There Is a Devil Loose – Women-Hating Toronto Van Driver Has Asperger’s Syndrome and ‘Targeted Females’ in Rampage That Left Ten Dead and 14 Injured After His Facebook Post About ‘Involuntary Celibacy’

The women-hating Toronto who ranted about his ‘involuntary celibacy’ before he moved down pedestrians with his van appeared to have targeted female victims.

Authorities confirmed that the majority of the ten killed and 14 left injured in the attack by Alek Minassian, 25, were women. Injuries ranged from a few bumps and scrapes to ‘terrible’ and potentially life threatening wounds.

Victims of the deadly rampage include Anne Marie D’Amico, an employee at Invesco investment management firm, who was the first victim to be identified, as well as a Seneca College student, a Jordanian citizen and two South Koreans. A third South Korean national was hit but survived and is recovering in hospital.

Seneca College, based in Toronto, confirmed that one of its students died in the attack although they have not yet been identified. ‘Our thoughts are with all those affected, including the family and friends of one of our students who died as a result of the tragic incident,’ the college said in email to Global News.

The Korean and Jordanian consulates also confirmed that their citizens had been among the victims of the ‘heinous’ attack.

During a Tuesday afternoon press conference, Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders and Homicide Detective Sergeant Graham Gibson said they were waiting to speak to all the families of the deceased before releasing more names. Saunders added that it was just seven minutes between receiving the 911 call and arresting Minassian – an Asperger’s sufferer who dropped out of army training after just 16 days.

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MFM Mountain Top Life Daily Devotional Wednesday, 25 April 2018 – Dealing With Emotions

TOPIC: Dealing With Emotions (Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries Wednesday, 25 April 2018)

FIRE SCRIPTURE: Ephesians 4:17-26

MEMORY VERSE:

“For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.” – Hebrews 4:15

The MESSAGE:

Your emotions are a critical part of you because they are expressions flowing from our hearts in response to circumstances of life and situations, thereby showing what you value and what your heart is passionate for. What you value is what you’ll be emotional about. If you really don’t value that item, even if it is taken, you won’t feel it.

Happiness, anger, hurt, etc are examples of emotions. It is good to know that the natural man’s emotions are primarily a function of natural and external circumstances. For example, he just got a car and he is happy. A boy has a crush on her and she’s filled with happiness. He just got cash and he’s happy. He lost his phone and he is angry and sad, etc. However as a believer, your emotions ought not to be based on natural circumstances but on the Lord Jesus. The Scripture says, we ought to respond by faith and not by sight. Your joy and happiness shouldn’t come from natural things but from the Lord alone (Psalm 27:4). Your only crave and passion should be from the Lord. Your joy should come from Him alone. A man whose emotions are based on earthly circumstances will always be unstable. He is sad today, happy tomorrow, etc like a troubled sea, but one whose passion is only the Lord will be at rest even during the storm.

You ought to bring your emotions under the Lord through the help of the Spirit, every moment and season, till your emotions have been fully purified and cleansed by the Lord.

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:
He who is moved by emotion will be enslaved by emotion, but he who learns to control his emotions will rule wisely.

PROPHETIC WORD:
I decree into your life today that divine emotional intelligence will come upon you.

PRAYER POINTS:

MORNING
1. Lord Jesus, make me a man/woman of the spirit, in Jesus’ name.
2. Emotional hindrances to my breakthrough, give way by fire, in the mighty name of Jesus.
3. Lord Jesus, remove my heart of stone and give me a heart of flesh, in Jesus’ name.

EVENING
4. I untie, whoever I have tied up in my heart, in the name of Jesus.
5. I recover everything I have lost due to unforgiveness, in Jesus’ name.
6. Holy Spirit of God, give me the grace to forgive those who have offended me and forget their wrong, in Jesus’ name.
7. Spirit of love, my life is available, enter, in the name of Jesus.

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MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE is a daily devotional by Dr. D.K Olukoya (General Overseer, Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries, Worldwide)

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So-called Spiritual Healer, 68, ‘Rubbed Holy Oil on 19-year-old Woman’s Stomach and Raped Her While Her Family Downstairs Believed He Was Exorcising Demons’

A spiritual healer twice raped a young woman in her bedroom, under the guise of driving away an evil spirit, whilst her unsuspecting family were downstairs, a jury was told.

The sex attack allegedly took place during a religious candlelit ritual while prayers were being said.

Komar Uddin was said to have rubbed holy oil onto the 19-year-old’s stomach and stroked her back and hips, before sexually touching and twice raping her, it was claimed at Leicester Crown Court.

The 68-year-old defendant, who was described in court as a priest and also a spiritual healer, was invited to help by the woman’s father – who was concerned about his daughter’s fear she was being followed by an evil spirit following the sudden death of a relative.

