Americans, Europeans, many South Americans, South Africans, Australians, upper class Indians and upper class Asians of countries like China and Japan are very blessed.
Even though we may be poor compared to most of our own countrymen, most ‘relatively rich’ Christians (like us) do NOT see and hear the great need of many brothers and sisters in Christ, let alone the great needs of Christian missions to others in countries and states hostile to Christ Jesus.
How often do you hear of Christian Missions in places like Cameroon and Central African Republic?
The MAP of our world changes continually, nowhere more radically than Africa. The reasons do not change: greed, power and control by religion (especially Islam, but also others).
Here is a better current perspective to ‘world history’ than a schooling from ancient textbooks of the 20th century. Visit any continent (courtesy BBC country profiles) like this one for Africa. Facts & History will reveal an ongoing battle of Islamist radicals and others to displace and defeat Christians.
As you may know from Sudan and other troubled places in Africa, greed and radical religious beliefs know NO boundaries. Patient authoritarian Islamist leaders aggravate and stir the hatreds of hot spots from their comfortable places in Saudi Arabia, Iran and many other countries.
Persecuted Christians on all continents and the Christian missions which bring the Gospel of Christ Jesus to the unsaved have been on my heart for many months now. Many fine missionary organizations support these through our many small contributions though our local churches.
Check with your own church and you can often find ways to contribute even more to these MANY needs. Just one example of our church is Operation Christmas Child.
I know you know John 3:16; do you know 1 John 3:16? (& 17 & 18)?
For truth we do not hear and in deed we have no charity (agapē).
The Middle East typically receives the most press. As a reminder, many of the troubled countries are part of N. Africa.
On occasion we will hear of troubles of Somalia, Kenya, or other African peoples in struggles against the tyranny of evil, greed, military force, rebels, anarchists, Islamists, forces of ‘nature’, famine, war… etc. etc… while mention of the daily struggles and needs of the poor remain rare.
MISSIONARIES NARROWLY ESCAPE COUP IN AFRICA
Posted by Jim Killam on Friday, May 10, 2013
Here is the full story you never hear from just five months ago. Please pray for and support the missions of these faithful Christians.
One might be shocked to learn that some areas of Africa have become mighty fortresses for Christ, but great need persists for these faithful Christian brothers and sisters, especially for many abandoned children who would have no hope were it not for the love of these faithful Christians.
Ghana, a country once known as a place where Portuguese and British ruled and exported slaves into other parts of the world has now become a place where the freedom of Christianity is sent into other parts of Africa.
Never-the-less, Americans, Europeans and others do not realize the extent of poverty in nations such as Ghana, where the average annual income is only $1,410, compared to $48,620 in the US or $36,010 USD in Hong Kong or $80,440 in Qutar, a place for Arabian princes and World Capitalists to shelter their considerable wealth.
Refugees from war-torn African nations and abandoned aids babies of immoral powerful men depend on the support, love and charity of Christian community and even homes of many compassionate Christians in places like Ghana.
They depend on the financial support of Christian missions and a few individual Christian churches and missions.
Please consider support and prayer for one of these welcomed into the love of Christ Jesus.
These are the faces of orphans living in a Christian home in Ghana and provided for by a poor worker in a nearby home for other orphans.
These are the faces of Christian love. These little ones are also the faces of Christian need for a Christian sister with barely enough to keep food on their table.
I will close with a personal story of Christian love from this beloved sister in Christ from just last SUNDAY, 6 OCTOBER, 2013 (a day our church feasts every month after first Sunday communion.)
we met Tracy last Sunday when she was at church Alone!
She didn’t want to go back home because she was denied from eating food for the last four days as punishment for the not carrying her auntie’s baby!
she preferred sleeping at church than going back home, so we went with her and talked to her auntie about it!
she is now living a happy and hopeful life! Thank You for your prayers!!
Who else will intervene for Jesus when others turn away the little children?
If you can help in any small way, in addition to prayer, please visit the link behind “Child Passion Children’s Home, with Patti Crabtree Brown and 22 others. we follow the biblical directive to rescue, love and care for orphans. We believe that when we do, we are following Christ’s commandment and are acting as His hands and feet.”
Jesus said: And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.” – Matthew 10:42
15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear… [more from 1 Peter]
Are you ready for Christ Jesus?
O church, arise and put your armor on.
What is your Christian Social Witness?
DO YOU TALK OF JESUS ONLINE?
Most Christians who spend any time online (facebook, Pinterest, Twitter and other Social networking sites) RARELY mention Jesus.
Oh sure, some of us pin a poster with a nice verse. (Maybe a “Friend” might just happen to see it an get converted.) Do you really think this qualifies as talk of Jesus?
Jesus IS and will return on the clouds… perhaps any day now.
Certainly in terms of 2000 years since our Lord’s promise to return AFTER the Gospel is spread throughout the world, this 21st century must qualify as last days.
“Is there any oil in your lamp of social witness?
Put our your armor, church, my dear brothers & sisters in our Lord.
When everyone in our ‘SOCIAL’ networks is talking about every thing else, WHY are Christians so unwilling to talk of Jesus?
While we spend hour after hour in our ‘SOCIAL’ circles with hardly a mention of Jesus Christ, the Ephesians 6 armor of Christians has become rusty as Dorothy’s Tin Man. (Link provided, in case you forgot where you left your armor.)
Jesus is NOT going to take up everyone when He returns. Don’t you want your Christian Social Witness to help SAVE your ‘FRIENDS from hell?’
A definition may help 21st c. Christians get our ideas of armor out of the middle ages.
any tool or implement for preparing a thing
arms used in warfare, weapons
Another reference to this armor (from the same Greek word) provides additional encouragement for our witness.
– 2 Corinthians 6: We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain. 2 For He says:
“In an acceptable time I have heard you,
And in the day of salvation I have helped you.”
Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God… By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left…
Please SHARE your talk of Jesus with all of us and with your friends. ADD a Comment.
Our Christian Social Witness matters; but above all… before the battle…
O church, arise and put your armor on. *
* “O Church, Arise”
Words and Music by Keith Getty & Stuart Townend
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