The Trophy Of A Life Saved: Updates On Lia’s LIFE Speech

By Aimee Herd

Lia Giving Her Speech“Please join us in continuing to pray for her YouTube video to spread virally and impact countless lives.”

Last week we featured a story about Lia, a 12-year-old in seventh grade who was giving a speech on abortion.

Although she initially encountered resistance from her teachers to choose another topic or forfeit her opportunity to participate in a speech competition, Lia decided to stay with her topic, and eventually her teacher—moved by her presentation—relented and allowed her to compete.

Lia then gave her speech in front of the entire school, and although the principal and other teachers deemed her the “obvious winner,” the judges disqualified her because of her topic and stance on abortion.

However, later that day, and after much discussion, the judges reversed their decision, making Lia the winner of the speech contest. Lia advanced to the regional competition with her message of Life. (more…)

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My Imam Father Came After Me With An Axe!

“An amazing article printed in The Times in the UK this week….

The article tells the story of ‘The Imam’s Daughter’ by speaking with the author of a new book written by a girl who was a Muslim and converted to Christianity. The book was released on 5 March 2009.

The book – and the article – highlight how she lived in the UK, was raped by her father who was an imam, how she faced a forced marriage at 16 and fled her family, and then became a Christian.
She then feared for her life when they tried to kill her.

The author, “Hannah”, is now married… She wants to highlight the plight of Muslim women in Britain.

Several people have already sent this to me – it is an amazing story.

The book:
The Imam’s Daughter, by “Hannah Shah”.
Please Click Here for details of the book on Amazon.”

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Australian Prayer Network Newsletter: Why The Secular Left Despise Christianity

By Ron Carlson of Christian Ministries International

Many people in the Evangelical Christian community fail to understand the true underlying cause of the Secular Left’s antagonism for Evangelical Christianity.  Many Christians assume it is because of our opposition to abortion, or the homosexual lifestyle, or our desire for alternative theories to evolution to be taught in the classroom; and while all of these are related to the Secular Left’s vitriol, none of them strike to the core of the matter.  No, there is a much deeper and far less recognized cause for the Secular Left’s animosity for the Evangelical Christian community.

What lies at the heart of the division between the Secular Left and Evangelical Christianity is a debate over the nature of truth. Evangelical Christians believe that truth is objective and universal, which means that there is absolute truth which applies to all people, in all cultures, for all times.  Evangelicals recognize that this objective and absolute truth is found ultimately in the one true God of the universe and in His revelation given to us personally in Jesus Christ and in the Bible. (more…)

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The Deaf Hear – Deliverance from Demonic Spirits – Increased Outpouring of the Spirit of God in Albany & Perth (WA) & Hallam, Melbourne

 

Dear Family and Friends in Christ in Australia and around the World,

We give thanks, praise, and glory for the awesome prophetic season we are now living in where God is revealing His miracle working power and amazing grace in the midst of the current downturn of the global economic news we hear daily on the air-waves! When God is busy reinforcing His Kingdom on the earth, we can rejoice in a supernatural harvest of souls, healings, restoration, wholeness and precious freedom in the presence of Jesus!

In Albany 5-7 churches combined together (many travelling from far away places) to hear God’s Word released with displays of God’s goodness following – the Bride of Christ being made ready for the Bridegroom King’s soon appearing! Every meeting saw miraculous healings, deliverances and mighty manifestations of God’s power and faithfulness to those trusting in the sure promises of His Word! (more…)

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How I Am Praying For The President

ObamaBy Paul Edwards From “Townhall Todays Opinion USA”

We should certainly pray for the president. We should pray for wisdom for him, for strength for him, for protection for him and his family. But where his plans clearly oppose righteousness, we should pray they fail. Where his plans clearly are intended to do harm to the people he leads, contrary to the oath he swore before God, God’s people should pray that those plans do not succeed.

Reasonable men are now beginning to question whether or not Barack Obama is intentionally acting to harm the interests of the American people. (See the American Enterprise Institute’s Kevin Hassett, and mainstream media pundit Howard Fineman). Can God’s people stand idle and allow their elected leader to undermine righteousness? To do so is to be complicit in the unrighteous deeds of our elected leader. We have an obligation to hold him to account, and Barack Obama is ultimately accountable to the Judge of all the earth. (more…)

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Kenya: Church Struggling After Islamists Destroy Building

Church Still Meeting In Open AirSix months after attack, Muslim assailants still at large; weary congregation faces heat, rain.
 
