This movement of praying children has been facilitated by a network of children's prayer coordinators across the country since 2003. This network now exists in 72 (seventy-two) regions / cities throughout Indonesia. The functions and duties of the facilitator is to teach children to pray at his local church and to invite Sunday school teachers each week from churches in the area and city. They gather together in a church or in other facility that is sufficient to accommodate the children from all the local churches in that region to pray together with specific prayer requests according to the situation of their city and the nation as a whole.
Every year, when the children are out of school, churches or local children's prayer network administrators hold prayer training for children. Prayer requests from the leadership of the national network of children's prayer and the reading of the Word of God are prepared and shared with the kids by the church Sunday school teacher.
In addition, every year, in the month of June, all network administrators mobilize children to pray for children at risk . They pray about the condition of children in the world as well as those in Indonesia with material supplied by an international organization called VIVA Network. Through such training and prayer for specific requests, the children's prayer movement continues to grow around the nation.
To ensure that the children's prayer movement is still being strengthened and continues, at both the annual prayer activities and the routine monthly ones, we assign a mentor for each of these activities. One of his or her tasks is to ensure the delivery of the monthly prayer requests and invocations of prayer for children at risk. This practice has also encouraged the movement of children to pray.
There are many testimonies of how children's prayers have been answered powerfully by the Lord. Miracles of any sicknesses healed and other wonderful transformations, such as the closing down of dark places of criminal activity, have happened. Also, children who engage in prayer have a character that is much more obedient along with a fondness for reading the Word of God and praising the Lord. They also have a concern for the protection of the environment.
We continue to expand the network with those who have a love and concern for the spiritual nurture of children. Our goal is that by 2017 there will be 200 children's prayer networks with teams of facilitators, so that more churches will get involved in the funding and there will be a greatly increased number of number of children who pray.
Please pray with us that we will keep praying and working until all areas / regions / cities in Indonesia have children that pray. Thanks be to God!
The Workers Are Few:
“Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” Matthew
The fields ARE ripe unto harvest. God’s heart is for all peoples to have the opportunity to come to know Him and have the opportunity to receive the gift of salvation because of His Son. Prayer brings us directly into the larger perspective of what God is doing! Jesus’ solution was always prayer. Prayer changes things!
When we pray, we recognize that prayer…
- Ushers us into God’s presence
- Reveals God’s plans
- Obeys Jesus’ command to ask the Lord of the Harvest to send workers.
- Invites God’s presence
- Removes hindrances to the gospel
- Prepares hearts to hear and respond
- Releases resources
- Gives protection for all
- Releases spiritual power
- Exercises divine authority to change situations and people
- Prayer IS the battle, and prayer brings the victory
Praying Effectively:
- Pray that believers will see the hearts among every least-reached people group that are ready to hear and respond to the Gospel. John 4:35
- Pray that the Lord of the Harvest will send laborers into His Harvest fields. Luke 10:2
- Pray that the Lord will help the Body of Christ to labor together in the unity of the Spirit to bring good news where it’s never been heard before. 1 Cor. 3:9
- Pray that God will supply and multiply the resources necessary to support His workers and their work. 2 Cor. 9:8-11
- Pray for 100-fold fruit that remains for God’s glory and transforms each group by its presence. Matthew 4:20
See more at: http://www.globalprn.com/praying-for-the-unreached/ 9:35-38
How to pray specifically for Oral and Oral Bibleless People:
The remaining Unreached Unengaged People Groups are predominantly oral societies. We need to shift our understanding to include prayer for the Oral and Oral Bibleless peoples as well. Realizing that large portions of the globe still do not have access to Scripture, we need to learn to pray for those who communicate in oral ways or prefer oral methods. Let’s ask God to teach us to understand the needs of oral communicators, recognizing that they need to hear the gospel story in a different way or format in order to properly understand its message. Let’s pray for God to use technology to bring His story to the masses of this day so that soon there are ZERO peoples left to hear the name of Jesus. Let’s pray for new gateways and new pathways for the gospel to every tongue, tribe and nation.
Technology is opening doors that previously have not been available. Repositories of Scripture are available through the internet like Bible.is and YouVersion. There are websites such as OneStory: Listen Now http://www.onestory-media.org/ that offer multiple language story sets and Afghan Radio: The Sound of Life http://afghanradio.org/en/scripture/oral-bible-stories where God’s Word is available in the Dari language. God is making a way.
