Thanks for your prayers for last week's national security prayer initiative, "Seeking God's Face for the Deliverance and Destiny of America" as well as the National Day of Prayer Leadership Summit. Both events were wonderful. The Lord was among us and gave us a magnificent time with so many prayer leaders from across the country. We are in the process of digitizing the video of the many excellent presentations and will let you know how to access them.

During the national security initiative, three recently retired generals, one of the former Homeland Security Department officials and a converted Muslim jihadist warned us about the incursion of the Muslim Brotherhood into many spheres within our government and society. Their goal over time, which the current administration does not seem to oppose and some of whom may be cooperating in, is neutralizing or destroying Christianity and subverting the U.S. Constitution to eventually replace it with Sharia (Muslim law). Indeed, Ramadan, "observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting to commemorate the first revelation of the Quran to Muhammad according to Islamic belief" (Wikipedia), is regularly being celebrated in the White House whereas the National Day of Prayer leadership has been excluded since the current administration took over. 

The implication is pretty obvious. Let's pray for the exposure of the evil one's strategy of deception and manipulation to subvert this nation carried out under the cloak of political correctness and religious pluralism. As it says in the Psalms, let's agree that God would "break the arm of the wicked" hopefully so they might repent, but in any case removing them from the U.S. government and other positions of influence in our society. We need a major house-cleaning and that during this election cycle He would raise up people of integrity who will do what is right in His sight for the country.

There are also internal threats such as the existence of Muslim terror cells within the country who might resort to a dirty bomb with nuclear materials and external threats such as cyber attacks, Electro Magnetic Pulse (destroying the power grid with one nuke set off above the nation) as well as possible direct nuclear attack by Russians, Chinese or North Koreans. In such situations of potential national peril, it is not enough to rely on our military which itself is under attack through political correctness and the demotion or expulsion of those who speak up against the administration's agenda of LGBT rights and religious pluralism. It is therefore imperative that we as intercessors help to build a wall of spiritual protection as the Lord told Ezekiel (Ez. 22:30) when national leaders have become evil and have forsaken the ways of God with their policies. Intercessors are the last line of defense for a nation that is ripe for His judgment and destruction. Please continue to pray for the nation's security and protection and for the military and intelligence services to be strong and vigilant in spite of the policies of the current administration that deeply threaten their readiness.

We were also given new hope as prayer leaders shared their various initiatives and strategies, such as a nationwide effort to prayer walk every community and street and to gather one million to the Washington Mall to cry out for a RESET of America. If the Holy Spirit is raising up such efforts, then we believe He intends to deliver the nation through our united prayers though we may well pass through a storm of difficult circumstances. Canada also needs our continued prayers since the newly elected Liberal government will undoubtedly take our northern neighbor down the same dark road we have traveled in the USA; however even dark roads are encompassed by the loving, almighty hands of our God. Thank you so much for participating in such an effort for North America's deliverance to come and destiny to be recovered.

Elsewhere, let's please keep the Middle East region as well as Afghanistan and Pakistan in our prayers. ISIS along with other radical Islamic groups like the Taliban plus the seemingly endless wars in Syria and Iraq have brought great destruction and terror to millions upon millions of people and continue to cause an enormous exodus of terrified and hopeless refugees. Pray for these dear people to get relief and rehabilitation they so desperately need. Pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ to be protected (see the alert below) and to shine as courageous lights in the darkness and fear that pervades these lands. Pray also for confusion, disunity and overthrow of these misguided and wicked devotees of Islam. May many more of them hear the Gospel, receive supernatural encounters with the Lord, and give up their crazed, fanatical jihad to serve the Living God.

John Robb

IPC Chairman

Another perspective on “Seeking God’s Face for the Deliverance and Destiny of America with some key national security prayer concerns

Pierre Bynum who was one of the speakers and facilitators of this gathering of prayer leaders from across the USA, October 18-20, in Colorado Springs gives us his perspective on how it went:

“National Security Prayer Wall, Ramparts - Leaders in the national prayer movement agree that repentance and revival in our churches and a biblical awakening are the only hope for America, and they are believing for both. But the 150 prayer leaders who met in Colorado Springs also recognize that biblical "watchmen," those who understand the responsibility and power of prayer, must be concerned with warning and protecting the American people in the face of glaring, escalating threats to our national security. The three retired generals who addressed the group agreed that America faces several "existential," threats, i.e., threats to our very existence as a nation. Scripture teaches, "I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people - for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness' (1Tim 2:1-2 NIV).

