Weekly Prayer (6/3)

Weekly Prayer (6/3)

Editor’s Words

Prayer Request

Please pray for the people who are involved in organizing and making this Global 40 Day Prayer And Fast movement possible.  Particularly,  please pray for the spiritual leaders, their co-workers, and their family members, the behind-the-scene editorial team and their spiritual coverings, and family members.  Please ask God to:

• protect everyone involved in the global prayer and fast and their families.  May God watch their coming and going and  keep them healthy with prosperous spirits, souls, and bodies.
• bless the editorial team to be able to receive from God and translate it into words speedily and accurately.

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Cleansing And Covering Prayer

Cleansing Prayers

Dear Heavenly Father, I ________ (put your name in it) come to the throne of grace, through the blood of Jesus Christ, the power of the Holy Spirit, to receive Your abundant grace and mercy.   Lord Jesus, ________ confess You are the Lord of my life.   I ask the resurrected power of the Holy Spirit to fill and saturate every part of my being.   I surrender all my spirit, soul and body completely to You.  Now I ask You to reveal to me, remind me of any sin that I have committed known or unknown, so that I can confess and repent of them accordingly. (Recommendation:  quiet yourself, so you can allow the Holy Spirit to reveal to you)

Cleanse me from all the defilement of the world, sanctify me and my family line of any unrighteousness with the blood of Jesus.   Now by my own will, I choose to forgive everyone that has offended me or hurt me, I release them into the freedom of my forgiveness.   I also release them from the debts they might owe me. I now cast all my burden to You .  Your yoke is easy, Your burden is light.   I now put on the armor of God that You have given me, gird myself with the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the helmet of salvation, the shield of faith, the sword of the Spirit, my feet fitted with the gospel of peace, so that I can pray and intercede in the Holy Spirit by Your mighty power, and after done all to stand firm.

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Firewall Covering Prayer

Abba Father, I thank you for watching and blessing us coming in and going out, from now and forevermore.
Abba Father, help us to hide under the shadow of the Almighty, and cover us with Your wings.   I now plead the blood of Jesus Christ of Nazareth on myself, my entire family _________

(speak names of your family, and name the people, things, items, that needs covering, such as : your work, ministries, and everyone that you minister to, your  property, finances, friends, pets, vehicles, pastors and small group leaders / members and president )

Abba Father, send the host of angels and chariots of fire, to surround and protect us, I ask that You place the power of the Cross of Jesus Christ, in between everyone and the power of darkness that we might be facing today, to block all ungodly influences and keep us from all spiritual attacks, loss of property and any evil strategy of the enemies. We declare no weapon formed against us shall prosper.   Lead us not into temptation and deliver us from evil.

In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen!

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Daily Prayer Declaration

Declaration over Children, Adolescents, and Young People Around the World

We declare in the name of Jesus,

• God, save the souls of children, adolescents, and young people around the world. Let them experience the power of God in a personal way and walk in the destiny of God.
• God, releases the children, adolescents, and young people in the world from the control of video games, drugs, pornography, and homosexuality.
• God, protects children, adolescents, and young people around the world from the danger of school bullying or sexual assault and harassment, not to fall into the trap of abduction and human trafficking, and displacement from wars.
• God, prepare the workers who has wisdom and the power of God to go into the school to serve them.
• Campuses all around the world is open to the teaching of biblical truth, and closed to the teaching of homosexual education.
• The fire of the Holy Spirit will rend the heaven and come down. Signs and wonders and miracles will happen in every campus. Establish Your throne on all campuses, to abolish the strongholds of homosexuality. Revive the campus to become a holy kingdom of God.

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Save the Souls of the Members of Free Mason and Illuminati 

•  In the name of Jesus, the sovereignty of the Lord of Host will replace the control and manipulation from Freemason and Illuminati in politics, economy, and other areas.

•  In the name of Jesus, the Lord of Host will send Michael the Archangel and the angelic host to destroy the dark power from Freemason and Illuminati in politics, economy, and other areas.

• In the name of Jesus, all members that belong to Freemason and Illuminati will return to You and be saved.

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Save the Souls of Islamic Extremists

We know the danger that Islamic extremists bring to the world with their terror attacks and their prayers that often become the curses toward Israel and the rest of the world.  Especially during Ramadan, the destructive power of Islamic extremists can increase enormously (for example, the deadly suicide bomb attacks in the Indonesian city of Surabaya this year and the Philippine City that was besieged by Islamic State-linked militants). Let us declare the following:

• In the name of Jesus, the blessings and the peace of God will replace all the curses from Islamic extremists.
• In the name of Jesus, all the terror attacks that Islamic extremists plan will fail and be interrupted before they can even start.
• In the name of Jesus, the salvation and grace of God will come into the lives of these Islamic extremists.

