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The Action Report Maryann and God's Perfect Timing Day to day, year to year only God knowing what comes next! I'm no prophet, but three things I know for a certainty. 1) Islam will not eradicate Israel. There are many Arab Christians who love Jews. They recognize God's ongoing covenant with Israel and pray that Jews also will recognize their Messiah. Then there are Arabs and other Muslims who hate Israel and call for her destruction. They are forewarned by God's terrible decree: "For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shall be cut off forever." (Obadiah 10) 2) No peace plan will bring God's fullest blessing to Israel-whether that plan is offered by men or the devil. The hope of Israel resides in the acceptance of Yeshua-Jesus-as God's greatest gift to His people. God offers no other option. Jesus' own words to Jewish leadership ring clear: "Your house is left...desolate. You shall not see me henceforth, until you say, 'BLESSED IS HE THAT COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD.'" That day is coming! 3) True Christians will face persecution and great testing of our faith. Those who learn to keep trusting the Lord even in the darkest trials (when God seems a million miles away) will serve as lights and witnesses to people desperately seeking peace and meaning to life. They will not be impressed with our strength-but with the love of God that comes from us even when we are at our weakest. Like precious Maryann. She handled our monthly Shalom mailings for many years. Maryann always listened to me share God's love, but it never seemed to register. A few weeks before a recent Christmas season, she became ill. When I called, she was like a little wilted flower pleading for water. After all those years of Maryann seeing our lives and feeling our love, she asked Love itself-Jesus-to be her Savior and Lord. We were all rejoicing. But God knew the urgency and the timing. Within a week, Maryann died! Please
keep this work in your prayers. Your concern and support are so special
to us. Lives are being changed-and each, like Maryann, will live
forever. In His love, Frank Eiklor Related Articles · More Articles Jesus said many would come in His name and deceive the hearts of the simple, sinful and proud. Eastern mysticism and meditation is a big thing in the gullible West. And one day a “world leader” will appear on the scene with the persuasion of a god and the heart of a devil. Jesus warns His children to know the Scriptures, live in obedience to the Father’s will, and stay alert to the signs of the times. They laugh no more. Now God’s description of how He will destroy the old earth and create a
new one makes perfect sense. The splitting of the atom turned many skeptics into believers.
After all, look what man himself is capable of doing with the atom and hydrogen bombs. Now
the fear is that nuclear weapons are being placed in the hands of madmen who wish to annihilate
their enemies. God has blessed man with incredible genius. We stand in awe as we watch men and women in a room full of computers and high-tech instruments guiding and landing spacecraft on distant planets. At that moment, we appear invincible. But then a mammoth tornado comes—or a terrifying hurricane—or rains that flood whole regions and never listen to our shouts to “Stop!”—or the shake that removes from under our feet any confidence or pride we carry, and leaves us numb with hardly enough breath to even utter the paralyzing word “EARTHQUAKE!”. And man is helpless in the face of it all! |