The alleged victim told the jury that during the private ritual at the family’s Leicester home, Uddin also announced she was pregnant and offered to help make the baby ‘go away’ for £200.

After his arrest two days later, the defendant was released on bail in early 2015 – but left the country.

He was extradited to the UK from Germany last November, the jury was told. Uddin, of no fixed address, denies sexual assault, assault by penetration, causing a female to engage in sexual activity and two counts of rape, on February 25, 2015.

Giving evidence, the woman, said she initially thought it was part of the ‘ritual’ to drive away an evil or bad spirit.

She said Uddin’s voice became ‘scary’ changing to ‘harsh and deep’ during the treatment and she thought it was an evil spirit inside him talking, saying hello in Urdu.

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Andrew Wommack’s Devotional 25 April 2018 – The Gospel Is The Power Of God

Topic: The Gospel Is The Power Of God [Andrew Wommack Wednesday April 25, 2018]

Matthew 9:38, “Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest.”

Text: Matthew 9:35-38, 13:53-58, Mark 6:1-6

People are born again through the power of the Word of God, not through prayer. Prayer is very important, but it is not a substitute for the Gospel.

Many people petition God for someone to be saved and can’t understand why it hasn’t happened yet. We don’t have to ask the Lord to save anyone. He isn’t willing that anyone should perish. He has already made provision for everyone’s salvation.

So what do we pray concerning someone coming to the Lord? Jesus said to pray that the Lord send laborers across their path. They need to hear the Word. Also, we should bind the influence of the god of this world (Satan) who tries to blind them to spiritual truth (II Cor. 4:4).

God is more motivated to save our loved ones than we are. We don’t need to plead with Him, but rather we need to become a channel for Him to flow through to reach that person. We do that by sharing the good news (Gospel) with them and/or praying that others will come across their path who will do the same.

The Gospel is the power of God that releases the effects of salvation in our lives (Rom. 1:16). If a person needs healing, it’s in the Gospel. If deliverance is needed, it’s in the Gospel. Prosperity, answered prayer, joy, peace, love – they are all found through understanding and believing the Gospel.

The Gospel is the good news that although we are sinners and worthy of God’s wrath, God, in love, sent His Son to be our substitute, bearing our punishment, so that we could be made completely righteous in His sight. It’s based only on our faith in this completed work of Christ and not our own performance. Now that’s GOOD NEWS!

If you missed yesterday devotional, please click to read Andrew Wommack’s Daily Devotional HERE

This message was written by The Association of Related Ministries International (ARMI) is an extension of Andrew Wommack Ministries (AWM). ARMI is a unique partnership committed to providing resources to help like-minded ministers succeed in a spirit of excellence and to draw from the experience and expertise of both the AWM and Charis Bible College staff. (www.awmi.net).

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Billy Graham Devotional 25 April 2018 – Joy in Sharing

Topic: Joy in Sharing [Billy Graham’s Devotional Wednesday April 25, 2018]

We . . . offer our sacrifice of praise to God by telling others of the glory of his name. — Hebrews 13:15 (TLB)

Jesus knew that one of the real tests of our yieldedness to God is our willingness to share with others. If we have no mercy toward others, that is one proof that we have never experienced God’s mercy. Emerson must have been reading the gauge of human mercy when he said, “What you are speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.” Satan does not care how much you theorize about Christianity, or how much you profess to know Christ. What he opposes vigorously is the way you live Christ.

Some time ago a lady wrote and said, “I am 65 years old. My children are all married, my husband is dead, and I am one of the loneliest people in all the world.” It was suggested to her that she find a way of sharing her religious faith and her material goods with those around her. She wrote a few weeks later and said, “I am the happiest woman in town. I have found a new joy and happiness in sharing with others.” That’s exactly what Jesus promised!

Prayer for the day: There is no greater joy, Father, than sharing Your love. Help me to convey this in all my dealings with others.

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Written by Billy Graham, Founder of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association(BGEA). BGEA exists to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ by every effective means and to equip the church and others to do the same.

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TREM Devotional 25 April 2018 by Dr. Mike Okonkwo – Purpose To Go Far With Christ

Topic: Purpose To Go Far With Christ [TREM Devotional Wednesday April 25, 2018]

“And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me”. (Exodus 8:28 KJV)

Child of God, in your walk with God, you must purpose in your heart to have depth with Christ. Pharaoh said, “…go, but don’t go very far”. Some will say, “Look this Christianity is going too far! What is this? Every day you are reading bible! You are fasting and praying”. If I don’t fast and pray, what do you want me to do? If somebody is intimidated by your prayer and fasting, then I will have to re-evaluate my relationship with that person, because “Iron sharpens iron”. I like to be around those who will sharpen me when I am weak. I like it when I enter the bedroom and my wife is speaking in tongues. I like it because it is contagious, and I will catch the fire. There are those that try to castigate you for giving your money to the church, and many times, it causes some of us to hold back because we operate with the mindset that the money is going to a man. However, if you consider that the money is being put in the hands of God, for the advancement of His work on earth, then your attitude will change drastically. God rewards you for every money you put in His hands.

