I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people- for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 1 Tim 2:1-2
Pray for the new government in Afghanistan
Afghanistan's new President, Ashraf Ghani, is casting a vision for The New Afghanistan. He is speaking about tackling the major issues confronting this troubled country.
In his first few days in office he is calling for unity among all Afghans and demonstrating his commitment by forming a unity government. He has pledged to take on corruption at all levels and asked the Afghan people to hold him accountable. He has stipulated that all new government hires be based on merit, not nepotism and cronyism. He is honoring the former President by giving him an office and asking him to be his advisor. He has announced plans to reform the judiciary and get his country operating under the rule of law. And he has signed the bilateral security agreement with NATO and told the insurgents to come to the negotiating table or suffer the consequences.
Ashraf Ghani's wife of 38 years, Rula, is a non-Muslim, some say a Christian, originally from Lebanon. She will play a significant role in the new government and is already a beacon of hope for women and minorities throughout Afghanistan. All of these bold initiatives reflect kingdom values. The Afghan people are hopeful that this is indeed a "new day for Afghanistan." After all, why do we elect leaders? Don't we look to them to bring order out of chaos? Let's join together and pray for his success!
Pray against the work of the enemy.
The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 2Cor 10:4
We know the enemy is working actively against the success of this new administration. Let's join together to bind the work of the enemy, to cause disruption and confusion and dissent among their ranks and to foil all their evil plans and to cause despair and hopelessness for their cause.
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We have begun the G20 countdown! Amanda Jackson is already in Australia and the worship, citizen action and business events are all shaping up really well. Please see below for how you can follow her and the Australia team for the big finale of the EXPOSED campaign (after 2 long years!).
1.Follow Amanda's specific G20 blog at exposedcampaign.com/brisbane
(there's a great pic of her buried in trillion dollars!)
1.Follow Amanda's specific G20 blog at exposedcampaign.com/brisbane
(there's a great pic of her buried in trillion dollars!)
2.Use the G20 '10 Days of Prayer to Change the World' prayer guide at exposedcampaign.com/resources (live, but officially starts next Thurs 7 Nov)
3.Watch out for daily @exposedcampaign and #shinethelight tweets especially from next Thurs as we tweet the prayer and blogs from around the world
Many thanks for being a part of this. We are no way near our original target, but are taking over 83,000 voices with us - and still have a few days for more!
Vikki McLachlan
OPERATIONS
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Here are the videos that I think are the best related to 4/14 Window and Children in Prayer. Most are brief. These are all the English versions.
4 to 14 Window Videos
1. Overview of 4 to 14 Window - done for North American Region - Animated - (Great Reviews) 2:58 minutes -
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCx0KFujeqY
2. It's Time To Wake Up - Animated on Vimeo - 6:10 minutes -
Link: http://vimeopro.com/clarioncreative/english/video/68355122
3. A Biblical Testimony - Animated on Vimeo - 2:40 minutes -
Link: http://vimeopro.com/clarioncreative/english/video/79768175
4. Turning A Curse Into A Blessing (Dr. Dan Brewster) - Animated on Vimeo - 2:10 minutes -
Link: http://vimeopro.com/clarioncreative/english/video/76690622
5. Globalized Youth (Dr. Bambang Budijanto) - Animated on Vimeo - 2:27 minutes -
Link: http://vimeopro.com/clarioncreative/english/video/74767122
6. The Challenges in Equipping Children - Rick and Becky Olmstead on Vimeo - 3:16 minutes -
Link: http://vimeo.com/72330232
7. Including The Next Generation - Rick Olmstead, Vineyard Church of the Rockies on Vimeo - 3:48 minutes
Link: http://vimeopro.com/clarioncreative/414-global-summit-iv-video-interviews/video/83832126
7a. Including The Next Generation - Rick Olmstead, Vineyard Church of the Rockie - Amimated on Vimeo - 3:05 minutes - Link:
http://vimeopro.com/clarioncreative/english/video/88216159
8. A Transformed Life - Jimmy Seibert, Antioch Community Church, Waco, TX - on Vimeo - 3:03 minutes - Link:
http://vimeopro.com/clarioncreative/414-global-summit-iv-video-interviews/video/84736162
8a. A Transformed Life - Jimmy Seibert, Antioch Community Church, Waco, TX - (Same as above but Animated and called Ian's Story) - on Vimeo - 2:13 minutes -
Link: http://vimeopro.com/clarioncreative/english/video/89573976
9. 4 to 14 Window Explained - Dr. Luis Bush - Animated - on Vimeo - 1:59 minutes -
Link: http://vimeopro.com/clarioncreative/english/video/74462043
Plenary Sessions from the 4 to 14 Window Global Summit in Bangkok in Oct 2014
These are probably too long but maybe would work in a Plenary setting.
