When I was 12 years old, my mother handed me over to an agent. I was crammed into a truck and taken from my home in Benin and across the border into Nigeria. I was crying and scared. I didn’t know where they were taking me or why my mother just gave me away to… Read More Binta’s Story
If you want to know what God wants, the best place to find out is in the Bible. One morning I was reading one of the psalms and God clearly spelled out what He wanted from His people. “O my people, listen as I speak. Here are my charges against you, O Israel: I am… Read More What God Wants
I’m a Ethiopian Jewish woman living in Israel but life here is terrible for people like me. We are not welcomed in the Jewish community because of our skin color and we are accused of being “fake Jews”. My husband is a white Israeli Jew. We met when he came to Gondar, a northern town… Read More Zala’s Story
“The question is not whether you ever gave yourself to God, but whether you are His now” ― Elizabeth Prentiss, Stepping Heavenward Elizabeth Prentiss, née Elizabeth Payson, daughter of an American Congregational preacher, Edward Payson, well known for her hymn “More Love to Thee, O Christ” and the religious novel Stepping Heavenward was deeply impacted by… Read More Comforted and Comforting
Since he made the proposition, they had been seeing each other regularly every afternoon, excluding weekends. She would arrive at his suite at five and he would let her in. There were the odd occasions where he would be in the suite, waiting for her in the bedroom when she went to clean it and… Read More The Kimono
Far hath I come to be at thy side, my heart my sole and trusted guide To place upon thy breast this red rose, plucked this morn, a token of my love Beside the note that praises thee for thy services to king, country and God above. I stand here, gazing upon thy countenance, me… Read More A Simple Peasant Girl/Honour #writephoto
I told them that even if their situation seems like a mountain, God is mightier than the problem – Nitya Can you imagine being so poor that you live in a shack made of cardboard and plastic? What if you had to struggle daily just to survive? Imagine sharing a shanty with ten other families… Read More Living in Slums
I just heard about this video of the undercover exposé of Planned Parenthood’s practice of trafficking fetal parts so I watched it and could not believe how callous Deborah Nucatola, the organization’s Senior Director of Medical Services was. She was eating a salad and drinking a glass of wine as she casually talked about extracting the specimens… Read More Planned Parenthood Videos
Imagine being imprisoned for your faith! For Shahnaz Jayzan and other Christians, this is a sad reality. Thankfully, Shahnaz was released from prison on January 28, 2014 but with conditions. Read more about her story in the below email I received from The Voice of the Martyrs Canada. Please pray for Shahnaz, the Christians in… Read More Iranian Christian Woman Released From Prison
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