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...and
for our prayers:
*SOUTH
AFRICA: PPG
*CAPE TOWN,
SOUTH AFRICA: PPG
*RECIFE,
BRAZIL: MORNING INTERCESSION
*SIBIU,
ROMANIA: PPG
*SPAIN:
YOUTH PRAYER MOVEMENT
*SURF’S
UP...WAY UP!
*MANIPUR,
INDIA: THE POWER OF GENERATIONAL REPENTANCE
*TEMUCO,
CHILE: OUR LAND IS OPEN TO YOU
*WELLINGTON,
SOUTH AFRICA: ANDREW MURRAY PRAYERS
*PRAYERWALKING
IN BOSNIA AND KOSOVO
*JESUS DAY
PREVIEW: 50,000 WALK IN BERLIN
*NEW
ZEALAND: ONLY BEGINNING BUT GOD IS BLESSING
*SOUTH
AFRICA: NEW PRAYER INITIATIVE
*SOUTHERN
AFRICA: PRAY FOR THE PASTORS
*SYDNEY, NEW
SOUTH WALES: PPG
*GOOD NEWS
IN THE UKRAINE
*RUSSIA: MAKE AN IMPACT THRU PRAYER
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In the
Vaalharts Irrigation Area, about 120 km north of Kimberley, God used the ‘Transformations’
video to get about 20 pastors together for prayer, reconciliation and
relationship building on a monthly basis. For the first time in the history of
this region, as far as we know, have Tswana, Afr and Eng church leaders
assembled in this way. The first meeting in Feb was at a prestigious local
hotel, sponsored by two farmers, yet since then we have resorted to humbler
abodes like church halls and vestries.
Please
pray with us for the on-going process, as the desired outcomes include united
youth evangelism and discipleship, which is already been done under the
auspices of a local initiative called Christian Youth Outreach (CYO), involving
a couple of local churches supporting a full-time youth worker, with an
organising secretary supported by Pretoria Central Baptist church. About 40 schools have started weekly CYO
clubs, where teachers present Bible lessons, or learners themselves arrange a
programme. Regular camps are held, as
well as Holiday Outreaches.
Blessings
on your work, Andrew Murray
_________________________________________>>>
*CAPE
TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA: PPG
From: Brian and Cecily Couves <cbcouves@global.co.za>
I have been blessed by your
emails and as prayer co-ordinator for the
Pinelands Baptist Church in Cape
Town South Africa I share appropriate
articles with the church and
especially our intercessors. I saw your
invitation to give the address of
local pastors prayer groups and my senior
pastor Brian Anderson < who”>bander@ilink.co.za
<mailto:bander@ilink.co.za>
> who meets regularly with the
Pinelands Ministers Fraternal would very much
like to be added to your address
list. May the Lord continue to bless you in
this wonderful ministry, Brian
Couves
--->NPPNote: We welcome church members and prayer leaders identifying
pastors’ prayer groups they know
exist - Thanks Brian!
_________________________________________>>>
*RECIFE,
BRAZIL: MORNING INTERCESSION
Dears
beloved
Please put
our event in the prayer list, we are having a Conference on
Spiritual
gifts and the Church at 25-27 May, very expected and also our
men’s
Cursillo in the first weekend of July. Our church is starting a daily
morning
prayer intercession meeting please pray for us that the people will
understand
the effectiveness of prayer. The Rev.
Miguel Uchôa
_________________________________________>>>
*SIBIU,
ROMANIA: PPG
>From:
Marcu Corneliu <mailto:corneliu@sibnet.ro>
Greetings in the Lord Jesus Christ!
Yes,
there is a Pastors’ weekly prayer meeting that is being held every Tuesday
Morning at 10 am. There are pastors from almost all churches in the city participating
in it (also some elders or deacons). I do not participate regularly in it, due
to my schedule and responsibilities in the new planted Philadelphia Church.
