.
They know my voice, so they follow me.
They will never follow strangers.
They will run away from them.
The voice of a stranger they know not;
They do not follow him.

So, I tell you the truth that
I am the gate, so you enter in.
Whoever does enter
Will find forgiveness and will be saved.
Nonetheless whoever enters
Not by the gate; other way,
He is the thief and a robber.
Listen not, the sheep to him.

Oh, I am the Good Shepherd,
Who laid his own life down for the sheep.
I know them. They know me.
They will live with me eternally.
The thief only comes to steal and
Kill and to destroy the church.
I have come to give you life that
You may have it to the full…

They know my voice, so they follow me.

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Do Not Worry
An Original Work / August 9, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee (C) and the Palestinian mayor of the village of Taybeh, Suleiman Khourieh (L), tour the fifth century Church of St. George in the Palestinian Christian village of Taybeh, northeast of Ramallah in the West Bank, on July 19, 2025. In the villages and communities around Taybeh, Palestinian authorities have reported that settlers had killed three people and damaged or destroyed multiple water sources in the past two weeks. The July 7 arson attack on the remains of the Church of Saint George, which date back to the fifth century, was the last straw for many villagers, who blame Israeli settlers for a spate of recent attacks. | JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation will expand its operations from the four distribution sites it currently operates to 16 sites, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said on Wednesday.

“The immediate plan is to scale up the number of sites up to 16, and begin to operate them as much as 24 hours a day, to get more food to more people more efficiently,” Ambassador Huckabee said during an appearance on Fox News.

Huckabee’s comments came as he was asked about a recent Axios report stating that the U.S. planned to take over the distribution of aid in the Gaza Strip.

“Well, I think the president of the United States always has a very important role in something like this if he chooses to do it,” Huckabee stated.

Huckabee reaffirmed that U.S. President Trump is adamant about getting more aid into Gaza, but wants to avoid any Hamas seizure of the aid.

“The president has been telling us he wants foods into the hands of hungry people, but he wants it in a way that it doesn’t get into the hands of Hamas,” Huckabee said. “That’s exactly what we did when we stood up GHF.”

Continued below.

I believe the Bible is for what it says it is.

II Timothy 3:16 (NKJV)​

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,

The Bible itself never claims to be the only word from God, and in fact, the very last verse of John explicitly states that it is an incomplete record.

This was not the video I was looking for but here is a short that gets right to the point

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My husband is not a Christian

1Co 7:13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
1Co 7:14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

Both Christian and non-Christians can fall into self-stimulation addictions of all sorts. Prayer is always beneficial. However, you might want to be aware that it is not so much a rejection of you as it is an indulgence of self. If he ever gets to the point where he can see his actions are not as satisfying as they were and starts to become open to considering that his path is only a hungers that is never satisfied, he may consider trying to find satisfaction in truth. With Christianity he has the possibility to transcend the compulsive power of the flesh and find the freedom of truth that can be found in Christ.

Re-broadcast is 9am today August 9 at 9am on EWTN

Pray that Jesus Christ leads churches in South Korea to help, care & Love South Korean who suffer from loneliness:

tonychanyt said:

Dr Francis Collins said:


That's a false dichotomy.

Option 1 pertains to the concept of the multiverse. Option 2 describes God as the intelligent designer of the current universe.

Let proposition P1 = We observe a universe compatible with our existence.

Collins and supporters of Option 2 are surprised that P1 is true.

Why should anyone be surprised at all to find P1 to be true? By definition, if we had not existed, we wouldn't have been observing this universe. It is unnecessary to affirm or deny multiverse for P1 to be true.

Furthermore, it is unnecessary to find a scientific theory to justify P1 ("barring a theoretical resolution"). P1 is true by definition. Logically, we do not need to search for a natural mechanism to support the fine-tuning of the universe in order to justify P1.

Dr. Collins’ framing of the issue as a dichotomy between the multiverse and God reflects a misunderstanding of the nature of P1 and the role of the anthropic principle. Neither the multiverse nor divine design is necessary to explain why we observe a universe compatible with our existence. The weak anthropic principle provides a sufficient explanation: we observe this universe because it supports life, and we could not observe otherwise.

If the gravitational constant changes slightly, life as we know it wouldn't exist.

Right.

Now, imagine that this universe, as we know it, had not existed. In its place, a universe with a slightly different gravitational constant exists, and life thrives in that universe. The intelligent life of that new universe will assert the same statement: If the gravitational constant is changed slightly, life as they know it wouldn't exist.

Note that I have not appealed to multiverse. I only appeal to P1.

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I think this is appealing to the multiverse. This was introduced when it was said to imagine that a different universe existed. I think its still pre supposing that some sort of multiverse can exist.

To be able to contemplate other universes different to ours where someone exists means also accepting that this is a possibility. Each person within their universe knowing they exist in isolation to each other.

