In this Mideast Update, I have drawn a portion of a past update for reprinting. It is good to remember the good things God has done in the past. It is also good to remember those who have paid a very high price for their testimony about Messiah Jesus. This story mentions a brother named Omar. This is not the […]
MIDEAST UPDATE…5/13/2019…God Has Not Given Us a Spirit of Fear
As the 2019 Muslim month of Ramadan is well underway, the Middle East appears primed for a major war. I understand that many people would rather not hear anything of negative subjects like war, terror, the end of the age, and so on. I understand the sentiments, but the reality of the very unique time in which we live today […]
MIDEAST UPDATE 2/25/2019 The Fields are White to Harvest
Something that I am hearing more and more from those with a great love for God is a longing to finally get to go HOME. There is also a fatigue I am hearing in many who have expended themselves nearly to the end of their human limitations. For those in the Church who are not experiencing the extremes of persecution […]
ALL EYES ON ISRAEL Part Ten
There are those in our world who think that history, as it unfolds, is random. Others believe that history is cyclical and will eventually always come back to its starting point. Then there are others who aren’t convinced it has to be random or cyclical because history’s outcome can be determined by man. The Bible teaches us that mankind, regardless […]
MIDEAST UPDATE 11/29/2018 “Messiah, our ONLY Hope”
There are several news reports coming out of the Middle East in the past week that have had a direct effect of the House of Blessing and its missionaries. I was able to ask Pastor R about these events a couple days ago when he called. One of the incidents was of a chemical attack just northwest of Aleppo, Syria. […]
MIDEAST UPDATE 10/8/2018 “Racing To The Finish Line!”
As we watch the threats of a major Mideast war continue to escalate, we are reminded that the House of Blessing missionaries are in great need of our prayers and support. Most of the HOB missionaries that are embedded within the populations have had the chance to relocate to safer areas but have chosen not to. The calling they […]
MIDEAST UPDATE 8/30/2018 Souls Passing Into Eternity
Lately, every time I get ready to write a House of Blessing Update, I wonder if the Mideast will erupt into a large scale war before I can even finish the update. War has been expected in the region for several years. The Middle East became embroiled in the so-called Arab Spring and Syria’s civil war which has now gone […]
MIDEAST UPDATE 7/26/2018 God’s Heart: The Harvest
As believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, we are well aware of the Great Commission found in Mark 16:15-20. This is a command for believers in Jesus Christ to reach the world with the Gospel of the Messiah, Jesus Christ. We find that Luke 10:2 calls Him the “Lord of the Harvest. ” The Master is given many names in […]
URGENT PRAYER NEED: House of Blessing
This is a very short request for prayer. The House of Blessing leadership and its missionaries have an urgent need for prayer. A number of HOB missionary leaders were caught in a surprise attack by a number of Muslim extremists who shot and killed 27 of them, including brothers Akram and Mustafa. An additional 15 were injured in the attack […]
MIDEAST UPDATE 3/19/2018 Our GOD is Not DEAD!!
This morning, as I was thinking through how to put today’s Mideast Update together, my wife came into my office with a Bible fact that seems perfect for today’s House of Blessing update. A phrase that is used 54 times in the Book of Ezekiel is “…that they will know that I am the LORD.” This pertains to the New […]