Feb.12

Situations in Need of Prayer

Flu epidemic: Please pray for Pastor Wahid J.D. Farag. Reliable reports on social media say he is quite ill with pneumonia. Pastor J.D. gives us an online prophecy update every Sunday.

Health officials report that influenza and pneumonia, which often go together, caused one out of every ten deaths in the U.S. last week and the figure is expected to rise. They say as many as 4,000 people may be dying each week in this epidemic. It is affecting all ages.

Natural disasters: A 6.4 earthquake in Taiwan toppled buildings. At of this writing, there are 15 known deaths and 280 injured with little hope of finding more survivors.

Wars and rumors of wars:  The fulfillment of the last days prophecies in Isaiah 17 and Ezekiel 38-39 have ramped up and are in “dress rehearsal” for these coming events. Israel is basically fighting a war on five fronts, and is conducting the largest war-preparedness exercises to date.

Amir Tsarfati of Behold Israel gave us an update on Saturday regarding the tense situation with Israel and Syria. The Syrian regime and Russian warplanes were in the sixth day of obliterating neighborhoods in Damascus, with over 700 people dead. In northern Israel, Turkish forces are causing much destruction of property and lives in Idlib. The entrenchment of Iran and Turkey in Syria is much bigger than we can imagine. Israel has been warning of this and saying it cannot allow Iran to continue to entrench itself, knowing it intends to provoke war with Israel.

That is exactly what Iran did when it sent a sophisticated drone towards Israel from Syria, knowing Israel would retaliate, and then they would destroy Israel’s planes. Israel’s F-16s came under massive fire from Syria, but only one plane was hit. The pilots managed to eject over Israeli territory. Later Israel launched an airstrike in the deepest part of Syria to date, taking out many targets important to the Syrian and Iranian regimes. Both Israel and Syria are warning of the consequences of further attacks.

Lawlessness/Terrorism: The FBI estimates that brutal MS-13 gangs, who entered the US as unaccompanied minors (some who claimed to be minors were much older), now have over 10,000 members in the US and have migrated from big cities into its suburbs.

Britain’s government admitted that “a significant portion” of the over 400 ISIS fighters who returned to Britain are at large, unpunished, having been deemed “no longer of national security concern.”

Drugs: For the second year in a row, deaths by drugs, drink and self-destruction have caused life expectancy in the US to fall. In San Francisco, California the nation’s first heroin injection sites will open.

Sexual abuse of children: Called “Little Barbies,” girls as young as 9 (average age 13) are bought & sold for sex in America in the fastest-growing illegal business. One young girl can be sold 10 to 15 times a day. Every two minutes, a child is exploited in the sex industry. Adults purchase children for sex at least 2.5 million times a year in the US. It’s big business in other parts of the world as well.

Chinese drug companies are collaborating with abortion clinics to produce “enhancement pills.” Chinese folklore promotes the belief that a human fetus can cure disease and help with circulation and sexual performance. Smugglers have been caught bringing these powdered capsules into South Korea. It is not known if any are in the US.

Immorality and the Progressive Agenda:  A large percentage of younger Americans don’t see the importance of liberty and the impact it can have on the freedom of society. “The chickens have come home to roost” in universities, as they’re now causing “liberal” professors to resign who aren’t liberal enough for them.

The anti-police Black Lives Matter movement is inserting its agenda into public schools across the country, using the Common Core (aka Communist Core) curriculum for elementary and middle school students, teaching its version of diversity, globalism and “queer affirming” lessons.

All 8,100 Walgreens stores will allow men unrestricted access to women’s restrooms as a result of being pressured by American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in California. A similar policy at Target Stores enacted two years ago has resulted in dozens of women and children victimized by male predators.

Activists in the UK want to turn ‘LGBT’ into ‘LGBTQQICAPF2K,’ adding “K” for “Kink.” Letters stand for: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, curious, asexual, agender, ally, pansexual, polysexual, friends & family, two-spirit, and kink.

