Detailed LCCC English News Bulletin For February 15/16

 Detailed LCCC English News Bulletin For February 15/16

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Titles For Latest LCCC Bulletin analysis & editorials from miscellaneous sources published on February 15/16
The Faith of the Leper Cured Him/Elias Bejjani/February 15/16
Russian-Turkish clash building up over Syria/DEBKAfile Special Report February 14/16
Acting against ISIS before it is too late/Turki Al-Dakhil/Al Arabiya/February 14/16
Putin to Kerry: How Many Divisions Have You Got/Middle East Briefing/February 14/16
Is Iran Headed for another Green Revolution/Middle East Briefing/February 14/16
Looking Past Obama for Syrian Outcome/Middle East Briefing/February 14/16
GCC-US Future Ties: What Should the Next Administration Do/Middle East Briefing/February 14/16
Saudi Arabia’s al-Janadriyah and years of intellectual debate/Abdulrahman al-Rashed/Al Arabiya/February 14/16
Iran’s project and Rafiq Hariri’s assassination/Khairallah Khairallah/Al Arabiya/February 14/16
Syria: When is a ceasefire not actually a ceasefire/Brooklyn Middleton/Al Arabiya/February 14/16
Kissinger’s touches in the Middle East/Eyad Abu Shakra/Al Arabiya/February 14/16

Titles For Latest Lebanese Related News published on February 15/16
The Faith of the Leper Cured Him
Switzerland to Represent Saudi and Iran Interests
Paris Urges Turkey to ‘Immediately’ Halt Shelling of Syria Kurds
Court Sentences 4 Emiratis to Death for Joining IS
Saudi FM Says Russia Will ‘Fail to Save’ Assad
audi Deploys Jets in Turkey for Anti-IS Fight
Republicans Unite to Block Obama on Supreme Court Pick
Saudi Arabia confirms sending jets to Turkey
Putin and Obama to implement Syria agreement
Deploying Saudi troops up to U.S. coalition: FM
20 nations join major military maneuver in Saudi
Aid convoy enters rebel-held area near Syrian capital
U.S. conduct 27 strikes against ISIS
Saudi shoots down Scud missile fired from Yemen
Two Palestinians fire on Israeli soldiers, shot dead: army
Israel pessimistic on Syria ceasefire, eyes sectarian partition
Organization of Islamic Cooperation: Don’t link terror to Islam
Syrian Kurds reject Turkish demands

Titles For Latest LCCC Bulletin For Miscellaneous Reports And News published on February 14/16
Hariri: Our Initiative Led to LF-FPM Reconciliation, We Don’t Fear Election of Any Candidate Abiding by Taef
Jumblat Meets Berri, Hails Hariri’s ‘Excellent, Democratic’ Remarks
Hajj Hassan: March 14 Doesn’t Want to ‘Lebanonize’ Solution
Army Bombards Militant Positions in Eastern Mountain Range
Personal Dispute Erupts in Ain el-Hilweh
Sleiman: Against terrorism, extremism, axes, while solely supporting the State
Salam back in Beirut
Pharaoun: Hariri’s patriotism and wisdom enabled him to overcome difficulties
Bassil at Brussels security summit over Syrian crisis
Salam: Hariri’s a beacon to a moderate co existential society
Rahi: Deputies commit a cardinal sin
Fatfat: No regional decision to elect president

Links From Jihad Watch Site for February 15/16
Palestinian” Muslim texted parents before murdering Israeli policewoman: “My religion called upon me”
Muslim thought killed in airstrike on Islamic State making threatening calls to Australian officials
Huffington Post starts “Islamophobia” tracker to document “deplorable wave of hate” against Islam
Islamic State stones four rape victims to death for “committing adultery”
Bangladesh: Four Muslims arrested with firearms and books on jihad
Washington Post: Islam was a religion of love, because — Taj Mahal!
Denmark: Police arrest Syrian asylum seeker carrying 18 laptops and 11 iPhones
Greece: Heavily-armed “Britons” arrested on terror charges
Nigeria: Islamic State in West Africa murders at least 30 people in jihad raids on two villages
Obama proposes budget cuts to anti-terror funds

