Several potentially dangerous gatherings have broken up and dissipated as worship was released among the unruly participants. Coming in a spirit of intercession, worshippers began to sing and position themselves between the protesting crowd and the Highway Patrol forming a protective line. Within minutes, the riotous crowd deflated and dispersed as, “This isn’t fun anymore.” and “I’m going home.” were heard. Others in the crowd joined the worship, with several coming to Christ.

(St. Louis, Missouri)

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Jesus brought a message that spoke to the deepest longings of the human heart to become not simply conformed to a religious subculture but transformed into “new creatures”. instead of focusing on the boundaries, Jesus focused on the centre, the heart of spiritual life. When asked to identify what the law is about, Jesus response was simply “Love God, Love people”. He names a fundamentally different way of identifying who are the children of God:” do they love God, and do they love the people who mean so much to Him?”

John Ortberg (The life you’ve always wanted)

Chris Evans (Islwyn, Labour)  Argoed in my constituency was rocked over the weekend by a particularly gruesome and horrific murder, and I am sure the whole House will join me in extending sympathies to the family of Cerys Yemm, the young girl who lost her life. The Ministry of Justice has launched an immediate investigation into why her killer committed such a serious offence within 30 days of being released. However, reports yesterday said that he could not get a prescription for his paranoid schizophrenia, he was not met at the prison gate and he was referred to a local bed and breakfast, where this horrific murder took place. Does the Secretary of State agree with the need for an urgent investigation into how mental health is treated in prisons and the monitoring of prisoners after they are released?

Chris Grayling (The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice ; Epsom and Ewell, Conservative)   Let us be clear that we all think that what took place was a horrendous incident. I offer my sincere condolences to the family of the victim. I also offer my sympathy to the hon. Gentleman as the localMember of Parliament dealing with this difficult situation. Of course, a serious further offence review is looking at what took place and it would be wrong of me to prejudge its outcome, but it is already clear to me that lessons will need to be learned and that we may need to make modifications to the way the system works in order to try to make sure that nothing as horrendous as this can ever happen again.

Our Discipleship is about following Jesus and learning from him. But who is the Jesus we follow and what can we expect to learn from him?

This topic will be addressed in Keswick 2015 July 11th to 17th

The heart of Christianity is about transformation-about a God who isn’t just concerned with our “spiritual lives “but who wants to impact every aspect of living. Its realising that God meets us not in a monastery but on Main street, and that all of ordinary, daily living has the potential to be lived as if Jesus himself were the one living it.

The Life you’ve always wanted  by John Ortberg

Fiona Bruce MP.   I beg to move,

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to clarify the law relating to abortion on the basis of sex-selection;
and for connected purposes.

Sex-selective abortions are happening in the UK, and there is widespread confusion over the law, which is why this Bill is needed. The Bill is extremely straightforward, merely clarifying that nothing in section 1 of the Abortion Act 1967 allows a pregnancy to be terminated on the grounds of the sex of the unborn child. It is a shame that this clarification is needed. Successive Health Ministers and even the Prime Minister have been very clear on the matter. They state that abortion for reasons of gender alone is illegal. The Prime Minister has described the practice as “simply appalling”. But these Ministers are being ignored. The British Pregnancy Advisory Service, which performs around 60,000 abortions a year, flatly disagrees with them. Even today, it is advising women, in one of its leaflets and on its website, that abortion for reasons of foetal sex is not illegal, because the law is “silent on the matter”.

The BMA represents every doctor who permits or performs an abortion and BPAS is the UK’s biggest abortion provider. We cannot sit idly by as it contradicts Ministers over a practice that the Government state is illegal. Urgent clarification from this House is needed.

Chris Evans (MP) :

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions
he has had with internet service providers about bringing forward
legislative proposals to tackle revenge porn websites.

Also:- This month Chris Grayling, the Justice Secretary, announced that the posting of so-called “revenge pornography” on the internet will carry a maximum jail term of two years. It is now likely to become law in the Criminal Justice Bill next spring.

According to ChildLine, 25 per cent of 13 to 18-year-olds have admitted sending a sexual image of themselves to someone else and the National Stalking Helpline and UK Safer Internet Centre report a dramatic rise in revenge porn incidents in the last six months.

Also from Chris Evans:-

Chris Evans: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment
he has made on the potential merits of consolidating all government
websites into gov.uk as means of reducing the use of copycat websites
which charge extra for government services.

Mary & Martha talk of praying for people they come into contact with; they share how God is answering prayer and moving anew in their nation. They excitedly tell me of miracles of healing, lively prayer meetings in their church and of neighbours being inquisitive of their faith.

They live with a deep sense of  Gods purpose and calling_ and chose not to allow the pain of a very difficult childhood to overshadow what the lord is now doing in their lives.

Although they will  never forget past difficulties they both read the Scriptures avidly for spiritual food.

Their eyes are clearly on the horizon in which Jesus is all they need and want and they ignore the few “inconveniences”.   (Cairo)

Release mag  Dec 2014 Issue 82     www.releaseinternational.org

How good to sing praises to our God!
    How delightful and how fitting!
³ He heals the brokenhearted
    and bandages their wounds.
⁴ He counts the stars
    and calls them all by name.
⁵ How great is our Lord! His power is absolute!
    His understanding is beyond comprehension