Over the past few years we have seen a shift in our network of ION to be given the opportunity to influence the Body of Christ to make disciples of oral learners in ways that go far beyond our original ideas of orality. For the past several summers, theological schools have been hosting ION Theological Consultations to discuss and bring awareness in the seminary world of the reality of oral learners in their classrooms. And discussions are wide open in regard to formal and non-formal theological education. Please continue to pray for more open doors such as this. God the “WayMaker” of Isaiah 43 is making a way, where in the past it seemed as if there was no way. Isaiah 43:14-21
Prayer Mobilization:
The focus has shifted us from what “we are doing” to “what God is up to.” We are moving into a fuller appreciation and operation of being God-centered and Spirit-driven, remembering the 18 months in praying for the Unengaged Unreached People Groups (UUPG) listing, name by name. We linked it to the larger prayer initiative of Ethne/Harvest Prayer (see a sample from Dec. 2013 ION Prayer Focus). We did not give up, but we continued to press in calling others to join to pray for each people group to have SOMEONE who would be willing to reach toward them. Pray for more workers in the area of prayer mobilization. The Body of Christ needs to be mobilized to pray in this area into the future.
Commitment to Pray in a different way:
From that 18 months, we began to ask God, “How do we pray for the oral peoples of the globe?” In October 2014, we began to ask the intercessors and pray-ers to move into a different format of prayer: To listen to the Bible in 90 Days (https://orality.net/prayer/bible-in-90-days-prayer-initiative/) as a way of connecting to oral peoples and those peoples who do not yet have Scripture in their heart language or mother tongue. We were wondering what it might be like for Scripture engagement to involve listening and praying. Now we are asking more boldly for God to send the workers into His harvest fields in the area of Bible translation.
The reality of the need for a new strategy of prayer:
How is it that after 2000 years, still not everyone has access or the ability to hear of Jesus Christ? How is it possible that those of us in the West have stacks of Bibles in our homes and there are still 1,778 peoples who do not have one verse? As we allowed God to open our ear gates to His Word, something different began to happen. God began to bring a greater reality to us of the 5.7 Billion people (with over half of those numbers being children) not having the same access to Scripture that we knew, it shifted us. It shifted our prayers.
God’s heart is for the every and all to have access to Him and to hear the name of Jesus. He can and will bring a new awakening to the Body of Christ. We are believing that the Body is being reset this year of 2016, the year of REFRESH. Having finished a year of intentional listening, we acknowledge that as we shift into this second half of the year, we are allowing Him to recalibrate us. We are asking God for some very big things. He is a very big God! The globalization of ION is upon us as a network. Praise God, we are seeing people all over the globe catch the vision of reaching the oral peoples.
Prayer and fasting is the key to moving into next levels. That reminds us of a story. After the experience of Transfiguration, the disciples had the opportunity to come to a new awareness of what would be needed. You remember the story in Mark 9. They tried unsuccessfully to deliver the young boy, but to no avail. “After Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?” He replied, “This kind can come out only by prayer and fasting.” And this same story back in Matthew 17, “Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?” He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you. ”But this kind doesn’t come out except by prayer and fasting.”
Do you know how you fit into being a part of God’s Great Commission plan:
Prayer is a part of His foundation, because of who we are as sons and daughters of God. We must help everyone feel able and needed to pray. We must “demystify” the call to prayer as being something more than what it is. . .
Prayer is simply part of our ordinary life as a believer.
Have you thought of yourself as a prayer mobilizer or a prayer strategist? In the Scriptures, many times, those who led in prayer also mobilized prayer. They too, were the ones who brought the strategy of prayer to the people. We are in a very critical time in the history of the church. It will take everyone doing their part and being willing to link together in the area of prayer to pray in those who still wait.
Prayer is not a formality, but a responsibility of every believer.
Prayer is not a department or a small group who “takes care of our prayer requests.” In prayer we must allow ourselves to simply “be” with Him. To understand prayer as the foundation of everything we do is critical for every believer and every group involved in the work of God.
Prayer is essential to the work of God. It is His work.
Prayer is how we come into agreement with Him. That takes listening to Him and trusting Him fully.
Trusting the Holy Spirit for the power to accomplish, because we simply join the Son as He intercedes to the Father.
As a son of God we join in prayer for the Every and All.
Join in believing God is able to finish in and through His body what He has set before us.
In the ION network we have many working in prayer who are helping others to see how they can fit into God’s plan raising the level of awareness and advocacy for prayer.
Check out the great resources for praying for many of the world’s unreached that are oral learners at https://orality.net
You can find out more information about praying for unreached peoples in general at http://www.globalprn.com/praying-for-the-unreached/
By Linda Bemis, International Orality Network [ION]
The event which brought together representatives from various Southwestern tribes was organized by Cornerstone Ministries, a network of Navajo pastors and ministries led by Pete Belon. It has become evident that the Father is doing a unique work among the Navajo by the fact that the President and Vice-President, along with 16 members out of the 24 Tribal Council, are Christian. Also, the unique step taken by the previous Navajo President, agreed upon by the Tribal Council, to make an official covenant of friendship with the nation of Israel. This, coupled with he unique location of the Navajo at the ‘Four Corners’ of our nation in the Southwest, emphasizes to us the importance of the Body of Christ nationwide; to take notice, pray for, and resource the redemptive Kingdom activity happening among the Navajo and the tribes of this region.