This church we have started is located in the Apartments’ Area of the city,
where there is no Evangelical church to a population of almost 100.000 people!
So we started in the building of the Christian High School with a group of
believers and, after one year of prayer, fasting and hope, the Lord has given
us a good property with a small house in that very expensive area! The Lord is
good!
Right
now we are fixing up the house in order to function well as a Prayer House and
to move there in the shortest time possible. People are excited and willing to
take over that area for Christ and let all of them know about the Gospel of
Christ in a one year period! What a job, my brother, and what a responsibility
and joy to see such enthusiasm in the last year of the Second Christian
Millennium!
We deal
with some resources (material and financial) problems, but the Lord never let
us down! He is lifting us up all the time! Therefore we praise him all the days
of our life for he is faithful and good. Amen.
Corneliu
and Mihaela Marcu
The
Philadelphia Christian Church, Sibiu, ROMANIA
_________________________________________>>>
*SPAIN:
YOUTH PRAYER MOVEMENT
>From: “Joel
News International” <joel-news-international@XC.Org>
24-7, a
non-stop prayer meeting for youth, is moving around the globe. Coordinator Pete Greig reports from Spain: “The
island of Ibiza is the club-music capital of Europe, so riddled with sex, drugs
and alcohol that the UK media refer to it as ‘Sodom and Gomorrah’. What a great
place for the gospel! We’ve been invited a to bring a team of clubbers, D.J.’s
and intercessors to Ibiza this summer to help a church pray 24-7 during the party
season. We can hardly believe it. God’s pace is breath-taking (literally). I’m
sitting in a basement in Valladolid, Spain, tapping away on my laptop. The
sense of God’s presence is strong. 50 Spanish young people just prayed and wept
their way through the night here. The scene is by now familiar: a candle
flickering, artwork everywhere, coffee-cups and assorted c.d.’s scattered on
the floor, maps and stuff on the wall. In the corner a girl is kneeling and
praying silently. I realised that something unusual was taking place when we
arrived here at the remarkable ‘Contra Corriente’ conference 2 days ago. This
guy came up to me and said that it had been his task to translate an interview
I’d given a few weeks ago for the conference magazine, but he kept breaking
down in tears. He had then e-mailed the piece to his brother at work who felt
compelled to leave his office and go to the mountains to pray for the rest of
the day. Then, last night, God reminded me of something prayed 9 years ago
whilst hitching my way through this very city as a long-haired student. My
prayer had been:
‘Lord
where is the army, where are your people here in Spain?’ (I’d been asking this
because a few nights earlier I had experienced the most definitive vision of my
life in which I had ‘seen’ an army of young people gathering across Europe).
So, last night, as I stood in front of this ‘army’ of 1,000 young people I
suddenly remembered that prayer, and realised I was looking at the answer. I
felt God saying ‘Pete, I never forget a single prayer you pray, even though you
do.’ The response to the talk was incredible. Many of you would recognise the
scene because it’s what we are seeing again and again:
·
Hundreds
choosing to miss their dinner to pray
·
Many
crying and calling out to God for their friends, others being ministered to
deeply, and of course the 50 who continued all night.
In
reality, this was nothing to do with my talk. Only the Spirit can make
50 people
pray all night. One leader said: ‘This is exactly what we need
right now
in Spain, a prayer movement for the young people that can
mobilise
them to make history.’ So many groups are planning to pray 24-7
here in
Spain we realised we would have to help them, but how? Once again,
God was
one step ahead of us. As I worried about the practicalities, a YWAM
missionary,
Jonah Bailey, leant over and told me that God had told him and
his wife
prior to the weekend to give their time to work for 24-7 in Spain,
supporting
churches and translating resources. God is obviously hiring
people
without telling me! Source: 24-7
_________________________________________>>>
*SURF’S
UP...WAY UP!