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Save the souls of the LGBT group

In addition, the trend of LGBT is actively searching its way into the schools of every nation, pushing the legalization of homosexual education and same-sex marriage. Therefore, we need to pray and declare the following every day:

• In the name of Jesus, the promotion of LGBT ideology all over the world will fail, including the legalization of same-sex marriage and homosexual education.
• In the name of Jesus, the grace of God and salvation will come to the LGBT group.
• In the name of Jesus, one husband and one wife system will be restored all over the world.
• In the name of Jesus, young people will wake up and reject the ideology and value of same-sex marriage. They will embrace the truth and teaching of one husband and one wife system.

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Keep All the Nations out of the War Crisis and into Peace 

• In the name of the Lord, the whole world will enter into a season of reconciliation and peace, to break away from the enemy’s division and tricks to detonate wars. We especially ask you God to preserve China-US relationship, United States-Russia relationship, Taiwan-China relationship, and the relationships between Middle East Muslim countries and Israel.

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• President Trump of the United State
• Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel President
• Putin of Russia
• Chairman Xi Jinping of China 

Abba Father, we thank  You for setting up these world leaders at this time.  We ask you to fill them with Your Spirit daily, bless them and their families, watch their coming and going, keep them healthy, and give them wisdom to govern all the domestic and international affairs according to Your will.  May they be graceful to God’s people and protect Christian religious freedom.

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Pray for President Trump:

We declare in the name of Jesus:

• For President Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign 
  • God will continue to use President Trump to fulfill the destiny for the United States.
  • God will give President Trump word of wisdom and vigorous energy in every campaign trail.
• President Trump’s safety:
  • God keeps Trump and his family safe and blessed coming in and going out, no witchcraft spells or curses released from the Dark forces be fulfilled.
  • God will watch over and protect President Trump from any assassination plan, including attacks on health, disease, traffic accidents, murder and death.
• President Trump’s administration:
  • President Trump will acknowledge You in all his way, to pray and seek You, and not rely on his own understanding.
  • You will direct his strategies for the nation of United States or international issues, give him wisdom in his language, and spirit of counsel, so his words will be sharp like the two edged sword, with power and authority.
  • God, strengthen President Trump to walk in righteousness, justice, and do what is right in Your eyes. Everything that he does according to Your will can be accomplished.
  • The construction of the border wall will be completed on schedule.
• President Trump’s Cabinet:
  • God rule and reign the relationship between President Trump and his cabinet, all the aides have a righteous spirit.
  • The message report to Trump is accurate and no work of the enemy will be allowed.
  • God prepares the necessary cabinet for President Trump, strengthens their hearts, and work closely with President Trump in one heart,  to accomplish God’s will.
• President Trump is honored and respected:
  • The Almighty God of the universe is behind President Trump.
  • All those who resist him will see that President Trump is the anointed one of God, to honor and submit to him.
  • All spirit of lies, accusations and distortion, and personal attacks through the media and from leaders of the world and all sector be completely stopped and diminished.
• Bless President Trump:
  • God will bless President Trump and his family with abundance.
  • Protect President Trump’s entire family be prosper and be in health as their soul prosper, and harmony in their marriage.

In the name of Jesus,  we pray, Amen!

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Pray for Chairman Xi Jinping

Oh Lord ! Paul urge us，first of all, that petitions, prayer, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered on behalf of all men. especially for kings and all those in authority.

In the name of Jesus we declare:

• Father God, soften the heart of Xi Jinping, so he can know You.
• Father God， bless President Xi Jinping and all the officials of China and give them godly wisdom to govern China.
• Father God give President Xi Jinping and government officials heart of righteousness, compassion, and humility to walk with God.
• God raised up Christian to be aides by President Xi Jinping’s side and be of great help to him, so that he will make godly decision in everything to bring world peace. In particular, the relationship between Taiwan and China, so that China and Taiwan will be blessed as well as nations.
• In the daily busy schedule and routine, Father God, give President enough energy and physical strength, and also gives him courage and wisdom to deal with cases of corrupt officials.
• Father God, gave him gentleness, patience, peace and stability to face the issue of Sino-US trade. Because he values ​​the relationship between the two countries above everything, God will be merciful to China, bless China, and reverse the situation. Amen!

