NOTE: This Sunday is also the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. I do hope your church is making plans - at least on this one day a year - to stop to pray for our hundreds of thousands - 400,000 in North Korea alone - who are imprisoned for their faith. Sunday's post will focus on them.
CHECK THIS OUT: "This Time: Rock Legend Pens Pro-Life Anthem" - By Paul Strand, October 30, 2013; http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2013/October/This-Time-Rock-Legend-Pens-Pro-Life-Anthem/ NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Nashville is where John Elefante, the former lead singer of the rock group Kansas, made a lucrative career producing dozens of albums for himself and others. But with the song "This Time," he's made work intensely personal. That's because Elefante is singing about how his adopted daughter narrowly missed a date with death before she was ever born. This is REALLY special!
URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS:
NEWS ALERT: Oct. 23: "Christians Fleeing IRAQ Area Once Considered Safe," - CBNNews.com, http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2013/October/Christians-Fleeing-Iraq-Area-Once-Considered-Safe/ "Increased violence in northern Iraq is pushing Christians out of that part of the country. The Kurdish north was considered a safe area for Christians fleeing from violent persecution in the central and southern regions. But bombings in recent months are causing panic and many are fleeing the country. Al qaeda has claimed responsibility for several of those attacks. Some Christians have been told by local police that they "should not be in Iraq because it is Muslim territory." The Christian charity Open Doors International is urging people around the world to pray for Christians in Iraq. They say that if the persecution continues, there may be no Christians left in Iraq by 2020.[PRAY that believers in Iraq will know God's protection and provision; that believers will know[ whether they are called to flee or remain and persevere; and that their persecutors may come to hear the gospel and come to faith in Christ. - Stan]
"SYRIAN Christians Brace for Strike, Ask for Prayer," - by Gary Lane, August 31, http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2013/August/Syrian-Christians-Brace-for-Strike-Ask-for-Prayer/"As Syrians brace themselves for a possible U.S. military attack, many of the county's Christians are praying for divine intervention. They say military action against the Assad regime will only bring them greater hardship and suffering and they're asking Christians worldwide to pray that God intervenes to bring peace to their nation. They believe the collective prayers of Christians around the world could reverse an escalating conflict..."
"SYRIAN Christians Brace for Strike, Ask for Prayer," - by Gary Lane, August 31, http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2013/August/Syrian-Christians-Brace-for-Strike-Ask-for-Prayer/"As Syrians brace themselves for a possible U.S. military attack, many of the county's Christians are praying for divine intervention. They say military action against the Assad regime will only bring them greater hardship and suffering and they're asking Christians worldwide to pray that God intervenes to bring peace to their nation. They believe the collective prayers of Christians around the world could reverse an escalating conflict..."
Continue to Pray for EGYPT - Continue to pray for the tense situation in Egypt and especially for the Christian believers who are being targeted with violence by Muslim Brotherhood members.]
Oct. 14, NORTH KOREA -"Kenneth Bae, Mom Meet; Release Not Guaranteed" - CBNNews.com, http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2013/October/Mother-Visits-Missionary-Jailed-in-North-Korea/Update on Kenneth Bae: "US Ready to Bargain with N. Korea for Bae's Release,"- CBNNews.com, Aug 14, 2013 http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2013/August/S-Ready-to-Bargain-with-N-Korea-for-Baes-Release/ - The United States is willing to engage North Korea to secure the release of imprisoned American Christian Kenneth Bae. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said the United States is "willing to consider a number of different options" to bring him home.In a video recently released by a North Korean newspaper, Bae requested the United States send a high-ranking official to North Korea to seek his pardon. It is unclear if he spoke of his own volition in the video. Bae, 45, was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for sharing his faith. He suffers health problems such as diabetes and is currently hospitalized.[PRAY for 1) God's healing of and presence with Pastor Bae, 2) His earliest release by the North Korean government, and 3) God's comfort for his family and friends.]
Oct. 14, NORTH KOREA -"Kenneth Bae, Mom Meet; Release Not Guaranteed" - CBNNews.com, http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2013/October/Mother-Visits-Missionary-Jailed-in-North-Korea/Update on Kenneth Bae: "US Ready to Bargain with N. Korea for Bae's Release,"- CBNNews.com, Aug 14, 2013 http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2013/August/S-Ready-to-Bargain-with-N-Korea-for-Baes-Release/ - The United States is willing to engage North Korea to secure the release of imprisoned American Christian Kenneth Bae. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said the United States is "willing to consider a number of different options" to bring him home.In a video recently released by a North Korean newspaper, Bae requested the United States send a high-ranking official to North Korea to seek his pardon. It is unclear if he spoke of his own volition in the video. Bae, 45, was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for sharing his faith. He suffers health problems such as diabetes and is currently hospitalized.[PRAY for 1) God's healing of and presence with Pastor Bae, 2) His earliest release by the North Korean government, and 3) God's comfort for his family and friends.]
IRAN - Vigils Mark One Year Imprisonment of Pastor Saeed - CBNNews.com, Thursday, September 26, 2013 - Today marks one-year that American pastor Saeed Abedini has been held in an Iranian prison. He is serving an eight-year sentence because of his Christian faith. It has been a year of torment as he has suffered beatings, physical pain from untreated medical conditions, and separation from his wife and two children... The suffering has not dampened his passion for Jesus. Pastor Abedini has led more than 30 prisoners to Christ during his time in prison. This afternoon, thousands of Americans from coast to coast will pray for his release. Events will be held in 40 states at capitols, city halls, parks and churches. Thousands more will join from 15 nations around the world
PRAY: - For comfort and peace for Saeed’s wife and children here in the U.S.
