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Asia Bibi Is Officially Free: Pakistani Court Upholds Acquittal

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Asia Bibi Is Officially Free: Pakistani Court Upholds Acquittal

Pakistani judges upheld their acquittal of Asia Bibi and she is now free to leave the country to join her family in Canada.

After being imprisoned and placed on death row for some eight years for purportedly insulting Islam, the Christian mother is finally a free woman.

As Christian Headlines previously reported Bibi was arrested in 2010 when several Muslim women sparked an argument with her for offering water to other Muslim women after she, a Christian, had already sipped from the cup. Bibi was arrested for insulting the prophet Muhammad under the Islamic country’s blasphemy laws. Bibi was held in prison until October 2018 when a panel of three-judges reversed her sentence for lack of evidence.

After Bibi was released riots broke out in the streets, many people calling for her to either be killed or for the court to reincarcerate her. Protesters also called for the execution of the judges who acquitted her. Muslim radicals filled an appeal after the conviction was overturned which forced Bibi to stay in Pakistan. The Christian mother was immediately placed under protective custody in a discrete location while the court reviewed the overturned conviction.

On Tuesday, nearly three months after being initially released, Bibi is finally free to leave Pakistan and join her daughters who are currently in Canada, CBN News reports.

Reportedly, one of the Justices presiding…

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Christian MP sentenced to 3 months in prison

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Christian MP sentenced to 3 months in prison

The former Labour whip was found guilty in December of perverting the course of justice by lying about a speeding.

Mr Justice Stuart-Smith jailed the MP for three months and sentenced her brother, Festus – who was also involved – to 10 months in prison.

The judge said: “It’s a tragedy that you have found yourselves here and in this predicament but it’s a tragedy that you have brought on yourselves.”

The 35-year-old solicitor was driving behind the wheel of a Nissan Micra on Monday 24th July 2017 – doing 41mph in a 30mph in Thorney in Cambridgeshire.

The Old Bailey heard evidence the MP was texting as well as speeding during the summer recess.

If she got 12 months or more she would have lost her parliamentary seat but she will now face a recall petition.

Once a Petition Officer has opened a recall petition, it will be open for signing for 6 weeks.

If at least 10% of the electorate in the constituency signs the petition, the MP will lose their seat and a by-election will be triggered.

The recalled MP can stand as a candidate at the by-election.

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Your Dedication And Your Worship By Pastor Paul Enenche

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Your Dedication And Your Worship By Pastor Paul Enenche

TESTIMONIES AND THANKSGIVING SERVICE – DAY 21 – 27TH JANUARY 2019
ANCHOR SCRIPTURE(S): JOHN 4:23-24
MESSAGE TOPIC: YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR WORSHIP
BY: DR. PAUL ENENCHE

SERVICE OBJECTIVE: Understanding the link between your dedication and your worship

Heartfelt worship is a mark of true dedication to God.

SCRIPTURAL EXAMPLES OF DEDICATION AND WORSHIP:

Abraham (Gen. 22:5)
Moses (Ex. 15:1; Deut. 31:22)
David (2Sam. 23:1; Ps. 119:164)
Solomon (1 Kings 3:3; 4:32)
Paul the Apostle (Phil. 4:4)

If you are dedicated, you will be a worshipper and praiser.

WHAT WORSHIP SIGNIFIES:

Worship is a mark of affection for God (Ps. 86:12; 42:1-2)
Worship is proof of reverence (Ps. 89:1, 7)
Worship is proof of submission (Ps. 95:6-7)

There is a connection between your spirituality and your hymnology/songology.