Beloved, don’t wait for anyone to beg you to be committed to the service of Christ. These days, Pastors are virtually begging some folks to be committed. Can I ask this question, “What do you consider yourself to be?” Do you know that the supply of air to your nose can be stopped and that will signal the end? God gives you the honour to use the gifts He deposited in your life to serve him, but you are waiting for people to cajole and beg you to serve? I pray that God gives you understanding.

How can you be attending a local church over the years and you are not involved in anything in the church? Not in any group, not in soul winning and not in giving. Then what are you doing there? The devil is deceiving you telling you not to go far and you have agreed with him. He tells you, “Don’t get involved, just stay in the background”. Beloved, that is a lie from the pit of hell. Yield yourself totally unto Christ and you shall be blessed!

Further Reading: Matthew 13:44-46, Luke 9:59-62

Daily Bible Reading: Morning- 2 Samuel 21-22; Evening- Luke 18:24-43

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Written by Dr. Mike Okonkwo; Is the Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM); a versatile man of God with over 30 years of dedicated service unto the Lord.

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Kenneth & Gloria Copeland Devotional 25 April 2018 – It’s Beginning to Rain

Topic: It’s Beginning to Rain [Kenneth & Gloria Copeland, Wednesday April 25, 2018]

Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. Joel 2:23

There’s a spiritual flood coming. God has promised it. He’s promised us an outpouring of Holy Spirit power that will bring in the greatest harvest of souls any of us have ever seen.

As believers, we’ve been reading about it in the Word and hearing about it from the pulpit for years. We’ve been staring toward heaven so long, waiting for it to come, that we’ve gotten cricks in our spiritual necks. We’ve had this mental image of God pouring down His Spirit from some sort of big heavenly pitcher above us.

But you know what? We’ve been looking in the wrong direction!

The pitchers God is going to use to pour out His power are right here on earth. Jesus explained it this way. “He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water” (John 7:38).

The end-time flood we’ve all been expecting is going to be composed of living waters that will pour forth from believers. The Holy Spirit within us will be the source of all the signs and wonders and miracles the prophets foretold. And when we begin to fervently pray the prayer of intercession, the flood of that power will begin to flow.

Zechariah 10:1 says, “Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain; so the Lord shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.”

Our prayers, our intercession, are what will release the great outpouring of God’s Spirit. As we begin to join together and cry out to God, the rivers of living water within each one of us will join together and become a flood of spiritual power in the earth.

So, ask, pray for a Holy Ghost gully-washer. Intercede for the outpouring. Make this mighty flood of spiritual power a priority in your prayer life.

Glory to God, it’s already beginning to rain!

Scripture Reading: Joel 2:23-32

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This message was written by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, the leader of the Kenneth Copeland Ministries (www.KCM.org) that specializes in teaching principles of bible faith – prayer, healing, salvation and other biblical topics.

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Seeds of Destiny 25 April 2018 by Pastor Paul Enenche: Living A Life That Matters

Topic: Living A Life That Matters [Seeds of Destiny Wednesday April 25, 2018]

Scripture: For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: Acts 13:36

Thought For The Day: You cannot live well until you live beyond yourself.

The Scripture makes it clear that one of the ways to live a life that matters is to impact and add value to the lives of others. Living to enhance the value and worth of others is living a life that matters.

Now, when we say that a person is living to make impact and add values to lives, what do we mean?

It means,
1. Living to make a difference and not just to make a living
When you live to make a difference on people, their lives are changed positively when they come in contact with you. They do not leave you the way they met you.

2. Living to bring the best out of others
To bring the best out of others is living to impact lives. Bringing the best out of others is living a life that matters.

3. Living to add colour and value to others
This is when you make a conscious determination that the major preoccupation of your life is to ensure that people do not remain valueless or devalued as long as they come in contact with you.

Beloved, when you have the privilege of impacting people, you live life to the full and make the most out of it. When you do this consistently, the joy you derive from impacting such lives fuels your own life.

Remember this: You cannot live well until you live beyond yourself.

Assignments:
1. Be interested in the welfare of other people.
2. Pray for people and endeavour to meet their needs.

Prayer: O Lord, I ask for the grace to live beyond myself. Help me to be concerned about the welfare of people in order to impact their lives positively Lord, in Jesus’ Name.

FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: MAKING THE MOST OF LIFE (PART 3)

Daily Bible Reading: Judges 4:1 to 5:31, Luke 22:35 to 53, Psalm 94:1 to 23, Proverbs 14:3-4

Amazing Fact: 80% of what we learn is through our eyes

Today In History: 25/04/1831 – The New York and Harlem Railway was incorporated in New York City.

Quote: When you raise people, they will in turn raise you. Culled from 30 SECRETS TO THE TOP by Dr Paul Enenche

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Today’s devotional was written by Pastor Paul Enenche of the Dunamis International Gospel Centre (DIGC), headquartered at Abuja, Nigeria, with Pastor Paul and Becky Enenche, as the Senior Pastors. It is a power-packed arena where God’s Presence, Principles and Power are at work for the salvation, healing and restoration of human destinies and dignities

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Our Daily Bread (ODB) Devotional 25 April 2018 – Amnesia

Topic: Amnesia [Our Daily Bread 25 Wednesday April, 2018]

Read: Daniel 4:28–37, Bible in a Year: 2 Samuel 21–22; Luke 18:24–43

My understanding returned to me; and I blessed the Most High. Daniel 4:34 nkjv

Emergency Services in Carlsbad, California, came to the rescue of a woman with an Australian accent who couldn’t recall who she was. Because she was suffering from amnesia and had no ID with her, she was unable to provide her name or where she had come from. It took the help of doctors and international media to restore her health, tell her story, and reunite her with her family.

Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, also lost sight of who he was and where he had come from. His “amnesia,” though, was spiritual. In taking credit for the kingdom he’d been given, he forgot that God is the King of Kings, and everything he had was from Him (Daniel 4:17, 28–30).

God dramatized the king’s state of mind by driving him into the fields to live with wild animals and graze like a cow (vv. 32–33). Finally, after seven years Nebuchadnezzar looked up to the skies, and his memory of who he was and who had given him his kingdom returned. With his senses restored, he declared, “I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven” (v. 37).

What about us? Who do we think we are? Where did we come from? Since we are inclined to forget, who can we count on to help us remember but the King of Kings?

Prayer: Father, we are so inclined to forget who we are, where we’ve come from, and that we belong to You. Help us to remember that in Christ we are Your children—known, loved, gifted, and cared for—now and forever.

When we forget who we are, our Father cares.

If you missed yesterday devotional, please click to read “Our Daily Bread Devotionals HERE”

This message was written By Mart DeHaan [Our Daily Bread Ministries.]

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Teens Open Heavens 25 April 2018 – No Bullying

Topic: No Bullying [Teens Open Heavens 25, April 2018]

Memorise: Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgement and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: Jeremiah 22:3a

Read: Jeremiah 22:3-5 (KJV)

3 Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

4 For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.

5 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.

Bible In One Year: 2 Samuel 13-14, Luke 20:1-26

MESSAGE:

Bullying is the act of intimidating and oppressing someone because they seem less powerful than you are. A bully goes around looking for people that are less powerful than them so as to intimidate and oppress them. The devil is described in 1 Peter 5:8 as a roaring lion, walking about, seeking whom he may devour. From this, we see the link between the devil and the attitude of bullying. Bullying is a devilish attitude. Jesus said in Mark 12:30-31 that the greatest commandments are first to love the Lord our God with all our heart and second to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. Children of God always show love to others rather than intimidate and oppress them. If you have been bullying anyone before, whether with your words, actions or possessions, turn a new leaf today and begin to show the person love. Prove that you are a child of God and not a child of the devil.

On the other hand, if you are a victim of bullying, then you must report the bully to the appropriate authority. Don’t listen to their threat, report the bully to your parents, teacher or pastor. Don’t be afraid, be bold and report them. Also, you must not hate the bully, pray for him or her to change and God will touch their heart.

Action Point: A person who bullies another person is a coward and a child of the devil, such a person does not have the love of Christ in him/her

If you missed yesterday devotional, please click to read “Teen Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor Adeboye’’ 

Hymn 1:

1. My faith looks up to Thee,
Thou Lamb of Calvary,
Saviour divine!
Now hear me while I pray,
Take all my guilt away,
Oh, let me from this day
Be wholly Thine!

2. May Thy rich grace impart
Strength to my fainting heart,
My zeal inspire!
As Thou hast died for me,
Oh, may my love to Thee
Pure, warm, and changeless be,
A living fire !

3. While life’s dark maze I tread,
And griefs around me spread,
Be Thou my guide;
Bid darkness turn to day,
Wipe sorrow’s tears away,
Nor let me ever stray
From Thee aside.

4. When ends life’s transient dream,
When death’s cold, sullen stream
Shall o’er me roll;
Blest Saviour, then in love,
Fear and distrust remove;
Oh, bear me safe above,
A ransomed soul!

Daily Devotional for Teen’s guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical church in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer’s Ministries.

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