Weekly Prayer (4/13)

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Editor’s Words

Editor’s Note: “The Perfume of The Nations” 

Over 146 countries with 26 languages translation and more than 100,000 people participated. This was a live webcast of “The Perfume of the Nations: Passover-Holy Alignment” on the evening of April 7 lasted for 4 hours. Starting with the declaration of unity between Jews and the Arabs, ending with the younger and older generations shared their eagerness to walk together and truly align with each other and with the Lord. …Detailed Reading

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Editor’s Note: Spiritual Devotion by Nita Johnson: The Light (F)

Christ is The Light and if we want something from The Light, such as the illumination of the glories of Heaven to be given, to be an empowerment, to be a guide to us, then we must admit that we can only get the light from Christ. Even as we study His Word, wherever our intellect is speaking louder than Truth, we are not receiving the Light of Christ. Only in humility, only in purity of heart can He give more and more and more of the light, and right now He is building soldiers of light. He is going to start out with the implanted seed of light, of life, of truth. But from there you grow until, if you could see inside your being, you would be amazed to see that if you have done everything you should have done, you are light! …Detailed Reading

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Editor’s Note: Victory Through Crushing and Brokenness

Tonight belongs to the  Lord.

Today is Passover. It happens to be the first day of re-open of the city of Wuhan. I felt that this day, this hour, and the shaking of this epidemic are all under the control of God.

At the beginning of the epidemic, on the first day of the shut down of the city, I prayed and sought God. What was God’s intention for such a sudden epidemic?

I heard God ‘s voice very clearly: He said, He had two purposes in the epidemic: …Detailed Reading

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Declaration Prayer: Prayer of Confession and Repentance During the Global Pandemic (2)

Editor’s note: As the global plague rages, we will post prayers of repentance at all levels this month. God has pointed out in 2 Chronicles 7:14 if we humble ourselves, seek His face, turn from our wicked ways, He will forgive our sins and heal our land. Pray that the Holy Spirit will illuminate us, lead us to stand in the gap for the individual, family, the church, the city to confess and repent our sins thoroughly, so that the plague can cease, God’s will be accomplished through us.

• 1 John 2:15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.
• Leviticus  19: 2  “Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy “
• Psalm 91: 1 “Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.”

【Personal Confession And Repentance – Love the World More Than God】

Dear Abba Father,

You are a holy God! You call me to be holy, but I often imitate the world and fall into the lust of the flesh. The lust of the eyes and the pride of life, lost in sin.

(Please be quiet for a moment, and ask the Holy Spirit to illuminate to you. Follow the leading of the Holy Spirit, and confess your sins one by one)

Please have mercy on me and forgive all my sins.

Please give me a heart that hunger and thirst for You to draw me, and take me into the secret place of Your Most High. Please blow Your breath on me, and the Holy Spirit gently cleanses my heart. May Your words flow like a stream, and awaken my love for You from the bottom of my heart! Please reveal to me to know You and understand the mystery of intimate fellowship with You. Because of Your endless love, my heart rejoices, and my spiritual joy makes me long to live under the shadow of Your Almighty every day, so that You can continually renew my mind, and I can become more like You. And become a holy vessel that pleases You!

In the Holy Name of Jesus Christ, Amen!

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Pray for United States: President Trump: “Place Our Trust In The Hands of Almighty God”

【Current Events: Sunday, April 12, 2020 For Christians around the world, it will be a day to commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and the resurrection from the dead on the 3rd day. Easter is also an important traditional festival in Western countries. The Council of Nicaea in 325 AD determined that the first Sunday after the full moon of the vernal equinox is Easter every year, so the specific date is not fixed. As the country with the largest Christian population in the world, the President makes a national Easter speech every year. …Detailed Reading】

• Isa 60: 2-3, 20 “See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.”
• Psalm 105: 37,39 “He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold, and from among their tribes no one faltered……He spread out a cloud as a covering,  and a fire to give light at night.“

【PRAYER】(Editor’s Note: The following prayer is based on Bishop Jackson’s prayers)

Heavenly Father,

• Lord, let the death angel pass over. Let there be a mitigation of this plague, this disease.  Let medical science come forth.
• Lord, let us come out with a thriving economy. That silver and gold spoken of in verse of Psalm 105, let it be our portion.
• As we face other challenges in the future, please cover us with a cloud by day and a fire by night. (Psalm 105: 39).
• But in this great land that was set up to glorify Your holy name, we want breakthrough, and come against the spirit of division!
• Lord, Let there be a uniting of America.  Heal the divide between race, class, and gender, so that we can truly be one.
• Please prosper this great man, our President, his staff and his family members  in their souls and body, blessed theirs going in and coming out.
• Give supernatural wisdom and keen insight to President Trump and Vice President Pence so that they can protect us, lead us and bless us!

