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Puerto Rico Is Open and Ready to Visit: Where to Go Right Now
Old San Juan, the picture-perfect, Spanish colonial-era fortified old town, is once again bustling with visitors, partly thanks to the couple thousand cruise ship passengers who explore the city on any given day.
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Pray for Jefferson Avenue Baptist Church
Location: East Point, Georgia
Pastor: Rev. Darwin Caldwell
Weekly Worship: 10:30 AM, Eastern
Fast Facts: JABC started as church plant in East Point, GA, by individuals who saw a need for a church “on the other side of the tracks”—which wasn’t to carry a negative connotation but literally—because there was no church in the area before a bridge was built over a very active railroad. The church reached a peak of more than 1200 in attendance in the 60s and 70s but has dropped to an average of less than 100 presently.
JABC is a faithful giving and praying congregation that is renewing the effort in future planning and seeking out what needs to be done to revitalize the congregation to continue being a relevant part of the community. It is a predominantly senior congregation that focuses on as much as possible with local missions having just welcomed a local well-established tutoring/outreach ministry that pours into underprivileged children. This new ministry, Dream Project, is a tutoring ministry for elementary students that do not speak English as their first language. It is the church’s desire to use this ministry to reach the friends, parents, and relatives of these children to show the love of Christ in helping with their basic needs as well as educational and spiritual needs.
Please pray for this ministry as well as the church’s upcoming community Thanksgiving meal. The church is praying that this will provide a stepping stone to building relationships with those in its community….
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Churches Worldwide Take Part in Day of Prayer for Persecuted Christians
As many as 100,000 congregations worldwide and millions of Christians are participating in a day of prayer for the persecuted church Sunday.
Known as the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church, the annual event was launched over 20 years ago by the World Evangelical Alliance, with other Christian human rights groups adding their support.
Godfrey Yogarajah, executive director of the WEA’s Religious Liberty Commission, told The Christian Post that the observance was meant to “bring together concentrated prayer during a specific period for persecuted believers worldwide.”
“Our hope is that the IDOP will serve in bringing awareness to the global church on the persecution of Christians worldwide and inspire them to respond to the needs of suffering believers,” said Yogarajah.
“At the same time, our hope is also that the IDOP would be a source of encouragement to the persecuted and a reminder that they are part of a global family of believers who are standing in solidarity with them.”
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Asia Bibi’s husband pleads for asylum for family
Asia Noreen, known publicly as Asia Bibi, was accused of blasphemy against the Muslim prophet Muhammad and arrested in 2010. She spent the following years in prison, facing a potential death sentence, until Wednesday when the highest court in Pakistan decided the accusations were based on flimsy evidence and that the witness statements did not concur.
Despite being acquitted, she is now in incredible danger because of the backlash the court decision has caused in Pakistan. Many from Islamist political parties took to the streets to protest her freedom, leading to the government making a deal with the Tehreek-e-Labbaik party (TLP), agreeing to consider putting Asia’s name on an Exit Control List of people who can’t leave the country, if they stop protesting.
Bibi’s husband, Ashiq Masih, has spoken in a video asking for asylum to be granted to the whole family and their guardian Joseph Nadeem in the UK, saying: “I am requesting the prime minister of the UK help us and as far as possible grant us freedom.”
He has requested the video is not shared by the media.
He said: “I am requesting the prime minister of Britain to help us exit Pakistan and give us asylum if she can,”
“We are so under threat we are stuck in this house.”
He also called for asylum from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and US President Donald Trump in the footage.
Asia Bibi’s lawyer,…
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Nicky Gumbel and Archbishop John Sentamu encourage prayer for the media
Christians in the UK church have written prayers for the media to mark a day of prayer, designated by the group Christians in Media.
Most Rev John Sentamu, Archbishop of York thanked God for the bravery of journalists facing danger abroad: “Lord Jesus Christ, you speak and bring all that is seen and unseen into being: we give you thanks for the gift of the media to reach the far flung places of the earth with messages of hope and life.
“We give you thanks for those who risk their security and even their lives to expose injustice and to bring news of hope. May they strive to be the bearers of good news that all people may come to know the abundant life for which we have been created; and yet more wonderfully redeemed in Jesus Christ. We offer our prayer in your name, in the power of the Holy Spirit for the glory of the Father. Amen.”
Holy Trinity Brompton leader, Rev Nicky Gumbel, prayed for protection: “Lord, thank you for all those in a position to help ‘point our lives in the right direction’ and for your Holy Spirit who strengthens us in this endeavour. Thank you for all those working in our local and national media and we ask you to guide them to bring truth, knowledge, wisdom and insight into our personal lives and our national life. Guard them against any who would wish to use them for ill and empower them by your Spirit to stand up for what is good.”
65 senior faith leaders call for a real Living Wage
Along with leaders from the Jewish and Muslim faith, the religious figures cite concern at low pay and in-work poverty “which is damaging family life, and robbing future generations of a secure and stable home.”
The letter reads:
“The harm caused by poverty in our country should be a source of national shame. There are now millions of people who work every day but are unable to afford even the basics. This is damaging family life, and robbing future generations of a secure and stable home.
