Tuesday, October 9, 2012
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Please Pray About This Situation
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CBN News
CAIRO, Egypt -- Recent attacks against churches are driving thousands of Egyptian Christians to seek asylum in the West.
Many of them are women who fear they are targets for abduction, forced conversion, and forced marriage by Muslims.
CBN News traveled to Cairo to investigate the trafficking of young Egyptian Christian women.
The Abduction of Mary
Magda Kaiser, a Coptic Christian, is distraught over her missing daughter, Mary.
"She was our only daughter, so we spoiled her," she explained. "She got whatever she wanted, but she was very shy."
"We were close friends," Kaiser continued. "She never went anywhere without me. She always asked me to go with her because she was afraid of being alone, by herself."
Mary, an exceptional student, won mathematical achievement awards. At the age of 19, she entered university to study pharmacology. That's where she befriended a Muslim classmate.
One night when the two women went out together for pizza and a movie, Mary suddenly fell ill. Friends last saw her entering a taxi.
"We knew she was missing because she didn't come home that night," Kaiser said. "We believe her Muslim friend put drugs in her food and hired people who abduct young Christian girls to kidnap her."
A day later, police informed Mary's family they had located her not far from Cairo, in the town of Kerdasa. They said Mary had converted to Islam and had married a Muslim vendor.
Foul Play?
Magda and her husband suspected foul play. They believed their daughter had become a victim of a vast, Islamic human trafficking network - one targeting young Christian women.
"All this was coordinated between the government, police, the Wahhabis, Salafis. Everyone was in on it," Kaiser said.
Officials summoned Mary to the police station where her father waited to see her.
"Four veiled ladies and four bearded men walked in to the police station, accompanied by two policemen with machine guns," Kaiser recalled.
"As they walked by, my husband screamed out our daughter's name, 'Mary!' As Mary turned around to acknowledge him, one of the bearded men pushed her away and punched her in the face," she said.
Overcome by rage, Mary's father demanded to talk to his daughter. The police refused and ordered him to leave.
They said they closed the case because Mary was now a Muslim.
The Kaiser home used to be one of much joy, laughter, and happiness. But five years after Mary's disappearance, her bed remains empty.
The emotional hurt still lingers. Her family said that she was a devout Christian - there's no way she would have willingly embraced Islam.
A Common Occurrence
Abduction cases like Mary's are now common place in Egypt.
A new study found the number of disappearances and abduction of Egyptian Christian girls is increasing. Kidnappings of underage females and mothers of young children are also on the rise.
George Washington University professor Michele Clark is one of the authors of the study. She testified recently before the Helsinki Commission, debunking arguments that suggest Christian girls are leaving their faith and families simply for romance.
"They say yes to friendship, romance, to hope, a future, safety and security. Nevertheless, (they) did not consent to being ripped from their family without ever being able to see them again," she said.
Nor, she added, did these Christian women consent to being forcibly converted to a religion other than their own, or consent to a life of captivity.
Expert: US Must Intervene
So, what should be done? Middle East analyst Walid Phares said the Obama administration must openly discuss the matter with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi.
"The perpetrators in Egypt must know from the media, from public discussion, that our officials are demanding from the president of Egypt and demanding from the future, or current parliament, that these issues be at the table, that the constitutional committee that is looking at the future constitution take in consideration these elements," Phares told CBN News.
Clark also said the Egyptian government needs to create a national registry documenting the disappearance of minors.
"The Egyptian government will request an annual accounting of all cases of disappearances, including open and ongoing cases as well as prosecutions that resulted from these investigations," she said.
Meanwhile, Egyptian leaders are still debating the possibility of imposing a strict interpretation of shariah on the society, law that tolerates forced conversion and forced marriage for non-Muslim women.
As for Magda Kaiser, she said she will not give up searching for her daughter.
"She will still be my daughter no matter what happens to her," Kaiser said. "I will keep trying to get her back. I believe in God's promises and I trust the Lord will never forsake us."
"And I ask everybody to pray for us," she continued. "I am confident the day will come when I will see her or meet her again."
Related Stories:
US Embassy Warns Women Missionaries in EgyptEgypt's Coptic Women Abducted in the Name of Islam
Source: CBN News
Friday, October 5, 2012
Gathering Unto Him
Gathering Unto Him 
By Kriston Couchey
TIMES OF CORRECTION
During the 2009 economic crisis I had a dream in which Father showed me a picture of a tight/sharp loop in a road like a racetrack that banked around and went back in the opposite direction. He told me �I will place no sharper correction upon My people at that time as it is more than they can bear.� Twice the picture of the track appeared and He spoke the same words twice. The sharp loop represented sharp course correction that the church was unable to navigate. I understood that the crisis happened as correction for His own people. Seeing and hearing it twice meant that it was settled in the courts of heaven. I asked Father what was needed in order to bring about the correction needed. He needs "Overcomers", to bring healing and restoration to His people, but they are few.