In His name and for His glory we pray, Amen  

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Pray for Israel: Good News During the Passover Festival

Global Critical Event

Critical Event: Pray to End Global Human Trafficking

【Current Event: At present, it is estimated about 10 million children are trafficked around the world, and they are forced into prostitution and labor daily. In the United States alone, at least 100,000 children are exploited by pornography, and the number of people who are trafficked in the United States and Mexico is estimated to be about 20,000 each year. … Detailed Reading】

• Ezekiel 45: 9 “… This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You have gone far enough, princes of Israel! Give up your violence and oppression and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing my people, declares the Sovereign Lord“
• Proverbs 31: 8-9 “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,  for the rights of all who are destitute.Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy“
• Isaiah 61: 1 “The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners“
• 2 Thessalonians 3: 1 As for other matters, brothers and sisters, pray for us that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you
• Isaiah 60:18 No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders, but you will call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.“

【PRAYER】

• Pray and Repentance for Human Trafficking Groups: Heavenly Father, You love justice and hate sin. You avenge for the oppressed and the poor. You will get rid of violence and snatching, and do what is justice and right on the earth (Eze 45: 9). You will use Your holy bright light to illuminate the criminals of human trafficking, smuggling, extortion, kidnapping and violence, so they will have a broken and contrite hearts to confess their sins and repent before God. Let the sins hidden in the darkness exposed by light. May You also rescue them to receive Jesus’ grace of salvation, and break the evil bondage on them with the blood of Jesus, so that they will return to Christ and turn their lives around.
• Heavenly Father, We Declare In The Victorious Name of The Lord Jesus Christ:
  • End the Crime of Human Trafficking: Lord Jesus, please end sexual slavery and human trafficking. Expose the human trafficking connection network even more, and cut off all the network and operation of human trafficking and drug and firearms groups. Stop all crimes of committing traitors and bleeding innocent people through the government’s justice law enforcement. The righteous acts of God will come to the earth like a tsunami ( Prov. 31: 8-9). 
  • Pray for the Victims of human trafficking: Lord, please intervene in these victims with Your justice, mercy, love, grace, forgiveness, and healing. May the salvation of Christ come to them to free them to receive healing and freedom from injury and bondage, and the richness in the Holy Spirit Industry (Isa 61: 1). 
  • Transforms the Systems of the Nations with the Gospel countries: Lord, do a quick work to transform the systems of various countries. Raises up the knowledge of the leaders of the nation to revise policies and legislation to protect innocent children and women, and combats the crime of human trafficking (2 Thess: 3:1 ). 
  • Raise the Flame of Intercession : God, wake the church up! Light the torch of intercession and action. Break the human trafficking chain, and bring revival to the nations. We declare that the name of the Lord Jesus Christ will be exalted above the whole earth, “No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders, but you will call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise)

Pray in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

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Pray For First Nations

Pray for First Nation People: Pray for The First Nations And Minority Groups During The Storm of Coronavirus

【Event: This week, we invite intercessors to pray for the First Nation people in the storm of virus. We continually receive the news about sufficient medical resources for the infection of the First Nation people in the reservation areas of the United States. We have also received a request for intercession from the WIRI Minority Mission (to go to this ministry, please click here ) for ethnic minorities in remote mountain areas. As follows:  …click to read more 】

• Acts 17:26  From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.
• Rom. 10:13   for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.“
• Psalm 118: 17 “I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the Lord has done.“

【PRAYER】

• God’s Supernatural Salvation and Provision: Heavenly Father, please have mercy on the First Nation People in reservations and the ethnic minorities in remote mountain areas. Although, the lack of supplies for life or medical, You are Jehovah Jireh, who is able to supply their needs and watch over them to minimize casualties in this century storm of plague storm.
• All Nations Declare the Name of God : Heavenly Father, You are a God who created all nations, and You have marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries ( Acts 17:26) . We declare that in this plague, all the people You have created will be supernaturally protected, but whoever proclaim Your name in times of trouble, You will save them supernaturally according to Your faithfulness (Romans 10:13).They will not die, but live, and will proclaim what the Lord has done! (Psalm 118: 17)

In the Holy Name of Jesus Christ, Amen!

