First Nations Healing Coalition
Much of what First Nations Healing Coalition (FNHC) will be doing involves developing and initiating prayer based strategies to, not only, bring healing and restoration to wounded and traumatized Native Americans, but to also see healing and restoration released into the land. Our two-pronged strategy is to heal the people and heal the land.
Land Defilement Concepts
Interestingly, the same revelatory biblical concepts applied for individuals to be set free, healed, and restored are the same principles used to see the land cleansed, healed and restored from the corporate sins of people groups that have defiled it.
The same way a person can be wounded and traumatized by horrific events, so too can the land be traumatized and dramatically affected when bloody massacres take place or when occult ceremonies or rituals occur in certain places. Therefore, God says, “the lands mourns” (Jer.12:11) and that “all of creation groans” – “waiting for the manifestation of the sons of God” (Rom. 8:19-22). I believe the reason the land mourns and groans is because of the death and defilement that has been released upon it.
Just as mankind needs to be redeemed from the curse of the law, so too must the land be released and redeemed from the curse that comes upon it as a result of the corporate sin that defiles it. Jeremiah said, “because of a curse the land mourns” (Jere. 23:10).
The curse associated with sin not only affects mankind but all of creation. Defiled or spiritually unclean people or land gives Satan and his demonic hosts legal right of access to the land or people that are unclean. Thus, Satan has the legal right to reign and rule, to exercise his authority over that which is unclean. This is why God encourages his leaders to teach His people to discern the difference between the clean and the unclean (Ezek. 44:22).
Through his authority over the land Satan and his evil armies are able to establish and maintain canopies of darkness over land areas that have been traumatized by corporate defilement. This is a major way that he blinds the minds of those who do not receive the glorious gospel of Christ (2 Cor. 4:3-4).
As a consequence of the spiritual dynamics outlined above, FNHC seeks to raise up First Nations prayer leaders and intercessors to form strategic intervention teams. Their primary purpose will be to identify and prayerfully close ancient spiritual gates that have been opened by their ancestors, gates that have given God’s enemies legal right of access to the land.
North America’s Host People
God says He has appointed the original people groups on the various continents as the ancient people (Isa. 44:7). He says that He has determined their pre-appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings (Acts 17:26). He declares that His gifts and callings upon nations and peoples are unalterable (Rom. 11:29). The above Scriptures and others indicate that God has appointed North America’s First Nations tribal groups as the continent’s Host People.
Years ago, God confirmed this concept to us, when He said, “because Native People are the Host People of North America, they have an authority that other ethnic groups do not have, and that whatever they embrace and endorse will have maximum effect. “ This word of the Lord has been confirmed over and over again as First Nations teams have effectively prayed on the land to open and close gates.
North America's Host People were designated by God to be the original gatekeepers and stewards of the land. This means they have been given the first right to redeem the land, and as the original gatekeepers they are responsible for dealing with any foundational layers of iniquity or transgression in the land. This also means they have a vital role in seeing revival, and God’s kingdom made manifest here in North America. Many church leaders have come to acknowledge that America’s redemptive purpose can never be realized without the inclusion of First Nations people.
All one has to do is examine the historical record to see how Satan has strategically sought to destroy, disenfranchise, impoverish, and marginalize First Nations people so they might never understand, embrace, and function in God’s plan for Jesus Christ to be established as Lord of North America.
As a consequence FNHC seeks to facilitate the healing and restoration of North America’s Native populations that they might step up and into their role as the Host People. For God’s healing and restoration to be fully implemented we believe it should ultimately result in fulfilling His redemptive purpose, both individually and corporately. For FNHC the healing and restoration of America so it might fulfill its redemptive purpose is a chief goal.
Ivan G. Doxtator – Executive Director FNCM
For more information or to get advice in launching a heal- the- land initiative in your own nation, please write to Ivan Doxtator at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Prayer Points for the First Nations Healing Coalition and for Native Peoples:
- Ask God to bless FNHC by granting us the grace that we would do nothing to hinder His very presence from brooding over our every plan, activity, and initiative.
- Ask God to convict FNHC and all its members to continually pursue personal wholeness and His biblical call to sanctification and spiritual cleanliness.
- Ask God to supply all that FNHC needs to fulfill His call upon the Host People, i.e., finances, land, physical plants, and humble and gifted human resources.
- Ask God to reveal to FNHC leaders and members His specific directions for carrying out the missions He has placed upon our hearts.
- Ask that all things would be confirmed in two or three witnesses.
- Pray that Native believers in North America and around the world would be healed from historical traumas through mistreatment by others and arise to their unique calling and destiny in the Lord.
- Pray that the spiritual blindness and oppression that has kept Native People from responding to the Gospel would be broken and the oppressing spiritual powers bound that have afflicted them.
