Monday, May 4, 2015

[RUDDICK UPDATE] VIETNAM: A NATION'S DESTINY - Morris Ruddick


Morris & Carol Ruddick

A close friend recently observed that far too many don't really "read" emails anymore -- they selectively scan them. Many are plagued with -- shall we just call it what it is: spiritual ADD (attention deficit disorder).

We've become a generation of Martha's: encumbered and distracted with the cares of serving. Simultaneously, we live in a time of being bombarded with distractions, when the tendency to slip into spiritual myopia -- majoring in minors -- is simply overwhelming. It all dovetails with my most recent SIGN post on the antics of the religious spirit, if you haven't seen it yet:
http://strategicintercession.org/2015/04/the-religious-spirit/

In keeping the focus, we need more undistracted time with Him -- much more than ever before.

That observation sets the tone for our current venue in Vietnam. We're already in-country and about His business. The time before leaving was a series of spiritual firestorms, each demanding priority over the priorities. That included not getting to this pre-trip prayer letter until now -- days after arriving.

Another sign of the times is that the bar has been raised. Within the context of God clearly doing "new things," no longer can we rest on "more of the same harder" or past exploits. We need to overcompensate in our spiritual maintenance, in finding our rest, our priorities and our focus in Him.

God's Timing and Opportunity
Punctuating the tempo of the times, and not unlike the setting giving rise to Pharaoh's dreams, God clearly is unveiling dimensions of incredible opportunity, driven by His timing on things.

In coming through Hong Kong, the front page of the Asian Wall Street Journal (April 29) had an amazing article titled: "Entrepreneurs Return as Vietnam Thrives."http://www.wsj.com/articles/forty-years-after-fall-of-saigon-entrepreneurs-return-to-vietnam-1430326981?KEYWORDS=Vietnam++Entrepreneurs

It shouts to the importance and timing in our role of planting God's economy and the message we have for those called in the marketplace. While Vietnam still has its challenges, it is emerging with significance.

This article unveils the amazing role that the Vietnamese Diaspora has played in Vietnam's recent economic development. The growth figures Vietnam now touts economically compares and in ways even overshadows heavyweights in the region such as Indonesia and China.

Shared Values and the Destiny of a Nation
It is why we're here, as Vietnam's praying Body prepares and assumes its role as the
head and not the tail. To coin an adapted overused wakeup call unveiling the focus: "It's the marketplace, Stupid!"

The Wall Street article highlights one of the shining stars, a Vietnamese-American, who came to the US as a toddler with his family after the regime-change in 1975 -- and the impact of his recent return and influence. It points to shared business values, but in the author's not incorrect, but short-sighted view, Confucian ones. What he has missed is that Vietnam in its wisdom has been developing closer and closer ties to Israel and has remarkable parallels in the values it shares with Jewish culture and those known over the centuries as THE people of business. That's why it's God's time for those who live their lives by the Book.
http://www.strategic-initiatives.org/pages/publications/EnduringEconomies.htm

So, here we are. What is unfolding is something bigger than us. And the pace is increasing.

Strategic Agendas and the Soul of a Nation
While continuing to impart and plant God's economy, we have transitioned into working with Vietnamese brethren, genuinely called as marketplace practitioners who, like the biblical Joseph, will change the spiritual climate in their spheres of influence. From that, God has anticipatory responses from which the spirit of poverty is broken, releasing God's destiny for His people.


Carol's work with orphans is closely related. It is a key to God's heart and our Isaiah 58 mandate. The Vietnamese believers we work with take Isaiah 58 very seriously. There are 300,000 orphans in Vietnam. The soul of a nation is defined by ones such as these and those reaching out to them. It marks the future for all of them. It wasn't long ago, that we spent time with some Vietnamese orphans, schooled in God's economy, now believing adults turned entrepreneurs, who as trained, skilled hair-stylists were buying out the owner.

Related and giving focus to raising the bar and working with "Vietnamese willing to help Vietnamese" includes an initiative, a fund, operated by committed believers, that targets youth from late teens into their 20s. It is modeled after the very positive accomplishments of Junior Achievement, a program in which teens start fledgling businesses sponsored and mentored by successful community businesses: (https://www.juniorachievement.org/web/ja-usa/home), but in this case believer-owned businesses.