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Pray For Church

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
• NZ Awaken the Dawn

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Related Events and Prayer Background

Editor’s Note:“The Perfume of The Nations” 

Over 146 countries with 26 languages translation and more than 100,000 people participated. This was a live webcast of “The Perfume of the Nations: Passover-Holy Alignment” on the evening of April 7 lasted for 4 hours. Starting with the declaration of unity between Jews and the Arabs, ending with the younger and older generations shared their eagerness to walk together and truly align with each other and with the Lord.

The “Perfume” gathering hosted by the “Watchmen for the Nations ” not only celebrated the Passover, also from April 7th 12AM (Jerusalem) until April 9th, 72 hours of continuous worship and incense that will rise from many nations, peoples, tribes and tongues. Consecrated to the audience of ONE — Jesus. Each group led an hour of worship with continuous worship and prayers and communion, so Christians from all walks of life through live broadcast on the Internet can be like Mary in the Bible, and offer the best perfume unto the Lord.

Pastor Demain, Mother Ruth, and their daughter Anna open the gathering by welcoming families of the global nations participating. Although everyone was from different countries and worshipped in different languages, it felt like everyone came into the same living room together because we are one body of Christ. Pastor Asher Intrater (“Restoration of Israel”) shared that this is not just a ministry or meeting, but a gathering that we can love one another. This is not just Jesus ’last supper and Jewish Passover supper, but also a global supper.

Tabitha Lemaire, the lead worshipper from Quebec, Canada, shared that she believed this is a moment of collective listening, and that each nation comes with their own perfume to present to Jesus, to listen to Him and focus on Him attentively.

Leaders of Various Nations Share The Significance of The Passover.

Pastor Asher said that to begin the gathering, we especially want to honor the Arabs ’willingness to celebrate the Passover with the Jews. In the past, the relationship was divided, but now they can worship together in unity. He quoted a Jewish rabbi who said: Celebrating Passover not only looks back on the past, but also sees greater salvation to come.

Then worship leader Paul Wilbur and his son Nathan Wilbur explained the Passover. Paul Wilbur said that the Passover dinner is a feast of the covenant, and the new and old testaments have different meanings: the Passover of Moses, commemorate the great redemption of God. The Passover of Jesus, proclaiming that God will remove all sin, Jesus became the Lamb of Atonement, cleanse and wash away all our sins.

Nathan Wilbur explained the content in the Passover dinner: bitter herbs, remembering the days of slavery in the past, and the bitterness of sin. Salad made with honey and apples and nuts to remind them of the mortar used in the days of slavery. Salt water reminds them of the tears and sweat of the ancestors who were slaves in Egypt, eat with bitter herbs. The lamb shin, the blood of the lamb cover the life of people under the protection of the Lord.

Paul Wilbur quoted Hebrews 2:11 to remind that people are called holy because God is Holy. God is not ashamed of us. He always has seats for His children at the table, so we are not ashamed of brothers and sisters. No matter where they come from, they are part of the body of Christ.

Dr. Dan Juster shared that Passover is an intergenerational gathering. They had three generations together today. In the Exodus, the supernatural intervention of God led the people of Israel out of Egypt and also set His people free. “The day of the Lord is also the time God intervenes with His power, with judgment and redemption.” He will judge the evildoers and will redeem his people, not just the Jews, but everyone who is willing to follow Him, people who will repent and confess their sins.  

Dr. Dan Juster read the Ten plagues of the Bible one by one, and led the family to commemorate the sufferings of the Israelis. When the children read the ten plagues together, they would dip the wine. The “Ten Plagues” was the judgement of God, but it was also an opportunity for evangelism and a time for salvation.