In March 2011 I woke up from a dream crying out to Father to �Delay it for 21 months, your people are not prepared for it!� At that time I came to understand that financial and world crisis in Europe and the Middle East were threatening to throw the world in a deep depression and cause great turmoil upon the earth.
THE SYSTEMS OF MEN ARE FAILING
The loving discipline of Father is surely coming to His own house where His people have become dependent upon this worlds systems and manner of operating for their provision and security.The judgment of God is that these will no longer be a place in men�s systems which the children of God can trust. We have not been prepared because we have not truly sought and established the government/kingdom of God in our midst, which is a kingdom that is not like the ruling systems of men, but is preeminent over them.
These fading systems are subject to the government of God, not the other way around, and it is in the government of God being established that true provision and security are realized.
I want to share with you what I believe is a very serious directive of the Spirit for this hour. I had a dream this week in which all the systems and institutions of men had become hostile to the children of God and the children of God had to flee those systems. When I awoke I prayed about it and the Spirit of God told me �Gather my people and prepare them for what is coming.� I took that as a personal directive for my own sphere of influence, but also was convinced through discussing this with others that it is a directive being proclaimed to all the remnant of God for this specific hour.Father is calling us to gather unto Him in our places of influence as men and women to receive individual and corporate mandates and authority to rule and reign in our spheres of influence with the power of heaven.
GATHERING UNTO HIM
The cry of the Spirit is to gather to receive in Father that which is needed for this hour to overcome. He is not calling us to gather around a man, a teaching, or an organization. Many have come to know His presence in them, but the government of God is established as His people are finding IN HIM the authority to establish His righteousness and justice in their places of influence. He is calling us to come together to receive the directives, mandates, decrees, and judgments of heaven. Whether we are a group of thousands or just one lone person in a city, Father is calling us unto Himself to be our ark of safety, supply, and security.The great trouble we are about to face is a symptom of a church that has abdicated its kingdom governmental authority to meet the needs of men over to the world�s systems. The governments of men are but a shadow compared to the light of His kingdom.
THE COURTS OF HEAVEN
Father is calling His own to Himself that He may establish what His desire has been all along; the government of Heaven on earth.The call to gather is for His own to stop their activities and order of business to enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise.It is in the courts of God that He is judging our flesh and releasing Heaven�s mandates to men. Here His decrees are spoken forth with authority through His people to changes the course of history. In this place He sends sons forth with kingdom authority confirmed with power. This gathering is intended to release through His sons the power of the age to come; the Power to restore and renew creation itself.His desire is that the atmosphere of heaven�s court establish justice in His own house and then to all creation.He is calling His own to embrace fully the sovereign empowerment and assignments prepared for them in this hour.
EXPECTATIONS
The people of God have been positioned and placed; the connecting has begun and the power is being turned on. I truly believe He is asking us to gather without any agenda or expectation except to meet with Him that He might set the agenda of His house for the unfolding age. As His government is established among His own, the fear of the Lord is returning. As He takes His rightful place as Lord of His house we will understand the justice and mercy of God in a new light, the light of His Glory.
In Him
Kriston Couchey
kcouchey@gmail.com
www.openheaven.com
By Kriston Couchey
TIMES OF CORRECTION
During the 2009 economic crisis I had a dream in which Father showed me a picture of a tight/sharp loop in a road like a racetrack that banked around and went back in the opposite direction. He told me �I will place no sharper correction upon My people at that time as it is more than they can bear.� Twice the picture of the track appeared and He spoke the same words twice. The sharp loop represented sharp course correction that the church was unable to navigate. I understood that the crisis happened as correction for His own people. Seeing and hearing it twice meant that it was settled in the courts of heaven. I asked Father what was needed in order to bring about the correction needed. He needs "Overcomers", to bring healing and restoration to His people, but they are few.
In March 2011 I woke up from a dream crying out to Father to �Delay it for 21 months, your people are not prepared for it!� At that time I came to understand that financial and world crisis in Europe and the Middle East were threatening to throw the world in a deep depression and cause great turmoil upon the earth.
