NAIROBI, Kenya - Clarke Bynum awoke on a British Airways jumbo jet headed to Nairobi to the howl of engines and screams for help as the airliner took a nosedive. Despite being sure he was about to die, he leaped from his business class seat and rushed into the cockpit to find a tall Kenyan man trying to crash the plane and the pilots trying in vain to stop him. Bynum, a former Clemson University basketball player, used his 6-foot-7-inch frame to grab the Kenyan and wrestle him to the floor. “There were literally hundreds of people back home praying for us, knowing we were going on this (church) mission trip (to Uganda). There was this strength within that made me get up and go. It came from God,” the 39-year-old South Carolina resident told The Associated Press on Saturday from his hotel in Nairobi. There were also hundreds of people praying Friday on Flight 2069 from London to Nairobi - 379 passengers and 19 crew to be precise.

“As we awoke, the plane within seconds was in a violent drop,” said Bynum, who was traveling with his friend Gifford Shaw. “I looked at Giff and said, ‘We’re gonna die.’ He said, ‘You’re right.’”

A 27-year-old Kenyan man, whom police and airline officials have described as deranged, had rushed into the cockpit, grabbed the controls and was pushing the Boeing 747-400 into a series of nosedives as he struggled with First Officer Phil Watson for control of the plane. “We could hear hollering and banging (in the cockpit),” Bynum said. “I said to Giff, ‘We have to do something.’ I looked out the window and could see we were going straight down. So I went to the cockpit.”

Bynum - who was on the flight only because weather in London caused him to miss a connection to Entebbe, Uganda - said his mind was whirling with what he might find: A hijacker with a gun or a knife. Or maybe there was more than one attacker?

“As I opened the door, the assailant had the co-pilot, basically wrestling with the co-pilot,” the 210-pound Bynum said. “The pilot that ran in ahead of me was a smaller man, about 5-foot-7, and he was trying to get him away.”

During the struggle for the flight controls, the plane was diving and climbing, only to dive again, Bynum and other passengers said. Amid passengers’ screams, the intruder bit the captain’s ear and finger during the two-minute struggle, the airline said. “Fortunately, I was able to get my arms around his (the Kenyan’s) neck and shoulders and get him to the ground. By this time, a couple of others had come in and helped get him out,” said Bynum, who has four children and lives in Sumter, S.C. Weston then pulled the plane level. Later, the pilots told Bynum that the plane had plummeted 19,000 feet from its cruising altitude of 30,000 feet.

Zanne Augur, a graduate student at the University of South Carolina, saw Bynum and another man rush to the cockpit. She had never met Bynum before. “There was this awful lurching, it felt like turbulence, but with this horrible noise, it was like a roller coaster, when the pit of your stomach drops out,” said the 32-year-old Augur, who was on her way to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. The next thing you know bedlam breaks out. All we could see was the (intruder’s) feet as they came out of the door,” she said.

“They got him out and held him down on the ground.” As Bynum held the man, flight attendants handcuffed him. A breathless Capt.

William Hagan came on the intercom and informed the passengers that “a madman tried to take control of the plane and bring it down to commit a suicide,” said Todd Engstrom, a 41-year-old doctor for Portland, Ore. Bynum said the assailant did not respond to questions and kept mumbling about having a companion, even though he was traveling alone. The plane landed safely two hours later in Nairobi at 10:10 a.m. local time.

Four passengers and a female crew member sustained minor injuries, the airline said. The intruder, described as a suspected mental patient, was taken to Nairobi Hospital. Kenyan police spokesman Dola Indidis said the man should not be treated like a criminal. Bynum said he was not physically hurt, but is still trying to come to grips with his experience. “We’re in fact going to head on to Entebbe, Uganda later (Saturday),” Bynum said. “We’re going to go on and we’re going to take it day by day.”