I sincerely believe this was a historic gathering because of the advancement of two critical structures which will serve the long term transformation of the native peoples of the Southwest, and our nation at large. There is a growing awareness in the Body of Christ that we need to provide the continuum of ministry mentioned in Jeremiah 1:10 AMP: "See, I have this day appointed you to the oversight of nations, and of the kingdoms to root out and pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant."
During the conference, a special gathering of the Navajo leadership established the First Nation Healing Coalition for the Southwest Region. Vision casting and practical training for the tribes of the Southwest will be carried out by Ivan and Linda Doxtator to create a strong foundation of emotional health for individuals, families, and leadership within all spheres of their culture, is absolutely essential for long term, generational impact.
Jean Steffenson of the Native American Resource Network shared the vision that has been on her heart for some time, a Native American Business Institute. Jean will be working in tandem with the Doxtators and other native and non-native leaders, to create a leadership curriculum that is foundational for serving the existing, successful native business leaders (some of whom were present and led in the sharing) as well as call forth and equip future business leaders. This is just the beginning of a new level of leadership training which is necessary to impact every realm of society, as well as their call to the nations.
Both of these new structures are involved in creating nationwide unity to bless and serve the nine major language groups of the First Nations of the US,Canada, and into Mexico. There is also a keen awareness that we would draw on the breakthroughs among First Nations of other nations and regions. Even now, there is a burgeoning work bearing fruit among the Fist Nations in Montana, led by the Pacific Island peoples of Samoa.
The felt need of the Navajo leadership was to lay a foundation of understanding and expand their existing understanding in these major topics:
1. Kingdom Culture as it relates to the Navajo People and the future of the burgeoning Navajo Church/Ekklessia.
2. Native Psychological Dilemma and the Victim and Predator Spirit as it related to the Native people, with specific reference to the Navajo history.
3. The Watchman Calling and the unique role of the Navajo and the First Nations of the region to be mobilized and trained to take their place on the Wall to see the destiny of the United States realized.
Prayer points:
- Ask God to continue to strengthen and protect the Navajo Christian Leaders, Churches, ministry organizations, and business owners as they endeavor to see God transform their people and nation according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
- Pray for the mantle of true humility to rest upon the Native Christian leaders and the non-Native ministers and business people who are working together to see God come to transform the Native nations and America.
- Ask God to bless the two initiatives (First Nations Healing Coalition and Native American Business Institute) introduced to the Navajo Christian leadership to bring healing and restoration to their people and economic independence, growth, and stability to their Nation.
- Ask God to use the development and establishment of these two initiatives as a template for other tribal nations in the US, Canada, and beyond.
- Ask God to heal and restore First Nations Christian leaders so in wholeness and stability they can rise up to fulfill their call as God’s originally appointed people to spiritually gate-keep and steward the North American continent.
- Ask God to powerfully anoint these leaders that they might successfully stand against the dark spiritual forces attempting to undermine and shipwreck God’s intended purpose and destiny for the United States and Canada.
- Ask God for the release of financial resources for the healing and restoration of the First Nations people and for those key leaders and ministries that would humbly walk alongside legitimate Native leaders, ministries, and their community transformation initiatives.
June 27 was indeed a tragic day in the history of our nation as 5 of 8 Justices of the SCOTUS ruled against LIFE of babies and health of their mothers. Please read Allan Parker's letter and press release below, also posted on www.nationalhighwayofprayer.net. Allan serves as President of The Justice Foundation, www.thejusticefoundation.org and www.operationoutcry.org. Our ongoing national conference call prayer for US Supreme Court will continue at least until this Friday, July 1, 8-9 am Eastern AND 8-9 pm Eastern, using 515-739-1010, code 414009#.
Please consider Prayer Surge NOW! 7/2 this Saturday morning, 6:30-11:30 am Eastern, for Special Extended FOURTH OF JULY Weekend Edition, using 712-432-0075, code 6148792#. Here is a quick look of our weekly national conference prayer calling, also posted on www.prayersurgenow.net:
Special Extended FOURTH OF JULY Weekend Prayer Surge NOW! 7/2, Saturday Morning, July 2, 7:30-11:30 am Eastern, call 712-432-0075, code 6148792#:
- 7:30-8:45- Weekly Intercession for Israel, Middle East, Ukraine, US Military with Tom Smith and Al McCarn; Interview with Cheri Risch and Nadine Cowey, Missionaries and Prayer Surge NOW! Intercessors, regarding reaching the nations.
