https://youtube.com/live/tFh8mkzNvio Psalm 102:13 : "You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come."
Zion represents God's people in a time of distress or waiting. The church in Haiti, India, Nigeria, China and in many other places are facing strong persecution. Our prayers can reach where we cannot reach physically. We pray for compassion for the oppressed, and comfort for the helpless in the church. God specifically listens to the cries of the captive, the broken, and the desperate. Kindly join prayer meeting if you can at 8PM West Africa Time.
God Bless!

DRAMATIC FOOTAGE SHOWS FLASH FLOOD ENGULFING NEPAL-CHINA BORDER
WATCH: Surveillance footage captured people scrambling to flee moments before a massive mudslide engulfed the Gyirong border crossing between Nepal and China on Wednesday, Aug. 26.
The disaster came as a devastating flash flood swept through Nepal’s mountainous Rasuwa district, killing at least 31 people and leaving hundreds, including foreign tourists, missing, while damaging villages, roads, and hydropower projects.https://https://https:// # #

GLOBAL SERMON TO FIGHTING NATIONS NOW — AWAKENING — END TIMES WARNING — THROUGH VISIONS SON SHOWN — USA, RUSSIA, MIDEAST, ISRAEL, UK, UKRAINE, IRAN, GAZA, EUROPE, AFRICA

Son warning through visions — Acts of kindness, faithfulness, obedience, love greater than works of Satan — Shedding blood, making weapons of mass destruction — Repent and pursue clean life through faith in Christ or face heavier judgement if refuse — 1 Pet 4:17-18

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TEXT: 1 Pet 4:17-18 — For time has come for judgment to begin at house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be end of those who do not obey gospel of God? Now if righteous one is scarcely saved, where will ungodly and sinner appear?

Matt 24:6-8 — And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars... For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom... All these are beginning of sorrows.

Joel 2:28-30 — I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions... And I will show wonders in heavens and in earth: Blood and fire and pillars of smoke.

1. WHAT SON SHOWED THROUGH VISIONS — RED 7 — WHY NATIONS NOW FIGHTING

Son showed me servant Reagan — visions in this last age —

Red 7 — Judgement of correction first to house 1 Pet 4:17 — Purified with love Heb 12:6 — Not hatred — Zech 13:9 — I will bring one-third through fire, will refine them as silver refined, and test them as gold tested. They will call on My name, and I will answer them.

I saw massive sorrow of chastening — house of God — to end massive glory Rom 8:18 — sufferings of this present time not worthy to be compared with glory which shall be revealed.

Then same Red 7 turned to nations — to evil doers — Heavier strokes — Luke 12:47-48 — And that servant who knew his master's will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes... For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required.

I saw Gold pure after Red 7 — Job 23:10 — When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold — Green 7 — 144,000 true Israel not practising sin 1 John 3:9, Rev 14:4-5 — ready for rapture.

But fighting nations refused Red 7 — Therefore heavier judgement coming if refuse — Heb 10:31 — It is fearful thing to fall into hands of living God.

What I saw: Maps — USA, Russia, Mideast, Israel, UK, Ukraine — tanks, drones, missiles, blood in streets, mushroom clouds drawings — Son said: Works of Satan.

2. THIS IS END TIMES — JESUS SAID IT

Matt 24:3 — Disciples asked: Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be sign of Your coming, and of end of age?

Jesus answered for today:

Matt 24:7 — Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.
2 Tim 3:1-3 — Know this, that in last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud... unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal...
Rev 11:18 — Nations were angry, and Your wrath has come.

USA vs Russia — UK with Ukraine — Israel vs Gaza vs Iran — Mideast burning — China watching Taiwan — This is not politics — This is Rev 6:4 — Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to one who sat on it to take peace from earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.

End times clock: Matt 24:33 — So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near — at doors!

3. SON'S WARNING: WORKS OF SATAN VS ACTS OF CHRIST — CHOOSE

Son showed distinction — Through visions:

Works of Satan that fighting nations now do:

Shedding innocent blood — Prov 6:16-17 — These six things LORD hates... hands that shed innocent blood — Gen 9:6 — Whoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood shall be shed — Ukraine fields, Gaza children, Israel hostages, Sudan, Congo — All blood cries Gen 4:10 — Voice of your brother's blood cries out to Me from ground.
Making weapons of mass destruction — nuclear, chemical, AI drones to kill — Ps 37:14-15 — Wicked have drawn sword... to slay those who are of upright conduct. Their sword shall enter their own heart.
Lying, propaganda, sowing discord — Prov 6:19 — false witness who speaks lies, and one who sows discord among brethren.
Pride of thrones — Prov 16:18 — Pride goes before destruction.