GARISSA, Kenya, March 5 (Compass Direct News) – Six months after a gang of Muslim youths ruined a church building in this town in northern Kenya, Christians still worshipping in the sweltering heat of the open air say they feel disillusioned that officials have done nothing to punish the culprits or restore their structure.

On a sunny afternoon last Sept. 14, when angry Muslim youths threw more than 400 members of the Redeemed Gospel Church out of their church building, the Christians hoped they would be able to return to the ruins of their former structure. That hope is quickly giving way to anger, hopelessness and despair.

“After six months in the open, the church feels tired and cheated,” said pastor David Matolo. “We are fed up with the empty promises from the government administration.”

He said the church, which began worshipping in Garissa in early 2001 with only a dozen members, is fast shrinking. (more…)

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1) PM Kevin Rudd Betrays Christian Voters Says MP Tony Abbott 2) Salt Shakers E-News – Labor’s New Overseas Aid Policy – DEAD Babies And More Condoms

Prime Minister Kevin RuddDear friends and family in Christ,

1) Click on the following link to read an interesting article from MP Tony Abbott regarding PM Kevin Rudd and his betrayal of Christian voters in Australia.

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/national/rudd-betraying-christian-voters-says-abbott/2009/03/11/1236447264221.html

2) The following is from Salt Shakers Inc. for your prayerful action.

Rising Up Australia and the Nations as His Kingdom Comes – Jason Golden,     Catch the Fire Ministries

News Article: Labor’s Overseas Aid policy – DEAD babies and more condoms – rather than food and medicine!

Yesterday the Rudd Labor Government gave in to the radical feminists and pro-abortion lobby and reversed a policy made many years ago that Australia would not provide overseas aid to promote and facilitate more abortions. Now we will – with your money! (See ‘Action’ below)

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Update On Catch The Fire Building Fund

Dear Family and Friends in Christ,

We thought you might like to hear an update on the progress of our new premises… we are absolutely thrilled about what God continues to do as we link arms with so many from right across Australia and into the nations.
 
We are so grateful for those who have sown in financially thus far… we know you Auditoriumwill receive from the Lord His continued blessing and we count it a privilege to have a base that is available for the Lord’s habitation and for the Body of Christ to gather in.

If you have not been financially ready, its not too late, you can still be a part of this base of prayer & restoration, one brick at a time – so to speak, with many bricks soon a wall is in place! Also if you have skills that would help us furnish & equip our Centre, we would love to hear from you. Email: dianne@reformationharvestfire.com or phone in and talk with us at the office. (more…)

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The State Of The Nation Prayer Event In London Said To Be Possibly The Most Important Gathering Since WWII

By Teresa Neumann

State Of The Nation Gathering“Put a stake in the ground and declare that we will no longer be divided and that we will allow the Lord to be Lord, and that the church will rise up and say ‘Lord, let Your Kingdom come, let Your will be done.'”

(London, England)—Hundreds of Christians, representing many denominations, gathered at the Emmanuel Centre Church in London last weekend to cry out to God over the moral and spiritual crisis in the UK. As reported in Christian Today, The State of the Nation gathering also focused on repentance over the church’s silence in the face of immoral legislation passed over the decades, particularly in the areas of the unborn child and marriage.

David Noakes, a member of the State of the Nation facilitating group, was quoted as saying the prayer meeting was possibly the most important gathering since World War II. (more…)

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Reading The Old And New Testament Changes Agnostic; Puts Him On “High Alert”

BibleReading the Old and New Testament Changes Agnostic; Puts Him on “High Alert”
By Teresa Neumann

“While reading the Bible, I often felt as if I had finally lifted a veil from my eyes…”

Jewish by birth, agnostic by choice, blogger David Plotz has had a piece published in Slate explaining how he challenged himself to read the Old and New Testament from cover-to-cover, having never read the Bible before. Spoiler alert: It is both illuminating and sad. Though he shares numerous spiritual revelations throughout his “testimony” indicating, on one hand, that his heart has softened toward God, on the other hand he continues to struggle intellectually with the Old Testament God of Law and Justice.