10. God's Love for a Billion Children - Dr. Susan Hillis, Senior Scientist with the Center for Disease Control - on Vimeo - 27:43 minutes (One of the most powerful presentations at the Summit.) Link:
http://vimeopro.com/clarioncreative/414-global-summit-iv-plenaries/video/83655835
11. The Role of Children in Kingdom Building - Anton Cruz, Royal Kids - Chennai, India - on Vimeo - 19:30 minutes - Link:
http://vimeopro.com/clarioncreative/414-global-summit-iv-plenaries/video/83655752
Children in Prayer:
Indonesia is leading the way in may aspects. This video is an example.
12. Daisy Testimony from Indonesia for World Prayer Assembly - Children in Prayer in Surabaya, Indonesia - 5:19 minutes -
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmwUMjbRGUw
And from India.
13. Royal Kids in Chennai Overview - (Shares the ministry of Royal Kids with support response at the end - so you may need to end before the credits. Very powerful example of children at prayer) - 16:13 minutes -
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEKEz1TUL10
Global Children in Prayer.
14. Children in Prayer Video - from the International Prayer Council. This documentary video was done by Media Village and captures examples of the Children in Prayer movement around the world. (We have plans to do a new version in the near future - but this one is still very powerful.) - 10:4 minutes - Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chHtlnBKmtw#t=21
Our 4 to 14 Window site has just been updated so you can find a lot of additional resources on it - in multiple languages. If you click on the languages tab you'll find several languages under South Asia, including Tamil and Sinhalese as well as Malayalam and Hindi. Here's the link for the website: www.4to14window.com
Tom Victor
The Great Commission Coalition
TomVictor@aol.com
Only two weeks to go! The International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP) is on 16 November this year. Find out more about IDOP 2014 and your free resource pack here.
Whether you can get a slot in your church service, lead the whole service, or whether you're praying with your small group or children's group - we've got what you need
Your IDOP pack contains:
* Sermon ideas
* Small group Bible study
* Children's activities
* Creative prayer ideas
...and more!
Have you ordered postcards or posters? We'll be sending them to you next week, so keep an eye out for them.
Please join us, and thousands of Christians around the world, in marking the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. Click here to download your pack.
If you've got any questions, do get in touch on 0845 456 5464 or admin@csw.org.uk
Blessings
Emma
P.S. Go to www.csw.org.uk/idop to watch Kenia from Cuba explain the transforming power of prayer in her life. You could show the video in your church too, as a lead in to prayer for persecuted Christians like Kenia and her husband Omar.
Thank you so much for your prayers for 14-15th Oct. 2014 Prayer Seminar! Yes God did miracles through this Seminar. We couldn't do more good, but God has done more through the Indonesian prayer leaders.
In the first day of program, there was heavy raining in whole day and I was thinking people will not come, but God sent more than our expectation. Almost 300+ Pastors and Leaders joined in this historical Prayer Seminar. Daniel and other pastors talked through His power and God spoke through Daniel. He prophesied "Nepal Prayer Assembly" in 2017 in Nepal. Praise the Lord!
Yes God was glorified through this program. We had Nepal top leaders dinner meeting on 15th October. All the pastors and leaders were blessed by God. The Holy Spirit moved all for His Kingdom.
On 16th October Ps. Daniel, Ely, Ps. David, for people went to Lumbini and did ministry there with our Ps Sunil. And other 6 people and me went to do prayer meeting at Thankot and 10 Church people gathered and had Prayer meeting among 110 people. On 18th Ely has taught about House of Prayer to our prayer warriors among 90+ people, it was really effective.
Many blessings for all of us. May the Lord bless them abundantly!
Thank you so much for your love and prayer. All the glory to God.
Here I am sharing some pictures of Seminar, I am sure you will enjoy with these His works in Nepal.
With much love and prayer,
Govinda and Sujita
Kathmandu, Nepal
Ruth Kram, October 13, 2014
Iraq (CAM) - Editor's Note: We share this news story released by Christian Aid Mission.