- 8:45-11:30- Releasing the Father's Presence on America's 240th Birthday with invited guest speakers Cindy Collins, Operation Outcry, Pastor Rickie Bradshaw, Union Baptist Association of Greater Houston Area, Lisa Crump, National Day of Prayer Task Force, Ivan and Linda Doxtator, First Nations Counseling Ministries, Wesley Tullis, American Center for Prayer and Revival, Father-and-Son-Team of Bill and Ted Landers, Men for Nations West and Millennial Generation Covenant, and Pastor Netz Gomez, Houses of Light Church in Northridge, CA - Dai Sup Han will serve as host, 8:30-11:30 am Eastern.
Let us engage desperate intercession for the deliverance and destiny of the United States of America AND declare TOTAL dependence to our Lord, independence from this world, and grow in interdependence to one another!
Your partnership in prayer is critical for such a time as this, and your tax deductible gifts are much appreciated and needed. Please click here for donation information. Thank you!
Together in Christ,
Dai Sup Han
National Facilitator, Prayer Surge NOW!
It is with deep grief and trembling for my country that I send you this press release we had to send out today.
Three times this year the Supreme Court had the chance to repent for the sin of abortion, and three times they have hardened their heart.
I want to thank all of you for your prayers and support of The Justice Foundation. Thank you to all who have ever prayed or given time or treasure to TJF in any way.
There is not much fear of the Lord left in the land, or even more sadly, in ourselves as the Body of Christ. There needs to be! I believe the Day of the Lord is coming, a day of burning like an oven. Malachi 4:1. But in Malachi 4:16-18 the Lord records that a book of remembrance is being written before Him of those who feared the Lord and spoke to one another. The Lord says these shall be mine, my jewels, and I will spare them. So fear God, and do not give up on doing good!
As Cindy Collins, our Operation Outcry Global Coordinator says in the press release:
"As a woman who aborted her own children repeatedly; who knows first-hand the lies and deception of the abortion industry; we will not cease to speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves. We will continue to work to ensure justice for those who are being crushed, we will speak up for the poor and helpless, both our children and other women, and see that they get justice."
We will not give up! We will do good, seek justice and continue to be a witness for Jesus Christ.
The only way to prepare fully for the disaster ahead is to know Jesus as your Savior and Lord! (Boss!)
Advancing Life, Liberty and Justice in Him,
Allan E. Parker
President
ABORTION - THE U.S. SUPREME COURT COMMITS CRIMES
AGAINST HUMANITY AND INVITES JUDGEMENT
The U.S. Supreme Court has considered three major abortion cases this term concluding with its decision in the Texas case today. In the two previous cases, the Supreme Court has committed two major crimes against humanity. Today it continues with a third.
Under International Law, a crime against humanity occurs when a government withdraws legal protection from a class of human beings which results in heinous acts against them, including death. "It is with grief and respect that I make this report" says Allan Parker, President, The Justice Foundation (TJF), attorney for over 3,000 women in the three Supreme Court cases. The fact that the child in the womb is a human being, a member of the species Homo Sapiens, has been upheld based on science by the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.
With the Texas decision, the Supreme Court has also withdrawn legal protection from another class of human beings, women. More women will suffer physical and psychological injuries and death from abortion.
On January 15, the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari (rejected) in Case No. 15-448, Joseph M. Beck, M.D., et al, v. Louis Jerry Edwards, M.D., et al. The State of Arkansas had banned abortion after twelve weeks, if there is a living, human heartbeat, and provided a Safe Haven alternative which would have taken care of every unwanted child. Instead of upholding what many people would consider a "reasonable compromise" by banning abortion after the first trimester, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to take this case and ignored the voices of 3,355 Women Hurt by Abortion and represented by TJF asking that the Supreme Court uphold Arkansas' law.
On January 22, the exact 43rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, the Supreme Court had the opportunity to restore legal protection for children in the womb to an even greater degree. In Case No. 15-627, Wayne Stenehjem, et al., v. MKB Management Corp., et al., North Dakota had passed a ban on abortion after six weeks and offered instead to take any unwanted children. The State of North Dakota presented massive new evidence developed since 1973 that the child in the womb is a human being, a member of the human species. North Dakota also presented massive scientific evidence that abortion hurts women, approximately 300 actual women's testimonies, and expert psychological testimony reviewing 4,200 women's testimonies of how abortion hurt them. The 8th Circuit had unanimously asked the Supreme Court to take the case and re-evaluate its abortion jurisprudence. To the contrary, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take the case. By continuing abortion as a right, the Court is withdrawing legal protection from a class of human beings which results in their death. This is in fact a crime against humanity, though it is not widely recognized as such yet. It also invites the judgment of God upon a nation which sheds innocent blood on a vast scale. Abortion is the ultimate discrimination against children.
