Jerusalem Post report that – Two Israeli women were killed in Ashkelon on Tuesday as barrages of rockets struck the southern city and the IDF continued to target Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist sites throughout the Gaza Strip.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the intensity and rate of attacks will increase following a visit to the IDF’s Southern Command headquarter.
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“For a few years out of my own pride thought I had it figured out only to fall flat on my face. It was there when I remembered what you taught me, JESUS LOVES AND FORGIVES ME. That saved my life and now I walk with Him everywhere that I go!” -Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber honor[ed] his mom on Mother’s day not just because of all the sacrifices she … made to take care of him but above all, for giving him the best gift ever—Jesus. (Screengrab image: via Instagram)
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In a recent post on Instagram, the pop singer posted a photo with his mom, Pattie Mallete, on Mother’s day. Apparently, Justin wanted to honor and thank her for being the best mother in the world. But it’s not the usual “thank you for all the sacrifices” kind of message to a mother just like what everybody else is doing. Above all, he was grateful for her sharing Jesus with him.
“Happy Mother’s Day Madre ! I could talk about all of the sacrifices that you made to take care of me but the most incredible thing you could have done was share with me the love of Jesus!” he wrote.
Then Justin further recalled how his mom taught him about Jesus growing up. He added, “You introduced me to my faith!—Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it..”
Also, the celebrity further testified how when he rose to fame during his teenage years, and pride ate him. It led him astray until he remembered what his mom taught him about God. Read more …
Pastor Adeboye finally speaks about the death of his son.
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It’s easy to forget just how much the Bible has changed since it was originally written. The original language of the New Testament, Koine Greek, had no punctuation or spaces – but one major difference between the original New Testament and our modern version, is that our modern version uses chapters and verses. The very first bible to have both chapter and verse divisions was the Geneva Bible, which was published in 1560!
So chapters and verses were a very late addition indeed. Recently, there is a new theory introduced by a minister named Max Freedom Moussa Pollard, author of the website HolySpirit.Solutions. What if the contradictions in the Gospels, such as different times and dates given for the death and rebirth of Christ, are not inherent to the Gospels, but actually due to incorrect chapter and verse divisions by well meaning but inaccurate medieval publishers?
The contradictions in the Gospels – such as different timelines given for the amount of time Christ died, as well as all four Gospels contradicting Christ’s word that he would be dead for three days and three nights – seem illogical in the extreme, considering all Gospels are very similar and agree on seeming minute details. For them to vary so wildly as it relates to the summation of the event being recounted, the culmination itself, seems near impossible. For the first time in centuries, a theory is proposed that explains the contradiction completely, provided you can accept Max’s theory that the chapters are incorrect. At over 8,000 words of research, the article requires some time set aside to consider it’s validity, and it can be found on the HolySpirit.Solutions website.
Pastor Sanjay Bhandari had taken his wife for a medical check-up earlier this month when they decided to visit her sister in the same area in Karnataka state, southwest India – only to be attacked as they were drinking tea.
“While we were still having tea, a few men barged inside the house and, grabbing me by my shirt collar, they dragged me outside, accusing me of carrying out conversions,” Pastor Bhandari told Morning Star News. “I tried very hard to explain that it was my relatives’ house, and that we were only paying them a casual visit, but the men refused to listen.”
The Hindu extremists in Halaga village, near Belgaum city, Belgaum District also ignored the pleas of his wife’s family that day, April 5. The men took Pastor Bhandari outside, where 50 to 60 Hindu extremists were waiting, he said. Read more …
The son of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye is dead.
The PUNCH Nigeria gathered that the 42-year-old, who was the third surviving child of the revered cleric, died in his sleep on Wednesday in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, where he was based with his family.
Pope Francis has issued a new Apostolic Letter “motu proprio,” which modifies the judicial system in Vatican City State. Until now, Cardinals and Bishops could only be tried by the “Corte di Cassazone” (Court of Cassation, the Vatican’s Supreme Court), presided over by a Cardinal. With the new motu proprio, the Pope allows Cardinals and Bishops to be tried by a court of first instance, with the stipulation that cases will still have to be authorised by the Supreme Pontiff.