Working in northern Iraq's Kurdish region day and night to help meet the needs of people displaced by the threats and violence of the terror group Islamic State (ISIS) in Mosul and other areas, members of an Iraqi ministry team recently came into contact with a colonel from the Kurdish forces battling ISIS.
The colonel was serving as a division commander of the Peshmerga, the Kurdistan Regional Government's armed forces, which have helped to slow the incursion of ISIS in its brutal push to establish a caliphate imposing a strict version of Sunni Islam. With the aid of U.S. airstrikes, the Peshmerga have also slowly retaken some territory. They are helping to secure the Kurdish capital of Erbil, where the ministry team assisted by Christian Aid Mission is supplying displaced people with food, clothing, beds, and medicine.
The colonel had a few questions for the team members: What was the reason for offering all this aid? What was the motivation, what was the source of it? "We spoke with him explicitly, explaining everything to him, saying that Christ taught us to love and express our love to the people in a practical way," said the team director, who informed the officer that all relief items had been donated or purchased locally.
The Peshmerga colonel, whose name is withheld for security reasons, was quick to respond. "You see the Arabs around you in the Gulf states, which claim to be religious Muslims, have not sent us anything but terrorists," he told the ministry team members. "But you who follow Christ send love and peace and goodness to people every day."
The conversation continued at length, the ministry team director said.
"After we had a long talk with him about Christ, he bowed and prayed, asking Christ into his life," the director said. "And he said, 'Today I am the happiest person! I've had the privilege of making this decision,' and he received a copy of the Bible."
The colonel's experience was just one of many taking place in Iraq. In cities of refuge like Erbil for people displaced from their homes in other parts of Iraq, people are turning to Christ at a stunning pace. Tent churches are springing up in the makeshift camps. Under normal circumstances, mission strategies focus on how to proclaim Christ effectively, but the challenge now is keeping pace with the number who would receive Him, the director said.
"The greatest challenge in the ministry right now is not whether these people will accept Christ or not," he said. "In all our travel to deliver the aid and preach God's Word, we did not find anyone opposed to or rejecting our message. The challenge is how and when we will reach all those people with the message of salvation in the squares, sidewalks, roads, inside the tents and out, and everywhere."
Christian Aid Mission's Middle East director said that as a result of this trend, some church leaders and workers for ministry organizations are remaining in Iraq even as the cruel practices of ISIS-beheading Iraqi children who refuse to deny Christ in Qaroqosh and Western journalists elsewhere-gain greater notoriety.
"I think of workers who stayed behind in Mosul and the surrounding areas because there are so many who are receptive to the gospel," he said. "They are willing to risk being in an area under the rule of ISIS for the privilege of more and more fruit for Christ."
Forced to trust God more than they ever have before, these Christians are growing in their relationship with God in ways they had never imagined, he said.
"I respected them before the Arab Spring because they were serving in Islamic areas, but now they are serving more and maturing even more," he said. "We need to intercede for these workers. They are all always in danger. They need God's power to show His love to the thousands of helpless people."
"God has put within the hearts of thousands of Muslims a desire to read His Word."
Let's keep praying for Syria and Iraq and that the current conflicts and suffering will bring large numbers of Muslims to Jesus Christ. Pray for the overthrow of the ISIS terrorists and that His peace to come to these troubled nations.
Video Link: http://youtu.be/aGTUcQLPhuk
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To help you to pray effectively we have set up www.prayerforleaders.com
I would encourage you to log on to the website and check out the various information that is there.
In essence apart from praying for the G20 summit generically, we are encouraging you to pray daily for one of the leaders who is attending the summit.
So every day from the 1 October, 2014 we will be putting the bio information up of a leader who is attending and encourage you to pray for them, to bless them during the day, to write to them and let them know you are praying and then to encourage others to do so as well. We now have two days of prayer requests up on the site.
On the right hand side of the website there is a "follow me" option. If you click on this you will be automatically emailed when we put updates on the site. This is the easiest way to keep up to date.
This event is considered one of the largest events that Australia has ever hosted.
It is a key event where decisions concerning not only ours but the worlds economic future will be discussed.
Plus no doubt there will be other side issues being discussed particularly in relation to Russia and ISIL.
There will also be some key Christian events being planned around the G20 including a church service being held on the Sunday morning at the City Tabernacle Baptist Church and a Forum on the Thursday night. We will be sending out more details concerning these shortly.
If you know of other Christian events being held around the G20 please let us know.
Please take a moment and check out the website and share it with others.
Wes Leake
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email: wesleyl@businessblessings.com.au
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