We likewise have been working together with bridging and combining the strengths of marketplace practitioners in the north with those in the south -- with business agendas that bless the community while carving out the leadership role destined for the Body.

Along those lines, we have serious discussions underway, with key people for other business-ministry agendas ripe for the groundswell and costs that have been paid for what is now taking place in this nation.

Encapsulating all this, one of our closest Vietnamese associates, punctuated our efforts, encouraging us to bring more, with the words: "You bring the fire of God to us." The fire we bring is the authority for the mantle they wield.

Pushing Beyond the Distractions
But we need your prayers and support. What is converging is equally marvelous,
extraordinary and timely. It's why we need to surmount the distractions! It's why we need your prayers. It involves the destiny of a people who bear the brandmarks of the Lord Jesus, who have been through the fire. Opportunity looms and the timing is now.

It was in just such a time of turning that the prophet Samuel said: "God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in failing to pray for you." (1 Sam 12:23) At another critical juncture -- and after Jesus told His disciples He no longer called them servants, but friends, that He found them asleep. He said to Peter: "Could you not keep watch with me for one hour?" (Matt 26:40)

I'm not oblivious to the distractions, but this is a time to gird up the loins of our hearts and press past the distractions. Please, for God's destiny for this nation, will you vote with your prayers? Please, will you enable us to do more?

Gratefully in His service,
Morris-copy  
Morris Ruddick
Global Initiatives Foundation
www.strategic-initiatives.org
www.strategicintercession.org

Sunday, May 3, 2015

Carrie Underwood Was Told Not to Praise Jesus in Public - "Something in the Water" music video

Carrie Underwood


Carrie Underwood Was Told Not to Praise Jesus in Public


By Diana  CONSERVATIVE POST  on December 19, 2014



Recently, Carrie Underwood has come under heavy scrutiny by both the pop and country music industries. Her new single, “Something in the Water” has developed quite the uproar as it centers around Jesus Christ and what the Bible says about being reborn.


In response to the controversy Carrie stated:

“I’m not the first person to sing about God, Jesus, faith [or] any of that, and I won’t be the last. And it won’t be the last for me, either. If you don’t like it, change the channel.”

Thank you Carrie for standing strong in your faith and determination in the music industry. If you haven’t had a chance to watch Carrie Underwood’s hit video, check it out below. It is absolutely beautiful.


He said, “I’ve been where you’ve been before.
Down every hallway’s a slamming door.
No way out, no one to come and save me.
Wasting a life that the Good Lord gave me.

Then somebody said what I’m saying to you,
Opened my eyes and told me the truth.”
They said, “Just a little faith, it’ll all get better.”
So I followed that preacher man down to the river and now I’m changed
And now I’m stronger

There must’ve been something in the water
Oh, there must’ve been something in the water


Carrie Underwood

Full lyrics:

He said I've been where you've been before
Down every hallway's a slamming door
No way out, no one to come and save me
Wasting a life that the Good Lord gave you
There's somebody saying what I'm saying to you
Open my eyes and told me truth
He said: just a little faith and it'll all get better
So I followed that preacher man down to the river and now I'm changed
And now I'm stronger


There must've been something in the water
Oh there must've been something in the water


Well I heard what he said and I went on my way
Didn't think about it for a couple of days
Then it hit me like a lightning late one night
I was all out of hoping, all out of fight
Couldn't fight back the tears so I fell on my knees
Saying God if you're there come and rescue me
Felt love pouring down from above
Got washed in the water, washed in the blood and now I'm changed


And now I'm stronger

There must be something in the water
Oh there must be something in the water

And now I'm singing all along to amazing grace
Can't nobody wipe this smile off my face
Got joy in my heart, angels on my side
Thank God almighty I saw the light
Going to look ahead, no turning back
live everyday, give it all that I have
Trusted someone bigger than me
Ever since the day that I believed I am changed

And now I'm stronger

There must be been something in the water
Oh there must be something in the water
Oh there must be something in the water
Oh there must be something in the water
Oh yeah

