A Monthly Journal to Guide Intercession for Our World July 2017 In This Issue Three Key Interrelated Missions Awakening Europe in Prague Afghanistan: Lord, Bring down the Wicked!. Australia: Pray for the Protection of Marriage Nigeria Needs Our Prayers!. The Crucial Connection between United Prayer and Mission North Korea and Other International Security Threats Syria...and Iraq: The Continuing Struggle against ISIS Russia's Aggressive Moves Prayer Requested for the Bibleless Peoples Finishing The Task! Peacemaking Power of Prayer. Silent Coup Attempt to Overturn a Sitting President? A Brief Note on my Prayer Walking Tour in 6 Countries of Europe C...easeless: A Practical Way to Pray for Friends and Contacts 10 Days 2017: Ready to Launch Pray with Hong Kong!.. IPC calendar Contacting the IPC Office Quick Links IPC Website Children in Prayer WYPA 2016 In our last Connections, I updated you on the magnificent time many prayer and mission leaders had together at Herrnhut in early May. It was truly a life and ministry-changing event as we later heard from so many. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Would you please, therefore, join us in praying for the continued convergence of these three prayer and mission thrusts that are already being so greatly used of the Lord to bless our world? How can we increasingly flow together for maximum impact? How can these efforts be effectively coordinated and synergized for the greater purposes of God and the benefit of all! JUNE 29 - JULY 2 TIPSPORT ARENA, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC "Even though it's one of the most beautiful cities in the world outwardly, to my heart it seemed like Nineveh, caught in the valley of decision - not knowing where to go. There are many cities like it all across Central Europe and now it's the church's time to enter the valley and show them the way out. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Please join in prayer for a mighty work of the Spirit in the city of Prague, the Czech Republic and throughout Europe, bringing His revival and breakthrough so that indeed there may be a "New Reformation"! of 10 01/08/2017, 11:19
Interna onal Prayer Connec on July 2017 Afghanistan is perhaps the most challenging prayer and mission situation on earth? Recently, the Taliban or some other terrorist group attacked some of the Christian workers, killing a key German woman and kidnapping a young Finnish woman, both of whom were lovingly risking their lives to serve the Afghan people. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Please include the 'Butcher of Kabul' always in prayer till he gets dealt with, besides the other terror groups like Taliban, IS and the Haqqanis." Let's pray now in the same way for the Lord to bring down the wicked and especially this horrifically evil terrorist, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. Pray also for the release or rescue of those who have been kidnapped and for the protection over other brothers and sisters in Christ, both expatriates and Afghan who are living and serving there. Pray for the unity of the Afghan government and for the government of the USA as it plans to commit another 4000 American troops to the battle against the Taliban and other such terrorist groups. May they have victory and may the terrorist groups be thrown into utter confusion and division, ighting against each other until they give up their struggle to take over the nation and institute the awful tyranny sharia law again. We need you prayers at this time here in Australia. Please pass this important Call for Prayer & Fasting 1-3 July 2017 for Australia and for the preservation of Marriage in Australia. YouTube Video with Ps Tim Edwards: Watch Now Facebook Video with Tim Edwards: Watch Now Much Love Warwick Marsh 2 of 10 01/08/2017, 11:19
Interna onal Prayer Connec on July 2017 My country, Nigeria, is currently at the crossroads and heading towards the precipice. I covet your fervent prayers and that of other praying brethren all over the world to avert the impending doom and violent breakup of Nigeria and another pogrom of my people (the Igbo ethnic group) from Southeastern part of Nigeria who are mostly Christians and are living all over Nigeria. We have been given quit notice by the Northern Muslims to leave the Northern part of Nigeria before 1st October, 2017 (which happens to be Nigeria's Independence Day). Please, join me to pray for my beloved country, Nigeria, in line with Isaiah 60:18-"Violence shall no more be heard in thy land (Nigeria), wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise". Thank you and God bless you. Yours in the service of the Most High, Dr Chikwerem Obi. These all with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers. - Acts 1:14 The Book of Acts is one of the most fascinating studies of the efficacy of prayer in all of Scripture. Luke's account of the birth and growth of the early church gives us insight on what was to become a priority in their development; what worked and what didn't. One of the activities that worked was prayer... continual prayer, a lesson I fear that has been lost in much of today's church. Robert Maginnis who once was a Pentagon insider has helped guide our prayers about security issues. Here is his analysis about some of the hot spots of our world: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pray that a peaceful way will be found to bring the North Korean 3 of 10 01/08/2017, 11:19
regime to denuclearize their country and avoid all out military conflict with the U.S. and South Korea. War that would result in possibly hundreds of thousands dying in the two Koreas is unthinkable. Syrian rebels close to victory over ISIS in Raqqa. The Atlantic reports Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) could be days away from victory over ISIS in Raqqa. The SDF, a group of Kurdish and Arab fighters backed by the U.S., have captured a number of key areas near Raqqa. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pray for the conquest of ISIS and the remnants of its forces in both Syria and Iraq. Pray that its leaders will be apprehended and brought to justice for their horrific crimes against humanity. Pray that both nations will return to peace and that the needs of those millions whose lives have been disrupted my find that good, especially coming to know Jesus Christ, will come out of the appalling evil and trouble they have experienced. Russia threatens power grids with cyber weapon. The Washington Post reports hackers allied with the Russian government have devised a cyber-weapon that has the potential to be the most disruptive yet against electric systems that have the potential to disrupt all American lives. Pray that Russia will change its attitude and pull back from its aggressive actions on the border with NATO and in eastern Ukraine. Pray that a better relationship may develop with the USA and between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. October 15 th will be the first of eight annual global prayer gatherings to centralize the spiritual unity and power of prayer against all spiritual forces 4 of 10 01/08/2017, 11:19