But if there is only one specific universe that conscious observers can know then that is a completely different proposition. Which requires a different measure of liklyhood I think. There is is only one universe that just so happens to allow intelligent conscious life to know this would be pretty special.

I don't think we can know for sure either way. So at best either scenario is based on a metaphysical belief about the nature or reality. One requiring naturalistic explanations which will lead to ideas like multiverses. The other allowing an outside factor coming in that set the laws in motion to produce a specific universe that holds a particular kind of life that can kow its creator.

keras said:

This is your problem; you say there will be a pre-trib rapture, when the scriptures never Prophecy such a thing.
Revelation 12:14 tells just who and how they will be kept from fiery trials to come. But the Christians who failed to trust in the Lords protection, will have to remain under the power of the 'beast'. Rev 12:17

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Keras, it is abundantly provable that apostle John never left Patmos while writing Rev. He was immersed in the vision shown to him by one angel (Rev 1:1 and Rev 22:8).

Also, all of the many moments in Rev where John stated, "I saw" and "I heard," were about what he saw and heard in his vision. Those phrases appear in Rev 4:1-2, making them entirely about what John saw and heard in the supernatural scene presented to him related to Rev 4:1-2. Therefore, Rev 4:1 is the pre-Trib rapture of the Church.

keras said:

Untrue.
Rev 12:17 ..... those who keep the Commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus.

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All those discussed as such in Rev 12 are the Jews cited in Matt 24:16. They are the Jews fleeing Satan, as represented in Rev 12.

Pray that the violence caused by the tensions between ethnoreligious groups like the Druze and Bedouins in Syria is Stopped:

Though the Trump administration dissolved USAID itself earlier this year, USAID's inspector general's office is an independent entity that Congress established in 1980 to provide oversight of U.S. foreign aid programs. That office remains in place as its investigators probe "diversion, fraud, product substitution, smuggling, and other misconduct compromising lifesaving humanitarian assistance intended for civilians in Gaza," the memo states.
Those probes—and the evidence of widespread Hamas aid theft informing them—stand in stark contrast to an internal USAID "report" that was leaked to Reuters in late July.

What is the old saying? "A lie travels round and round the world while Truth is putting on her boots."

Under These Circumstances

In the previous chapter, Jesus was having a conversation with the Pharisees. Some of the things he said to them were that they were hypocrites who liked to appear spiritually clean on the outside while inside they were full of robbery and wickedness. They strictly observed certain religious rituals, but they disregarded justice and the love of God, and they were like graves of the dead. He spoke to the lawyers, too, for they had corrupted the true gospel of salvation, and they kept themselves and others from salvation.

And when he left their presence, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very hostile and to question Jesus closely on many subjects, plotting against him to catch him in something he might say (see Luke 11:37-54).

So, it was under these circumstances that Jesus began to warn his disciples about the leaven (yeast) of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. And yeast, in this context, was in reference to the spreading influence of evil which can be hidden from view, like yeast in bread, but then spread throughout all who are influenced by it. And this is happening within the gatherings of the church in the USA, where I live, and perhaps throughout the whole world. For hypocrisy is making a profession of something but living the opposite.

For Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

But many people who profess faith in Jesus Christ are living the opposite of this. Sin is still what they practice, and not obedience to God. And they may or may not be people who are living in addictive sin, deliberately and habitually, but their lives are not surrendered to Jesus Christ to live for him and to do his will. They are still lord over their own lives, making all their own choices, without regard for God and for what he wants for their lives. So they are not walking in obedience to his commands, but they live for self.

Proclaimed Upon Housetops

Whenever I read this I cannot help but think of the era in which we now live where pretty much everyone’s business is being shouted on the internet or on television or on the radio or other media outlets, and 24 hours a day, and 7 days a week, non-stop. And if you are in possession of a television or have access to the internet or you have a smartphone or any smart-device, your private conversations are no longer private, and someone (or a robot) is listening in and perhaps recording what you are saying.

Mainly I believe they are using this for marketing purposes, for if we mention a particular product in a private conversation, it will frequently show up in our advertisements on the internet, especially on social media. But I believe they are also looking for certain key words to learn who they should regard as a threat or as opposition to what the government is doing. And please know that many government (and church) heads are corrupt, and they are not working for the good of the people, even if they say they are.

But it isn’t just that. Everywhere you go out in public, pretty much, people are taking pictures of other people, or they are secretly video recording them and their conversations. So there really isn’t such a thing as privacy anymore. And one day the things we said in private, where we thought no one could hear but whoever we were talking with, may indeed be broadcast via media sources to where everyone can hear what we have said when we thought no one was listening. So all of us should be careful what we say.