Allan Parker, President of The Justice Foundation stated: "Without massive repentance America is doomed as a nation. We are going to experience much more destruction and more terror and the probable elimination of America as a nation. But God is still saying 'America, return to me and I will return to you.' But time is very short. The abolitionists called the Dred Scott decision a "covenant with death and an agreement with the grave" based on Isaiah 28. Having represented the "Roe" of Roe v. Wade and the "Doe" of Doe v. Bolton, in their efforts to overturn their own cases, which the Supreme Court also refused to even hear, the words of Isaiah still ring true today that God himself says, 'Your covenant with death will be annulled, your agreement with the grave will not stand' (Isaiah 28:18) and 'it will be sheer terror to understand the message.' Isaiah 28:19."
All 50 states now offer women a better alternative than abortion. All fifty states are saying, "Give us your baby at birth for any reason, at no cost, with no legal procedure. See www.nationalsafehavenalliance.org. Every state now says to women, "Don't kill your baby, don't injure yourself, let us take care of your child and you can have your freedom. This is justice for the child and mercy for the mother."
The Justice Foundation filed Amicus Curiae briefs on behalf of over 3,000 Women Hurt by Abortion in each of the three cases mentioned above.
Cindy Collins, (TJF's Global Coordinator for Operation Outcry, one of the over 3,000 Women Injured by Abortion) states: "As a woman who aborted her own children repeatedly; who knows first-hand the lies and deception of the abortion industry; we will not cease to speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves. We will continue to work to ensure justice for those who are being crushed, we will speak up for the poor and helpless, both our children and other women, and see that they get justice."
Allan Parker is an attorney who practices before the U.S. Supreme Court and a former Professor of Law, including Human Rights Law.
We are nearing one of the most important elections in the history of Australia.
We need to cry out to God! #AusPrays2016 is a united call for seven days of Prayer & Fasting for Australia and the coming Federal Elections on Sat 2 July 2016. This focused time of prayer begins on Saturday 25 June and finishes late on Friday 1 July 2016.
The call for prayer and fasting was first proposed by the National Day of Prayer & Fasting and the Canberra Declaration. After extensive discussion and input from Christian Leaders, Media Leaders and Prayer Leaders, the initiative was confirmed on Monday 20 June 2016 on an Australian-wide teleconference. Our mission is to amplify prayer for the last seven days before the election. We have taken inspiration from the Australian Prayer Network call for a 35-day 'Season of Prayer for the Federal Elections'. The overall strategy for this special call to prayer and fasting is called #AusPrays2016 and you can be involved in any of the following seven key components.
Seven Days of Prayer & Fasting #AusPrays2016 for Australia and the coming Federal Elections from Saturday 25 June to Friday 1 July 2016. See www.nationaldayofprayer.com.au Other Christian radio stations, churches, media-based ministries and individuals using the one-minute Prayer Points and creating their own prayers through YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. We want everyone to get them into the public arena through social media using the hastag #AusPrays2016 at 8AM, 12 Midday, 4PM and 8PM every day from Monday 27 June to Friday 1 July 2016.
Try to use these times but the main thing is to multiply prayer and inspire prayer in any way you can during the last week of this crucial election. Let's see a wave of prayer across Australia! #AusPrays2016 Prayer Points will be posted at the National Day of Prayer & Fasting Facebook page daily at the above times. Please share them widely. www.facebook.com/nationaldayofprayerandfasting
Prayer & Fasting for Australia. Pray and fast however you are led for this crucial Federal Election. Much is at stake. Use the #AusPrays2016 Prayer Points. Other prayer resources will be posted at www.nationaldayofprayer.com.au/resources/prayer
Whatever you do make sure you pray! Many hands make light work! Together we can make a difference.
Jesus said, "You may ask me for anything in my Name and I will do it"
(John 14:14).
Yours for a praying Australia,
David Rowsome and Warwick Marsh
For more information contact:
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Glory to God! 600 hundred people from 27 countries, gathered at Milan Italy to pray and ask the Lord for Europe's season of visitation. Both Arab speaking and local Europeans were together echoing Isaiah's cry (64:1), that He will tend the heavens & come down, that those mountains challenging Europe will be shaken, and that the Lord Himself will restore Europe's true calling as the bride of Christ.
The Rise-Up now conference of prayer, prophesied Isaiah 60:1-2 over Europe, that darkness will gradually be replaced by the light of Jesus. Prophetic acts took place between European leaders andArab speaking participants. They welcomed the Arabs as missionaries coming back to the European church to preach the gospel as the winds of the Holy Spirit now are blowing back from the Middle East to the EU. In love and humility, they welcomed each other and in that atmosphere the Lord's presence was almost tangible, with tears in many eyes..
