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I used to be on this forum but not for a while. I was trying to get closer to God. I was raised as Catholic but I was only a nominal Catholic. I left the Catholic Church and went Protestant in college. I became involved in Campus Crusade for Christ and went to Trinity Evangelical Divinity...

Atheists use this argument from incredulity, a fallacious argument, to attack believers. For instance, the believer may not understand evolution and therefore find it incredulous, and so evolution does not exist. Although I have no problem with evolution, I think this is a straw man. There are a...

This a great website for spiritual warfare: Auxilium Christianorum It is a web site for offering prayer support for priests on the front lines involved in spiritual warfare. It also gives protection to its members against the demonic forces. I just heard that twenty years ago there were 8,000...

Syria Pray for the 11 people injured when a car bomb exploded outside the Syriac Orthodox Church in Qamishli city, during a prayer meeting in July. Prisoners of Faith Let’s remember those who are in prison or denied contact with their loved ones as punishment for following Christ. Pray that...

China Crackdowns on religious freedom The management of religious affairs in China lies with the Communist Party now, not just with the government. And Christians are intensely and increasingly feeling this shift and fear of Christian persecution. Since the Communist Party took over, the...

Dec. 26, 2019 | Iraq Christian Convert Hopes in the Lord [8] prayers in [3] nations have been posted for Khalda. Khalda, a young Iraqi Christian who was forced to flee his family and his country, is now growing in faith as he hopes in the Lord. When his father urged him to get married and drop...

In Luke 1:43, Elizabeth calls Mary the mother of her Lord. Among Jews, there is only one Lord, the great I AM, Yahweh, the One who delivered the Israelites from Egypt, the One who created the heavens and the earth. Elizabeth, being filled with the Holy Spirit, said that Mary was carrying in her...

Sri Lanka In Sri Lanka, about 50 protesters, including a dozen Buddhist monks, recently demonstrated outside a church in Divulapitiya, demanding an end to worship services. When the pastor called the police, officers joined in with the protesters’ threats. Ask God to protect this congregation...

Increasing Dictatorial Power Over the last year, the situation in Turkey has deteriorated significantly for Christians as President Erdogan’s powers grow. Since July 2016’s failed coup, Erdogan’s government has dropped its mask of supporting democracy and now openly restricts freedom throughout...

Dec. 19, 2019 | India Five Remaining Orissa Prisoners Freed [0] prayers in [0] nations have been posted for Buddhadev, Bhaskar, Durjo, Sanatan and Munda. The five remaining men accused of killing a Hindu leader that sparked massive sectarian riots in Odisha (Orissa) state were freed on bail by...

Christmas is the first advent. It reminds us that we living in an enchanted world - the bright lights, the Christmas tree, snow (well, not always), Santa Clause. It gives us a sense that the world is magical. It is for this that Christmas is the best holiday for children, I think. Every year at...

Pastor's family repeatedly moving to escape extremists. Pastor ‘Jabir’ (not his real name) and his family, whom we met on a recent trip to East Africa, narrowly escaped when his wife was followed home by an extremist. They have had to move home many times as a result of Jabir’s conversion to...

RELEASE INTERNATIONAL PRAYER SHIELDs, NIGERIA AND PAKISTAN Nigeria Pray for the families in Nigeria of the 13 people killed when militants raided several mainly Christian villages in the area bordering Plateau and Kaduna states earlier this year. Hundreds were left homeless. Nigeria Stand...

Mauritania Facts Score: 67/ 100 Region: Africa Persecution Type: Islamic Oppression Persecution Level: Very High Population: 4,540,000 Christians: 10,100 Main Religion: Islam Government: Presidential Republic Leader: President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz Profile of Persecution Violence 3% Church...

Christian laborer beaten. Police abduct youth. Believer seeks fellowship. Dec. 12, 2019 | Pakistan Brick Kiln Owner Beats Christian Laborer [4] prayers in [1] nation have been posted for Hamza. Hamza, who was raised as a Christian in a family indebted to a brick kiln owner, didn't experience...

Release International Prayer Shields, Indonesia and Philippines Indonesia Hard-line Muslims in Indonesia are reportedly training young men to seduce and impregnate Christian girls, often forcibly. Due to cultural pressures, the girls are then forced to marry into a Muslim family. Pray for...

#24 in Christian persecution, Mali Intensifying violence While the majority of Malians traditionally practice a relatively tolerant version of Islam, the west African country has become increasingly militant. In the northern part of the country especially, this intolerance has resulted in...

Dec. 05, 2019 | Central African Republic Refugee Hopes to Reestablish Local Church [4] prayers in [1] nation have been posted for Matthew and Family. Like thousands of other Christians in the Central African Republic, Matthew and his family left their town in 2017 when it was overrun by Muslim...

The Lord has been teaching me a lot of humility lately. Here are my thoughts on how humility is the key to all the other virtues. The opposite of humilty is pride. Pride is a barrier to all virtues and all happiness. 1. Pride is a hindrance to faith. It seems to me that most of the arguments...

God has made us wholistic. We do not just think. We touch. We feel. We see. We are not moved just by abstract concepts. We are moved by our other senses. I have always been pro-life. It just made sense to me that life begins at conception. There is no definte time other than conception that we...