Belgium has now experienced firsthand the horror of Islamic terror with the deaths of 34 and 270 injured in two attacks at the Brussels airport and in its subway. Some of those who survived lost limbs and several children were among those most severely maimed by the suicide bombers. A colleague of mine from the UK described the atmosphere of fear and foreboding in Europe about the possibility of additional attacks which could happen anywhere and anytime. Certainly we in the USA feel similar concerns. Indeed, no part of our world is exempt from such demented and devilish terrorist strikes.
Robert Maginnis has shared the following items for prayer:
- ISIS promises more attacks in U.S., Europe. The Washington Times reports ISIS boasted on social media its intent to launch waves of violence across Europe and the U.S. Those messages came from ISIS’ Al-Wafa on March 22 predicting its terror operations were in the pipeline. “America, You Are Next” screamed one headline and then the writer mentioned the San Bernardino massacre carried out by American-born Syed Farook. “Then how about we send you 10 Syed Farooks? How about we send you eight lions like the heroes who set France on fire and turned it on its head,” the jihadist writer said. "My message in this article is addressed to the Crusader pig Cameron," the ISIL operator writes. "Do not think that what happened in Brussels, and before that in Paris, is far from you, oh lowly Crusader." Said Robert Maginnis, a retired Army officer and terrorism expert: " I believe among the hundreds of returnees from Syria/Iraq and the Islamic population now in Europe there are plenty of willing people to continue to terrorize Europe. The Europeans are not of one mind, much less trust each other to work as closely as necessary to prevent further assaults. "
- Nuclear-Armed ISIS not out of the question. Defense One speculates based on the opinion of a Harvard researcher that ISIS might be closer to wreaking some sort of radioactive havoc than many expect. The murder of a security guard at a Belgian nuclear plant just prior to the Brussels attacks last week coupled with reports that ISIS is about to launch a campaign of violence in Europe rightly re-ignited fears. A researcher at Harvard’s Belfer Center and investigator at the Project on Managing the Atom is concerned. Put the pieces of this nuclear puzzle together. The researcher reminds us that in November, just after the Paris attacks, Belgian officials arrested a man who had video footage of an expert at Belgian’s SCK-CEN nuclear research facility. Evidently, according to Defense One, that footage was collected by two of the Brussels suicide bombers. Coincidence? On March 24, 2016 a guard was found shot dead at Belgium’s National Radioactive Elements Institute at Fleurus. It is noteworthy that just before last week’s attacks in Brussels, SCK-CEN deployed armed troops to Belgium’s four nuclear sites. But beefing up security at a few nuclear sites leaves others vulnerable such as those in hospitals and industrial sites. Specifically, in 2013 and 2014, there were 325 incidents of radioactive materials being lost, stolen, or in some way unregulated or uncontrolled, according to the James Martin center for Nonproliferation. Material such as Cesium-137, a byproduct of fission used in cancer therapy could make a very effective dirty bomb Note: You might recall an FBI sting operation reported by the Associated Press last October that stopped criminals from selling nuclear material to jihadists. Meanwhile, a couple months ago nuclear material taken from facilities in Mosul, Iraq (an ISIS controlled area) were found abandoned in Southern Iraq. Also, the May 2015 edition of ISIS’ glossy magazine Dabiq includes an article about the hypothetical acquisition of nuclear material that was smuggled from Europe thru West Africa to Central America and eventually into the U.S.
- Iran expands ballistic missile program. The Washington Free Beacon reports that in spite of U.S. sanctions the Iranian regime is expanding an underground network of ballistic missile construction and test sites. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps has clandestinely stood-up a network of front companies to fuel its ballistic missile expansion. Long range ballistic missiles could provide Iran with the means to deliver nuclear-tipped warheads to distant targets. “Tehran has used commercial entities as fronts to procure sensitive technology or to provide goods for military purposes,” said Iran expert Saeed Ghasseminejad with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance. “Today, a wide array of entities and sectors are thus likely involved in Iran’s ballistic missile program.”
Robert Maginnis
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Please pray with us for the following:
1 For those injured and those who lost family members in the Belgium attack to experience God’s comfort and healing from the awful trauma and pain they are experiencing.
