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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom… PSALM 111:10
Wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, and without hypocrisy… JAMES 3:17 Pride leads to disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom…PROVERBS 11:2 Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything…2 TIMOTHY 2:7 If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people, 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 7:13-14 Arise & shine; please pray for the following! AWAKENING Give thanks for all the Lord is AWAKENING IN YOU!! There is power in His blood and the name of Jesus Christ. May others experience the goodness of this truth and have an encounter with the Living God in this season! Pray for our local and global churches; for our pastors to stand firmly on the Word of God. AMERICA Pray for the leaders of our nation to stand firm on God’s Word. Give thanks we have leaders that are in the Palm of His Hand! Isaiah 41:13 May they call upon Him for wisdom. May they give Him thanks for the peace and order that He brings. Give thanks for God fearing men and women serving in these positions. PERSECUTED BELIEVERS We lift up our brothers & sisters & those yet to come that they may know He is present in their midst and hears their prayers. Let us pray that even in the midst of dire circumstances and even in the midst of severe threats and actions of death they will have the grace to STAND NO MATTER WHAT and not forsake Jesus Yeshua Isa – Son of the Living God. Lift up where ISIS (or affiliate) is controlling in places like Nigeria, Middle East and Algeria, etc. ISRAEL Lift up Israel and individuals within the country (Jews & Arabs alike). Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. May those who love you prosper, Psalm 122:6, Pray that Israelis will move forward with the leader that the Lord appoints. May there be peace. Breaking news & latest headlines for the week: African mission leader searches for positives despite deadly surge of jihadist violence Published May 30, 2017 – Attacks attributed to radical Islamic groups are happening on a weekly, or even daily, basis in Africa, posing security concerns across a vast swathe of the continent. The phenomenon has dramatically affected Church activities in various regions. Eritrean government arrests 100 Christians in massive crackdown against unregistered churches Published May 30, 2017 – The Eritrean government has arrested nearly 100 Christians this month as part of the massive crackdown against unregistered churches. According to World Watch Monitor, the arrests took place in the days leading up to Eritrea's Independence Day on May 24. 3 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE DEADLY EGYPT ATTACK Published May 27, 2017 – Gunmen opened fire yesterday on vehicles carrying Coptic Christians in Egypt. At least 26 were killed in the deadly attack and 23 were wounded. The dead included children, older adults and laborers. Church leader among dead in Central African Republic Published May 26, 2017 – A church leader was among those killed in the recent outbreak of violence in the Central African Republic, it has emerged. Baptist pastor Ange-Apoléon Ngakolada, 36, leaves behind a wife and eight children. The President of the Association of Evangelical Baptist Churches in CAR, Singa Gbadia, told World Watch Monitor that Mr. Ngakolada had been targeted because local Muslims were unhappy about a church he’d recently had built. Hardline Hindus torch down church and pastor's home in southern India Published May 24, 2017 – A group of hardline Hindus in southern India torched down a church building and a Christian pastor's home this month because they were upset that some of their members converted to Christianity. Special Prayer Request!! • Watch & Pray International Ministries, in conjunction with the Fellowship Community Church of Midland, TX, is organizing a Prayer Vigil on Friday, June 9th, 2017 from 6:30 pm -12pm. Please join us as we pray for all the Churches in the Permian Basin, the Country, and the World. • We trust that your Holy Spirit will watch over and encourage those who work to support oppressed believers on the ground, risking their own lives to do so. • Please look after our brothers and sisters around the world who are being persecuted for their faith, especially those who are active in sharing the gospel. • Let Your peace reign on those regions where your children are not permitted the freedom to live out their faith in safety.
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PRAYER… /pre(ә)r/ (Noun) A solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God.