Pastor Avi Mizrachi (Dugit Messianic Outreach Center) shared along with his daughter Orel. On the morning of the Passover, the whole family will remove all leaven and burn the remaining bread before Seder dinner. As they gather together, they give thanks and read two blessings in Hebrew and then share matzo bread together.

There are three bags sewn together to hold the Matzo, each represents a different meaning: the first represents Israel, the middle represents the priest, and the last represents God. First, he will break up the matzo in the middle pocket and hide it somewhere in the house, let the children look for it, whoever finds it, will be rewarded with a small gift to remember the joy of redemption brought by the Passover. 

The People Become One – To Receive Inheritance

Pastor Asher shared, the significance of the Passover is for a group of people worshipping the same God and celebrating together on this day. The Egyptian-born Pastor Demain responded that he represented many Arabs and Gentiles. In the past, the enemy twisted and divided the Arab and Jewish industries, but God has already given a measure to His people, that is, everyone joins the Lord ’s communion. Receive the same inheritance. Therefore, Pastor Asher and Pastor Demain led the leaders to renew the covenant, especially before communion, and jointly proclaim that “your people are our people, and your God is our God.”

(Source: Kingdom Revival Times)

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Editor’s Note: Spiritual Devotion Nita Johnson: The Light (F)

Christ is The Light and if we want something from The Light, such as the illumination of the glories of Heaven to be given, to be an empowerment, to be a guide to us, then we must admit that we can only get the light from Christ. Even as we study His Word, wherever our intellect is speaking louder than Truth, we are not receiving the Light of Christ. Only in humility, only in purity of heart can He give more and more and more of the light, and right now He is building soldiers of light. He is going to start out with the implanted seed of light, of life, of truth. But from there you grow until, if you could see inside your being, you would be amazed to see that if you have done everything you should have done, you are light!

I will just share this one more example for you and then we will work on some more next week. The Lord had taken me through months and months of purification. This was not right after I got saved, so He was saying, “There is too much of the world in you.” It was not like this. I had been, for years, spending hours a day in prayer, spending hours a day in the Word, traveling, ministering. I just hungered. I had such a hunger for God that I did not even know how to express it, but it was time for Him to deal with a lot of wounds from my childhood, and so He began to take me through that. But at one point in time, because I am a Prophet, He will tell me that He needs to do something. He will also let me know if I can intercede for or against it.

So He picked me up. The Angel of the Lord said to me, “Because you have submitted to the Lord in all things, this is what you have made room for.” And then He said, “Look.” And when He said that, He kind of waived His hands a little in the air and I saw a vision of my soul. The only way I know how to describe it is this: If you have ever been to a place where you have seen huge ovens or huge vats filled with melted steel, where they melt it, they burn it, they purify it, purge it, until you could see, in this molten steel, a mirror of your very own image—that is what I saw in my soul. My soul was so filled with the Light of Christ that I could not even sigh. I could say nothing. In fact, it was years after I had that experience, that I could even tell anybody about it. But He was showing me, even then, what the Sons of Light, the Warriors of Light are going to look like from the inside out, in these last days.

When your soul is so filled with the light of His glory, you walk in a transfigured life. I do not know how else to say it. The life on Earth is transformed. You see it differently than you ever have. I mean, you cannot even read the Word in today’s light and see and have understanding, perception and so on, as you can when your soul is that filled with Heavenly Light, with the Light of Christ.

You want to become a vessel that will reveal the unfathomable glory of Christ. Well I just gave it to you. I hope I have not gone over anyone’s head. I hope I have been able to make a very high truth so simple that you can understand it, embrace it, love it, and nurture it, until you become it. Let me just pray.

Father, I thank You for these that are online tonight. I thank You for these that hunger for truth. I thank You for these that want to pray for the Kingdom and for the Nation and for the Nations. I thank You for Your goodness. I thank You for Your willingness to reveal those hidden mysteries of Your Kingdom. The mysteries of Jesus Christ. Help us all to be enlarged by the new mysteries being released into the Church and we will give You praise and honor and glory. And tonight we thank You for the Spirit of Intercession. We thank You for giving us all that we need to bring forth what You desire of us tonight. In Your precious Name.

