Gossip and Prayer and too much or too little information part 2

 Gossip and Prayer and too much 

or too little information

 Please if you didn't read part one then go back and start there.
We were talking in the last post that too much information is hard to work through. Most of the warfare we do in prayer is more local for the province or state, the city, the church or people. When however we start going to the international level or the level of Principalities the enemies want to over whelm us with date or do every thing without any factual news. Much of what we see is just stuff but in amongst it are things we need to pull out and evaluate.  We need to view this information with the help of others.  Consider a principality like a castle it has 4 watch towers with at least 2 watchmen in each tower, then there is also gate keepers and door keepers along the walls. Thinking that they should all seem the same thing is crazy because they all view from different starting positions and they all view from different heights and different viewing directions. 

 It is only when we hear the information from each direction in prayer that we can start to discern spiritual forces and start to take the territories they have a stronghold in.

Principalities the enemies  
HEADING INTO
STRATEGIC SPIRITUAL WARFARE

Principalities in the Bible do seem at times to have border lines in the natural world for example we have the Prince of Greece and the Prince of Persia these are the fallen angels. And there are many, when you start to gather information on a  international level you need to be able to process tons of data and rightly discern spirits. Unfortunately in reality, these Principalities do not consider man's Territory lines as their lines.  
So when things like terrorism caused by man but with a specific target, it is not always easy to sort through the information. The enemy has a plan of course but His plan and tactics and strategies are all given to Him in accordance with the will of God.
This is because of the prophetic word of God. These things must come to pass.... But the end is not yet.  

Matthew 24:3-16 (NLT)  

Later, Jesus sat on the slopes of the Mount of Olives. His disciples came to him privately and asked, "When will all this take place? And will there be any sign ahead of time to signal your return and the end of the world?" 4 Jesus told them "Don't let anyone mislead you. 5 For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Messiah.' They will lead many astray. 6 And wars will break out near and far, but don't panic. Yes, these things must come, but the end won't follow immediately. 7 The nations and kingdoms will proclaim war against each other, and there will be famines and earthquakes in many parts of the world. 8 But all this will be only the beginning of the horrors to come. 9 "Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because of your allegiance to me. 10 And many will turn away from me and betray and hate each other. 11 And many false prophets will appear and will lead many people astray. 12 Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold. 13 But those who endure to the end will be saved. 14 And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations will hear it; and then, finally, the end will come. 15 "The time will come when you will see what Daniel the prophet spoke about: the sacrilegious object that causes desecration standing in the Holy Place" -- reader, pay attention!

 This might be the most important time for you to communicate with other people watching the international spiritual war. When we leave the battle ground to the war room we need Strategy. This  is where you turn to your prayer network. Get people to pray and then communicate the information one to another in that group about what God says.
If you do not have a prayer network then just pray basic prayers over a situation: bring the peace of God to the situation, pray to save people, heal the land. Mostly Pray the word. 
You need to watch and pray for a long time to sort out if this is just a single battle or a war.  Having a prayer network and studying your Bible will have a great deal of advantage for these wars and prayer.

 When you start to get into tackling those principalities then you will see the enemy pushed back and defeated over and over

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1NZi0UqzsY 

I guess the most important thing in all the information we get is to PRAY don't just talk pray. whether you pray like everyone else is not going to be greater in God's ears, and Jesus told us not to pray long winded prayers.  We tend to say I'm praying for you and then we don't actually pray!

Gossip, too much info and not enough info and it's effect on prayer

Welcome to 

The Journey of a Prayer Warrior!!

I am giving up telling you what my plans are because it would seem that God has more to say about it then I thought.  Go figure.... (No disrespect intended). I surrender God to you!

SORTING THROUGH INFORMATION 
AND FINDING OUT 

WHAT GOD IS DOING THROUGH EVENTS AND INCIDENCES.

This morning here in Canada I woke up very early, and I was looking through some prayer requests that people had given me and some that came on my prayer list for other reasons. I was thinking about how people that know me and my prayer life well know that I don't want too much information. Because information can cloud God's purposes and plans.

Gossip, Secrets, Slander, idle talk and tale bearing

These things are the biggest hindrances toward God centered prayer. Sometime not having enough information can cause you to go the wrong direction in prayer. Some times too much information can keep you from praying for the real need.  The Bible has much to say about gossip.

