In May, Boko Haram (BH) attacked the villages of Lassa and Dille. These villages are just 30 miles from the Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN) headquarters. They attacked Lassa late one night and Dille the next night. In Lassa the BH burned shops and businesses and in Dille they destroyed people’s food supplies. We received
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Fear and I: Cliff and Boko Haram
By Cliff Kindy, Brethren Disaster Ministries volunteer reporting from Nigeria Fear of Boko Haram has a major impact on the people of EYN today. Fear has driven most of the members of EYN to move from their homes. That fear impacts where I am allowed to travel as one who works with EYN. That same
Awakened to flee
Matthew 2:13-18 Question for reflection: Are there any circumstances in your life which cause you to fear for your children or grandchildren? How do you connect with this impulse to “take the children and flee?” Prayer for the day: Sheltering God, who promises there is no place where we can go that you are not,
A woman teaches Jesus
For Even a Crumb is Enough Mark 7:24-30 Prayer for the day: I come before You needing healing –not just for myself but for those I love. I have tried everything and asked so many people for help. Now, I come with a need greater than my faith, greater than my patience, and greater than
Calmly present
Psalm 46 Prayer for the day: You are my refuge and my strength, O God, yet I am still fearful when things change. Forgive me my lack of faith, and remind me that I need only be still and know that you are God. Question for reflection: When, in a time of chaos and uncertainty
Enabled to serve
Luke 1:67- 80 Prayer for the day: God, calm our fears. You gave us breath: remind us to stop and breathe. Give us your peace, and help us find ways to share it. Amen. Question for reflection: It has been said that the words “fear not” appear somewhere around 365 times in the Bible.
Do not be afraid
Luke 1:13-17 Prayer for the day: Present spirit, move within me to quiet my fears. For Lord you have already heard my prayer. Give me patience in my anticipation of what is yet to come. Question for reflection: What is your deepest fear? Where do you see hope that washes way your fear? ~ Sarah
Fear not
Luke 1:12 Prayer for the day: God, surprise us this week with your hopeful presence, in an area of our lives where we doubt and are fearful. Help us to notice and not be afraid. Amen. Question for reflection: In what areas of life do you have doubts, concerns, and fears? How can you
Reconciliation before celebration
Genesis 13:1-7, 14-18 Question for reflection: If you’re like me, when you hear reconciliation, you also hear confrontation. There is little that I, and a lot of other Brethren, fear more than confrontation. Worse than that is admitting that something was my fault. How do you overcome stubbornness or fears of confrontation–in yourself or
Herod: King of cruelty
Matthew 2:16-18 Question for Reflection: Fear can make us do awful things. Awful doesn’t start to name what Herod did, but it’s still plain that it was done out of fear. Fear in the animal kingdom is translated into an attack. Sometimes, as in the case of honey bees, this fear leads to their own