“With God all things are possible.” – Matthew 19:26 Prayer changes things Me “Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful” – Colossians 4:2 “God does nothing except in answer to prayer" – John Wesley “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer”– Romans 12:12 “If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people, 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 7:13-14 Arise & shine; please pray for the following! AWAKENING Give thanks for all the Lord is AWAKENING IN YOU!! There is power in His blood and the name of Jesus Christ. May others experience the goodness of this truth and have an encounter with the Living God in this season! Pray for our local and global churches; for our pastors to stand firmly on the Word of God. AMERICA Pray for the leaders of our nation to stand firm on God’s Word. Give thanks we have leaders that are in the Palm of His Hand! Isaiah 41:13 May they call upon Him for wisdom. May they give Him thanks for the peace and order that He brings. Give thanks for God fearing men and women serving in these positions. PERSECUTED BELIEVERS We lift up our brothers & sisters & those yet to come that they may know He is present in their midst and hears their prayers. Let us pray that even in the midst of dire circumstances and even in the midst of severe threats and actions of death they will have the grace to STAND NO MATTER WHAT and not forsake Jesus Yeshua Isa – Son of the Living God. Lift up where ISIS (or affiliate) is controlling in places like Nigeria, Middle East and Algeria, etc. ISRAEL Lift up Israel and individuals within the country (Jews & Arabs alike). Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. May those who love you prosper, Psalm 122:6, Pray that Israelis will move forward with the leader that the Lord appoints. May there be peace. Special Prayer Request!! • Pray for divine protection over our nation during the electoral process. Pray for a leader who will ultimately allow us to “lead peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness” (1 Tim. 2:2). Scripture says “For lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisors” (Prov. 11:14). Remember the fallen soldiers on Memorial Day. • Let us be ever mindful of our brothers and sisters around the world who are discriminated against, slandered, unjustly accused, arrested, imprisoned, beaten, exiled or killed. They need us to stand with them in prayer as they suffer in your name. God of all comfort, for those who are tortured both in body and mind, give them the grace to endure their suffering. (Romans 15:5-6, 2 Thessalonians 1:4-5, 11-12). • Let’s pray for great awakening!... Not just here, but the entire world. Breaking news & latest headlines for the week: Eritrea Government Detained More Christians In New Crackdown Published May 22, 2017 — ASMARA, ERITREA (BosNewsLife) – Christians have been detained in Eritrea this month as part of a massive government crackdown on members of unregistered churches… In one incident, six men and four women were reportedly captured in a raid on a prayer meeting in the north eastern town of Ghinda. Bye-bye, blasphemy law? Published May 22, 2017 — There are renewed calls for the blasphemy law in Indonesia to be repealed following the conviction of Jakarta's outgoing governor. West Africa hit with spate of suicide bombings Published May 21, 2017 — Since the beginning of this month, the West African countries of Nigeria and Cameroon have been hit with a spate of suicide bombings. The majority of these bombings have involved women, an incredibly common tactic in the region. Christian Pastor's Home, Church Burned Down in Southern India Published May 21, 2017 — Hindu nationalists in southern India burned down a church and the home of its pastor after some high "caste" Hindus converted to Christianity and joined the church. Pakistan pardons female ISIS terrorist who tried to bomb Christians on Easter Published May 21, 2017 — Pakistan has pardoned and released a young female medical student who admitted she has joined the Islamic State and attempted to launch a suicide attack targeting Christians on Easter. Two Sudanese Pastors’ Surprise Release Celebrates The Power of Prayer May 18, 2017 – Two Christian prisoners in Sudan have been set free! When Hassan Kodi and Abdulmonem Abdumawla awoke last Thursday, they had no idea that this was the day the Lord would radically set them free from prison. Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere… EPHESIANS 6:18
…the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words…ROMANS 8:26 And we are confident that He hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases Him… 1 JOHN 5:14 If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people, 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 7:13-14 Arise & shine; please pray for the following! AWAKENING Give thanks for all the Lord is AWAKENING IN YOU!! There is power in His blood and the name of Jesus Christ. May others experience the goodness of this truth and have an encounter with the Living God in this season! Pray for our local and global churches; for our pastors to stand firmly on the Word of God. AMERICA Pray for the leaders of our nation to stand firm on God’s Word. Give thanks we have leaders that are in the Palm of His Hand! Isaiah 41:13 May they call upon Him for wisdom. May they give Him thanks for the peace and order that He brings. Give thanks for God fearing men and women serving in these positions. PERSECUTED BELIEVERS We lift up our brothers & sisters & those yet to come that they may know He is present in their midst and hears their prayers. Let us pray that even in the midst of dire circumstances and even in the midst of severe threats and actions of death they will have the grace to STAND NO MATTER WHAT and not forsake Jesus Yeshua Isa – Son of the Living God. Lift up where ISIS (or affiliate) is controlling in places like Nigeria, Middle East and Algeria, etc. ISRAEL Lift up Israel and individuals within the country (Jews & Arabs alike). Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. May those who love you prosper, Psalm 122:6, Pray that Israelis will move forward with the leader that the Lord appoints. May there be peace. Breaking news & latest headlines for the week: Buhari’s Running Nigeria as Muslim Organization — CAN Published May 16, 2017 – ABUJA— The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Youth Wing and four other affiliated Christian unions, yesterday, accused President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration of running the country as a Muslim organization and neglecting the entire Christian faith. Pastor In India Loses Hearing, Suffers Severe Head Wounds Following Assault By Hindu Extremists Published May 15, 2017 – Another pastor in India has tasted the wrath of Hindu extremists after they hit him with iron rods and sticks, leaving him bleeding from the head. Pastor Sikandar Kumar, 45, suffered such a severe beating that he lost his hearing, the Morning Star News reported. This Man Helped Save a Thousand Escaped ISIS Slaves Published May 15, 2017 – Over the course of nearly a year… Mirza Dinnayi—a soft-spoken and bespectacled Yazidi activist and humanitarian—did just that. By early last year, Dinnayi had quietly helped track down, vet, and transport more than 1,000 survivors of ISIS captivity—mostly women, who had been kept as sex slaves, and their children—to Germany. Sudan: Church Not Only Demolition in Sudan Capital - Commissioner Published May 14, 2017 – Khartoum — The Commissioner of Jebel Awliya locality has denied that the demolition of the church building in south-east Khartoum earlier this month is part of a discrimination campaign against Christians. Sudanese Government Destroys Another Church Published May 10, 2017 – Sudanese government officials demolished the Sudan Church of Christ (SCOC) building in the Soba region, 20 Km south of the capital Khartoum, on Sunday. Two church members were detained and interrogated. Special Prayer Request!! • Dear Lord, thank you Father for covering Getaneh with Your warm embrace and protecting him as he served you faithfully and bringing him home safe. Thank You for covering Wosene with your love and peace. • We trust that your Holy Spirit will watch over and encourage those who work to support oppressed believers on the ground, risking their own lives to do so. • Please look after our brothers and sisters around the world who are being persecuted for their faith, especially those who are active in sharing the gospel. • Let Your peace reign on those regions where your children are not permitted the freedom to live out their faith in safety. We will never change the world by going to church. We will only change the world by being the church.
“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28:19-20 NIV Arise & shine; please pray for the following! AWAKENING Give thanks for all the Lord is AWAKENING IN YOU!! There is power in His blood and the name of Jesus Christ. May others experience the goodness of this truth and have an encounter with the Living God in this season! Pray for our local and global churches; for our pastors to stand firmly on the Word of God. AMERICA Pray for the leaders of our nation to stand firm on God’s Word. Give thanks we have leaders that are in the Palm of His Hand! Isaiah 41:13 May they call upon Him for wisdom. May they give Him thanks for the peace and order that He brings. Give thanks for God fearing men and women serving in these positions. PERSECUTED BELIEVERS We lift up our brothers & sisters & those yet to come that they may know He is present in their midst and hears their prayers. Let us pray that even in the midst of dire circumstances and even in the midst of severe threats and actions of death they will have the grace to STAND NO MATTER WHAT and not forsake Jesus Yeshua Isa – Son of the Living God. Lift up where ISIS (or affiliate) is controlling in places like Nigeria, Middle East and Algeria, etc. ISRAEL Lift up Israel and individuals within the country (Jews & Arabs alike). Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. May those who love you prosper, Psalm 122:6, Pray that Israelis will move forward with the leader that the Lord appoints. May there be peace. Breaking news & latest headlines for the week: Christian Pastor Faces Daily Torture in Pakistani Prison Amid 'Blasphemy' Conviction Published May 09, 2017 – The wife of Zafar Bhatti, the Christian pastor in Pakistan who last week was sentenced to life in prison under the country's controversial blasphemy laws, says her husband is being tortured every day. Uganda: Christians Raise Shs20 Million for Teso Hunger Victims Published May 09, 2017 – Kampala — Christians in Kampala last Saturday raised Shs20m in cash and four tonnes of maize flour in the first of many relief efforts for famine-ravaged families in Teso sub-region...Msgr Kauta rebuked individuals who mock the famine victims for resorting to feeding on termites and white ants. IMPORTANT LEADERSHIP SHIFT: PRAY FOR THE KOREAS Published May 09, 2017 – Today, voters elected a new presidential candidate in South Korea: Moon Jae-in. This marks the end of a decade of conservative party rule, dominated by scandal and tensions on the peninsula. Jae-in represents the center-left Democratic Party. Before a large crowd, he stated: “I will work toward putting our country back on its feet and helping all of you realize your dreams, as Koreans. Sinai: eighth El-Arish Copt killed in targeted attack Published May 08, 2017 – Nabil Saber Ayoub Mansour became the eighth Egyptian Coptic Christian to be murdered in El-Arish, northern Sinai, this year in what appear to be linked killings. He was shot…by four masked men. Nigeria Schoolgirls: 82 Chibok Girls Were Swapped For 5 Boko Haram Commanders Published May 07, 2017 – Five Boko Haram commanders were released in exchange for the freedom of 82 Chibok schoolgirls, a Nigerian government official told the Associated Press. The confirmation of the prisoner swap came a day after the young women were liberated after more than three years in captivity by the Islamic militants. Special Prayer Request!! • Dear Lord, please protect our brothers and sisters around the world who are being persecuted for their faith, especially those who are active in sharing the gospel. • Let Your peace reign on those regions where your children are not permitted the freedom to live out their faith in safety. • We trust that your Holy Spirit will watch over and encourage those who work to support oppressed believers on the ground, risking their own lives to do so. • We ask you Father to please cover Getaneh with Your warm embrace and protect him as he is serving you faithfully. Please cover Wosene with your love and peace. We boldly ask these things in your name. Amen. Hatred stirs up conflict, but LOVE covers all wrongs…PROV 10:12
Love is patient, Love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud…1 COR 13:4 Above all, LOVE one another deeply, because Love covers over a multitude of sins…1 PETER 4:8 If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people, 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 7:13-14 Arise & shine; please pray for the following! AWAKENING Give thanks for all the Lord is AWAKENING IN YOU!! There is power in His blood and the name of Jesus Christ. May others experience the goodness of this truth and have an encounter with the Living God in this season! Pray for our local and global churches; for our pastors to stand firmly on the Word of God. AMERICA Pray for the leaders of our nation to stand firm on God’s Word. Give thanks we have leaders that are in the Palm of His Hand! Isaiah 41:13 May they call upon Him for wisdom. May they give Him thanks for the peace and order that He brings. Give thanks for God fearing men and women serving in these positions. PERSECUTED BELIEVERS We lift up our brothers & sisters & those yet to come that they may know He is present in their midst and hears their prayers. Let us pray that even in the midst of dire circumstances and even in the midst of severe threats and actions of death they will have the grace to STAND NO MATTER WHAT and not forsake Jesus Yeshua Isa – Son of the Living God. Lift up where ISIS (or affiliate) is controlling in places like Nigeria, Middle East and Algeria, etc. ISRAEL Lift up Israel and individuals within the country (Jews & Arabs alike). Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. May those who love you prosper, Psalm 122:6, Pray that Israelis will move forward with the leader that the Lord appoints. May there be peace. Breaking news & latest headlines for the week: Lamu al Shabaab recruits suspected to be spies, murdered in Somalia Published May 02, 2017 – At least six al Shabaab recruits from Lamu have been murdered in Somalia in the last two months on suspicion that they were government spies. James Seriani, Linda Boni operations director, said on Sunday that this number were killed between March and April alone. Young Christian Girl Forced by Sharia Court in Nigeria to Marry Muslim Man Published May 02, 2017 – Nigeria (The Christian Post) – The 16-year-old daughter of a Nigerian church leader was forcibly converted to Islam and married off to her Muslim boss by a Sharia court in the Niger state, a local news outlet has reported. Violent attacks on Christians in India increasing at alarming rate Published May 02, 2017 – The report, published by All India Christian Council (AICC), indicated that the attacks against Christians were up by 20 percent in 2016. It also noted that physical violence against believers rose by 40 percent and murders have doubled. Africa: The Forgotten War in the Central African Republic Published April 30, 2017 – Violent conflict between rebel groups has been raging in the Central African Republic for years. Aid agencies are warning that the humanitarian situation is worsening dramatically. US watchdog adds Russia to its list of worst oppressors of religion Published April 27, 2017 – The annual report by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, released 26 April, states: ”The state of affairs for international religious freedom is worsening in both the depth and breadth of violations. The blatant assaults have become so frightening — attempted genocide, the slaughter of innocents, and wholesale destruction of places of worship — that less egregious abuses go unnoticed or at least unappreciated. Many observers have become numb to violations of the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion”. Special Prayer Request!! • Dear Lord, please protect our brothers and sisters around the world who are being persecuted for their faith, especially those who are active in sharing the gospel. • Let Your peace reign on those regions where your children are not permitted the freedom to live out their faith in safety. • We trust that your Holy Spirit will watch over and encourage those who work to support oppressed believers on the ground, risking their own lives to do so. • We ask you Father to please cover Getaneh with Your warm embrace and protect him as he is serving you faithfully. Please cover Wosene with your love and peace. We boldly ask these things in your name. Amen. |
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