It Began with a Tree

Monday, December 7, 2015

And out of the ground the LORD God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. —Genesis 2:9

The Christmas story begins with a tree, but not the kind of Christmas tree with brightly colored lights or ornaments. The Christmas story begins with a tree called the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, in the Garden of Eden.

God had given Adam and Eve only one restriction in that literal paradise: stay away from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. But before long, that’s just where we find them. Of course, we know the rest of the story. They listened to the serpent and ate the forbidden fruit. And once that happened, they lost their sweet fellowship with God.

A few verses later, we come to the first Christmas verse in the Bible, where God said to the serpent, “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.” (more…)

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Jeremy Lin Shares Christian Faith in Beijing, Says ‘True Success Is Found in Understanding God’s Love’ in Speech Broadcasted to 100 Million Chinese

By Leah Marieann Klett Aug 28, 2015

In a televised sharing broadcasted live to hundreds of millions of Chinese, NBA All-Star Jeremy Lin spoke unreservedly about his Christian faith and why he believes true success is found in understanding God’s love.

“If I can encourage you guys to do anything today, it would be to love God and love others because God loves you,” the 27-year-old athlete told a crowd of thousands gathered in Beijing for a charity event entitled “Beyond Dreams.”

As earlier reported by the Gospel Herald, Lin joined other famous artists from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China for the August 8 event, which was hosted by the Prince of Peace Foundation and sought to raise money for special needs children throughout China.

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Ps Daniel, CTFM, RUA & RUAP in Egypt News in Australia / Melbourne teacher named as holding ‘sympathetic opinions’ about Islamic State

Dear family & friends in Christ, 1) Please click on the photos to read the newspaper articles about Ps Daniel, Catch the Fire Ministries, Rise Up Australia prayer & Rise…

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Audio Promo & Leaflet for National Australia Day United Prayer & Holy Spirit Revival Meetings in January 2016 in Melbourne with Pastor Petrus Agung from Indonesia (20,000+ member church)

Dear family & friends in Christ across this Great South Land of the Holy Spirit,

Please listen to & share the audio promotion for the next National Australia Day United Prayer Gathering in Melbourne from 10am – 1pm on Tuesday 26th January 2016.

https://reformationharvestfire.com/rise-up-australia/australia-day-prayer-2016/

You may click the photo leaflet on the left for more details.

This national prayer gathering which brings together hundreds of prayer warriors from many churches, denominations and ethnicities across Australia, will be held at the CTFM at 30 Star Crescent in Hallam.

This interdenominational Christian prayer gathering, with special guest speaker Pastor Petrus Agung from Indonesia, will be preceded by a series of Holy Spirit miracle healing revival meetings where he will also be ministering on Friday 22nd at 6:30pm, Saturday 23rd at 6:30pm & Sunday 24th January at 10am & 6:30pm.

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Muslim Imam Converts to Christianity, Now Preaches Jesus to Islamists

August 7, 2015 | By: Heather Clark

A former Muslim imam in Africa is sharing his story of how he converted from Islam to Christianity and now preaches Christ to Islamists throughout his country.

World Watch Monitor recently released the video testimony of a man who once was taught to persecute Christians as a Muslim and is now facing persecution himself as he preaches the gospel as a convert to the Christian faith. Tofik—not his real name—shares that as a child and young adult, he participated in violence against Christians as instructed.

“In school I only learned about Islam,” he stated. “Parts of our teaching were about destroying Christianity. So we did what we learned, by attacking Christians once we finished our training.”

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Kim Phuc, Woman in Iconic 1972 Vietnam War Photo, Learns to Forgive through Her Christian Faith

By Isaiah Narciso (news@gospelherald.com) Jun 27, 2015

The iconic image that portrayed the horrors of the Vietnam War featured a 9-year-old girl running away naked from a napalm attack, suffering from burns back in 1972. That girl, Kim Phuc, recently met the photographer who shot that famous picture and is now a Christian.

According to Dianne Bourne of the Mirror, 52-year-old Phuc reunited with Vietnamese photographer Nick Ut, who took the picture that made front page news around the world, in England. She now works as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and campaigns for peace around the world.

“When I look at the image I’m just amazed that I’m still alive, I’m so grateful and thankful for that,” Phuc said. “I have learned from tragedy, from the pain, from the challenges, and I’m so grateful to be healed.”

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Doctors give up – Woman miraculously saved from brain aneurysm through prayer

Dear family & friends in Christ,

We serve a God of miracles!

A few weeks ago, Ps Daniel received a call from a desperate lady in QLD crying on the phone.

She said, “My very good friend is in ICU. As she was rushed in to hospital, she suddenly had a brain aneurysm. She is on life support. I am standing by her. The doctors have given up hope, they want to turn off the life support tonight.

They have asked the family to say their final goodbye, but Pastor I know that Jesus can heal her and bring her back to life. I have told the family not to give up, but to trust in God for a miracle. Can you please pray?”

Ps Daniel stated, “This woman had so much faith, that she even challenged me. So I asked her to take the phone into the ICU and put it on the woman’s ear.”

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PLEASE TAKE TIME AND READ THIS ARTICLE IF YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN & NATION – Ps Daniel

Dear friends & family in Christ,

Will the church fail the nation once again?? Who did Jesus hang out with??

I have been asked by some Christians as to why I am joining up with right wing extremist groups, as the media calls these groups white supremacist, red necks, neo-Nazis and the list goes on.

Let me share my heart with you. For years now I have watched the church not advancing in the west but rather retreating. This is a very sad situation. While there are some mega churches, one needs to ask the question, are they focused on entertainment or discipleship?