From: “Crosswalk.com” <editor@crosswalk.com>
...A
modern breed of missionaries is armed with a Bible and a surfboard (see link #1
below). About 75 surfers from Australia, the United States, New Zealand, South
Africa, Tahiti, Portugal, France, Germany, England, Japan, Mexico, and Costa
Rica met in Santa Cruz, Calif., in February. They spent five days swapping stories
about reaching out to a group of people who have little or no contact with the
Gospel. The meeting was the 4th international conference of Surf
Ministries International (see link #2 below).
...There
are 500,000 surfers in Japan who are “virtually a totally unreached people
group,” Australian Brett Davis, director of Christian Surfers International
(see link #3 below), said. Some
Christian surfers are cross-cultural missionaries, he said. For example, “surfers regularly infiltrate
the Maldives, known as one of the most closed nations on earth to the Gospel.” ...”It
is the surfers who are often the first tourists to come into an unreached area
and others follow later,” Davis said. He and his wife and three children had an
“endless summer” experience last year, traveling around the world visiting “surfing
mission outposts.”
...Now
in its 16th year, Australia’s Jesus Pro Am surfing contest is being
held in Bendalong, New South Wales, May 20-21. One hundred twelve professional
and amateur surfers are competing for prizes totaling $11,000. Churches up and
down the coast have assisted in a variety of ways, from baking cakes to
donating equipment, organizers said.
...News
from ReligionToday is Copyrighted by Crosswalk.com
_________________________________________>>>
*MANIPUR,
INDIA: THE POWER OF GENERATIONAL REPENTANCE
>From: w_lau@juno.com
>By
William Lau, The Elijah Challenge
In 1894
William and Elizabeth Pettigrew, American Baptist missionaries from Ireland,
brought the gospel to the spirit-worshipping headhunters of Manipur who
inhabited the northeast corner of India.
Their initial foray brought them to the Mao people, one of several Naga
tribes who originated from China many centuries ago. The Mao people rejected the Pettigrews and their gospel
message. Eventually they turned to a
neighboring Naga tribe called the Tangkul who welcomed the gospel. When the
Tangkul gave up their animistic practices to enter into a personal relationship
with Christ, God blessed them with a standard of living and health that became the
envy of their neighbors, the Maos.
Eventually many Mao people accepted Christianity to get these outward
benefits without understanding the priority of spiritual regeneration. The anticipated benefits didn’t materialize
and the Mao people remained backward and weak.
According
to a Mao leader, by the late 1920s the Mao tribe knew they had made a mistake
when they refused the white missionaries. But those who became Christians did
so just to get material blessings from the Lord. And since they lacked solid Bible teaching their Christianity
became just another thread in the fabric of their predominantly animistic culture. Their faith was lifeless, powerless, and
institutionalized. To make things
worse, the government had sealed off the area from foreigners because of
violence between tribes. No foreign
missionary had ever spent more than a day among the Mao people to teach
them. But God had not forgotten
them. In the Mao tribe He had kept a
remnant of believers who would humble themselves before Him. Among them was a
prominent medical doctor and his wife, Dr. Lorho and Apinao Pfozhe.
These
believers, the leaders of the churches, were convinced that the stubborn
backwardness of their tribe was due to their ancestors’ rejection of the
gospel. They set aside land for a House
of Prayer and a Prayer Mountain. During a week of prayer and fasting in 1994,
these Mao leaders dedicated their entire tribe to God in repentance for the sin
of their ancestors. The Lord heard
their cries.
In
October, 1999, God sent Brent Knapton, Steve Klinker, and their team from
Window of Opportunity into the area. During this one-day trip they led the Mao
leaders in a prayer service of identificational repentance to God for the sins
of their ancestors. Brent repented on
behalf of the British who had colonized the Nagas and the Maos on behalf of
their forbears who had rejected the gospel.
The curse was broken...