2 For the Brussels authorities to find and arrest any terrorists that were involved. For other intelligence and police authorities throughout Europe to be effective in discovering and breaking up any terrorist networks and plans for further attacks. There are estimates running up to 1000 who are involved in this Islamic State network there and are no doubt planning similar operations elsewhere.
3 For the Lord’s mercy and protection over all of our nations and that our governments, police and intelligence officials will be given His wisdom and help in preventing and destroying terrorism wherever it exists. That Iran’s nuclear ambitions and covert ballistic missile program will be exposed, frustrated, and held in check.
4 For the coalition of nations that are supposed to be fighting ISIS and other Islamic radical groups to now throw off their weakness and political correctness to become firmly committed to supplying all necessary resources in a united effort to bring an end to ISIS, Al Qaeda and other such evil groups. In that process, may many more of these Islamic radicals and other disillusioned Muslims see the bad fruit that Islam produces and turn to Jesus Christ. May they be powerfully turned around like the radical persecutor of the early Christians who became the great Apostle Paul. So may they come to know and serve the Lord with hearts on fire—good radicals for His loving purposes in our world!
For Immediate Release
[March 21, 2016, Seoul, Republic of Korea]
No Chain (The Association of North Korean Political Victims & Their Families) has received news from inside North Korea through its sources, that barbed wire fencing from one of its political prison camps, Camp 22 (Hoeryoung gwan-li-so, closed in June 2009), is being used as border fencing along the North Korea-China border, with work starting earlier this month.
The work of dismantling and shipping the barbed wire fencing to the border area is being carried out by state-run companies (공장 기업소) and their laborers/workers, with the entire ‘project’ expected to take about a month. The border area that will be covered with additional fencing with barbed wire material from Camp 22 will be around the Hoeryoung (회령), Onsung (온성), and Saetbyul(샛별) areas in North Hamgyung Province (함경북도) along the Tumen River (두만강).
“According to our sources inside North Korea, the laborers tasked with carrying out this project - the ones who are dismantling the barbed wire from Camp 22, loading them on trucks, and unloading the materials along the border area and putting up the barbed wire fencing again - have been told by the Worker’s Party officials that this new project is being carried out in order to ‘prevent invasion plans by the Chinese’,” said Mr. JUNG Gwang Il, Founder & Executive Director of No Chain.
“This action being carried out by the regime and using China as an excuse is nothing more than a move by the regime to further enhance the border security to prevent residents from escaping to China, and to internally strengthen the regime’s power and control over the people; it also highlights the deteriorating relationship between North Korea and China, in light of China supporting new sanctions against North Korea for its provocative actions in recent months”, said Henry Song, North America Director for No Chain.
“The North Korean regime is using this to turn the people against the China, in light of recent developments, and is a marked turn in the relationship between the two countries, and another way that the regime is lashing out against the new sanctions moves,” added Mr. JUNG.
No Chain will wait for further updates from inside North Korea regarding this development.
Let’s continue to pray for the deliverance of North Korea from its depraved and demented government under Kim Jung-Un and that China will decide enough is enough and remove this rogue regime from power so its people can go free.
WHAT IF THE “DAVIDS” OF THE NATIONS GATHERED TOGETHER IN UNITED PRAYER TO CONTEND FOR THE DESTINY OF THE NEXT GENERATION?
“UNITED PRAYER can awaken a generation. UNITED PRAYER can unite North and South Korea. UNITED PRAYER can bring healing to the nations. UNITED PRAYER can bring healing to this generation.” -Rev. Jerome Ocampo
Come, let’s fast and pray, and together, shift the destiny of the nations and our generation.
Please pray for and get the word out to 2500 under-35, on-fire young adults from all regions of the world to be there; for the program team and speakers; for the remaining funding still needed to cover costs as well as some partial subsidies we hope can be given to youth participants needing assistance.
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May we place these important concerns before you for you prayer participation?
1 For the United Arab Emirates believers to go forward together, especially the ministry leaders, after the recent national prayer initiative there in a united prayer and mission movement that God will use to bless that nation and the world like a new Antioch.
2 For the ministry leaders of Israel- Messianic Jews, Israeli Arabs and Palestinians- to come together in spite of their divisions about the land and government and form an ongoing united prayer movement for the healing of their land and even the end of the Arab-Israeli conflict. With God all things are possible! For us in the IPC to know what our part should be to aid in this process.
