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G L O B A L   N E T W O R K          05/13/2005
    
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...We Will Live On A Prayed For Planet!

 

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A WORD FROM PASTOR PHIL...
PRAYER SITES FOR GLOBAL DAY OF PRAYER ... AND BEYOND
200 MILLION IN 169 NATIONS
CHRISTIANITY EXPLODING WORLDWIDE
GDP: HISTORY & FUTURE
GDP: REPORT FROM U.S. COORDINATOR
GDP: 120,000 (+ 30,000 outside) IN INDIA
GDP IN THE TWIN CITIES
GDP IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
GDP IN WESTERN MICHIGAN
GDP IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
OPERATION WORLD SURVEY
NPPN ARGENTINA: PRAY FOR THESE NEEDS
 
A WORD FROM PASTOR PHIL...

The first ever Global Day of Prayer explodes Pentecost Sunday.

Prayer leaders across the globe are grateful to the marketplace and congregational men and women God used to launch this amazing initiative. The prospect of another 22 million (or more!) Christians praising and petitioning God in unison is unprecedented and should evoke an unparelled expectation for the future.

 
And we must remember, our faith and hope are not in our prayers or our praying but in the One we pray to and for,

Pastor Phil
 
 PRAYER SITES FOR GLOBAL DAY OF PRAYER ... AND BEYOND

             http://www.gdopusa.com  or  http://www.globaldayofprayer.com

             http://www.greatercalling.org

             http://www.waymakers.org/?p=gdop&pp=howtomake

             http://www.nppn.org/global%20Updates.htm

             http://www.prayingpastor.com

             http://www.prayerleader.com

             http://www.cityreaching.com

             http://www.nppn.org/PPG%20Page.htm
 

Empowered

 

The National Convention of the Church Prayer Leaders Network

June 22-25, 2005
Grace Church Eden Prairie, MN
http://prayerleader.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=51

Conference Theme: Praying the Fullness of Christ into Our Lives and Churches (Ephesians 3:14-21)

Co-sponsored by the CPLN, Prayer Transformations Ministries, Strategic Renewal International and America's National Prayer Committee

 


Keynote Speakers
 
Morning Keynoters
 
Worship Leaders
 
Registration $159, CPLN member or MN resident $127

Bonus: Register for an All-day Pre-conference (9am- 4pm, June 22) $50 (CPLN member and MN residents $40)
 
“Becoming a Presence-Based Church” * Presenter: Dr. Terry Teykl
“Faith and Prayer” * Presenter: Dr. Albert Lemmonsthe foremost authority on George Mueller in the U.S.
“Breaking Free: Deliverance Basics”  * Presenters: Rev. John and Kerry Shuey
“Why Hasn't Revival Come?" * Presenters: The National Revival Network ($25)

 
(Registration for pre-conferences includes lunch and workbook)
To register, go to www.prayerleader.com or call 1-800-217-5200 or 1-812-238-9424
 
 200 MILLION IN 169 NATIONS
 

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200 MILLION CHRISTIANS IN 169 COUNTRIES CALLED TO 10 DAYS OF PRAYER LEADING UP TO THE WORLD'S FIRST GLOBAL DAY OF PRAYER
Prayer Event Airs Live May 15 On Sky Angel
By Michael Ireland
Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service

NAPLES, FLORIDA (ANS) -- Organizers of the world's first global prayer event are calling on Christians across America today, on the National Day of Prayer, to be unified in persistent prayer for these next 10 days leading up to the first-ever Global Day of Prayer event on Pentecost Sunday, May 15.

On that date, an estimated 200 million Christians in more than 160 countries are expected to be united in prayer to seek God's blessings upon the world's nations and to usher in a global transformation. U.S. activities will be telecasted via the Sky Angel nationwide direct-to-home Christian-family satellite television service.

Activities from Reunion Arena in downtown Dallas, which is serving as the flagship location for Global Day of Prayer events taking place at various locations across America, will air live on Sky Angel's special events channel, Angel Two/Channel 9702, from 5 to 8 p.m. ET, enabling believers to gather in homes, churches, colleges and more around the country to take part via satellite.

