A Christ Follower: The Journey

Encouraging Persecuted Christians  Ten year old Marlene woke up crying  last August 6th.  Her mother Intisar told her that the noise she was hearing was fire crackers; however, it was actually the sound of explosions and rifle fire coming from the weaponry of ISIS.  Their home in Quaraqosh, 20 miles east of Mosul, had lost power. Needless to say, between all the explosions and the darkness, the children were terrified.   Intisar was also terrified.  She knew about the beheadings, the pain and all the persecution that ISIS was visiting upon any Christian families with whom they were having contact. In a short while they fled their home, and at the very first check point they were forced to abandon their car. Marlene is unable to walk; therefore they had to carry her for approximately a mile to the very next checkpoint. The Kurdish soldiers were not letting anyone through, but once they noticed Marlene's disability, they allowed the f...

Militant Islam's War With Everyone         According to the Vatican, more than 100,000 Christians are being beheaded, brutalized, bashed, beaten, belittled, abused, raped, robbed, molested, murdered, mobbed and moved from their homes yearly.  Fox News reports its 322 per day.  This would equal about 117,000 plus persecuted people yearly.  Every kind of persecution and torture is being visited against the Christian Church and other religions.  Who is conducting this modern holocaust?  Who is carrying out the sadistic Nazi like form of genocide?  It is Militant Islam.  To those who disagree:  I know that NOT ALL Muslims are guilty of this behavior, but millions are indeed guilty as charged.  Below is an article posted by Daniel Greenfield that is worthy of reading and passing on.  Please read it.  Please pray for those who suffer at the hands of Militant Islam.   May God Give You Ears To Hear. ...

Intimacy Lost  Intimacy Eternal Gained          Intimacy is an interesting experience for human beings who need even crave very special relationship.  In youthfulness it appears more physical that it really is, and the physical can change with the aging process even degrade. Intimacy can also be lost when a loved one transitions to the next life leaving a grieving person behind to re-identify themselves and seek to live on one day at a time.  Even more tragically is intimacy lost when an spouse decides that "the grass is greener on the other side" and goes seeking it elsewhere leaving the other feeling abandoned, broken and alone. This too requires a daily identity change as the life journey continues on.        However, there is an identity that will never end and it is eternal.  God offers it freely and with only the condition that you believe in Him and trust him to walk with you through each day....

The Ultimate Terrorist:  Does He Exist? What To Do About It.     Back in the late 1970s,  President Carter attempted to rescue hostages that had been kept by terrorist types for quite a while.  I remember them talking about having declared war on The United States of America.  I remember the first time that the World Trade Center was bombed, in the early 1990s, hearing how  terrorists,  said they had declared war on us.  And this happened again and again until September 10th 2001.  Up to that point, we did not take them seriously that they had declared war on us.    Then came September 11, 2001, and everything seemed, for a while, to change.  We actually heard what they were saying.  No, we had not considered ourselves being at war with these folks for decades, but they certainly did/do believe they are at war with us.    Now it is 2015 and our leadership seems to believe that, if we don...

The Ultimate Terrorist #2        The scriptures clearly reveal who is the Ultimate Terrorist.  It is very clear the source behind the power of evil that is the epitome of evil; and it seems his character is one that is shady at best and the darkness of darkness at worse. Here is something John says about him:   The thief comes for the purpose of stealing, killing and destroying ... John 10:10a       From the very beginnings of the biblical account of the second creation -or 7 day creation- these 3 trademark character traits have been stamped indelibly on the pages of Ancient Wisdom's holy writ: Consider that he stole the blessings of the first family by trickery and deceit.  On the day that our ancient ancestors decided to believe him, as God tried to warn them, they died.  He got them to sin, and so their spirits died.  Their bodies later followed.  Because they chose to disbelieve God (b...

    The Ultimate Terrorist      ISIS, Al-Qaida, Hezbollah and other terrorists are spreading throughout the world in the name of their God "Allah."  They are bombing, brutalizing, stealing,  torturing, terrorizing, murdering, mutilating, molesting,  beheading and accomplishing all kinds of heinous activity so they can get to their heaven.  They sound a whole lot like someone else I know.  Listens to how Jesus, The Son of God,  describes such people as these:   You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth , for there is no truth in him . When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. Jesus: John 8:44   The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy ; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full Jesus: John 10:10    ...

Hebrew of the Hebrews 3:   Big Brother Yeshua 7 Things He Did For You And Me. Hebrews 2:14-18      14 . Since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity so that by His death He might destroy Him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— 15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. 16 For surely it is not angels He helps, but Abraham’s descendants. 17 For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, in order that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that He might make atonement for the sins of the people. 18 Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.       People like to talk about the Top 10 of This or The Top Ten of That… or whatever; however, many times God usually speaks of things in Sevens.   Here are some examples:   After six ...