Prayer Wall 3/8/17

Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later. Romans 8:18

 Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world. ~ John 16:33

Come to Me all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest. ~ Matthew 11:28

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:

Nigerian Women Protest Atrocious IDP Camp Conditions
Published March 7, 2017 – Nigera (Vanguard) - Thousands of Nigerian women forced from their homes by Boko Haram jihadists held a protest on Sunday to demand better conditions as UN Security Council envoys visited their camp, an AFP journalist saw. The demonstrators accused local authorities and aid agencies of exacerbating one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, which the UN says has left northeastern Nigeria on the brink of famine.

Islamic Extremists in Somalia Kill Secret Christian, Her Son, Wound Husband, Sources Say
Published March 6, 2017 – NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists in Somalia identified as Al Shabaab rebels last month shot to death an underground Christian woman and her son and seriously wounded her husband, sources said. 
 
Arrests and detentions sweep across Xinjiang after Lunar New Year
Published March 3, 2017 – (Wusu, Xinjiang—March 3, 2017) Persecution broke out in China’s northwestern Xinjiang in the days surrounding the Lunar New Year as authorities arrested more than 80 Christians for attending house church meetings and detained six others, China Aid recently learned. 
 
Ethiopia: Despite Nationwide State of Emergency, Several Border Incursions Leave More Than 100 Dead in East and South East Ethiopia
Published March 3, 2017 – Despite a six month nationwide state of emergency… weeks-long cross border incursions by armed militiamen into many localities in eastern and southern part of Oromia, (bordering the Ethiopian Somali regional state, in east and south east Ethiopia) have left more than 100 people dead.

China sentences five Christian leaders to jail for buying Christian devotionals
Published March 02, 2017 – Five Christian leaders in China have been sentenced to up to seven years in jail last week for buying and selling Christian devotionals.

Mother and three children murdered in Lagos, Nigeria
Published March 01, 2017 – The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, on Wednesday confirmed the killing of three children and their mother in an uncompleted church building at Agbowa, near Ikorodu. 

Special Prayer Request!!

• Lift up our leaders, around the world, here in the United States, in our state, our community, and our church (1 Timothy 2:1-2).

• 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).