Like other Global Day of Prayer events, the Dallas event will transcend denominational lines, to be hosted by a diverse group of ministry leaders. These include: Dr. Jack Graham of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas; Bishop T.D. Jakes of The Potter's House in Dallas; Dr. Tony Evans of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas; Dr. Rick Warren, author of the best-selling book, The Purpose Driven Life, and founding pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif.; and Dr. Bob Bakke, director of the National Prayer Advance, executive producer of the Nationally Broadcast Concert of Prayer, and an executive director of the Evangelical Free Church in America.

While the National Day of Prayer and Global Day of Prayer are two separate observances, both are projects of America's National Prayer Committee, with the global event in cooperation with the International Prayer Council and Transformation Africa organizers.

According to event organizers, the 10 days of prayer leading up to the Global Day of Prayer event is of great spiritual significance.

For ten days, the 12 Apostles sought the Lord in fervent prayer. During that ten-day period of intense intercession, God increased their numbers and prepared them to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.

Organizers say that as the Lord responded to the 12 disciples, GDOP participants anticipate a powerful movement of God's hand as He responds to an army of 200 million intercessors.

Sky Angel(r) is the world's first and only multi-channel direct-to-home satellite system with a Christian mission and purpose, committed to delivering a wide variety of inspirational and family-friendly TV and radio channels -- now throughout America and soon the whole world.

Owned and operated by Dominion Video Satellite Inc., a multi-channel Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) company based in Naples, Fla., Sky Angel delivers 36 channels of the best in Christian and family TV and radio programming nationwide to homes, churches, colleges, businesses and more via a small 20-inch satellite dish.

Dominion was one of the first nine companies to apply to the Federal Communications Commission for a high-power DBS license in 1981 and is the sole surviving DBS pioneer from that first round of forward-thinking applicants. DISH(tm) Network, and DirecTV(r) later acquired their DBS licenses.

Dominion subsequently formed a technical agreement with DISH Network where Sky Angel subscribers utilize the DISH-brand equipment to receive the Sky Angel service. DISH and Sky Angel are separate TV services that operate independently of one another; however, subscribers have the option of subscribing to both services using the same receiving system.

For more about Sky Angel and to request a free DVD or VHS video about the service, visit www.skyangel.com <http://www.skyangel.com/>   or call 1-800-SKY-ANGEL (1-800-759-2643).
 

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(239) 821-8796 (cell)
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CHRISTIANITY EXPLODING WORLDWIDE
>From 'WorldNetDaily'-  http://www.worldnetdaily.com
>With “Thanks!” to Laurie Huffman

Christianity taking over planet?  New book makes case it's fastest growing faith on Earth.

What is the fastest-growing religion on Earth?
Most news reports suggest it is Islam.

But a new book makes a compelling case it is a new, or, perhaps, old form of biblically inspired evangelical Christianity that is sweeping through places like China, Africa, India and Southeast Asia.

In "Megashift," author Jim Rutz coins a new phrase to define this fast-growing segment of the population. He calls them "core apostolics" - or "the new saints who are at the heart of the
mushrooming kingdom of God."

Rutz makes the point that Christianity is overlooked as the fastest- growing faith in the world because most surveys look at the traditional Protestant denominations and the Roman Catholic Church while ignoring Christian believers who have no part of either.

He says there are 707 million "switched-on disciples" who fit into this new category and that this "church" is exploding in growth.

"The growing core of Christianity crosses theological lines and includes 707 million born-again people who are increasing by 8 percent a year," he says. So fast is this group growing that, under current trends, according to Rutz, the entire world will be composed of such believers by the year 2032.

"There will be pockets of resistance and unforeseen breakthroughs," writes Rutz. "Still, at the rate we're growing now, to be comically precise, there would be more Christians than people by the autumn of 2032, about 8.2 billion."

According to the author, until 1960, Western evangelicals out- numbered non-Western evangelicals - mostly Latinos, blacks and Asians - by two to one. As of 2000, non-Western evangelicals outnumbered Westerners by four to one. He says by 2010, the ratio will be seven to one.

"There are now more missionaries sent from non-Western nations than Western nations," he writes. This trend, says Rutz, has been missed by Westerners because the explosive growth is elsewhere.

Hundreds of millions of these Christians are simply not associated with the institutional churches at all. They meet in homes. They meet underground. They meet in caves. They meet, he says, in secret.

And what is driving this movement?  Miracles, he says.

"Megashift" attempts to document myriad healings and other powerful answers to the sincere prayers of this new category of believer, including, believe it or not, hundreds of dramatic cases of resurrections - not near-death experiences, but real resurrections of actual corpses.

