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 […]
MIDEAST UPDATE….5/8/2025….”Unexpected Interventions”
As has been the case so many times, in the midst of great times of reaching people with the Good News of the Gospel, tragedy strikes. I received reports of two such incidents in the last few days. The first happened in the Sweida region. Several of the teachers and students were attacked and severely beaten. The second was near […]
MIDEAST UPDATE….5/6/2025….”A Table in the Presence of the Enemy”
I apologize this update is coming out at the last minute and without proper editing. Some of you may be aware that there some severe attacks in the last couple days on the House of Blessing. I don’t have all the details yet but two groups of teachers and their students were severely attacked. A few of those who pray […]
MIDEAST UPDATE….5/1/2025….”Water From A Dead Well”
Those who have read the Mideast Updates for any length of time are well aware that God will quite often intervene in supernatural ways. We serve a God who has no limits. He is not like us! Many people are confused by the fact that the Bible teaches us that God is one God and there is none other like […]
MIDEAST UPDATE…4/26/2025…”Even Angels Don’t Fully Understand”
As I was thinking about how to write today’s update, I reviewed reports of the past few weeks coming from the Middle East. Then I read in 1 Peter the following: 12 …And now at last this Good News has been plainly announced to all of us. It was preached to us in the power of the same heaven-sent Holy […]
URGENT REQUEST FOR PRAYER — April 11, 2025
There is a full update that will be made available shortly, but in light of events that transpired yesterday, April 11, 2025, the House of Blessing is asking its supporters for urgent prayer. It was planned for a number of teams of House of Blessing leaders to take part in Friday prayers in several strategically picked mosques this Friday (yesterday). […]
MIDEAST UPDATE…3/28/2025…”The Sovereignty of God”
Most readers are aware that I will send out a request for special prayer on occasion. I sent out a request two days ago for brother Abdelrahem. I had received a message that he had had a serious heart attack. I was told that after the attack he was loaded into a vehicle with his son Ibrahim, Abdelrahem’s doctor, and […]
From One Evil To Another 3/13/2025
After the fall of Bashar al-Assad and the Assad family dictatorship on December 8, 2024, there was, understandably, considerable jubilation among the Syrian population, especially among those who have been displaced and have been living in refugee camps all across the nation. The Assad regime had been well known for its barbaric brutality since its beginning, but it only got […]