- Pray for reconciliation and unity to be established between Native tribes and for other Christians to include them in the church and prayer movements as much valued partners.
The IPC Needs Your Help!
“God does nothing on earth except in answer to believing prayer.”- John Wesley
“History belongs to the intercessors, who believe the future into being.”- Walter Wink
Dear Friends and Supporters of the International Prayer Movement,
Over the last 25 years, it has been a deep privilege for me and my colleagues to witness how the Lord responds to united prayer, often in the most hopeless situations of war and human suffering. During those years, through national prayer initiatives in 60 countries, involving Christian leaders coming together across the denominational spectrum, we have seen God bring an end to eight wars and ethnic conflicts, bring about governments of national unity between former enemies, ignite revival in Christ’s church, and other amazing social transformations. Participants have repented of corporate sin, gotten reconciled with one another, and prayed in one accord, with their lives deeply impacted forever. A few of these initiatives and what happened were recorded in the book, The Peacemaking Power of Prayer, published in the year 2000. But since then, we have seen the Lord do far, far more.
Though not a “prayer guy” in most of the earlier years of ministry, I have become convinced that there is no social or world problem that the Lord cannot solve if His people will take Him at His promise: “If my people will humble themselves, pray, seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin and heal their land.” (2 Chron. 7:14)
Now, the International Prayer Connect (also called International Prayer Council) at this pivotal time in history will be conducting three international prayer initiatives for the most troubled and challenging region of the world--the Middle East. In Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Feb. 18-21), 600 participants from 60 churches composed of scores of nationalities who are guest workers there will come together to seek His face for the UAE and the region as our team speaks and facilitates. In Turkey (May 18-21), 800 Turks, Korean missionaries and other nationalities will join together to pray for His breakthrough in this one of the most unreached nations and for the wider region. In addition, at the end of May, through local partners, the IPC is in the process of planning an interethnic and interdenominational prayer initiative for Israel. This initiative will bring ministry leaders together, hopefully to overcome the ever-present and tragic disunity based on political affiliation. We will also pray for the wider region that hates and wants to destroy this “apple of God’s eye”.
Our largest project for 2016 will be the World Youth Prayer Assembly in South Korea. The UPRISING (www.unitedprayerrising.com) as its youthful planners are calling it will bring together up to 2500 youth and young adults from every region of the world to encounter the Lord and one another, July 26-30. They will not only pray, worship and deliberate together, focusing on the issues of our world, but also be mentored by senior ministry leaders from all walks of life, developing life-long relationships and getting guidance on the unique mission God has for each of them. We hope to see the Lord raise up a new generation of Christian leaders through this initiative that will involve them becoming “agents of transformation” in their own countries by mobilizing their peers. Then, as this process builds nation by nation, up to one million from this under-35 generation will gather in Indonesia in 2018 for another such assembly that God will use to inspire and activate a global movement of young world-changers for Christ.
In my capacity as chairman of the IPC, I am also working with others in the American prayer movement to put on a second National Prayer Assembly for the USA, Oct. 27-28, in Washington, D.C. It will bring together ministry leaders from across the nation to cry out to God for His healing of America with the very challenging issues we face and especially for our national election in November.
I am writing to ask if you would please consider joining us not only in prayer but also with financial support to undergird these 2016 initiatives. God provided funding in amazing ways for the World Prayer Assembly that the IPC organized with enormous help from the Indonesian prayer movement in 2012. Now, we need another miracle of His provision for all of this to take place. Would you please prayerfully consider giving and/or connecting us with others who have the capacity to give generously? Each of these initiatives in the hands of the Lord have the potential to change the history of nations and our world. Would you please partner with us to see our world impacted for Jesus Christ through united prayer and the raising up of a new generation of leaders for the generations to come?
Our budget for this year will be as follows:
1) Three national/regional prayer initiatives for the Middle East - costs for travel, accommodation and other expenses for our ministry teams - $21,000
2) The UPRISING: World Youth Prayer Assembly- $679,000 (please see the breakdown of costs in the attached sheet). We would also like to see funds come in for partial travel subsidies for worthy youth and young adults who need this assistance so an additional amount is included for that.
Thanks for your prayers and also for any financial assistance you or others you know may be able to provide.