"When I was a kid in Sunday school, I was really impressed that 3,000 people were saved on the Day of Pentecost," he writes. "I thought, 'Wow, that'll never happen again!"

But, Rutz says, it now happens around the globe every 25 minutes.

"By tomorrow, there will be 175,000 more Christians than there are today," he writes.

The essence of Rutz's book is about how Western Christians can tap into what he sees as a mighty work of God on Earth.

"Very few people realize the nature of life on Earth is going through a major change," he writes. "We are seeing a megashift in the basic direction of human history. Until our time, the ancient war between good and evil was hardly better than a stalemate. Now all has changed. The Creator whose epic story flows through the pages of Scripture has begun to dissolve the strongholds of evil. This new drama is being played out every hour around the globe, accompanied sometimes by mind-bending miracles."

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 GDP: HISTORY & FUTURE
>From: PRAYTX@aol.com
 
I hope this information is redundant for most of you!  Thanks to Ann Quest, Doug Stringer, Evelyn Davison, Thomas Cogdell, Vicky Porterfield and others who have shared this valuable material.  Cathe Halford, President, Pray Texas

"Since the days of Pentecost, has the whole church ever put aside every other word and waited upon Him for ten days, that the Spirit's power might be manifested?  We give too much attention to method and machinery and resources and too little to the source of power."         Hudson Taylor  (1832-1905)
 
Two Hundred Million expected to join Global Day of Prayer

Last week on Thursday, May 5, the National Day of Prayer was celebrated on the Day of Ascension all over our nation.  Thousands came together to pray for our nation of America and for revival in our world.  
    This coming Sunday, May 15, will be the Day of Pentecost, and the first Global Day of Prayer will call the nations together to ask God for a "greater Pentecost."
    While the National Day of Prayer and Global Day of Prayer are two separate observances, both are projects of America's National Prayer Committee, with the global event in cooperation with the International Prayer Council  and Transformation Africa organizers.
    Global Day of Prayer, May 15, 2005 has been planned for five years by the International Prayer Council.  More than 170 nations will be participating with 200 million people expected to be praying.  
 
Here's a bit of historical perspective of the event:

The National Day of Prayer on May 5th was the "Day of Ascension," the day that our Messiah Jesus, "was taken up into the sky while they were watching, and He disappeared into a cloud."  He had just said, "When the Holy Spirit has come upon you, you will receive power and will tell people about Me everywhere..."
      The disciples met together continually for prayer and ten days later, the Holy Spirit came— just as Jesus promised — in power.    "Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm in the skies above them, and it filled the house where they were meeting.”
      2000 years later —  Arising from Africa.     In 2001, one stadium in Cape Town, South Africa was filled with 45,000 people who came to pray. In 2002, it expanded to eight stadiums and 350,000. In 2003, 2.5 million gathered in 130 stadiums. On May 2, 2004, the movement exploded. More than 22 million rallied in prayer at more than 2,000 sites throughout every single country on the continent of Africa (56 nations).
    African leaders and leaders from most major traditions of Christian faith are again calling people to join in a historic act of united prayer. As Christians around the world pray, it will be the first ever Global Day of Prayer on May 15th.  In this time of global turmoil, Christians will join together around the Earth in united, focused, fervent prayer asking God for transforming revival!

May 15, 2005, Pentecost Sunday and the Global Day of Prayer   

Christians in many lands  will assemble in massive gatherings in stadiums and open squares. In other places, believers will gather in homes and other public venues. To help connect and align prayers even more, there will be a six hour live Concert of Prayer broadcast, one hour from each continental area. The signal will be relayed by satellite, radio and  Internet so that many millions will be linked simultaneously all over the world. The same broadcast will be repeated so that people in any time zone can take part on Pentecost afternoon or evening.
    “Let us approach the throne of Grace with confidence , so that  we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”  Hebrews 16:4  
    While the day of prayer will begin in Fiji, the latter part of the Concert of Prayer on Pentecost Sunday will air from Reunion Arena in downtown Dallas,TX, which is serving as the flagship location for Global Day of Prayer events on the North American continent.
    Like other Global Day of Prayer events, the Dallas event will transcend denominational lines, to be hosted by a diverse group of ministry leaders. These include: Dr. Jack Graham of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, TX; Bishop T.D. Jakes of The Potter's House in Dallas; Dr. Tony Evans of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas; Dr. Rick Warren, author of the best-selling book, The Purpose Driven Life, and founding pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, CA.; and Dr. Bob Bakke, director of the National Prayer Advance, executive producer of the Nationally Broadcast Concert of Prayer, and an executive director of the Evangelical Free Church in America.
    There are many prayer events taking place at various locations across America.  Dallas will air live on Sky Angel's special events channel, Angel Two/Channel 9702, from 4 - 7 PM Central time, enabling believers to gather in homes, churches, colleges, etc. to take part via satellite.
    For more about Sky Angel and to request a free DVD or VHS video about the service, visit www.skyangel.com <http://www.skyangel.com/>  or call 1-800-SKY-ANGEL (1-800-759-2643).

