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PRAY FOR AMERICA: THANK GOD for His many blessings on America throughout it's history. May we then ask that AMERICA once again be a blessing TO GOD, by once again submitting to HIS will in our affairs - both personal and national - that He may truly "heal our land." (2 Chron. 7:14)
NOW THAT THE ELECTION IS OVER: AS I SEE IT: 1) Let's be praying that God showed us grace in giving us representatives who will sincerely work to DO NO HARM to us and future generations. Let's also be praying that should He have chosen to give us those who WILL do us harm, that He extends mercy to us now and for the years ahead. His will is now done as far as the results we have. Now it's up to us to be diligent to hold those elected accountable!, and 2) Let's be praying that the present lame-duck session in Congress will not be allowed to pass legislation that will do harm to our country as they can easily do. (See post #1051 - 'Return of the Zombie) - Stan
URGENT PRAYER REQUEST: Save Christian Mom Asia Bibi from Execution - A Christian mom has been sentenced to death in Pakistan for her faith. Asia Bibi was falsely accused of “blasphemy” – speaking against the prophet Muhammad. Now this wife and mother of five will hang for her Christian faith.She would be the first woman executed under Pakistan’s Shariah blasphemy law.This is the ultimate human rights violation. We’re mobilizing our international affiliate – the European Centre for Law and Justice – and its partner in Pakistan to stop this atrocity. Add your name to our letter to the government of Pakistan demanding Asia Bibi’s freedom.Go to http://aclj.org/persecuted-church/save-christian-mom-asia-bibi-from-execution; please add your signature to mine and over 35,000 others AND pray for Asia Bibi.
U.S. Supreme Court has Reconvened: Let's be praying WHENEVER the Court is in session as their decisions can have impact on GENERATIONS to come. The fact that they may have an opportunity this session to actually vote on same-sex "marriage" where it has the same impact on this country that Roe v. Wade did should be motivating enough!
ELECTION DAY, NOV. 4th. Let's begin praying that the American people will have wisdom in voting into office those who will lead our communities and nation with integrity and wisdom from God and DO NO HARM!.
WORLD-WDE PRAYER REQUESTS:
Friday, Sept. 26th - Two Year Anniversary of Pastor Saeed Abedini's Imprisonment in Iran! - [NOTE TODAY'S POST!]
We need to continue to pray for Pastor Saeed - that his health will improve and that he will be re-united with his wife and two young children who live in the United States. [If you have not yet, please sign the petition for his clemency- http://beheardproject.com/saeed#sign]
PRAY ALSO : - 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
- For leadership from the White House and State Department in defending the freedoms of Abedini and other Americans
"Not Everyone Happy with Religious Ambassador Pick," Caitlin Burke,July 29, 2014;
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2014/July/Obama-Taps-Rabbi-for-Religious-Freedom-Ambassador/ "..An estimated 76 percent of the world's population live in countries where religious freedom is restricted. Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States must take a strong stand against those violations. "Around the world repressive governments and extremists groups have been crystal clear about what they stand against, so we have to be equally clear about what we must stand for," Kerry said. "We stand for greater freedom, for greater tolerance, greater respect, for rights of freedom of expression and freedom of conscience," he said A key development in the 2013 report is the large number of displaced members of religious communities, including entire Christian communities in Syria and Iraq that have been forced to flee their homes because of persecution."
SIGN A PETITION TO THE UN FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHRISTIANS :" The church in Syria has shone brightly for 2,000 years. But today violence and persecution threatens its survival. Thanks to an incredible response, Open Doors is helping 8,000 families in Syria survive each month. We believe the signatures and prayers of 500,000 people will encourage the UN to act and protect the rights and lives of all Syrians, especially the vulnerable Christian community." Go to: http://lp.opendoorsusa.org/emails/nov-13-action/save-syria.html?utm_source=action&utm_medium=email&utm_content=button&utm_campaign=november
Of course, let's CONTINUE PRAYING FOR AN END TO THE EBOLA CRISIS IN WEST AFRICA AND THE HEALING OF ALL THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN INFECTED.
PRAY FOR THE CRISIS HAPPENING NOW IN IRAQ (see post #907) Pray that allied forces will be able to drive the group ISIS back (see post #964)
/PRAYER ALERT- UKRAINE: As the Lord leads, please pray:
*For God to suppress President Putin’s ambitions to "restore" the Soviet empire.
*For the people of Ukrainen [esp. for the church 'to be THE church'] as they wait to see if the Russian troops will advance.
*About President Obama and to use wisdom in crafting our foreign policy, and wisdom for his advisers.
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.]
