Special prayer asked for the Jewish people today (9th of Av).  Be sure to lift your voices to YHWH for Divine protection on them, and for Him to send His holy angels to fight along side them and protect them.  Peggy

 

 

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

http://www.his-forever.com/daily_update_08_03_06.htm
 

 

and are as follows:

2 TIMOTHY 3:

Movie raters: Christian themes won't be factor

Decision comes after 'proselytizing' film given 'PG' for calling on Jesus

Schools told it's no longer necessary to teach right from wrong
SCHOOLS would no longer be required to teach children the difference between right and wrong under plans to revise the core aims of the National Curriculum. Instead, . . .

APOSTASY:

Gay UK Anglican priests 'marry'

A UK priest who was at the centre of a furore over homosexuality in the Church of England has entered a civil partnership with his long term partner, another male priest, gay activists said today.

"Pro Gay" Female Anglican bishop challenged
School of theology, priestly experience questioned, but same-sex marriage advocate will lead U.S. church

CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION:

Man imprisoned for son's Christian name

Muslim authorities charge converts from Islam with apostasy

EARTHQUAKES:

Strong quake jolts Indonesian island

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake shook the Indonesian island of Sumbawa today but caused no immediate casualties or damage, police and meteorologists said.

Whole lotta shakin' going on in Ohio
A corner of suburban Cleveland has become the earthquake capital of Ohio, shaking on average every two weeks since New Year's Day and making people wonder: What's next?

ISRAEL HAPPENINGS:

Anti-Semitism -

Jews note rise in anti-Semitism

Since the fighting began "there's been a rise in expressions of hostility toward Israel" and "a spike in incidents of anti-Semitism," according to Paul Gardner, chairman of Bnai Brith of Australia's Anti-Defamation Committee. "So this is not surprising."

EU Involvement -

EU fails to demand ceasefire as Israel widens ground war

Papering over lingering differences, the EU’s Finnish presidency said that an emergency meeting in Brussels of the 25-member bloc’s foreign ministers had laid the foundations for a peace plan to be reached at the United Nations.

Ezekiel 38-39/Armageddon Players -

Blair Says Syria, Iran Risk Confrontation

Prime Minister Tony Blair warned Syria and Iran on Tuesday that they risked a confrontation if they continued to support terrorism and export instability to Iraq and elsewhere.

China's military looks to outer space
The analysis, authored by a group of unnamed researchers at the National Defense University, listed space as an area where the People's Liberation Army must be equipped and prepared to defend the nation's interests.

Iran And Syria Beat The Drums Of War
In the last few days senior Iranian and Syrian officials, including Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, have stepped up their statements on the war, with the Syrian regime's mouthpieces in the media following suit. The following are excerpts...

Iran calls on Muslim nations to arm Hezbollah
A senior Iranian cleric called on Muslim nations on Tuesday to provide arms to the Lebanese militia Hezbollah which has been in intense battle with Israel for the past three weeks.

Israel's Enemies -

The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
(Isaiah 17:1)

Analysis: Watching Damascus

Three weeks have passed since Israel embarked on a military campaign to change the status quo in southern Lebanon, exact a price from Hizbullah and get its kidnapped soldiers back.

Hezbollah Fires Record Number of Rockets
Hezbollah rockets struck Israel in record numbers and deeper than ever Wednesday, pushing the three-week total
over the 2,000 mark and killing a Boston-born man fleeing on his bicycle toward shelter.

Is the end in sight?
It's hard to believe, but we are beginning to see an end in sight. A ceasefire agreement is likely to be reached by the end of the week. At the General Staff headquarters they are preparing for the day after.

Israel ready for massive invasion
Israeli special forces were last night engaged deep within Lebanon as the army geared up for an expected major ground invasion.

Thousands Of Israeli troops Battle In South Lebanon
Hizbollah guerrillas battled up to 6,000 Israeli troops on five fronts in south Lebanon on Wednesday, escalating a conflict which Israel's prime minister vowed to pursue until a strong international force arrived.

Planned Withdrawal -

Rightists: Olmert splitting nation

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert' s declaration Wednesday that the war in Lebanon will create new momentum for further West Bank pullouts was met by a harsh response on the part of right-wing parliamentarians as well as members of the PM's own Kadima party.

LAST DAYS DECEPTION:

Buddha rays' spark statue-gazing <- FEATURE!!!

THOUSANDS of Superstitious Sri Lankans gathered at temples today after media reports that coloured images of the Buddha had begun emitting miraculous rays.

NATURAL DISASTERS:

Italian farmers facing drought 'disaster'

Farmers in northern Italy on Tuesday said they are facing disaster as Europe's lingering heatwave burns up crops and leaves arable land parched in the "breadbasket" Po valley, after a winter in which unusually light Alpine snowfall failed to replenish reservoirs.

Premier asks Aussie churches to pray for rain
Mr Beattie, who met with church leaders today, said he would ask for the prayer campaign to help ease the horrific drought.

Tropical Storm Chris Strengthens
Tropical Storm Chris continued to gain strength Tuesday as it approached the eastern edge of the Caribbean, prompting a run on groceries and gas as people prepared for the third named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season.

US swelters in stifling heatwave
Elderly residents were evacuated from blacked-out apartments yesterday and public officials urged people to conserve electricity as a stifling heatwave spread across the eastern half of the US.

NEW WORLD ORDER/EUROPEAN UNION:

EU Rebuffs US Call To Put Hezbollah On Terror List

The EU will not for the time being put the Islamist Hezbollah movement on its blacklist of terrorist organisations but the discussion could re-emerge in the future, the Finnish EU presidency has said.

PLAGUES:

Dutch cull chickens to stop bird flu spread

Dutch authorities culled 25,000 chickens at a farm infected with a low-pathogenic H7 bird flu strain on Wednesday and sealed off another 130 farms to prevent a major outbreak in one of the world's top poultry exporter.

SCIENCE:

Human Tampering Threatens Planet

In a report released today, scientists call for a new systematic study of the Earth's "critical zone"--the life-sustaining outermost surface of the planet, from the vegetation canopy to groundwater and everything in between.

STRANGE EARTH SIGNS:

Earth Wobbles With the Weather <- FEATURE!!!

Scientists have exploited a rare opportunity to detect and measure the most subtle shifts in the Earth's spin. In the process they have confirmed that weather makes the planet wobble on its axis.

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Thursday's article, "Jesus is coming very soon - The Church Age is Ending" by Don Koenig, will also be linked to the Daily Update page.
 

 

EXCERPT:

Writings of New Testament saints tell the Church what to look for just prior to the return of Jesus and we see these signs in the institutional churches of today.

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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