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9.11.15 Grow Your Prayer Life: Begin with a Foundational Prayer

Do you know why I love to blog? Because I believe that God will lift the words off the page and into your heart in a way that encourages or blesses you at your point of need. I started this blog five years ago to create another avenue of ministry to promote spiritual growth. I write to share something meaningful that will strengthen you as we travel on this spiritual journey together. To that end, I always pray that the Lord will give me what HE wants me to share to support you, and He answered! He planted this thought: “Since you find joy in praying for others, why don’t you not only pray over your readers, but help them grow their own prayer life?” The moment I “heard” that idea, I immediately saw a vision for it. Who doesn’t have room to grow in the spiritual discipline of prayer?! We never arrive, right?

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Before I advance this vision, let me be clear: I do not have the corner of the market on prayer! I do not believe I am above anyone. I don’t think I am more spiritual than anyone else. I have plenty of room to grow in this area. Consider me as one who comes along beside you to give ideas on how to strengthen your prayer life. I want to risk with God on this vision. I want to help you unleash the power of prayer in your own life. Moreover, I believe YOU have much to offer. I hope the Spirit prompts you to share things about your prayer life through the “Comments” section. I want everyone to enjoy YOUR wisdom and insights. The only credential I have is my personal experience, but I trust the Lord can use it for His glory.

I envision helping you develop your own prayer guide. You may read some prayers that resonate with you, so you adapt it to fit your prayer life. I want you to feel freedom to change anything you see. The goal is to strengthen YOU in prayer, and the Lord will show you how. Some posts on prayer will be topical. For example, what are some good Scripture passages to pray when we need protection? How can we pray effectively when someone is fighting an illness? What are ways that we can praise God through prayer? When hard decisions are in front of us, what are some Bible passages we can pray back to Him and then discern His answer? Again, I don’t have all the answers, but together we can gather many of them!

But where to begin? When I was little, my parents taught me popular prayers that I memorized. My bedtime prayer was, “Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray to God my soul to take.” When it was time to bless the food at the table, I learned, “God is great. God is good. Let us thank Him for our food. Amen.” But then I got older, so it was time to branch out from canned prayers.

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I learned to pray by listening to others. I listened to my parents pray. I paid attention to how my Sunday School teachers prayed, or how my pastor prayed in the pulpit. My youth pastor encouraged our small group to pray “sentence prayers” to help us overcome any fears of praying out loud. During my college years and in my twenties, I learned about quiet times. I had mentors in the church setting who taught me that I could read a devotional and then apply it through prayer. In my thirties and forties, I discovered prayer journaling. I stumbled upon a prayer notebook by E.M. Bounds called Memos to God. Each pre-printed sheet contained a set outline for prayer. The acronym was ACTS (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, and Supplication). I prayed to God daily by filling in the blank sheets after reading the devotional for the day. I kept a prayer journal for years. As God answered prayers, I used a yellow highlighter to reinforce that He hears our prayers. Now I’m in my fifties. I am discovering the power of using Scripture as a way to pray to God. Please know that I was never alone in this journey.

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God placed mature believers throughout my life who helped me grow my prayer life. My Dad prayed over me for many years. I experienced his strong love for me as he prayed to the Lord on my behalf. Norma Branson, my dear sister in Christ in Kansas, prayed with me every week for several years. My dear friend Bonnie Mikes has spent Thursday evenings with me for over four years here in Austin, and we’re going strong. Because their walk with the Lord is so deep, their prayer life is rich. I bet you have your own list of those who have helped you along. We not only need to thank God for these strong prayer warriors, but we need to embrace the vision that we can become prayer warriors too. Are you ready?!

Today I want to share a section of my prayer guide that is a daily staple for me. A beautiful choral arrangement called “God Be in My Head” by John Rutter inspired it. Please listen to it. It’s only 1.5 minutes long: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U3mHgedrsQ

 

Here are the lyrics:

“God be in my head and in my understanding;

God be in my eyes and in my looking;

God be in my mouth and in my speaking;

God be in my heart and in my thinking;

God be at my end and in my departing.”