Acts that Son says are MAJOR — Greater than Satan's works:

Kindness — Eph 4:32 — Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. — 2 Chron 7:14 — If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
Faithfulness — Gal 5:22-23 — Fruit of Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness... — Keep covenant, not break treaties.
Obedience — 1 Sam 15:22 — Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice — Obey gospel, not generals.
Love to each other — John 13:35 — By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another. — Matt 5:44 — Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you.
Clean life through faith in Christ — 1 John 3:9 — Whoever born of God does not practice sin — Tit 2:11-12 — Grace teaches us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in present age.

Mic 6:8 — He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does LORD require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Son says: Missile cannot save you — Kindness can — Faithfulness can — Love can — Because 1 Cor 13:13 — Now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but greatest of these is love.

4. DIRECT WARNING TO EACH FIGHTING NATION NOW — REPENT OR HEAVIER JUDGEMENT

USA: Prov 14:34 — Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is reproach to any people. — Your power given much — Luke 12:48 — to whom much given much required — Stop funding blood for profit — Return to 2 Chron 7:14 — Pursue peace, not dominance — Matt 5:9 — Blessed are peacemakers.

RUSSIA: Isa 10:12 — When LORD has performed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say, I will punish fruit of arrogant heart of king of Assyria — Tanks will not give you security — Ps 20:7 — Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; But we will remember name of LORD our God. — Repent from shedding brother blood Ukraine — Gen 4:9 — Where is Abel your brother?

UKRAINE & UK: Rom 12:17-19 — Repay no one evil for evil... Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, Vengeance is Mine, I will repay, says Lord. — Courage without Christ becomes vengeance — Choose forgiveness path — Matt 6:14 — If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

ISRAEL: Deut 7:6 — You are holy people to LORD your God — But Rom 2:28-29 — He is not a Jew who is one outwardly... but he is a Jew who is one inwardly — True Israel not practising sin 1 John 3:9 — Zech 2:8 — He who touches you touches apple of His eye — Yet Matt 23:37 — O Jerusalem, Jerusalem... How often I wanted to gather your children together — Return to Messiah Jesus — Blood of Lamb not blood of enemies will keep you — Acts 4:12 — Nor is there salvation in any other.

MIDEAST — IRAN, GAZA, LEBANON, SYRIA, YEMEN: Ps 83:4 — They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation — This counsel shall not stand — Isa 54:17 — No weapon formed against you shall prosper — Stop teaching children hatred — Deut 6:6-7 — Teach them diligently to your children truth not death — Turn swords to kindness — Isa 2:4 — They shall beat their swords into plowshares... Nation shall not lift up sword against nation.

ALL NATIONS MAKING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION: Rev 11:18 — Should destroy those who destroy earth. — Isa 2:19 — They shall go into holes of rocks, and into caves of earth, from terror of LORD when He arises to shake earth mightily. — Nuclear fire you make will judge you — 2 Pet 3:10 — heavens will pass away with great noise, and elements will melt with fervent heat.

5. SON'S FINAL CALL — DO IT NOW — SHARE IT NOW

2 Cor 6:2 — Behold, now is accepted time; behold, now is day of salvation.
Heb 3:15 — Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.

Son warns: If refuse His punishment, heavier judgement — 1 Pet 4:17-18 — If judgement begins with us first, what will be end of those who do not obey gospel? If righteous scarcely saved, where will ungodly appear?

Rom 14:12 — So then each of us shall give account of himself to God.

Therefore NOW:

Repent — Acts 3:19 — Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out.
Pursue clean life through faith in Christ — Acts 26:18 — To open their eyes... that they may receive forgiveness of sins and inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me — 1 John 1:7 — Blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
Show acts of kindness, faithfulness, obedience, love — Gal 6:10 — As we have opportunity, let us do good to all — Feed enemy, not bomb — Rom 12:20 — If your enemy hungers, feed him.
Stop shedding blood, stop making weapons of mass destruction — Isa 1:15-16 — When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; Even though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood. Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean.