You May Participate By Phone

Dave Butts, Chairman, America's National Prayer Committee says:
    "Allowing people of all races, languages and socioeconomic backgrounds to unite in prayer through the power of tele-conferencing technology is truly a modern miracle. We encourage Christians who cannot attend an event on May 15 to register to participate in a Prayer Call. Everyone can join in this historic day."  
    To register to be on a Prayer Call or volunteer to be a Prayer Leader, visit www.greatercalling.org or call us at 866-678-4400.  We pray that the Lord will place it on your heart to help us unite the body of Christ in Prayer.
    Date: May 15, 2005
    Time: 12:05 a.m. - 11:55 p.m.
    Location: Anywhere you have access to a telephone and feel comfortable praying (home, car, office, etc.)
    To register for the Global Day of Prayer as a tele-conference participant, we are requesting a gift of $10, which will allow you to receive one participant pin code. With this pin code you can pray anytime or multiple times during the 24 hours of the Global Day of Prayer. Your gift will be used to offset the cost of the teleconferencing service provided by Greater Calling to allow this prayer call to take place. Through the generosity of our donors we do have pin codes available for those who cannot afford to make a gift at this time. Please call us and we will arrange for you to receive a pin code at no charge. If you have a group of people and are willing to specify a certain hour during the day for your group to join in prayer, we have special group fees. Churches can use this to distribute pin codes for use by members of their congregation to pray together.
    Greater Calling is a non-profit corporation and any excess revenue that is generated from this event will go toward expanding the service for the Global Day of Prayer in 2006 or will be distributed to other non-profit organizations that share our mission.  Once your donation is received
 
 *You will receive an email confirmation.
  *48 hours before the GDOP (May 15, 2005) you will receive a second email with the following:
  *Your dial-in number and pin code.
  *Instructions with a quick guide on how to use your telephone keypad to mute your line should you wish to just listen only.
  * A copy of the Prayer for the World, which you can also download at anytime from our site.   
 

Please be in prayer for all of the Global Day of Prayer events taking place around the world!

It is imperative to be waiting on the Lord during the days prior to May 15, the Global Day of Prayer.  SEEK HIM FOR THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT TO FALL ALL OVER THE WORLD!
 
Then, 90 Days of Blessings will follow - May 16-August 12, 2005

Anticipating the blessing of cities and communities, The Global Day of Prayer becomes a catalytic moment for the forming or furthering of local alliances among pastors, congregations, mission agencies, and business leaders to bring practical, transformational blessing to their cities and communities.
 
May 16 will begin the "90 Days of Blessing" for all those who will commit to becoming a part of compassion ministry planned by many churches and para-church ministries.
 
 GDP: REPORT FROM U.S. COORDINATOR
>From: Bob Bakke [mailto:rbakke@gdop-usa.com]

10 Days 1 Day 90 Days 5 Years
 
www.gdopusa.com
www.wholenight.com
www.globaldayofprayer.com
 

  Donate online and help us / www.gdopusa.com

GREAT STORIES:
As of last week, the Global Day of Prayer team has corresponded with inquirers in over 190 countries.  Thousands of registered GDOP sites are in over 150 countries.  In the USA, as of the end of last week we have 125 cities and communities registered on line.  Is your event registered?
 
Thoughts.  At the end of last year, I believed God for four major cities and about two-dozen other communities to create models for 2006-10.  This modest goal was presented to the National Prayer Committee meeting in November.  When Steve Hawthorne offered to print 100,000 prayer guides I feared that my efforts would come up short and Waymakers (www.waymakers.org) would be saddled with useless print material.  Well, between what Waymakers has distributed and what others have printed on their own, we're probably looking at a half-million copies in use.
 