3 For the current ceasefire to continue, humanitarian shipments to flow in where needed, and for an end of the war in Syria that has caused the deaths of up to 400,000 and made millions homeless refugees. Pray for the crucial March 9 meeting to move the peace process forward. Also, that Syrians, many of whom are now very responsive to the Gospel, will hear it and come to Christ.
4 Turkey national and regional prayer initiative, May 18-21. For the organization, program development team, and funds still needed for several hundred Turks, Koreans and other nationalities that are coming together to pray for this most unreached land and the rest of the Middle East.
Thanks so much for joining us in prayer for these important matters.
An Invitation for Prayer Network and Organization and/or Denominational Leaders
National Prayer Assembly, October 27-28, 2016, Washington, D.C.
If you are the leader of a prayer organization or network, or a denominational leader, this is for you. You are warmly invited to an assembly of national prayer, denominational, and kingdom network leaders from across the nation. America is at a historic crossroads with growing threats within and without. It is a tumultuous election year and an absolutely pivotal time in our history. A dysfunctional and divided government has become increasingly ineffectual in dealing with our growing national problems, including a $19 trillion debt hanging over our heads. In addition, our society is becoming progressively apathetic—even cold to the things of God. Surely, we need a new Great Awakening to turn America around. A critical component in this pursuit of awakening is the coming together of both America’s prayer and denominational movements to seek His face. We need to join forces, praying with one heart and mind for a fresh, massive outpouring of His Spirit that will bring revival and transformation to the United States of America
It is time to gather ministry leaders for two days of concentrated intercession, listening, and sharing what God is saying to us. As in the National Prayer Assembly of October 2014, we will have brief reports from experts on the critical issues facing the nation. Our approach will be to pray at least twice as much as we talk. Earlier assembly participants felt this was the right balance, so we will endeavor once again to let the Spirit of the Lord reveal, inspire, and pray His heart concerns through us for our nation.
The NPA is by invitation only, so please do not forward this invitation to others unless they serve as leaders or coordinators of prayer ministries, national or denominational ministries, or kingdom networks.
Details:
- Thursday, 10/28-Friday 10/29, 8 am to 5 pm both days
- Registration fee: $120 per person. Must register each person individually.
This fee includes lunch on Friday, coffee, meeting space overlooking WDC. This assembly encourages fasting as you are able and are led by God, as part of a 40 day call prior to our national election.
- TO REGISTER: https://intre.org/?297
- Venue: Sheraton Pentagon City, Arlington, VA (DCA nearest airport, shuttle to hotel)
Special conference rate: $179/night
- To reserve your lodging:
https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/events/start.action?id=1603180291&key=101F35BB
For other questions about logistics, please contact Lisa CrumpThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (National Day of Prayer Task Force)
We look forward to your being with us for this crucial time of encountering the Lord together on behalf of our beloved country.
Every blessing in Christ,
Dave Butts (National Prayer Committee)
Rickie Bradshaw (Pray Houston)
Pierre Bynum (Family Research Council)
Paul Cedar (Mission America)
Lisa Crump (National Day of Prayer)
Kay Horner (Awakening America Alliance)
Dave Kubal (Intercessors for America)
Daniel Lim and Doug Conder (International House of Prayer)
John Robb (International Prayer Connect)
Preliminary Prayer Emphases for the NPA:
- Repentance for
o Corporate sins of America
o Sins within the Church
- Reconciliation and healing of
o Leadership division
o Racial division
o Restorative justice
- Restoration of
o Spiritual revival and morality within the church
o Truth in media
o Morality in arts and entertainment
o Integrity and blessing in marketplace
o Protection for marriage and the family–an institution under assault
o Truth and protection in educational institutions
o Sanctity of human life and protection of the unborn
- Reaching and evangelizing the lost
o Prayer-care-share lifestyles among Jesus followers
o Provision and mobilization of missionaries
- Government and the national election
- Religious freedom
o Court decisions
o Legislative actions
- Prayer movement
o Unity
o Strength
o Mobilization
o Engagement
- Next generation
o Children
o Youth
o Emerging Leaders
- False religion and the occult invasion
- National security issues
o Military forces
o Law enforcement
o Homeland security
o Radical Islam and ISIS threats
- Restoration of supremacy of Jesus Christ
o In church
o In society
- Please pray with us for the ministry leaders God is calling to be able to come for this time of all-out prayer for the USA just before our pivotal election and for the other serious concerns the country faces this year and beyond.