God
heard the believers who had come together in unity to repent and seek healing
for their tribe. He sent us, giving us
the privilege of bringing blessing, healing, and restoration. I am planning to return in October 2000 to
teach about the Holy Spirit and His ministry. Let us pray that God will send
more workers to the Mao people to help the leaders teach and disciple the
believers in preparation for an even greater endtime harvest.
[To read
the full account about this amazing trip and to view photos and video clips
documenting everything you have read in this report, please visit the Window of
Opportunity website at the following address:
Click on
“Recent Newsletters”
Sincerely
in Christ, William Lau, The Elijah
Challenge
_________________________________________>>>
*TEMUCO,
CHILE: OUR LAND IS OPEN TO YOU
>From:
Edison Gaete <egaete@telsur.cl>
The
peace of God be with you. lt’s to me a pleasure writting you. l’m Pastor of a
small a new The Life Church, here, in Temuco, a city with 400.000.- inhs., 4
universities. Here a gospel of
condemnation has been preached and the Evangelical Traditional Church has not
able to impact to he city with the Gospel.
The strengths of the idolatric catholicism and the apathy are very big
and people don´t believe in the power of God and reject it. For this cause l
approach to you for request your help to reach our land with the Gospel. God has touched my heart and He put a vision
in me: to win my country for Jesus. Our
resources are very limited and we don´t have finances to carry out evangelistic
events. We needs your help. Chile is open to you so that you come to preach and
ministry in the power of wonderful Holy Ghost. The Lord guide your step in His
vision.
At
your service, Pastor Edison Gaete, P.O.Box 1108 Temuco - Chile
--->NPPNote:
My prayer is the Lord will prompt several in the NPPN to
pray for
and make contact with this pastor. Some, I am certain, are already praying for
the nation of Chile and this may be their local contact for ministry...
_________________________________________>>>
*WELLINGTON,
SOUTH AFRICA: ANDREW MURRAY PRAYERS
>From:
Jacques Truter <jtruter@mweb.co.za>
I have
started a Christian retreat centre in Wellington, South Africa. I wouldn’t call myself a pastor but I have a
heart to care for the need of pastors and missionaries. Being permanently in a ministry I do
understand the importance of prayer and prayer cover. I would therefore like to thank you for the fact that you
listened to the Lord in adhering to this call.
I would
also like to be in touch in future regarding feedback on the “success stories”
of prayer all over the world. If I can
send request through this network, I would also like to make use of the
opportunity.
Wellington
is the town were Andrew Murray pastored.
It is also the place where the revival started in South Africa in the
1860’s under his leadership. A group of
us are praying for revival in this town.
If there are pastor on your network and churches that can help us pray,
we would only be to grateful. We are
also praying and starting to build a prayer house and retreat centre on the
mountains outside the town. We need
prayer cover and monies for that.
God
Bless, Jacques Truter
_________________________________________>>>
*PRAYERWALKING
IN BOSNIA AND KOSOVO
>From: lifeunlimited@juno.com
I would
appreciate NPPN subscribers lifting us up in prayer as we leave with 20
university students on Tuesday, May 23, for three weeks of ministry in
Sarajevo, Bosnia, and Karlovac, Croatia.
While we
will be working with children, youth, churches, and refugees from the Bosnian
and Kosovo conflicts, we will be devoting much of our time to aggressive prayer
walking and continuing our efforts to assist in developing a nation-wide prayer
movement in those two countries. We
first initiated that in October, 1998, and will be following up with more encouragement
and training.
Pray for
our team as they distribute food, clothing, and reading glasses to refugees,
evangelize, disciple, and train youth, and target specific areas of Sarajevo
and Karlovac for prayer walking intercession.
We will be traveling May 23 to 26, be in Sarajevo May 27 to June 7, in
Karlovac June 8 to 11, and then traveling home June 12 to 15.
