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Lord Send A Revival
Looord send a reviiiivoooo
And let it begin in me
Lord send a revival
Lord send a revival
Lord send a revival
And let it begin in me
Well now we need a revival
to rock this world today
have it begin on another rampage
that is how we pray YAAY
(chorus x2)
And let it begin in me
Lord send a revival
Lord send a revival
Lord send a revival
And let it begin in me
Well now we need a revival
to rock this world today
have it begin on another rampage
that is how we pray YAAY
(chorus x2)
Daily Smile:
In my job with a credit union, I often run across accounts that are protected by password. The credit-union member, when withdrawing funds, must produce identification and then give the password to the teller.
Recently, when I asked a woman for her password, she sighed, rolled her eyes and replied, "Save." I was puzzled until she explained, "My husband put in that password so I'd have to say it every time I make a withdrawal."
In The News:
For Christians in Egypt, Work Hard to Find
It's harder than ever to find a job in Egypt, where the unemployment rate has risen to a record 13 percent, Open Doors USA reports. For young Egyptians, the jobless rate is much higher.
For out-of-work Christians, finding a job can be especially tough. They
are 10 percent of a country where Islam is the state religion and where
the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party holds the highest
offices in the government. When quarreling citizens arrive at legal
loggerheads, the new constitution turns to Islamic law to resolve the
impasse. In the streets, kidnappings for ransom are increasing and churches are often attacked and burned. The International Monetary Fund, which is negotiating a multi-billion-dollar loan to Egypt, put the situation in diplomatic language in April:
"Prolonged political and policy uncertainty, social unrest, and
security problems have taken a toll on confidence. As a result, real GDP
growth has remained sluggish."
A conservative watchdog group filed a lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of 25
tea party groups against the Internal Revenue Service and Obama
administration officials, POLITICO reports.
The complaint, filed by the American Center for Law and Justice,
alleges that the Obama administration overstepped its authority and
violated the First and Fifth amendments to the U.S. Constitution. It is
the latest in the unfolding legal drama over the IRS' admitted targeting
of tea party groups, a scandal that has already cost the acting head of
the agency his job. "As this unconstitutional scheme continues even
today, the only way to stop this flagrant and arrogant abuse of our
clients' rights is to file a federal lawsuit," said Jay Sekulow, chief
counsel of the ACLJ. "The lawsuit sends a very powerful message to the
IRS and the Obama administration -- including the White House: Americans
are not going to be bullied and intimidated by our government." The
suit charges that IRS and Obama administration officials "unlawfully
delayed and thereby effectively denied approval of Plaintiffs'
application for tax exempt status" based "solely upon Plaintiffs'
political viewpoints." The suit asks federal courts to stop any further
IRS abuse or retaliation; the groups are also seeking unspecified
damages to be determined at trial.
Red Cross Offices Attacked in Afghanistan for First Time
Three suicide bombers attacked the
offices of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in
Jalalabad on Wednesday, killing one security guard and wounding another,
though all seven Western employees were safely evacuated. Police said a
grenade was tossed into the compound, and a gun battle with the
security forces followed after the attackers forced their way in. Since
the ICRC established an office in Afghanistan more than 30 years ago, it
has never been the target of an attack, and was even praised in a
Taliban statement last June for its work delivering messages from family
members to imprisoned Taliban militants. Wednesday's assault is the second time in
a week that international aid workers have been targeted in
Afghanistan; on Friday, several staff at the International Organization
for Migration were injured in an attack in the capital, Kabul.
In Eritrea, 'Persecution Greater Than Ever and Getting Worse'
The persecution of Christians in the African country of Eritrea is at
record levels and increasing, according to an Eritrean Christian
leader, World Watch Monitor reports.
Churches in Eritrea have been monitored closely since May 2002, when
the government closed all Protestant and Pentecostal churches which did
not apply for registration. Eleven years later, there is evidence of
widespread human rights abuses by the Eritrean government, according to
human rights organization Amnesty International. The director of Release
Eritrea, a UK-based human rights organization, said there had been an
"intensification" of religious persecution since January. "We can't pin
it down to anything that has happened, or triggered it, but there have
been lots of arrests," she said.
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