- For our planning team to have His wisdom and that at least 300 prayer and other ministry leaders from across the nation chosen by the Lord will be able to gather for all-out prayer for the USA right before our very pivotal national election.
- May the NPA be powerfully used by the Lord to bring about the major transformations we need to see happen if America is to fulfill her God-given destiny!
I write to the body of Christ around the world, all who are connecting with the Azusa Now gathering at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on April 9th. I have rarely seen such a stirring of expectancy as I am seeing now. It’s really not about a stadium event. Instead, everywhere, men and women are laying hold of the kingdom in such a way that Azusa Now may be a collective flashpoint. The great intercessor Frank Bartleman wrote of such a time just before revival broke out at Azusa in 1906. Listen to his words, written just a few months before the outpouring began:
“The current of revival is sweeping by our door. Will we cast ourselves on its mighty bosom and ride to glorious victory? A year of life at this time, with its wonderful possibilities for God, is worth a hundred years of ordinary life. ‘Pentecost’ is knocking at our doors. The revival for our country is no longer a question. Slowly but surely the tide has been rising until in the very near future we believe for a deluge of salvation that will sweep all before it. Wales will not long stand alone in this glorious triumph for our Christ... The clouds are gathering rapidly, big with a mighty rain, whose precipitation lingers but a little. Heroes will arise from the dust of obscure and despised circumstances, whose names will be emblazoned on Heaven’s eternal page of fame. The Spirit is brooding over our land again as at creation’s dawn, and the fiat of God goes forth. “Let there be light.” Brother, sister, if we all believed God can, you realize what would happen? Many of us here are living for nothing else. A volume of believing prayer is ascending to the throne night and day. Los Angeles, Southern California, and the whole continent shall surely find itself ere long in the throes of a mighty revival, by the Spirit and power of God.”
In his wonderful book, The Fasting Prayer, Franklin Hall wrote:
“Yes, the second Pentecost on Azusa in 1906 came about just like the first Pentecost. This latter rain outpouring of the Holy Spirit started with a ten day fast and prayer season in much the same manner as it did upon the 120 that ‘continued with one accord in prayer and supplication.’ A few people came to Los Angeles in 1906 and started a 10-day fast and prayer season and the Holy Spirit fell... Mother Craton states ‘The first thing that was done before the power ever fell on Azusa was a united ten day season of fasting and prayer. If there was ever any sectarianism, fasting broke it down... I believe another Azusa could be here today if God’s people would get to travailing in much prayer and fasting.”
With such Bible and church history roaring behind us, should we not courageously inject our generation into that same Hall of Faith, where those who have gone before now urge to enter?
With their beckoning resting on our hearts and ears, we are calling a 10-Day season of united prayer and fasting as God leads for a global outpouring of the Holy Spirit, March 30 to April 8, leading up to Azusa Now on April 9, the 110th anniversary of the Azusa Street Revival. William Seymour, the catalyst of that great revival, prophesied in 1913 that in roughly 100 years another revival far eclipsing Azusa would come. The fulfillment of Seymour’s word is overdue... or right on schedule. Let us therefore “pray for the rain in the time of the latter rain.” Who knows? Maybe like those who were baptized in the Spirit in the original Acts 2 upper room, we will say, “this is that which was spoken by William Seymour the prophet!
Sincerely,
Lou Engle
The Call
Also, on the other side of the country in Washington DC, up to 30,000 pastors will gather for United Cry.
Saturday, April 9 Azusa Now, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and United Cry, Lincoln Memorial, DC, East Coast and West Coast Solemn Assemblies for National Awakening, www.unitedcry.com, www.thecall.com/azusa.
Let’s be in prayer for these two important gatherings that will draw many tens of thousands of believers to cry out to God in the spirit of 2 Chronicles 7:14. May His deliverance and breakthrough come to the USA through these important events!
