As I read one news article after another, I think of a great event that is soon to come. Soon, the Lord of Glory will return to this world which today is spinning out of control, and He will take full control over it once again. The Psalmist penned these words in Psalm 24: The earth is the LORD’s, and […]
MIDEAST UPDATE, 11/22/2016
In Joel 3:14, we find these well known words: Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. This is the scene all over the world today as millions face the valley of decision. In the Mideast, most people have lost all hope of life ever becoming normal again. […]
URGENT NEED
Dear Readers: I received a call this morning from Pastor R in Damascus, giving me details for the most recent developments in the Middle East, especially in relation to the work of the House of Blessing missionaries. I have a new update that I am putting together, but have a special request just called in. In short, as most readers […]
MIDEAST UPDATE, 11/15/2016
In the Mideast Update dated 11/9/2016, the story was told of a young 28-year-old graduate of the House of Blessing’s School of Ministry named Same (pronounced Sammy). Same felt it was God’s task for him to go to his elderly father’s mosque and share what God had done for him. The story of Same reaching out to the 82-year-old head-sheik, […]
MIDEAST UPDATE, 11/9/2016
The Psalmist wrote these powerful words in Psalm 91: Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name. He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him. Psalm 91:14-15 […]
MIDEAST UPDATE, 10/27/2016
See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil; therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is. Ephesians 5:15-17: I think many of us, as professing Christians, do not think enough about what the will of the Lord may be. We have very […]
MIDEAST UPDATE, 10/11/2016
As I begin to write this update, I think back to all that has transpired in the last few years. A little less than a year after the beginning of the Arab Spring in the Middle East, the Lord spoke to Pastor R, the founder of House of Blessing, asking him to go over the border from Israel and begin […]
MIDEAST UPDATE, 10/04/2016
As I track the news coming in from different parts of the world, I am staggered by how quickly things are moving. Things are escalating so quickly now that it is nearly impossible to keep up with everything transpiring. Jesus spoke about our generation, foretelling the wars and rumors of wars, nation rising against nation, kingdom against kingdom. We are […]
MIDEAST UPDATE, 9/26/2016
As I write today’s Mideast Update, I am looking at a short article that came out in the Atlantic on September 24, 2016. It is titled, “I Do Not Believe There Will be Peace”. This was a quote from General Jamal Mohammad Omer, the Kurdish military chief of staff, in an exclusive interview in his office by the Atlantic. The […]
MIDEAST UPDATE, 9/13/2016
As I begin writing the current Mideast Update, I think of the confluence of events in the Middle East today. I have stacks of papers scattered on my desk covering the so-called “Arab Spring”, the Syrian civil war, the escalating military involvement of numerous world powers in the Mideast, the resulting ever-deteriorating refugee crisis, and then of course the fearless […]