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Pray for Prime Minister Netanyahu:

In the name of Jesus we declare:

• Father God, anoint Prime Minister Natanyahu in his position as the Prime Minister of Israel. You are his shield and keeps his heart and mind pure and clear, full of heavenly understanding and insight.
• Father God cause Prime Minister Nathanyahu to diligently seek Your face,  humbly seek help from You to face all the challenges of Israel.
• Reveal to him the salvation of Jesus and gave him a heart that hunger and thirst and long for God, like David, who earnestly sought the face of God and made God his content.
• Prime Minister Nathanyahu will fully support the Aliyah of Jewish Messianic believers.

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Pray for President Putin

In the name of Jesus we declare:

• God reign in President Putin’s heart and minds that he will surrender to the Almost High God and following His will.  God will keep him from the manipulation of the evil power.
• Father God, President Putin will deeply know and experience You and diligently seek Your face.
•  The presence of God becomes his covering again, give him the heart that desires to read the Scriptures. Help him find answers and solutions to ways to govern the country from the Bible.
• Father God raise up Christians with loyalty, good deeds, spiritual life and wisdom in the decision-making group of President Putin, place them in high positions like Joseph, Daniel to support him, and to govern the country according to God’s will. .
• Father God move President Putin’s heart, to embrace the Russian church with God’s love, and gave the church full freedom to evangelize and support missionary work.
• Bless the relationship between President Putin and President Trump to fulfill God’s will! Amen!

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Pray For United States

Pray for United States: Recent Passing of H.R.5 ‘Equality Act’ Bill is Pushing Back on President Trump’s Religious Freedom Policies

【Event: On May 10, 2019 Congress passed 236-173 Bill of LGBTQ  ‘Equality Act’ amid passionate speeches from both Republican and Democrats. (8 Republicans supported)  … Click to read more】

• Romans 2:6 ‘God will repay each person according to what they have done.’
• Proverbs 21:3 ‘To do what’s right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.’
• 1 Peter 3:14 ‘But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “do not fear their threats; do not be frightened.”’
• Titus 2:11-12 ‘For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age.
• Psalm 1:1 ‘Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers.’

【PRAYER】

• Father, we will never stop seeking forgiveness until America is refrained from sins of abomination and wickedness. Forgive our political leaders covet immoral culture of secular humanism, and religious liberalism, compromises for own political gains. (Ro. 2:6) We reject their tainted leadership and influence: ‘You shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination!’( Leviticus 18:22)
• We rebuke twisted, tempting speeches made to target the young generation’s empathy to believe and accept gender identity as ideology thus to gain dignity, and not a sovereign God-given created identity with dignity. Lord, remove these lies and liars from their understanding that You will help them and meets all their emotional, mental and psychological needs. (Psa. 1:1)
• In the Name of Jesus, we come against all schemes of ‘Progressive Agendas’, may the unrighteous platform be destroyed.
• Lord, may You set America free from secularism, humanism, entitlement, liberalism, gender ideology, immorality, political corruption, perversion, for all these will fall. Instead, America will discern and stand firm against: force of spiritual darkness and sin, spirits of the world, blocking of biblical truth, government and religious compromises. (Titus 2:11-12)
• Lord, thank you for establishing America godly Presidents and founding fathers, who admitted a long time ago: ‘The government will one day be corrupt and filled with liars, and the People will flock to the One that tells the Truth’. We pray for the day is here for People flock to find Your Truth.
• Father, we reject the entire abominable ‘Equality Acts’ abolished in Your sight, no subjugation nor persecution be upon parents, women, girls, businesses, medical professionals and churches. They will be bold with moral integrity and faith to stand out. (1 Peter 3:14)

In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

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Pray For Israel

Pray for Israel: Nepal Becomes a Mission Base for Young Israelis

【Background: You may ask what does Nepal have to do with evangelizing Israelis? Here is the story! ..… Click to read more】

• Isaiah 28:29 “All this also comes from the Lord Almighty, whose plan is wonderful, whose wisdom is magnificent.” 
• Isaiah 65:1 “I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. To a nation that did not call on my name, I said, ‘Here am I, here am I.’”

【PRAYER】

The Lost Sheep of Israel is Found in Nepal: Dear Abba Father, what a wonderful God You are; You are omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent; Your plan is wonderful, Your wisdom is magnificent and with Your never-ending love You look for the lost sheep of Israel in Nepal. Oh Father, these young Israelis travel far to Nepal, yet while they did not ask for You, You reveal Yourself to them; while they did not seek You, You let Yourself be found; while they did not call on Your name, You say to them, “Here am I, here am I.” Oh, give them a hungry and thirsty heart that they may know Jesus as their Messiah and come into His kingdom of light. Transform their lives and let them become soldiers of Christ.