Cardinals and Bishops accused of criminal offences by Vatican magistrates, can now be tried by the Tribunal of the Vatican City State instead of the Court of Cassation presided over by a cardinal, as had been the case until now. Pope Francis made the change in an Apostolic Letter issued motu proprio, which amends the judicial system of the Vatican State promulgated in March 2020. However, trials will still require the Pope’s prior authorization before they can proceed.
The change in legislation comes after Francis himself had addressed the issue at the inauguration of the judicial year in the Vatican on 27 March. In Friday’s motu proprio, Pope Francis, citing his own words on that occasion, recalls “the overriding need for the current procedural system — also by means of appropriate changes in the law — to ensure the equality of all members of the Church and their equal dignity and position, without privileges that date back to earlier times and are no longer in keeping with the responsibilities that each person has in building up the Church. Read more …
— Bill Gates (@BillGates) May 3, 2021
“Though our nation drifts further away from the Bible, we can stand on the certainty of His promises and keep sharing His truth. Later this fall, I am planning to preach the Good News in eight cities along the historic US Route 66, which is nicknamed the Main Street of America. We’re calling this the “Route 66 God Loves You Tour.” Please pray for these opportunities to share the Gospel through the heart of America.”
[BillyGraham.org] Dear Friend, When a society embraces godlessness, it results in anarchy—people taking the law into their own hands. The Lord warned in His Word to not embrace a lifestyle of “everyone doing whatever is right in his own eyes” (Deuteronomy 12:8, ESV). Instead, Moses told God’s people to “be careful to obey all these words that I command you, that it may go well with you and with your children after you forever” (Deuteronomy 12:28, ESV). If we choose to reject the ways of God, we will reap devastating consequences. (Image source: BGEA)
Few understand this better than our nation’s law enforcement. These brave men and women have a dangerous job, and they’re always looking over their shoulders—on duty or off. Tragically, fatal officer-involved shootings are all too common today, and the need to minister to them has never been greater.
In March, we hosted a Law Enforcement Appreciation Retreat in Horseshoe Bay, Texas, attended by more than 200 couples—free of charge. My son Edward and other speakers assured them of our love and support and pointed them to Biblical truth and the hope we have in the Lord.
One police officer who attended from Seattle shared, “I think events like these are so important, because police officers need to be strengthened and encouraged now more than ever. They feel the challenges of the job … the evil that we face. Right now, many officers don’t feel the same level of support, which absolutely accumulates on them. So, in order to not be isolated, in order to be strengthened and encouraged, we need events like these to be able to come together, to be able to rest, recover, and renew in Christ.”
Another shared, “I came wanting to be edified and poured into, and I got it! I received Scripture that I can tie back to my department and then to the public as I serve them and interact with them. It’s very exciting.”
We have scheduled two more retreats for later this year at the Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove in Asheville, N.C., and we are planning Law Enforcement Appreciation dinners in various locations across the country, including the hotspots of Seattle and Portland in May. Please pray that God would move in the hearts of many through these opportunities.
When I was younger, it was not uncommon to hear people say, “I may not agree with what you say, but I will fight for your right to say it.” As a nation, we fundamentally believed in liberty—in freedom of religion, speech, and thought.
Today, however, a radical movement is racing across our country, the United Kingdom, and many other nations, to censor and erase anyone or anything that a vocal minority finds offensive. This “woke” movement has no problem with blatant forms of sin being displayed publicly on television and the internet. But they want to ban expressions from people who embrace traditional views of morality, family, and religion. This “cancel culture” doesn’t allow for free speech. When they find a sports team, a politician, or an entertainer who stands for Biblical values, they immediately want to silence and remove them.
We experienced this in Blackpool, England, when a small but influential group of activists protested our 2018 Lancashire Festival of Hope, where I was going to be preaching the Gospel. When LGBT activists piled on Twitter, complaining about the evangelistic event because they disagree with my convictions about marriage, they pressured the local bus company to remove our ads from their vehicles. After the Festival, we filed a case in the court system to fight this injustice.