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*A PRAYER CALLING FOR A MAN OR WOMAN

WHO COULD CALL OUR NATION TO PRAYER

>From: PTM@prayertransformation.com

“Our Gracious Father in heaven, we come to you as your people with repentant and burdened hearts. We ask you to forgive us as a nation that we have grieved you. We have grieved you by our attitudes of bitterness and division. We have grieved you by looking to man and not to you our Lord. As a nation, we have strayed far from you. Forgive us. We face in these days, Lord, deep and festering wounds that need to be healed. We are uniting our hearts as your people to ask you to raise up a person or persons who would be able to call our nation to a time of prayer, repentance and a seeking from you of a healing of our wounds. Lay your Hand and your call on those who could with favor and grace, speak to the heart of our nation to call us back to you. Give them the proper forum in which to do this, and work in the hearts of the people in our nation to be able to hear and accept those words from your heart. We pray for ourselves as your people. Help us, Lord to model before the world around us, grace and forgiveness. Lord, we acknowledge our need for you, our sin and need for repentance. We ask again that you would raise up those who would be anointed by you to call our nation to prayer, repentance and healing. Do it so that your Name might be exalted, and we might turn to you that you might bless us and heal our land according to your word in 2 Chronicles 7:14. We pray in the healing and gracious Name of Jesus our Savior. Amen.”

“Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant[s]. For your sake, O Lord, look with favor on your desolate sanctuary. Give ear, O God, and hear; open your eyes and see the desolation of the city [nation] that bears your Name. We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy. O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For your sake, O my God, do not delay, because your city [nation] and your people bear your Name.” (Daniel 9: 17-19)

Could you join in this prayer in your prayer groups, in your personal quiet time, and even in your churches? Now is the time to seek the favor and healing touch of the Lord upon our country.

Your servant in Christ,

Rev. Steve Loopstra

Executive Director, Prayer Transformation Ministries

810 S. 7^th St, Minneapolis, MN 55415

(612) 278-1714 / fax: (612) 278-1711

PTM@prayertransformation.com

http://www.newscaster.ws/prayertransformation

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*PRAYING FOR NATIONAL LEADERS

>From: PastorsInPrayer@aol.com

Recently a friend sent the following Scripture:

“Then (King Jehoshaphat) set judges in the land throughout all the

fortified

cities of Judah, city by city, and said to the judges, of the

Lord, faithfully and with a loyal heart....Behave courageously, and the

Lord

will be with the good.’” (II Chronicles 19:5-7, 9, 11b-NKJV)

Regardless of political persuasion, we pray for our nation and God’s

perfect

will to be done. Blessings- bob and marilyn yawberg

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*WORDS OF WISDOM FROM PRESIDENT CLINTON’S PASTOR

>From: “Crosswalk.com” <newsletters@crosswalk.com>

...Christians have an important role to play after the divisive presidential election, President Clinton’s pastor says. Churches “may have a special role and competence,” said Philip Wogaman, pastor of Foundry United Methodist Church in Washington, D.C., according to United Methodist News Service (see link #1 below). ...”Our society is indeed divided at many points, but we do not have to be divisive,” Wogaman said. “Religion can exacerbate divisions when people invest their ‘side’ in disputes with the aura of ultimate authority. That can be the ultimate disrespect for others.”

...But faith also can lead to humility, Wogaman said. “When people realize that God is greater than any of us, we are less inclined to think we have the last word. And when we believe that God loves everybody, we are more inclined to respect everybody and to love everybody as a sister or brother. Thus, a strong religious faith can either be an engine of disrespect or a seedbed of mutual regard. A really strong faith is likely to be one or the other.”

...In a healthy society, faith leads to mutual regard, not disrespect and divisiveness, Wogaman said. Much depends on “the character of our faith commitments, our willingness to be patient with one another, and our resolve to find a higher common ground.”

1: http://www.umc.org/

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*PRAYER IN HOSPITALS?

>From: Impact Prayer Ministries <Donna@abdarin.radiks.net>

Back when I was in medical school and doing my residency, we didn’t talk much about prayer. It was sort of seen as a last resort:

“There’s nothing else we can do; all that’s left is prayer.” I had a few conversations with a few families and nurses—mostly late at night in the Intensive Care Unit, but none of that was ever written down in the medical record.

But times have changed, and more research has come out about prayer over the last 15 years. Nowadays, about one-third of U.S. medical schools offer classes in prayer, spirituality and religion and their role in healing. But given the enormous religious diversity in the United States, and the complex roles of parents and physicians, it’s a very tricky topic.

A great deal of research about the health benefits of prayer and spirituality has been summarized in books such as Dr. Larry Dossey’s “Healing Words; Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine” (Harper, 1997) and Dr. Harold Koenig’s “The Healing Power of Faith” (Simon & Schuster, 1999). It’s clear that praying is good for the person who prays, and it’s becoming clearer that it may also benefit the person on the other end, even when that person is unaware that others are praying for him or her.