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"These Women Begged Brittany Maynard Not to Choose An Earlier Death. And They Will Die With Dignity, Too." - Katrina Trinko / November 03, 2014; / http://dailysignal.com/2014/11/03/women-begged-brittany-maynard-choose-earlier-death-will-die-dignity/?utm_source=heritagefoundation&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=morningbell&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRokv63KZKXonjHpfsX56eguXa%2B3lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4CSMVjI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQrLBMa1ozrgOWxU%3D [AS I SEE IT: The one part of the article below that I would disagree with is where the author hopes Brittany is finally at peace. Biblically-speaking, which is the final "Truth of the Mater," is that, because I believe she did not have a personal relationship with Jesus, Brittany cannot be at peace where she is. (Consider Luke 16:19-31.) The sad and ironic Truth is that in trying to escape great suffering by committing suicide, without having first made peace with God, Brittany is now destined to spend a Christ-less eternity of suffering incomprehensibly greater than any physical suffering she was trying to avoid. If only she had listened to those who I am sure shared this truth with her rather than having listened to those who spurred her on to take her own life. My deep sadness for Brittany is thus compounded by my great anger at the Angel of Death (Satan) who was successful in stealing this soul from the Eternal Author of Life (God). Unfortunately, Satan's lies continue to deceive too many but it should spur on those of us who know the Truth to be there and speak up to those we know who threaten to fall victim to Satan's lies as Brittany tragically did. - Stan]
Brittany Maynard in the last video released by Compassion & Choices. (Photo: Compassion & Choices YouTube)
Brittany Maynard has died.
Maynard, 29, died as she said she would in her video released last month: at the time of her choosing, an option she had because of her move to Oregon, a state with right-to-die laws.[See this video clip at this article's web link.] Maynard, who was suffering from terminal brain cancer, used her last month to advocate for “death with dignity.”
It’s a phrase she used again in her goodbye note on Facebook. “Today is the day I have chosen to pass away with dignity in the face of my terminal illness, this terrible brain cancer that has taken so much from me … but would have taken so much more,” Maynard wrote, according to People. Last month, she told People, “I’ve discussed with many experts how I would die from it [brain cancer] and it’s a terrible, terrible way to die. So being able to choose to go with dignity is less terrifying.”
I wrote last month that there is rarely any dignity in death. But the more I’ve thought about it, the more I’ve realized I was wrong. There isn’t much control in death, particularly if you suffer from a terrible disease. You may lose the ability to speak, to move freely, to control basic bodily functions. Your mind may wander. You may be gripped by unbelievable suffering.
Brittany Maynard & husband Dan Diaz at their wedding. (Photo: PRNewsFoto/Compassion & Choices)
But there is always dignity, because you remain human.
Because if we reject that dignity is inherent in every human being at every moment, what else will we cut off? If a death of terminal cancer, with all the terrible suffering it brings, isn’t dignified, what else will be classified as undignified?
What about the quadriplegic? What about the man suffering from an epileptic seizure, the woman giving birth? What about the disabled adult who wears diapers her whole life? What about the mentally disabled teen who will never be able to read or write? What about the old man shaking always from Parkinson’s, the old woman whose speech and memory are gone from Alzheimer’s? What about the depressed man who can barely function? What about the schizophrenic woman?
What about Maggie Karner? Karner has the same diagnosis as Maynard: terminal brain cancer. She also received her diagnosis earlier this year. But in a video released last week, Karner, 51, is adamant that she will stay alive for as long as she can—and she urged Maynard to do the same.[See this video clip at this article's web link.]
"Remember earlier this year when Robin Williams took his own life? … The world lost some of its beauty and joy that day. Brittany, if you take your life, the world will lose some of its beauty again. And quite frankly, I’m not sure this world can spare any more public losses like that, with all the death and destruction going on everyday. We need the presence of people like you.Please don’t let cancer get one more second of your life than it desires."
Or what about Kara Tippetts? Tippetts, a 38-year-old mother of four, has breast cancer. And it’s terminal.
Kara Tippetts and her family. (Photo: Mundane Faithfulness Facebook Page)
But she, too, urged Maynard to live, writing in October, “But in my whispering, pleading, loving voice dear heart- will you hear my heart ask you, beg you, plead with you — not to take that pill. Yes, your dying will be hard, but it will not be without beauty. Will you please trust me with that truth?”
Kara Tippetts (Photo: Mundane Faithfulness Facebook Page)
I hope Brittany Maynard has found peace. She, and her family and friends who have been asked to shoulder an unbelievably hard burden, are in my thoughts and prayers—and I hope they are in yours.
But let’s let Brittany Maynard’s legacy be that we need to do what we can to prevent and diagnose as soon as possible brain cancer. Let’s not let it be that we start qualifying what deaths “count” as dignified.
Because when Maggie Karner and Kara Tippetts pass away, it will be with dignity.
[bold and italics emphasis mine]
Katrina Trinko is managing editor of The Daily Signal and a member of USA Today's Board of Contributors.
"Like Brittany Maynard, This Woman is Dying From Cancer, But Her Response Will Blow Your Mind" - by John Stonestreet | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 11/7/14 ; http://www.lifenews.com/2014/11/07/like-brittany-maynard-this-woman-is-dying-from-cancer-but-her-response-will-blow-your-mind/
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