This is end times — King Oyo 34 dead — King Harald V 89 dead — Thrones empty — Next may be nations empty — Matt 24:22 — Unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for elect's sake those days will be shortened.

PRAYER DECREE FOR NATIONS NOW:

Father, in Name of Jesus — Church bought by Blood Acts 20:28 — Let fighting nations USA, Russia, Israel, Mideast, UK, Ukraine, Iran hear Son warning through visions — Let them repent now — Pursue clean life through faith in Christ — Choose kindness over killing — Faithfulness over firepower — Obedience over pride — Love over mass destruction — Or face heavier judgement — But we pray — Ezek 33:11 — I have no pleasure in death of wicked, but that wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways!

We share this now — Awake spiritually — In Jesus' Name — Blood still speaks better than Abel Heb 12:24 — Amen.

Rev 22:20 — He who testifies to these things says, Surely I am coming quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

Heartbreaking scenes from Nepal.

PRAY FOR NEPAL

Rescuers struggling to reach disaster zone after more than 160 killed in Nepal-Tibet flash floods

More than 160 people have been killed in Nepal, and hundreds of tourists are missing, after a massive flash flood and mudslide

The missing tourists include more than 100 from India, 54 from the US, 34 from Australia, and 33 from the UK, as well as more than 100 from Nepal itself, according to officials. The area is popular with pilgrims and trekkers

The US, China, the EU and India are among the countries that have pledged assistance or dispatched relief supplies

Dozens of Nepalese police officers and army personnel are also missing, as well as power workers. My family was swept away in front of me, one woman tells us - she and her son survived by climbing to a rooftop

Authorities initially thought an earthquake may have preceded the flooding - but the US Geological Survey now says the "seismic energy was instead generated by a landslide"

May those still in danger be protected and may everyone affected find strength. Pray for Nepal.

COMMUNISTS EXECUTED THEM FOR THEIR FAITH. THEIR HIDDEN BABY SURVIVED IN A RICE BASKET.

John and Betty Stam met at Moody Bible Institute, both individually feeling called to serve as missionaries in China, and married there in 1933 through the China Inland Mission. In September 1934, their daughter Helen Priscilla was born, and just two months later, the young family settled into a new post in Anhui Province, in the small town of Jingde. Two weeks after arriving, Communist soldiers unexpectedly overran the town and took the entire family prisoner.

John wrote a letter to mission headquarters that night, informing them of the Communists' $20,000 ransom demand, knowing full well the mission's strict policy against ever paying ransoms. He closed the letter with the words, "The Lord bless and guide you, and as for us, may God be glorified whether by life or by death." The next morning, the couple was marched to a hill outside the nearby town of Miaoshou to be executed, a Chinese medicine seller who pleaded on his knees for their release, and who was later found to own a Bible and hymnbook, executed alongside them for his own faith.

Before the couple was led away, Betty found a way to hide their three month old daughter, tucking her into a sleeping bag with a change of clothes and money pinned inside her diaper. Two days later, a Chinese evangelist named Dr. Lo found baby Helen alive, concealed her in a rice basket, and carried her to safety, eventually delivering her to Betty's parents, who were still serving as missionaries elsewhere in China. Helen grew up, became a teacher, and raised her own family in the eastern United States. News of the Stams' deaths spread around the world and, in the decades since, has continued to inspire generations of believers to serve overseas despite the risk.

Do you think you could have found the peace John wrote about, in that same letter, facing what he faced?

#JohnAndBettyStam #MissionaryMartyrs #FaithUnderFire

COMMUNISTS EXECUTED THEM FOR THEIR FAITH. THEIR HIDDEN BABY SURVIVED IN A RICE BASKET.

John and Betty Stam met at Moody Bible Institute, both individually feeling called to serve as missionaries in China, and married there in 1933 through the China Inland Mission. In September 1934, their daughter Helen Priscilla was born, and just two months later, the young family settled into a new post in Anhui Province, in the small town of Jingde. Two weeks after arriving, Communist soldiers unexpectedly overran the town and took the entire family prisoner.

John wrote a letter to mission headquarters that night, informing them of the Communists' $20,000 ransom demand, knowing full well the mission's strict policy against ever paying ransoms. He closed the letter with the words, "The Lord bless and guide you, and as for us, may God be glorified whether by life or by death." The next morning, the couple was marched to a hill outside the nearby town of Miaoshou to be executed, a Chinese medicine seller who pleaded on his knees for their release, and who was later found to own a Bible and hymnbook, executed alongside them for his own faith.

