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Oh, the dark of night! Can’t sleep, fear overtakes…Da dum, da dum, da dum, thunders within. Can’t breathe, tears flow in my mouth, panicked and gasping like a fish out of water. I am a fish out of water… help, help me… Psalms 27:1  The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I…
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As a deer pants for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God (Psalms (42: 1-2). Often, we sing this verse in praise… The tone is memorable of course, with a melody composed of placid cords, lilting crescendos and words that quicken the soul…
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“For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease. Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stump die in the soil, yet at the scent of water it will bud and put out branches like a young…
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Holy Father, our shield and protector and to our beloved Christ, Lord of glory and the lifter of our head, we cry out to you in one voice (Psalm 3:3). Salvation belongs to you Lord. Salvation is the rain of blessing from your righteous hand. Bless the persecutors of Your people (Psalm 3: 8). Arise,…
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James has been a Follower of Isa’ al Masih for about 18 months. He first heard about Jesus, God in flesh, sent for rescue, at his wife’s funeral. James lives a life described in Colossians 1: 5b-6, “You have already heard about this hope in the message of Truth, the Gospel that has come to…
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Her head is not any larger than my fist and covered in thick, dark hair. Her dark eyes occasionally blink open in clear, olive-brown skin with no signs of the customary charcoal markings that supposedly ward off evil spirits here. Even fully clothed, she weighs less than any baby doll in our house. While Christian…
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Our Father God is at work in the North Africa – Middle East region. He uses many different tools such as dreams and visions to draw people to Himself, but His most prevalent tools are Jesus Followers who live and share their lives amongst the people groups or work in locales, such as colleges, sharing…
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What are you cooking for Ramadan meal? That question always makes Fatima uncomfortable. How should she answer her neighbors since she no longer cooks big Ramadan meals? Her discomfort with those conversations prompts the memory of the horror she felt on the day her new husband, Yusif told her he was a Follower of Isa…
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 As a result of the Arab Spring, Arabs across the Middle East are using social media more than ever before. On average they have over 100 friends, they are fans of 20 pages, and upload 444 pictures on Facebook. Of the people that are online in the Middle East, 88 percent use social media daily.…
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Mary is a beautiful young girl who is searching for Truth. She is studying engineering at a local university, has high hopes for the future, and contrary to the norm, is not being pushed by her family to marry. Her father died when she was only a few months old and her brother has left…
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