In
Christ’s Bond,
Bob
Tolliver ---- Rom 1:11-12 ---- Life Unlimited Ministries
_________________________________________>>>
*JESUS
DAY PREVIEW: 50,000 WALK IN BERLIN >From: “Crosswalk.com” <editor@crosswalk.com> ...Fifty
thousand Christians walked through the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin May 20,
praying and praising God. Their colorful procession was part of “Jesus Day,”
said idea, the German evangelical news agency. Tourists and Berliners “marveled
at the happy, praying crowd,” the publication said.
...Marchers
surrounded the center of Berlin in two columns. They stopped to pray at sites
such as the Parliament building, the Reichstag, Charité hospital, theaters,
commercial centers, churches, a synagogue, and the site of the future holocaust
memorial. The two columns rejoined in front of the “red town hall” in what used
to be East Berlin, and despite heavy rain many knelt to worship, praise God,
confess sins, and rededicate their lives. The day ended with a large party in
honor of the 2,000th birthday of Jesus Christ, and all Berliners
were invited to enjoy the modern Christian music.
...Jesus
Day was organized for the first time by a coalition of charismatics,
Pentecostals, Baptists, Methodists, Pietists, Lutherans, and Catholics, idea
said. Traditional evangelicals in Germany so far have kept their distance from
the Pentecostal and charismatic movements, the publication said. The Protestant
bishop of Berlin, Wolfgang Huber, joined in.
...The
march took place three weeks before the international March for Jesus (see link
#1 below), June 10, so as not to conflict with traditional evangelical youth
meetings at Pentecost. Fifteen million Christians around the world are expected
to take part in the marches for Jesus, said Gerald Coates, one of the
initiators of the march.
...News
from ReligionToday is Copyrighted by Crosswalk.com
_________________________________________>>>
*NEW
ZEALAND: ONLY BEGINNING BUT GOD IS BLESSING
>From: “Pat
White” <pwhite@wave.co.nz>
I am only
beginning to do this work among my churches but can report that God is
certainly blessing in a mighty way.
There is a great hunger for an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ
and I pray that He will send rivers of water over the desert of barren lives
and bring them to life through the ministry of prayer partnerships.
Because
I come from a very small church where I am an elder and the only musician, I
feel I can only afford to be away 2 weeks a month and am already booked up to
preach and teach till November. I could
do this full time the need is so great, and am praying that the Lord will send
another organist/pianist and bring souls into our church that will worship and praise
Him. I preach on how to have a more
powerful prayer life (by using praise), sing “I’ll Praise His Name” and give my
personal testimony of God’s special healing and grace in my life, and then
conduct a seminar on prayer partnerships etc during the afternoon. These have been greatly appreciated by the
church members and I praise the Lord that He has called me to this ministry.
I have
not registered yet as I am the prayer coordinator for the North Island of New
Zealand for the Seventh-day Adventist Churches and do not know whether it is my
address you require or all the pastors of the churches where I have
spoken. I am unsure whether I have the
authority to release their addresses but am happy for you to use mine.
I have
been invited to attend the Prayer Summit 2000 at Loma Linda, California on July
5-9 and am praying that the Lord will provide as I do not have the means to go
myself. Virginia Collins who is the
prayer coordinator for the South-eastern Californian Conference is one of my
prayer partners and we pray together on email.
God continues to use her and her husband in a mighty way in their
churches. She has sent me some manuals
which have been a great help in getting started and useful for photocopying as
handouts to people who attend the seminars.
Over 3
years ago 3 of us ladies at church met each week for an hour before the usual
prayer meeting to pray about the needs of the church family, pastor and family,
outreach programmes, community needs etc.
We made up lists of names to pray for and have since enlarged the
numbers of people for whom we pray on a regular basis. God has now called 2 of the ladies into
literature evangelism and me into prayer ministry. Just imagine what would happen in our country if every church had
2 or 3 people who met regularly to pray and praise the Lord! These are exciting times and God’s glory
will be revealed in the lives of His children.
They will be empowered to witness for Him as they rise to the challenge
of taking His love to a sinsick world.