 

Mr. Rutter describes beautifully how pervasive God should be in our lives. We want to ask God to permeate every area of our lives. As you read the prayer below, I encourage you to roll your cursor over each Scripture reference. You will see the complete verse that supports the prayer request:

 

God, be in our head and understanding:

  • May you give us generous portions of wisdom without finding fault [James 1:5]
  • May you give us the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that we may know you better. May this same Spirit give us keen spiritual insight into all of our circumstances [Eph 1:17]
  • As we live out each day, help us to “trust in the Lord always and lean not on our own understanding, but in all our ways, acknowledge Him, and He will make our paths straight.” [Prov 3:5-6]

 

God, be in our eyes and in our looking:

  • May we see everyone through the spiritual lens of Christ [I Sam 16:7; Rom 2:11; Jam 2:1]
  • May we look upon one another with Christ’s compassion and mercy [Matt 9:36]
  • When we interact with others, may the smile of Jesus be evident in our eyes. May they experience our genuine care and concern for them [Prov 15:30a]
  • When situations become complex, may your Spirit bring the hidden things to light that we may see and understand them from your vantage point. [Job 12:22, Job 28:11, Dan 2:22]

 

God, be in our mouth and in our speaking:

  • May you give us words of life that are comforting, encouragement, edifying, hopeful and healing [Prov 15:4, Prov 15:30b]
  • May you lead us by your Spirit to choose our words wisely so that we minister to those around us. [Prov 25:11]

 

God, be in our heart and in our thinking:

  • May you give us a fresh indwelling of your Holy Spirit. [Eph 5:18b]
  • May the fruit of the Spirit be evident to others. [Gal 5:22-23]
  • May the eyes of our heart be enlightened in order that we may know the hope to which you have called us. [Eph 1:18]
  • May we give the Holy Spirit free reign to control our mind that will result in “life and peace.” [Rom 8:6b]   

 

This is my foundational prayer. Do you have a foundational prayer in which you’re inviting God to be involved in every part of your being? Did other Scripture passages come to mind that we can use to strengthen the above prayer guide? If so, please click “Share Your Comments” below for everyone’s benefit.

As my subscribers, I am now praying for you. I can’t wait to see how God strengthens us in our prayer life. Until we meet again, “May the Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.” (Num 6:24-26)

 

Blessings,

Lee Ann

8.21.15 Will You Use Your Influence Now to Effect the Presidential Election?

If you knew you had more control over the outcome of the Presidential election, would you exercise it? As I watched the Republican debate on August 5th, I knew immediately the candidates I did not want as President! I also observed Christian candidates on the platform who could lead our country. They would need God’s help to make it to the final ticket, however. Watching the debate caused me to reflect on the 2012 Presidential election, when I waited for the final nominees before realizing I had better pray! I didn’t start praying early enough, nor did I pray boldly enough.

If you’re a Christian, I have a call to action

that allows you to influence the outcome in the next election.

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I believe the Lord wants candidates who have a heart after His. He wants leaders who have the humility to come before Him to seek His wisdom in all matters. God has given us a golden opportunity to pray fervently for the next twelve months to effect who becomes the nominee for each party. Today I want to inspire all Christians to ask the Lord to bring two strong Christian candidates to the final ticket. To that end, let’s pray in agreement the following requests:

1. May each Christian candidate have a heart after His.

I am reminded of the story of King Saul, who was disobedient to God and was no longer allowed to be the King. Samuel told King Saul, “The Lord has sought out a man after his own heart and appointed him leader of His people, because you have not kept the Lord’s command.” (I Sam 13:13-14) We then get a glimpse of how God chooses His leader in I Sam 16.

The Lord told Samuel that He had chosen one of Jesse’s sons to be king, but Samuel had no idea who it was because Jesse had eight sons. God prepared Samuel, saying, “The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” Jesse presented his first seven sons, but Samuel said, “The Lord has not chosen these. Are these all the sons you have?” Jesse had a son named David, who was out in the field tending the sheep. Samuel asked for Jesse to send for David, and the Lord said, “Rise and anoint him; he is the one.”

As we pray over the candidates who believe they can lead our country, let’s not fall into the trap of external appearances. We want what God wants, a man or woman after God’s own heart.

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2. May the Lord help these Christian candidates find great favor with the American people. 

We have biblical examples to support that God gives favor to His children.

  • Abel brought the fat portions of his firstborn flock, but his brother brought “some of the fruits of the soil” as an offering. Since Abel honored God through his giving, the “Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering.” (Gen 4:4)
  • Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God. So “Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.” (Gen 6:8-9)
  • Moses, whom the Lord called to deliver Israel, had God’s favor: “I know you by name and you have found favor with me.” (Ex 33:12)

The biblical accounts show that those who obeyed God had His favor. Since God doesn’t change, I believe the biblical pattern will continue. He will reveal to us over the next year whom He has shown favor.

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3. May God fill these two Christian candidates with boundless wisdom. 