• John 4:35-36 “Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together.”

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The Harvest Is Ready: Abba Father, as we open our eyes and look to the fields in Nepal, we see that they are ripe for harvest. We ask You to bless the harvest workers in Nepal. Let them receive their wages and harvest crops for eternal life so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together.

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Global Critical Event

Pray for Vulnerable and Disadvantaged Women Around the World

【Current affairs : According to the latest global report of the Gospel for Asia (GFA), 100 million women and girls are missing, mostly from Asia and Africa. The causes of the victims include female prostitutes, female infanticide, violence against women, sexual slave and other terrorist incidents. … detailed reading】 

• Genesis 1:27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. “
• Isaiah 26:9b “My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
• Psalm 146:5 “Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob,  whose hope is in the Lord their God!”

【PRAYER】

• Vengeance  for the Oppressed : Heavenly Father, You are the God that works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed” (Psalm 103:6) May Your mercy come to these innocent, helpless, vulnerable women and girls. Vindicate them! Save them from the oppression, violence, exploitation and manipulation of the evil ones. Raise more of the body of Christ to serve them, to heal the wounded body and soul, to find the living hope in the Lord Jesus Christ and to restore the beauty and dignity of their lives!

• Identification Repentance for the Parents: Heavenly Father, by Your grace and mercy, forgive the parents who are ignorant of “the children are heritage from the LORD, offspring a reward from him” (Psalm 127:3) that they  sold their daughters and aborted female babies, infanticide and abused girls. May Your salvation come to these parents, and let them know that You are the God of righteousness and mercy , to turn from their sins, to look toward You for help,  to receive Your blessings ( Ps. 146:5 ), to come out of poverty, and enter into Your glorious abundance!
• End Human Trafficking and Online Pornography: Heavenly Father, help the governments to face the problems of sexual slavery, human trafficking and online pornography, amend policies, formulate laws that is godly, to actively fight against criminal groups, and protect the rights of women and girls. Free them from exploitation, slavery and sexual abuses. Give the heart of repentance to the human traffickers and save their souls. May You execute righteousness and justice and end human trafficking and sexual exploitation! May the brothels around the country be permanently closed!

In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen!

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Pray for  Germany – 40 Weeks of Prayer for the Revival and Transformation of Europe

【Background : Germany is located in Central and Western Europe. The nation is quite advanced in education, technology and economy. It is also the country that accepts the most immigrants in the EU. However, people are busy with building their personal careers, and have lost their passion and desire for God. … detailed reading 】

• Psalm 118:8  It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in humans .
• Heb 10:31 .It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
• Isaiah 13:11 I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins. I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless

【PRAYER】

• Identification Repentance for Germany : Heavenly Father, please forgive Germany of the many mistakes in past history out of their ignorance, including Martin Luther’s anti-Semitic remarks. Please forgive the sins of sexual indulgence and harassment, abortion, greed, seeking pleasure, and the sin of running away from You in current days. May the blood of Jesus remove all these sins and iniquities, rescue  them from their wicked ways and to walk in Your will and enter the kingdom of light.
• Awaken Church in German to Bring Down the Revival : Heavenly Father, may You forgive the churches in Germany for fading away , aging and weakening and the believers’ hearts are down and cold. Please remember how Germany had brought great Mission and Bible movements. May the fires of the Holy Spirit rend the heaven and come down, to rejuvenate and transform the German churches, raise up Christians and churches, to establish prayer altars, to cry out day and night for the Holy Spirit to pour upon the entire Germany, to touch the hearts of the people, completely turn the politics, religion and culture around, for God to rule and reign in Germany again. . Like the reformation of Martin Luther five hundred years ago, Germany will stand boldly again and mobilize the revival of this generation in Europe and enter into her Destiny as “Father Land.”
• To Establish Christian Family : Heavenly Father, help German Christians to see the importance of establishing Christian family, to be fruitful and multiply; to come away from individualism, hedonism and comfort, and to be raised up as salt and light of the world, to stand for Germany and for God!
• Raise up Christian Government Officials: Heavenly Father, please strengthen Christian government officials with Your truth to maintain a simple and pure faith,  seeking Your heavenly strategies in humility, to establish laws that benefit both the country and the people especially regarding vaccination. and the social issues of Muslim refugees. May the church be connected together to spread the gospel to Muslim refugees and bring in more souls for God!