Before the couple was led away, Betty found a way to hide their three month old daughter, tucking her into a sleeping bag with a change of clothes and money pinned inside her diaper. Two days later, a Chinese evangelist named Dr. Lo found baby Helen alive, concealed her in a rice basket, and carried her to safety, eventually delivering her to Betty's parents, who were still serving as missionaries elsewhere in China. Helen grew up, became a teacher, and raised her own family in the eastern United States. News of the Stams' deaths spread around the world and, in the decades since, has continued to inspire generations of believers to serve overseas despite the risk.

Do you think you could have found the peace John wrote about, in that same letter, facing what he faced?

from Heidi Baker :
Rolland ( Baker ) showing a new Tibetan friend how to use a solar-powered audio bible. Rolland’s grandfather, H.A. Baker, was also a missionary in Tibet and later China. Rolland’s father continued the missions work in China, where Rolland was born. The region is still much on our hearts

Ephesians chapter 1

Introduction;

I am stepping out in faith, am going to write a series of devotions on the book of Ephesians. I hope you will follow along, as we go through this great book.



1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God

WHAT A CALLING


Why are we Christians at all?
Why are we in the place we are?
Why for example, am I in China?

We are Christians, because God has chosen and called us, he has called us to serve him and to be his children.

The reason is his will.

Paul was a Pharisee, he was an educated man, who didn't ever imagine, he would be a preacher of the gospel.

But he became an apostle, by the WILL OF GOD.

We are, what we are, because of the will of God.

Praise God that he has set you apart and placed you in a unique place.

To be called a child of God and called into his service, is the highest privilege in the world.

Let's never complain of who we are and where we are, because it is by the will of God.

Thanks

KK


1 To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus

SET APART ONE

In the first devotion, we saw that we are, what we are, because of the will of God.

So, what are we:

We are saints, literally, set apart ones. God has set us apart for himself, he has personally chosen us. That is so amazing.

They are in Ephesus, of all the places to start a church, this must have been one of the most difficult, full of idol worship, black magic and the like, but in that place, God set apart some to be saints, as he does in every place.

Despite persecution, which you can read about in the book of Acts, this little group of saints are faithful, that is what we are called to do, wherever we are.. amen.

These believers are grounded in Christ Jesus, they are not faithful to a creed or a theory, they are faithful to a person, CHRIST JESUS.

Why can we be faithful to HIM? Because he is always faithful to us.

It is all about a relationship, a relationship based on HIM, although we are sometimes unfaithful, he never is.

Glory in the fact, that you are his set apart one and that you are and always will be:

HIS SET APART ONE

Thanks

God bless you

Daily devotion for August 11th
A Great Work
I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and go down to you?

Nehemiah 6:3b
These erstwhile enemies suddenly become Nehemiah's friends and invite him to a conference down on the plain of Ono. It is located down on the seacoast near the Gaza strip. But Nehemiah senses danger: they were scheming to harm me he says (Nehemiah 6:2). Some commentators suggest that they were trying to trick him into leaving Jerusalem, where he had armed support, to come to a conference where they could set upon him and perhaps kill him. Nehemiah evidently senses this. He firmly declines, saying, I am carrying on a great project, and I cannot go down.

That is a great answer. Note the reasons he gives. On the surface it seems a surly response to their invitation to meet together. It sounds brusque and blunt. But Nehemiah sees through their scheme and refuses to go along, even though they pressure him four different times.

You too may experience continuing pressure to change your mind and go along with something that is wrong. Many have fallen after a proper refusal simply because they gave in to repeated pressure. But Nehemiah persists in his refusal. Here is his reason: I am doing a great work, he says. I have a great calling. God has committed a tremendous project to me, and if I leave, it will be threatened.

One of the most helpful things that we can do to resist temptation is to remember that God has called us to a great task. This is true of every believer in Christ. I do not care how young or how old you are in the Lord, you are called to a tremendous work today. That task is to model a different lifestyle so that those who are being ruined by wrongful practices will see something that offers them hope and deliverance. If they see in you peace in the midst of confusion, an invisible support that keeps you steady and firm under pressure, they will learn that there is another way to live than the destructive way they have chosen. That is the great work that God has called us to. We ought never to give allegiance to anything less.