To be continued next week…

In Him,

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Editor’s Note:  Victory Through Crushing and Brokenness

Tonight belongs to the  Lord.

Today is Passover. It happens to be the first day of re-open of the city of Wuhan. I felt that this day, this hour, and the shaking of this epidemic are all under the control of God.

At the beginning of the epidemic, on the first day of the shut down of the city, I prayed and sought God. What was God’s intention for such a sudden epidemic?

I heard God ‘s voice very clearly: He said, He had two purposes in the epidemic:

• First, He will give birth to a holy church.
• Second, He will give birth to a righteous just government.

The holy church comes first, and then there will be a righteous and just government.

As I think back to the past 77 days. Throughout the epidemic, I can feel God taking us to a very broken, helpless, and extremely dark place. A very deep place. A state of having nothing for us to experience how to become a holy church. How to perfectly align with His mind. How to remove all the wrong understandings of God in the past from our lives.

When we came to this moment today, I heard that the country announced the city will be open today. Since I knew that today is Passover. When this news came out, my heart was very grateful. I know that God has brought us to a point there will be great change in this turning point, and it will happen tonight.

During the entire epidemic, and it is 77 days today. I want to share the three stages of journey of my heart:

The First Stage: On the night of the New Year’s Eve, our CN family members came to take holy communion together. That night was an extremely painful and sad night for me. I shed a lot of tears because at that timeWuhan was almost a dead city. You cannot be healed and there is no way to seek medical help. 

So you can only rely on God, you can only wait. That night, I felt the Lord had brought me to a state of extreme helplessness. Allowing me to see how little faith and how weak I was. That night, I could deeply and personally relate what Paul said, being crushed so much hard to overcome. You felt there was no hope for life. so that night was really a painful night for me.

At that time I had only one and only one prayer: Lord please save me! Lord save me! That night I realized I was a person of little faith. Everyone used to think that I had a lot of confidence, but that night I really realized that I have very little faith. 

Well, the epidemic is advancing every day, and we prayed a lot every day. But we felt that things were not going in a good direction, and it seemed that the epidemic all of a sudden became uncontrollable with no end insight. At first, we thought the city would shut down for 14 days or 28 days, but as days went on, we realized we had no idea how long it would be. I felt much pain in my heart.

The Second Stage: I remember it was the night before the 14th day of the first lunar month because I knew on that day, we would once again take holy communion and blow the shofar. That night, I experienced an extremely painful process of knowing God and myself. 

I realized in the past, I did not know my understanding of God was so lacking and fragmented. And that night, the Lord showed very clearly in me there were hidden agendas. That whenever we do something, we expect God to do certain things. Like we must do something before God will move, and do these things. But that night, I found out that God alone is a miracle working God. He does not need our help, and He does not need us to be His counselor. So on that day I kept repenting before the Lord, and I kept saying to the Lord:

“Lord! I’m really very sorry. We often put ourselves in the position of counselors. We give You advice and suggestions, but You can actually do miracles alone. The night You led the Israelis out not because the Israelis were good enough. They were a group of slaves and a group of rioters. But it was Your plan, You will accomplish what You determine to do! “

The Jews only did one thing. That was to put the blood on the doorposts, the angel of death would pass over that night. So at that moment, I asked God to change me, so that I could really become like a child. On that night, I felt we were not qualified to even say that we are not humble. When we said, “Lord, let me be humble.” I even felt that was very arrogant and prideful because what qualifications do we have to not be humble? 

I think God really brought me to the point where I started to give up all kinds of struggles and striving that day because I always had a thought in me. If I could do more and prayed more, maybe the epidemic would end soon. But that night, I totally let it go and I said: “Lord, no matter what the outcome is, I totally accept it because You are the omniscient and omnipotent almighty God.”

After I made that decision, I had a very good night’s sleep unexpectedly because before that I had many sleepless nights. A very heavy burden in the spirit, so on the 14th day of the first lunar month, I was fully restored and came alive.

I realized the reason I felt heavy ladened, suffered pain and bound up was because most times, I always try to struggle and also I don’t want to die. I just don’t want to accept the situation, but that night after a true face-to-face encounter with the Lord, I truly knew Him with all my heart. I entered into rest.

When I entered into rest, I regained my power and I began to have strength. Then joy also entered into me, so I think the way Lord birth a holy church is mainly through crushing.