But it isn’t just that. Many people are sinning in secret against their spouses, or against their bosses, or against their co-workers or their relatives or against their neighbors, etc. God can still see what they are doing, but they are able to manage keeping it a secret from others. But one day this is all going to come out into the open, perhaps sooner, or perhaps later, and then those secret sins will no longer be secret, kind of like we are learning some of the secret sins of our government heads. So, please take this to heart.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

For Our Nation

An Original Work / September 11, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Recording Via Gerry Peters, music producer and arranger

Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Trust Him with your life today.
Make Him your Lord and your Savior.
Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.
He will forgive you of your sin;
Cleanse your heart, made new within.

Men betraying: Our trust fraying.
On our knees to God we’re praying,
Seeking God to give us answers
That are only found in Him.
God is sovereign over all things.
Nothing from His mind escaping.
He has all things under His command,
And will work all for good.

Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.

Men deceiving: We’re believing
In our Lord, and interceding
For our nation and its people
To obey their God today.
He is our hope for our future.
For our wounds He offers suture.
He is all we need for this life.
Trust Him with your life today.

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Beware The Leaven
An Original Work / August 9, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

He expects other countries to fall in line like Congressional puppets.

I appreciate push back. It may take the whole world to bring him down, but i feel solidarity with the countries he is treating as badly as the 99% .

Godcrazy said:

speaking of energy.. the dietists recommend high protein snacks for energisers. thinking of energy I had organic raw cocoa bits. I only needed one they were that good, and did the job

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Raw cocoa or cacao have caffeine unless decaffeinated. That's probably where the boost is coming from.

There are many kinds of proteins and not all them will give on-demand boost in energy and may even give the opposite - make you drowsy/sleepy,

For example, I found that protein found in cheese, milk, and meat makes me VERY sleepy shortly after consumption.

Protein in nuts does not seem to affect energy levels and may even sustain it.

When I'm working out or working long hours, I avoid protein if I need to consume some calories for energy. Animal-based protein particularly makes me very sleepy making it impossible to continue working. The only protein I can tolerate during work is nuts.

I still consume animal-based protein everyday with milk, cheese, and sardines, But I consume them strategically, before my noontime sleep and before midnight sleep- to help maximize sleep value as I work two shifts (day and night) for 3 days/week. Weekends, I work nights but do outdoor skating in the daytime. I also workout in the daytime during weekdays. I probably have huge energy demands from both long work hours + >1 hr hour workouts everyday and 6 hrs in the weekends for a total of 11 hour workouts and up to 50 hrs work every week.

I never consume energy drinks. I drink coffee but it's decaf and only 1 cup of decaf coffee each day.

rjs330 said:

I find it difficult to believe that providing gear for rioters isnt against the law.

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The DOJ found it difficult to believe they could secure a conviction. So they dropped the case.

Prayers for your father and his medical care team.

heirmiles said:

So, I just started studying with a Book called A Divine Tapestry by Ryan M. McGraw. It is a great book summarizing each chapter of the Bible and providing memory verses for each chapter... but,

His opening summation of Genesis is,

"God covenants with fallen human beings, promising to undo the ruin Satan brought on the human race, dividing mankind into the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent."

So is the "seed of the serpent" a category of humans in existence today? Does this reflect upon a certain number of people? Are their minions out for ....

Okay, I'm laughing at myself for suggesting this,

but then, are the non-saved considered the seed of the serpent? Is the author referring to the human race before the flood? Or is this simply a part of being in the state of not being able to justify ourselves before God (aka, depravity)?

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Jesus said to the Jews that opposed Him "you are of your father the devil" but to those who accepted in "My sheep hear My voice".

They were of the same lineage - differing only by their choice to accept or reject Christ.

May God bless them abundantly!

Judy02 said:

Hi everyone

I have a general question about heaven. A few years ago, I had an argument with a family member I care a lot about, where she was really upset with me, and I think she misunderstood one comment I made and my meaning/intention. We mostly sorted everything out between us, but that was one thing I didn't explain fully.

My question is, do you think any misunderstanding about it, from her side, will be made clear and my true intention will be known, so she no longer has any possible hurt feelings about it, when we are in heaven?

Sorry if I am asking what seems like a simple question, but I am struggling a lot with anxiety over it at the moment, so would just appreciate any help from anyone.
Thank you do much

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Heaven will sort out a lot of things 1 Cor 13 now we see in a glass darkly , but then on that future day all things will made clear to us

It's not pretty, but what's going on in Texas is equally blatant.

Demographics aren't in favor of Republicans' donors interests (note my emphasis, the donors, they are the ones really calling the shots), even with their recent electoral victories they have secured. Once the Baby Boomer generation kicks the bucket, things are going to look very different politically, with old alliances not being so dependable (younger generations social conservativism is more of a mood than a coherent ideology, and not as tied to institutional loyalty). Which is why I suspect Republicans are engaged in a desperate effort to lock down solid federal Congressional seats in places like Texas, where they dominate the state legislature. It's a last desperate effort to hold on a little while longer.