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John 10:3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
Most Christians don’t hear God’s voice because we’ve already decided we aren’t going to what He says.~ Aiden Wilson Tozer 1 John 4:6 We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception. Turning down the volume of life allows you to listen carefully to GOD.~ Unknown Everybody is called to pray. Please pray for the following! The UNREACHED in Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia, Kenya, and South Sudan Pray for the most important leaders of these countries – that the Holy Spirit will take away their spiritual blindness (2 Cor. 4:4). Pray for supernatural/extraordinary manifestations of God through dreams, healing, revelations and visions, etc. among the unreached of these countries (Acts 2:19; 4:30; Heb. 2:4). Pray that the Spirit of God will raise people from these countries to build a strong church among their own people. Pray that God’s Name be glorified and honored wherever the Truth is suppressed or denied. Pray that God’s Kingdom come and rule and His will become effective where it is defied and where it is opposed by His enemies! (Matthew 6:9-10) The CHURCH of the UNREACHED and all over the World It is the task of the church of Jesus Christ to take the Gospel of Salvation to the nations of the World. Pray that the Church of Christ will take the Commission in Matthew 28:18-20 literally. Pray for the church to gain a new vision for mission work. Pray for the Church to persevere despite persecution. Pray for unity among the small groups and against false doctrines that often come and destroy the young congregations. Pray for outpouring of the Holy Spirit on them (Acts 4:31). For the SALVATION of the people from the UNREACHED Pray that whole families will become converted – it makes it easier for the converts to remain standing. Pray that the Holy Spirit will work in their hearts in a divine way and urge them to search for the True God in Jesus Christ. Pray especially for the redemption of individuals who are leaders or who are in positions of authority in these countries. Pray that these people will openly confess their sins and their faith in Christ and that they will also follow Him openly. If my people who are called by name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. – II Chronicles 7:14 Breaking News & Latest Headlines For The Week A Voice Calls Out from the Hermit of Africa March 20, 2018 — India (World Watch Monitor) – A friend of International Christian Concern (ICC), Joseph*, recently traveled to Eritrea and interviewed David*, one of the many underground pastors in the country. David related the many struggles that the Christian Church is facing in Eritrea, “We are in serious persecution. That doesn’t mean that the government kills us by shooting us or something, but he puts us in prison to persecute us… [Even more common than prison], they use financial pressure and political pressure to persecute us.”... Click here for more: http://www.persecution.org/2018/03/20/voice-calls-hermit-africa/ Easter banner torn down from Pakistan church March 20, 2018 — Armed violence broke out in eastern Pakistan on Sunday, 18 March, over an Easter banner hung outside a church. The incident took place in a Christian colony in Burewala, Punjab province. Police intervened and arrested three Muslim suspects, while seven injured Christians were taken to a local hospital... Click here: https://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/2018/03/pakistan-easter-banner-torn-down-christian-infighting-blamed/ “Mama” in Nigeria Takes in Over 50 Orphans March 19, 2018 -- Egypt (Watani) – Meet “Mama,” a courageous woman who has taken in over 50 children orphaned through violence and deprivation in Nigeria’s Middle Belt region. About half of the children lost their parents in Fulani attacks against communities that are predominantly Christian. Click here for more: http://www.persecution.org/2018/03/19/mama-nigeria-takes-50-orphans/ UN ‘failing’ Eritrea’s detained Christians March 16, 2018 — A monitoring group for the UN, United Nations Watch, said “thousands” of Christians are also facing detention as “religious freedom continue[s] to be denied in Eritrea”…Click here for more: https://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/2018/03/un-failing-eritreas-detained-christians/ Algeria government criticised over heavy fines for transporting Bibles Published March 16, 2018 -- The Algerian government has once again been criticised for alleged discrimination against the country’s Christian minority, this time by handing large fines to two brothers for carrying over 50 Bibles in their car…For more click here: https://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/2018/03/algeria-government-criticised-over-heavy-fines-for-transporting-bibles/ Pakistan Christian still on death row, five years after his ‘blasphemy’ sparked Joseph Colony attack Published March 15, 2018 – At the fifth anniversary of the arson attack on a Christian neighbourhood in the Pakistani city of Lahore, the mother of the Christian man convicted of blaspheming against Islam – and so provoking the attack – says she still prays for his release…Click here for more: https://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/2018/03/pakistan/ Special Prayer Request!! • Pray for peace and comfort for Wosene’s family for the loss of her mother. • Pray for the believers who are persecuted, imprisoned & even killed for their faith. • Pray for the underground church and pastors we support in East Africa. • Pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters who are under attack. That they would know the hope God gives (Ephesians 1:18) and that the Holy Spirit will strengthen them (Ephesians 3:16). John 15:7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