What we are seeing now is beyond what we asked or imagined.  I am quite certain that domestically we will reach 150 communities and, internationally, 175 nations.  These are amazing figures.
 
How is this happening?  It’s grassroots and the Holy Spirit!!  The people at Waymakers who fill GDOP orders tell me of story after story of miraculous gatherings appearing from nowhere. Among the many, here are two that came to me this week.
 
El Paso, New Mexico and Juarez, Mexico
We have been very busy with the National Day of Prayer April 30, 1598 was the day of Ascencion so is May 5, 2005. We are having farmers from the Mesilla Valley all the way to EL Paso come to the downtown event they are going to bring a #10 can of soil from their property, a mason jar of water from the Rio Grande or their well and something they harvest from their land.  We are going to have a time of repentance and asking for forgiveness for the sin and iniquity that has plagued our land. Catholic Bishop Ramirez and Rabbi Kane are going to help bless and rededicate the land back to God. The mayor, pastors and other leaders of the gates of our city will be present.
    The churches in the city are going to staff 7 prayer tents placed in strategic areas through out our city for anyone who wants prayer.
    Then for the Global Day of Prayer the churches in our region are going to gather in El Paso at the Rio Grande where Juan de Ońate crossed into New Mexico. “El Paso for Jesus” got permission from the City of El Paso to use the large park on the Rio Grande for Pentecost Sunday The evening of Sunday May 15th Christians in Mexico are going to gather on the Mexico side of the river and the Americans on the American side. We will have a large flat bed trailer with sound equipment pull up to the river well have speakers that will be placed facing Mexico and America. It will be an evening of worship and praise waiting for the Holy Spirit to have his way. The leaders of Juărez said there could be as many as 10 thousand Mexicans come to the river - we are hoping for 3 - 5 thousand Americans.
    Blessings, F.

Orange County, CA
Here is what has happened in Orange Co.
  Blessings, GJ

THE DALLAS BROADCAST
TBN, Network Enlace, Enlace USA, Daystar, Sky Angel 2; check listings on the www.gdopusa.com <http://www.gdopusa.com/>  website (broadcast info).  SkyAngel 2 will air it live 4-7 PM CT / 5-8 EST and 2-5 PT), but check your local listings for the other times (for example, TBN will delay it until prime time on Sunday evening on the West Coast).  Many of you will be able to join us after your meetings are done.
 
Jack Graham, TD Jakes, Rick Warren, Reinhard Bonnke (tentative), Tony Evans, Lou Engle, PLUS a thousand-voice, drop-dead choir, NewSong and nearly 20,000 believers leading millions in prayer to Jesus.  We will report with CBN NEWS from around the globe.

TV Satellite Address (radio is already listed on the website).  C-Band satellite dishes required for this signal:

AMC-1, 103 degrees West
Transponder 20
Downlink Freq 4100 Vertical
C Band, Analog, Unencrypted
Stereo English Audio 6.2, 6.8
Mono Spanish Audio 7.4

International Reports: keep watching the website broadcast page for instructions on how to access them for you meetings.  Were working with CBN News on creating reports for you from Taiwan, NZ, AU, Fiji, Hong Kong, Cape Town, Belfast and others.
 
700 CLUB and LIFE TODAY
Please pray for me on Friday morning as I appear on the 700 Club (I lead a pray concert at the Ryman Auditorium the night before), and for the airing on Life Today with James Robison on the May 12 when Jack Graham and I appear.
 
GREATER CALLING
Throughout the 10 DAYS OF 24/7 PRAYER and throughout the ONE DAY ON PENTECOST, you can join other internationally on phone-line prayer meetings facilitated by trained prayer leaders.  The prayer group will never grow to more the 100 at a time. See the homepage of www.gdopusa.com <http://www.gdopusa.com/> for details and how you might volunteer to lead a group!
 
WHAT IS NEXT?
We are already casting the longer vision.  Please be alert to the announcement of a SUMMER GDOP SUMMIT.  We need to meet for a day and a half to talk through what happened and what is needed to fill the earth.  2005 is only the year of baby steps!
 
PLEASE PRAY!!
 