I experienced 77 days of the birthing process in Wuhan, and I truly feel that God has brought us to a state of ultimate brokenness and selflessness. We know what powerlessness is. We know what having no control over anything is. We know what helplessness is. At that moment, we are face to face with God.

I believe this 77 days of trial and suffering, God has taken away the mixture in our souls. God has broken our ambitions and our self will. He has broken our fragmented understanding of the Lord, and caused our spirits to become more pure and single minded.

The Lord is indeed Holy. The simpler we are, the less we are. The more we can take part in His holiness. Therefore, I believe that the trial and suffer of these days gave birth to a holy church and a holy bride. The one that will not depend on self, but completely yield and submit. Humble before the Lord, worship Him, honor Him, and fully receive everything from Him. 

At that moment, I was truly grateful. To be able to come to this day, I am thankful to God wholeheartedly! Although this process is painful, but it satisfied God’s heart. Because as we began to come to Him, relying on Him purely and wholeheartedly like a child. This is the reason He cleanses us through such great pain and suffering.

The Third Stage: Today, we come to this critical time of Passover. I believe that when God says that He will give birth to a holy church, He will also give birth to a righteous and just government. Therefore, I believe when we declare the Passover today, this day not only will let His people go! On this day, He will also strike all the powers on this earth that resist God!

I want to declare: On this night, the army of Jehovah are all dressed and ready to go. They will cross over!

Today is the day Wuhan re-open the city. People say “When Wuhan wins, then China wins. When Wuhan crosses over, China can cross over.” I believe that is the moment of cross over today! God put a seal on us, telling us that it is the fullness of time! The church in China is now a holy bride. This is the time to cross over! And when you cross over, God will strike all the powers against God on this earth, and all the false gods will be stricken!

So I want to declare: When we cross over this night, a righteous and just government will be born here. In the midst of the birthing pain!

I also believe in this big picture of the whole earth, God put China very clearly in the forerunner position. The outbreak first occurred in Wuhan, affecting China and the world. Therefore, our crossing over will cause the entire body of the earth to cross over today. Because in our pioneering, we are like a body that has been vaccinated and has antibodies, so the serum in us can bring resistance for the entire body to come out of the plague.

So today I want to declare: Our crossover brings victory to the Chinese church.

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Pray for United States: President Trump: “Place Our Trust In The Hands of Almighty God”

【Current events: Sunday, April 12, 2020 For Christians around the world, it will be a day to commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and the resurrection from the dead on the 3rd day. Easter is also an important traditional festival in Western countries. The Council of Nicaea in 325 AD determined that the first Sunday after the full moon of the vernal equinox is Easter every year, so the specific date is not fixed. As the country with the largest Christian population in the world, the President makes a national Easter speech every year.

This Easter is in the midst of the epidemic of the coronavirus. As of April 10, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States has exceeded 500,000, making it the most severely affected country in the world. Trump said: “When our country fights against invisible enemies, we want to reiterate that Americans believe in the power of prayer. We thank (the creator) for the wonderful creation and the gift of eternal life. We will put our trust in the hands of Almighty God .”

Editor’s note: The following is the full text of Trump’s Easter message to the country:

Well, thank you very much.  On this Good Friday, Christians from all around the world remember the suffering and death upon the cross of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  On Easter Sunday, we will celebrate his glorious resurrection.

At this holy time, our nation is engaged in a battle like never before — the invisible enemy.  Our brave doctors, nurses, and responders — first responders, responders of all — are fighting to save lives.  Our workers are racing to deliver critical medical supplies. Our best scientists are working around the clock to develop lifesaving therapeutics, and I think they’re doing really well in doing so.  Our people are making tremendous sacrifices to end this pandemic.

Though we will not be able to gather together with one another as we normally would on Easter, we can use this sacred time to focus on prayer, reflection, and growing in our personal relationship with God.  So important.

I ask all Americans to pray that God will heal our nation; to bring comfort to those who are grieving; to give strength to the doctors, nurses, and healthcare workers; to restore health to the sick; and to renew the hope in every person who is suffering.  Our nation will come through like never before.

I thank the many families who have prayed for me and for my family.  And your prayers are felt, and I am forever grateful.