Psalm 119:105 Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path. “Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful”~ Joshua 1:8 Everybody is called to pray. Please pray for the following! The UNREACHED in Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia, Kenya, and South Sudan Pray for the most important leaders of these countries – that the Holy Spirit will take away their spiritual blindness (2 Cor. 4:4). Pray for supernatural/extraordinary manifestations of God through dreams, healing, revelations and visions, etc. among the unreached of these countries (Acts 2:19; 4:30; Heb. 2:4). Pray that the Spirit of God will raise people from these countries to build a strong church among their own people. Pray that God’s Name be glorified and honored wherever the Truth is suppressed or denied. Pray that God’s Kingdom come and rule and His will become effective where it is defied and where it is opposed by His enemies! (Matthew 6:9-10) The CHURCH of the UNREACHED and all over the World It is the task of the church of Jesus Christ to take the Gospel of Salvation to the nations of the World. Pray that the Church of Christ will take the Commission in Matthew 28:18-20 literally. Pray for the church to gain a new vision for mission work. Pray for the Church to persevere despite persecution. Pray for unity among the small groups and against false doctrines that often come and destroy the young congregations. Pray for outpouring of the Holy Spirit on them (Acts 4:31). For the SALVATION of the people from the UNREACHED Pray that whole families will become converted – it makes it easier for the converts to remain standing. Pray that the Holy Spirit will work in their hearts in a divine way and urge them to search for the True God in Jesus Christ. Pray especially for the redemption of individuals who are leaders or who are in positions of authority in these countries. Pray that these people will openly confess their sins and their faith in Christ and that they will also follow Him openly. If my people who are called by name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. – II Chronicles 7:14 Breaking News & Latest Headlines For The Week Pakistan court orders citizens to declare religion Published March 13, 2018 — Pakistan’s citizens must now declare their religion when applying for identity documents, or if they want to work in government or register to vote, Islamabad’s High Court ruled on Friday (9 March). Applicants who disguise their true religion defy the constitution and betray the state, the judge said. Their true religion must now also be visible on birth certificates, ID cards, voters’ lists and passports. https://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/2018/03/pakistan-court-orders-citizens-declare-religion/ Jailed US pastor’s daughter addresses UN Human Righs Council Published March 13, 2018 -- The daughter of jailed US pastor Andrew Brunson appealed to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva last week to help secure her father’s release from prison in Turkey, where he has been jailed for the past 17 months. Declaring that her father had been “falsely imprisoned for far too long”, his married daughter Jacqueline noted that Brunson “has still not been formally charged with any crime”…Click here for https://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/2018/03/jailed-us-pastors-daughter-addresses-un-human-rights-council/ Nigeria: Protest organiser arrested as Nigerian Christians call for end to herdsmen killings Published March 12, 2018 -- Police in Nigeria’s north-eastern Adamawa State last week arrested the organiser of a protest march against the continued killings of predominantly Christian famers by mainly Muslim Fulani herdsmen. Mijah Stanley had called on “all pro-democracy and civil rights organisations, faith-based and community-based organisations, as well as other Nigerians” to rally on Wednesday, 7 March.…Click here for https://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/2018/03/protest-organiser-arrested-as-nigerian-christians-call-for-end-to-herdsmen-killings/ Egypt: Copts’ cross tattoos lead to harassment, insults Published March 13, 2018 – For Egypt’s Coptic Christians, cross tattoos emblazoned on the inside of a wrist are another form of ID. In an overwhelmingly Muslim society, these tattoos create a sense of belonging for Copts at a very young age – some children are taken to the tattoo artist at just a few months old. Copts have been getting cross tattoos for centuries. Historically, Coptic parents had their children’s wrists tattooed very early, so that if they were killed, their children could be identified as Christians, especially when no other form of ID was available…Click here for more: https://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/2018/03/egypt-copts-cross-tattoos-lead-to-harassment-insults/ Sweden tries to ‘Starve’ Out Christian aylum Seeker March 13, 2018 -- STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Aideen Strandsson is a woman without a country. She may live in Sweden, but she is a stateless person, with no passport, no citizenship and no way to get a job. She lives every day with the knowledge she could be deported to her native Iran where, as a Christian, she would face grave danger... http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2018/march/update-sweden-tries-to-starve-out-christian-asylum-seeker Special Prayer Request!! • Pray for the believers who are persecuted, imprisoned & even killed for their faith. • Pray for the underground church and pastors we support in East Africa. • Pray for Getaneh and Wosene as they conclude their missions trip to East Africa • Pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters who are under attack. That they would know the hope God gives (Ephesians 1:18) and that the Holy Spirit will strengthen them (Ephesians 3:16). John 14:15 Jesus said, “If you love me, you will obey what I command.”