Grace to us all, Bob
Dr. Robert O. Bakke
US Coordinator, Executive Producer of Global Broadcast
15121 Chicago Avenue
Burnsville, MN 55306
612-868-4331
rbakke@GDOP-USA.com
rbakke@globaldayofprayer.com

For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. -- Habakkuk 2:14--
 
GDP: 120,000 (+ 30,000 outside) IN INDIA
>From: "Glen Barbier" <glenbarbier@cox-internet.com>

On Behalf Of Transformation Africa

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ from all the Nations of the Globe, it is with great excitement and an expectant heart that we enter the last few days leading up to Pentecost Sunday – 15th  May 2005.

As reports are received from around the World, with many millions of people joining in the 10 days of 24 hour prayer, we are so aware of GOD’s amazing presence.

Having just returned from a 5 day “Transform World” gathering in Indonesia, with a closing event on Ascension Day (5th May) at the Jakarta stadium where 120 000 people in the stadium (and 30 000 outside unable to get space) joined via satellite feed with 76 other stadium gatherings (ranging from 50 000 to 5000 people each), a torch “was lit” for the commencement of the 10 days of 24 hour prayer around the Globe.  

“When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in once place.  Suddenly a sound like blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.  They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.  All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.”  Acts 2: 1 - 4

Reports are being received from Fiji, Hong Kong, China, Philippines, Wales, India, Africa (expect over 40 million to be joining in prayer), South America, and North America and many many others, as over 150 nations prepare to join in the first ever Global Day of Prayer over an 18 hour time span on the 15th May.

           “Who has ever heard of such a thing?
             Who has ever seen such things?
             Can a country be born in a day
             or a nation be brought forth in a moment?”   Isaiah 66:8

           “And I, because of their actions and their imaginations,
             am about to come and gather all nations and tongues,
             and they will come and see my glory.”                      Isaiah 66:18

I pray that GOD will hear our prayers, forgive our sin and heal our land (2 Chronicles 7:14)

May we be filled with the Holy Spirit!!

A team of intercessor friends have shared a vision they received:
    “It was felt that the Lord is saying that every stadium will be the Lord’s footstool (Isaiah 66:1) and that we His people, will be washing His feet with tears even as the woman in Luke 7:38.  True worship and prayer from the heart at His footstool is required as Ps 99:5 and Ps 132:7 states. Jesus’ enemies will be seen to be His footstool (Ps 110:1; Heb 1:13).  As Joshua and his men placed their feet on the neck of their enemies, so His foot is upon the neck of His enemies (Josh 10:24).”
  “From the west, men will fear the name of the Lord, and from the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory.  For he will come like a pent-up flood that the breath of the LORD drives along.”  Isaiah 59:19

I pray that GOD will “set a sign among us” (Isaiah 66:19), and that we will “come and see His glory” (Isaiah 66:18). May your prayers and dreams be answered. I look forward to praying with each of you on Sunday and “May his Kingdom come, and will be done, on earth, as in Heaven.”

Until Sunday, Richest Blessings, Graham Power
 
GDP IN THE TWIN CITIES
>From: "Prayer Transformation Ministries" <ptm@prayertransformation.com>
  
It is a day like not  other, and a day for HISstory books of the Kingdom, the first  day since the birth of the Church that the whole world prayed  together on the same day for the same thing - Transformation  for our world. From Joel News service:
    "Nearly 170 nations are gearing up for the Global Day of  Prayer on Pentecost Sunday, May 15, and the 10 days of prayer  and fasting preceding this event," writes coordinator Bennie  Mostert from South Africa. "We hear good reports from Albania.  They have divided the nation into six zones, and each zone  will take a shift of four hours every day. In each zone, as  many churches as possible will be involved to participate."  "According to the people working to mobilise prisons  globally to participate, at this point in time there are  already 1,000 prisons where prayer watches will be held for  the 10 days. In South Africa we will have at least 1,200  venues where people will pray non-stop for 10 days. One  pastor's wife has mobilised 24 separate watches where people  will pray day and night just for young people involved in  drugs. We are really seeing somewhat of a prayer awakening  amongst our young people in South Africa. The so-called Boiler  Rooms, permanent 24-7 prayer rooms, are springing up  everywhere."  John Robb of the International Prayer Council reports that  recently 10,000 Christians gathered in Alexandria, Egypt, for  a prayer conference. Their Internet web site registered about  100,000 hits over the four days of the conference.  "Evangelicals, Copts, and Catholics have begun to work  together and will participate full-scale in the Global Day of  Prayer and the 10 days, with meetings all over the  nation."
  