Proverbs 16:28 A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

Leviticus 19:16 You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life of your neighbor: I am the LORD.

Proverbs 11:13 Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing covered.

Proverbs 20:19 Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler.

Proverbs 26:20-22 For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.  As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

Jeremiah 6:28 They are all stubbornly rebellious, going about with slanders; they are bronze and iron; all of them act corruptly.

Jeremiah 9:4 Let everyone beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother, or every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer. 

Deceit, Backbiting, Busybodies, Malicious Gossips & Whisperers

Psalms 41:7 All who hate me whisper together about me; they imagine the worst for me.

Proverbs 25:23 The north wind brings forth rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.

Romans 1:28-32

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice.

They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, and ruthless. Though they know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.

2 Corinthians 12:20 For I fear that perhaps when I come I may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish—that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.

1 Timothy 3:9-11 Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain. They must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. And let them also be tested first; then let them serve as deacons if they prove themselves blameless. Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things.

1 Timothy 5:13-14 Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not. So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander.

2 Timothy 3:1-5 But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy  heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.

Titus 2:2-3 Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good.

Definitions:

Gossip is idle talk or rumors, especially about personal or private affairs of others. It is one of the oldest and most common means of sharing facts, personal opinions views and slander. This term is used pejoratively (a word or grammatical form of expression that expresses contempt, criticism, disregard, or disrespect) by its reputation for the introduction of errors and variations into the information transmitted, and it also describes idle chat, a rumor of personal, or trivial nature.

Slander is a malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report: a slander against his good name.

Talebearer: People that embellish and make a true story be mostly fantasy and when they hear stories the pass them on again adding their own twists to them.  These can be extremely dangerous because there is just enough truth that people will believe the whole lie along with it.

 The problem with too much information and especially Gossip in prayer is that it can send you in a direction far away from the will and purposes in God. 

Perhaps social media can be a great example.  I often get **ALERTS** on my wall telling me that someone's gone missing or the police are looking for a car with a certain license plate.

Let me use that one for a good example:
 A Little girl, 3 yrs. old picked up by a man driving a gray car, license plate: Quebec 72B 381. Canada. Re-blog this. It could save her. The Kidnapping is recent so do it. 

This  Facebook hoax has gone on for about 5 years and it changes a little bit from time to time. Check out some of them...
http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2010/04/19/fake-amber-alert-spreads-far-and-wide-and-fast-via-sms-twitter.htm
The problem is it was not true right from the start it was simple selfish mischievous gossip about something that in the long haul could stop what is great about social media, "it's ability to get the word out super fast."  There are many real amber alerts, escape convicts alert, but because of gossips and spirits of wickedness it can actually stop the great benefit Social media can play. The best way to stop passing on the right information is to Google the alert and see if others have reported it as a hoax if it's not a hoax you will also find real sources for the same information.
How does this relate to prayer.  The same thing is true in prayer, I have found all that I want in most cases for individual people is the simple need maybe just the name or a name.  It is much easier for me to hear what God wants me to pray for people if I don't hear lots of talk about them. People tend to embellish their request because of the fear that they are not letting you know just how important the request is.  Some times people bring their own agenda to prayer.  Even stating things in a different light to get you to pray a certain way, this also can lead you away from God's will for your prayer.  Sometimes people will call you to pray just because they are dying to tell someone something they have heard or suspected and make it sound like concern instead of gossip.
This is also true in the news on a much bigger picture. I think we all know that the National inquirer put's embellishing twists on the news about celebrities. We all know that much of the information you get from conspiracy sites will also have twists and turns and not maybe about facts and the whole picture. 

 The problem is that every news source in the world has it's own agenda. First to make money, then to keep at the front of information  they will  pacify what information they will share and when so that they can get exclusives from government etc. Also if they are receiving kick backs or financing through big business it will provide information that boost that business.
Then we do have brotherhoods and secret societies that have agenda of their own and basically buy the loyalty of the press.
Maybe this is when social media is at it's best and worst.  The second something is happening YouTube will start having videos being downloaded. Facebook, Twitter will also have amateur information going out. This is both good and bad.  
 I was look for a image to put in here and type amateur news and this is what I got first. Just for fun ha ha

Sometimes what you think you are seeing on a video is not what it seems and sometimes there is more information you miss because of a person telling you what's going on. When you use all these sources of information then you have overwhelming information. 

