New items have been added to my Daily Update pages for Thursday morning, located here:

http://www.his-forever.com/daily_update_08_17_06.htm
 

 

and are as follows:

2 TIMOTHY 3:

Afghan opium cultivation hits a record

The increase could have serious repercussions for an already grave security situation, with drug lords joining the Taliban-led fight against Afghan and international forces.

AMERICA:

Taxpayers fund Islamic center

Prayer building on Marine base not really mosque, officials say

APOSTASY:

1 Timothy 2:5: "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus"

Pope Prays to Mary, Queen of Heaven

“Mary encourages us not to lose faith in the face of the difficulties and inevitable problems of daily life,” continued Benedict XVI. “She assures us of her help and reminds us that the essential thing is to seek and to think ‘of things that are above, not of things that are on earth’ (cfr Col 3:2).

AS IN THE DAYS OF LOT:

Male sex sending HIV out of control in Asia: group

AIDS is "spiraling out of control" in Asia among men who have sex with other men, activists warned on Tuesday -- and the epidemic is likely to spread because many of these men also marry or have sex with women.

CHRISTIANITY:

Ruling: Voters have right to Ten Commandments <- HALLELUYAH!!!

Idaho Supreme Court OK's Boise election on display of monument in park

EARTHQUAKES:

Earthquake (4.4) shakes Pakistan

Last year, a magnitude 7.6 quake killed 80,000 in northern Pakistan and its part of Kashmir, and since then many quake survivors have been living in tents donated by the world community.

Magnitude 6.1 Quake Rocks Southern Tonga

EUROPEAN UNION:

A timeline of the EU

The European Union has its roots in the aftermath of World War II when six countries pooled coal and steel supplies to prevent further conflict.

EU ministers in air terror talks
The ministers will agree to accelerate EU counter-terrorism action where necessary, the statement says.

GLOBAL STRIFE:

Japan fisherman 'shot by Russia'

A Japanese fisherman has been shot dead by a Russian patrol boat near a chain of disputed islands, the first fatality in 50 years, media reports say.

ISRAEL HAPPENINGS:

Aliyah -

Record Immigration To Israel In Spite Of Crisis

Over 4,000 new immigrants from all over the world will have arrived in Israel from the beginning of July until the end of August

Ezekiel 38-39 Player(s) -

Israel humbled by arms from Iran

Abandoned Hizbollah positions in Lebanon yesterday revealed conclusive evidence that Syria - and almost certainly Iran - provided the anti-tank missiles that have blunted the power of Israel's once invincible armour.

Prepare For The Next Round <- FEATURE!!!
SUBDUING SYRIA is the key to managing the Lebanese crisis, to rolling back Hizbullah, and to weakening Iran and its radical Islamist influence in the Middle East. In order to attain victory in the next military engagement, Israel should target Damascus.

Israel's Enemies -

IDF: We'll Disarm Hizbullah If UN Can't

The IDF will have to resume operations in Lebanon if the expanded United Nations force being assembled does not fulfill its obligation to dismantle Hizbullah, an official in the Prime Minister's Office warned on Tuesday.

Nations Refuse To Disarm Hezbollah
The countries tasked with upholding the shaky truce in Lebanon appeared unwilling to force the disarmament of Hezbollah yesterday, a development that threatens to delay the creation of a massive United Nations peacekeeping force and could ultimately set off fresh conflict in the region.

NATURAL DISASTERS:

1000 killed or missing in Ethiopian floods as death toll soars

The death toll from devastating floods in southwest Ethiopia soared to 500, police said, bringing to almost 1,000 the number killed or missing in raging waters nationwide this month.

54,700 Dead, Missing in N. Korea
A South Korean aid group claimed Wednesday that massive floods in North Korea last month left about 54,700 people dead or missing and some 2.5 million homeless. The figure is by far the highest toll reported from floods that hit the impoverished communist country in mid-July.

Anger in China as typhoon death toll rises
Despair turned to fury in eastern China today as the survivors of the most powerful typhoon to hit the country in half a century accused local officials of understating the death toll and delaying the search for bodies.

Drought in southwestern China worst in 50 years
In Chongqing alone, 7.5 million people lacked adequate drinking water and economic losses have been estimated at 2.5 billion yuan ($313 million), the paper said.

Huge hailstones ruin Genoa crops <- WOW!!!
Hailstones as big as ping pong balls and torrential rain have destroyed large swaths of basil grown in Italy, sparking fears of a shortage of the famous basil-based sauce, pesto alla Genovese.

Java: sea of boiling mud advances <- HOW VERY STRANGE!!!
Since 27 May, 50,000 cubic metres of mud have been oozing daily out of a gas well just outside the industrial city of Surabaya in eastern Java. It has already submerged 25 km sq of land, covered cultivated terrain and irrigation channels, invaded a major highway and forced more than 10,000 people to leave their homes. All efforts to stop its onset have failed.

Wyoming Wildfire Moves Toward Homes
The fire, first reported Monday, had burned about 7,000 acres - almost 11 square miles - by Tuesday evening with no containment, the governor's office said.

STRANGE EARTH SIGNS:

Billions face water shortages <- THEY HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING YET!!!

Water scarcity around the world was increasing faster than expected, with agriculture accounting for 80 percent of global water consumption, the world authority on fresh water management told a development conference in Canberra.

Water shortage 'a global problem' <- THEY HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING YET!!!
It urges water conservation on a global scale and asks rich states to set an example by repairing ageing water infrastructure and tackling pollution.

TERRORISM/TERRORISTS:

Pakistan let al-Qaida front fund UK plot

Terror war 'ally' didn't outlaw 'charitable' group even after U.S. blacklisted it

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Thursday's article, "Not Our War?" by Jack Kinsella, will also be linked to the Daily Update page.
 

 

EXCERPT:

There are few world leaders -- apart from Annan and a few other lunatics like Mahmoud Amadinejad -- willing to say with a straight face that there is some moral equivalency between Hezbollah's taking of Israeli hostages with Israel's dropping of leaflets warning civilians to flee an impending attack against Hezbollah positions inside Lebanon .

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NOTE:  If you have any prayer requests, feel free to send them to peggym@his-forever.com, and I will post them with the next morning's updates.
 

 

I pray you are blessed by all, and that you have a blessed day in the Lord!

YSIY!
Peggy
www.his-forever.com