John 14:21 Anyone who has my commands and obeys them loves me. My Father will love the one who loves me. I too will love them. And I will show myself to them. Obedience is the outward expression of your love of God.~ Henry Blackaby John 14:24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. The words you hear me say are not my own. They belong to the Father who sent me. If you love Him, you will obey Him! ~Henry Blackaby 1 John 5:3 In fact, here is what it means to love God. We love him by obeying his commands. And his commands are not hard to obey. You cannot believe Him if you do not love Him. You cannot love Him unless you know Him. ~Henry Blackaby Everybody is called to pray. Please pray for the following! The UNREACHED in Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia, Kenya, and South Sudan Pray for the most important leaders of these countries – that the Holy Spirit will take away their spiritual blindness (2 Cor. 4:4). Pray for supernatural/extraordinary manifestations of God through dreams, healing, revelations and visions, etc. among the unreached of these countries (Acts 2:19; 4:30; Heb. 2:4). Pray that the Spirit of God will raise people from these countries to build a strong church among their own people. Pray that God’s Name be glorified and honored wherever the Truth is suppressed or denied. Pray that God’s Kingdom come and rule and His will become effective where it is defied and where it is opposed by His enemies! (Matthew 6:9-10) The CHURCH of the UNREACHED and all over the World It is the task of the church of Jesus Christ to take the Gospel of Salvation to the nations of the World. Pray that the Church of Christ will take the Commission in Matthew 28:18-20 literally. Pray for the church to gain a new vision for mission work. Pray for the Church to persevere despite persecution. Pray for unity among the small groups and against false doctrines that often come and destroy the young congregations. Pray for outpouring of the Holy Spirit on them (Acts 4:31). For the SALVATION of the people from the UNREACHED Pray that whole families will become converted – it makes it easier for the converts to remain standing. Pray that the Holy Spirit will work in their hearts in a divine way and urge them to search for the True God in Jesus Christ. Pray especially for the redemption of individuals who are leaders or who are in positions of authority in these countries. Pray that these people will openly confess their sins and their faith in Christ and that they will also follow Him openly. If my people who are called by name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. – II Chronicles 7:14 Breaking News & Latest Headlines For The Week Attacks on Christians in India’s Tamil Nadu State Continue to Rise March 06, 2018 — India (World Watch Monitor) – After a year in which hate crimes against Indian Christians happened at a rate of almost one verified incident per day, the state which registered the most incidents in 2017 (over 50) – Tamil Nadu – continues to see outbreaks of violence... Click Defeated Islamic Militants Plan to Strike Southern Philippines Again March 05, 2018 — (Christian News Network) – Philippines (Channel News Asia) – At least 300 militants from a pro-Islamic State alliance that last year held a southern Philippine city for five months have regrouped and are planning similar attacks elsewhere, the army said on Monday... Click here: Christians Killed on Identity in Egypt, According to Report March 05, 2018 — Egypt (Watani) – That New Year Eve will forever remain etched in my mind... It was the telephone ringing, and the alarm clock on my night table pointed at around 2am. I reached for the telephone receiver only to hear at the other end the distressed voice of our young reporter Nader Shukry telling me that some explosion had occurred at a church in Alexandria as the congregation was leaving after New Year midnight service… Cross Removed from a State-Sanctioned Church at Jiangxi Province March 02, 2018 — China (China Aid) – On Feb. 22, a demolition crew tore the cross off the top of an official church in China’s inland Jiangxi province, despite the protests of more than 20 church members attempting to block their path.... Click here: ISIS Calls on Fighters to Kidnap Christian Tourists in Egypt March 01, 2018 — Egypt (The Express) – Islamic State is urging fanatics to target popular holiday hotspots in Egypt and deliberately target Christian tourists. They also called on fighters to kidnap foreign tourists to embarrass the Egyptian government and damage the tourism industry. ISIS made the call in an online weekly publication – Al-Nada – urging operatives to intensify their attacks on Christians across the country. Christians Killed In Nigeria; More Than 100 Schoolgirls Missing February 28, 2018 – BUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in several parts of Nigeria are mourning or searching for loved ones after new kidnappings, and raids on villages by Islamic militants killed at least some 170 people, including Christian Nigerians… In one of the latest attacks, the Boko Haram group raided a boarding school for girls in northeastern Nigeria…Click here for more: Special Prayer Request!! • Pray for the believers who are persecuted, imprisoned & even killed for their faith. • Pray for the underground church and pastors we support in East Africa. • Pray for Getaneh and Wosene while traveling mission trip to East Africa. • Pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters who are under attack. That they would know the hope God gives (Ephesians 1:18) and that the Holy Spirit will strengthen them (Ephesians 3:16). |
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