King David had a son, Solomon. Before King David died, he appointed Solomon to reign in his place. (I Kings 1:29-36) Solomon showed his love for the Lord by walking according to the statutes of his father David. (I Kings 3:3) The Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.” (I Kings 3:5)

Solomon knew what he needed: “Now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties. Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or number. So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours? (I Kings 3:7-9)

Do you see Solomon’s humility and dependence on the Lord to help him succeed in his new role as the king? Don’t we all desire two Christian candidates who would humbly come before the Lord asking for God’s wisdom? Solomon pleased the Lord. “Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be.” (I Kings 3:11-12) We read later that, “God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore.” (I Kings 4:29)

Let’s pray that the Lord will make it clear which Christian candidates are seeking wisdom. I believe He will show us as we go along.

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Prayer is the most powerful tool God has given us to change our world. Let’s not waste it or get lazy in our prayer life. I am asking Christians to join in agreement to pray boldly for the requests made above. We have the ability to influence the outcome of this next election if we would pray daily. NOW is the time! Nothing is impossible with God. I believe He will provide two strong Christian candidates on the ticket so that it’s a win-win for the American people.

Are you on board? If yes, would you prayerfully consider sharing this with other Christians? The more who pray in agreement, the more we positively influence the outcome of the next Presidential election. Your thoughts are always welcome below. 

Blessings,

Lee Ann

7.17.15 Lessons I Learned as a Medical Power of Attorney

“Does your father have a DNR on file?” Dr. Li, my dad’s ER physician, called me because I was Dad’s medical power of attorney (MPOA). Fortunately, I already knew that DNR stood for “Do Not Resuscitate.” Dad always had his DNR taped to doorways and cabinets wherever he lived! But as I handled more questions from Dr. Li, I realized I wasn’t as prepared to make decisions for my Dad as I thought. Because many of you will find yourself in this role at some point, I want to share some lessons I’ve learned to help you better prepare.

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Dad was always proactive. He communicated in 2009 that he was ready to meet the Lord. He emphasized that under no circumstances did he want his life to be artificially sustained. He said, “Please let me go, and REJOICE with me when that happens!” Then in June 2011, he approached me to see if I would be his MPOA. I readily said, “yes.” Months after I agreed to this role, I received a copy of his MPOA document, along with his living will, a directive to medical providers. Instead of reading the documents word-for-word, I skimmed the pages to get the gist of his desires and promptly filed it away. That’s not good preparation!

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Four years later, I found myself thrust into making medical decisions for Dad without warning. Dr. Li called me several times to discern Dad’s wishes so he could proceed with his care. I had to think on my feet. I was at a service station the first time he called and in no position to access Dad’s living will. All I remembered of Dad’s wishes was that he was ready to go “home.”  Every time Dr. Li asked a question, I repeated a question of my own: Does this procedure artificially sustain Dad’s life, or is it meant to make him more comfortable?

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I winged it, but you don’t have to. Here are a few recommendations so you will be ready when it’s your time to make medical decisions for your family members:

1) Read the documents your loved ones took the time to prepare!

By God’s grace, I answered Dr. Li’s questions correctly without reading Dad’s living will closely. I looked it up after he died to confirm this. “If, in the judgment of my physician, my death is imminent within minutes to hours, even with the use of available medical treatment provided within the prevailing standards of care, I acknowledge that all treatments may be withheld or removed except those needed to maintain my comfort.” Dr. Li told me that he considered Dad’s respiratory distress as an “end-of-life” situation. Once they removed his Bi-Pap mask that pumped oxygen into his lungs, Dad could die within minutes or hours.

 

2) After you read the documents, sit down with your loved ones to process them and make sure you understand what they desire.

I was negligent, but this doesn’t have to be true for you. Healthcare decisions are more complex than you think. For example, think about a DNR. Suppose a loved one goes into cardiac arrest and stops breathing. Does the DNR mean “do not resuscitate” in all circumstances? Imagine yourself having the cardiac arrest. If all it takes is for a person to perform CPR, don’t you want that? I think we owe it to our loved ones to get these kinds of clarifications.

 

3) Make sure you have these documents at your finger tips.

With today’s technology, documents can be at our finger tips. Here are some ideas:

  • Buy a USB stick (approximately $8) and download these documents. Store the USB stick in your purse, or attach it to your key ring.

7.17.15 USB Stick

  • Email your medical provider a copy of your MPOA and living will. Many times your doctor will be the referring physician when you need more specialized care. They can forward these documents with your permission to other providers.
  • Consider storing your documents in a digital filing cabinet like Evernote, which you can access by their phone App or on your computer via the Internet.
  • Keep a hard copy of these documents in your glove compartment and in your home files.

 

4) If you haven’t established your living will and/or medical POA, now is the time.