We praise God that a judge in the United Kingdom recently ruled the Blackpool Borough Council and Blackpool Transportation Services Limited had discriminated against us. It was a strong and clear rebuke.
Ruling overwhelmingly on our side, the judge said that Blackpool “had a wholesale disregard” for the Festival’s right to freedom of expression while at the same time giving obvious preference to the rights and views of the LGBT community. She said that sincerely held religious beliefs about marriage do not make the people or organizations who hold those views “extremist.”
This is a huge win in the battle against “cancel culture.” This helps every Christian and church in the UK, confirming what we already knew to be true: All believers have the right to openly share God’s truth—including the Gospel itself—in the public square without being discriminated against, threatened, or punished by those who want to keep them quiet.
It is essential for America and the West to continue to stand up for religious liberty, which includes the rights to assemble and to speak and act on our Biblical convictions.
We cannot allow the cancel culture movement to silence the Church. We must remain faithful in this season to be “speaking the truth in love” (Ephesians 4:15, ESV) as God gives the opportunity.
A recent Gallup poll showed that less than half of Americans belong to a religious group. The percentage fell from 70% in 1999 to 47% in 2020—including some who once called themselves Christian. More and more of our citizens live their lives without regular interaction, encouragement, and instruction from God’s Word through a local body of Believers.
Though our nation drifts further away from the Bible, we can stand on the certainty of His promises and keep sharing His truth. Later this fall, I am planning to preach the Good News in eight cities along the historic US Route 66, which is nicknamed the Main Street of America. We’re calling this the “Route 66 God Loves You Tour.” Please pray for these opportunities to share the Gospel through the heart of America. (Image source: BGEA)
My son Will hosted a live telecast on Good Friday from the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, NC He shared the Gospel with more than 40,000 viewers, and we praise God that over 400 people indicated they made decisions for Jesus Christ.
Alyson* was one of those who responded to the Good Friday invitation online. She shared, “I 100% want to accept Jesus as my Savior and have Him in my life.” For months, she has been reading the New Testament daily, wanting to know if God was real and what He wanted from her. When Alyson called in to speak with a volunteer about Christ’s sacrifice for our sins, she called on the Lord for salvation and is now connected to our online interactive discipleship course to help her grow in her new faith.
Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (BG-RRT) chaplains recently deployed to Alabama following devastating tornadoes—and to Boulder, Colorado, after a shooting at a grocery store.
After ministering one morning at the memorial site in Boulder, chaplains stopped for a fast-food lunch. Noticing a young man looking at them, they approached him and asked if they could eat with him. Jack* agreed and told them of his father’s recent death from cancer and his mother’s struggle with mental illness. Jack said he wanted to know God better, and this opened the door for our chaplains to share the hope of Jesus Christ. Jack told them he wanted to pray to repent of his sins and receive Christ into his life. The chaplains rejoiced with him and planned a time to meet again to give him his own Bible—and introduce him to a local pastor. We praise God for changed lives like this one!… Read more
*Names changed to protect privacy.
Caring for an elder with memory loss is an emotional journey of grieving losses, understanding the wishes of a parent or spouse, and planning for care needs.
A diagnosis of Alzheimer’s or dementia is life-changing. The importance of planning for future care cannot be underestimated.
Couples in spousal relationships have a built-in caregiver with a healthy spouse. Even still the healthy spouse may need support for dementia care from adult children as the disease progresses. Older adults who are single, divorced, or widowed, called solo agers, face greater challenges to create a plan of care with trusted friends, adult children, and others.
Confirming a Memory Loss Diagnosis Begins the Care Planning Process
Confirming a memory loss diagnosis is the first step to creating a care plan. According to research, chronic diseases and proteins in the brain that result in a diagnosis of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease begin ten to twenty years prior to consumers seeking a formal diagnosis.
