Worthy Brief - 9/8/2022

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Friend, keep going -- don't stop!

Hebrews 12:1-2 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

In the Greek Olympic games of old, a unique race was run. The winner was not the runner who finished first --- it was the runner who finished with his torch still lit!

There are times in our lives when we feel like we just can't continue in the race. These are precisely the times when the enemy loves to assault us to the point of breaking and torment us saying "You'll never make it to the finish line, you may as well just quit now". This is the time we need to cling on to God's promises! The Lord will soon reward our diligence for all our toiling here in this world. Paul said, "Let us not grow weary in well-doing for in due season we shall reap if we do not faint".

Friend, let's allow God's wonderful promises to strengthen and comfort us in each circumstance so that we can run the race --- not to finish first, but to run together, side by side --- the flame of our torch reaching the finish line blazing brightly with fire for Him!

Your family in the Lord with much agape love,

George & Obadiah (in Baltimore), Baht Rivka (in Israel) and Elianna (in Texas)

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Around the World
Canada Police Detain Suspect In Mass Stabbing
Police in Canada have detained the remaining suspect in a mass stabbing that left 10 people dead and 18 others injured.
IAEA ‘cannot assure’ Iran nuke program peaceful; Tehran has enough material for bomb
The UN’s nuclear watchdog said Wednesday it could not guarantee the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program, saying there had been “no progress” in resolving questions over the past presence of nuclear material at undeclared sites.

Israel-Palestinian Conflict
US ambassador: Two-state solution needed to ensure Israel remains a Jewish and democratic country
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides on Wednesday said it is his guiding principle to advance a two-state solution with the Palestinians because failure to do so is making it difficult to ensure his “North Star” of “maintaining Israel as both a Jewish and democratic state.”
Israel, US complete simulated missile-defense exercise
The United States and Israel recently completed a simulated joint missile defense exercise, the Israeli Defense Ministry announced on Monday.

Inside the United States
California cannot force doctors to participate in assisted suicide, court rules
A federal district court in California has ruled that doctors cannot be forced to participate in assisted suicide procedures in any way, including by documenting a patient's request for the procedure before referral to a different physician, the Washington Times reports.
Christian parents group urges Disney to cancel “Little Demon” show
The One Million Moms (OMM) Christian group has started a website petition requesting that Disney cancel its FFX animated series Little Demon, a show which centers on a woman who was impregnated by Satan and gives birth to an Antichrist daughter, Christian Headlines (CH) reports. As of the morning of September 7, the petition had over 24,200 subscribers.
Navy wants new destroyer with lasers, hypersonic missiles
The U.S. Navy’s workhorse destroyer went into production more than 30 years ago, when Tom Stevens was a young welder.

Christian News
Entire China church congregation seeks emergency refugee asylum in US amid persecution
An entire church congregation that left China to escape religious persecution is seeking emergency asylum in the United States after being denied refugee status in South Korea, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
California school district must reinstate Christian student group dropped for LGBTQ stance, federal court rules
A federal court of appeals ruled on August 29 that a Christian athletics group must be reinstated as an official student club in San Jose, California, after it was de-recognized by school officials for requiring its leaders to abide by the belief that marriage is between one man and one woman, Education Week (EW) reports.

Worthy Watch
IAEA Sounds Alarm; Iran Just 3-4 Weeks Away from Nuclear Bomb
A recently released report by the International Atomic Energy Agency details Iran's stock of uranium has enriched dramatically in the past three months and that its nuclear program may not be entirely peaceful.

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