In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen!

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Pray for Ramadan – 29th Day (6/3) – 30th Day (6/4)

【Background: Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar during which Muslims fast and pray to get closer to Allah. Muslims believe that the first revelations of the Quran were made to Muhammad during Ramadan. This year, Ramadan is from 5/6 to 6/5. … detailed reading 】

【Editor’s note: From this week, until June 3, for five consecutive weeks, we will post the 7 daily prayers from the “Ramadan 2019 Prayer Guide“.  In 2006, the Lord promised us: “Every time you pray, there will be a Muslim family saved.” We encourage the intercessors to pray for Muslims daily with the global intercessors during Ramadan. 】

Day 29 – Five reasons 3 June

【Background: Studies show that the five main reasons why Muslims become followers of Jesus are:

1. Through dreams and visions (in some places, this figure could be as high as 95%).
2.  Contact with Christians that showed them the love of Jesus.
3. Reading the Bible.
4. Christians that helped the poor and needy when they had social and practical needs.
5. Different forms of electronic media (JESUS Film, SD cards, Internet, Facebook, chat rooms, Internet courses, etc.). 】

【PRAYER】

Pray for dreams and visions of Jesus to continue. Ask that Christians will demonstrate the love of God to them. Pray that Christians will reach out to help to meet the needs of Muslims practically. Ask for effective ways to reach Muslims through electronic media.

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Day 30 – End of Ramadan 2019 4 June

【Background: Today is the last day of Ramadan. Many Muslims will be strengthened by the 30-day fast, but others will be disillusioned by it. Some Muslims will seek a deeper relationship with God at this time, but many will end the fast still feeling dry spiritually. 】 

• Ephesians 3:8  To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ. 

【PRAYER】

• Pray for such people to seek for God in new directions, and for the Holy Spirit to reveal Jesus as Saviour to them.
• Ask that they will meet God as the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is only in the Fatherhood of God that we as human beings can come to rest.

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Pray For First Nations

Pray for the First Nations in India – Nagaland For Christ

【 Background : Nagaland is a First Nation, located in the North East region of India. It has always been a sovereign nation and has been allocated the title of “the warrior clan” and “the head hunters”. Nagaland comprises of sixteen unique and diverse tribes, each of which possesses multiple dialects. ... Click to read more 】

Editor’s note: This is submitted by the missionary, Husezo Rhakho. He covets our prayers for him, for God to watch over him, so he can live a life that is humble,  holy and hidden to hunt for the lost souls to fulfill God’s calling in his life.

• 1 king 19:18 Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.”
• Matthew 5:44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

【PRAYER】

• Thanksgiving to God for the Naga Tribe : Heavenly Father, thank You for reserving and set apart Naga Tribe, to be warriors of God that will never give up, never retreat. (I King 19:18)
•  Deep Healing among Tribes: Father God, we ask You to forgive the great sins of India that came against Naga to destroy the tribe, wash this sin away with the precious blood of Jesus, give the Nagas more love from You to love their enemies, to totally forgive the atrocities done to them.  May Your salvation come to India (Mat 5:44) to heal the historical wounds among tribes and bring Your Shalom peace upon the land.
• Greater Fire of Revival Come to Nagaland : Heavenly Father,  send down more revival fires to the Nagas, that the younger generation will rise  up to receive the spiritual blessings,  to spread with great  passion and zeal the wondrous miracle works God has done in Nagaland , especially to share the mighty faithfulness of God among the First Nation peoples!
• Keep the Naga People from the Influence of the Secular World: Father God, in the fast pace industrial, electronic world of technology and economy, please watch over Your Naga tribe, for them to truly know their calling and destiny, to walk steadily in the heavenly journey, and not be defiled by the idols and idol worship and the influence of the secular world all around them, keep their hearts single focus, pure and zealous as the bride of Christ.
• Bless the minister Husezo Rhakho: Heavenly Father, watch over Husezo,  bless him with a life that is humble, holy and hidden, to fulfill the call of God in his life.

In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen!

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Pray For Church

Pray For Church: Align With God

• Eph 1:17-19 “I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit[a] of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength.”

【PRAYER】

Heavenly Father, thank You for giving the church the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so the church may know You better. Fill the church with Your Holy Spirit,  that the church will be connected to the Lord Jesus Christ, led by the Lord, walking in Your will, to accomplish Your purpose.  May You cleanse the church by the washing with water through the word, equip her with power and authority, and transform this wicked world through the church, so the world will know that our God is the one and only true God, There is no god like You!

