The world is in turmoil for sure, the most in my 65 years. We must not be shaken, we must keep praying for all people of the world. We must serve JESUS. We must do all we can to help the people of Haiti and Afghanistan. How? PRAYER..and..give if you can to one of the Christian charities with boots on the ground. Do your research. The situation is dire in both countries. Satan is having his with with many. We must be the shining light for JESUS, pray, pray, and pray more………
How to Pray for Haiti After Another Deadly Earthquake
FROM CBN:
Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Grace forced a temporary halt to the Haitian government’s response to Saturday’s deadly earthquake.
The storm battered southwestern Haiti, which was hit hardest by the 7.2 magnitude quake, and officials warned some areas could get as much as 15 inches of rain.
Officials have now raised the death toll from the massive earthquake to 1,419 and the number of injured to 6,000. The search for survivors is growing more intense with hundreds of people still missing.
Thousands are now homeless and sleeping on the streets as homes and other buildings, including churches, have been destroyed.
Pastor Dewey Moede Note: I am so very sad for the people left behind…….all the children, all the women and all the men. The government of America sends so many mixed messages to the world. Leaving the babies of Jesus and all the men and women to Satan is a very bad. I always ask myself what would Jesus do? I have been for getting our troops home, but no like this. Just to unplug our commitment like the Biden administration has done. is very, very ugly. Why was this withdrawal not done with the support of our allies on the ground??????? Any deal with the Satanic Taliban has to be done with the show of our military power and should have been done when we had all our troops and those of NATO on the ground! What is NATO for??? The UN? This to me is one of the biggest U.S. foreign policy failures in our history.
My heart breaks for all the men and women of our military and those of our allies that gave their lives for the the people of Afghanistan. Also for all the thousands of troops that have suffered severe injuries and PTSD because of the war. President Biden will have to live with this.
PRAY TEAM JESUS!
BreakPoint
As the world watches the disaster unfold in Afghanistan, there’s another chapter of the story we’re not hearing nearly as much about. The Afghan church, a body of believers that’s experienced incredible growth, now faces life under the Taliban.
Early indications are not encouraging. Almost as quickly as the Islamic fundamentalists are taking control of cities, Christians are being notified that they are being watched.
Yesterday, I spoke at length with World Magazine Senior Editor Mindy Belz, who explained what is happening in Afghanistan. As part of the interview, she described what the Taliban takeover means for the Christian church in Afghanistan. Here is an excerpt from our interview.
Here is a transcript of a portion of my conversation with Mindy Belz:
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[The Afghan church] is a unique community, mostly aged 40 and younger. They are all Muslim converts. It’s one of the fastest growing churches in the world. Since they are a tiny church, now doubled in size, they are considered very fast-growing. There are perhaps only 2,000 people. But they are an important force in Afghanistan, simply because of the force that the Gospel is. Because of the love of Jesus, the reach they have is a real thing in a dark, Taliban-shadowed country.
About two years ago, a number of these church community leaders did something amazing and brave: they decided to change their identity, their religious affiliation in particular, on their national identification cards.
All Afghan citizens have a national ID card. They are used all the time for many reasons. They often show religious affiliation. That affiliation tends to be handed down by the father of the family.
The new Christian church elders wanted to change their identification for the sake of their future generations. Not all Christians agreed that this was a good idea, but several dozens of them have changed their official identification to Christian. Now the government records show Christian affiliation. These are the Christians that have been targeted over the past few days.
At least one Christian that I know of has received a letter from the Taliban stating: “We know where you are, and we know what you’re doing.” This implies that the Taliban has access to this government record.
The Taliban then showed up to this Christian’s house the day before the full city takeover. They have also visited other Christian homes. You might argue these are small, isolated incidents, but they play against the backdrop of nearby atrocities: Afghan military who have been hauled out of their homes and shot, and in one case beheaded.
Afghan Christians are totally vulnerable with no political power. They have no-one to appeal to. They don’t even generally qualify for special immigrant visas to the United States or other Western countries because they have avoided working for American organizations or working for the Afghan military. To do so potentially exposes them to attention and danger.
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Belz is the most experienced, trustworthy source I know of when it comes to the Middle East, especially on Christians and the Christian movement there. In yesterday’s interview, she covered in detail not only the history of Afghanistan and how the past 20 years is understood differently by Islamic fundamentalists, but the failure of U.S. policy under various presidents. This is a disaster of America’s own making.
Visit https://breakpoint.org/the-current-state-of-christians-in… to listen to the entire conversation. And please pray for our brothers and sisters in Afghanistan.