Prayer should not be recommended as a substitute for proven medical therapies, however, such as antibiotics for pneumonia or insulin for diabetics.

There are Hospitals in Various cities across the United States that has a Prayer floor for Patients who request it. Chaplains are on duty there to pray for you. Ask your Hospital Administration if it is available in your city. Suggest the Idea of a Prayer Floor for Patients.

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*PASTORS FACE PRESSURE; NEED PRAYER

>From: Crosswalk.com <newssummary-join@lists.crosswalk.com> ...Pastors and their families exhausted by the demands of the ministry are finding encouragement at day-long seminars sponsored by Shepherds Fold Ministries. The nonprofit group, based in Wichita, Kan., was founded by retired Church of the Nazarene pastor Gene Williams and his wife, Joyce.

...Being a pastor is “mentally, spiritually, and emotionally draining,” Williams told The Wichita Eagle (see link #1 below). Almost 250 clergy and their wives attended a seminar last week in Wichita, where they listened to H.B. London of Focus on the Family. “One woman wrote to say it’s like sitting in the Coliseum and watching my husband being thrown to the lions, and I can’t do anything about it,” London said. “We are driven by people who will find ways to get all they can from us and more.” ...Pastors are tempted to work as many as 70 hours a week and “believe you’re doing things for God, and your family is dying,” Norwich, Kan., pastor James Playter said. “It’s a struggle knowing when to say no to a member and yes to your family.” ...Williams has talked with scores of ministers since the nondenominational Shepherds Fold Ministries began in 1998. He told the Eagle that, after his 47 years in the ministry, he realizes that the average layman “doesn’t comprehend in the slightest way the pressure that pastors are under.” He said he could “count on both hands the number of calls or encouraging words I heard from people.” When he got them, he said, they “really gave me a lift.” The phone number of the ministry is (316) 686-0978.

1: http://www.wichitaeagle.com/

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--->NPPNote: Here’s an idea ... Give your pastor a copy of the new book “They Call Me Pastor” by HB London Jr. and Neil B. Wiseman and tell him/her to take the day off to read it! The book is intended to help pastors rekindle their passion for the ones they lead. The section on family legacy will enable the overloaded pastor refocus on the family they love. Bless your pastor! [Regal Books: 800-4GOSPEL or http://www.regalbooks.com]

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*GREAT COMMISSION OR GREAT COMPLAINING?

>From: Barbara Bucklin <jvptxpray@juno.com>

>By Robby Carson, Texas Jesus Video Coordinator

__I got a phone call today from Dr. Bill Bright who had been busy calling potential donors and key leaders for the JESUS Video Project of Texas.

___This project has been incalculably blessed with Dr. Bright’s involvement and encouragement, but he called me from his hospital bed after going through a biopsy on his lung. His fibrotic lungs are a discomfort and time is short for this great servant of Jesus, yet he continues to have JVPTX in his prayers and physical labors. He is committed!

___Do you have the desire? Are we complaining about circumstances that can’t even register on a spiritual Richter scale? What’s keeping you from giving your Labor, Influence, Finances and Expertise (LIFE) in this project, the greatest evangelistic outreach in Texas history? ___What did you do today that will have eternal benefits for someone else? Step up and get involved now!

--->NPPNote: Consider using the L.I.F.E. acronym as the format of your next weekenight prayer gathering or as a 4-step call to commitment.

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*DC PRAYER JOURNEY: INTERESTING FOOTAGE

>From: NECPrayer@cs.com

Understand the signs of the times....Do not miss the opportunity !!!!

God has brought this nation to a political stand still that is going to

have

more and more consequences. But the Lord is giving his church the opportunity to stand in the gap. We must focus on the spiritual conflict. That can be won only through an extraordinary prayer vigil.

We have one month left in this millennial year. We have been asking churches to participate in a prayer watch. This is the time to put it into place.

Churches can take at least one day a week to pray. The Lord has promised

revival. The struggle to birth revival is at the heart of this crisis.

I just reviewed the video footage of the Easgate Prayer Journey, when we prayed for the renewal of our national Covenant. In Washington, DC we unfortunately saw another covenant being made. It was called the labyrinth.

