Morning Reading: Psalm 24.1-6 ESV

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“The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.

Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in his holy place?

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.

He will receive blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob. 

Psalm 24.1-6 ESV

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This post is an annual tradition on Veterans Day at The Optimistic Conservative.

Ninety-four years ago, in the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the armistice was proclaimed that ended the terrible fighting in World War I.  A war that had erupted in large part because Europe’s political leaders, a century on from the Napoleonic conflicts, were accustomed to war remaining limited, produced some of the bloodiest battles ever fought. The six-month battle of the Somme in 1916 took the lives of an unimaginable 1.5 million French, German, and British soldiers – without either side achieving sustainable penetration of the line of confrontation, or any operational victory. WWI was the most tactically and politically frustrating of wars,

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International Day of Prayer- Serving Persecuted Christians Worldwide – Open Doors UK & Ireland – Please Pray


We’d like you to close your church…– link to Open Doors resources.

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Imagine living in a society where your Christian faith must be hidden. Just going to church could get you arrested, imprisoned – even killed. If you want to meet with other Christians you have to meet secretly – in a secret place, at a secret time, in a secret way…

For many Christians in the Arab World, this imaginary world is a reality. So to help you and your church to identify with believers who meet in secret, we are asking you to hold your own Secret Church service to pray for persecuted Christians in the Arab World..

We have produced a new range of Secret Church resources to help you. Your church will not only hear how persecuted Christians live their lives of faith – they will be able to experience it for themselves!

So why not take up the Secret Church challenge and help strengthen the church in the Arab World to be a light to their nations.