Feb 12, 2020Nicholas Todd Sutton was executed by the state of Tennessee on Thursday, February 20, 2020. He was 58 years of age. Nicholas was executed for the murder of fellow inmate, Carl Estep on January 15, 1985, at the Morgan County Regional Correctional Facility in Wartburg, Tennessee.
Feb 20, 2020At least nine individuals have been killed in two Shisha (hookah) bars in Hanau, Germany. The shooter, who killed himself, is believed to have racial motivation and the case is being treated as terrorism. At least five of those killed were Turkish nationals. Pray for the families of the deceased. Pray for healing for the injured. Pray for peace.
Feb 20, 2020George Washington had no middle name. He was born on February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia, and went on to become the very 1st President of the United States, serving from April 30, 1789, until March 4, 1797.
Feb 17, 2020At least 22 individuals, at least half of them children, were killed in an attack on their village in North-West Cameroon. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Allegedly several of the victims were burned alive. Pray for the families of the deceased. Pray for all affected. Pray for peace.
Feb 17, 2020At least four officers were killed, and three injured, when gunmen stormed a court building to free a senior leader in the MS-13 gang, Alexander Mendoza. Mendoza was at the courthouse awaiting a trial hearing. Pray for the families of the deceased. Pray for healing for injured. Pray for peace.
Feb 17, 2020A fire in an unlicensed orphanage on the outskirts of the capital, Port-au-Prince, has resulted in the deaths of 15 children. Initial reports indicate that the fire was likely started by candles, which the orphanage used instead of electricity. Pray for the families of the deceased. Pray for all affected.
Feb 17, 2020Twenty-four individuals were killed, including a pastor, in an attack at a village in Yagha province in Burkina Faso. The attack occurred near a Protestant church. The attackers have not been identified. Pray for the families of the deceased. Pray for peace.
Feb 17, 2020With the outbreak of the coronavirus, Chinese athletes aspiring to make the 2020 Summer Olympics are finding their dreams in jeopardy due to quarantine procedures in other nations. Some athletes are being forced to train from home, whiles others are being prohibited from traveling to international competitions, including Olympic qualifying events. The coronavirus has resulted in over 1,500 deaths, with tens of thousands of others infected. Pray for the families of the deceased. Pray for healing for sick. Pray for all those affected. Pray for safety during the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Ash Wednesday
The Beginning of Lent and a Time to Grow
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for the Catholic and Liturgical Protestant Christian churches. To understand the origin of Ash Wednesday it is necessary to understand Lent.
What is Lent? What is Ash Wednesday?
February 22, 2020
37Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” (Matthew 22:34-40)
Journey 2020: Vision For Christ - Building Understanding
The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard
“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
“About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. He told them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ So they went.
“He went out again about noon and about three in the afternoon and did the same thing. About five in the afternoon he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’
“‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered.
“He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’
“When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’ “The workers who were hired about five in the afternoon came and each received a denarius. So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius. When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner. ‘These who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.’
“But he answered one of them, ‘I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius? Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you. Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
“So the last will be first, and the first will be last.” (Matthew 20:1-16, NIV)
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