Which is similar to the Halloween magic circle done in Salem? The new

agers

we doing it on the East side of the capital lawn. As we took communion

with

our British friends we sensed the struggle going on over our nation.

The fact that we are experiencing the battle should reassure us that God is moving on our behalf. It is a time similar to Elijah’s time on Mt. Sinai, where the 2 sides battled for the allegiance of the nation. Elijah understood that the contest was over 2 covenants. Israel’s covenant with the Lord and Jezebel’s covenant with Baal.

Let us pray that God’s chosen man be put in office permanently ASAP, and

the

Satan’s devices be broken down which are subverting the nation.

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*IRM PRAYER SUMMITS: DIVERSITY, YOUNG & OLD, REQUESTS

>From: International Renewal Ministries <irm@multnomah.edu>

Building the Church to impact the community

A Word from Dennis Fuqua - Director of IRM

Amidst the wonderful diversity that exists in the IRM movement, there are several values that are held in common. One of them is the value of being multi-denominational, multi-ethnic, multi-gender and multi-generational.

In reading over this particular value, I have mixed emotions. You want the “truth?” We have done a fairly good job with the first “multi-“, and there has been some progress in the other three areas, but they still reflect more a desire than a reality, more our prayer than our past. There are some wonderful “reconciliation stories” that could be told about people from various denominations at summits. In fact, it is the normal thing that people from quite a wide range of denominations (like everything from “Alliance to Wesleyan” - because I don’t know of a denomination that begins with an “X, Y or Z”) gather at Prayer Summits. But there is still a long way to go in the area of race, gender and generation. Thankfully, there has been some progress in all three of these areas, but it is our desire to still see more! We want to see more ethnic diversity at summits, we want to see more women ministered to through the summit movement, and we want to pass this on to the next generation in a manner they can embrace.

It might be helpful to clearly state the reason why this is a value to us. What is behind it is our understanding of the Church. The real Church of Jesus Christ is in fact, “multi- denominational, ethnic, gender and generational.” It is made up of all those who have called upon the name of the Lord for their salvation. The only valid, biblical distinction within the Church is one of geography. If we are going to impact our “whole community,” we need to have the “whole Church” moving in some harmonious or synchronized manner. And it seems it would be good to pray together, before we try to move together. Otherwise we will probably end up stepping on one another rather walking with one another! So, until there is proper representation of the whole Church of Jesus Christ, there is still work to be done.

On another topic, thanks for those of you who have said “yes” to our request for intercessors. We need you and we need more people to regularly intercede for us. If you will commit to regular intercession for IRM, we will send you weekly intercessory updates. Please tell Debbie Ulanday of your interest by emailing your response to her at dulanday@multnomah.edu.

Prayer Summits—

During December there usually aren’t any summits, but we would greatly cherish your prayers for the summit schedule over the next couple of months.

January and February tend to be the busiest in the Prayer Summit season. While the IRM office staff is not directly involved in the logistics of all of them, it is still a very busy time.

· Please pray that as a staff we can prioritize and keep up with the busy schedule as we seek to serve the brothers and sisters in these areas.

· Also keep the summit areas in your prayers as they look forward to their upcoming summits.

· Visit the Prayer Summit calendar: http:www.multnomah.edu

· Continue praying for the ongoing work of God in the areas where Prayer

Summits have already happened this year. (For example...) “I have been dramatically impacted by this summit event. I have been drawn to the feet of Jesus, had my inmost being exposed, and had the oil and wine poured into my life. I have met and become instant friends with pastors of other traditions and have rediscovered the common ground upon which our faith and struggles in ministry are based. It has been so refreshing to be able to slow down and wait on God to speak to us. My heart has been renewed and my life changed.” - North Central Indiana (Kokomo, IN) Prayer Summit “I enjoyed this time with older men of God. I received wisdom and great life teachings. The prayer times were great. Having these men pray for me and bless me was very encouraging. The fellowship and love and unity were an extreme blessing.” 23 year old youth pastor - North Central Indiana (Kokomo, IN) Prayer Summit “God has shown me the desperate need in the body of Christ among leaders to have ‘fathers’ in the faith who will encourage, help and bless them.