TOO MUCH, INFORMATION

One of the challenges of all the news sources is simply hearing from God.
Here are some steps I take in Prayer for such things and people that need prayer.
1.  After I have read what I can, I set it aside in my mind I ask God to expose the spirits at work in this situation. I ask God for conformations of things that need prayer for this situation. Then I ask God to direct my prayer.
2.  I start by praying the Scripture.

A.  If it is for an individual I almost always start praying through Psalms 91, I cover the work and plans of God for them with the blood of Christ and asking God to sustain them.  If it is for salvation and or health I often just go to John 3 all of it I bind to them what the word of God says about salvation and how they can be saved. If it is about sickness in someone saved already I will just pray to loose all the curses that sin in the Garden of Eden brought on us and I will pray that all the blessings the death of Jesus freed us from be bound to them.

B. If I am praying for a situation in the world caused by nature or natural causes for example a flood, earthquake, tsunami, etc.  I also pray scripture but I often look at the books of the prophets to show how to pray. I ask God to show me how the horrific event is meant to further the Kingdom of God. We really need to understand that God is sovereign.   What does the Sovereignty of God mean?  Below is from the following link please read it all when you can. http://www.christianity.com/theology/what-does-the-phrase-god-is-sovereign-really-mean-11555729.html  

If you were to look up the word “sovereign” in the dictionary, you would find words and phrases like “superior,” “greatest,” “supreme in power and authority,” “ruler,” and “independent of all others” in its definition. But the way I like to explain God’s sovereignty best is simply to say, “God is in control.”
There is absolutely nothing that happens in the universe that is outside of God’s influence and authority. As King of kings and Lord of lords, God has no limitations. Consider just a few of the claims the Bible makes about God: 

1.                            God is above all things and before all things. He is the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end. He is immortal, and He is present everywhere so that everyone can know Him (Revelation 21:6).

2.                            God created all things and holds all things together, both in heaven and on earth, both visible and invisible (Colossians 1:16). 

3.                            God knows all things past, present, and future. There is no limit to His knowledge, for God knows everything completely before it even happens (Romans 11:33). 

4.                             God can do all things and accomplish all things. Nothing is too difficult for Him, and He orchestrates and determines everything that is going to happen in your life, in my life, in America, and throughout the world. Whatever He wants to do in the universe, He does, for nothing is impossible with Him (Jeremiah 32:17). 

5.                            God is in control of all things and rules over all things. He has power and authority over nature, earthly kings, history, angels, and demons. Even Satan himself has to ask God’s permission before he can act (Psalm 103:19).

6.                            That’s what being sovereign means. It means being the ultimate source of all power, authority, and everything that exists. Only God can make those claims; therefore, it’s God’s sovereignty that makes Him superior to all other gods and makes Him, and Him alone, worthy of worship.

C. If I am praying for a situation in the world that has been man made, etc a blow out at a gas plant, a house fire, even things like house fires or fires in a city that knock out the power for a while.  These things are not terrorist or violent acts from man but the consequence of choices a man or many men have caused.  Some big examples of this are, Abortion and the problem with not enough people coming up to care for those that will be retiring cause our countries to have to allow more and more immigrants. The challenges of one county making decisions that cause another country to be abundant in poverty, sicknesses, homelessness and orphans because of sweat shops, and Human trafficking, and the country causing the problem will find themselves despised and hated by other countries. Violence and a problem with perversion because the Government is allowing their participation in violence and perversion it will flow down to all the people in that country. This leads me to the next point
I am going to post this bit first and more over the next week or so because it is perhaps the biggest topic for and about prayer, and I want to go slow so you can process little bits at a time.Keep coming back more tomorrow.  Gossip vs Worship the weekend way

Amber alert 3 yr old girl taken by a man driving a new silver truck plate 72B381 in cortland area KEEP IT GOING SO THEY CAN FIND HER
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/faketext.asp#jqSRPMKxKD8Phwqx.99

Amber alert 3 yr old girl taken by a man driving a new silver truck plate 72B381 in cortland area KEEP IT GOING SO THEY CAN FIND HER
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/faketext.asp#jqSRPMKxKD8Phwqx.99

Amber alert 3 yr old girl taken by a man driving a new silver truck plate 72B381 in cortland area KEEP IT GOING SO THEY CAN FIND HER
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/faketext.asp#jqSRPMKxKD8Phwqx.99

