In the previous Mideast Update I commented on, and included a quote from an A.W. Tozer devotional. As I read today’s devotion I found that it also adds something to this update. He says, “I will do it for you. Why do you worry? I will do it for you. I am God. I am Jehovah. I am your righteousness. […]
MIDEAST UPDATE….9/12/2025….”Nothing Can Hinder God!”
In a devotional that I read this morning, I found these words by A.W. Tozer: “The essence of spiritual worship is to love supremely, to trust confidently, to pray without ceasing and to seek to be Christ-like and holy and to do all the good we can for Christ’s sake. How impossible for anyone to hinder that kind of ‘practice.’ […]
MIDEAST UPDATE….9/5/2025….”Our God Never Ceases To Amaze!”
As I was reading a daily devotional, the author described what it must have been like for the disciples when they realized that Jesus would be leaving them soon. I have included a short portion of the devotional below. “Little did the disciples know that soon their lives would be turned upside down. Never could they have envisioned the horror […]
MIDEAST UPDATE….8/4/2025….”The Unfathomable Love of God”
Most of us have read the Old Testament story of how God provided manna from heaven for the Israelites as they traveled through the desert wilderness on their way from Egypt to Canaan. We have read how God provided food for Elijah in the desert by way of the ravens. We are familiar with the New Testament accounts of Jesus […]
URGENT CALL FOR PRAYER….7/26/2025
There will be a new Mideast Update coming out in a couple days. But, I received a special request for prayer Saturday evening (Pacific Time). Omar and some of the brothers were attacked and captured by Islamic Extremists in Iraq. Reports are that their eyes were bound shut, their hands and their hands and feet tied. They were then severely […]
MIDEAST UPDATE….7/21/2025….”Who Shall Separate Us From The Love Of Christ?”
The true scope of the terrible events of the last few days in Syria is hard to put into words. The mainstream news sources only tell part of the story. Before I share details from reports I have received from the House of Blessing leadership, I would like to share a passage from Romans for us to keep in mind. […]
MIDEAST UPDATE….7/3/2025….”Being Faithful”
Many of the readers and supporters of the Mideast Updates are aware of the tremendous harvest of souls the Lord has brought into the Kingdom of God through the faithful ministry of the House of Blessing missionaries. The reports coming in from the varied locations around the mideast continue to amaze me. There is probably not one of us that […]
MIDEAST UPDATE….6/19/2025….”Accelerating Harvest”
For today’s update I am transcribing a report forwarded to me by Sister Rolla directly from Syria. It is a brief rundown on some of the areas of ministry by the House of Blessing within the nation. This is not an exhaustive summary of all HOB ministries within Syria but it will give you at least a brief idea […]
MIDEAST UPDATE….6/2/2025….”In This World You Will Have Trouble…”
Jesus did not hide the fact from the disciples that they would have trouble in the world because of their belief in Him. We find one of these warnings in John 15: 18 “If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love its […]
MIDEAST UPDATE….5/30/2025….Power of the Gospel
We find these words in Acts 5: 14 And believers were increasingly added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women,15 so that they brought the sick out into the streets and laid them on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter passing by might fall on some of them.16 Also a multitude gathered from the […]