Someone to go to that is safe, yet strong. I was encouraged in my

relationship with my fellow leaders in the city. Taking a step out of the

routine for four days was not a waste, but was an encouraging time to quiet

my spirit and seek my Father while having the privilege of building

personal

relationships with my co-laborers in Christ. I was honored to have a part

in seeing men, healed, forgiven, encouraged and restored back to their

Father in heaven and with each other.” - Missoula, MT Prayer Summit

“I am grateful to God for your willingness to come to New England for our

ninth annual summit. I would say it was definitely one of our best. I am

especially rejoicing in the renewed sense of ownership among the pastors of

the region for this event and for other sub-regional summits. Praise the

Lord!” - New England Prayer Summit

“God can’t give us happiness and peace apart from Himself because there is

no such thing.” - C. S. Lewis

Our prayer is that during this time of celebrating the gift of Christ, you find that His joy and peace are with you in abundance! May your Christmas reflect the gift that was given!

Praising Him, The IRM Office Staff

Debbie, Dennis, Don, Lisa, Marnie and Tim

If you know of anyone who would be interested in receiving our monthly IMPACT update, our quarterly publication RENEWAL, or you would like to be removed from the IMPACT list simply reply to this e-mail, or contact the IRM office at (503) 251-6455.

International Renewal Ministries, 8435 Northeast Glisan Street,

Portland, OR 97220 / (503) 251-6455 / www.multnomah.edu

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*40 DAYS OF HOLY DESPERATION

>From: Roy Mansfield <nygoroy@mindspring.com>

My name is Roy Mansfield and I am the English Teaching Pastor at Manhattan Bible Church. We met at the Sat. meeting with David Bryant and the National Prayer Committee. Thanks for sending me the NPPN Newsletter.

God has been doing some unusual things in our church and I thought I would bounce them off you to get some input and prayer. During the National Prayer and Fasting conference God impressed upon me to ask our congregation (about 200 adults in our English speaking congregation) if God had laid it on the hearts of any of them to embark on a 40 day fast in the following way:

· To abstain completely from food, drinking only water and juices (if you are physically able)

· To abstain from TV (If your spouse joins you)

· To set aside at least one hour each day dedicated wholly to seeking the Lord

· To gather together each Wed. with the congregation to pray together (if possible).

· A willingness to focus on:

.Intimacy with God that results in unprecedented joy in our personal relationships with Him. (Psa. 16:11)

.Closeness and affection between the spouses of our church that result in unrestrained delight in one another. (Prov. 5:18)

.Unconditional love and unlimited commitment from the parents of our church toward their children that result in their godly training. (Prov. 22:6)

.A compassionate heart for God to use each individual in our church to win the lost, establish those new in their faith and mentor those already established in their faith. (Mat. 28:18-20)

If the Lord gave us 10 people willing to make this commitment we would proceed together. So far the Lord has given us 13! Jan. 3^rd - Feb. 11^th we will embark together on what we are calling “Forty Days of Holy Desperation” It is my desire to see the whole congregation participate is whatever way God leads them. So we are challenging all of our people to consider if the Lord would desire them to be involved in some of the following ways:

· Be a part of a daily e-mail that will allow you to pray along with others from our congregation who are experiencing specific struggles, blessings or prayer burdens

· Be a part of a 24 hour pray chain that will be conducted around the clock during our 40 Days of Holy Desperation

· Come to a designated room at the church to pray and seek the Lord

· Meet with a men’s prayer group one weeknight

· Meet with a women’s prayer group one weeknight

· Fast (from solid foods) and pray for 40 days

· Fast from some specific, food, drink or activity for 40 days to better focus upon seeking God’s face

· Fast and Pray for 1, 3 ,5 or 7 days during the 40 days

· Fast one day a week during the 40 days

· Fast one meal a day or week during the 40 days

· Gather other believers at your work place to fast and pray together during lunch

