Sunday, April 27, 2014

All Creation Sings His Praises - Azaleas, Bearded Iris & More (Photos by Steve Martin)


All Creation Sings His Praises 
- Azaleas, Bearded Iris & More 
Photos by Steve Martin
April 27, 2014
in Charlotte, NC


Azaleas in Charlotte, NC








Climbing Roses







Bearded Iris'
in 
Charlotte, NC












THANK YOU 
LORD JESUS (YESHUA)!

Mountains of the Lord - Mount Moriah in Jerusalem, Colorado and Nevada

Mount Moriah in Jerusalem - aerial view

"And many people shall go and say, “Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem." Isaiah 2:3

Jerusalem's mounts


Colorado Rockies



Mt Moriah in Nevada

Thank you Lord 
for Your beautiful creation 
- the mountains of the Lord!


China to Have World's Largest Christian Population by 2025, Religion Expert Says


China to Have World's Largest Christian Population by 2025, Religion Expert Says

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April 27, 2014|5:53 am
Although China is officially an atheist country, its Protestant population is likely to swell to 160 million by 2025, according to a religion expert, who says not many are prepared for "this dramatic change."
"By my calculations China is destined to become the largest Christian country in the world very soon," Fenggang Yang, a professor of sociology at Purdue University, told The Telegraph.
"It is going to be less than a generation. Not many people are prepared for this dramatic change," adds Yang, author of Religion in China: Survival and Revival under Communist Rule.
Yang predicts that China, which had over 58 million Protestants in 2010 according to the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion and Public Life, will have around 160 million by 2025. This would mean China will likely be ahead even of the United States, which had about 159 million Protestants in 2010.
Yang went on to say that China's total Christian population, including Catholics, would be over 247 million by 2030 and thus become the largest Christian congregation in the world. "Mao thought he could eliminate religion. He thought he had accomplished this. It's ironic – they didn't. They actually failed completely," he said.
When China's communists came to power in 1949, they expelled Christian missionaries while allowing churches to function under the government's control. Chinese Christians faced severe persecution during the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and the 1970s under Mao, who saw religion as "poison." However, Christianity continued to grow like fire.
Churches are allowed to function since 1979 but only as long as they register with the government and thereby come under its control.
"They want the pastor to preach in a Communist way. They want to train people to practice in a Communist way," a house-church preacher told the British daily. "They do not trust the church, but they have to tolerate or accept it because the growth is there. The number of Christians is growing – they cannot fight it. They do not want the 70 million Christians to be their enemy."
However, hundreds of thousands of unofficial house churches, largely indigenous, exist all across the country. Evangelism is allowed, but only in state-approved religious venues and private settings.
Persecution of Christians continues with unofficial churches facing its brunt. The World Watch List ranks China as the 37th worst country in the world for Christian persecution.
With many Christians still not revealing their religious identity, the exact number of Christians in China is not known.
According to a recent study, online searches for the words "Christian Congregation" and "Jesus" far outnumbered those for "The Communist Party" and "Xi Jinping," China's president.

Pakistan - Shalom Today Ministries with Moses Julius. Love For His People will help support the kids.


Shalom Aleikhem Brother Steve, 

We have selected about 70 orphan and deserving kids so I just send you information. 

It's great honor If you can sponsor some of these children?

Love and Blessing Emoji

Mr. Moses Julius and his team



Name of the deserving student: Sana  
Father name: Saleem

Address : khaliq naqar Youhanabad - Pakistan
Age : 7

Background:
 She has seven in her family members. She is the eldest girl in her family. Her father is working in a Hotel as a helper for daily wages. Her mother is working as a cleaner of school. . Sana family is very poor. I meet all the needs of her studies. Parents don’t have any interest to give her education. She is good in Study. But unfortunately she left the School last year because her parents could not afford her education. I Promise her family I will help her in her education. So she needs Re-addmission in school and continues to start her study.
Budget for Korean school
Children Detail       
Cost
Amount Us Dollar
Admission Fee (one time)
3,000
$ 32
School bag(one time)
6,00
$ 7
School shoes (one time)
1000
$ 11
oxford Books syllabus and copies(one time)

7,000
$ 75
Uniform (one time)
2,000
$ 21
Monthly fee for School
1500
$ 15
Total amount
15,100
First Time
$ 161
First time

 Monthly fee we need only 1500 Rs = $ 15


Contributing support can be made through Love For His People, Inc, a USA 501(3)3 humanitarian aid ministry. We will then send to Shalom Today Ministries in Pakistan and send you a tax receipt.

Steve Martin
Founder
Love For His People, Inc.

P.O. Box 414
Pineville, NC 28134

Israeli Air Force Over Auschwitz

Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed in the face of the king of Assyria, for there is a Greater with us than with him. With him is human might, but with us is the Lord, our God, to help us and to fight our wars!

II CHRONICLES (32:7,8)
 

אַל תִּירְאוּ וְאַל תֵּחַתּוּ מִפְּנֵי מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר וּמִלִּפְנֵי כָּל הֶהָמוֹן אֲשֶׁר עִמּוֹ  כִּי עִמָּנוּ רַב מֵעִמּוֹ עִמּוֹ זְרוֹעַ בָּשָׂר וְעִמָּנוּ יְ-הוָה אֱ-לֹהֵינוּ לְעָזְרֵנוּ וּלְהִלָּחֵם מִלְחֲמֹתֵנוּ

דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים ב לב:ז,ח


al teer-U v'AL tay-KHA-tu mip-NAY ME-lekh a-SHUR u-mi-lif-NAY kol he-ha-MON a-SHER i-MO kee i-MA-nu rav may-i-MO i-MO z'RO-a ba-SAR v-i-MA-nu a-do-NAI e-lo-HAY-nu l'az-RAY-nu u-li-hi-la-KHAYM mil-kha-mo-TAY-nu

Jerusalem Inspiration

Righteous King Hezekiah, one of the last kings of Judah during the times of the First Temple, encouraged the nation with the stirring words in today's verse. His faith was well-founded, and the next morning, they looked over the walls to see the once powerful Assyrian army devastated and dispersed, all without a fight (II Kings 19:35). May today's Defenders of Israel, the soldiers of the IDF, be blessed with the Almighty's protection "to help us and to fight our wars!"
 

Israeli Air Force Over Auschwitz

The Israeli Air Force came to Auschwitz in a symbol of strength and determination, reflecting the effect of over 60 years of an independent State of Israel protected by the IDF.
 

Stark Contrast: Christian Life in Mideast, Israel

In recent years, Christians living in countries such as Syria, Egypt, and Iraq have suffered extreme persecution. Israel stands in stark contrast, the only county in the region where Christians have total freedom.
 

IDF Cap

Wear your pride in the Israel Defense Forces! This great cap features the official logo of the Israeli army in yellow stitching.
 

Jerusalem Daily Photo

Nachman Hellman's moving photo of soldiers at the Western Wall.
 

Thank You

Today's Jerusalem Scenes and Inspiration is sponsored by new Bible partner, Denise Mattingly.
 

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