Prayer Alert 3/9/16

“God does nothing except response to believing prayer . . . Prayer is where the action is."   ~ John Wesley
 
Arise & shine; please pray for the following!                                                                                               
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. GOVERNMENTAL 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.
 
 
FILMMAKER ARRESTED IN SUDAN FOR DOCUMENTING CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION
Published March 08, 2016
Sudan arrested Czech missionary and filmmaker Petr Jasek in early December on numerous charges stemming from his work exposing Christian persecution in the nation. Czech authorities have attempted to gain his release through diplomatic means. They said authorities charged him with documenting Christian persecution and illegally crossing between Sudan and South Sudan.
 
SIX WOUNDED IN SOMALIA AIRPORT LAPTOP BLAST: POLICE
March 07, 2016
MOGADISHU: Six people were wounded Monday when a laptop bomb exploded at an airport in Somalia...The bomb exploded at a checkpoint in the small central town of Beledweyne.
 
CHRISTIAN AID MISSION HELPS ZIMBABWE PASTOR 
March 07, 2016 – Zimbabwe (Christian Aid Mission)
Economic ruin, severe drought, widespread poverty, and AIDS afflicted the remote area of Zimbabwe where a pastor quit his church last year under the stresses of trying to serve a congregation that could not financially support him and his family.

MORE THAN 500 INDIANS RESCUED FROM SLAVERY BY CHRISTIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION
March 04, 2016
More than 560 people, including women and children, have been rescued from slavery in India in International Justice Mission’s (IJM) largest ever operation. Police, government officials and IJM staff released hundreds of families from forced labor at a brick kiln on the outskirts of Tiruvallur, Chennai.
 
CHRISTIAN CHURCHES UNITE AGAINST BOKO HARAM AS TERROR GROUP KILLS OVER 4,000 IN NIGERIA
March 03, 2016
All major Christian groups in Nigeria, including Roman Catholics, Protestants, and Pentecostals are coming together as part of a campaign recognizing that divisions among them will only help spread Islamic terror group Boko Haram's attacks further throughout the country.
 
OVER 450,000 JOIN IRANIAN HOUSE CHURCH MOVEMENT, 'GREAT NUMBER OF MUSLIMS TURNING TO CHRIST'
March 03, 2016
Hundreds of thousands of Christians are worshiping secretly in a rapidly accelerating house church movement in Iran, as a London-based theological center is aiding the movement by training the next generation of its spiritual leaders. The Iranian government labels Christianity as a threat to the nation's Islamic identity and imprisons over 100 Christians for worshiping Christ.