America's president and military Commander-in-Chief, President Obama, has spent seven years making a radical sexual agenda and downsizing our military a priority over strengthening our military's ability to fight and win wars. This is one reason our nation is in such jeopardy. He has been and is still diminishing our military forces (e.g., reducing troop strength, readiness, equipment, weapons, ships, aircraft -- and many other factors by which military strength can be measured). He has allowed our border to remain substantially unsecured even as U.S. foreign policy is in shambles.

By prematurely pulling our troops from Iraq, many analysts believe President Obama created the vacuum that enabled the meteoric rise of ISIS and its wholesale rape and slaughter of Christians and other religious minorities (even moderate Muslims) and gave Russia opportunity to establish a stronghold in the Middle East. President Obama has minimized the threat imposed by such groups as the Muslim Brotherhood and now placed both Israeli and American security at risk through his recent nuclear deal with Iran. Moreover, by doing so, he has endangered our closest ally, Israel, something no other American president ever has done. Beside all this, the administration has implemented policies that have restricted our service personnel's religious liberty and in some cases sought to silence our Chaplains from preaching the whole gospel, truth our troops need above all things.

Those in Colorado heard from leaders like FRC's Executive Vice-President, Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin (U.S. Army, Ret.), Lt. Gen. Pat Caruana (USAF, Ret.) and Maj. Gen. Bentley Rayburn (USAF, Ret.). They heard from Kamal Saleem, a former Muslim Brotherhood terrorist, sent to the U.S. to recruit terrorists and set up sleeper cells (now a Christian, he risks his life daily to awaken the sleeping church). And they heard from pastor/prayer leader Dutch Sheets, whom God has stirred to revive the "Appeal to Heaven" motto embraced by the American military during the War for Independence, and with it the prayer that accompanied it.

John Robb shared a vision of the diverse groups that compose the national prayer movement coming together in unity to erect a round-the-clock prayer wall -- "ramparts," as with Nehemiah - around North America made up of praying Christians from every denomination, race and ethnicity -- believers in Canada, Mexico and elsewhere.

Many students of history know about the impact Rees Howells and his Christian school children in Great Britain had in day-and-night intercession for the Allies, as they tracked Hitler's whereabouts and the Nazi troop movements, praying for miracles and hearing them answered again and again until the final Allied victory (see The Role of Prayer in WWII).

I will keep you informed. But we should begin to be part of this invisible Prayer Wall immediately. The "Prayer and Action Points" below were written by Gen. Caruana:

1 As a nation and God's people the church we would seriously heed the warnings God has graciously provided so we would not be laid low in today's wilderness. We need to repent of rejecting God's wisdom and ask Him to renew the desire in our national and church leaders to see His wisdom as His provision for our security (Dt 4:9; Ps 119:25-26; Eze 3:17; 1 Cor 10:1-11; Jas 3:17 ).

2 We need to ask the Lord to open the eyes of both His church and our senior national leadership to the perils of entering the Iran nuclear deal, and to beseech the Lord to lead our nation's leadership to receive God's wisdom and reject the binding of the US in a partnership with lawlessness (Numbers 22:31; Is 30:1-3; 2 Cor 6:14-15).

3 For leaders that will not compromise any elements of our national security and respond with clear resolve to threats either internal or external to our nation's interest. Leaders who recognize and understand who our enemies are and how to wisely deal with them. Leadership with a worldview consistent with the principles upon which our nations has depended since God allowed the United States of America to become a nation (Pr 8:1-20; 2 Cor 6:14-18).

4 Pray for unity first within the Body of Christ so that our nation can witness what true Christ-like unity is. That we as one nation under God would reject the forces that divide our nation and make us far more vulnerable to a weakened security (Lk 11:17; Jn 17: all).

5 Pray for leaders who will arise with the courage to make the right decisions concerning the social changes being made to ensure that our military remains equipped and combat-ready to protect our country (Ex 18:21; Pr 1:24-31; Tit 1:4-6).

6 Pray for God's wisdom to penetrate into the hearts of our congressional leadership to recognize their responsibility as our elected representatives and legislate well-defined budgets that empower our military forces to keep our nation strong and safe (Luke 14:28-32; 1 Tim 2:1-8).”