THE SYSTEMS OF MEN ARE FAILING
The loving discipline of Father is surely coming to His own house where His people have become dependent upon this worlds systems and manner of operating for their provision and security.The judgment of God is that these will no longer be a place in men�s systems which the children of God can trust. We have not been prepared because we have not truly sought and established the government/kingdom of God in our midst, which is a kingdom that is not like the ruling systems of men, but is preeminent over them.
These fading systems are subject to the government of God, not the other way around, and it is in the government of God being established that true provision and security are realized.
I want to share with you what I believe is a very serious directive of the Spirit for this hour. I had a dream this week in which all the systems and institutions of men had become hostile to the children of God and the children of God had to flee those systems. When I awoke I prayed about it and the Spirit of God told me �Gather my people and prepare them for what is coming.� I took that as a personal directive for my own sphere of influence, but also was convinced through discussing this with others that it is a directive being proclaimed to all the remnant of God for this specific hour.Father is calling us to gather unto Him in our places of influence as men and women to receive individual and corporate mandates and authority to rule and reign in our spheres of influence with the power of heaven.
GATHERING UNTO HIM
The cry of the Spirit is to gather to receive in Father that which is needed for this hour to overcome. He is not calling us to gather around a man, a teaching, or an organization. Many have come to know His presence in them, but the government of God is established as His people are finding IN HIM the authority to establish His righteousness and justice in their places of influence. He is calling us to come together to receive the directives, mandates, decrees, and judgments of heaven. Whether we are a group of thousands or just one lone person in a city, Father is calling us unto Himself to be our ark of safety, supply, and security.The great trouble we are about to face is a symptom of a church that has abdicated its kingdom governmental authority to meet the needs of men over to the world�s systems. The governments of men are but a shadow compared to the light of His kingdom.
THE COURTS OF HEAVEN
Father is calling His own to Himself that He may establish what His desire has been all along; the government of Heaven on earth.The call to gather is for His own to stop their activities and order of business to enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise.It is in the courts of God that He is judging our flesh and releasing Heaven�s mandates to men. Here His decrees are spoken forth with authority through His people to changes the course of history. In this place He sends sons forth with kingdom authority confirmed with power. This gathering is intended to release through His sons the power of the age to come; the Power to restore and renew creation itself.His desire is that the atmosphere of heaven�s court establish justice in His own house and then to all creation.He is calling His own to embrace fully the sovereign empowerment and assignments prepared for them in this hour.
EXPECTATIONS
The people of God have been positioned and placed; the connecting has begun and the power is being turned on. I truly believe He is asking us to gather without any agenda or expectation except to meet with Him that He might set the agenda of His house for the unfolding age. As His government is established among His own, the fear of the Lord is returning. As He takes His rightful place as Lord of His house we will understand the justice and mercy of God in a new light, the light of His Glory.
In Him
Kriston Couchey
kcouchey@gmail.com
www.openheaven.com
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Horses Hooves
Horses Hooves
Thru Priscilla Van Sutphin
www.upstreamca.org
tearsofthefather@att.net
Oct 4th, 2012
“ Can you hear the thundering of horses hooves ? Can you imagine the depth of fear & tears that will be released as people see the results of their sinfulness? Who can stand in the fire and burning and not be changed ? You worry about those around you, and many are praying for loved ones to change. But you can’t imagine in your sorrow and grief over their abandoning Me how much they will change when they are touched by My burning fire. There is a tsunami of My fire coming! It is not a little wave. It is a huge, and powerful wave that will sweep into all nations.
I am not lax concerning My promises. You however have trouble believing because many of you have waited so long and endured so much affliction and persecution from your own family, that you have still pockets of unbelief in your heart. I guarantee you that I can burn all that unbelief out of your heart in a moment’s touch ! I can do anything. Remember I am the God Who created the universe. There is nothing too big for Me. You have too small a vision of what is coming. I know it’s hard to imagine considering all the doubt and unbelief around you. You are fighting the spirit of this age, the unbelief and antichrist spirits abound.
But I have had a plan from the beginning that is much greater than anything you can imagine. Tomorrow’s troubles are nothing to underestimate, yet I AM WITH YOU. I AM lives inside of you ! Greater am I than the one who prowls around seeking whom he may devour. I know with all the struggles and demonic oppression you have seen, it’s hard to believe. Don’t see only with your natural eyes. But remember the Word, and all that is in there about what I have done, and what I’m going to do. PROPHESY it to the demonic realm. Yes, that is what you are doing when you speak it out, and declare it outloud ! As you do it, I will establish it .