Amber alert 3 yr old girl taken by a man driving a new silver truck plate 72B381 in cortland area KEEP IT GOING SO THEY CAN FIND HER
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/faketext.asp#jqSRPMKxKD8Phwqx.99

Amber alert 3 yr old girl taken by a man driving a new silver truck plate 72B381 in cortland area KEEP IT GOING SO THEY CAN FIND HER
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/faketext.asp#jqSRPMKxKD8Phwqx.99

Amber alert 3 yr old girl taken by a man driving a new silver truck plate 72B381 in cortland area KEEP IT GOING SO THEY CAN FIND HER
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/faketext.asp#jqSRPMKxKD8Phwqx.99

Amber alert 3 yr old girl taken by a man driving a new silver truck plate 72B381 in cortland area KEEP IT GOING SO THEY CAN FIND HER
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/faketext.asp#jqSRPMKxKD8Phwqx.99

My plan is in upheaval by the news this am

 If you want to  make God laugh just tell Him your plans!

My plan for today was to work on prayer networking and I will do it tomorrow instead also this week a little more on praying the Word of God.  Right now however, God is showing something important we need to be aware of.

I saw this headline on Facebook this morning and I am seeing a huge increase in this type of event happen in the USA and I am sure it will soon happen here in Canada also.

The Christian Post

Liked · 2 hours ago

Youth Pastors Banned From Washington State Public School for Allegedly Telling Kids About Jesus During Lunch  Read more at: http://www.christianpost.com/news/youth-pastors-banned-from-washington-state-public-school-for-allegedly-telling-kids-about-jesus-during-lunch-106685/cpf

I find this a little disturbing it would seem that the freedom of speech is for everyone except Christians, or are there circumstances we are not made aware of? For instance, were the children forced to sit and listen to him?  Was he detaining them? Did they have to listen to him speak for a class assignment?  I think North America is setting precedents within it's walls that will stop their influence on freedom in the world. Soon they won't be just banned but rather jailed and then executed for their beliefs. Also what about freedom of religion why does it not apply to Christians. 

If you have been following the Journey of a Prayer Warrior then I ask you to think a little further on this issue. For example: how does this affect Israel and The growth in the Kingdom of God where you are?  How does this relate to your work, your home, your, Church, Your city and your nation because it does.

If we look at the world view of the USA what does it think?  First almost every nation hates the USA because it is the biggest threat in the world.  Is it justifiable though?  I am not to sure either way.  The USA is very much a part of what God is doing and the ......."these things must come to past....."  We all no matter where in the world we are be Praying for the USA it's Political situation and it's financial health.  Right now with the US government closed down, the Bankruptcy date just days away.  We need to pray for it.

 GOD LOVES THE U.S.A.

The world expects the USA to defend unjustness everywhere.  For example right now the chemical attack in Syria, has been big in the news. 

Below are some links just in case you have been locked away from media for a while.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23927399
 A chemical weapon was used on people in Damascus.
 http://www.lemonde.fr/proche-orient/article/2013/05/27/chemical-war-in-syria_3417708_3218.html

That use of chemical  warfare as a tool although it has been used before never by a country but by terrorists. 
 http://wgntv.com/2013/08/26/syria-u-n-chemical-weapons-inspectors-reach-alleged-attack-site/

It has the world demanding that the USA strike back.  However the USA was not attacked. It was an attack on Damascus. Syria attacked it's own people. So why does the world think that the USA should attack Syria? 
Simple, when injustice is done the USA will defend and when there is a chance that some weapon that is considered an unforgivable weapon like nuclear bombs or Chemical weapons then the USA has to respond because they are considered the strongest nation they have to take care of that weapon in the wrong hands.
A bigger picture goes back to the religious views of the Syrian, the Hamas, Al-Qaeda,  and the desire to exterminate Jews and Muslims alike. 
Hamas--
http://www.worldtribune.com/2013/03/26/hamas-cites-u-s-ties-with-egypt-in-bid-to-be-removed-from-terror-list/ 
So Israel can not sit back and allow this chemical attack to go unquestioned and responded to. Israel has made it clear that if the UN or the USA will not do anything then they will. 
 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/10/us-syria-crisis-chemical-idUSBRE9990IB20131010

The USA is considered the powerful nation in the world and thus it is expected it to defend the smaller nations.
Many of the justice problems of the world are religious in nature.  They are a product mostly of radical extremist in one religion or another.  If we know go back the the original story, about a pastor that was at lunch in a school and was banned from coming again because he was talking about God. So I am saying all of this so that we can see that even little stories around us can actually be a strategy of the enemy not just against a pastor but ultimately against the Kingdom of God on Earth and the Nation of Israel.