Three seminars were held:
1. “How to transform your church into a center for the refugees" 2. " Revival of the European youth. What's needed??" 3. Unmasking antichrist lies and ideology" The feedback from the three seminars was amazing!
The praise & worship in English, German & Arabic was such a joyful, heavenly mix. We prayed "FROM MALAGA TO OSLO and FROM LISBON TO MOSCOW .. EUROPE FOR CHRIST"...
Outcomes;
At the end, many European Pastor's and leaders asked the Arabs to help with the refugee challenge, and the Christian Arabs responded by giving two weeks to one month to go preach the gospel and help the European churches gather the Syrian-Iraqi ripe harvest. Now several pastors, both Europeans and Arabs, heard the Lord's call for connecting together for this Kairos moment. They decided to follow up with a networking meeting soon.
Several prayer networks were born as people prayed together for their countries and cities. A seed of hope has been planted in each one's heart, a vision of EU4C is gaining more grounds than the previous three years in localized countries it's becoming continental.
Please join us in the Northern European prayer summit at Stockholm Sweden from 25-27/11/2016 and to register pls use www.riseup-now.com.
On Tuesday, June 14, following the monthly prayer leaders meeting at FRC, several of us went to the National Press Club, where Phil Haney, our friend, fellow intercessor, Bible teacher, scientist, longtime investigator for the Department of Homeland Security (ret.), and whistleblower, told the story behind his new book See Something, Say Nothing (Available on Amazon, etc.). It was a remarkable press conference.
Standing with and speaking on Phil’s behalf were former Congresswoman Michele Bachman, Louie Gohmert, former Inspector General for the Department of Defense Joseph Smith, A former colleague at Homeland Security who had firsthand knowledge of Phil’s work at the Department.
Phil’s book, may be used of the Lord to expose the warped policies that have tied the hands of our federal law enforcement agencies from protecting the American people from Islamic terrorists, if we pray. Haney, while a career officer at DHS had constructed a database of information that connected the dots between suspected terrorists, and their supporters, and mosques across the nation that have harbored terrorists or who through their teaching foment terrorism.
As a result of State Department intervention, and policies rewritten with the help of Muslim Brotherhood actors, years’ worth of Haney’s work was intentionally destroyed in the name of the Muslim’s religious freedom and civil rights. Had the data remained, and had the intelligence community had access to it, the Boston Bombing and the San Bernardo Massacre may have been prevented. If he had not been stopped, Haney’s work may have contributed to the prevention of the Orlando Massacre.
Fortunately, Phil Haney, takes shorthand and kept a detailed record of his work at DHS and or the shocking intervention of the administration to prevent him from doing and finishing his work. I believe his work will be of great help to future administrations when they finally face the reality of what we have done in denying the Jihadi war that has been declared against America.
Please take time to see the video and parts linked below. And feel free to pass this on to supportive friends, especially those whom you know will be moved to pray for Phil and Francesca, and the success of the book and other efforts to bring truth to America.
The Full Press Conference – less Q&A - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBxvSB0jdw0
Pierre Bynum
Family Research Council
The International Prayer Council, a team of 25 leaders of major regional and international prayer initiatives and movements and who together lead International Prayer Connect, has decided to call those who lead prayer networks and ministries at the national, regional and international level together for a unique time in the presence of the Lord for united prayer, learning from one another, and planning strategies for the future of the international prayer movement.
This will be the first time we have met in this way since the launch of the IPC, a network of prayer networks that was conceived just after 9/11 in 2001 and formally launched by international prayer leadership in 2002. It was called “Globalizing Prayer, Transforming our World”. Almost 300 prayer network and ministry leaders gathered near Cape Town, South Africa, to connect with the Lord and one another across the nations. It was a magnificent time of establishing relationships and regional networks that continue to be used by God to bring transformation to our world. This is the link to the video if you have not seen it. IPC Prayer Globalizing Prayer Transforming Our World https://youtu.be/5ZYVFLML1sU
We will gather at Herrnhut, the Moravian center for prayer and mission that was the site of revival in the 1700s and the beginning of a 24/7 prayer chain that was used of God to send out the first Protestant missionaries to the unreached peoples around the world. Indeed, in accordance with the Moravian watchword, 'May the Lamb that was slain receive the reward of his suffering'
For this reason, we plan to include some key mission leaders who can share the status of mission to the unreached peoples of our day along with up to date information and research so that we can see a closer, more integrated linking of the prayer and mission movements . That is so crucial to bring back the King. Jesus said that He would not return until all the nations (ethne= ethnic groups) have had the gospel of the Kingdom proclaimed as a witness to them (Matthew 24:14). It is therefore crucial that these movements connect more deeply and purposefully.
A related emphasis will be on strategic level prayer for the breaking of strongholds that hinder people from seeing the light of the glory of Christ and that represent barriers both to the spread of the Gospel and social and political transformation.
