Shabat Shalom!
Now is the time to pray, fast and beg for mercy from YHWH in the name of his Son Yeshua HaMashiach. In this dark time, the light of the Holy Spirit is necessary so that we do not stumble.
Jim Reeves I love you because
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qit_HikDGxU
Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZKjjlZmR4Y
Let's read from Bible: Joel 2:12-13 & 1 Kefa 5:10-11
The sufferings of Yeshua's saints are great
People's suffering and distress is very relative in different parts of the world. According to the World Watch List 2023*), about 360 million Christians are under extreme persecution.
*) https://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/
That is, in addition to the fact that their human rights have been trampled on, they are oppressed in every possible way by preventing them from practicing their livelihood, not to mention studying. Some of them are robbed, raped, tortured and killed.
Human famine
Conflict, economic shocks, climate extremes and soaring fertilizer prices are combining to create a food crisis of unprecedented proportions. As many as 828 million people are unsure of where their next meal is coming from. We have a choice: act now to save lives and invest in solutions that secure food security, stability and peace for all, or see people around the world facing rising hunger.
A record 349 million people across 79 countries are facing acute food insecurity – up from 287 million in 2021. This constitutes a staggering rise of 200 million people compared to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels. More than 900,000 people worldwide are fighting to survive in famine-like conditions. This is ten times more than five years ago, an alarmingly rapid increase. An immediate response is needed. The global community must not fail on its promise to end hunger and malnutrition by 2030.
https://www.wfp.org/global-hunger-crisis
My own sufferings are small
My own suffering last Tuesday was almost insignificant compared to that, but still terrible, but it increases empathy for those in much greater suffering. I was at the dentist. Already in advance I prayed for help from above for two days.
I prayed for it because I knew from experience that I would have to be horizontal during the operation, when gastric juice would easily come up either in the mouth or some even in the bronchus, as well as the secretion of saliva so huge that I would have to swallow it constantly.
I asked the doctor to allow me to be in a semi-sitting position, but the dentist's patient chair could not be adjusted to such a position. What a pity!
Then it happened that when the liquid poured into my lungs I was about to suffocate for a while. My throat stung. I coughed and coughed and coughed the excess fluids out of my lungs. The doctor and the assistant understood the situation because I told them in advance about my tendency to get gastric juice easily up to my mouth if I have to lie on my back.
The procedure lasted 30 minutes and luckily the large split in the back tooth was repaired, and the tooth did not have to be removed. The operation made me feel so bad that I had a headache for two days, and I still haven't fully recovered.
I remember how in my youth I could sit upright in the chair at the dentist's office, when I didn't have any such problem. I believe that many of us also suffer from the problem I mentioned these days. Do you also suffer from these kinds of ailments? If you are suffering, please comment about them under the article and leave them as a prayer topic for the readers of this.
Our sufferings are very diverse in quality and duration. I seriously considered that maybe I won't go to the dentist at all anymore, but rather let the teeth fall out of my mouth, than have to experience almost suffocation again and a burning sensation in my bronchial tubes, as if I had drunk some acid.
It also added to the suffering in my case, knowing in advance what to expect. Fortunately, our suffering here is temporary and if I had suffocated during the operation, I would have ended up in a much better place than I am now. Hallelujah!
Our help is expected in the world
It is also needed more than before! The most important thing is to proclaim to all people and all nations the message of salvation about our resurrected Savior!
In addition, let's help the world's starving and refugees and the persecuted and those forced to live in the misery of war with prayers, donations and urging others to do so as much as they can!
It is to our Creator's mind and thus we show that we are his colleagues and our message becomes credible among the suffering and other people as well.
Blessings to you on weekend in Adonai Yeshua!
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