I read years ago of a missionary in China, a capable young man who did a great job as a linguist and diplomat in his work for the Lord. His abilities were so outstanding that one of the American companies in China tried to hire him. They offered him an attractive job with a salary to match, but he turned them down. He told them that God had sent him to China as a missionary and that was what he was going to do. He thought that would end the matter, but instead they came back with a better offer and an increase in salary. He turned that down too, but again they came back, doubling the salary that had originally been proposed. Finally he said, It's not your salary that is too little. It's the job that's too small!

This is what Nehemiah is saying here. He has a great work, and he is not going to forsake it for anything less. He is confronted with an offer that seems to promise peace and support and yet is filled with danger, which he successfully avoids by refusing to leave his calling.

Father, You have given me a great work to do. Help me to see through the seeming golden opportunities that come my way to divert me from that which You have called me to do.

This Week's Prayer Guide


August 9 - This week, pray for the needs of the people of Suzhou. Pray for the church to be a Christlike witness to their friends, neighbors, coworkers, and family members.

August 10 - In recent years, many foreign and even domestic manufacturers have left Suzhou and its nearby development areas, leaving behind an economic void. Please pray that God will help revive Suzhou’s economy and provide for the economic needs of its people.

August 11 - The departure of these companies and factories have led to a rise in unemployment, particularly among the young people. Many of them are steeped in a sense of hopelessness and feel like giving up. Please pray that the young people in the city can find a hope that is not based on career success, but in Christ.

August 12 - Like many other cities in China, the economic downturn inevitably leads to population loss. Many young people have migrated to other cities or other parts of Suzhou to seek employment, making some less developed neighborhoods feeling empty. Please pray that God will bring revival to these neighborhoods, both economically and spiritually.

August 13 - Population loss is also leading to shepherding challenges. People come and go according to their economic and employment needs, leaving pastors and church leaders feeling destabilized. Please pray that God will provide local churches with a stable core group of people, and that church leaders can know their sheep deeply.

August 14 - One silver lining of the economic downturn is that young professionals are working less and thus have weekends open, and they are able to participate in Sunday worship more regularly. May the Lord refresh the souls of these young professionals through worship and church community, and alleviate their anxiety about their future.

August 15 - One of the local churches in Suzhou recognized the opportunity to reach out to the elderly in the city. Volunteers divide into teams to cut hair, trim nails, visit and pray with the elderly. Please pray that they will encounter more opportunities to share the gospel, and that God will bring many elderly to faith through their work.

8月9日——本周，请为苏州人民的需要祷告。请祷告，愿教会能像基督一样，在他们的朋友、邻居、同事和家人面前作见证。

8月10日——近年来，许多外资甚至中资企业相继撤离苏州及其周边开发区，留下了经济上的空虚。请祷告，求神帮助振兴苏州的经济，并满足当地民众的经济需求。

8月11日——这些公司和工厂的撤离导致失业率上升，尤其是年轻人中的失业率。他们中许多人深陷绝望之中，甚至在家里躺平。请为这座城市的年轻人祷告，愿他们能将未来的希望建立在基督之上，而不在事业当中。

8月12日——与中国许多其他城市一样，经济低迷不可避免地导致人口流失。许多年轻人为了谋生，迁移到了其他城市或苏州的其他地区，使得一些社区显得冷清。请为这些社区祷告，求神在经济和属灵两方面都赐下复兴。

8月13日——会众流失也给牧养工作带来了挑战。人们根据经济和就业需求来来去去，使牧师和教会领袖感到不安。请祷告，求神为当地教会预备一个稳定的核心群体，并让教会领袖能深入地认识他们的羊群。

8月14日——经济低迷带来的一线希望是，年轻职场人士的工作时间减少了，因此周末有空闲能够更规律地参加周日礼拜。愿主通过敬拜和教会团契，使这些年轻职场人士的灵魂得到更新，并缓解他们对未来的焦虑。

8月15日——苏州当地的一间教会意识到向市老年人传福音的机会。志愿者们分成小组，为老年人理发、修剪指甲，探访他们、与他们一同祷告。请为他们祷告，愿他们能遇到更多分享福音的机会，也愿神通过他们的工作带领许多老年人信主。


Join us on Zoom this Thursday from 10:30am-11:00am EST for our weekly prayer call as we pray for Chinese churches in Suzhou.

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