We will also give a major focus to the Next Generation, the raising up of youth and children through prayer and those initiatives that currently focus on them.
There will be times of waiting on the Lord together with a prophetic sensitivity to what He is saying to the prayer movement of our day and how we can move forward together into that desired future He has for us as brothers and sisters in Christ. We will learn about various models of prayer ministry that He is blessing around the world and will have time to develop strategic plans together in His presence, much as we did at the launch of the IPC in 2002 when almost 300 prayer network leaders gathered near Cape Town, South Africa.
Please note. You may have already heard about another gathering to be held at Herrnhut focusing on prayer watches that will happen three months after the IPC gathering. So there is no confusion and misunderstanding, it is not connected with the IPC; however, they are fellow ministry people and friends that we pray they will have a blessed and fruitful event as well.
Please do pray about coming to Herrnhut, May 8-11, and mark your calendar for next year. We will fly into Prague, the Czech Republic, and have buses arranged to take us all to SE Germany where Herrnhut is located. More details will be forthcoming in the next couple of months.
John Robb
IPC Chairman
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- The New Wave is flowing! This time it reached a high water mark as many of you were praying for the recent Global Proclamation Congress for Pastoral Trainers in Bangkok, Thailand, June 15-22. We felt those prayers in powerful ways as 2,573 delegates gathered onsite representing 101 of the 112 registered nations. 872 more wanted to attend but in some cases were denied visas after multiple attempts. But many of these and others will be part of the GProCongress community going forward as the Congress was simply the launch of a larger initiative to connect, unite and strengthen the 2.2+ million pastors serving Christ’s Church around the world. Lausanne, the WEA, CRU and several other groups were global advocates and collaborators for this historic gathering. Prayer became the priority for the Congress as our first evening plenary session focused solely on praise and prayer. Daniel Pandji, who helped lead the World Prayer Assembly in Indonesia, was asked to facilitate this special evening. He asked me to join him as an East West expression of the global prayer movement. Dr. Leslie Keegel from Sri Lanka also led in prayer as well as Pastor Kosum who chairs Thailand National Prayer Network. The night felt like a reboot of the World Prayer Assembly as about 200 Indonesian leaders and many others from around the world participated.
- Of the many global mission and prayer gatherings I’ve attended, there has never been the levels of Kingdom connections that took place in Bangkok. Delegate after delegate commented on how God had connected them in amazing ways with new friends and ministry colleagues for the advance of His Kingdom. Because the delegates represented pastoral trainers at both the formal (think seminary and Bible colleges) as well as the informal (think church planting networks in places like China), the potential to impact the health of the global Church was significant. I’m convinced your prayers and those of the delegates and their Personal Intercessory Teams, including our amazing on-site prayer team, caused this incredible outpouring of God’s Spirit, His favor and His grace on the Congress. We also watched as prayer leaders and networks came together, including a key statewide prayer leaders from Bangalore, India, who shared with Daniel how they are implementing the “My Home” concept across their state.
- Our convener, Dr. Ramesh Richard, likes to says, “Healthy pastors produce healthy churches and healthy churches produce healthy communities.” But we know that, “Praying pastors are healthy pastors.” This was the specific focus you helped bring to the Congress as our GProCongress Prayer Working Group was tasked with helping to create a “culture of praise and prayer” in both the personal and corporate lives of the pastoral trainers and the tens of thousands of pastors they will mentor. Several of you are part of this Prayer Working Group. It is our hope that many more will join us as we work to identify the best prayer catalysts, tactics, practices and resources to help the global pastoral community embrace prayer as the first priority in their personal and corporate ministry lives. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for your prayers for the Congress. Thank you for all you are doing to advance a culture of prayer around the world. Let’s continue to pray that God would pour our His grace and favor upon pastoral trainers and pastors - so that His global Church would be known as a house of prayer for all nations. Here’s a few pictures and one small link for you to view the Congress activity.
https://vimeo.com/171802425/62d52e2190
Pakistan and Afghanistan are two different countries today. In the past it was one area of the world with many of the same people groups and people speaking the same language. Even today, it is a very fluid often non-defined border. We have referred to this area as under the spiritual principality of the “Prince of death.” When it comes to terrorism these two physical countries need to be seen as one. What happens in one affects the other and vice versa. To bring terrorism down it will have to be dealt with in both countries. To accomplish
anything, both countries are going to have to deal on the physical level with the issue of terrorism at the same time; and stop terrorists from going across this fluid border and then blaming the other country. But to accomplish this the “Prince of death” must be dealt with in the spiritual realm. It is a spiritual battle. And this is why we come to you again and again asking for your prayers.
