We often feel discouraged and even defeated by the increasingly irreverent culture that openly disrespects Your Holy Name, mocks the Cross, and readily accepts falsehoods that contradict Your natural order. Lord, please protect our culture from all attempts to belittle, marginalize, and ridicule Your Gospel and Your people.
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Philippians 4:8
“In those wretched countries where a man cannot call his tongue his own, he can scarce call anything his own. Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech; a thing terrible to publick traytors.” Benjamin Franklin Dogood Papers Number 8 July 9th 1722
Operation World Pray for Turkey : Pray for refugees and migrants in Turkey. Many Iranians fled the violence and Islamic extremism of the 1979 Revolution. This was followed by over a million Kurds during the Gulf War in 1991. Millions more fled into Türkiye from Syria and elsewhere during the civil war and the migrant crises of the 2010s. Türkiye has in recent years hosted more refugees than any other country in the world. Large numbers of migrants come from South Asia, other parts of the Middle East, and now Russia and Ukraine. They are proving quite open to the gospel. It is very possible that there are more refugees than ethnic Turks who are following Jesus inside of Türkiye. Increasing numbers of these are praying for God to use them as witnesses in their host nation. Pray that through Iranians, Syrians, Afghans and others, God might lead many Turks to know him.
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Luke 6:38 (NIV)
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