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Ukraine Close To War

5/7/2014

Violence Pushes Ukraine Closer To War, by Ruth Kramer, Mission Network News

"Germany’s foreign minister warns that Ukraine is close to war.

"Deadly clashes took place Monday outside Slavyansk as Ukrainian troops clashed with pro-Russia separatists, killing 30.

"Slavic Gospel Association remained vigilant as Odessa convulsed in vicious street battles. The city is home to the SGA-sponsored Odessa Theological Seminary, as well as SGA missionaries.

"Last Friday, pro-Russian activists and demonstrators for the unity of Ukraine clashed, leaving behind more than 40 dead.

"Yet even in the midst of this terrible violence and tension, the evangelical churches SGA serves have a singular focus. Slavic Gospel Association spokesman Joel Griffith says, “The evangelical churches that we’re serving are sort of in the ‘fire zone’ there, and they’re just praying for peace to be restored to the region.” They’re also praying “that the Lord would, even in the midst of this hostility, somehow give them the means to be able to proclaim the peace and the love and the reconciliation of Christ.'”

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Persecuted saints benefit most from your heartfelt and earnest prayer.

Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial;
for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
James 1:12

'Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the
devil is about to cast some of you into prison, so
that you will be tested, and you will have tribulation for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.
Revelation 2:10

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Trials make the promise sweet;
Trials give new life to prayer;
Trials bring me to His feet,
Lay me low, and keep me there.

"God often takes away our comforts and our privileges in order to make us better Christians. He trains His soldiers not in tents of ease and luxury, but by turning them out and subjecting them to forced marches and hard service. He makes them ford through streams, and swim through rivers, and climb mountains, and walk many long miles with heavy backpacks of sorrow. Well, Christian, may this not account for the troubles through which you are passing? Is the Lord bringing out your graces and making them grow? Is it for this reason He contends with you?"

Read Why Do I Face Trials?,
by Alistair Begg, Truth for Life Daily, at One Place

Christian persecution is just a phenomenon in the
Middle East.

Christians aren’t greatly
impacted by persecution.

Whatever persecution there is, the damage is superficial - more a loss of multicultural diversity than anything else.

Christians supposedly bring persecution upon themselves by proselytizing.

Persecution couldn’t
happen here.

Please read 5 Myths about Persecution of Christians, by
Kristin Wright, at Religion Today.

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