of evil that are preventing the Bible translation movement from reaching the remaining 1,600+ Bibleless languages with His Word. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pray for God to bring international prayer leaders to the gathering who will dramatically help with Vision 2025. We are asking for 12 of the most influential prayer leaders in the global church to be present. Pray for the worship leaders and speakers for the gathering. Pray for God to both guide the selection of worship leaders and speakers and bless their efforts as they begin to prepare for the gathering Pray for spiritual protection, unity, wisdom, and divine creativity over the Seed Company prayer mobilization team as they lead the event and for. Pray for the global marketing and networking for the prayer gathering. We are praying for 1,600 attendees in person and for one million worldwide to view the event online live or after the gathering. Desire of the nations, speed up and empower the Bible translation movement, rescue the nations out of darkness with the Light of Your Word. Amen. The Finishing the Task initiative is helping to coordinate the final push to share Christ's Good News with the last unreached peoples. Would you please consider adopting one of these people groups and beginning to pray for them until they are reached? It will make a huge difference because Jesus told us to "pray the Lord of the harvest that He would send forth laborers" into the harvest. Please find attached the current focus list of the unengaged, unreached people groups being promoted by the FTT network on the attached website with other helpful information. If you have any questions please contact: Lara Heneveld Project Manager of 10 01/08/2017, 11:19
Data and Research Team Lead Networks and Partnerships lara.heneveld@ccci.org www.finishingthetask.com Joshua Project at joshuaproject.net also has much helpful information about adopting an unreached group and offers a good number of prayer profiles for this purpose. Religious leaders have achieved a truce between rebel groups in the Central African Republic through a 'spiritually inspired' method. JUNE 20, 2017 -One of Africa's worst conflicts may have finally ended through a rare type of diplomacy. On June 19, more than a dozen armed groups in the Central African Republic signed a peace accord. Yet they did not do so through an official negotiator. Rather a religious group in Italy used what it calls a "spiritually inspired" method - building empathy and compassion - to help forge a truce. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Let us rejoice that united prayer can be used of the Lord to heal conflicts and begin to pray for those areas of the world where there are ongoing conflicts. 'An attempt to overturn November's election and forcibly remove a duly elected president' http://www.wnd.com/2017/06 /new-warning-resistanceturning-into-american-coup/ Please pray that the human and spiritual forces of division and hate will be bound and overthrown in the USA and that the institutions of government and the media will serve the American people honestly and fairly. Enoch Era 6 of 10 01/08/2017, 11:19
The burden to pray in Europe was born around the year 2011 during one of my prayer journeys in USA. The story behind Ceaseless http://ceaselessprayer.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Let us pray that God sends much-needed rain to both sides of the Atlantic." Vision Document and International Invitation www.10days.net Already this year we're aware of over 30 locations around the US and the world that are planning 10 Days. No doubt, we'll be adding new locations in the days and weeks ahead. As our whole city of HK is celebrating the 20th anniversary of returning to China, many wonderful historical things are fall unto place at the same time! Yet, July 1 is indeed a new era for our City as our new Chief Executive is inaugurating into the 5th Special Administrative Regional Government for China. President Xi will also be coming HK this week and we are now greatly mobilising our city to pray like never before to turn the enemy's scheme of dividing Hong Kong from China into something godly. Gloria Au Yeung Kingdom Harvest Ministries Please pray for the overthrow of division and any violent demonstrations being planned; that the Gospel of Christ will touch the public officials and all the different classes and occupational groups, 7 of 10 01/08/2017, 11:19
Interna onal Prayer Connec on July 2017 especially the younger generation; and that Hong Kong will indeed enter into its destiny to be a great blessing to the world! 2017 29 Jun - 2 July Awakening Europe Tipsport Arena, Prague, Czech Republic 2017 1-3 July Prayer and Fasting for Australia 2017 17 thru 26 Aug and 11 thru 20 Sept Bhutan Prayer Initiative 2017 21 thru 24 Aug - North America Prayer Summit St. Johns, Newfoundland MaDonna Eason madonna@linkinghearts.ca 2017 26 thru 28 Oct - Balkan Call Prishtina, Kosovo sbeiler@eurasiaregion.org 2017 5-7 December Finishing The Task Conference 2017 Saddleback Church, Lake Forest, CA The IPC website is part of a hub that aims to equip and inform the Church worldwide. We run it as a service to our partner organisations and ministries to help them to publicise their prayer alerts, news, events and resources. We would invite you to get involved. If you have: 1. News / Events: news of international prayer-related interest such as upcoming initiatives and conferences 2. Regional Prayer Requests: strategic prayer requests and alerts for your nation or region 3. Resources: teaching articles, media or testimonies... we can, in most cases add them to the website. Please send copy along with images and hyperlinks to any existing online content that we can point people to for further information. Articles for inclusion should be submitted to the IPC administrator at office@ipcprayer.org. 8 of 10 01/08/2017, 11:19
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