PRODUCTS OF WORSHIP:

Your worship of God enhances your value in life (1Sam. 13:14; Acts 13:22)
No system can devalue a worshipper
Your worship of God provokes His focus on you (John 4:23)
Other people look for God but God looks for the worshipper
Your worship of God attracts His Presence to you (Ps. 89:15)
Other people look for God but God looks for the worshipper
Your worship of God releases His favour on you (Acts 2:47)
Your worship of God releases His giftings in you (1Sam. 10:5-6)
You come to a point where the gifts and graces inside you begin to come out of you as you continue to be a deep worshipper
Your worship of God facilitates His guidance of your life (Ps. 89:15; Ps. 32:8; 1 Kings 3:15-16)

KEYS TO PRODUCTIVE WORSHIP:

Worship should be focused on the Person and Character of God (Isa. 43:21; Ps. 29:2)
Don’t confront God with your need first; worship Him for Who He is
Worship should be done from the heart, not from the lips (Isa. 29:13; John 4:24)
Let the worship move you
Worship should be done from a clear conscience (Ps. 29:2; 2Chron. 5:13)

Also Read: Understanding what Kingdom Service is all About by Pastor Paul Enenche

A FINAL WORD (PSALM 30:5):
Many times, things appear to get worse before a breakthrough/turnaround. You know that it is always darkest before dawn.

Refuse to be moved by what you see, be moved by what He said
Keep listening for Divine instruction, direction and revelation
Act promptly on received instruction, direction or revelation
Remain on your feet and keep moving; refuse to crumble
You don’t use a corrupt process to handle a corrupt practice; you don’t desecrate the constitution to correct a transgression; you don’t burn down a house to catch a thief

PROPHETIC DECLARATIONS:

In the Name of Jesus, everything you came here with today that is not of God, it is arrested now!
A miracle that will bring tears to your eyes will happen to you today!
Everything that you came here with that my Father in Heaven has not planted, before this service is over, it will disappear and you won’t be aware!
In your finances, career, destiny, marriage and every realm of your life, you are going to shift to the next level!
God is giving you double for your trouble!
You shall not be ashamed! You shall speak with the enemy at the gate!
Very soon, your children, your cars and houses will be dedicated on this altar!
You shall have enough resources to take care of your children; none of them shall be liability children in Jesus’ Name!
Something that is beyond human comprehension is about to happen in your life; God is about to suspend protocols to give you a miracle!
Every mountain around your life is dissolved right now!
Whatever strong man is holding your life, family, children and resources, their grip is broken and you are free!
Your enemies shall never rejoice over your life! (Ps. 30:1-12)
As you have cried unto the Lord and He has heard you, I prophesy, every infection in your blood, body and system is wiped out forever! (Ps. 30:1-12)
He has brought you out of your grave and kept you alive; every spirit of death looking for you or your loved ones is arrested and sent back to hell! (Ps. 30:1-12)
His favour is bringing you your possessions! (Ps. 30:1-12)
This week, you will experience favour that will amaze you! (Ps. 30:1-12)
God is turning your mourning into dancing! (Ps. 30:1-12)
Every wrong garment on your body – garment of sadness, depression and failure, is set on fire now!
There is someone with a climate of uncertainty, a fear of the unknown, I prophesy that uncertainty is cancelled!
Every reproach that has ever left you that the devil is trying to return to your life, I decree today, that reproach is returned back to the devil!
Every demonic threat addressed to your life, that threat is over!

You can READ other MESSAGES from same author by clicking HERE

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Pope rules out change to priest celibacy rules

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Pope rules out change to priest celibacy rules

But the pontiff also said he remained open to investigating the possibility of ordaining older, well-respected married men in remote locations where clergy are in short supply.

Speaking to Reuters and AFP reporters, he said: “Personally, I think that celibacy is a gift to the Church. I am not in agreement (with those who say) optional celibacy should be permitted.”

The Catholic leader spoke on-board the papal plane as he returned to the Vatican from Panama, where he had been attending a gathering of young Catholics – World Youth Day.

Campaigners including members of the Movement for Married Clergy have argued that rules on celibacy have been deterring men from joining the priesthood.

Clergy in the Eastern Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican churches are allowed to marry.

In 2017, Premier reported how Pope Francis requested a debate over whether married men should be allowed to serve as priests in Brazil’s Amazon region.

There is no formal doctrinal barrier to married men becoming priests, meaning, theoretically, the rules could be changed.

An inquiry into child sexual abuse in Australia recommended in 2017 that the Catholic Church consider introducing voluntary celibacy for clergy.