July 16 is coming quickly, and it’s time to solidify your plan for joining us there!
Are you in?
Let us help you get to Together 2016!
Plan your schedule
You want to make the most of your trip to Together 2016, right? So do we! Head here to find sample schedules for a three, five, or seven day trip.
Book your hotel
Together 2016 has partnered with hotels in the the National Mall area so that you can book hotel rooms at a group rate. Be sure to check them out soon as room blocks are going fast.
Transportation
Together 2016 has partnered with GO GROUND to be our official transportation manager so you can charter a bus to D.C. They also have the option for you to sell extra seats if you are unable to fill an entire bus. Check out their website as well if you are interested in booking a seat on someone else’s bus that is coming from your area!
For those who are interested in flying to Washington, D.C., we suggest booking flights to:
7 Ronald Regan Washington National Airport (DCA) (closest)
8 Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)
9 Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)
Momentum is building and we can’t wait for you to join us and the one million others gathered on July 16, 2016. Keep telling others about Together 2016 through our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages!
Standing with you,
The Together Team
Uniting as one, appealing to heaven to change the spiritual climate in our nation.
As One is a national call to prayer. The basic strategy revolves around two 40-day periods of prayer walking, fasting, and corporate prayer events. The first will start on Easter Sunday, March 27 and run through the National Day of Prayer on May 5. The second begins on September 30 and ends on Election Day. In addition, there will be much collaboration with major national prayer events that are happening throughout the year.
Here is how it works:
1) Join the 40-day Prayer Challenge and receive a daily prayer guide via email.
2) Adopt Your Street in Prayer.
3) Find or Host a Prayer Gathering on the National Day of Prayer, Thursday, May 5.
“So that with one mind and one voice, you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” - Romans 15:6
Click here to learn more about this united effort to call America to prayer >>
Pray for Election Day
On November 8, 2016, millions will cast their vote, selecting from an array of candidates - potential leaders who will impact the direction of the United States of America. This is a freedom that has come at a high cost for many over the 240 years since declaring independence from England in 1776.
Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States said, “If the people fail to vote, a government will be developed which is not their government… The whole system of American Government rests on the ballot box. Unless citizens perform their duties there, such a system of government is doomed to failure.”
Of the 52 million voter-eligible Christians in America, 10 million are not registered to vote for the elections, and over 20 million who were registered, did not vote in the previous election cycle. Quite simply, less than 40 percent of all eligible to vote Christians in America…voted.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States said, “The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter.”
So here is what you can do:
1 Register to Vote and make it a priority to exercise this freedom - Click here to get started >>
2 Pray: “Look to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.” -Isa. 45:22
Download your FREE 2016 ELECTION PRAYER GUIDE: 1) E-version 2) Print Ready PDF 3) Spanish
3 Find your local Family Policy Council and download your regional voter guide
4 Join the National Prayer Call, November 8, 11 a.m. - 12 noon ET: 712-432-0075, PIN: 4961322#
5 Commit to Pray for all people in authority (download your prayer points here)
6 Commit to pray for 40 days beginning September 30 through November 8 (download your 40-Day Prayer Guide)
National Prayer Summit
Make plans now to join with thousands of intercessors at the National Prayer Summit. This special gathering will take place July 14-17 in Washington D.C. and feature an incredible line-up of speakers including Francis Chan, Dr. Josh McDowell, Dr. Luis Palau, Dr. Ravi Zacharias, Kirk Franklin and music from Hillsong United. Registration is only $89 per person, so get registered today >>
Host a Prayer Gathering
Now as never before, Americans need to be in prayer for our country and its leaders in all spheres of influence. Your partnership is vital to the efforts our National Day of Prayer Task Force as we seek to fulfill our ongoing mission of bringing millions of people throughout this land before God’s throne in humble intercession.
To assist you in promoting the cause of prayer, we have included a variety of helpful resources in our online store. Whether you are seeking materials appropriate for a church setting or an event in a public venue, we have provided useful items that are both creative and practical.
Thank you for standing with us by lending your time and talents to this worthy endeavor. Your participation is key if we are to call every community in our nation to prayer!
Shirley Dobson, Chairman, NDP Task Force, http://www.nationaldayofprayer.org/