And then Jesus will come and we will live with Him for ever, glory,
hallelujah! If I don’t see you before,
I’ll look for you then.
May
the Lord richly bless you. With
Christian love, Pat White
_________________________________________>>>
*SOUTH
AFRICA: NEW PRAYER INITIATIVE
From: “Bennie Mostert” <bennie@mweb.co.za>
You have asked me a couple of
months ago to send you information on
NUPSA. Presently we are working to mobilise the entire continent of
Africa
for a 40 Days fast - the firts
ever for the entire continent. In
January
2000 some leaders from the church
in Africa met in Kampala, Uganda and it
was decided to call the continent
to a 40 day fast from 1 November - 10
December.
NUPSA
was asked to compile a prayer calendar - which we have done and it is now
available. I want to ask if you can
send this information to your distribution list. We also want African’s in diaspora to participate in this prayer
initiative for Africa and whoever has a prayer burden for Africa (like churches
with missionaries in Africa and denominational links in Africa). I include a
prayer calendar for your info. People can have a look at our web-site (www.nupsa.org.za) or email us at fast2000@bushmail.co.za.
Thanks
for your help, Eph.3:20, Bennie Mostert (NUPSA)
Transforming
Africa - An All Africa Continental Fast
1
November 10 December 2000
40 Days of
Prayer and Fasting
Prayer
focus:
Praying
for the lost and unreached in Africa
Praying
about the bloodshed and war in Africa
Praying
for the uprooting of witchcraft/idolatry in Africa
Praying
for revival in Africa
Praying
for economic/social development and restoration in Africa
Praying
for the release of the redemptive gifts of the Church in Africa
This
calendar is also available in:
Arabic,
English, French, Swahili and Portuguese
This
initiative is supported and endoressed by: Langton Gatsi (One Way Ministries,
Zimbabwe), Laban Jjumba (Intercessors for Uganda, Uganda), John Mulinde (World
Trumpet Mission, Uganda), Michael Cassidy (Africa Enterprise, South Africa),
Gerda Leithgöb (Herald Ministries, South Africa) Uduak Ben- Udofia
(Intercessors for Africa, Nigeria), Thomas Muthee (Kiambu, Kenya), Tokunboh
Adeyemo (Association for Evangelicals in Africa), Louis Bush and Ross Campbell
(AD 2000 Movement), Karel Sanders (Afmin), NUPSA, Operation Mobilisation, Every
Home for Christ, YWAM.
Limited
quantities of this calendar are available from: NUPSA, P/Bag X22, Lynnwood
Ridge, 0040, Pretoria, South Africa. Tel.27 12 3653213, Fax. 27 12 3653214.
An e
mail/electronic version of this calendar is available from:
{GOTOBUTTON
BM_1_ nupsa@global.co.za} or website:
{
GOTOBUTTON BM_2_ www.nupsa.org.za}
_________________________________________>>>
*SOUTHERN
AFRICA: PRAY FOR THE PASTORS
>From: mertaka@everybody.org (Mert
Hershberger)
Thank you
for your faithful prayers and support. The pastors we train are a joy to work
with, always asking questions, and exploring ways to apply what they are
learning. So far, 25 have been saved through the church in Moodies. Marge is discipling a small group of women.
Pray for her as she tries to work with the language and literacy barriers. Pray
for me as I coach a group of young pastors in discipleship and church
planting. Also, on June 9, I and others
will be driving to Malawi and Mozambique
to make some positive contacts with the Makua people in northern
Mozambique, and help organize 40 churches into the Missionary Church of
Malawi. - Please pray for continued daily protection. Pray for the pastors we are training:
(1) that they will be able to attend the training,
(2) that they will understand the Biblical principles we are teaching, and (3)
that they will be able to apply what they have learned. Pray for the new church in Moodies. We are
spiritually mapping Emjindini (the
township nearest to us), to prepare for the church plant there. Pray that we
will successfully bind the demonic strongholds there. Pray that our church
planting team will be successful in making disciples and developing strong core
groups from those disciples. Pray that
we will be able to raise scholarships enabling needy pastors to receive the
training. Thank the Lord for the scholarships already raised.—Richard Greene
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*SYDNEY,
NEW SOUTH WALES: PPG
>From:
“Gavin D Williams” <gavinw@itlite.com.au>
Liberty
Plains Pastors Prayer Group, Sydney, New South Wales. We are a new PPG meeting
just 7 Kilometers from the Olympics site at homebush. We have been meeting just
2 months. We are believing God for great things in our region of the city.