So again it is time to pray, pray with authority, Pray that the people will turn again to the Lord their God. That the children of God would return to their first love and especially they would accept Jesus

as their Messiah.  Pray for peace in the middle east and Pray for the Wisdom of all the countries in the Middle east.  

Also pray for the USA and for wisdom to their leaders to put aside politics and to do what God's will would be to do.  Also pray for the schools that the Kingdom of God would again return to the schools, the courts and the laws of the USA.  Learn to Love the USA and also to have a Love for Israel.  Then pray for your country, pray for your leaders.

 Pray for Peace

 Colossians 1 is one of the best scriptures to pray for nations, cities, churches, your schools or for people.

I pray to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; ¹⁰ that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; ¹¹ strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and long suffering with joy; ¹² giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. ¹³ He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, ¹⁴ in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.

Today's news Adam and Eve all the way to you! Spiritual warfare

So as I was in the hospital with out any media outlook I had to just rely on God for perspective.  
 Check out a map of the middle east to compare with the map of the tribes of Israel later
https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=Middle+East&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF-8&ei=qMpaUq2HDeOyiQLf0YBI&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAg

We are in the days of both physical and spiritual time of disturbance in the Middle East.  Israel is really the purpose God has for all this violence. Does that mean that God intended His people to have burdens and sadness and war and death and all those ugly things? NO see God only put one rule for man (Adam and Eve) It was a simple rule just one, they had everything they needed to live an abundant and full life.  Where they lived was beautiful and no one would want to leave. There were no weeds, no pain in childbirth. It was complete and there was only one rule that they could break and it involved the fruit of one tree. I think I will name it the Tree of Self-destruct.  It was knowledge of Good and evil, Right and wrong. Without eating of the fruit of that tree there was no sin! There also was no bad consequences. However it seemed that for some reason Eve talked to a serpent which a whole years discussion and a load of questions. We think God wanted to just heap rules on us, not true, He just wanted us to have the ability to use good judgement and have the ability to choose to obey Him if we wanted and there was only one consequence-- of disobedience--Death.

So how does this relate to the Middle East?  All of us are God's chosen children but because The one rule which the serpent deceived eve into breaking, which she then persuaded Adam to eat, so that they hid from God when He cane for their daily visit, each one of them used another as a scape goat.  Making the only salvation was for someone to come from man not being born in sin to die as a scapegoat for all the sin one man committed. Doesn't seem fair and maybe it's not but it is Just.
In the middle east we have many conflicts, first many groups feel they are God's Chosen people.  They are the only truly Children of Israel, The Jews believe they are the true children (the name Jew means "From Judah"

there were 2 tribes of God

 






  
The tribe of Judah             The Israelites

They were just 2 of the twelve tribes and both were governed By Jehovah and each had their own king.

1. Reuben
2.  Simeon
3.  Judah
4.  Issachar
5.  Zebulun
6.  Benjamin
7.  Dan
8.  Naphtali
9.  Gad
10. Asher
11. Ephraim
12. Manasseh

All of these tribes were part of the Children of Abraham. After much time they slowly became divided and each claimed to be the true children of Abraham.  So that's one part of the problem in the Middle East.

The next part is that of Isaac and Ishmael You can read about it at the Wikipedia link below, or do your own research.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham

God made a promise to Abraham and Sarah that they would have a son and they laughed would give them a son the problem being that Abraham was 99 years old. I think I might have laugh also but it is clear that typically people did live longer then they do today but still Abraham laughed. Sarah gave to Abraham her maid servant Hagar, So He had a son with her and his name was Ishmael was born to Abraham when He was 86.

