Europe needs the Holy Spirit – Brian Houston

Published 30 July 2013  |  Anita Bruce-Mills

Thousands made the commute to London’s 02 Arena last week for this year’s Hillsong Conference. Senior Pastor and founder of the Hillsong Church Australia Brian Houston took to the stage to deliver a message on God’s sufficiency and the importance of yielding to the Holy Spirit.

“Where the Spirit of the Lord is there is freedom. We need the Holy Spirit, Europe needs the Holy Spirit,” he said.

“It’s not only in the atmosphere of great services, great conferences or great churches where we can know the power of the Holy Spirit. You can know his power in your life. He lives within, he leads us and empowers us.”

Worship was provided by the Hillsong team from their album Glorious Ruins and also present at the conference was the Archbishop of Canterbury the Most Reverend Justin Welby.

Houston shared how God’s favour has been upon the conference. “I genuinely believe that it is God breathed and Heaven sent, otherwise it couldn’t happen. For many years, according to the Australian tourist blogs, the largest national conference in the country year after year is not some business conference, not some self-motivational help conference. It is a church leadership conference about championing the cause of local churches everywhere. That won’t happen if it’s not God breathed and heaven sent,” he said.

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Arab Christians come out strongly against US strike in Syria

By Christa Case Bryant, Staff writer / September 6, 2013

Activists hold banners, Lebanese flags and pictures of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad during a sit-in near the US embassy in Awkar, north of Beirut, against potential US strikes on Syria September 6, 2013. As President Barack Obama tries to rally the world around a proposed attack on Syria, Christians and Muslim leaders who met at a conference in Amman this week have come out as strongly opposed.

As President Barack Obama tries to rally the world around a proposed attack on Syria, Arab Christian leaders have come out as strongly opposed, worried an attack could create a backlash against their communities.

At a conference of more than 50 regional Christian leaders and a handful of global Christians and Muslim scholars in Amman this week, the dangers of Western intervention to the region’s Christian minorities emerged as one of the strongest themes. With political Islam on the rise after the Arab uprisings of 2011, the region’s ancient Christian communities are already feeling under threat and have the recent example of the devastation of Iraq’s Christian community following the US-led invasion of 2003 to make them worry about the consequences of action.

“We stress that we reject foreign interference in Syria,” said Ignatius Joseph III Younan, Patriarch of Antioch for the Syrian Catholic Church, in a statement read before the conference, which was sponsored by Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad of Jordan. (more…)

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Federal Election – Christian Values Checklist

Australian Christian Values Institute (ACVI) We write to tell you that the second edition of the Christian Values Checklist, with amendments in the positive for Australian Christians, DLP, Family First…

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Live Webcast this Sunday 25th August

Dear friends & family in Christ, Pr Daniel will be ministering God’s prophetic Word on ‘Rebuilding the Walls’ this Sunday 25th August at the 9:30am worship service at CTFM at…

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‘Libs direct preferences to anti-Muslim party’ – The Age & Canberra Times / Live Webcast – Pr Daniel on Rebuilding the Walls – A must watch

Dear friends & family in Christ, 1) You may click the following links to read an excellent article about RUAP that appeared in The Age Newspaper, Canberra Times and other…

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5 Women Missionaries Beaten Publicly in India for Sharing Gospel

Charisma News – 7/26/2013 Taun Cortado

Five women have been beaten by a man in the Andhra Pradesh region of India while sharing about the love of Jesus in a public marketplace. Amazingly spared, they retreated to safety, thanking God for the honor of suffering for His sake.

The women, all leaders in the Gospel for Asia (GFA)-sponsored Women’s Fellowship ministry, had been sharing with store owners and shoppers when one man demanded to know what they were doing. The assault began with a powerful slap to the face of one woman and continued to the others, one of whom was isolated and surrounded by five men.

“Jesus promised persecuting and hardships,” says Daniel Punnose, vice president of GFA (gfa.org). “These young ladies see it worth facing the beatings in order to share the love of Christ.”

The women, Bansari, Jaladhi, Kuyil, Sunita and Viveka, were beaten on their faces, ears and heads. All report that no bystanders came to their defense during the ordeal and that they miraculously escaped from their multiple attackers and were delivered from further harm.

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Pakistan: Violations against Christians Soar

by Mohshin Habib – July 15, 2013

She is on death row for a comment that Jesus Christ is not dead but that the Prophet Mohammed is dead. Pakistan is now one of the most dangerous places for Christians to live.

Rimsha Masih, a young Pakistani Christian girl, who was arrested in August 2012 by Pakistan’s police for alleged blasphemy, has escaped the country with the direct help of Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and AVAAZ, a civic organization. Local media and her parents said she was as young as 11 at the time of her arrest; medical reports classified her as an “uneducated” 14-year-old with a mental age younger than her years. Accused of burning pages of the holy book for Muslims, the Quran, Masih, under Pakistan’s “blasphemy laws,” faced the death penalty.