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The Faith of the Leper Cured Him
Elias Bejjani
http://eliasbejjaninews.com/2016/02/13/elias-bejjani-the-faith-of-the-leper-cured-him/
Christ, the Son of God, is always ready and willing to help the sinners who seek forgiveness and repentance. When we are remorseful and ask Him for exoneration, He never gives up on us no matter what we did or said. As a loving Father, He always comes to our rescue when we get ourselves into trouble. He grants us all kinds of graces to safeguard us from falling into the treacherous traps of Satan’s sinful temptations. Jesus the only Son Of God willingly endured all kinds of humiliation, pain, torture and accepted death on the cross for our sake and salvation. Through His crucifixion He absolved us from the original sin that our first parents Adam and Eve committed. He showed us the righteous ways through which we can return with Him on the Day Of Judgment to His Father’s Heavenly kingdom. Jesus made his call to the needy, persecuted, sick and sinners loud and clear: “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28) The outcast leper believed in Jesus’ call and came to Him asking for cleansing. Jesus took his hand, touched him with love, and responded to his request.
The leper knew deep in his heart that Jesus could cure him from his devastating and shameful leprosy if He is willing to do so. Against all odds he took the hard and right decision to seek out at once Jesus’ mercy.
With solid faith, courage and perseverance the leper approached Jesus and begging him, kneeling down to him, and says to him, “If you want to, you can make me clean.” When he had said this, immediately the leprosy departed from him and he was made clean. Jesus extended His hand and touched him with great passion and strictly warned him, “See you say nothing to anybody, but go show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.” But the leper went out, began to proclaim it much, and spread about the matter so that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was outside in desert places: and they came to him from everywhere. (Mark 1/40-45)
We sinners, all of us, ought to learn from the leper’s great example of faith. Like him we need to endeavour for sincere repentance with heartfelt prayer, begging Almighty God for absolution from all our sins. Honest pursuit of salvation and repentance requires a great deal of humility, honesty, love, transparency and perseverance. Like the leper we must trust in God’s mercy and unwaveringly go after it. The faithful leper sensed deep inside his conscience that Jesus could cleanse him, but was not sure if he is worth Jesus’ attention and mercy.
His faith and great trust in God made him break all the laws that prohibited a leper from getting close to or touching anybody. He tossed himself at Jesus’ feet scared and trembling. With great love, confidence, meekness and passion he spoke to Jesus saying “If you will, you can make me clean.” He did not mean if you are in a good mood at present. He meant, rather, if it is not out of line with the purpose of God, and if it is not violating some cosmic program God is working out then you can make me clean.
Lepers in the old days were outcasts forced to live in isolation far away from the public. They were not allowed to continue living in their own communities or families. They were looked upon as dead people and forbidden from even entering the synagogues to worship. They were harshly persecuted, deprived of all their basic rights and dealt with as sinners. But in God’s eyes these sick lepers were His children whom He dearly loves and cares for. “Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you”. Matthew(5/11-12)
The leper trusted in God’s parenthood and did not have any doubts about Jesus’ divinity and power to cleanse and cure him. Without any hesitation, and with a pure heart, he put himself with full submission into Jesus’ hands and will knowing that God our Father cannot but have mercy on His children. “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God”. (Matthew5/8)
We need to take the leper as a role model in our lives. His strong and steadfast faith cured him and put him back into society. We are to know God can do whatever He wants and to trust Him. If He is willing, He will. We just have to trust in the goodness and mercy of God and keep on praying and asking, and He surely will respond in His own way even though many times our limited minds can not grasp His help. Praying on regular basis as Jesus instructed us to is an extremely comforting ritual: “Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them. Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your transgressions” (Mark 11/24-26)
The leper’s faith teaches us that God always listens and always responds to our requests when we approach Him with pure hearts, trust, confidence and humbleness. Almighty God is a loving father who loves us all , we His children and all what we have to do to get His attention is to make our requests through praying. “Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened”. (Matthew 7/8 -9)