No doubt someone, somewhere, is praying for Mr. Plotz.

All that said, for those open enough to accept Plotz’s spiritual/intellectual wranglings, a thorough read of his experience as reported in Slate is fascinating. (more…)

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Opinion – UN Resolution To Limit Free Speech On Islam

It is the so-called mainstream Muslims, grouped in the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, who are now demanding through the UN that Islam be officially shielded from any criticism. Although written tongue-in-cheek in the language of human rights and of opposition to discrimination, the non-binding UN Resolution seeks to extend protection not to humans but to opinions and to ideas, granting only the latter immunity from being “offended”.

Rather than attempt to put its house in order or to confront such grave questions as the mass murder of Shia Muslims by Sunni Muslims (and vice versa), or the desecration of Muslim holy sites by Muslim gangsters, or the discrimination against Ahmadi Muslims by other Muslims, the UN resolution seeks to extend the whole area of denial from its existing homeland in the Islamic world into the heartland of post-enlightenment democracy, where it is still individuals who have rights, not religions. (more…)

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1) Abortion Law Under Challenge In Victoria 2) Salt Shakers E-News: NSW – Greens MP Calls For Decriminalisation Of Abortion

Dear friends and family in Christ,

1) The following article recently appeared in the Age.  Please keep praying and acting for a divine reversal of the abortion laws in Victoria!

“Abortion law under challenge”

Jill Stark

THE federal Attorney-General is under increasing pressure from within his own party to use his powers to overturn Victoria’s new abortion laws, which leading lawyers and Catholic hospitals say are in breach of international law.

At issue is a clause in the new legislation that forces doctors who oppose abortion to declare their belief and refer patients seeking terminations to specialists who are willing to provide the procedure.

Queen’s Counsel Neil Young, a former Federal Court judge, and barrister Peter Willis, a former adviser to the attorney-general’s office, who examined the legislation on behalf of Catholic Health Australia, say that Australia will fail to meet its international obligations unless the clause is removed. (more…)

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Even More Treachery

Dear friends

Prime Minister Kevin RuddObamaBoth Rudd and Obama won their elections in part by seeking to woo Christians. Yet both have consistently promoted anti-faith, anti-family and anti-life policies.

Today the Rudd government announced that it has reversed the ban on foreign aid funding for abortion services: http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2009/03/10/killing-babies-to-improve-their-health/

Please write to Mr Rudd and express your concerns about this anti-life decision: http://www.pm.gov.au/contact/index.cfm

 

The story in the Australian is here: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25165438-5013871,00.html (more…)

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Western Monk Attacks Christianity

2009 seems to be the year the enemy wants to claim for “atheism”

Dear Pastor Danny,

I have posted my response to the Australian-born monk Dhammika’s vicious attacks against Christianity, myself and my book From Buddha to Jesus @ www.buddhabook.org/bookblog. My refutation of Dhammika’s anti-Christian polemic is in 4 parts. I believe you will get a lot out of it.

My posting will appear on other Christian websites soon. My articles are copyrighted, but feel free to copy them unabridged and paste them on your websites. 

As my book From Buddha to Jesus explains, my stance has been that we will not win people being antagonistic and hostile like Dhammika. I believe it helps us win people to Christ to be respectful and to see the good in others without compromising our core beliefs (e.g. Jesus is Lord!)

2009 seems to be the year the enemy wants to claim for “atheism”. Richard Dawkins and 3 of his atheist friends have called themselves on TV the “4 Horsemen” of the Apocalypse. Dhammika falls more into this brand of Western atheism than Eastern religion. He does not know Isaiah 11:9, “For the earth shall be FULL OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE LORD as the waters cover the sea.” Those who fight God are fighting a losing battle. (more…)

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Is The Old Testament Relevant Today For Christ-Followers?

Pastor Danny NalliahDear family and friends in Christ,

I’m sure you would have heard from some Christian leaders that the Old Testament is not relevant for today.
 
Some have even used the opportunity to spread this mistruth from the pulpit, mocking and ridiculing those fellow ministers of the Gospel who do preach and teach the whole counsel of God (both Old and New Testaments).
 
The Lord Jesus Christ, the Living Word of God Himself says, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. Anyone who breaks the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:17-20) (more…)

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