Christianity Faces Possible Extinction?
Christianity faces possible Extinction?
Look at world news, and there is reason for concern.
According to Open Doors, an international Christian ministry that supports and strengthens persecuted Christians, the number of Christians being persecuted for their faith around the world is at a record high.
Approximately 100 million Christians face imprisonment, torture, rape. and even death. More than 320 are killed per month.
The Holy Spirit Comforters
The Holy Spirit Comforters
Jesus promised he would send the Holy Spirit to be a counselor and a comforter (John 14:16-18). Just how does the Holy Spirit comfort Christians?
He comforts by his presence.
Minister Reporting - 25 years
Paul Leavens Minister Reporting
Here are the facts of the last 25 years according to the church records:
Baptisms - 180
Membership Transfers - 151
Weddings - 74
Funerals - 102
Church members moved away - 105
There is no record of the people who attended but never became members.
Yes Divine Intervention.
A spiritual hospital in the middle of a worldly desert.
I want to thank all the people whose faith and commitment helped make all this possible. God Bless you and I love you. Your an inspiration to me.
Serve
Serve Others
At Target, I watched a mother become very exasperated with her five-year-old son. The boy kept whining and complaining until his mother lost patience with him. She seized him by the shoulders, shook him, and snarled, "Look, I brought you here! Now you have a good time! Enjoy it!”
The world tries so hard to be happy. But most of the things it offers drugs, alcohol, sexual adventures, expensive entertainment, financial reward don't work for long. Self-indulgence always produces emptiness, dissatisfaction, restlessness, and what the Bible calls "a continual lust for more" (Ephesians 4:19).
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