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What Former Pastors Miss Most about Pastoring

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Podcast Episode #506

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When pastors leave the pastorate, they inevitably miss certain things about pastoring. Today, we discuss the five we hear most frequently.

Some highlights from today’s episode include:

As a pastor, there is a certain fulfillment in preaching to the same people week after week.
If you’re going to be a part of a local church, give it your all.
When you pastor a local church, you are a shepherd in the community.

The five things former pastors tell us they miss most about pastoring are:

Preaching to the same people
Watching life transformation
Relationships
The variety and opportunities for ministry
Serving the community

Resources mentioned in today’s podcast

Rainer on Leadership is a member of the LifeWay Leadership Podcast Network

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Christian former Labour whip facing possible prison sentence over speeding lies

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Christian former Labour whip facing possible prison sentence over speeding lies

The (now independent) Member of Parliament for Peterborough was found guilty of perverting the court of justice following a retrial in December.

The Old Bailey heard evidence the MP was texting as well as speeding on the evening of Monday 24th July last year, during the summer recess.

The 35-year-old solicitor was clocked going 41mph in a 30mph zone in the village of Thorney near Peterborough.

The prosecution alleged she went on to collude with her brother Festus to avoid a speeding ticket.

The court was told she was sent a Notice of Intended Prosecution (NIP) to fill out, but it was sent back naming the driver as Aleks Antipow, an acquaintance of Festus, who was away visiting his parents in Russia.

Festus, 34, from Cambridge, pleaded guilty to three counts of perverting the course of justice over speeding, including for the July 24 incident.

The siblings will be sentenced at the Old Bailey by Mr Justice Stuart-Smith on Tuesday.

In the wake of the guilty verdict, Onasanya was expelled from the Labour Party and has launched an appeal against her conviction.

If she is sentenced for a year or more, she will automatically lose her seat and if the sentence is less than a year then she could face a recall petition – where her constituency could recall her from parliament and trigger a by-election if 10 per cent electorate sign the petition.

A by-election could be a close and…

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The key to serenity in a chaotic culture

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The key to serenity in a chaotic culture

Did you hear about the Pennsylvania man who has a registered emotional support alligator?

Joie Henney says his pet, Wally, likes to give hugs. Henney told reporters that his doctor gave him approval to use the five-foot-long alligator for emotional support rather than go on medication for depression. He frequently takes Wally to senior centers and minor-league baseball games. “He’s just like a dog,” he told a woman recently. “He wants to be loved and petted.”

When I read about Wally, I thought of an Indonesian woman who was keeping Merry, a fourteen-foot crocodile, as a pet. Earlier this month, she was killed and partially eaten by the animal.

There’s an old story about a scorpion and a frog who met on the bank of a stream. The scorpion asked the frog to carry him across the water on its back.

The frog asked, “How do I know you won’t sting me?”

The scorpion said, “Because if I do, I will die too.”

The frog was satisfied, and the two set out across the water. Midstream, the scorpion stung the frog.

As the frog started to sink, knowing they would both drown, it gasped, “Why?”

The scorpion replied: “It’s my nature.”

The danger of euphemisms

Renaming reality doesn’t change reality.

What proponents call the “sexual revolution,” the Bible calls “sin.” Mary Eberstadt documents the devastation of this “revolution” for women, families, the elderly, and victims of pornography and sexually transmitted disease.

“Death with dignity” is still death. The “product of conception” is how Planned Parenthood describes a baby in its mother’s womb. What Nazi Germany called the “Final Solution,” we call the “Holocaust.” (Israelis call it the “Shoah,” meaning catastrophe.)

Euphemisms are useful in anesthetizing us to reality. But when the patient wakes up, the pain returns.

Every four years, the Director of National Intelligence produces a document called the National Intelligence Strategy. The Washington…

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Christian Labour former whip facing possible prison sentence over speeding lies

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Christian Labour former whip facing possible prison sentence over speeding lies

The Member of Parliament for Peterborough was found guilty of perverting the court of justice following a retrial in December.