I'm stronger
Stronger

I'm free

Arab Youth Turn to Social Media to Bless Israel

Arab Youth Turn to Social Media to Bless Israel

Sunday, May 03, 2015 |  David Lazarus  ISRAEL TODAY
Young people from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Yemen and many other Arab countries are turning to social media to tell the world that they love Israel.
The trend began, according to Al-Monitor, a popular pan-Mideast media outlet, when an Israeli Arab Muslim who served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) wanted to convince other Israeli Arabs that the (IDF) are not an “army of evil” and that its soldiers are not as bloodthirsty as they tend to be portrayed in Arab propaganda films.
But instead of messages from the Israeli Arab audience he was targeting, he began receiving messages of peace and love from young Arabs all across the region.
M., who told his story to Al-Monitor on condition of anonymity, noticed that the Arab-Israeli political parties were putting up billboards protesting against recruiting Israeli Arabs into the IDF. “I saw the signs that were hung in Arab villages being run by activists of Balad and the other Arab parties under the banner 'The IDF isn’t worth it'. It infuriated me,” he said.
“I decided to respond to them on Facebook, so I made a page called 'The IDF is worth it', but instead of getting responses from the young Israeli Arabs to whom I was directing my personal campaign, I started to get photos and texts from young people around the Arab world. My jaw dropped,” M. told the website.
One young woman from Saudi Arabia posted a video holding a green Saudi passport against a street scene in Jeddah, saying in the background: “Good evening. I am a young woman from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. I am a member of one of the better-known tribes of the Hijaz, and I am showing you Darajeh Square, a famous landmark in Jeddah. I’d like to send a message of peace and love to Israel and its dear citizens. I know it is surprising that a Saudi Arabian citizen sends a message to the people of Israel, but it is a basic principle of democracy that everyone is free to voice an opinion. I hope the Arabs will be sensible like me and recognize the fact that Israel also has rights to the lands of Palestine.”
A young man from Iraq posted a picture of his passport along the Tigris River. “I want to send a message of peace and love to the dear Israeli people,” he said. “I decided to shoot this video and tell you, ‘True, we are two countries that do not have friendly relations, but that doesn’t matter. I believe that the number of people who support Israel here will grow consistently.’”
Other young people send M. photos of their passports with handwritten messages in Hebrew, Arabic and English. It is always the same: “We love Israel.”
M. also engages the senders in private conversations. “After I got a video from Baghdad, I asked the person who sent me the clip what it was that caused him to express support for Israel.” The Iraqi man responded, "You’d be surprised. I’m not the only one. There are a lot of young people here who think like me. Everything that is happening to us here in Iraq — the killings, the terrorism, the veritable bloodbath — showed us that Israel has nothing to do with it. There are many young people... they are fed up with the religious wars between Sunnis and Shiites.”
Of course, there is also a growing pro-Israel sentiment among young Israeli Arabs, especially Christians. Ehab Ashkar, an Arab believer from Nazareth, had this to say when Israel Todayasked him about the phenomenon:
"As an Arab who lives in Israel, it is a great honor for me to live side by side with my brothers the Jews. I bless them and love them and it is a privilege to tell them about my faith in their book, the Bible. There is a real way that we can live together in love, unity and peace, Arabs and Jews - through our prince of peace, Jesus Christ."
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Saturday, May 2, 2015

Shalom Today Ministries - "Sipahi Yesu Kay" - Video - Urdu Christian Song

Shalom Today Ministries - dedication in Pakistan


Published on Jan 14, 2015
Shalom Today Children were blessed with Jerusalem Anointing oil and dedicated their Children to serve for His kingdom in future.

Shalom Today Worldwide Ministries 2nd Anniversary High lights



Published on Nov 15, 2014
Shalom Today Worldwide Ministries 2nd Anniversary High lights

Shalom Today Kids Dance Ministries (Moses Julius in Pakistan) - "Kadosh - Holy, holy, holy"(Paul Wilbur) music video



Published on Jan 14, 2015
First time Shalom Today Kids Dance on Hebrew Song Kadosh - Holy, holy, holy

Friday, May 1, 2015

Worship & Prayer Livestream from Jerusalem - FIRM (May 6th, from 4-6 pm Israel time)

Worship & Prayer Livestream from Jerusalem


FIRM is hosting our first prayer and worship livestream from Jerusalem on May 6th, from 4-6 pm Israel time.

