9/11 25th ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL

 

AL BRACA'S PRAYER MEETING Al Braca was a 54-year-old bond broker and vice president at Cantor Fitzgerald who led his trapped colleagues in prayer on the 104th floor of the North Tower during the September 11 terrorist attacks. He worked at Cantor Fitzgerald inside the World Trade Center for 16 years. Al Braca was openly Christian in a high-stress, ego-driven environment, earning him the gentle nickname "The Rev". As the North Tower burned on September 11, phones failed, and the floor was too hot to stand on. Escape was impossible, so Al climbed onto a desk to be seen by roughly 50 coworkers. He gathered them into a circle and led them in prayer and faith during their final moments. Al told them, "I'm going to see Jesus today! Who's coming with me?" Every single person from Cantor Fitzgerald in the North Tower that morning lost their life. But in the following weeks, the Bracas family members received multiple phone calls from spouses of Al’s coworkers who confirmed that "The Rev" spent his last moments comforting others and leading them in prayer.   All these years I have not published photos of the destruction on 9/11, out of respect. But now, 25 years later, it seems that younger generations do not understand the horror of that day, or why the 9/11 memorials are sacred ground. Innocent civilian lives were lost because of misguided terrorist hatred.  We must never forget what happened here, not for the sake of revenge; but to honor the victims and learn what happens when people devote themselves to hate. America needs to learn this lesson.

WHAT SHOULD WE DO?

 

WHAT SHOULD WE DO? Study of Revelation Continued REVELATION 22.10 He said to me, “Don’t seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand. 11 He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy still.” Now that we know more about the book of Revelation and end times events: what do we do about it? This verse tells us to continue on as we have. Go your way and live your life; but think about the lessons in this book. It’s not too late to choose a better path, with the help of Jesus. The idea of world apocalypse is very frightening. However, Jesus wants us to have hope. In fact, that's why Jesus told John to write down the visions: so we would know that God has a very detailed plan and it's right on schedule. Even in the midst of chaos and corruption in this world, God is taking special notice of all those who call on his Name. Our future is in the best of hands when we trust Jesus with our lives. The core message of the book of Revelation is: JESUS. The book is given by Him, it is about Him, and it’s meant to point us in His direction. When you are in the most desperate situations, there is a purpose in it: Jesus wants you to call on Him.  This study of Revelation will wrap up in the next three weeks. For Christians, the best is yet to come! IMAGE CREDIT: Walking To Eternity, generated by SeaArt.ai and edited by C.A. Stevens.

MORE THAN CONQUERORS

 

MORE THAN CONQUERORS In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. Romans 8:37 There are two ways of getting out of a trial. One is to simply try to get rid of the trial, and be thankful when it is over. The other is to recognize the trial as a challenge from God to claim a larger blessing than we have ever had. There is Divine Grace to be found in the midst of our troubles! Thus, even the adversary becomes an auxiliary, and the things that seem to be against us turn out to be for our best and for God's glory. Surely, this is what it means to be more than conquerors through Him who loved us. A. B. Simpson

TROUBLE TEACHES

TROUBLE TEACHES God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1 The question often comes, “Why didn’t He help me sooner?” It is not His order. He must first adjust you to the trouble and cause you to learn your lesson from it. His promise is, “I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him.” He must be with you IN the trouble first, all day and all night. Then He will take you out of it. This will not come till you have stopped being restless and fretful about it and become calm and quiet. Then God will say, “It is enough.” God uses trouble to teach His children precious lessons. They are intended to educate us. When their good work is done, a glorious recompense will come to us through them. There is a sweet joy and a real value in going through trials. God does not regard them as difficulties but as opportunities.

 

DNA SINGS PRAISE TO THE CREATOR

 

DNA SINGS PRAISE TO THE CREATOR The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. Without speech or language, without a sound to be heard, their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. Psalm 191:1-4 Creation is not chaos stitched together by chance. It is ordered, precise, and structured by an unseen language of mathematics. And because mathematics is also the foundation of music, creation itself is often far more musical than we realize. Christians should think carefully before dismissing biblical passages that speak of all creation praising its Creator. Those words may be far more literal than we assume. In a striking example, a geneticist studying DNA noticed that the sequence of its chemical bases follows patterns similar to musical composition. He assigned musical notes to the four bases and began translating genetic sequences into sound. What emerged was not random noise or dull repetition. Each gene produced its own distinct and coherent melody. Some gene sequences sounded structured and intricate like Bach. Others carried the impressionistic feel of Debussy. A mouse gene involved in RNA even echoed the style of Chopin. Far from disorder, the genetic code revealed harmony, variation, and intentional structure. As our understanding of creation deepens, so does the testimony to God’s wisdom and power. From the vastness of the cosmos to the microscopic language of DNA, creation does not whisper by accident. It proclaims by design. Truly, every part of creation sings praise to its Creator. The only question left is whether we will join the song. BIBLICAL CREATION ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/1mill.creationist Used with Permission