I’d like to thank our great Vice President and his wonderful wife, who we all know very well, Karen, for the incredible job they do and for their service not only to the country but for their service to God.

Almost 3,000 years ago, the Prophet Isaiah wrote these words: “Darkness covers the Earth…but the Lord rises upon you, and His glory appears over you…For the Lord will be your everlasting light.”

As our nation battles the invisible enemy, we reaffirm that Americans believe in the power of prayer.  We give thanks for the majesty of creation and for the gift of eternal life. And we place our trust in the hands of Almighty God.

I’d like to just wish everybody a very Happy Easter.  We’re going to be celebrating that very, very special day, and it’s going to be, hopefully, a very good weekend and a very productive weekend.

And I want to thank everybody in our country and beyond for all they’ve had to put up with.  One hundred and eighty-four countries, as of this morning, are fighting this enemy and we pray for them all.

With that, I’d like to introduce Bishop Harry Jackson from Maryland, a highly respected gentleman who is a member of our faith and a person that we have tremendous respect for.

Editor’s note: The following is what Bishop Jackson shared

Bishop Jackson :

Good Friday, as we prepare to pray, is one of the darkest days in the Christian faith in that Christ stood in substitution for our sin.  But the resurrection is our victory. But it parallels with the Passover.

I’m going to read two verses and pray out of them about what we want to have happen.  We want this plague to pass over. We want everyone in America to be safe.

Psalm 105 says: He brought them out without — with gold — silver and gold, and there was none feeble among His tribes. Verse 39 goes on to say: He spread a cloud for covering, and fire to give light in the night.

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Critical Event: Pray to End Global Human Trafficking

【Current Event: At present, it is estimated about 10 million children are trafficked around the world, and they are forced into prostitution and labor daily. In the United States alone, at least 100,000 children are exploited by pornography, and the number of people who are trafficked in the United States and Mexico is estimated to be about 20,000 each year.

Are you aware?

• The total number of slaves in the world today is the highest in ancient and modern times
• Human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal industry
• 56% of the world ’s 27,000,000 slaves are Asian
• 80% of people sold as sex slaves are under 24 years old, some as young as 6 years old
• There are about 13,000,000 child slaves worldwide
• The average selling price of a slave is $ 90
• About 30,000 victims of sexual slavery are killed each year due to abuse, illness, torture or negligent care
• The United Nations points out that the profit from human trafficking is the third highest in organized crime, second only to drug trafficking and arms
• In 2006, only one out of every 800 human trafficking leaders was convicted

Today, 27,000,000 people around the world are enslaved, forced to work as prostitutes, laborers or soldiers, half of whom are children. How can Jesus not be heartbroken?

These human trafficking crimes are carried out in partnership by “transnational criminal enterprises, gangs, and cruel individuals”, exploiting others through forced labor or sex transactions; traffickers benefit from the terrible suffering of victims. The crime of human trafficking must be stopped. Combating human trafficking requires the full cooperation of the government and the people, and it also requires the efforts of you and me to work together. Let us work with the Lord to end human trafficking with prayer.

】(Source: National Prayer Network / 21Freedom)

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Pray for First Nation Peoples: Pray for The First Nation And Minority Group During The Storm of Coronavirus

【Event: This week, we invite intercessors to pray for the First Nation people in the storm of virus. We continually receive the news about sufficient medical resources for the infection of the First Nation people in the reservation areas of the United States. We have also received a request for intercession from the WIRI Minority Mission (to go to this ministry, please click here ) for ethnic minorities in remote mountain areas. As follows:

According to the UK and US epidemic research and public health team, “It is not just Italy and the United States and other countries, this is “the hell of a virus epidemic” because they die without knowing they have not been infected with the virus.”

Nations of the world have not yet realized the virus has spread to the poor areas, especially in the mountainous areas of the borders. The virus has begun to attack the fragile parts of the world, and there will be more than tens of thousands of people who can be infected or destroyed due to displacement and hardship of the war.

Please send forth your love and care for the weak and needy, cross culture

The disadvantaged cross-cultural missionary group ~

So the love of Christ becomes a miracle in the dark ~

WIRI Minority

Mission Lumafu and all frontline colleagues invite you to watch and pray

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