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Good News Press is a Christian
outreach publication in the San
Francisco Bay Area. This popular
high-quality, newspaper, informs
and inspires believers, as well as
plant seeds into the hearts of
men and women that do not
know Jesus Christ.
Good News Press covers
world, national, and local religious news and events, and features inspiring Christian articles
and insights. It is available, both
digitally online and in full-color
printed format.
Christian newspapers reach a targeted audience-specifically a family
oriented, audience, with strong
loyalties and convictions.
the good news, and bring to them
the love of Jesus Christ. We do that
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Over one mill ion babies are
aborted each year or roughly
3000 a day. US Citizens
continue to demand that this
is a woman’s right.
3. Sexual Immorality. Fornication, Pornography, Adultery, Homosexuality, are all
commonplace in our society.
America has the highest illegitimacy rate in the world
and it is a purveyor of the
most vile television and movie programming promoting
sex outside of marriage,
adultery, homosexuality, and
pornography, and its effects
are seen in our culture and
worldwide. There is a 50%
divorce rate, sexually transmitted diseases, children
with no fathers, men hooked
on pornography, and broken
homes. The Supreme Court,
the highest court in our land,
is currently deciding if same
sex marriage shall be the
law of our land.
4. Drugs. America has the
highest illegal drug use in
the world. America also has
a very high rate of legalized
drug use including alcohol
and tobacco. Drugs contribute to a host of problems
including, drug addiction,
drunk driving, prostitution,
children in foster care, babies born with drugs in their
system, HIV, etc.
5. The Apostate Church.
Churches have turned from
influencing the culture and
teaching/preaching righteousness to the masses.
Some denominations have
even engaged in ungodly
practices. Churches need to
actively be a witness, voices
heard, and an example of
Godliness in a lost world.
6. Violence. Approximately
15,000 murders occur in the
US each year. There are
also high incidences of rape,
burglary, theft, assaults and
every other crime imaginable.
7. Forgetting God. Americans forgot the first commandment “And thou
shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, and with all
thy soul, and with all thy
mind, and with all thy
strength: this is the first com-
mandment, Mark12:30). On
any given Sunday, there are
millions entwined with sporting events but few in worship
services.
America could turn
around, if it would return
to its first love - God!
What can Christians do?
Repent and continue to be
obedient to God and his
Word. Know that God will
keep the Saints. Pray that
God’s will be done on the
Earth, but that he would
have mercy on America and
save people all over this
country and world. Be a witness. Share with your neighbors, family, and friends the
Love of Jesus Christ and
pray with them so that they
can receive Jesus into their
hearts. Be courageous and
strong and continue to be a
light in this darkening world.
Prayer, Fasting, & Faith by Connie Woods
Prayer
The Bible tells Christians
that they should pray in all
things and not worry, casting all their cares upon God,
because he cares for them
(1 Peter 5:7). Prayer is
talking to God directly. He
loves and cares for his children and takes good care of
them. There is nothing that
can separate Christians
from the love of God
(Romans 8:38), not a crisis,
pandemic, sickness, or anything else. He wants them
to bring it all to Him.
God is faithful; he won't
allow saints to be tried or
tempted more than they can
bear (1 Corinthians 10:13).
God wants Believers to trust
him completely and put their
complete confidence and
faith in him with every aspect of their lives. Believers
cause faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word
When talking to God,
of God. Remember God will
acknowledge him for who
and wants to get the glory
He is, repent and turn away out of your life. Be strong
from all wrongdoings, thank during trials by believing
him for all that he does, and God and trusting him.
if you have a desire, tell him
what it is that you want. Ask Fasting
him to supernaturally proWhy Fast when you can just
tect your family, encamp his pray? Fasting makes the
angels around you, keep
impossible possible. Fasting
you by his power, cover you engages and supplicate
by the blood of Jesus, and
(make an earnest request)
ask everything in Jesus
God for spiritual and physiname. Whatever you may
cal breakthrough, causes a
be facing God is willing and change in the spiritual
able to turn the situation
realm, and accelerates
completely around.
breakthrough.
can really depend on him!
Remember the prayers that
Believers have prayed
throughout the Bible and
how God answered. He’ll
answer your prayers too.
Meditate on Scriptures relevant to your situation be-
Fasting can be done for
many reasons. It can be
done for specific answer to
prayer, seeking God’s direction and will, asking God’s
protection, to humble oneself, for spiritual deliver-
ance, for healing, for repentance, for intercession, to
tear down strongholds, and
many other reasons.
fasted 40 days and nights
before receiving the commandments, Ester fasted so
that the Jewish people
would be saved and not
Fasting also strengthens the killed, Daniel fasted to uninner man. It helps get the
derstand the vision in Daniel
flesh under control. In fast- 10, and Jesus fasted for
ing, one goes without food
forty days and nights, being
and/or food and water for a tempted by the devil. These
period of time, beseeching are just a few examples.
God.
Faith
Fasting always gets God's
attention. God cannot be
manipulated but he does
honors the humble fast,
done in sincerity and belief
that God will move on one’s
behalf. Fasting helps one to
get the victory when done
properly.
There are many examples
in the Bible of people who
fasted and how God hearkened unto them. Moses
Faith is simply believing
God. Abraham believed
God, and it was counted
unto him for righteousness
(Rom. 4:3). His faith was in
the God who was able to
perform the promises of the
Bible. Faith is also the substance of things hoped for
the evidence of things not
seen (Hebrews 11:1). Faith
comes by hearing, and
hearing by the word of God.
Building up your faith, espe-
cially during times of crisis
is very important. It is not a
blind faith but agreeing with
God what he says about
you and your situation and
believing God that he has
done and will do what he
says.
If you don’t read God’s word
you will absolutely have no
faith or very little. You won’t
be as strong as you could
have been. God expects us
to build our own selves up
by reading his word, praying, and not being babies,
expecting someone to
spoon feed us everything
we need, but to Grow.
Don’t be discouraged when
going through trials. God
allows some so that we
exercise, develop, and grow
our faith into full maturity.