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I love them and may the Lord have mercy on us all. We have all sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Go here to see the lie I am reffering to: http://www.testimonymovie.com/Videos.html
Romans 1:24-27 (New International Version)
24Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.
26Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.
Last July when I was visiting Hyderabad India while on a business trip I met a gentleman named Anand. He is the director of YWAM (Youth With A Mission) in Hyderabad. I posted two videos I took while I was with him, here and here.
Recently he informed me of a very serious situation taking place in the nearby state of Orissa where Christians are being persecuted and martyred. I wanted to get the back story on the situation and here is what I he said. He sent this to me on September 4th.
Disclaimer: He wrote this directly to me in an email and it wasn’t intended for the purpose of me posting it.
“Thank you for your fervent prayers for Orissa. it started on 25 August 2008, the entire state was called to a halt and a protest (bandh). Early last morning, several of the people went to pray in a church in Bhubaneshwar (the capital of Orissa). Police were guarding the church. The whole day one of our prayer partner saw frenzy mobs burning, looting and shouting slogans against Christians as they rode around the city on their bikes, cars and trucks.
The violence in December 2007 effected only one district but this one is spread all over Orissa. It is said that over one thousand Christians’ houses have been burnt in the rural areas, the people have fled to the mountains and forests. Over a hundred churches or prayer halls have been destroyed. So far we do not know how many have been burnt or killed.
So it is started happen from 10 days back onwards (from 25th Aug 2008). It is latest news. Please pray for this situation. because it is started one of the main Hindu leader has been killed by Naxalites or underground people, they suspect about Christians and this bad to them the moist people confessed that they have killed the Hindu leader.”
Then last Saturday the 13th Anand sent me an update from a brother named Divakaran:
“Nineteen days ago the brutal killing of Christians began in one of the districts in Orissa.
· The trouble has now spilled over to fourteen districts.
· This has now effected 1100 villages.
· 18,000 Christian families been attacked.
· 78,000 people been displaced, including 13,000 in relief camps.
· 36,000 been injured
· 100 or more have been killed or burned to death.
The militant outfit has been distributing leaflets, in the troubled area asking people to kill prominent Christian leaders. A list of names been mentioned. This is what it says, “There is no place for Christians in Orissa. If Christians don’t become Hindus they have to go. They must leave Orissa or face death”.
We hear stories like:
- “I will die, but I won’t stop being a Christian”, said Narmada, a Christian lady. It is a simple bond that no human wrath can sever a woman and her God.
- Dibyasunder, 38 year old pastor was returning home after preaching in a church on the 24th of Aug. He was asked to deny his faith but he refused. He was killed in front of the other Christians in that village.
- Vijaya Pradhan, 35 years old, is now hiding some where in the thick forest along with the other Christians. He was a member of the RSS, the militant outfit, for 8 years. He wonderfully came to the Lord on the 26th January 1994. God is at work. Pray for many others like him to stand firm for their faith.
Re-conversion:
People have been dragged to the Hindu temple for conversion to Hinduism, or face death.
With a coconut in one hand and an Oriya Bible in the other, they are forced to say, “I swear that I have become a Hindu today .If I ever become a Christian again may my clan perish”. Then they break the coconut and burn the Bible or they will be killed.
The police and the state government authorities are mere bystanders as the rioter’s rampage village after village. Looting, killing, raping, and burning homes still goes on. The media is biased and no one is allowed in that area as the roads are blocked with tree trunks and boulders. Sad, such things are happening in a free democratic India. The state government is hand in glove with the militants.
Please write to President, Prime minister of India.
Write to your MPs, Governors, Senators, Congressmen and other Human rights organizations and plead for immediate intervention.
With a heavy heart,
Divakaran”
I am proud to be associated with these persecuted saints. They are my brothers and sisters. Please pray for their protection and that the Holy Spirit would be loosed in that region and Revival would break out.
