ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Saturday, November 29, 2008 Riots ‘kill hundreds in Nigeria’ By Dan WoodingFounder of ASSIST Ministries JOS, NIGERIA (ANS) – Hundreds of people are reported to have been killed in central Nigeria after Christians and Muslims clashed over the [...]
“But among you there must not be . . . obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.” (Ephesians 5:3,4) For a lot of us, this is an awkward little verse. In some school hallways and PG-13 comedies, you might have a hard time finding anything but obscenity, foolish talk, and coarse joking. Why [...]
“For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.” (Romans 1:21) You can’t think straight about the universe if you don’t acknowledge the God of the universe. According to Paul in Romans 1, even self-describe atheists and agnostics “know God” on some [...]
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Saturday, November 29, 2008 Wanted Pakistani ‘blasphemer’ arrested By Sheraz Khurram KhanSpecial Correspondent for ASSIST News Service in Pakistan TOBA TEK SINGH, PAKISTAN (ANS) – Police on November 17, 2008 arrested a Pakistani Christian man, who fled to [...]
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Saturday, November 29, 2008 Thanksgiving Comes To England By Charles GardnerSpecial to ASSIST News Service DONCASTER, UK (ANS) – As Americans celebrated Thanksgiving this week, one of their legendary country and western stars was far from home on [...]
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Saturday, November 29, 2008 Faithful Shepherd Catholic School teams up with Cheerful Givers for an Advent Service Project By Jackie O’NealSpecial to ASSIST News Service EAGAN, MN (ANS) – Each year Faithful Shepherd Catholic School (in Eagan, MN) [...]
“And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.” Matthew 26: 39 King James Version I have received several emails in the last three weeks from people who are brokenhearted, discouraged [...]
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. James 1:12 The holiday season often is a time of stress and anxiety… and forces us to be in contact with lots of people. Endless lines of shopping…frantically looking for [...]
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Friday, November 28, 2008 Mumbai Siege Ends, Indian Forces Kill Last Militants By Jeremy ReynaldsCorrespondent for ASSIST News Service MUMBAI, INDIA (ANS) – Indian officials have brought a terrorist attack on the city of Mumbai to an end, [...]
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Friday, November 28, 2008 Authorities Target Baptist Churches in Lipetsk, Russia By Jeremy ReynaldsCorrespondent for ASSIST News Service LIPETSK, RUSSIA (ANS) – In what they believe is targeted state action against them, two Baptist congregations in the regional [...]
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Friday, November 28, 2008 Town Rallies Behind Rescue Mission To Feed Thousands On Thanksgiving By Dennis DailySpecial to ASSIST News Service MERCED, CA (ANS) – Merced, California, is a city with problems. With a population of more than [...]
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Friday, November 28, 2008 Church leaders and prominent minority people laud Shahbaz Bhatti By Sheraz Khurram KhanSpecial Correspondent for ASSIST News Service in Pakistan PAKISTAN (ANS) – Several Church leaders and prominent people from Pakistani minorities’ communities have [...]
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Friday, November 28, 2008 Christmas Gifts of Hope for Russian Street Kids By Peter WoodingSpecial to ASSIST News Service RUSSIA (ANS) – Despite the current credit crunch, Russian Ministries has set an ambitious target to provide 30,000 Gifts [...]
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Friday, November 28, 2008 Tearfund Campaigners Lobby British Government on Climate Change By Michael IrelandChief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service LONDON, ENGLAND (ANS) – Campaigners from Christian aid agency Tearfund in Teddington, England, yesterday handed a 10,000-strong petition to [...]
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Friday, November 28, 2008 Church Leaders Express Shock and Outrage Over Mumbai Attacks By Jeremy ReynaldsCorrespondent for ASSIST News Service LONDON (ANS) – Church leaders from around the world have expressed their shock and outrage at the atrocities [...]
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Friday, November 28, 2008 Russian bombshell: Fifty-six religious organizations officially scheduled for ‘liquidation’ including several Western ministries By Dan WoodingFounder of ASSIST Ministries SALEM, OREGON (ANS) – A Youth with a Mission leader has delivered a bombshell to [...]