A teachers’ union in Canada launched a “social justice” curriculum for children up to age 8 with lesson plans on combating the common belief of two genders with natural roles. It encourages teachers to read books such as “The Boy in the Dress,” about a 12-year-old boy who enjoys cross-dressing, and “Are You a Boy or a Girl?” A graphic on the site has a pencil erasing “heteronormativity,” because the idea of two biological genders and their roles goes against the SJW agenda.

A Christian teacher in Bristol in the UK was fired and reported as a “radicalization threat.” Why? A pupil who was being persistently disruptive brought up Mrs. Powell’s religion and proceeded to quiz her on her personal beliefs in an “argumentative” way. When questioned on her views of homosexuality, the teacher said that as a Christian, she “personally” believed homosexual activity was against the Lord’s will, but that God loves every person regardless of their sexual preference.

Four professing “Christian” clergy and a rabbi traveled to a late-term abortion facility in Maryland to “bless” it. A Hindu priest who also does such things wanted to come but didn’t make it this time. As they sprinkled the facility, they uttered phrases such as “keep them safe and strong and may they always know that all that they do is for Thy glory.” And “We give honor to all of these women who choose to come to this space. We sanctify this space and we honor this as holy.”

Pastor Rose Beeson, who is “in transition from woman to man” (not possible), will take on the name “Peter” in a public ceremony at St. Matthew Trinity Lutheran Church in Hoboken, New Jersey.

The Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Washington, DC voted to stop using masculine pronouns for God.

More apostasy: “New Age” beliefs and practices are being promoted by “so-called” Christian publishers, leaders, pastors, and professors saying that it’s not an issue anymore. Read the article on the Lighthouse Trails Research site titled “Moody Publishers Says New Age Not an Issue Anymore.” It contains a long list of names promoting New Age practices.

Romans 1:18-32 describes why the world is in such a state. There can be no doubt that we’re in the last days. As we pray over these situations, we must not lose hope. Jesus is coming for us soon.

“The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light” (Romans 13:12).

 

Feb. 5

Spiritual Wickedness is Rampant!

Christian Persecution: Over 100 Christians in northwest China have been sent to “re-education” camps. One woman who is married to a leader of a community with many Christians said, “I don’t know where my husband is right now, but I believe that God still uses him in prisons or camps. Sometimes I worry he doesn’t have enough clothes to keep warm.”

The Unborn: As celebrities and others ban together to protect crustaceans killed by boiling or cutting apart, the US Senate rejected the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act after Democrats filibustered the bill, which would’ve banned abortions after 20 weeks. The 46 senators who opposed this legislation approve late-term abortions involving lethally injecting with burning saline and dismembering highly developed babies in the womb. Extensive studies have been done on fetal pain. “The earliest reactions to painful stimuli motor reflexes can be detected at 5.5 weeks post-fertilization.” source

In America there are approximately 10,000 abortions at or after the 20th week of pregnancy. The Congressional Budget Office says preventing late-term abortions would cost the government too much money. The CBO said the same in 2013 when it reported that if the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act were passed, it would cost the government $225 million over the next 10 years by allowing these children to be born. It assumes that each child born would be a burden on society. The Orwellian implications are horrifying.

The Real Burden: Yet liberal politicians see no problem with doling out welfare without work requirements that used to be in place, and bringing in and supporting unvetted migrants from known-terrorist countries, as well as supporting illegals already here. The U.S. will resume refugee admissions from 11 ‘high-risk’ countries “with extra vetting” – as if that’s even possible.

Denver has joined San Francisco and New York City in passing a law which allows migrants to use the public streets as a toilet. They claim it’s to keep them from possible arrest. The reality is that the liberal politicians are not interested in giving these migrants a better life, but want to turn this nation into a third-world country. Dried feces particles blow into the air, causing health problems and high child mortality.

Czech citizens are arming themselves more than ever over fears of massive Muslim migrant violence throughout Europe.

Anti-Semitism: In the UK, a 2017 Anti-Semitic Incidents Report shows a recorded 1,382 anti-Semitic incidents, the highest total it has ever recorded for a calendar year. Following an attack on an 8-year-old Jewish boy in Paris, the prime minister said “a new form of brutal and violent anti-Semitism is expressing itself more and more openly…”

German leaders claim to be increasingly alarmed about a resurgence of anti-Semitism, yet they keep bringing Muslim migrants into the country who are hostile to Israel. Jewish institutions need police protection their synagogues and schools—even kindergarten.