STAY your mind on Me, and keep close to ME in the secret place of your heart, for I will NOT ever abandon you. Though men resist, and demons trouble you, I am with you and will fight with you and for you when it gets to be too much. The cup is almost full, and the light is shining in the darkness. Your cup will be filled as you REST IN ME, and worship Me in spirit and truth. Do not be afraid beloveds. My grace is sufficient for you. I am waiting for you and here for you at all times. Stop running away from my presence.
There is much resistance now compared to before, but I have loosed My kingdom in proportionate measure above what the enemy is trying to do. I am here, even when you can’t FEEL Me. I AM working in you more than you can see. Don’t be afraid. Climb in My lap, and sit with me a while. I will calm all your anxieties within you, and heal the pockets of unbelief, and empty them out, that they can be filled with My LOVE and compassion.
I am making you my strong horse in battle, and I am loosing those heavenly horses, that will carry you to the end. The riders on horses are carrying out their duties as I see fit. Do not be impatient for Me to answer or work in your situations. All is at hand beloveds. TRUST in Me completely. Let go of all you can hold in your hands. This world is fading away, but you know there is one already established which will replace it. In a moment, in a twinkling of an eye.”
Thru Priscilla Van Sutphin
www.upstreamca.org
tearsofthefather@att.net
Oct 4th, 2012
“ Can you hear the thundering of horses hooves ? Can you imagine the depth of fear & tears that will be released as people see the results of their sinfulness? Who can stand in the fire and burning and not be changed ? You worry about those around you, and many are praying for loved ones to change. But you can’t imagine in your sorrow and grief over their abandoning Me how much they will change when they are touched by My burning fire. There is a tsunami of My fire coming! It is not a little wave. It is a huge, and powerful wave that will sweep into all nations.
I am not lax concerning My promises. You however have trouble believing because many of you have waited so long and endured so much affliction and persecution from your own family, that you have still pockets of unbelief in your heart. I guarantee you that I can burn all that unbelief out of your heart in a moment’s touch ! I can do anything. Remember I am the God Who created the universe. There is nothing too big for Me. You have too small a vision of what is coming. I know it’s hard to imagine considering all the doubt and unbelief around you. You are fighting the spirit of this age, the unbelief and antichrist spirits abound.
But I have had a plan from the beginning that is much greater than anything you can imagine. Tomorrow’s troubles are nothing to underestimate, yet I AM WITH YOU. I AM lives inside of you ! Greater am I than the one who prowls around seeking whom he may devour. I know with all the struggles and demonic oppression you have seen, it’s hard to believe. Don’t see only with your natural eyes. But remember the Word, and all that is in there about what I have done, and what I’m going to do. PROPHESY it to the demonic realm. Yes, that is what you are doing when you speak it out, and declare it outloud ! As you do it, I will establish it .
STAY your mind on Me, and keep close to ME in the secret place of your heart, for I will NOT ever abandon you. Though men resist, and demons trouble you, I am with you and will fight with you and for you when it gets to be too much. The cup is almost full, and the light is shining in the darkness. Your cup will be filled as you REST IN ME, and worship Me in spirit and truth. Do not be afraid beloveds. My grace is sufficient for you. I am waiting for you and here for you at all times. Stop running away from my presence.
There is much resistance now compared to before, but I have loosed My kingdom in proportionate measure above what the enemy is trying to do. I am here, even when you can’t FEEL Me. I AM working in you more than you can see. Don’t be afraid. Climb in My lap, and sit with me a while. I will calm all your anxieties within you, and heal the pockets of unbelief, and empty them out, that they can be filled with My LOVE and compassion.
I am making you my strong horse in battle, and I am loosing those heavenly horses, that will carry you to the end. The riders on horses are carrying out their duties as I see fit. Do not be impatient for Me to answer or work in your situations. All is at hand beloveds. TRUST in Me completely. Let go of all you can hold in your hands. This world is fading away, but you know there is one already established which will replace it. In a moment, in a twinkling of an eye.”
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Monday, October 1, 2012
Saying Is Seeing
SPEAKING TO THE GLORY OF THE LORD
Donna Raphael
www.heavensthunder.org
SAYING IS SEEING
Now is the time to line up what you are speaking with what the Lord has spoken to you regarding the matter. Do not be influenced by the circumstances that you can see and feel in the natural. Just keep saying what the Lord has said and you will see the results of His words in your lives.
Mark 11:
21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
Donna Raphael
www.heavensthunder.org
SAYING IS SEEING
Now is the time to line up what you are speaking with what the Lord has spoken to you regarding the matter. Do not be influenced by the circumstances that you can see and feel in the natural. Just keep saying what the Lord has said and you will see the results of His words in your lives.
Mark 11:
21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
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