Masih fled with her family members to Canada, where Immigration Minister Jason Kenney instructed officials to process the family’s applications for permanent residency on humanitarian grounds.

While Masih and her family are fortunate, no one knows what will happen to the rest of the Christians of Pakistan. Even though they make up only about two percent of the population — or precisely because of it: there are so few, they may appear invitingly vulnerable — they suffer beatings by their neighbors, murder by the police and imprisonment by the courts.

Last month, three Christian women, Arshad Bibi, Sajida Bibi and Sauriya Bibi (Bibi means a lady or girl) were brutally beaten and forced to parade naked by the armed henchmen of a landlord, who happens to connections in ruling party PML(N).

According to reports, the incident occurred on the night of June 3, as the male members of the family were at work. The armed men entered the house by jumping the boundary wall, then unlocked the gate from inside. The women, along with two elderly relatives, were asleep. The attackers looked for the men; when they could not find them, they began to beat the three women. They then took the young Christian women into the street, tore off their cloths and forced them to parade naked.

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Live Webcast this Sunday 18th August – Pr Daniel on Rebuilding the Walls

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Exciting News More than 90 Candidates Running for Rise Up Australia Party / Your Support is Urgently Needed – Pr Daniel Nalliah

Dear friends & family in Christ,

We thank you very much for all your faithful love, prayer, moral and financial support for Catch the Fire Ministries over the years and for Rise Up Australia Party in the recent past.

Rise Up Australia Party is well on its way to contest our upcoming Federal Election on Saturday 7th September 2013 and will definitely make a difference in changing the landscape of our country to protect our nation for the next generation.

We thank God that the response to our call to action to Keep Australia Australian has been well received and that we can confirm that Rise Up Australia Party is running more than 90 Candidates across the country for the Lower House (Rep) and Upper House (Senate).

This is exciting news because now RUAP will be above the line on the Senate ballot paper in every state and territory across our nation.

However, our great need right now is to raise the necessary funding to begin TV advertising over the next few weeks. We urgently need $50,000 ASAP to begin our TV advertising campaign. Our ad is already produced, approved and ready to go once payment is made.

Would you please sincerely consider donating whatever amount you could?

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Why Is Christianity losing in America?

By S. Michael Craven, Christian Post Guest Columnist – June 4, 2013

This is the question with which all serious Christians must wrestle. To think that Christianity is thriving in America simply ignores the obvious and overwhelming facts of our times. Much like the century preceding the Protestant Reformation and subsequently the Catholic Counter-Reformation, the church was in a dark and desperate period. In its general understanding and representation, Christianity had drifted from its mission and biblical foundations-and the results were devastating.

Similarly, the church in America today has also drifted from its biblical mission and the result has been a church largely divorced from its kingdom purposes and therefore increasingly irrelevant to people living in the real world. At the heart of our present dilemma is our diminished understanding of the gospel, namely the gospel of the kingdom. In reforming the church, the Reformers taught that Jesus-being the Son of God-was born, crucified, and rose again, and because of these facts, your sins can be forgiven. This was and no doubt remains “good news.” However, this summation could be drawn from Paul’s letters without ever reading the four books commonly known as the Gospels.

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Salvations & Water Baptisms in QLD/ Great RUAP Campaign

Dear family & friends in Christ,

We thank and praise almighty God for His awesome presence at the RUAP & CTFM meetings in the Gold Coast & Brisbane!

Who said ‘Church & Politics’ should not mix??

Well, we are seeing the amazing fruits of both working together for the advance of God’s Kingdom and righteousness across our nation!

The RUAP campaign meetings were very well attended, with up to 200 people at some meetings. The people gathered were greatly excited and tremendously blessed.

A few months ago when Pr Daniel was interviewed by Sunrise on Channel 7, an army soldier who fought in Iraq contacted us and was very upset with David Koch.

Ever since that point he has been in touch with us.

Well, he along with his wife and also another young woman who heard about RUAP, attended the meetings in QLD.

Glory to God they were so touched by the presence of God, that all three of them gave their lives to Jesus and wanted to be water baptised.

That afternoon Pr Daniel baptised all three of them in a bathtub at the place where he was staying. What a mighty God we serve!

Pr Daniel stated, “I thank God that RUAP is touching the hearts of the unchurched. People are looking for answers. Praise God that Jesus is the Answer.”

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RUAP National Campaign Blast a Great Success with Great Media Coverage / SBS World News TV, Radio & National Newspaper Links

Dear friends,

On Day # 1 of the Australian Government’s Official 2013 Campaign for the September 7th Federal Election, after the two major political parties, Rise Up Australia was the most spoken of political party on the media across the nation.

RUAP National Campaign Blast at the Windsor Hotel in the City of Melbourne was a great success on Monday the 5th of August. The place was packed out with Aussie flag waving patriotic Aussies from many nations who call Australia home.

This action packed morning started off with the Australian National Anthem followed by the ‘The Lord’s Prayer’ and a special welcome by one of the traditional owners of the land, an Indigenous Candidate for RUAP.