Global Day of Prayer  2005 is May 15th - Pentecost Sunday - (Three years after our  own Pentecost gathering "The Invitation" in  2002).
    
Alexandria - Jefferson High  School, 3 pm
Alexandria Area Ministerial Association,  Coordinating
320-762-1002     
    
Brainerd - Lakewood  Evangelical Free Church, 4 pm
Dan Werthman and Mick  Thielen, Coordinators
218-828-7734
  
Forest Lake -  Crossroads Evangelical Covenant Church, 6 pm
10 + Area Churches  working together
Beth Nephew,  Coordinating
651-464-2195  x119

Waconia - Multi-church  Event at Parkside Church, 7 pm
Nicole Petersen & Jon  Wall, Coordinating
952-467-2498   

Grace Church, Eden  Prairie - 5 pm - "Fresh Encounter"

Crystal E.V. Free  Church - 6 pm
  
Please join in one of  these celebrations if you can.
This is a five-year  build up to 2010, so let's start thinking about what we can do  the next four years.
   
Your  servant in Christ, Steve Loopstra
Executive  Director, Prayer Transformation Ministrries
www.prayertransformation.com
 
 GDP IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
>From: "Glen Barbier" <glenbarbier@cox-internet.com>

Austin Global Day of Prayer * This Sunday Afternoon, May 15, 5pm
AISD Delco Activities Center, South 183 at Manor Road

What will God do with millions of His people crying out to Him for the nations and peoples of the earth?
Let your mind imagine and join us in seeking the face of God!
www.gdop-austin.org <http://www.gdop-austin.org/>  
  
Background:
 
http://www.globaldayofprayer.com/history.asp?menu_active=2
http://www.gdop-austin.org
http://www.austinhouseofprayer.com
http://www.austinhouseofprayer.com/screen_gdop_schedule.asp
www.waymakers.org
www.gdopusa.com

 
All together in many places. As dawn broke on the first Pentecost, Christians were gathered “all together in one place” (Acts 2:1). On Pentecost in 2005, many millions of Christians will again be all together—but in many places. We'll join together in prayers of blessing for the nations, praying in one accord for the biblical hope of Christ's greater glory and the transformation of all nations.

Arising from Africa. In 2001, one stadium in Cape Town, South Africa was filled with 45,000 people to pray. In 2002, it expanded to eight stadiums and 350,000. A year later 2.5 million gathered in 130 stadiums. On May 2, 2004, the movement exploded to nearly ten times the size. More than 22 million rallied in prayer at more than 2,000 sites throughout every single country on the continent of Africa (56 nations). Leaders from most major traditions of Christian faith called their people to join in this historic act of united prayer. Now African leaders are inviting Christians around the world to pray with them. It will be the first ever Global Day of Prayer.

Joining together in three ways:
   Part 1: May 6-15, 2005. Ten days of constant prayer. On the evening of Ascension Day, May 5, millions the world over will begin by joining their prayers night and day for ten days.
    Part 2: May 15, 2005. The Global Day of Prayer. On Pentecost Sunday, Christians in many lands are planning to assemble in massive gatherings in stadiums and open squares. In other places, believers will gather in homes and other public venues. To help connect and align prayers even more, there will be three hours of live prayer broadcast. The signal will be relayed by satellite, radio and Internet so that many millions will be linked simultaneously all over the world. The same broadcast will be repeated so that people in any time zone can take part on Pentecost afternoon or evening.
    Part 3: May 16 - August 12, 2005. Ninety days of blessing. As in the first Pentecost, transformed Christians transform their communities, becoming the answer to their own prayers. The Global Day of Prayer anticipates the forming or furthering of local alliances among pastors, congregations, mission agencies, and business leaders to bring practical, transformational blessing to their cities and communities.

In the Greater Austin area, the local prayer gathering Sunday afternoon will be simulcast in Central Texas on KIXL AM970 (in English) and on KELP AM1440 (in Spanish).
 
