{"id":731,"date":"2013-10-02T10:47:19","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T10:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordproject.org\/news\/?p=731"},"modified":"2013-10-03T08:17:11","modified_gmt":"2013-10-03T08:17:11","slug":"to-remember-and-try-to-forget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/?p=731","title":{"rendered":"Remember…and try to forget"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Donna<\/em><\/p>\n

September 21, 2013 a day to remember, and try to forget.
\nAbsolutely terrifying is the only way to describe the attack on the Westgate Mall. All thanks to Almighty God that we were not in the mall\u00a0that fateful Saturday as Westgate was not a mall that we frequented often. It was heart wrenching to listen to the hourly news reports and follow the siege by radio transmission only to hear that so many\u00a0innocent people were suffering so much trauma, many eventually losing their own lives or those of friends and loved ones. We and everyone here are still fighting a great battle in the spirit after the\u00a0attack, hoping to understand the truth of what really happened, and how. Two children at the local Christian school that Gloria and Ben attend were injured in the gun battle, one still in hospital, and both\u00a0children lost one of their parents in the attack. The Christian community rallied together in prayer during three days of national mourning as the nation buried it’s many dead and the wounded began the process of healing both physically and emotionally. The whole experience is definitely drawing us closer to Him as our refuge and\u00a0strength and our only source of protection. Claiming the promises\u00a0stated in the Word of God , we are fighting against fear, one of the\u00a0enemies main tactics. But God has not given us a spirit of fear but of\u00a0power, and of love and of a sound mind. 2 Tim 1:7.<\/a> We continue to pray\u00a0for this nation, it’s government and people. They desperately need\u00a0repentance and a return to God.\u00a02 Chronicles 7:13-15<\/a> – ‘If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and\u00a0pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear\u00a0from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.’<\/p>\n

\"Nairobi\"<\/a>

Inside the mall after attack.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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