Are you procrastinating to get your living will and MPOA in place? If yes, welcome to the club. I have an offer for my Texas readers that you shouldn’t pass up. My attorney is willing to offer his services at a special price of $75 if we contact him in the next 90 days and use my name as your referral source. Here is his contact data: Don Walden, 512-349-9595, donwalden@peoplepc.com. If you live in Texas, he will offer this $75 rate through October 16, 2105.

 

If you have been in this role and have some lessons to share with us, please do so below.

 

Blessings,

Lee Ann

7.3.15 The Heart of My Father: His Last Two Requests

Knowing how paralyzing fear can be, God’s Word states over 140 times, “Be Not Afraid.” Jesus emphasized that we are free from fear when He said,

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”  (John 14:27)

As Christians we face fears and anxieties because it is part of the human experience, and Dad was no exception. Today I share his last two prayer requests from his Intercessory Agreement¹:

“Father, pour into me such levels of grace and love that every trace of fear in me will be completely eliminated from this moment until death and instead that my whole being will be filled with Your joy. I again acknowledge my weakness and that more grace will be needed to eliminate fear in me. I ask You to make me as unswerving and unshakeable as the Rock within.”

God has given us a foundation for dealing with fear, commanding us not to fear. “Do not be anxious about ANYTHING, but in EVERYTHING, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” (Phil 4:6-7).  The Lord invites us, “Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.” (I Peter 5:7) If I were developing curriculum for a class on “How to Deal with Fear – 101,” these verses would serve as our beginning point. All should learn to take our fears and anxieties to God through prayer and petitions to receive His peace.

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God never meant for us to live in fear, but rather live with His peace in all circumstances. There was no fear on earth until Satan and sin entered the world. Dad already knew this, like many of you. Yet his prayer reflects a spiritual maturity that I hope to have someday. Based on his prayer, I would create curriculum for “How to Deal with Fear – 201.” It would be based on I John 4:18, “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.” 

Dad understood that fear and love cannot co-exist. His prayer reflected a desire to avoid having fear in the first place. He desired to live for Christ with a heart that soaked in the love of God at all times. If God filled his heart with His perfect love, there would be no room for fear. The perfecting of God’s love in our lives is a process. When we were lost, we lived in fear and knew nothing of God’s love. After we trusted Christ, we found a mixture of both fear and love in our hearts. But as we grow in fellowship with the Father, the fear gradually vanishes and His love alone controls our hearts. An immature Christian wavers between fear and love; a mature Christian rests in God’s love.

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Finally, Dad offered his last prayer request:

“I offer my earthly life for causing the primary commandment to love You with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my mind and with all my strength, to be fully realized in me. I know that absolute sovereignty will be required to accomplish this, but, since You are sovereign, I have no doubt that You can do it although accomplishing that in me could well be the most difficult task You have ever undertaken.”

Dad’s heart was to glorify God in everything he said and did. He understood that his frailties would get in the way of his desire to fulfill the greatest commandment of all. He determined from the beginning to never stop praising God.

At the end of his Agreement, he showed his humility: “I am exercising my free will now to lay this in Your hands counting on You to carry it out and to leave nothing up to me from here on. I don’t want my human weakness to be given any opportunity to abort and frustrate my desire to glorify You and to be used by You. I am depending on You to arrange and do it all.”

As I conclude this series, I grieve that I lost a humble father who lived selflessly for Jesus. Though I will always miss him, he is with Jesus and I couldn’t be happier for him! I look forward to living with him for all eternity. Thank you for going on this journey with me to honor my father. I appreciate your love and support.

 

If you were to author an Intercessory Prayer Agreement, what would be one of your ongoing prayer requests? Your thoughts on anything you’ve read are always warmly welcomed below. 

 

Blessings,

Lee Ann

 

¹ Intercessory Agreement: Blog Series for each prayer request begins 5.8.15 http://wp.me/p3LmrK-ry through today’s post.

6.19.15 The Heart of My Father: Without Excuse

If Jesus is the only way to God, what happens to those who’ve never heard the gospel? I hear this question even from Christians. It seems unfair for God to send people to hell if they’ve never heard about His Son, Jesus Christ. Dad ran into this question as well, which not only compelled him to write a book, Without Excuse, but also led him to include a special prayer request within his Intercessory Agreement. Today I continue to honor my father for the spiritual legacy he left behind. If you haven’t read my recent blogs, you need to know that he was willing to lay down his life early in exchange for eight prayer requests he listed in his Intercessory Agreement ¹. Here is his sixth petition:

“I offer my earthly life for making the saving blood of Jesus available to every human being right from the dawn of history to its end in such a way that not a single soul is lost due to involuntary ignorance of Your provision in Christ, an inadequate witness or any other circumstances, i.e., so that all eternal losses occur solely as a result of deliberate rejection of Your mercies in Jesus Christ from a position of full conviction and awareness. As you know, I am personally persuaded that You have already done this.” 