The prayer meeting will be held in the Jerusalem Prayer Tower and will contain two hours of worship, prayer, and Scripture.

Save the date and join us online at: FIRM.org.il.

 
We will release worship and intercession for:
  • Jerusalem, the City of the Great King
  • Biblical understanding of times and seasons
  • The strengthening of the Messianic Body in the Land
  • Believing youth serving in the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) 
“One generation will praise Your works to another, and they will declare Your mighty acts” (Psalm 145:4).
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President Obama Flat Out Mocks Christian Politician for Biblical End-Times View

President Obama Flat Out Mocks Christian Politician for Biblical End-Times View


President Barack Obama laughs at the White House Correspondents Dinner.
President Barack Obama laughs at the White House Correspondents Dinner. (Reuters)

Watchman on the Wall, from
Jennifer LeClaire
Like I said earlier this month, Michelle Bachmann has never been shy about her faith or lacked the boldness to confront the difficult issues.
The former four-term Republican congresswoman didn't hold back in a recent episode of Jan Markell's Understanding the Times radio broadcast.
In case you missed it, she warned that God is going to bring judgment on America thanks to President Obama's foreign policy. She called Obama ignorant of Islamic scripture and Islamic history and accused him of intentionally lying to the American people.
"He constantly talks about perverting Islam, but we have literally centuries and centuries of theory and practice of the Quran and the Hadith, which are traditions, the works of Islamic jurisprudence, that say one complete, consistent truth and that's that they want to have a nuclear weapon," she said.
"There is no fatwa out there," she added. "This is a lie, in my opinion, that the president is perpetrating. But that's what we've seen—a doctrine of deception. From the time Barack Obama has come in, I have witnessed firsthand a doctrine of deception."
Bachmann went on in that interview to connect the dots to the end times. What she may or may not have expected was backlash from the White House for those comments. President Obama mocked her during Saturday's White House Correspondents Dinner.
"Michele Bachmann actually predicted I would bring about the biblical end of days," Obama told the audience. "Now that's a legacy. That's big. I mean Lincoln, Washington, they didn't do that."
Unfortunately, this is no laughing matter. The signs of the times are upon us and instead of repenting the leader of the free world is cracking jokes about clear warnings of God's judgment.
Rabbi Jonathan Cahn is talking about a Christian Holocaust even as some are questioning if gay nuptials could bring God's judgment on cowardly church leadership. Still others are questioning whether the church will wake up before God's wrath falls on the nation.
We know that judgment will start in the house of God, but with the New York Times wanting us to rewrite the Bible and presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton exhorting us  to give up our religious beliefs, it seems the holy hope for our nation is a Third Great Awakening.
Let's pray for our president and others who are making critical decisions in these last days. It's never too late to make an appeal to heaven. As for me, I'm believing for an outpouring, a transforming revival, the greatest Great Awakening the world has ever seen. What about you?
Pockets of true revival are breaking out across America. Want to know more about the next great move of God? Click here to see Jennifer LeClaire's new book, featuring Dutch Sheets, Reinhard Bonnke, Jonathan Cahn, Billy Graham and others. 
Jennifer LeClaire is senior editor of Charisma. She is also director of Awakening House of Prayer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and author of several books, including The Next Great Move of God: An Appeal to Heaven for Spiritual AwakeningMornings With the Holy Spirit, Listening Daily to the Still, Small Voice of God; The Making of a Prophet and Satan's Deadly Trio: Defeating the Deceptions of Jezebel, Religion and Witchcraft. You can visit her website here. You can also join Jennifer on Facebook or follow her on Twitter.
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He was walking her home - music video by Mark Schultz (With Lyrics)



Uploaded on Oct 2, 2009
One of the most romantic songs that teach us that we can love some one for the whole life.

Note: Some of the pictures used in this video were taked from other version of this song by "merelyAdreamer"