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Friday, November 28, 2008 From MTV and HIV to New Life: Pt 1 By Brian NixonSpecial to ASSIST News Service ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO (ANS) – Tim was having one of those weeks. He was running late to our [...]
“I thank God every time I remember you.” (Philippians 1:3) Today’s verse says exactly how we here at PlanetWisdom feel about all of you. We are glad that any of you would ever come and spend a little time on this site and in the PW community. But we’re more grateful that God is alive and at work in your [...]
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Thursday, November 27, 2008 Evangelical Group Accepts ‘Call to Action‘ on HIV/AIDS By Michael IrelandChief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service PATTAYA, THAILAND (ANS) – An Evangelical Bishop from the Caribbean has agreed to lead a task force to help [...]
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Thursday, November 27, 2008 They Came by Boat to Kill: A Timeline of What is Known about the Mumbai Attacks By Jeremy ReynaldsCorrespondent for ASSIST News Service MUMBAI, INDIA (ANS) – Gunmen who arrived by boats launched attacks [...]
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Thursday, November 27, 2008 Family Thanksgiving at Joy Junction Addicted to Money and Alcohol, He Found Freedom at a Homeless Shelter By Jeremy ReynaldsCorrespondent for ASSIST News Service ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (ANS) – A once successful IT professional, Jonathan [...]
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Thursday, November 27, 2008 Forces Fight through Siege Hotels in Mumbai, India By Jeremy ReynaldsCorrespondent for ASSIST News Service MUMBAI (ANS) – Commandos are fighting room-by-room through two luxury hotels in Mumbai, more than 24 hours after a [...]
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Thursday, November 27, 2008 Attack in Mumbai: Ministry Personnel Safe By Jeremy ReynaldsCorrespondent for ASSIST News Service MUMBAI, INDIA (ANS) – All Dalit Freedom Network (DFN) partners with Operation Mobilization (OM) India and their colleagues are safe after [...]
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Thursday, November 27, 2008 All I Want For Christmas Is. . .Some Great Family Movies Family Media Critic Dr. Ted Baehr Tells You Whether Holiday Blockbuster Films Are Naughty or Nice Dr. Tom Snyder HOLLYWOOD, CA (ANS) – [...]
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Thursday, November 27, 2008 AUSTRALIA Serves Up Typical PC Myths By Dr. Ted Baehr & Dr. Tom SnyderSpecial to ASSIST News Service HOLLYWOOD, CA (ANS) – For several decades now, the mass media has promoted the Rousseauian myth [...]
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Thursday, November 27, 2008 Iraqi Christians Jittery After the Murder of Two Christians By Success Kanayo UchimeSpecial to ASSIST News Service MOSUL, IRAQ (ANS) – Tension has continued to rise among Christians in the northern city of Mosul, [...]
“The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ ” (Luke 18:11-12) If you look up “missing the point” on Wikipedia, you’ll see a picture of the Pharisee in this [...]
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Wednesday, November 26, 2008 Videos Show Muslims Storming Church in Egypt By Michael IrelandChief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service CAIRO, EGYPT (ANS) – Thousands of Muslims who stormed a church in Ain Shams, Cairo, on Sunday and set fire [...]
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Wednesday, November 26, 2008 Mumbai, India, Rocked by Deadly Attacks By Jeremy ReynaldsCorrespondent for ASSIST News Service MUMBAI, INDIA (ANS) – Gunmen have carried out a series of co-ordinated attacks across the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay), killing [...]
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Wednesday, November 26, 2008 Gospel For Asia Leader Cries Out Against Mumbai Terrorist Attacks, Questions Cause By Dan WoodingFounder of ASSIST Ministries MUMBAI, INDIA (ANS) – Gospel for Asia (GFA) President K.P. Yohannan today (Wednesday, November 26, 2008) [...]
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Wednesday, November 26, 2008 Prayer for persecuted Church — November Update By Elizabeth KendalWorld Evangelical Alliance Religious Liberty Commission (WEA RLC)Special to ASSIST News Service AUSTRALIA (ANS) – DURING NOVEMBER WE HAVE PRAYED CONCERNING – SOMALIA, where al-Qaeda-linked [...]