Primary care physicians are the gateway to a referral to a specialist qualified to diagnose memory loss. These specialists include geriatricians, neurologists, and neuropsychologists. Dementia is an umbrella term for memory loss that includes Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, dementia with Lewy Bodies, Parkinson’s disease dementia, mixed dementia, frontotemporal dementia, Huntington’s Disease, and other chronic conditions that progress to a dementia diagnosis like multiple sclerosis, stroke, and heart disease.
Dementia and Care Planning Education
According to Wilson, an elder care expert, learning about dementia and how memory loss progresses is essential. Care planning involves discussions with the diagnosed person about health care wishes before memory loss progresses and decision making is impaired. For this reason, legal discussions around who will be the medical and financial decision-maker are time-sensitive.
Spouses may choose the healthy spouse to be the legal decision-maker as an agent under power of attorney or guardianship, with an adult child or a friend as the successor decision-maker. Solo agers may appoint friends or a professional fiduciary. The significance of accepting the role of a decision-maker for an individual with memory loss should be carefully considered.
As the disease progresses, twenty-four-hour care will be necessary. The frequency of visits to healthcare providers will grow as well as the number of decisions that have to be made about daily care. Creating a short and long-term care plan when a loved one can clearly express wishes is essential to minimizing doubt within a family and avoiding arguments with healthcare professionals who may pressure the medical decision-maker to make decisions contrary to the wishes of the patient.
Dementia Caregivers Experience Greater Stress
Caregivers of persons with dementia experience greater stress than other family caregivers because of the extent of the disease. In the early stages, persons with dementia may continue to be self-sufficient while experiencing short-term memory gaps that necessitate kindly reminders to take medications, change clothing, or bathe.
Over time safety concerns about leaving an elderly parent or spouse alone at home build because of common fears like forgetting to turn off running water or a stove. For some loved ones with dementia, wandering out of the home and becoming lost is a significant concern. The ability of a spouse or adult child to leave the home to perform errands, grocery shop, or have time alone becomes dependent on having another individual to come to the home to stay with a spouse or parent.
How to Talk to a Spouse or Parent with Dementia
Conversations become more difficult with the progression of memory loss. The ability to remember becomes short and information is lost. Within a matter of seconds, a parent or spouse may repeat a question or become stuck on a desire like wanting to go home—when the person is at home.
In many situations, long-term memory remains intact. A desire to go home may be a desire to return to a childhood home. Individuals may want to see or talk to parents who are dead because of having no recollection that a parent has passed on. It is important for dementia caregivers to recognize and accept that attempts to teach, remind, reorient or reason with a loved one with memory loss will only frustrate the care receiver and the caregiver.
Instead of insisting that a person with dementia live in the present, dementia caregivers must learn to be present with a spouse or parent in their world. The Caring Generation podcast, How to Talk to a Parent With Dementia offers insights on being with loved ones at their level of presence and comprehension.
Dementia Behaviors Can Be Shocking and Challenging
In addition to learning how to respond appropriately to repetitive questioning or perseveration, other behaviors related to the disease may occur that can include refusing care or physical aggression. Family caregivers cannot be expected to know all of the aspects related to caring for persons with dementia. Caregiving for persons with and without dementia is a journey of learning, trial, and error.
All Care Situations Are Different
Decision-making for each care situation regardless of whether the care is related to chronic disease or memory loss is based on recall of past experiences by the caregiver and the care receiver. Even when caregiving experience exists through a similar or recent experience, joining an onsite or online course or support group offers insights to improve care of loved ones.
Caregivers experiencing exhaustion and burnout rarely consider that their level of attention or concentration may be impaired. As a result, the care provided to loved ones may not be optimal or mistakes in care may occur. Consulting with an elder care expert can give caregivers the permission needed to acknowledge and attend to their needs while finding and using other sources of support.
When potential burnout is discussed early in the care planning stages for a parent or spouse with dementia, guilt related to seeking education and outside support can be alleviated. No single caregiver can fully meet the needs of a spouse or a parent day in and day out indefinitely. Everyone—especially caregivers—does a better job when feeling healthy, happy, and supported.
Contact Wilson for more information about caregiver support, resources, consultations, and education.
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