Prayer Wall 4/27/16

Special Prayer Request!!
Please lift up special prayer for Wosene. Pray for the mothers of Wosene and Getaneh. Let us also pray for safe travel for Getaneh as he travels back home. Let’s pray for great awakening and that the Lord will shake up our country!

Prayer… “does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work.” ~ Oswald Chambers               

“To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul” – Psalm 25:1. 

 “The man who mobilizes the Christian church to pray will make the greatest contribution to world evangelization in history.” ~ Andrew Murray

 Others may assist us, but only God will sustain us.

 "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 for JESUS!  Please pray for:                                                                                            

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

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.

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. 

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.

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.
 

Uganda: Christian church attacked and 'unholy' pigs slaughtered
April 26, 2016 – Christians in a village in Uganda have in the last few days seen their pigs slaughtered and their church demolished…The Nalugondo village Church of Uganda, which served about 450 Christians, was demolished in the middle of the night. 

 Philippine Terror Group Beheads Canadian Hostage
April 26, 2016 – A Philippino Islamist terror group, which backs the Islamic State, beheaded a Canadian hostage April 25 after the demanded ransom of $6.5 million was not paid. The head of…John Ridsdel, 68, was found stuffed in a plastic bag on the remote Samal Island in the southern Philippines, five hours after the deadline passed. The terror organization Abu Sayyaf…is currently holding captive 20 other foreigners.

Over 750,000 pledge to boycott Target for giving men access to women’s bathrooms
Published April 26, 2016 — April 26, 2016 (LifeSiteNews)—Over 750,000 people have pledged to boycott Target over the company’s new policy allowing men to use women’s bathrooms. The American Family Association, which launched the petition, says the fact that it’s generated such a large response in only five days shows how outraged Americans
 
Of course: Missouri man caught filming women in Target dressing room
Published April 26, 2016 — Matthew Foerstel, 26, faces felony charges for invasion of privacy in the second degree and unlawful possession of a firearm…he allegedly held a camera phone under a dressing room store in Brentwood, TN.

THE BANGSAMORO BASIC LAW
April 25, 2016 ​– Christians, particularly Muslim Background Believers (MBBs), are unsure as to how the creation of the Bangsamoro would affect their freedom to practice the Christian faith…they worry that there would be difficulties in determining whether they should be governed by it as well.

Martyr killed by bulldozer becomes symbol of growing persecution of Christians in China
April 22, 2016 – More than 2,000 churches in southern China have been forced to remove crosses from their exteriors in the last year alone, according to Bob Fu, President of ChinaAid. 

Mexico's Christians face beatings, forced conversions at hands of hybrid faiths
Published April 18, 2016 — Evangelical Christians in Mexico are facing increasing persecution at the hands of rural followers of a hybrid faith who demand submission, say advocates, who are calling on the government to protect religious freedom.