Afghanistan
Pray for President Ashraf Ghani. Even his enemies say "he is incorruptible" and "he wants to transform the country." This is very important for the future development of this country plagued by corruption. Yet he has few admirers. He suffers from cancer and many experts don't expect Ghani to complete his term which ends in 2019. So let us pray that in spite of all opposition he will have the strength and support to lead the country. Also, pray for the unity of the president Ghani and his CEO Abdulah-Abdulah. The strong division between the president and his followers and the CEO and his supporters in the parliament has paralysed the government. They often oppose each others decisions which paralyses the country’s development
Pray for Christian Workers and local believers in the country during the fasting month of Ramadan and for protection and extra strength as often increased attacks have happened during this time. Many are being threatened at this time.
Muslims are especially open to the spiritual realm as they seek God in a special way during the Fasting Month. Pray for visions and dreams and supernatural encounters with Jesus so that they may come to know him as their Saviour. May the Lord also move in special ways among many Afghans, also influential people in government, religious and tribal leaders and even Taliban.
We pray for the leaders of the Taliban and their allies that the Lord would touch their hearts and change them. But if they want to continue to cause death and destruction, we also pray that God would judge and overthrow them. Many have been either captured by the government or killed. Please continue to pray specifically for these leaders who hold a lot of power and control in these demonic and violent movements that their influence would be broken:
Here are their names:
Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, Leader of the Afghan Taliban, elected a few day after a drone killed his predecessor Mullah Akhtar M Mansour.
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradarr, one of the founders of the Taliban. Said to be the deputy leader of the Taliban
Mohammad Nabi Omari, Minister of Communication and listed as a member of Taliban leaders.
Mullah Haqqani and his son Sirajuddin, leaders of the Haqqani movement that works closely with the Taliban. Are considered most dangerous and cruel.
Gulbuddin Hekmaatyar, leader of this movement Hizb-i Islami, another very violent movement in alliance with the Taliban and Al Q*aida
IS or ISIS is also now fighting in Afghanistan. So far no united leadership. After it became know in July 2015 that Mullah Omar, the founder of the Taliban had died in Pakistan, a power struggle ensued among the Taliban leaders and many opposed the appointment of Mullah Mansoor. They started fighting each other. After Mullah Mansoor was killed the same happened again. Also the Taliban and their allies are in a bloody power struggle with the IS/ ISIS.
Let’s pray for the disruption and overthrow of these violent Islamic movements that seek to destroy the government of Afghanistan and enforce again a reign of terror.
Matthew 12:25 Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.
2 Chr 20:22 As they began to sing and praise, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.
23 The men of Ammon and Moab rose up against the men from Mount Seir to destroy and annihilate them. After they finished slaughtering the men from Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
Pakistan- In the last couple months, God’s sent people in mission after mission have been refused visas. Even those who are medical (where this has never happened before) are being asked to leave. Christian organizations such as schools that affect the whole population are having to close down. PRAY for denials to be reversed as they are appealed. PRAY for favor in the eyes of authorities who make these decisions. Nationals say that when missionaries are thrown out, the persecution level for Christians will greatly increase. PRAY very directly for a reversal of these visa refusals and granting of visas. Visas are just one example but many other things are happening very rapidly. Pray the devil and his legions will be stopped. Prayer is the only hope for seeing reversal of evil in this country and people coming to Christ.
Several months ago it was reported that the Pakistan government had decided to go after terrorists in the central part of the country. This was a very important decision because this is where terrorism originated and many are trained. This seems to be losing momentum. The Pakistan military is carrying out a massive effort to bring down terrorists along the Afghanistan border. PRAY this might be coordinated with Afghanistan so the terrorists cannot move back and forth across the border to escape. PRAY for [ Raheel Sharif, head of the military, to push this forward. PRAY for those who would try and stop him from doing this. He is a good man.
Pray for this month of Ramadan, the month of fasting, which started June 6th. When you are living in the midst of this you can feel the presence of demonic powers rising. PRAY that people’s eyes might be opened and drawn from darkness to the one who gives light. PRAY against attacks when they get double merit for doing it this month. PRAY for visions of Christ and people to meet the one who gives true salvation.
Please pray for a massive project to reach those who live in darkness in these two countries. Pray for those who will be involved, for wisdom, contacting the right people, and interest on their part. We must look at Pakistan in a new way. One out of 13 unreached people are in Pakistan. * On the persecution scale the situation in Pakistan is becoming rapidly worse. In 2003 Pakistan was rated at # 59, a couple years ago it was rated at # 15, and this year it is rated at # 6. As an example of this, at Easter over 80 people were killed as they celebrated Easter. I would encourage us to adjust our prayers and spend more time praying for this part of the world. PRAY for each people group project that is worked on. That groups and churches might be found to pray for them. Only through prayer will it be completed, and only through prayer will people listen and accept Jesus Christ.