- For a strong witness and testimony from Pastor Abedini in the prison where God has placed him
- For Christians around the world who are being persecuted for their faith in Christ
- BOLDly (Beside Our Leaders Daily) for leadership from the White House and State Department in defending the freedoms of Abedini and other Americans
- GO TO SaveSaeed.org to sign a petition over 600,000 others asking for his immediate release.
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"Halloween Crosses Mark Scary Abortion Reality" - By Paul Strand, October 31, 2013; http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2013/October/Halloween-Crosses-Mark-Scary-Abortion-Reality/[PRAY that in next fall's Congressional elections, Americans will not only elect an even MORE pro-life House but give us a majority pro-life Senate that will quickly pass a bill to defund Planned Parenthood as so many Americans have wished for so long. - Stan]
PRAY: - For comfort and peace for Saeed’s wife and children here in the U.S.
- For a strong witness and testimony from Pastor Abedini in the prison where God has placed him
- For Christians around the world who are being persecuted for their faith in Christ
- BOLDly (Beside Our Leaders Daily) for leadership from the White House and State Department in defending the freedoms of Abedini and other Americans
- GO TO SaveSaeed.org to sign a petition over 600,000 others asking for his immediate release.
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WASHINGTON - Nine-hundred and fifteen pink crosses filled the lawn in front of the U.S. Capitol building this Halloween day. Rev. Pat Mahoney, director of the Christian Defense Coalition, told CBN News why.
"We billed this as 'what's the most scary thing in Washington D.C. Today?' The most scary thing is our government gives $540 million to an organization that kills 915 children a day. That's over 335,000 a year," Mahoney said. The organization getting all those taxpayer dollars is Planned Parenthood, which aborts one child every 95 seconds.
Missy Martinez, with Students for Life, helped set up the 915 crosses marking Planned Parenthood's daily abortions."Once you see that visual you realize how many it really is," Martinez said as she stuck cross after cross into the Capitol Hill grounds. "Because you hear the number 915 and you say, 'Yeah that's big.' But you see the actual layout of 915 crosses and it's just very sobering," she said. "It hurts your heart when you realize it's that many children that die every day from abortion." And that's just at Planned Parenthood.
Along with the Christian Defense Coalition, Students for Life put on this display: important because student-aged Americans are the main customers for abortion. But they are also the biggest opponents, the pro-life movement's hope for the future. Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life, talked to CBN News about today's college age generation."This is the generation that's being directly targeted by Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry," Hawkins said. "Ironically, though, this is the generation that is pro-life. They're the least likely to actually favor abortion because we've seen the 3D ultrasounds of our brothers and sisters in the womb." "We all know what partial birth abortion is," she continued. "So we see abortion differently than previous generations."
Pro-lifers young and old keep talking about Planned Parenthood and its monumental amount of abortions because most Americans still don't know about it."Sixty percent of the American public has no idea that Planned Parenthood provides abortions, let alone it's the largest abortion provider in the world," Mahoney said. And that's in a country where more than 70 percent of its citizens say they're against taxpayer funding of abortions.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testified on Capitol Hill Wednesday that she's not sure about abortion funding under Obamacare. Hawkins smirked at that claim. "Abortions are covered under Obamacare and taxpayers are going to be funding it," she stated. "But what's really interesting is the secretary herself wrote a memo this April demanding that all insurance providers cover Planned Parenthood and their services in the health insurance exchanges."
These pro-life groups wanted to make sure they put up the 915 crosses on the Capitol grounds because it's Congress that actually funds whatever government pays for."We're saying, 'Look, 915 children die a day because of Planned Parenthood and you helped do it. You help fund this organization,'" she said. "And under Obamacare the tragedy is that money to Planned Parenthood will only increase," Mahoney added. Mahoney mentioned that the House of Representatives, which is majority pro-life, could defund Planned Parenthood any day it wants to.
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This Time: Rock Legend Pens Pro-Life Anthem - ttp://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2013/October/
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Court Reinstates Texas Most Abortion Restrictions - CBNNews.com, Friday, November 01, 2013, http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2013/November/Court-Reinstates-Texas-Most-Abortion-Restrictions/ "A federal appeals court has reinstated most of Texas' new abortion standards.One of the new measures requires all abortion doctors to have admitting privileges at a hospital less than 30 miles away. Twelve of the 32 abortion clinics in the state are not connected to hospitals, so they will have to stop aborting babies..."
"Buried in the Fine Print? Obamacare's Abortion Fees" - By Paul Strand, October 11, 2013; - http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/politics/2013/October/Buried-in-the-Fine-Print-Obamacares-Abortion-Fees/ WASHINGTON -- "There's a good chance Americans may soon be funding abortions without being aware they're doing it. That's because Obamacare health insurance exchanges will be required by law to make everyone on their rosters pay a monthly surcharge to fund abortions for those who want them. These exchanges have been encouraged to talk as little as possible about the fee. Pro-life lawmakers are furious over what they call an effort to hide something important from the public..."
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