The event was covered by several media outlets and was broadcast on major TV, Radio and many Newspapers across the country.

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/40591939759/SBS-6:30-News-6-August-part-2  (between 22:18-24:57)

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/radio/episode/281107/Anti-multiculturalism-party-campaign-launch?210984485

http://m.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/voter-disillusion-key-to-rise-up-australia/story-fni0xqi4-1226691462214

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/breaking-news/voter-disillusion-key-to-rise-up-australia/story-fnihsfrf-1226691462214

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/breaking-news/voter-disillusion-key-to-rise-up-australia/story-fni0xqi3-1226691462214

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2013/08/05/14/27/voter-disillusion-key-to-rise-up-australia

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/breaking-news/voter-disillusion-key-to-rise-up-australia/story-fni6ul2m-1226691462214

The National President Daniel Nalliah’s speech was very well received by the people. Several times there was loud applause with shouts ‘Go Aussie Go’ and a singing chorus ‘RUA, RUA, RUA’ (Rise Up Australia).

He spoke on the importance of keeping Australia Australian & protecting our heritage, freedoms and helping our farmers.

Then the speeches given by the WA & QLD State Presidents too were very well received. There was also a great power point presentation of reflection from the past 6 months of RUAP.

This action packed National Campaign Blast also included the release of a You Tube Video titled ‘Make Sharia Law Famous’.  You may click the link below to view and please share it with friends and family on Face Book, Twitter, etc.  Please note that some of the content is very graphic and not suitable for children.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl81vqE6Dck&feature=em-upload_owner

The enactment of the Islamic Burka and the release of our policy to ban the Muslim face veil was received with cheers from the people gathered and attracted much media attention.

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Is Our Nation Intolerant of Christianity?

Charisma News – 6/3/2013 – Franklin Graham

Recently I was at a White House meeting with Vice President Joe Biden and had the opportunity to remind him that our main problem in America is that we have taken God out of our society and out of our government. We need God’s Word and His laws now more than ever.

Disobedience to God’s Word and His laws has wreaked havoc across the political, economic, and spiritual landscape of our country. There is scandal after scandal, and yet our nation’s leaders seem even more belligerent toward Christians.

If we hold up God’s standards, we are accused of being intolerant. “Tolerance” is one of today’s hot buttons, but in reality the true and fast-growing “intolerance” is for Christianity—anything that stands for Jesus Christ.

You may have read recently about the IRS apology for targeting conservative groups in 2011–12. I was not surprised to hear this—BGEA was audited last September, and many believe it was because we encouraged voters to take a strong stand on same-sex marriage issues and biblical values. The audit process was complex and time consuming, but as we expected, it ended well. During the process, in fact, the focus that BGEA puts on sound management and financial accountability was acknowledged as excellent.

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World Council of Churches attacks Israel to no gain

Dexter Van Zile – 3 June 2013

No matter how much the World Council of Churches dumps on Israel, Christians living in the Middle East are still being attacked.

Late last month, 150 Christian leaders met in Lebanon under the auspices of the World Council of Churches(WCC) to talk about the status of Christians living in the Middle East, where, as most people know, followers of Christ are suffering from terrible acts of oppression at the hands of Muslim extremists.

Some Muslims, particularly in Egypt, have stood in solidarity with their Christian compatriots after these attacks, but for the most part, attacks against Christians continue without much organized opposition from Muslim activists or governments in the Middle East. Egyptian police, for example, have stood by and even assisted in attacks against Christians and their churches.

Sometimes the anti-Christian violence manifests itself as poorly organized (but terrifying) mob attacks against churches and their members. These mob attacks often take place after an imam has incited anti-Christian hostility in his Friday sermon. Other attacks are well-planned jihad bombings perpetrated on Christian holidays (such as Christmas or Easter) that result in deaths of dozens of Christians at once.

Such attacks have a cumulative impact. Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, the Vatican’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations, recently announced that more than 100,000 Christians are killed as a result of their faith each year. Tomasi didn’t mention exactly who was responsible for these deaths, but he didn’t have to.

We know who is responsible – radical Muslims intent on sending a very clear and simple message that Christians are not welcome or safe in Muslim countries.

Muslim violence against Christians is not a new phenomenon. It dates back to Islam’s founding according to Raymond Ibrahim, author of Crucified Again: Exposing Islam’s New War on Christians (Regnery, 2013). “Under Muslim rule, from the seventh century to the present, tens if not hundreds of thousands of churches once spread across thousands of miles of formerly Christian lands have been attacked, plundered, ransacked, and destroyed or converted into mosques,” he writes.

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More Media Coverage for RUAP / Live Webcast of Breaking Down The Walls Conference with Dr Ana Mendez & RUAP National Campaign Blast in Melbourne on Monday 5th August

Dear friends & family in Christ, 1) You may click the following link to read an excellent article from the Bendigo Advertiser about RUAP. http://riseupaustraliaparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Bendigo-Advertiser.pdf 2) The ‘Breaking Down The…

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