Defending Dying Christians Overseas

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Like     f   Like this on Facebook   Grace, Today is a crucial day in our fight to defend dying Christians. Today is our deadline to deliver major legal letters to the presidential candidates to put them on record. Christians are being slaughtered daily: burned, beheaded, and buried alive for their faith. Now ISIS (the Islamic State) is using chemical weapons. Christians are crying out for help, “No one cares about us like we are not human.” This wretched evil must be stopped. We've expanded our largest global legal advocacy effort for Christians facing genocide. We've forced the Administration to acknowledge the "genocide against Christians." We’ve filed a massive federal lawsuit that could force the Administration into action. The Administration’s federal court deadline to respond is in less than 3 days. We must hold the next President accountable to act on Day One. Today, we’re delivering a critical letter to the candidates. We won't sit by as Christians die. But we face the Administration's taxpayer-funded resources in court. We urgently need your support now. Make an impact for Christians facing genocide today. Make a $5 Tax-Deductible Gift in Defense of Dying Christians. Jay Sekulow ACLJ Chief Counsel Contribute Now Like     f   Like this on Facebook

Devot. The New Birth

Dear Friends,

I hope you had a super week!  The devot. today is on being spiritually born.  

Just as a human is only birthed once, when we receive the Lord Jesus as our Saviour and way to Heaven, we are spiritually "re-born" and only have to receive Jesus in our lives once to be saved from an eternity in hell.   

Example:  Christ only had to die ONCE for the sins of all mankind.  We only have to receive Him and what He did for us ONCE to go to Heaven.

2 Corinthians 5:17, "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."

God gives us a brand new slate to work off of when we become of His Kids, though faith in the Lord Jesus (Galatians 3:26). It's like we are "born again" to start  brand new life!

 

The day you received Jesus is your Spiritual Birthday and just as special as your physical birthday, even more so because your eternity was settled the day you accepted Jesus!

 I wanted to share this particular devot. with you is because today, Sept. 22nd, is my spiritual birthday!    17 years ago I received the Lord Jesus as my way to Heaven and received assurance from God's Word that the gift of salvation was permanent. 

This was after years of doubting if I ever had received Jesus and where I would spend eternity.

 The peace of God that came after accepting the free gift of salvation has never left me, as God's Word promises never will ( John 14:27, Philippians 4:7).

I pray that this devot. reminds you of the day you trusted Jesus as you way to Heaven!  

 

Or if you have never received Jesus into your life as the ONLY WAY to get to Heaven, as the Bible states, click here:http://thejourneyheavenward.blogspot.com/p/are-you-100-sure.html

 

Or if you have but need assurance that your decision to receive Jesus was permanent, click here:  http://thejourneyheavenward.blogspot.com/p/assurance-of-salvation.html

 

Always feel free to email me at the address in this tab: http://thejourneyheavenward.blogspot.com/p/contact.html

 

Lord bless you and yours this weekend!

 

Devot. http://www.icr.org/article/new-birth  (Used by permission.   Taken from http://www.icr.org/) 

Note: Paragraph 3 of the devot. says that a sign of a Christian is that we don't actively practice sin. I.E. You

don't continue to actively do things that you know are wrong and hurt God's heart.  This doesn't mean that we never sin though, as we still have to fight sin in our lives and ask for the Lord's forgiveness on a daily basis).

Devot. Remembering God's Goodness

Dear Friends,

 

I hope you had a good weekend!

The devot. for today is on remembering how good God is to us.  Psalm 107 says several times in its chapter, "Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!"  Indeed!!

 

Lord bless you and yours this week!

 

Devot. https://www.intouch.org/read/magazine/daily-devotions/remembering-gods-goodness (Used by permission.  Taken from https://www.intouch.org/)

All God's Creatures: Petition

Dear Readers,
I believe that God created all animals to bring Him glory and praise as Psalm 150:6 says, "Let everything that hath breath praise the LORD.  Praise ye the LORD."
The below petition is to stop the slaughter of 44,ooo horses by an organization that has mismanaged land and it's occupants before.  If you are an Animal Advocate as I am, please sign the petition below and feel free to copy this blog link and pass it along!
Sincerely, Grace

Take Action to STOP the Wild Horse Wipeout! The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board has recommended that the BLM kill over 44,000 wild horses currently in holding facilities across the U.S. We cannot let that happen.   Please act urgently to ensure the biggest horse slaughter in history does not go ahead. The BLM has mis-managed public lands for 20 years by continuing to round up and remove wild horses from the range and stockpile them in holding facilities while allowing ranchers to abuse public lands to feed cows.   The 1971 Wild Free Roaming Horses and Burros Act declares that wild horses are living symbols of the American West and the Act is designed for the protection, management and control of these wild horses. However the BLM continues to try ONLY to control horses in every way possible whilst offering them NO protection along with constant mis-management. Click here to learn more and take action.

