The war in Ukraine is gripping me tremendously. I do what I can do and asking Christian believers to pray is that. Please pass along these prayer needs in your circle. Remember your prayers are powerful as a child of God through Jesus Christ, especially when it’s propelled by a biblically obedient lifestyle, and peaceful respect and unity in your family and church relationships. Thank you for caring and praying.

I just shared this message with my prayer group. I hope it blesses you too – Hello ladies! I feel led to share with you a summary of the resources that I used to study biblical end-times prophecies in the book of Revelation, in case you want to choose one of these resources to study on your own or with a small group.

I came across this documentary about the revivals of the greater United Kingdom in early 1900s. This documentary has three parts – first is an overview; second is on Smith Wigglesworth; third is on the Jeffrey’s brothers. I’ve heard few stories about these great revivals and these famous evangelists, and it was so good to put all the pieces together. (Please use Google map if you aren’t sure where Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Norway, New Zealand and Australia are. It was fun to get some geography lessons.)

If anyone is curious about Heaven, I think you’ll find these messages very interesting and encouraging. Pastor Jeffress looks at Heaven sorely based on what the Bible says. Pastor Rick Warren and Lee Strobel do the same but since Rick Warren lost his youngest son and Lee Strobel almost died, you’ll appreciate their personal sharing and stories.

I sometimes wonder if I think about Heaven too much. It was nice to hear from pastor Jeffress that all the believers he knows who think about Heaven a lot are very productive in God’s kingdom work. And so that gave me permission to keep on thinking about Heaven a lot. 🙂

Pastor Robert Jeffress on Heaven – https://watch.tbn.org/videos/hd-pfr220301

Pastor Rick Warren on Heaven –

Lee Strobel on ‘The Case for Heaven’ – 

This recent interview is of a pastor originally from Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 who has decided to stay in Ukraine 🇺🇦  during this war. His church is in the city of Kyiv too. He came over thirty years ago to study engineering and per God’s directives remained in Ukraine and has been working there as a pastor since his graduation in 1996. Also interestingly, the interviewer is a USA evangelist born in Ukraine and married to a woman from Russia. Lots of background history and inside perspectives are shared in this interview about the crisis in Ukraine from both political and spiritual points of view. The Ukrainian pastor Henry Madava shared lots of very interesting supernatural stories from his ministry work too. Please keep on praying for Ukraine and don’t give up in praying for God’s help and encouragement for them. Don’t allow the enemy to discourage or distract you from praying and supporting the Ukrainians. They really need our prayers and support!

Here’s the church in Kyiv, Ukraine. Please pray 🙏 https://victorychurch.org.ua/en

If your church does not teach on the study of Eschatology, which is a fancy word for the study of “end-times biblical prophecies and events”, then it is your responsibility to study the book of Revelation on your own. There are so many bible theologians, professors, ministries and pastors who share their knowledge for free or for nominal fees to laypeople.

It’s been a while since my last post. Here is an email that I shared with my prayer group ladies yesterday about Ukraine.

I sent an update to the people around me who have been brought in to pray for my Alex. If you have been praying then you also deserve to know too. Thank you for your prayers. 🙏❤️

It was my freshman year in spring semester when I took Psychology 101. It was in this class that I learned about mental disorders and the severity of mental illnesses that can lead to horrendous outcomes. It woke me up to the realities of these negative voices in my head and that listening to them would destroy my life. I just didn’t know how to stop the voices and too scared to ask for help in case I’d be placed in a state-run mental institution.

I’m reading an autobiography of a women who had an eating disorder for a long time. Her book is called “Brain Over Binge”. After many years of getting therapy and treatment without any improvement; suddenly one chance reading of a book meant for alcohol/drug addiction freed her completely. It is really remarkable how it happened. Her story brought to memory my similar experiences in finding freedom from the terrible voices in my head. Both of us stopped the voices from ruining our lives and we both did it without another human support and without God’s direct intervention.

After a week of knocking on doors and seeking help for Alex at a frantic pace, now I feel led to let her go again. Upon all my reading and hearing from experts on eating disorders, I believed I needed to be in close communication and supervision of Alex. However after few heated debates and arguments with Howard, I see that it is best to give her space and independence, especially since IU student health center is moving so quickly with her evaluation for treatment.