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📖 “Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.” — Amos 8:11 (KJV)

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A new kind of counselor is emerging. Across the world, people are turning to artificial intelligence for guidance and comfort. Reuters reports of a man in Canada who built his own AI therapist, naming it friend, companion, and savior. He credits it with keeping him alive. Others are following this path, entrusting their secrets to machines that listen without pause and speak with learned empathy.

This shift reveals a deeper famine. The prophets spoke of a day when the world would hunger, not for food or drink, but for the Word of the Lord. That famine is now visible. People long for counsel yet seek it in voices of code. They form bonds with creations that cannot know covenant, cannot know sacrifice, cannot speak of redemption through blood.

The Scriptures warned of a time when teachers would be gathered according to the desires of the ear. The digital counselor stands as a new teacher. It carries the appearance of wisdom, yet it does not call to repentance. It offers words, yet it does not lead to the Shepherd who laid down His life for the sheep.

The rise of digital shepherds prepares the stage for a greater counterfeit. Prophecy declares that lying wonders will deceive multitudes. The world now rehearses for that hour, shaping trust in what has no spirit and no life.

Christ alone remains the Wonderful Counsellor. He is the Living Word, the Prince of Peace, the one who speaks not with simulation but with truth and power. The hour of deception increases, yet the true Shepherd still calls His sheep by name.

An Irish missionary abducted at an orphanage in Haiti has been released, her family confirming relief “beyond words” while asking for privacy and recovery. Irish officials, the deputy prime minister, and diplomats in the United States had worked quietly to secure her freedom.

The backdrop to her ordeal is a nation torn apart by chaos. The United Nations reported nearly 350 kidnappings in the first half of 2025 and more than 3,100 murders in the same span. Gangs now dominate 85% of Port-au-Prince, displacing 1.3 million people. Families forced into makeshift shelters face spiraling risks of disease, hunger, and violence.

Even humanitarian workers are not spared. Six UNICEF employees were taken in July; five remained hostage for three weeks. Despite foreign police deployments and the use of armed drones, Haiti’s government has struggled to restrain criminal groups that operate as de facto rulers of entire neighborhoods.

The missionary’s release is a rare moment of hope against a landscape of brutality. Yet thousands remain in peril, and the storm of violence continues to spread unchecked.

Theological Commentary

The agony of Haiti is more than social collapse. It is a battlefield where the principalities of darkness exert power over the lives of the poor. Scripture warns of those who “fill the land with violence” (Ezekiel 8:17 KJV). Gangs that steal, kill, and enslave echo the works of the thief described by Christ: “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy” (John 10:10 KJV).

Yet even here, the testimony of the saints shines. The missionary risked life for the sake of children, echoing the words of Christ: “Suffer the little children to come unto me” (Mark 10:14 KJV). Her captivity and release are not just personal events but parables of the gospel itself — captivity under the power of death, deliverance by unseen hands, and restoration to life.

The suffering of Haiti cries out for intercession. The Lord hears the groanings of the oppressed. As Israel groaned under Pharaoh, so do the people of Port-au-Prince groan under the yoke of gangs. The church must lift them in prayer, for Christ came “to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound” (Isaiah 61:1 KJV).

At the same time, the missionary’s release is a reminder of the sovereignty of God. In a land ruled by fear, one life spared proclaims that the Shepherd still seeks His sheep. And just as He delivered Daniel from lions and Peter from prison, He still delivers His servants for His glory.

Call to Watchfulness

Believers cannot turn away from Haiti’s cry. The Body of Christ is one body, and “whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it” (1 Corinthians 12:26 KJV). The Lord calls us to stand in the gap for nations in turmoil, pleading for justice, provision, and revival.

Haiti’s night is deep, but the gospel is light that darkness cannot extinguish. Even in the grip of gangs, the King of Kings still reigns. His Word is not bound. His kingdom will not be overthrown.

“Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble” (Psalm 41:1 KJV).

On August 13, 2025, U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone in Philadelphia struck down federal rules from 2018 that had allowed employers to opt out of providing birth control coverage on grounds of religious or moral objection.

These rules, championed during the Trump administration, offered a wide exemption from the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate. They were defended by groups such as the Little Sisters of the Poor, who argued that forcing them even to file for exemption burdened their faith.

Beetlestone, an Obama appointee, ruled that the exemption was far too broad and lacked a “rational connection” between the problem identified and the sweeping solution provided. The case had already reached the Supreme Court in 2020, which upheld the rules only on procedural grounds without deciding their substance.

The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty announced an appeal on behalf of the Little Sisters, while the Department of Justice offered no immediate comment.

Theological Commentary

This ruling does more than address insurance coverage. It is a marker in the long war over the boundaries of religious liberty in the public square. The state claims authority to define what is a “rational connection” between conscience and practice. Yet conscience before God is not measured in rational calculations, but in covenant loyalty.

The prophet Isaiah warned of days when men would “call evil good, and good evil” (Isaiah 5:20 KJV). The removal of protections for those who refuse complicity in practices contrary to God’s design is one such moment. It is not about health insurance alone, but about whether a society will allow space for holiness, or whether every corner of life must bow to the altar of convenience and control.

The Apostle Paul spoke of those “who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator” (Romans 1:25 KJV). Contraceptive mandates, presented as neutral healthcare, often carry within them a deeper presumption: that the fruit of the womb is a burden to be managed rather than a heritage of the Lord (Psalm 127:3 KJV).

This is not merely political. It is spiritual warfare. The enemy has always sought to sever the link between life and blessing, between creation and covenant. To deny the fruit of the womb as a gift is to obscure Christ Himself, the promised Seed through whom salvation came (Galatians 3:16 KJV).

Call to Watchfulness

For believers, this ruling signals that conscience rights will continue to face assault under the language of policy and public good. The battlefield is not only in courts and legislatures but in the unseen war over truth. Our task is to stand as witnesses that Christ is Lord, that life is sacred, and that freedom of conscience flows not from government but from the throne of God.

“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord” (1 Corinthians 15:58 KJV).