· Fast from TV for 40 days

· Fast during lunch each day

I have done a couple of 40 day fasts personally, but this is the first time

I have been involved with so many people. I would appreciate your prayers

anytime the Lord brings us to mind and any suggestions you might give,

Thank you, Roy Mansfield

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*HOME PRAYER GROUP ORDERED TO STOP MEETING >From: “Crosswalk.com” <newsletters@crosswalk.com> ...A couple is suing after being ordered to stop holding prayer meetings at their home. Robert and Mary Murphy sued the town of New Milford, Conn., in federal court, saying the town is violating their rights to freedom of religion and assembly, The Associated Press (see link #5 below) reported. The Murphys have invited family members and friends to their home weekly on Sundays since 1995 for fellowship, Bible study, and prayer. The gatherings typically do not exceed 25 people. ...Neighbors complained, and the New Milford zoning commission ruled that such regular meeting that use the back yard as a parking lot violated regulations. A zoning commission member said the town is not picking on the Murphys because they host a religious group. “It could be a model plane club, stamp collectors, seekers of Elvis,” George Doring told the AP. ...Prohibiting a family from using its own home for prayer is “a direct assault on our client’s constitutional rights,” said the Murphys’ lawyer, Vincent McCarthy of the American Center for Law and Justice (see: http://www.aclj.org/ )

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*CENTRAL FLORIDA PRAYER WALL: MODEL FOR YOUR CITY?

>From: praycf@juno.com

Prayer Points:

Vision Orlando is mailing the Jesus film to 545,000 homes in Central Florida (all of Orange, all of Seminole and some of Osceola Counties) December 11^th through 16^th. Please pray fervently for this distribution.

· Pray that God would prepare the hearts of the unsaved in the three counties and for a great harvest.

· Pray for the remaining details of the distribution and that the videos would get into the hands of those whose hearts have been prepared.

· Pray that nominal Christians would be moved to a deeper commitment to Christ after viewing the video.

· Pray for the preparations for the telephone follow-up campaign and the personal visits starting in January.

· Pray that The Lord of the Harvest would send forth laborers to bring in the harvest. Note: if your church would like to volunteer to help with the follow-up please call Roy with Vision Orlando at 407-826-2605. . Pray blessings on one or more churches or ministries on the same week as yours.

Vision

Just before the September 2000 Pray Central Florida meeting the Lord asked me (George Kern) to draw some vertical lines on the white board in our meeting room. Then He said draw some horizontal lines. He asked me what I saw. I said it looked like part of a calendar. He said to finish drawing the calendar (one month). He asked me again what I saw. This time it looked like a wall so I said that. The Lord said He wants to raise up a prayer wall around Central Florida. Please note that when I say God spoke to me I don’t mean an audible voice but I heard the specific words in my heart and mind as clear as if He had spoken them out loud. I believe the calendar means a monthly prayer schedule. I have since shared this at another prayer meeting and the leader had a sense that the churches in Central Florida were the towers on the wall. On November 27^th I sensed that it was time to begin and that our first prayer focus was to be the follow up after the Jesus Video distribution December 11^th through 16^th. This focus will continue for six months because the follow up efforts will continue for the first few months of 2001 and studies indicate that people will watch the video for many months after the distribution. We want to under gird the telephone and personal visit follow-ups to bring as much of the harvest into the store-houses as possible.

Normally when one thinks of a wall it is for protection. There is an element of protection in this wall but with it’s evangelism focus, it is also a siege wall. We (the Church) are laying siege to the kingdom of darkness which holds so many captive in this city “and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Matt. 16:18). Through prayer we are participating with the Father in breaking down spiritual walls that are keeping people from Christ so Jesus can set them free. Ezekiel 4:1-3 and Jeremiah 52:4 talk about a siege wall and Nehemiah chapters 1 through 6 chronicle the rebuilding of the wall around Jerusalem.

To take your place on the wall please contact me with your name, the name of your church or ministry (if you are not in a position to represent your organization, please get permission first), the day your group will pray and your contact information, including E-mail if possible. You don’t need to commit to any number of people or hours your group will cover, just make a good effort to encourage your people to pray on that day. You may sign up for more than one day a month if you wish but please not more than one day a week. I will send you a few specific prayer points when you sign up and a calendar showing when each group is praying. You are also asked to pray for a few of the other churches or ministries who are praying on your week. We will start December 11^th, the first day of the distribution, so please respond as soon as you can. This is only a six month commitment and can take as little as 10 minutes one day a month, though you may want to take longer to more thoroughly cover the prayer points. The real power in this comes from the united prayer of the church in Central Florida focused on the same objective, so take your place on the wall!

The Central Florida Prayer Wall is coordinated by Pray Central Florida.

Contact George Kern to sign up.

George Kern, 712 Florida Blvd, Altamonte Springs, FL 32701 (W)

407-942-6665, E-mail –praycf@juno.com

You may fill out and return the following form.