In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen!

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Pray for Participating Churches and Pastors on Regional 24/7 Prayer Walls

【Editor’s Note: The 24/7 prayer walls listed here are especially for local churches and pastors. If you are committed to watch on the regional walls, simply click on the link listed below to connect to the local prayer wall. 】

• East Coast 24/7 Prayer Wall – Prayers for Local Churches & Leaders  
• Bread Of Life Christian Church in ShiLin

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Related Events and Prayer Background

Pray for United States: Recent passing of H.R.5 ‘Equality Act’ Bill is Pushing Back on President Trump’s Religious Freedom Policies

• Genesis 1:27 ‘So God created human beings in His own image. In the image of God, he created them; male and female He created them.’
• 1 Peter 2:13 ‘Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority.’
• 1 Timothy 2:2 ‘for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.’

【Event: On May 10, 2019 Congress passed 236-173 Bill of LGBTQ (Ge. 1:27) ‘Equality Act’ amid passionate speeches from both Republican and Democrats. (8 Republicans supported)

‘Equality Act’ for LGBTQ Purpose

Democrat House ensures the bill passed to protect LGBT individual would not be denied health care, which could include counseling, well exams or hormone treatment and civil protections and religious discriminations.

‘Progressive Vision’ Plurism against Religious Liberty (1 Pe. 2:13)

Democrats’ statement on Religious Liberty: ‘We support a ‘Progressive Vision’ of religious liberty that respects pluralism and rejects the misuse of religion to discriminate.’

Expressed by former Obama Administration’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on ‘Progressive Vision’: ‘Sexual Liberty is the only way that the dignity of gay people can be affirmed in any realistic manner’. (Romans 13:4)

Gender Definitions and Ideology

Legislature definition and ideology of gender identity as ‘gender-related identity, appearance, mannerisms or other gender-related characteristics of an individual, regardless of their sex at birth.

The new HR5 Equality Act expanded the definition in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the 1968 Fair Housing Act to include ‘gender identity’ and ‘sexual orientation’ as legally protected classes. The result is to unleash radical liberals to attack those whose faith teaches that the marriage is only between one man and one woman, and that sexual identity of male and female is a fixed, biological fact. With target to create liberty, equality, privacy and safety concern (for SOGI), to empower the Federal Government to impose civil and criminal punishments on citizens who dissent from SOGI (sexual orientation and gender identity) ideology. This bill will impact the medical professionals, parents, women and girls, businesses and charities. It would violate citizens’ right to freedom of conscience, religion and speech, taking away basic authorities of local communities to determine who is allowed in single-sex facilities and whether biological men and boys are allowed to join women’s and girls’ sports teams.

The new government edict for business owners, employees, customers alike will be subject to a radical LGBT agenda as follows:

1. Female business owners, customers, employees are forced to share restrooms and dressing rooms with men who ‘claim’ to be women
2. Health care providers and professions now must perform gender transition procedures (sex changes) and provide medical services (hormone therapy) to accept same-sex marriage and transgender ideology that would violate their moral and religious convictions. Parents must permit experimental uses of hormones on their children to treat gender dysphoria (depression).
3. Daycare centers, recreation centers, amusement parks, skating rinks are forced to hire people whose values on sexuality deviates from those of the employers
4. Adoption and Foster care agencies will be forced to place children into same sex households and into homes of those suffering from gender confusion
5. College and professional sport stadiums would be required to open its restrooms to either sex.
6. Creative professionals who understand God’s creation of man and woman, marriage now are compelled to use their artistic gifts to create custom goods and services for events that violate their consciences.
7. Religious organizations could be forced to hire and retain individuals unwilling to comply with the standards of conduct consistent with the organizations’ missions.
8. Section 9 adds SOGI rules the Civil Rights Act’s Title XI, which imposes penalties for criminal contempt of up to six months imprisonment, or up to $1,000 in fines, for violations of certain stipulations.

Democratic Party has clearly laid out their intent to subjugate Christians to radical sexual deviancy part of their ‘Progressive Vision’.

President Trump opposed this legislature and seeking to stop it as this impacts the moral and Godly principles for generations. (Isa. 45:1)】

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Pray for Israel: Re-Election of the Israeli Parliament

【Current Event:Israel’s parliament voted to dissolve itself early Thursday, sending the country to an unprecedented second snap election this year as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a governing coalition before a midnight deadline. The re-election will be held on September 17.