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Wednesday, November 26, 2008 Liberia’s Thanksgiving for Mercy Ships By Peter WoodingSpecial to ASSIST News Service MONROVIA, LIBERIA (ANS) – As America prepares to celebrate Thanksgiving this week, hundreds of residents and community leaders in the Liberian town [...]
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Wednesday, November 26, 2008 20,000 Muslims Attack a Church in Cairo, Trapping a Thousand Christian Worshippers Inside By Michael IrelandChief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service CAIRO, EGYPT (ANS) – One thousand Christians were today trapped inside the Coptic Orthodox [...]
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Wednesday, November 26, 2008 Going Rate to Kill a Pastor in India: 250 Dollars Rewards Offered for Murdering Christians, Destroying Homes, Churches By Michael IrelandChief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service JERUSALEM, ISRAEL (ANS) – Hindu extremist groups are offering [...]
In high school, all Dave wanted was to be popular. Realizing that the friends he had tried so hard to impress weren’t true friends, he began to discover the things that really matter in life. Above: CBN Video
My sons and daughters, I am calling you. I am calling you towards me to talk to me about all your troubles. Why must you say I am not here? I am here my children. In the water you bathe in to the grass beneath your feet. Come, and I will listen. Peace I leave with you, my peace I [...]
Her name is mine Her thoughts My thoughts and every flickering image Played in fast forward and slow motion How can I control these thoughts That is constricted in a controllable environment In every motion and in the stillness of time It all pulled me into the ignorance of my soul Your soul I drowned in grief Because of the [...]
I loved you with all my heart. we held each other in each others arms. we were going to have a future. why must I live without you? but I know that I will see you again someday up at heavens gate. Jesus said, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, [...]
When we are sad or mad we feel like giving up when we have tried all that we could; we ask ” why bother?” is this what God wants? is this what we were placed on this earth for? NO! we must look to him, pray with all your heart for him and never forget his blessings. so God look [...]
His shattered trust compelled you to live with me With fault and shame, His goodness I failed to see You opened my eyes for me to realize How forgiving He is to pardon all my lies. The blood from your wounds cried out His truth and glory But my ignorance tormented His calm endurance has made me believe He is [...]
When I feel sad or mad or sad can I learn to love? When I have a bad day with people I care about, can I learn to love? Lord, if you are there listening to my voice, and see my tears, can you love me? By: Hope J The LORD hath appeaered of old unto me, saying, Yea, I [...]
THANK YOU GOD, FOR CHRISTMAS Thank you God for Christmas To remind me of your love. And for the greatest gift of all The blessing of your Son. Thank you for Salvation From Christ’s great sacrifice. For with His death upon the cross. We have eternal life. What offering can I bring you For blessings great as these.. But to [...]
JESUS, YOU’RE MY GUIDING STAR Jesus, you’re my guiding star. Shining brightly from afar… You light my path when it is dim. And restore my soul, when life seems grim. You’re my beacon, in the night. That gives me strength and hope to fight. Your quiet counsel, gives me rest… When I am weary, from life’s tests. Jesus, you’re my [...]
IT’S THE SEASON TO BE THANKFUL It’s the season to be thankful… For all that God has done. And for his greatest gift to us… The blessing of his Son. God’s gift to us is Jesus. So let us all draw near. To our Savior in the manger… And reverently kneel here. This Christmas, count your blessings. Give Christ your [...]
Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven. Matthew 5:44 One of the most difficult tests we all face every week, is forgiving others, when they hurt or offend [...]
Around the holidays many go through periods of anxiety and additional stress because they will be in contact with people that are hard to get along with, or ones we’ve experienced conflict with in the past. Many of you may be in blended families or a loved one may be in the process of going through a divorce or separation. [...]
“And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto [...]
Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. 1 Timothy 1:15 For years I kept myself locked in a prison of regret, about my past. I wonder…How could God ever use someone as sinful as me? Jesus said, if you continue in my word, you will know the truth, and the truth will set [...]
“Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.” (John 6:11) We modern people have an odd relationship with food. We just cannot imagine ever running out of it — so we put a pretty low personal value on it. Some of us [...]
“But I, with a song of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. Salvation comes from the LORD.” (Jonah 2:9) You’d never guess that the verse that follows this one contains the word “vomited.” Remember Jonah? God told him to go east. Jonah didn’t like the gig and tried to go west. God sent [...]
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