Liberty Plains is not a name that appears on current maps. It was the name
given to this area by the first white settlers over 150 years ago. Most of the
early settlers were convicts who had served their time of imprisonment and on
release were granted plots of land in Liberty Plains. To day we seek a different
kind of liberty for the people of many nations who live in our area. We do not
have to go the 10/40 window. They have come to us. Pray for us.
Gavin
Williams, Pastor, Regents Park Community Church
_________________________________________>>>
*GOOD NEWS
IN THE UKRAINE
>From: MarcusHester@aol.com
Just
came back from Ukraine (team of 200) -- 12,000 salvation’s, 110,000
bibles
distributed. 100 Ukraine pastors united
with us. God is good!
However,
I believe a book that every leader who is believing for “city transformation”
must read. Apostles of the City
(Peter Wagner). It is a road map in how
God will transform Chicago. Pass it
on!
Pastor
Marcus Hester
Revival
Watch Prayer Network / Revival Watch Pastors Network
_________________________________________>>>
*RUSSIA:
MAKE AN IMPACT THRU PRAYER
>From: “Impact
Prayer Ministries” <impactprayermin1@hotmail.com>
>From: “Lars
Widerberg” <lw.pray@swipnet.se>
Greetings
to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!
Thank
you, brothers and sisters, for your participation in the life of
Russia. We
believe that prayer can influence the history and development ofdifferent
events in our nation. We are thankful that you pray for us and for our country.
Last month, May of 2000, became famous for the inauguration that took Vladimir
Vladimirovich Putin was inaugurated as President of Russia.
God
spoke to one of the pastors and he came forth to prophesy about Russia: “I see
Russia bathed in the color red, but it is not the red color of communism or of
people’s blood. It is red because of the fire of revival and because of the
blood of Jesus, that will cover the sins of the people and the nation”. Soon after that a woman who came to our
church from Moscow, came forth and confirmed that some time ago she had
received the same word from the Lord. Amen, Lord! May Your revival flow into
all of Russia.
Lena
Volkova, Aimee Hennen
House of
Prayer - Russia
Pray For
These Pastors, Their Churches, The Prayer Movement In Each Region---
On 9-10
of June a prayer school will take place in the city of Ulyanovsk. The churches of Ulyanovsk and neighboring
towns and villages.Let’s pray for the people attending this prayer school, that
they will be encouraged.Also pray for the protection and anointing of Elena and
Julia.
Let’s
pray for the prayer movement in Russia. Let’s pray for more prayer groups to be
organized in Russian churches ... for the Army of Christ in Russia to become
stronger and to occupy its position in the spiritual world. Ask God to raise up prayer leaders in the
churches and prayer coordinators in organizations. Pray for unity in prayer
among denominations and different Christian organizations.
Let’s
pray for Carol Singleton, a prayer leader in Moscow. She is a missionary from
South Africa. In Moscow and other Russian cities she teaches Russian believers
about prayer. Let’s pray for protection for Carol. Ask God to use her even more
in her ministry to Russian.
Pray for
the “House of Prayer” ministry. “Deborah Arise - Russia”. This is a new
department within the ministry that will encourage women all over Russia to
pray for the young generation. Let’s
pray for many women to respond and devote their time to prayer.