Rev. Pierre Bynum

Chaplain & National Prayer Director

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Family Research Council

Web: www.frc.org

Finishing The Task Conference

December 2-4, 2015

Prayer Requests:

  • Pray that the majority of the remaining 511 Unengaged Unreached People Groups (UUPGs) will be engaged at this year's FTT Conference.
  • Pray for significant connections leading to greater Kingdom advancement among UUPGs.
  • Pray for significant progress among major research organizations in collaboration and unification of strategies.
  • Pray for church leaders to catch the vision for full engagement of all people groups.
  • Pray that the Holy Spirit will transform people’s minds and hearts in such a powerful way that they will be motivated to make a difference in lives around the world.
  • For continued prayer for the administration team, their health, their families: that stress will not take our focus away from the joy of the progress we are so blessed to see.
  • Pray that significant progress be reported in missional information collection, management, distribution. 
  • Pray that hearts and minds be willing to recognize challenges and receive new ideas and solutions without division but in the Spirit of Unity.
  • Pray for our keynote speakers - Rick Warren, Francis Chan and Paul Eshleman - as they prepare the messages God has put on their hearts.

Download the flyer:

https://www.getamericapraying.com/groupdocs/90_1444326184.pdf

Please join in helping others to find this opportunity to pray together for International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church.

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER

November 1 and 8

Persecution of Christians has increased around the world, including imprisonments, torture and beheadings.  The  International Day of Prayer is a time set apart for us to remember the thousands of Christian brothers and sisters around the world who suffer persecution because they have confessed Jesus Christ as Lord.  Please join fellow believes in Christ around the world in prayer for the persecuted on both Sunday, November 1 and Sunday, November 8.  For more information visit International Day of Prayer at http://idop.org/en/.

YouTube, Published on Oct 1, 2015

Discover the reasons why a Muslim man from a Muslim country decided to ask the question "Who is Jesus?" 

Learn why all the answers in the Koran led him to the truth of who Jesus actually was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTZYT9ve-AU

Jesus Christ is mentioned many more times than Muhammad in the Koran. Let’s pray for many millions of Muslims among the estimated 1.4 billion to be drawn to Him even as they read the Koran and go about other Islamic practices so that they will want to also read the Bible and come to know Christ like this man did.

Driven out of their ancestral homes, killed and crucified, Assyrian Christians face execution at the hands of their Daesh captors. This latest threat is to execute 180 of the 230 who were abducted from their Khabur river valley villages in mass raids in February. Ridiculous ransoms are demanded for their lives. Negotiations led by Bishop Otnaial, head of the Church of the East in Syria, have been suspended due to "the unbearable demands of the terror group." The original demand was 23 millions dollars to free 230 people. Terrorist have "drastically reduced" their demand to 12 millions for 180 people.

Recently Daesh showed a video of three orange-jumpsuit-clad captives being executed. The video drew condemnation from watchdog groups, such as A demand for Action: "We condemn this latest act of barbarism in the strongest possible terms.... They are helpless. They are children. They are women. They are someone's father and brother." Now more than the money, the organization of the liberation is a key issue. Just last week militants claim to have kidnapped at least 220 Christian Assyrians in northeast Syria. The plea goes out to the international community to act now to save the lives of the kidnapped.

The nation of Syria is number 4 on the 2015 Open Doors World Watch List of the worst persecutors of Christians in the world. Window International Network partners pray for Syria on Day 30 in accordance with the Praying Through the Window 9: Global Terrorism and World Religions prayer calendar.

ISIS (Dash) Threatens the Execution of 180 Assyrian Christians

Let’s Pray For:

God's angels to watch over and protect these Assyrian Christians. We ask God to protect the weak and strengthen them. We pray that facing death, they will endure for Christ until the very end (The Bible, James 1:12). 



The Daesh captors to be confronted by the living God as they see the faith of their Christian captives. We pray for them to be so convicted of the evil they are perpetrating that they will either convert to Christianity or desert their Daesh terrorists (The Bible, Acts 9:1-19).



The supernatural release from their captors just as the Apostle Peter when he was released from prison by God's angel (The Bible, Acts 12:1-10).

God to send his angels to slay Daesh terrorists who work as agents of Satan. Nothing is too hard for God who slew 185,000 in one night in the enemy's camp! (The Bible, Isaiah 37:36).

Sources:

ISIL Threatens to execute 180 Assyrian Christians (AINA)

ISIS Threatens to execute 180 Assyrian Christians (TheStream.org)

ISIS to Execute 180 Assyrian Christians after Negotiations Break Down (Genocidewatch.net)

Photo: Reuters

From a friend who works in the country:

“You all heard that bad news about the capture of Kunduz city by the Taliban. This has been a very significant victory for the Taliban and very big boost to their morale and at the same time discouraged the Afghan Army and Police even more. It can have a strong ripple effect like what happened in Iraq when the Army run away from the IS even through they had more solders and better weapons. Kunduz is very strategic and it is not even a typical strong Pashtun area like Kandahar or Helmand. We know that the Taliban are supported by Islamists from Tajikistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Chechenia.”