Netanyahu’s Likud group won 35 of the 120 seats in the general election in April, but has not been able to win over the party led by former Defense Minister Lieberman, unable to obtain most of the Congress’s superiority. The final dissolution of 74 to 45 votes was the first time that Israel had a prime minister who failed to form a ruling coalition.

The negotiation of the coalition government failed, due to the revision of the military service law; in Israel, military service is the duty of the nationals. At the age of 18, both men and women need to perform military service, but the current military service law gives extreme orthodox Jewish students during the study at the seminary, the privilege of exempting military service became a loophole in escaping military service and has long been criticized by society.

Israel intends to amend the military service law, but religious forces oppose it. Military party insist that military service must be fair and the two forces confront each other. Netanyahu needs their mutual support to form a coalition government, but after more than a month of hard work, it is impossible to coordinate consensus.

NetanYahu, who has served as the fourth prime minister, has encountered difficulties in organizing the coalition government in the past. This revision of the military service law is related to social equity, and both side persisted on their opinion either positive and negative.】

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Pray for Israel: Nepal Becomes a Mission Base for Young Israelis

【Background: You may ask what does Nepal have to do with evangelizing Israelis? Here is the story!

Nepal is the land of origin of Lamaism and Tibetan Buddhism. It is located between Tibet and India, right along the Maritime Silk Road on the way to Jerusalem. In 2015, when 2 severe earthquakes hit in Nepal, many Christians went to minister in the affected areas, providing humanitarian aids and preaching the gospel.

Among them were 2 third-generation Taiwanese. They established prayer centers, orphanages, and training centers for local Nepalese to become army of Christ.

Here is the fruit of their efforts! Every year, many young Israelis from the Israeli military travel to Nepal for vacation, and they are surprised that local Nepalese share with them NOT about Lamaism, Buddhism, meditation, metaphysics, etc., but the message that “Jehovah is the only true God,” which was shared even in their own Hebrew language. Praise God!

】 (The above excerpt is from the sharing of Pastor David Peng from the First Presbyterian Church in New Jersey.)

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Pray for Vulnerable and Disadvantaged Women Around the World

[ Current events: According to the latest global report of the Gospel for Asia (GFA), 100 million women and girls are missing, mostly from Asia and Africa. The causes of the victims include female prostitutes, female infanticide, violence against women, sexual slave and other terrorist incidents.

KP Yohannan, founder of the Asian Gospel Society, said that about 34 million women and girls worldwide are enslaved, and 16 million of them are Indian women. Some areas in South Asia prostitution is legal, so the probability of female victimization has increased dramatically. Many poor families have been manipulated even to the point of selling their daughters in exchange for a better life. Some girls fell into brothels as sex slaves when they were only 10 years old.

Meanwhile, many parents in poverty will even starved their daughters but feed their sons. “Malnourished girls turn into women of poor health, which lead to miscarriage, stillbirth, infant mortality and multiple pregnancy complications, ultimately can lead to women’s death.” In India, 1 in 70 women die from childbirth. In comparison, the maternal mortality rate in the United States is 1/4,800, and Ireland is 1/46,000.

The Asia Gospel report said that sexual violence is one of the factors that led to the global female disappearance crisis, two-fifths of women’s murders, and the murderer is their male partner. According to UNESCO, 17 million girls worldwide are unable to attend school, making them very vulnerable to exploitation and death. There are more than 600 “Bridge of Hope” centers in South Asia to help women who are victims and being threatened.

There are More than 100,000 child pornography websites around the world : The Internet Watch Foundation condemns that four-fifths of websites in Europe post child pornography. The Foundation found that the number of websites that broadcast children with sexual abuse last year was more than 100,000, and 47% came from the Netherlands because of the most loose legal provisions on prostitution.

According to the police, hundreds of thousands of people in the UK are waiting to sexually play have with children. One girl was sexually abused repeatedly from the age of 3 and was not rescued until she was 8 years old (2013), but her sexually abused pornographic film is still in circulation on the Internet. It is reported that 55% of children in this type of sexual abuse are less than 10 years old.

End human trafficking : The Dutch Youth Christian Group (EXXPOSE) proposed “I am priceless”, calling on Congress to legislate to end human smuggling and prostitution. Netherlands legalized prostitution in 2000.