Charles Spurgeon stated some 100 years ago, “The church needs shepherds leading the sheep, but there will come a day that clowns will be entertaining the goats”.

All through Europe in particular the church has lost her identity, and is no longer a voice in the community, where as Islam is absolutely on an onward march to capture Europe, with some ONE MILLION foot soldiers crossing into Europe in the past few months from the Middle East.

All throughout Europe churches are closing down and mosques are opening up. In Britain alone some 2000 churches have been converted into mosque in the past 10 years.

With some 70% of our nation stating that national security is their greatest worry the governments are struggling to find an answer to the Islamic terror caused by Islam.

So as a Christian Minister, why am I keeping the company of the Aussie Patriotic groups?

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Gospel Still Spreading Despite Nepal’s New Constitution That Bans Converting Others

Christian Aid Mission Staff : Nov 13, 2015 : Gospel Herald

“When there was persecution, professing the name of Christ was very costly, but since the government became secular there’s freedom, and because of that there’s a lot of false teaching coming in, so it’s imperative that they know what true teaching is.”

(Nepal)—Nepal has quietly enshrined a long-time ban on proselytizing in its new constitution. For an indigenous ministry in Nepal that has long found ways to quietly proclaim Christ as Lord, that means business as usual.

As did the interim constitution of the prior seven years, the new constitution signed by Nepal’s president on Sept. 20 outlaws “any act to convert another person from one religion to another or any act or behavior to undermine or jeopardize the religion of another,” with violations punishable by prison and/or fines.

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Christian Ministry In Nepal Competing for ‘Gospel Truth’ Against ‘False Teaching’ of Prosperity Preachers

The Christian Post – Stoyan Zaimov – November 15th, 2015

Nepalese Christians pray during their National Convention in Kathmandu April 20, 2010. The Nepalese Christians demanded the timely drafting of the constitution.

A Christian ministry in Nepal has reflected on the changing political currents in Nepal, and noted that as room for preaching the Gospel has grown, so has “false teaching” coming from groups such as Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, and prosperity gospel preachers.

“When there was persecution, professing the name of Christ was very costly, but since the government became secular there’s freedom, and because of that there’s a lot of false teaching coming in, so it’s imperative that they know what true teaching is,” one ministry director working from Nepal said in a press release shared by Christian Aid Mission.

“With Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, prosperity gospel and others coming in, that problem is increasing, and the people that they are shepherding need to get fed the truth of the Scripture.”

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Report: Muslims in Northern Iraq “Just Sick of Islam” because of ISIS; Thousands Converting to Christianity

Leah Marieann Klett : Nov 3, 2015 : Gospel Herald

Northern Iraq)—More and more Kurdish Muslims living in Iraq are turning to Christ after witnessing the brutality of extremist groups like ISIS, who carry out horrific acts in the name of Allah, Christian aid workers have revealed.

A ministry leader in the Kurdish Region of Iraq told the Christian Aid Mission that his organization can barely keep up with the desire of refugees to learn about Christ and the Bible, which has grown increasingly strong since ISIS overtook many parts of the region.

“They’re just sick of Islam,” he said. “People are very hungry to know about Christ, especially when they hear about miracles, healing, mercy and love.”

He added, “As terrifying and horrifying as ISIS is, they did us a great favor because they came and have shown them all the killing, saying that it’s all in the Koran verses. So now we don’t have to say much, we just say the truth.”

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Prepare for Persecution: A Message From Billy Graham

Prepare for Persecution A Message From Billy Graham10/27/2015 Billy Graham

In the event of a national catastrophe, much confusion, terror and consternation would reign. What would the Christian do? What should our attitude be? Which way would we turn if the country in which we live were suddenly wrecked and all the props gone?

As a whole, our nation does not know what privation is. We do not know what sacrifice is. We do not know what suffering is. Suppose persecution were to come to the church in America, as it has come in other countries.

The immunity to persecution that Christians in our country have experienced in the past two or three centuries is unusual. Christ strongly warned Christians that to follow Him would not be popular, and that in most circumstances it would mean cross-bearing and persecution.

The Bible says that all who “desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution” (2 Timothy 3:12). Jesus said that as the time of His return draws nigh, “They will seize you and persecute you” (Luke 21:12). We have no scriptural foundation for believing that we can forever escape being persecuted for Christ’s sake. The normal condition for Christians is that we should suffer persecution. Are you willing to face persecution and death for Christ’s sake?

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Live webcast & Christmas carols service this Sun 13th December / Christmas 2015 & New Year 2016 CTFM schedule

Dear family & friends in Christ, Ps Daniel will be ministering at CTFM Hallam this Sunday 13th December at the 10am worship service which is also a special ministry credentialing…

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Audio Promo & Leaflet for National Australia Day United Prayer & Holy Spirit Revival Meetings in January 2016 in Melbourne with Pastor Petrus Agung from Indonesia (20,000+ member church)

Dear family & friends in Christ across this Great South Land of the Holy Spirit,

Please listen to & share the audio promotion for the next National Australia Day United Prayer Gathering in Melbourne from 10am – 1pm on Tuesday 26th January 2016.

https://reformationharvestfire.com/rise-up-australia/australia-day-prayer-2016/

You may click the photo leaflet on the left for more details.

This national prayer gathering which brings together hundreds of prayer warriors from many churches, denominations and ethnicities across Australia, will be held at the CTFM at 30 Star Crescent in Hallam.

This interdenominational Christian prayer gathering, with special guest speaker Pastor Petrus Agung from Indonesia, will be preceded by a series of Holy Spirit miracle healing revival meetings where he will also be ministering on Friday 22nd at 6:30pm, Saturday 23rd at 6:30pm & Sunday 24th January at 10am & 6:30pm.

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