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EMEMBER them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. (Hebrews 13:3)
We mourn the deaths of many of our brothers and sisters in Pakistan and India, and pray for God's deliverance of His people in those places. We have just received news of the latest violence against our Christian brethren of churches and people in both Pakistan and India.:
The reason is the same as always: hate and ignorance for the Godly and just of the land.
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EA, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. (Psalm 44:22)
God has never willed the murder of innocents, but Adam, in his deliberate choice in the Garden at Eden, chose the way of sin instead of the way of Grace and Love. As a result, sin and death have entered into the world. We all suffer from this sorry choice of Adam, but God provides a remedy in His Son Jesus. Though the good Christian people of Pakistan and India, and other parts of the world, suffer persecution, they shall be given a glorious redemption in Christ.
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ND I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. (Rev 14:13)
Let us pray:
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OST gracious heavenly Father, we are hurt and and shaken by the needless cruelty and evil intent against our fellow Christians in Pakistan. Though many were killed and many more made homeless by senseless persecution, we know that thou shalt neither slumber nor sleep in bringing justice and righteousness to reign in your Kingdom. Thou shalt lift the unbecoming yoke from the shoulders of thy people everywhere, and bring the Water of Life to the desert places. Not a hair shall fall from the heads of your children without your knowledge, and your Hand shalt restore the loss of thy people in the fullness of time. May the peace of God reign in the hearts of those facing the snares and dangers of satanic powers which seem to rule unabated in the world. As the Ark was a'building, all the people of the earth jeered and sneered until the day that the Lord shut the door to salvation, and the rains came, and the flood carried the all away, and the earth was cleansed and baptized by the mighty Hand of God. so shall it be in our day for thou hast written it.
‘And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. (Rev 18:4-6)
Father of Lights, comfort and sustain those in Pakistan who trust in thee and have received thy salvation. Make us also mindful that our lives are as a vapor, and our green branches wither as a desert flower in this life. Keep us from allowing the growth of evil amongst us. Cause us to stand against the sinful ways that ravage the old and infirm, as well as the young and innocent among us. Bring comfort and joy to those in harm's way, especially this day in Pakistan...show them thy Face and thy power to redeem. And, in the end, may they find an eternal abode with thee." In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