Every blessing in Christ,
John Robb
Chairman, International Prayer Connect
International Facilitator, World Prayer Assembly 2012
Donating to IPC Through PayPal
PayPal is an online banking service that can receive donations from over 30 currencies worldwide through automatic draft and credit cards. It is safe and secure. International Prayer Connect is a non-profit ministry funded through the Transformation Prayer Foundation and relies on individual donations to keep the work going. If you are willing to provide support, please click below. Thank you for your sacrificial gift to IPC! Click Here to Donate
Donating to the IPC through our Non-Profit Foundation to get a Tax Deduction
Transformation Prayer Foundation, 501(c ) 3
Bank of America account number: 004272065934
Bank routing number: 026009593
2520 Bosque Entrada Trail N.W., Albuquerque, NM 87120
On Tuesday, justice secretary Michael Gove said his Christian faith informs his prison policies, telling critics, ‘I believe in redemption’. He was rejecting criticism from Philip Davies, who sits on the justice committee. ‘It's because I’m a Conservative I believe in the rule of law as the foundation stone of our civilisation. It's because I'm a Conservative I believe that evil must be punished. But it's because I'm a Conservative and a Christian that I believe in redemption. The purpose of our prison system is to keep people safe by making people better.’ Since May he has removed the ban on prisoners receiving books and also scrapped the criminal courts charge. He has also ditched a ministry of justice contract that would have meant the UK government was involved in constructing Saudi Arabian prisons.
‘Many Beautiful Things’ is a film about Lilias Trotter, an accomplished artist who gave up her most cherished dream as one of history’s greatest female artists to pursue her life’s true calling as a missionary in Algeria. The film makes its debut on 6 February in Washington DC, USA, with theatrical screenings taking place around the country between 7 and 14 February. The film will be available for download and DVD from March. It features the voices of Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey) and John Rhys-Davies (The Lord of the Rings) and introduces viewers to an extraordinary woman of faith who caught the eye of an art critic who promised she would become the world’s greatest living painter - but only if she gave herself completely to her art. Trotter refused. She believed God was calling her down a different path, and resolved to ‘seek first the Kingdom of God’ by becoming a missionary in Algeria.
Germany: police and internal security
29 Jan 2016
240,000 police take care of the internal security of Germany, upholding public order and playing an important role in maintaining the trust of citizens and ensuring their safety. The influx of large numbers of refugees presents a huge challenge for the police and calls for much sensitivity and intuition. They quickly come under criticism and seldom get recognition for their service. They are exposed daily to attacks and are themselves frequently victims of crime. There is an increasing lack of respect from the public. Criticising the state and complaining about officials is now perfectly acceptable in social circles. Because of the shortage of personnel the police cannot always adequately respond to demands. Consequently danger is rising in cities and crime goes unpunished with a state of lawlessness. Upholding the law is a major challenge. Every loss of control leads to public unease. Please pray for respect for the police, and for their work to be restored. (2Pe.2:9-10)
Sweden: adults posing as ‘refugee children’?
29 Jan 2016
Back in July 2015 the Gatestone Institute reported that the fastest growing refugee group in Sweden is the so-called unaccompanied refugee children. The number of children seeking asylum has exploded because children are granted asylum quicker than adults, and Sweden cannot always verify the age of these ‘children’. Refugees are allowed to bring their entire family to Sweden once they get residency status - even if they claimed to be alone in the world when they arrived. This week a 'child refugee' has been arrested, accused of murdering Swedish aid worker, Alexandra Mezher, at a shelter for unaccompanied young asylum seekers. Although claiming he is only 15, he is suspected of being an adult posing as an orphan. Alexandra is said to have earlier warned that she was caring for 'big powerful guys' aged up to 24. Miss Mezher's mother said 'orphans' at the centre often lied about their age. See also:
Storm Gertrude: thousands without power
29 Jan 2016
The Atlantic storm system brought winds gusting up to 130km/h to Northern Ireland and Ireland. Ten thousand homes and businesses were left without power after being battered by heavy winds. Road travel has been affected by fallen trees and debris while there has also been disruption to air and sea routes. In Scotland Gertrude has caused similar travel disruption: one landslide led to a 154-mile diversion. The Met Office has issued amber ‘be prepared’ and yellow ‘be aware’ warnings for Scotland and large parts of the rest of the UK with more than forty flood warnings covering areas across Scotland. Seven thousand homes across the north of Scotland have lost electricity supplies. The Met Office said the amber warning for wind across Shetland will later be upgraded to red, with gusts of 100mph expected. See also:
Over 33,000 former soldiers are thought to suffer from illnesses related to their service. The illnesses come under the title of ‘Gulf War Syndrome’ and include chronic fatigue, headaches, sleep disturbances, joint pains, irritable bowel, stomach disorders, respiratory disorders and psychological problems. The British Legion said that too little was known about the condition and the Government should fund more research into it. The Ministry of Defence said it was always open to new research proposals, but the overwhelming consensus of the scientific and medical community is that the range of symptoms is too broad for this ill-health to be characterised as a syndrome in medical terms. More than 60% of the 50,000 members of the armed forces deployed in 1991 now suffer from illnesses related to the conflict. Nearly 10,000 receive a war pension, the only financial aid any ex-service personnel with an illness due to service can get.