Dad cared deeply for those who were spiritually lost. He didn’t want one person to stand before God on Judgment Day and play the card, “I never heard about you.” He wanted every soul who has ever walked the earth to stand before the Lord without excuse. If people decide to reject Jesus as their only provision for salvation, they need to do it with the full awareness of God’s mercies available to them in Christ Jesus. Dad wanted to rule out the concern, “What about those who have never heard the gospel?”

Dad wrote Without Excuse to engage this question. He begins in the Preface of his book:

“Many challenges to Christianity are based on the failures of Christians and church organizations to bear good fruit, or on futile efforts to discredit the Bible. However, by far the most effective assault, in my opinion, that can be made on Christianity is to accept the experience as professed and the Bible as valid, and then point to the apparent inequality of opportunity to learn of God’s mercies in Jesus Christ – to raise the problem of circumstantial, involuntary ignorance. It is my aim in this book to discover some principles in Scripture which will lay this question to rest.”

Dad’s thesis is that “God does not permit the failures of the flesh to be the deciding factor in the eternal loss of a soul. There cannot possibly be anything statistical about a man’s eternal destiny. Fellowship with God is not a reward for circumstances of birth and exposure to the Word. Invitations to salvation are not by lottery. To present a man with the possibility of condemnation without the clear and present possibility of mercy would be predestination to damnation which is nonsense; there must exist for every man a choice.” The rest of his book is a guided tour of Scripture that support his thesis.

For those who have an itch to hear some Scripture on this question, let me summarize what I understand the Bible to say:

  • The Bible affirms that Jesus said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except by me.” (John 14:6) There is no other name under heaven by which man can be saved. (Acts 4:12)
  • God is just. “It is unthinkable that God would do wrong, that the Almighty would pervert justice.” (Job 34:12) (Other references – Gen 18:25; Acts 17:31)
  • God loves us with an everlasting love. (Jer 31:3) (Other passages – John 3:16; 2 Pet 3:9)
  • God continues to reveal Himself through His handiwork in creation. (Rom 1:19-20)
  • Because no one has been kept in the dark about God, we’re all accountable to Him. (Luke 12:47-48)

So is it true that there are people who have lived and never heard the Gospel? The answer is “no.” If people die spiritually lost, it’s a result of their own actions, and not because of God. People don’t end up in hell because of what they haven’t heard, but rather because of their failure to act responsibly on what God has already revealed to them. We know that God reveals Himself through creation (Romans 1), through our conscience (Romans 2), or through the light of Christ (Romans 3).

Dad already believed that God faithfully reveals Himself to everyone He created. I think that is why he boldly asked the Lord to let those who reject Jesus to do it deliberately and with the “conviction and full awareness” of God’s tender mercies made available through Christ. He didn’t want anyone to buy into the lie of “involuntary ignorance.”

Part of Dad’s spiritual legacy was giving a clear answer to “Does God send people to hell if they’ve never heard about Jesus.” Through his study of Scripture, he landed on a resounding “NO!” And he has thoroughly documented his answer with many Scripture passages in his book.

Writing about his spiritual legacy has caused me to evaluate my own prayer life. I will ask you the same question I am asking myself, “What is one thing I can do to take my prayer life to a deeper level?” I think I need to start prayer with silence and record in a journal the thoughts He brings me. I am so eager to pray for family and friends that I bet I’m not giving enough room for God to let His voice be heard. I think He’s endured many monologues. How about you? 

Blessings,

Lee Ann

 

¹ Dad’s Intercessory Agreement contained this language: In the hope that it is meaningful and that my earthly life is still at least partly mine to give, I am willing to lay down the rest of my earthly life if You count that of sufficient value that You are willing in exchange to do the things I have listed below:”

Prayer Request #1: The salvation of my children, Gene and Lee Ann. http://wp.me/p3LmrK-ry

Prayer Request #2: The salvation of every soul I have ever asked You for or will ever ask for in prayer. http://wp.me/p3LmrK-rN

Prayer Requests #3, #4, #5:

  • The release of all Russian saints from prisons and camps.
  • The prevention of any further arrests or confinements of Christians in the USSR and the provision of freedom to meet and worship without disturbances.
  • Giving the Russian saints and inquirers plenty of Bibles and related literature without fear of confiscation. http://wp.me/p3LmrK-s8