“Our different faiths provide a common teaching, that we cannot turn a blind eye to injustice, and that everyone deserves a chance to live in dignity and security. This is also true of our businesses. The jobs they provide allow many to derive purpose and meaning in their daily lives, but too many are paying their workers too little and leaving them struggling to stay afloat. This hurts everyone.
“One solution is the Living Wage, which will rise tomorrow to meet the real cost of Living. Good businesses can do the right thing and tomorrow we join in celebration with the 4700 real Living Wage employers who pay staff a wage they can live on.”
Signatories include 20 Catholic and Anglican Bishops including the RC Archbishop of Birmingham, 30 Rabbis from Liberal, Reform and Masorti Jewish movements, including Senior Rabbi’s Jonathan Wittenberg and Danny Rich, the…
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Adoption charity rejects claim that IVF success has caused the collapse of adoption
On Saturday, senior child advocate, Anthony Douglas, the Chief Executive of the Child and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS) said: “IVF used to be around 7% successful and now it’s around 30%.
“So as a choice, adoption is competing with lots of other ways of having children.”
The adoption process “takes twice as long as it should, which puts people off”, he added.
But adoption and fostering charity, Home for Good, has rejected the claim, arguing that framing adoption as the preserve of those who are unable to have birth children is a misunderstanding.
Adoptive father and Founding Director of Home for Good, Dr Krish Kandiah, said: “the claims are a misunderstanding of the very essence of adoption. Ultimately, adoption is not about family completion but the flourishing of vulnerable children. Conflating infertility and adoption is not helpful and the claims that IVF success has caused a ‘collapse in adoption’ is so simplistic it paints an untrue picture.
“Adoption is for all those who want to make a difference in the lives of vulnerable children, not just those suffering with infertility.”
“The charity I founded aims its recruitment of new foster or adoptive families, not at those facing infertility, but at those willing to open their homes to vulnerable children in need of a loving, stable home. We’ve seen a whole range of people step…
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HTB scoops top digital prize
The ceremony, held at The Brewery in London, honoured churches and individuals from across the UK who excel in the online world.
HTB, known as the birthplace of the Alpha course, picked up Most Engaging Large Church Website with one its church plants – Birmingham’s Gas Street came runner up in the Instagrammer of the year category.
Other winners include CoMission for the best use of video, Psephizo for best blog while the Salvation Army picked up the Accessibility Award.
Congratulations to our friends @thykingdom_come @KemiCBamgbose @buchan_emma on winning best app at the Premier Digital Awards!
Find out more about the great initiatives celebrated at these awards at https://t.co/etdQMoniCq #PremDAC18 pic.twitter.com/4ZUSrVDQbF— CPO Resources (@CPOresources) November 3, 2018
We were runners up for the People’s Choice award!! Yay! #PremDAC18 pic.twitter.com/8BQ5pmoBM5
— Project 3:28 (@Project328) November 3, 2018
Explaining the importance of the event, Premier’s COO Kevin Bennett said: “These awards are a testimony to the creativity, passion and skill of the Christian community. The entrants, finalists and the winners showcase the best in Christian digital endeavour across websites, apps, social media, blogging, video and more.
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Our Daily Bread 4 November 2018 Devotional – Still the King
Topic: Still the King [Our Daily Bread 4 November 2018 Devotional]
Read: Psalm 74:4–8, 12–23, Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 32–33; Hebrews 1
Rise up, O God, and defend your cause. Psalm 74:22
One news report called it “the single deadliest day for Christians in decades.” The pair of attacks on Sunday worshipers in April 2017 defies our understanding. We simply don’t have a category to describe bloodshed in a house of worship. But we can find some help from others who know this kind of pain well.
Most of the people of Jerusalem were in exile or had been slain when Asaph wrote Psalm 74. Pouring out his heart’s anguish, he described the destruction of the temple at the hands of ruthless invaders. “Your foes roared in the place where you met with us,” Asaph said (v. 4). “They burned your sanctuary to the ground; they defiled the dwelling place of your Name” (v. 7).
Yet the psalmist found a place to stand despite the awful reality—providing encouragement that we can do so too. “But God is my King from long ago,” Asaph resolved. “He brings salvation on the earth” (v. 12). This truth enabled Asaph to praise God’s mighty power even though His salvation seemed absent in the moment. “Have regard for your covenant,” Asaph prayed. “Do not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace; may the poor and needy praise your name” (vv. 20–21).
When justice and mercy seem absent, God’s love and power are in no way diminished. With Asaph, we can confidently say, “But God is my King.”
Prayer: Lord, with the psalmist we pray for the honor of Your Name. Show Yourself strong and compassionate. Rise up and defend Your cause.
God will defend His Name.
INSIGHT
As the author of Psalm 74, Asaph helped Israel mourn the destruction of their temple by the Babylonians in 586 bc. Little did he know that someday his song would find an echo in an even more confusing loss. According to the New Testament, a greater temple of God (John 2:20–21) was nailed to a tree. This time, God Himself bore the loss. Where are we in the story?
Mart DeHaan
If you missed yesterday devotional, please click to read “Our Daily Bread Devotionals HERE”
This message was written By Tim Gustafson [Our Daily Bread Ministries.]
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