Prayer Wall 3/23/16

Arise & Shine for JESUS!  Please pray for:

1. COMMUNITIES OF THE PERMIAN BASIN
Let us PRAY for peace, comfort, wisdom and patience for the families and businesses that have been affected by the economic downturn due to low oil prices. “They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord.” ~ Psalm 112:7

2. 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.

3. GOVERNMENTMAL LEADERS
Pray for our leaders 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.
 
4. 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 is controlling in places like Nigeria, Middle East and Algeria, etc.

5. 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
Please pray for the community of Brussels and the country of Belgium. Let us pray for our brothers and sisters who are traveling worldwide during this time. We also need to pray for our country and our leaders of this great nation.

CHRISTIAN CONVERT FROM ISLAM HACKED TO DEATH IN  BANGLADESH
Published March 22, 2016
Unidentified attackers hacked a Christian convert to death this week in northern Bangladesh…68-year-old Hossain Ali was hacked to death by two assailants wielding machetes. Tobarak Ullah, the police chief of Kurigram, told the AFP that … "He died on the spot. The attackers exploded a molotov cocktail to create panic and left the scene on a motorcycle," Ullah said.

BRUSSELS: WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM TODAY'S ATTACKS
Published March 22, 2016
Europe is reeling from the latest terrorist attacks, this time against Brussels, now confirmed to be terrorist attacks.  Three blasts have been reported so far, two in the Zaventem Airport and one at the Maelbeek metro station some 500 meters from the European Parliament.

4 BIBLE TRANSLATORS MURDERED IN MIDDLE EAST
March 22, 2016 – Middle East (WAS/MNN)
Bible translation in Muslim-dominant areas is risky. Mix that occupation with animosity aimed at Muslim-Background Believers and what you get is a volatile and often explosive reaction.

850 PALESTINIAN CHRISTIANS GRANTED VISAS TO VISIT JERUSALEM FOR EASTER
March 22, 2016
"This is the first time such a large number of Christians from Gaza received permits to travel to the West Bank and Jerusalem," Muhammad al-Maqadma, spokesperson for the Palestinian Ministry of Civil Affairsian.

WESTERN GOVERNMENTS KNEW WHERE 80 NIGERIAN GIRLS KIDNAPPED BY BOKO HARAM WERE - BUT NO ONE TRIED TO RESCUE THEM
March 20, 2016
The US and British governments knew where at least 80 of the Nigerian girls kidnapped by Boko Haram were but failed to launch a rescue mission.

CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS UNITE AGAINST EXTREMISM AS NIGERIA'S PRESIDENT CALLS ISLAMIC RADICALISM A 'TRAGIC PARADOX'
March 18, 2016
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, a Muslim, said at a major peace conference that the teachings of Islam forbid extremism in all forms, making the wave of radical Islamic attacks worldwide a "tragic paradox."