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From: "Bob Hoffman" <bhoffman@familynet-international.org>

Free to Travel
Faith's Checkbook

October 11

Free to Travel

"And I will strengthen them in the LORD: and they shall walk up and down in His
Name, saith the LORD" (Zechariah 10:12).

A solace for sick saints. They have grown faint, and they fear that they shall
never rise from the bed of doubt and fear; but the Great Physician can both
remove the disease and take away the weakness which has come of it. He will
strengthen the feeble. This He will do in the best possible way, for it shall
be "in Jehovah." Our strength is far better in God than in self. In the LORD it
causes fellowship, in ourselves it would create pride. In ourselves it would be
sadly limited, but in God it knows no bound.

When strength is given, the believer uses it. He walks up and down in the name
of the LORD. What an enjoyment it is to walk abroad after illness, and what a
delight to be strong in the LORD after a season of prostration! The LORD gives
His people liberty to walk up and down and an inward leisure to exercise that
liberty. He makes gentlemen of us: we are not slaves who know no rest and see
no sights, but we are free to travel at our ease throughout Immanuel's land.

Come, my heart, be thou no more sick and sorry; Jesus bids thee be strong and
walk with God in holy contemplation. Obey His word of love.

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From The Voice of the Martyrs
PAKISTAN (VOM-Canada)

A Christian woman has accused three men of repeatedly raping her earlier this
month and attempting to force her to convert to Islam, according to a September
27th report from Compass Direct. Testifying in court on September 22nd, Ribqa
Masih (22) said Ghulam Abbas and Mohammad Kashif drugged her on September 2nd
and took her to Lahore, approximately 100 km from her home. Upon arrival, she
was repeatedly raped throughout the night. They threatened to kill her and her
family if she did not recite the Islamic creed, which would have been
considered an official conversion to Islam. She refused, saying she would
rather die than renounce her faith. The next morning she was handed over to
another man who was supposed to take her home. Instead, he raped her several
times over the next three days. Finally on September 6th she was finally left
at a bus stop in Faisalabad Ribqa hired a rickshaw to take her to her uncle's
home where she called her parents. Only one man, Abbas, has been taken into
custody, and he denies the charges. Ribqa still has difficulty walking because
of her injuries. Many girls do not report rapes because of the impact on their
family honor, which often is a matter of life and death in Pakistan. "Nobody
wants to marry these girls, even though they are innocent," said Khalil Tahir,
Masih's lawyer. Father Paschal Paulus, her priest, credits the family for their
willingness to stand with Ribqa. Her six younger siblings have been forced to
leave school because of taunts and threats. The family has also been threatened
by Muslim neighbors if they do not drop the charges.

Pray God will send His holy angels to protect this family. Pray the Lord will
give them courage and confidence in the Rock of their salvation. Pray God will
work a miracle of His loving compassion to bring these men to repentance.
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