Church/Ministry Name:

Contact Person Name:

Contact Person Mailing Address:

Contact Person E-mail:

Day(s) your church/ministry will pray each month for the next six months:

(for example - First Monday, Every Friday)

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*PRAYING FOR PEOPLE OF INFLUENCE: BOB DYLAN

>From: “Assist1” <assistcomm@cs.com>

>By Dan Wooding

During the year, I had the unusual opportunity to appear on the A&E

comprehensive retrospective of the cultural idol, Bob Dylan. The special

two-hour BIOGRAPHY: BOB DYLAN, kicked off “Rock Legends” week on A&E. It

was

the story of a singer/songwriter who will forever be linked to the 1960s.

was the decade in which he was most prolific, yet it was only one segment

his complex, dramatic life.

The appearance followed an interview I did with Bob Dylan’s former pastor, Kenn Gulliksen, who asked Christians around the world to pray for Bob Dylan.

He also said that Dylan has never renounced his faith in Jesus Christ and that “God is not through with him yet.”

Gulliksen, in a rare interview said, “I would ask people to really

intercede

for Bob, to pray with out ceasing that God will access his heart so that he will be open to responding again to the truth. A lot of people try and get to him, so it’s not about getting to him, it’s about the Holy Spirit preparing his heart. So that he again reaches out to get to God.”

Gulliksen added, “Bob still is a believer by profession. He has not

renounced the Lord and we have every faith, hope and confidence, that God

not through with him yet.”

He said that he hasn’t heard from Dylan for some time now. “I am just waiting on the Lord for the right time to initiate contact. We pray a lot for him,” said Gulliksen who now pastors Sojourners Church West L.A., a Calvary Chapel affiliate.

I was interviewed on the A@E documentary about Dylan’s time as a Christian and what it meant to be “saved” and also what kind of worship music Dylan would have sung with the congregation during his period at the Southern California church.

You may use this story with proper attribution.

To be added send a message to Dan Wooding: <assistcomm@cs.com>.

--->NPPNote: The Lord has given me a similar burden for Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys. I’ve had the opportunity to tell him I (and many others) am praying praying for him. Shared my faith in Christ many years ago (I have to confess - I’ve been in love with BB music since early 60s) with Alan Jardine.

Has the Lord places a person of influence in your heart and onto your daily prayer list? Is your PPG praying for an impact person in your community or city? Is it possible the Lord appeared to Saul (in Acts) as a response to the early church’s unrelenting prayers for his salvation (and their safety)?

Is it possible our national and international leaders have a 1 Timothy 2:1-4 destiny in Christ that has not been prayed out by the church?

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*STATISTICS TO PRAY ABOUT...

>From: Barna Research <barnaupdate@barna.org>

Desiring to have a close, personal relationship with God ranks just sixth among the 21 life goals tested, trailing such desires as “living a comfortable lifestyle.”

Find more in—

The Barna Update: A bi-weekly e-mail from George Barna

The Year’s Most Intriguing Findings,From Barna Research Studies

As we near the end of the year, I offer you a brief review of what I believe are some of the most meaningful research insights that emerged from the national studies we conducted this past year:

· the 12 most noteworthy findings related to people and their faith

· the 7 most encouraging results related to faith realities

· the 7 most discouraging faith-related insights we discovered

To see my three lists, hit this link or visit our home page (http://www.barna.org)

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*LUNCHTIME PRAYER WALKERS SEEK PEACE IN THE CITY

>From: charisma@strang.com

Christians in Charlotte, N.C., who are giving their lunch hours to prayer for the city, have won the approval of the local newspaper.

Every Monday more than 20 churches in the area open their doors at noon for a 60-minute prayer session. Each Wednesday members of the Metrolina Prayer Network (MPN) gather to walk the streets and pray, reported “The Charlotte Observer.”

The “Pray Now!” effort is headed by MPN leader Bob Lowman Jr., a former local pastor who told the newspaper the weekly prayer walks made it possible for people to “pray on site, with insight.” A recent midweek gathering took the small group past government offices, the police station, banks and offices, and the bus transfer station. Participants prayed for peace and justice.

Although the “ardently evangelical” group’s goal is to win the world for Christ, their efforts “did not seem like a holy war,” reported the “Observer.’” “As [they] wandered up East Trade and down East Sixth, praying that you and I might be happy and safe, it seemed more like a simple mission of mercy.”

