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Cracked part of the National Cathedral in Washington, DC.

The memory of the last natural calamities in the east coast is still very fresh in our minds. The earthquake aftershock was felt from the state of Virginia through New York to far away Canada. Leaving a crack at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC and the George Washington monument. The effect of hurricane Irene is not in anyway palatable. I certainly can testify to that. In my neighborhood alone, over 500,000 Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) costumers including my family, was without power for some days. Irene knocked down a big tree from my neighbor's yard right through my compound, pulling down power cable, telephone and cable wires. The sound of the boisterous wind was like a jumbo Boeing 747 crashing into my house. I remember the fear I saw in Isoken, my daughter's face that night. I had to "sweet talk" my daughter and her friends to go back to bed that all is well. Indeed, all is well. 

Some family had to sleep in the dark for almost one week. MTA, the nation's largest mass transit system was completely shut down, patients in some New York City hospitals, nursing homes and adult care facilities were evacuated. Hurricane Irene caused a considerable destruction and at least 55 deaths. About $10 - 15 billions is the estimated loss.

Empty Grand Central Terminal, New York

Could all these point to the fact that God is saying something and we are not listening? Some few days before the earthquake, God showed me some things in my dream that is very frighting. His Spirit led me to the book of Zechariah 1:3. I shared it with my wife and we both prayed and we are still praying.


My friends, God is speaking to America! America turn back to God our only creator. He is the only One that has the solution to the problems of the World. 

I hear the voice of the Lord saying, "if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land"


May those who have ears hear what the spirit is saying.


Please join us in a 21 days prayer and fasting (September 4th - 24th) as we pray for America.

A SURGEON IN USA DISCOVERS THE POWER OF PRAYER!

The patient was Dr. David Levy, a neurosurgeon in San Diego. After a brief incident in the dentist chair, something began to stir in his heart. God began to prompt him to pray for his patients, just as the dentist had done.

Trouble was, he just could not get up the nerve to actually do it. How do you begin? How do you lead up to a topic like prayer? Medical School did not have classes on the subject. Although he felt the urge to pray, he also realized this was way out of his comfort zone.

And so began a journey - hesitant and awkward at first – of probing beyond the physical into his patients’ spiritual needs. The results astounded him. His patients didn’t laugh or get angry. On the contrary, they were appreciative. Many cried and thanked him.

In his recently published book, “Gray Matter: A Neurosurgeon Discovers the Power of Prayer . . . One Patient at a Time”, Dr. David recounts his first awkward moments of introducing prayer into his practice. After a while, it became easier.

Now, when seeing a patient in his office, after initial examination and discussions are done, he closes the visit by saying, “It is my practice to pray with patients. Would you mind if I pray with you?”

Although responses vary, many patients are grateful, especially when their surgeon prays for them just before surgery.

Although self-conscious of other personnel around him at first, soon he also began praying with his surgical team before a procedure.

After a while, praying with patients, family members, and his own surgical staff became routine.

Then, something interesting happened. One day, Dr. David was led to ask a troubled patient if there was anything in her life that was bothering her, some unfinished business. Suddenly, the atmosphere in the room changed as she broke down and, sobbing, related some serious family problems. There were hurts, unforgiveness, bitterness, resentment. After some discussion, the doctor gently led her through a prayer of forgiveness and repentance. It was a life-changing experience for both of them.

Today, Dr. David frequently pursues this line of questioning when seeing patients. Many times countenances light up, peace replaces tension and physical symptoms improve.

“Forgiveness,” he explains to his patients, “is not pretending evil never happened, and it is not calling evil good. Forgiveness is setting yourself free by not giving others the power to hurt you again every time you think about them. It is the best way I know to help your body continue to heal.”

The Church is not anti-government, neither is prayer a fetish or superstitious thing rather prayer is a way of connecting to our creator just as a child communicate with the father. America needs prayers, it is stated in the Bible 2 book of Chronicles chapter 7 verse 14 "If my people, which are called by name .... shall pray.." we need prayer in our schools, the whole world needs prayer. Let us start praying for all our leaders, family, business and church organizations. We need God to heal our land. God bless America.

See detail article in Christian Telegraph. If you need prayer call 7182211187 or send an email to info2bethel@gmail.com

DEVELOPING NATIONS NEEDS INVESTMENT AND NOT CHARITY - BAN K-MOON

A measure of any society is how well it looks after its least fortunate.

The same is true of the international community.

Now is not the time to turn our backs, but to increase our support.

The past two decades saw spectacular progress among emerging economies.

The LDCs are poised to be the next wave of development achievement.

Let me emphasize again, ladies and gentlemen: I am not arguing for charity, but investment.

The returns can be profound – not just for the people living in LDCs, but for all people -- for the global economy.

Success for the LDCs is ultimately success for all.

Let us try our best to make this world harmonious, balanced, and better for all.

WE GIVE THANKS

Thanksgiving Day is a very unique day set aside to express our nation's thanks to our God. George Washington acknowledge this when he said "it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits"

How thankful are we really are? Instead of complaining and murmuring, we should be thankful for everything. We should be thankful for people whom God positioned on our path to help us to midwife our miracles. Anxiety, worries, ungratefulness and lack of faith are part of the tools in the enemy's arsenal to to keep us from seeing the bigness of our God. We worry about the economy, we worry about our marriage/relationships, job, our finance, our health and even our look.

There is a story about Corrie ten Boom and her sister Betsy in an overcrowded and flea-infested the Nazi concentration camp. They had been able to miraculously smuggle a Bible into the camp, and in that Bible they had read that in all things there were to give thanks, and that God can use anything for good. Corrie’s sister Betsy decided that this meant thanking God for the fleas! This was too much for Corrie, who said she could do no such thing. Betsy insisted, so Corrie gave in and prayed to God, thanking Him even for the fleas. Over the next several months a wonderful, but curious, thing happened. They found that the guards never entered their barracks. This meant that women were not assaulted. It also meant that they were able to do the unthinkable, which was to hold open Bible studies and prayer meetings in the heart of a Nazi concentration camp. Through this, countless numbers of women came to faith in Christ. Only at the end did they discover why the guards had left them alone and would not enter into their barracks. It was because of the fleas.

Pause a moment and look around you. Can you see what God has done for you? There is a song that came to my mind.

"Count your blessings, name them one by one, count your blessing see what God has done.... and it will surprise you what the Lord has done"
Paul in his letter to the Philippians wrote in Chapter 4 and verse 6 "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God"

Lord, we thank you for our great country United States Of America, Thank you Lord for your protection and preservation for every family. Thank you Lord for peace, and joy, and revival fire blowing across our land. Thank you Lord for the President and all our elected officials. Grant us more grace in the years ahead in Jesus name (Amen).

IS HIV/AIDS REAL?

When looking at HIV/AIDS by race and ethnicity alone, black have more illness (blacks represent 13 per cent of the US population and account for 45 per cent of new HIV infections and 45 per cent of people living with HIV. Statistic show that blacks continue to be disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS. Let's put our faith together to bring change to the African/American community!

To find more about change in African/America community, visit us today at Bethel Of Praise Ministries, 631 New York Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203 or call (718) 221-1187