{"id":6502,"date":"2016-07-06T15:20:01","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T19:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=6502"},"modified":"2016-07-06T15:20:01","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T19:20:01","slug":"news-briefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=6502","title":{"rendered":"NEWS BRIEFS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Missions Catalyst News Briefs 7.6.16<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. BRAZIL: Refugee Olympic Team, Symbol of Triumph and Belonging<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. RUSSIA: Law Would Curtail Evangelism<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. NEPAL: Influential Buddhist Monk Receives Jesus<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. CAMBODIA: Journey of a New Testament Begins with Vietnam War Refugees<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"Pray<\/p>\n

    This Prayercast video<\/a> asks, \u201cDoes God love even them?\u201d Join us in praying for Islamic State and those they target or endanger.<\/p>\n

    Dear Readers,<\/p>\n

    May the recent suicide attacks in Orlando, Bangladesh, Baghdad, and Saudi Arabia serve as a call to press in on praying for our enemies and those they target. At least 250 people were killed in the July 3 attack on Baghdad; drone images capture the devastation<\/a> (CNN). Pray also for those going to dangerous places to love and serve those in some of the places of greatest need. A team serving in Fallujah barely escaped<\/a> harm when a coalition airstrike hit (Preemptive Love Coalition).<\/p>\n

    Prayercast reminds us, \u201cDespite these gruesome realities, \u2018Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but\u2026against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms\u2019 (Ephesians 6:12). This is a spiritual battle against our adversary, the devil, who \u2018prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour\u2019 (1 Peter 5:8).<\/p>\n

    \u201cWe hate the darkness and underlying evil, and we grieve the resulting bloodshed and pain. Yet Jesus still says, \u2018love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you\u2019 (Matthew 5:44). God\u2019s love reaches not only those suffering under this oppression, but it reaches even into the ranks of Islamic State. Just as God transformed Saul into Paul through an encounter with Jesus, so can he transform today\u2019s persecutors into tomorrow\u2019s evangelists. And he is doing just that.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Pray for the Islamic State using Prayercast\u2019s short, powerful video<\/a> (contains graphic images). See also In Harm\u2019s Way: Reflections on Missionaries and Risk<\/a> (Evangelical Missions Quarterly).<\/p>\n

    Soberly,
    \nPat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Missions Catalyst News Briefs 7.6.16 BRAZIL: Refugee Olympic Team, Symbol of Triumph and Belonging RUSSIA: Law Would Curtail Evangelism NEPAL: Influential Buddhist Monk Receives Jesus CAMBODIA: Journey of a New Testament Begins with Vietnam War Refugees This Prayercast video asks, \u201cDoes God love even them?\u201d Join us in praying for Islamic State and those they … Continue reading NEWS BRIEFS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6502"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6505,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6502\/revisions\/6505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}