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*FUNERAL TURNS INTO 6.5 HOUR REVIVAL!

>From: “Jerry Gaffney” <jgaffney@aa.net>

--->NPPNote: Pastors, Prayer Leaders ~ ~ Maybe we need to send

intercessory

teams to funerals and weddings ... Maybe they should pray in the patient’s

waiting room when a visitation team goes to the hospital or nursing home

...

Joshua came to us about 8 months ago. He was at the worst time of his life.

He had lost his job, apartment, and his ability to stay in college. He felt like everyone had deserted him. He had previously made some very unwise choices in his life and felt the sting of those decisions. About two years ago, he had been blessed in some services we held in his home church. At that time, he had asked to be on our ministry team. I told him that I would be glad to consider it when he was out of school. Well, two years is a long time to a teenager. He had not grown closer to God, but was drifting away. It was there Josh came to me and asked, “Can I be on your team?” He told me in the parking lot all that he had done. He said he wanted no secrets. He told me how he felt about certain people and things. He then looked at me with hurting eyes and wanted to see if he would be rejected again. The only thought I had was, “What would Jesus do?” Well I knew, so I reached out my arms, gave him a hug and said “Yes”. He ran to the altar that night. He rededicated his life and asked Jesus if he could start all over. He then learned what it meant to be JUSTIFIED. He learned to be treated, just as if he had never sinned. For eight months, he acted like my adopted son. For eight months, he gave his all to Jesus. For eight months, he never showed any bitterness, depression, or anger from the past. After about six months, during one of the morning services, I looked at him and said, “Son I want you to know that I am proud of you.” He fell down on his face and sobbed and sobbed and sobbed. I had never seen a man cry so hard in my whole life. He knew he was home. Then it happened, Josh got a cold on Thursday; so we thought. We were running two separate meetings, one at the Marriott Hotel and one at the church. Some of us thought Josh was at the Hotel, others thought he was at the church. He went to bed Saturday night and died Sunday afternoon. What a shock it was. He was only 22 years old.

Some young men came up to me a few days later. They said they had not liked me, because they felt I had taken Josh away from them. These were friends Josh had made when he was in his hurt and pain, before he came back to the Lord. He had tried to talk to them about what Jesus was doing in his life, but they didn’t want to hear it. Now their friend was gone. On the night of the memorial service, Josh’s friends filled the Kirkland Assembly of God Church. The service started at 7:00pm. From the very beginning you knew Jesus was up to something. So many had come that did not know Jesus. So many came to share their grief. So many came to celebrate what the Lord had done. The altars were opened and many came to share what Josh meant to them. Those who were not saved shared with those who were. Suddenly, a holiness seldom felt, hit the congregation, along with a unity, love, and peace that passes all understanding. A young man fell to his knees and sobbed, just as Josh had done a few months prior. He sobbed and sobbed and sobbed as he gave his heart back to Jesus. Then later, another and another and another came. This scene was repeated until 1:30am. Young men and women were coming home to Jesus!

Isn’t this what we talk about? Haven’t we heard conversations about, “I wonder what would happen, if we gave an altar call at a funeral?” I want to tell you it was miraculous. By the way, it hasn’t stopped. The same kids came back that Sunday with their friends, and the next Sunday, and the next also. One Sunday, they filled up three rows with friends who have not been in church. Then they brought them to the altar where they were changed. Yes, Josh went home to heaven. Yes, he was young. Yes, it seemed he had his whole life ahead of him. But now we can see, “What the enemy meant for bad, the Lord has used for good.” Josh had come feeling rejected, but he found acceptance. Josh had come feeling no love, but he found love. Josh came feeling lost and alone, but he found a home. That is the heart of ... ministry. We are looking for the wounded, bruised, and broken. We are looking of the outcast and unlovable. Because we love showing them the love they were created for, they find Jesus. Remember this holiday season to love on your family. Remember to say a prayer for their soul. Remember you never know how long you will have them. Remember to try and treat them, as you want Jesus to treat you. Treat them with the same love, joy, and forgiveness you want the Lord to treat you with.

Have a very Merry Christmas, Jerry Gaffney & Family

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*INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON PRAYER AND INTERCESSION

>From: ghm-events@lists.globalharvest.org

February 1-3, 2001 Colorado Springs, CO

http://www.globalharvest.org

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