Worthy Brief - 2/17/2025

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Friend, you're His masterpiece!

Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

Millions of dollars are spent worldwide on priceless works of art. I'm always amazed at how much people will pay for one painting—some are considered virtually priceless. But what makes a masterpiece? It's not a what—it's a "who." A master makes a masterpiece!

There's a Master at work on you. Your life is a priceless work of art in the Lord’s hand. God's masterful artistry, His perfect "touch," is painting, sculpting your life day by day to create the masterpiece He envisions you to be. Every stroke of the brush, every strike of the chisel, places color, renders shape to your individual identity in Him. You can trust His craftsmanship and rely on His artistry because not only is He the consummate Master Artist, but He loves His works.

"We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works."  So it seems the Master Artist has created you to be an artist, too, to walk in good works that reflect His work in you. You are a beautiful masterpiece in the making, designed to portray a beautiful Master in all you do.

Friend, the Lord's work is beautiful, it's the best, highest quality available, three dimensional, living and breathing...and it's truly "priceless" in terms of this world's reckoning– but wait until you see just how He values you and your good works where it really counts -- in the World to Come. So realize that you are a work of God -- created for good works to be valued, highly valued, in Eternity.

Your family in the Lord with much agape love,

George, Baht Rivka, Elianna and Obadiah
(Irvine, California)

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Around the World
Munich Security Conference Mourns 2 Killed In Attack
Germany’s annual Munich Security Conference (MSC) plunged into mourning Sunday as news emerged that two people were killed in a car-ramming attack on a labor union protest in nearby Munich, which also injured nearly 40 people.
18 Killed In Stampede At India’s New Delhi Train Station
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday he was “distressed by the stampede” at a train station in India’s capital of New Delhi that killed at least 18 people, including 14 women.
Hungary’s Orbán Warns Of End EU And Expects Peace In Ukraine Soon (Worthy News In-Depth)
Hungary’s powerful prime minister has warned that the European Union will collapse by 2029 unless it reinvents itself and said he expects a “permanent” peace solution for wartorn Ukraine within six months “or even earlier.”
Ukraine Calls For Europe Army Ahead Of Putin-Trump Talks In Saudi Arabia
Ukraine's president calls for the creation of an "army of Europe" amid fears the United States and Russia will decide on his nation’s future at a meeting between the U.S. and Russian leaders in Saudi Arabia.
Alice in Orbánland: Germany’s AfD Leader Visits Hungary Amid Controversy
This week, it was “Alice in Orbánland” as the leader of Germany’s far-right AfD party, Alice Weidel, visited Hungary, led by Viktor Orbán, the prime minister who critics say turned his nation into a thiefdom.
Dozens Injured As ‘Islamic Extremist’ Drives Car In German Crowd (Worthy News Focus)
Investigators say an Afghan migrant who pushed his car into a workers protest in the German city of Munich, injuring nearly 40 people, was a bodybuilding “Islamic extremist” shouting “Allahu Akbar” or “Allah is the Greatest.”

Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Arab Nations Seek Rebuilding Gaza In 5 Years
Arab countries will unveil a plan to reconstruct Gaza within three to five years without displacing the Palestinian population and without Hamas control over the territory, sources said Sunday.
Saudi Arabia To Host Summit On Trump’s Gaza Plan
Saudi Arabia will host an Arab summit to offer an alternative to American President Donald J. Trump’s U.S. ‘takeover’ plan for the Gaza Strip, several sources confirmed Saturday.
Three Hostages Released by Hamas in Gaza
Hamas, designated as a terrorist organization by Israel and most of its allies, has released three hostages, including Alexander Troufanov, Argentine-Israeli Yair Horn, and American-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen, officials say.

Inside the United States
Trump Dismisses Federal Employees on Probationary Status
President Donald Trump dismissed federal workers who have been on the job for less than a year as the president continues to reshape the federal workforce during his second term.
$100 Million in COVID-Era Unemployment Fraud Targeted by Republicans
Legislation that would give the U.S. Department of Justice more time to track down and punish pandemic-era unemployment insurance (UI) fraud is on its way to the U.S. House floor
US Energy Department Rushing To Bring Back Nuclear Energy Specialists
The U.S. Energy Department is rushing to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly terminating hundreds of jobs as part of a broader government overhaul, several American sources say.
Trump’s Border Csar Condemns Pope’s Migration Views
The border czar in the administration of U.S. President Donald J. Trump has accused Pope Francis of hypocrisy for condemning mass deportations of illegal immigrants in the United States while living at the Vatican, which is surrounded by a wall.
Elon Musk Calls For Deletion of Some Federal Agencies (Video)
Elon Musk urged the US to eliminate entire federal agencies to cut spending and reorganize priorities, criticizing the current government as a "rule of bureaucracy" rather than a democracy.

Christian News
Ai Backed Global ‘Pentecost’ Event Mobilizes Church
Preparations are underway for what organizers view as the world’s most expansive global church gathering since the Biblical Pentecost when people from many nations heard the Gospel.
Body of Slain Christian Doctor Discovered in Pakistan
The body of a young missing Christian medical doctor who was “murdered” in southeastern Pakistan amid rising Islamic extremism has been found, Christians confirmed Sunday.
Pakistani Pastor Shot By Two Assailants (Worthy News Investigation)
A Presbyterian church pastor was recovering from his injuries Friday after being shot in Pakistan’s Punjab province, church sources told Worthy News.

Worthy Insights
‘They Want God’: 8,000 Students Seek Jesus in Huge Kentucky Revival, 2,000 Give Lives to Christ
A supernatural Christian revival is stirring up once again on American college campuses through Unite US – an evangelistic movement marked by salvations, water baptisms, and worship. Last night at the University of Kentucky, more than 2,000 students responded to the gospel message of Jesus Christ and many took part in spontaneous baptisms.
Survey: A third of US Jews have experienced antisemitism, 3/4 feel less safe
One-third of American Jews said they were a target of an antisemitic incident in 2024, and 77 percent said they feel less safe as Jews in the United States, according to a survey released Wednesday by the American Jewish Committee (AJC).
Credit card debt hit a record $1.21 trillion
Collectively, Americans now owe a record $1.21 trillion on their credit cards, according to a new quarterly report on household debt from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

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