Wars and Rumors of Wars: Israel is still being hit frequently by rockets. A Russian delegation arrived to try and talk Israel out of bombing targets containing weapons in Syria (that Iran ships to Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon). Israel says it can’t stand by while those wanting to seek its destruction ramp up their agenda. Also, it has been found that the Syrian government is still making chemical weapons.

A Russian fighter jet was downed Saturday by rebels in Syria and the ejected pilot killed, allegedly after resisting capture and firing at the rebels. Also in Syria, Barin Kobane, a fighter with the loyal Kurdish YPJ all-female militia, was killed by the invading Turkish-backed fighters who “played with her corpse and cut it up” as cameras rolled.

Iniquity Abounds: In Italy where the influx of migrants is out of control, a Nigerian migrant was arrested for the gruesome murder of an Italian teenager. A day later an Italian extremist injured six Nigerian migrants in a drive-by shooting spree. Some people say he was in love with the murdered girl.

In Massachusetts two adult sisters are accused of burning and permanently disfiguring the face of a 5-year-old girl during a voodoo ritual that lasted for multiple days with other forms of abuse. The child’s mother requested the ritual, claiming a demon inside her caused her to misbehave. The mother is of Haitian descent where voodoo has been practiced for centuries. The sisters, who said they’ve performed the rituals before and that children are sometimes burned as spirits leave their bodies, also threatened to cut off the head of the girl’s 8-year-old brother. The mother hasn’t been charged, but instead is receiving mental health treatment.

Pestilence: Emergency departments, urgent care centers and other outpatient clinics across the U.S. are receiving an onslaught of flu visits. Hospitals had to devise new spaces to house the patients. Visitors have been restricted and elective surgeries postponed.

Huge flu outbreaks are ravaging the Korean Peninsula less than two weeks before the Olympics. Over 81,000 people have been infected with Swine Flu. And in South Korea they’ve killed a million chickens in efforts to contain the Bird Flu.

Natural Disasters: As we’ve all noticed, there has been an uptick in earthquake and volcanic activity. The lava is still flowing from the Philippine volcano since it began intense eruptions over two weeks ago. There was another mild eruption early Thursday morning as the moon set, hours after a blue moon and supermoon coincided with a lunar eclipse. The danger zone around the Mayon volcano extends 8 kilometers (5 miles). Authorities have struggled to keep the massive number of villagers from returning to check on homes and farms. Scientists fear a more violent eruption could be imminent.

Apostasy: Democrats at the SOTU address refused to applaud when the president referred to America being “One nation under God.” They refused to stand for our national anthem or applaud for the child who put flags on veteran’s graves. They also sat on their hands when Pres. Trump stated he recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and that we should stop giving foreign aid to enemies (such as the “Palestinian” Arab Regime who receives $450 million a year of our taxpayer dollars). The Deep State is unhinged in their effort to wrest back power. Considering what they’ve gotten by with up to now, should we expect the release of the “memo” proving their illegal activities to have a different result?

Suspiciously, as many believe, a large garbage truck was parked (not sideways, but head-on) on a train track the next day after the President’s SOTU address. The train carrying Republican (GOP) lawmakers hit the truck, killing one and sending two to the hospital. CNN regular and liberal-left author, Jonathan Tasini, took to social media to post how glad he was about the train wreck. He “mockingly” thanked the heavens, saying God was “working hard today” to “clean up” the GOP mess.

The Catholic University of Dayton has proposed the elimination of the gender-specific terms “husband” and “wife,” substituting them with “spouse, partner or significant other.” Also proposed is an extended list of expressions they want replaced by other words that don’t convey a determined sex.

An extremely popular ice cream franchise calls itself “Sweet Jesus” – except the “S” in Sweet and the middle “s” in Jesus alternate being replaced by a lightning bolt, and the letter t is an upside-down cross – a mockery of our God and Savior. Franchises are rapidly expanding in Canada and showing up in the US. Their marketing shows other satanic symbolism combined with children in questionable and creepy situations. View photos here: source

“Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand” (Ephesians 6:11-13).