Abrahamic covenant

 (Genesis 15:1–21)
The word of God came to Abram in a vision and repeated the promise of the land and descendants as numerous as the stars. Abram and God made a covenant ceremony and God told of the future bondage of Israel in Egypt. God described to Abram the land that his offspring would claim: the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaims, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites. (Genesis 15:1–21) 

There are many diversities in the Middle east religions, traditions, laws and rules concerning women, children, education, government.
Religion might be the most significant

Religions

From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East

Main article: Religion in the Middle East

Muslim men prostrating during prayer in a mosque.

41% of Lebanon, the christians have represented the mosaic of the Middle East, and contribute heavily in the Media, Politics, Entertainment, Banking... sectors in Lebanon and the World.

The Middle East is very diverse when it comes to religions, many of which originated there. Islam in its many forms is by far the largest religion in the Middle East, but other faiths that originated there, such as Judaism and Christianity, are also well represented. Christians represent a proportionally, 41%, huge part of Lebanon, where the Lebanese President, Lebanese Army General and Central Bank Governor has to be Christian. There are also important minority religions like the Bahá'í Faith, Yazdânism, Zoroastrianism, Mandeanism, Druze, Yarsan, Yazidism and Shabakism, and in ancient times the region was home to Mesopotamian Religion, Canaanite Religion, Manicheanism, Mithraism and various Monotheist Gnostic sects.

Here are the different Countries in what we call the Middle east:

Pliny the Elder's Natural History (AD 77-79) derives the name of the Caucasus from the Scythian kroy-khasis (“ice-shining, white with snow”). From this Greeks called it Καύκασος (Kaukasos).^[1]

View of the Caucasus Mountains in Svaneti

Traditional definition of the Middle East

The following countries are included within the Middle East, which is corresponding to Western Asia, excluding the Caucasus:

•  Bahrain
•  Cyprus
•  Egypt
•  Iran
•  Iraq
•  Israel
•  Jordan
•  Kuwait
•  Lebanon
•  Oman
•  Palestine
•  Qatar
•  Saudi Arabia
•  Syria
•  Turkey^[19]
•  United Arab Emirates
•  Yemen

Modern endonyms Caucasus

• Abkhaz: Кавказ Kavkáz
• Adyghe: Къавкъаз\Хэку Qavqaz\Kheku
• Arabic: القوقاز‎ al-Qawqāz
• Armenian: Կովկաս Kovkas
• Avar: Кавказ - كافكاز Kavkaz
• Azerbaijani: Qafqaz
• Chechen: Кавказ Kavkáz
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 Today's headlines 
See if you can look at a few headlines today an how come they are of importance. See how the war and conflict in the world Jesus said must come to get to the end result. The kingdom of God come to earth.
Heres a few of today's headlines

1.

Gaza 'terror tunnel' uncovered inside Israel, says army

  13 October 2013 Last updated at 13:35 ET

2. Red Cross workers kidnapped in Syria

 

 

Red Cross workers kidnapped in Syria

Syria conflict

• 'Please let it be over'
• Arms destruction
• Syria's chemical stockpile
• UN report analysis

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says gunmen have abducted six of its workers and one Red Crescent volunteer in north-west Syria.

 

• Developing Rescuers recover 51 bodies in Peru after bus plunge
• Developing World Bank president says U.S. debt impasse 'dangerous'
• Developing Wednesday's throne speech to focus on consumer issues

Top Stories

U.S. Senate leaders hold talks in effort to end shutdown

 

3. India's Cyclone Phailin leaves widespread damage

Communications ties severed, roads blocked by fallen trees

  http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/india-s-cyclone-phailin-leaves-widespread-damage-1.2053259

Okay your turn how many headline are connect to spiritual things that are part of things that must come to pass and how many might just be a spirit of Wickedness.

what bout this one any thing to be on watch for?

CBC.ca

Man, 19, arrested in New Glasgow stabbing

TheChronicleHerald.ca

- ‎3/10/2013

UPDATED at 2:22 p.m.. New Glasgow police have laid charges after a vicious attack early Sunday morning in which a young man was repeatedly stabbed and left paralyzed from the waist down.

 Anyways more questions then answers but all pieces to one big picture.

Don't forget the little things happening in your own little part of the world, hows your city, your church even your home. Is there lots of stress, sickness.

First the natural then the Spiritual. So watch what happens in both the natural things around you and then ask God to show you the Spiritual things.

Lets keep working on the puzzle to see if together if we can't totally figure out the timing and purpose of God and His Kingdom remember to watch and pray.