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    Lampung Local Government (Indonesia) Disallow Build Church Because of Muslim

    Gereja Kristen Kemah Daun Kelurahan Rajabasa Jaya, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia disallow to build their church even though they have fulfill the qualification to build the church. The village authorities (Kelurahan) have not given permission for various reasons. Bandar Lampung is one of the...
  2. Christsfreeservant

    They Wage War Against Your Souls

    “Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation” (1...
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    Christian employees in West Sumatra Indonesia prohibited from worshiping

    Christian employees of an oil palm plantation owned by PT Incasi Raya in the south of Pesisir Selatan Regency, West Sumatra are prohibited from worshiping by the company. This company's employees use tarpaulin for Christian worship. The company argued that traditional institutions in West...
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    On a Level Path

    Psalms 27:11-12 ESV “Teach me your way, O Lord, and lead me on a level path because of my enemies. Give me not up to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against me, and they breathe out violence." Who are the enemies of those who are followers of Jesus...
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    Muslim Disallow Christian Praying in Deli Serdang, Indonesia

    Muslim residents in Deli Serdang, Indonesia dispersed church congregations who were worshiping in a shophouse in the Tanjung Morawa area. In many areas in Indonesia, minorities such as Christians, Buddhists and others find it difficult to worship even in their own homes. Usually the...
  6. Christsfreeservant

    Please Stop Religious Hypocrisy!

    Summary of John 5:1-15 Jesus Christ was now in Jerusalem for the “feast of the Jews.” While he was there he healed a man who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. He told him to “Get up, take up your bed, and walk.” The man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked. But this was on...
  7. Christsfreeservant

    Share in Suffering for the Gospel

    2 Timothy 1:8-14 ESV “Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God, who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us...
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    What is "Your First Love?"

    SCRIPTURE: 'But I have this against you: you have abandoned the passionate love you had for me at the beginning. Think about how far you have fallen! Repent and do the works of love you did at first. I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place of influence if you do not repent. '...
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    • Forum: Deeper Fellowship
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    Must Endure to the End

    Matthew 24:9-14 ESV “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake. And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another. And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. And because...
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    Why was Jesus Hated?

    Jesus Christ, Who is the Son of God, Taught the narrow way, Not the way that’s broad. Did not participate He In the ways of man But He followed God, And He lived God’s plan. Walked the narrow way, Led a righteous life, Obeyed God’s commands, Free from sin and strife. Shared the gospel truth...
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    Peace? No! A Sword!

    Luke 12:49-53 ESV “I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled! I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how great is my distress until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. For from now on in...
  12. Christsfreeservant

    Being Tested and Tried

    James 1:2-4,12 ESV “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” “Blessed is the man who remains...
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    Boldness (despite fear) to stand up for the truth

    SCRIPTURE: Then Jeremiah returned from Topheth, the garbage dump where he had delivered this message, and he stopped in front of the Temple of the Lord . He said to the people there, “This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will bring disaster upon this city and its...
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    • boldness disobedience israel jeremiah persecution truth word of god
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    • Forum: Deeper Fellowship
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    We Should Love One Another

    1 John 3:11-16 ESV “For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous. Do not be...
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    And Then the End Will Come

    Matthew 24:9-14 ESV “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake. And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another. And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. And because...
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    Who Shall Separate Us?

    Romans 8:35-39 ESV “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, ‘For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.’ “No, in all...
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    Are We Being Called to Suffer?

    Psalms 91:1-16 ESV (quoting only first 6 verses) “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, ‘My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.’ “For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the...
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    But He Emptied Himself

    Philippians 2:3-8 ESV “Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who...
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    Learning to Rely on God

    2 Corinthians 1:8-11 ESV “For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not...
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    Christian persecution in Pakistan

    https://globalchristianrelief.org/christian-persecution/stories/christianity-and-slavery-the-unheard-stories-from-pakistans-brick-kilns/persecution
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