Devot. Remember

Dear Friends,

I hope you had a good weekend!

I couldn't let this week past without paying tribute and remembrance to the 9/11 families and all the heroes of this day.  What I wrote came out of the burden I personally felt to remember and I wanted to share my thoughts.

 

For those of you who have lost a loved one, you know that anniversaries and the days leading up to them can bring back  a flood of memories, some pain, renewed grief and yet joy when you remember your loved one.

I'm sure this is how the families of America feel as the nation remembers their lost loved ones.

The motto of that day was "Never Forget."  While I'm not saying we should remember the horror of that day and watch clips of the Towers falling (it's painful, I'm sure most especially to the 9/11 families).  

 

But  I am saying we must  remember the heroes of that day: the firefighters who rushed in the burning Trade Tower Buildings;   civilians who helped the injured when they were hurt themselves;   those who were injured in the attacks and still live with health challenges;   the brave men and women who helped takeover  the plane intended for DC, but crashed in PA in order that only their lives were lost, not countless others;   the countless children who have bravely survived and grown up with the loss of a 9/11 parent;

These are America's heroes.

 

For a good many years our nation and it's citizens rallied around the flag, the anthem that is the symbol of the United States' independence, the heroes and  families of 9/11.   

 

Where has our support gone?  Where is the remembrance and reverence of this day that changed America forever?

 

My heart is stirred and yet hurts and I think of the change.   Would you join me this week in pledging to "Never Forget" America's heroes and to pray for the 9/11 families on the anniversary?  

By forgetting, we cease to remember valuable lessons out country learned and the grace and healing God brought to our nation.

 

The devot. below is on Remembering.  It brought tears to my eye when I found this specific one, as it hits the nail on the head.

I have also included a song that should be familiar to all.  We are blessed to live in the USA, a land of the free because of the brave.   God bless you and yours this week.

 

Devot. http://www.icr.org/article/21900 (Used by permission.  Taken from http://www.icr.org/)

 

Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q65KZIqay4E

Petition: A Hero Ejected from Military for Doing Good!

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Like     f   Like this on Facebook   Grace, Another hero is being ejected from the military for doing what is right. Major Jason Brezler - a Marine - sent a dire warning to fellow soldiers in Afghanistan about a corrupt Afghan police chief who was sexually enslaving young children. It's called "bacha bazi" - "boy play" - and terrorists are now using these tormented boys to attack our soldiers. Sign the Petition Now His urgent warning of an impending attack came true, but because he sent it using his personal email, he was involuntarily discharged from the military. It’s shameful. Just like Sergeant Charles Martland - who we helped reinstate after he faced expulsion for defending an Afghan boy from sexual abuse - this Marine is one of the few, the proud, who stood up for what was right. We’re aggressively fighting to reinstate Major Brezler – now a New York City firefighter. We’re working with Members of Congress and sending critical legal letters. End sexual torture. Protect our soldiers. Reinstate Major Brezler. Take urgent action with us now. Sign Our NEW Petition: Defend War Hero Major Brezler Now. Jay Sekulow ACLJ Chief Counsel Contribute Now Like     f   Like this on Facebook

Devot. Milk or Meat

Dear Friends,

I hope you had a nice long weekend with family this past Labor Day weekend!

 

The devot. for today comes from a Bible verse, given in the devot.  For folks who are new Christians, the term "Babes" or babies in Christ is used.  For Christians who have trusted Christ years ago, but have spiritually matured, they are mature Christians.

 

The devot. here is explaining that as human babies can only drink milk (we don't expect them to eat a steak!), new Christians can only spiritually handle simple things from the Word of God.

But just as human babies mature and add in solid foods, new Christians should mature as well and learn to 'dig into' the  "meat" of the Word of God and be learning more complex spiritual truths (we will learn in later devots. practical ways of  how to go about that in truly Bible based ways).

I pray the devot. teaches you something new and yet I also encourage you ask yourself if you are still in the 'baby stages' of your  everyday walk with Jesus or have you/are you maturing?  

 

Also if you haven't had a chance to sign the petition calling for fellow Believer's Asia's release from death row and mandatory hanging, please do so this week!   

Lord bless you and your this weekend!   Petition and devot. below

 

Petition:  https://aclj.org/persecuted-church/save-christian-mom-asia-bibi-from-execution?utm_medium=Email&utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_campaign=d-08262016_top-PC_seg-CO_typ-PT_copy-B&utm_expid=7567081-18.r6St7NZpR-mpee4XQNRcZw.0

 

Devot. http://www.icr.org/article/21631 (Used by permission.   Taken from http://www.icr.org/)