Sara Lous, one of the group’s leaders, worked in a rehabilitation center that provides services for former prostitutes. She said: “In reality, there are still many people selling, especially in Amsterdam, because there is a great demand for cheap sex. In response to the campaign, a Dutch government spokesman said that the Congress will discuss and strengthen the fight against human smuggling and help victims with special funds this year. It is understood that countries such as Sweden, Norway, France and Northern Ireland have banned prostitution, resulting in fewer customers, and lower human traffickers and reduce of forced prostitution. 】

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Pray for Germany – 40 Weeks of Prayers for the Revival and Transformation of Europe

【Country Profile : Germany is located in Central and Western Europe. The nation is quite advanced in education, technology and economy. It is also the country that accepts the most immigrants in the EU. However, people are busy with building their personal careers, and have lost their passion and desire for God.

Martin Luther : Church in German is made up of the Lutheran Church, Reformed Religion, and the United Lutheran Church. Martin Luther (1483-1546) was the leader for reforming the religion in German and the rise of the Protestant, causing the church to have the love for God and His words, and revived Europe, and hence brought prosperity.

Martin Luther’s anti-Semitic rhetoric and writing also influenced the thinking of Germany later. Before the Second World War, there were more than 520,000 Jews in Germany, accounting for 75% of the total population. Between 1940 and 1945, the rise of German Nazism, more than 6 million Jews were killed from surrounding areas, and now there are only 120,000 Jews in Germany. People’s hearts are far from God, the church is getting old, and many churches had become hotels, museums, shopping centers and mosques.

Social issues: Germany has broken through many bondage and shackles of traditions and religions in many ways, but it also brought about liberalization of individual. The social welfare that guaranteed a stable and prosperous life in the country caused people to lose the pursuit of spiritual life, society become old in age and decline in birth rate; is quite a contrast to Muslims in Europe increasing their population in large number of births, and whether Germany will be Islamized or not depends on the awakening of Christians and churches.

German protects the right of LGBT: Although same-sex sexual activity between men was already made illegal and punished under Paragraph 175 by the German Empire in 1871, it was not totally abolished until the East and West Germany was merged in 1994. German also passed same-sex marriage in 2017.

Measles vaccine : German health minister Jens Spahn suggested that if German parents do not allow their children to be vaccinated against measles, they will be fined 2,500 euros. He said: “Kindergarten and school measles vaccines are mandatory. Protect yourself and the community from high viral diseases.”

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】 (Source: Revival Europe, Intercession Handbook)

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Pray for the First Nations in India – Nagaland For Christ

【 Background : Nagaland is a First Nation, located in the North East region of India. It has always been a sovereign nation and has been allocated the title of “the warrior clan” and “the head hunters”.  Nagaland comprises of sixteen unique and diverse tribes, each of which possesses multiple dialects. 

The people of Nagaland are referred to as the ‘Nagas’ and they are renowned for their hospitality and honesty.

Till date, no written record exists to prove the historical origin of the Nagas; hence, it remains one of the great unsolved mysteries. There are various theories – some suggest that the Nagas migrated from China, while others believe the Nagas are first nation people who were scattered from the inception of time– but none of them are authentic as there is no written record.

The first missionary to Nagaland was Rev. Miles Bronson from the United Stateswho came to India and was exposed to the Nagas on his quest to meet the Burmese and Chinese in the 1830s. Though the mission was eventually unsuccessful, he paved the way for the future mission workers. It was in 1872 that the Nagas accepted Christianity through the mission work of another American missionary, Rev. E. W. Clark.

The Nagas came under the colony of the British during the 1870s and helped the British fight during the Second World Warin the famous Battle of Kohima, 1944. After the British left, Nagaland was invaded by India during the 1950s. This continued till the 1960s and Nagaland fell victim to mass-scale genocide. The Indian government killed innocents, burned churches, raped women and committed varying degrees of atrocities against the Nagas. Thus, the Nagas had no choice but to run into the deep forests for survival.

It was during this period of intense persecution that the Naga people cried out to The Lord for deliverance and He answered. There was great outpouring of the Holy Spirit and miracles, speaking in tongues, signs and wonders and conversions were rampant. This revival was so strong tha ttoday, almost every Naga is a Christian. The first nation Naga people have declared their state as “Nagaland for Christ” and the story of the redemptive history of the Naga people has been recorded by Paul Hattaway through his book “From head-hunters to Church Planters”.

Nagaland needs prayer today. Please pray for the revival to continue, for the missionaries, and for socio- economic growth. Pray that the churches will remain faithful to God and the story of the Naga Revival will reach the four corners of the world, and specially the First Nation people.

I also humbly request you to pray for me and for my ministry. Pray that I remain humble, holy and hidden, and for God’s plans to be fulfilled in my life.

】(By Husezo Rhakho, the missionary from Nagaland)

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