Dec 03, 2019“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.” (Isaiah 9:2, ESV)
This week take time to meditate on, pray over, and reflect upon the Hope of Advent.
Dec 07, 2019Three people have been killed, and at least 8 others injured in a shooting at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida. The gunman, a Saudi national, was also killed. An investigation is ongoing. Pray for the families of the deceased. Pray for healing for the injured. Pray for peace.
Dec 05, 2019Days before the 78th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, two Defense Department employees were shot and killed on the shipyard. A third employee was injured, and the gunman, believed to be an active duty service member, also shot and killed himself. An investigation is ongoing. Pray for the families of the deceased. Pray for healing for the injured.
Dec 02, 2019Daniel “Danny” Lewis Lee was scheduled to be executed on Monday, December 9, 2019, at Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. His execution has been stayed. Forty-six-year-old Daniel has been sentenced to death for the triple murder of William Mueller, his wife Nancy, and her eight-year-old daughter Sarah Powell, in January 1996, in Russellville, Arkansas.
Dec 02, 2019At least 14 individuals were killed inside during a church service in Hantoukoura, Burkina Faso. The pastor of the church and children were among those killed. The gunman has not yet been identified, nor has the motive. Pray for the families of the deceased. Pray for healing for the injured. Pray for peace.
Dec 05, 2019Travis Trevino Runnels is scheduled to be executed at 6 pm local time, on Wednesday, December 11, 2019, at the Walls Unit of the Huntsville State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. Travis is convicted of the murder of Stanley A. Wiley, on January 29, 2003. Travis has been on death row in Texas for the past 14 years.
Dec 02, 2019Twenty-one individuals, including four police officers, were killed during a shootout with dozens of gunman at the city hall in the town of Villa Union, in the Mexican state of Coahuila. The gunman are believed to be members of a local cartel. An investigation and search is ongoing. Additionally, several individuals were kidnapped in order to help the shooters escape. Two of the people kidnapped remain missing, while the others were freed. Pray for the families of the deceased. Pray for the safety of those who are missing. Pray for all affected. Pray for peace.
Dec 05, 2019Lezmond Charles Mitchell was scheduled to be executed on Wednesday, December 11, 2019, at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. His execution has been stayed. Thirty-eight-year-old Lezmond has been sentenced to death for the murder of 63-year-old Alyce R. Slim and her 9-year-old granddaughter Tiffany Lee, on the Navajo Indian reservation in Arizona on October 28, 2001. Lezmond has spent the last 16 years on death row in a federal prison.
Dec 02, 2019Eleven individuals have been shot after a shooting in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. Two of the eleven are in critical condition. The shooter and the reason for the shooting have not been identified and an investigation is ongoing. Pray for healing for the injured. Pray for peace.
Dec 05, 2019James Galen Hanna is scheduled to be executed at 10 am local time on Wednesday, December 11, 2019, at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Mansfield, Ohio. Seventy-year-old James is convicted of the murder of 43-year-old Peter Copas at the Lebanon Correctional Institution in 1997. James has spent the last 41 years in prison.
Dec 02, 2019A bus crash in northern Tunisia has resulted in the deaths of at least 26 individuals. There were 43 individuals on board the bus when in plunged off a cliff in Amdoun, Tunisia, after the driver mistook a sharp turn. Pray for the families of the deceased. Pray for healing for the injured.
Dec 05, 2019Wesley Ira Purkey was scheduled to be executed on Friday, December 13, 2019, at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. His execution has been stayed. Sixty-seven-year-old Wesley has been sentenced to death for the kidnapping, rape, and murder of 16-year-old Jennifer Long in January 22, 1998, in Kansas City, Missouri.
Dec 02, 2019A fire at a farm in South Shouna, Jordan, has resulted in the deaths of 13 Pakistani nationals, including eight children and four women. Three others were injured in the fire. The fire is believed to have been caused by an electrical short-circuit. Pray for the families of the deceased. Pray for healing for the injured.
Nov 29, 2019Two individuals have been killed, and three others injured, after they were stabbed during an attack on London Bridge. The attacker, who had a fake explosive device strapped to his chest was shot and killed by the police. A motive for the attack is not known, however, police have classified the attack as terrorism. Pray for the families of the deceased. Pray for healing for the injured. Pray for peace.
Advent 2019 - Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love!
Advent is a time of waiting. Our whole life, however, is
Advent--that is, a time of waiting for the ultimate,
for the time when there will be a new heaven and a new earth,
when all people are brothers and sisters and one rejoices in the words of the angels:
"On earth peace to those on whom God's favor rests."
Learn to wait, because he has promised to come.
"I stand at the door..."
We however call to him: "Yes, come soon,
Lord Jesus!"
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, A Testament to Freedom: the essential writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
December 8, 2019
10If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take them into your house or welcome them. 11Anyone who welcomes them shares in their wicked work. (2 John 1:10-11, NIV)
The Journey 2019: Journey Forever
The professor looked around the room waiting. Finally, he asked, “No more questions?” A few students shook their heads, but most remained silent. It was the final class - a review for the final, a chance to have any questions answered, and a last chance to earn participation points. With no more responses forthcoming, the professor simple said, “Class dismissed.” The students gathered the materials they had brought with them. As they filed out the doors, they reflected back on all that they had talked about throughout the course of the class. Some students were prepare to take their final, then dump whatever they had learned into the back of their minds and continue on with their lives. Other students were wishing they could go back to their lives, but the lessons taught kept coming to the front of their minds. Still others were glad for the class, a rare place on a college campus where their beliefs were confirmed and celebrated, instead of ridiculed and mocked. And, finally, there was at least one student whose life was never truly going to be the same again, for they had taken their first step onto their lifelong journey!
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