Let’s
pray for the Russian Orthodox Church. Let’s pray for a movement of
the Holy
Spirit
Let’s pray
for Oleg Kichapin from “Togliatti Christian Center” Church. He is involved in the “Jesus Film” ministry.
Last month he visited 8 villages, where over 500 people had the chance to hear
and to see the Gospel. Now Oleg serves in the Ulyanovsk region. After that he
plans to visit 20 villages in Samara region. He will show the Jesus film in the
Russian, Tatar, Mordvian and Chuvash languages. Let’s pray for the success of
this ministry, and ask God to touch people’s hearts through this film. Pray for financial provision for Oleg. Let’s
pray for him to have a car, so he might travel to different villages without
problems.
Pastor
Sergey Mikheev from the city of Syzran sent us a prayer need:
“The
husband of Marina Anikina, our sister in the Lord, has disappeared.He has been
absent over two weeks now. He went out with 5 other men fishing in a boat. Only
one of them was found drowned. Where are the others?” Let’s pray for all these
men to be found. Pray for God’s mercy and salvation for every one of them.
Pastor
Slava Basharin from the city of Octyabrsk, Samara region, asks us to support
his mother in prayer: “My mother was hospitalized with pain in her liver and
gall bladder. Her name is Valentina. Her health condition is still bad. Please
pray for her salvation and complete healing. May God soften her heart for
repentance. Thank you!”
Pastor
Slava Basharin from the city of Octyabrsk, Samara region, asks us to pray for
Galina Lisnik, who is 50 years old: “She is the wife of a brother from our
church, and she really needs God’s help. She is sick with diabetes, and the
doctors are not able to help her. Several times she was close to death, but
because of the prayers of her husband she didn’t die. She is a believer; she accepted salvation because of her husband’s
testimony.”
Pastor
Alexander Vazhenin sent us a prayer need: “Let’s pray for Leonid Uymov.
Recently he was let out of prison. He was seeking help in one of the churches
in our region, but they were not able to help him. Leonid was depressed, and he
had no money or food. So he stole. Three days later God brought him to our
church. We helped him to find a job and a place to live. He became active in the church. We are
making efforts and appealing to the authorities, asking them not to put Leonid
in prison again. Please pray with us for Leonid, and ask God to show him His
mercy”.
Roman
Bogatov, secretary of the Vineyard church in the city of Krasnoyarsk asks us to
support his church in prayer. Last month the leaders and members of this church
had a special meeting, in which they fellowshipped and encouraged each other to
serve the Lord. Let’s pray for God’s fire in the hearts of the believers. Pray
for every one of them to find his place in the Body of Christ and serve Him with joy and boldness.
Let’s
pray for the city of Pechora in the Komi Republic of Russia. This place was
formerly called Kanino. The word “kan” in the Manci language means “place for
sacrifice”. There are only 100 evangelical Christians in this city. Let’s pray for the “Church of Grace” in the
city of Pechoraand its pastor, Sergei Anphalov.
Alexei
Kuschenko, pastor of the “Way Toward Truth” Church in the city of Irkutsk ask
us to pray for their ministry to drug addicts According to official statistics
there are 40-50 thousand drug addicts in this city, and 70 % of them are
infected with AIDS. Half a year ago this church organized a rehabilitation
center for drug addicts. Former drug addicts who were set free by God in such
centers are serving there. Now there are 19 drug addicts in this center, 6 of
them are ready to serve others. The Church plans to open 2-3 more centers like
this in the city and in the region. Let’s
pray for financial provision for this project,for buildings, and finances in order
to start the work.
Let’s
pray for Alexei Anisimov, pastor of “Togliatti Christian Center”Church. He is
also a presbyter over several churches. Ask the Lord to give him and his wife,
Nina, even more wisdom to deal with all the situations and problems they face.
Pray for their protection. Pray also for their daughter, Olesya, who serves as
a missionary in the city of Sukhoy Log.
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