Please pray, pass it on, plan to gather together or listen in, and rejoice with what God is doing.
For the Glory of the Lord, Glen  Barbier
Austin Global Day of Prayer
512.924.4933
 
GDP IN WESTERN MICHIGAN
>From: "Jonathan Brownson" <jbrownson@rca.org>

      On Pentecost Sunday it began in Africa  
 
YOU ARE INVITED TO BE A PART OF IT
Churches, families, youth groups, prayer groups, small groups and neighbors. Join the world in praying during the Global Day of Prayer from     West Michigan. Look for the ad in this Saturday's Grand Rapids Press Religion Section

PREPARE
Here is how you can prepare and pray during the 10 days, beginning May 6,  leading up to Pentecost. Download now the free Ten Day Prayer Guide  <http://www.waymakers.org/?p=gdop&amp;PHPSESSID=d188b51046319a4c34310ac798f3d2ca> prayers from www.waymakers.org <http://www.waymakers.org> . Explore the website and see what God is doing. Recruit your groups to start praying. Use the 10 day guide as family devotions or small group guides

PARTICIPATE
 
Join West  Michigan in this World Wide Prayer Event
    GRAND RAPIDS - Calvin College Fieldhouse  <http://www.calvin.edu/map/pe/index.htm> - 6 PM - doors 5:15 PM
    HOLLAND - Hope College - Dimnent Chapel  <http://www.hope.edu/tour/graphics/maplarge.gif> - 6 PM - doors open at 5:15 PM
 
GDP IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
>From: "Harold & Joan Hendrick" <hhhendrick@usa.com>

GDOP "Encounter with God" event for the St. Louis region to be in Busch Stadium on Pentecost Sunday, May 15, at 4:00 PM!
    http://www.praystl.org
 
OPERATION WORLD SURVEY
>From: Marc van der Woude <mvdwoude@xs4all.nl>

Have you ever used the book 'Operation World' or the other prayer resources connected to it? Important planning is going on right now for the next edition, and editor Jason Mandryk requests your help in a survey. The more input they have from actual users, the better they can serve you in preparing the next edition.

LINK: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?A=74027077E14774

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NPPN ARGENTINA: PRAY FOR THESE NEEDS
>From: "LILIANA LONG" <siempreconfines@hotmail.com>

ARGENTINA'S NPPN WEBSITE
    http://www.nppn.org/Argentina/Index.htm

Thank you readers who wrote us, thank you the ones who read this page and the ones who prayed for our country as we sent prayer items on behalf of Argentina.

We want to walk further, and new projects of reporting rich reports, some of them taken directly from NPPN pages (as our next items under preparation) and some of them, fresh news from Argentina as we have done so far.

I want to share with you, with a Bible verse, the description of our office task along these last months:
   5 Those who sow in tears
   will reap with songs of joy.
   6 He who goes out weeping,
   carrying seed to sow,
   will return with songs of joy,
   carrying sheaves with him.  (Psalm 126).

It will not be necessary describing you in detail, how this seed (precious one in Spanish version) was put on the fields. The Lord saw all these special months, with a lot of opposition and blessings at the same time. It was a pretty mix (opposition and blessings) which gave birth to these news and articles: a faith adventure.

If you were blessed in some way by these pages, or your Hispanic friends were, you can ask the Lord how to help us to go ahead with our office needs:
 
- new monitor and a new arranged computer (A “Pentium “ 4 version was offered at an incredible prize in our country, 110 dollars. It is already kept until money comes).
- new roofs (leaking water).
- maintenance costs: internet cable for home computer.
 

Let us go now to this verse:
    7 Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.  (2nd Cor.9)

I heard from the pulpit of my church, another translation of "what he has decided" : "what he has received from God as a revelation".
So, the Lord can reveal you in prayer, which is our actual need to be provided and how is the Lord is asking you to help us.
No matter what  the amount is: He is seeking for glad givers in order to bless them with His richness.

Donations can be made freely: just once a year, or a monthly faith promise, twice a year or each quarter....you choose. Please write us to our email, and we will provide you two ways of payment from outside Argentina's borders. MoneyGram, for small amounts. You pay at a MoneyGram office and send me an email with the information please.
 
If more, please contact to our office: Liliana Ester Long <siempreconfines@yahoo.com.ar>
Subject: NPPN donations

Accountability reports of these needs supplied will be sent if you ask for it, or photographs of our roofs if required.
After this stage of re-arranging our office, we have dreams of extension for our journalistic ministry: new projects are coming, but we strongly need from our loving Lord, a firm confirmation that this task is approved by His Heart.

Thanks for joining us in reading, forwarding and praying  and supporting for Hispanic Website NPPN, from Argentina.
Liliana E. Long (editor)
Ptr. David Cassaretto (corrector)
 
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