Fortunately, the Afghan army, supported by the American forces, were able to take back the city, but fighting continues in other parts of the country. ISIS is also there along with the Taliban. Pray that they will fight each other for supremacy and that both of these movements will pass away so the land can be rid of their destructive presence and influence. 

Please also pray for the government of Afghanistan and the Afghan army to have wisdom and courage and a good strategy to overcome the Taliban as well as ISIS. Pray that the government can agree on a good defense minister and become united in this battle for the survival of the nation.

Pray for the encouragement and strengthening of the local prayer movement and the increasing number of those who are believers among the Afghans.

Agree in faith and His authority for the binding and overthrow of the evil spiritual forces that control the Taliban and ISIS. May they be disempowered and give up their wrong-headed, destructive cause with many of their members coming into relationship with Jesus Christ the Lord.

RFE/RL

“Rescue operations have begun to reveal the full scale of an Afghan earthquake that killed hundreds and caused damage across South Asia. Officials said that the death toll from the magnitude-7.5 quake that struck on October 26 was continuing to rise as rescuers reached remote areas. As of early October 27, the death toll had risen to more than 300, with at least 241 fatalities and 1,600 injuries recorded in Pakistan.

In Afghanistan -- where the Hindu Kush mountain range in sparsely populated Badakhshan Province was identified as the epicenter of the quake -- at least 115 had been reported killed and hundreds more injured.

Many areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan had already been deluged by two days of unseasonably heavy rain and snowfall, triggering mudslides when the quake and its aftershocks hit. Roads and bridges were washed out in mountainous regions, hampering search-and-rescue operations.

High casualties and extensive damage were recorded in areas of northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border, such as Khyber Pakhtunkwa Province's Swat and Chitral districts. A local official in the Chitral district told AFP that as many as 80,000 people there are without access to drinking water.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returned from a trip to the United States and traveled on October 27 to Khyber Pakhtunkwa Province, where at least 49 people were killed, to assess the damage. During a later briefing in the capital, Islamabad, he gave assurances that Pakistan was "capable enough to rescue and rehabilitate those affected by the earthquake."

Some 330 kilometers east of the epicenter, in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region, video images emerged on social media of a landslide near a popular suspension bridge:

In the garrison city of Rawalpindi, close to Islamabad, video showed a bridge swaying when the quake struck.

Pakistan’s powerful army has taken a lead role in responding to the crisis, with extra resources being sent to affected regions.

Thousands of people in the region, expecting aftershocks, reportedly spent the night of October 26-27 outdoors in near-freezing temperatures.

Afghan officials said at least 74 people were confirmed dead and hundreds more injured, with casualties reported from around half a dozen of the country’s 34 provinces. The Kabul government has called for international aid agencies to send help.

For Afghanistan, the challenge of mounting rescue operations will be made harder given the country’s relative lack of resources, difficult terrain, and the presence of anti-government Taliban insurgents in some of the affected areas.

The Taliban issued a statement saying its militants had been ordered to provide "complete help" to victims of the quake and to pave the way for access by rescue workers and aid organizations.

The Afghan government estimated that about 4,000 homes had been destroyed or damaged.

The quake was felt throughout South Asia, including the Tajik capital, Dushanbe; areas of southern Kazakhstan 1,000 kilometers north of the epicenter; and in India's capital, Delhi.

In Indian-controlled Kashmir, video showed a frantic street scene as the quake hit.”

Please pray for effective relief efforts and that those who have been affected by this tragedy will be brought to Jesus Christ through it all.

1. The Lord is guiding and blessing the UPrising: World Youth Prayer Assembly in South Korea where it will happen next year, July 26-30. A suitable venue near the DMZ has been offered for the WYPA with lots of possibilities for 2000 to 2500 participants with hotels 15 minutes away.   Young leaders there are on board and keen to move ahead and we hope to bring more senior leaders into the process as well. Please pray for the mobilization of the right youth, children and seniors from every region of the world to take part so that it will be truly global, intergenerational and tri-generational.

2. We need about $1 million USD to pull it off including in-country costs and for partial travel subsidies for those youth who need them. Please pray with us for the release of His abundant provision to happen now.

3. Please pray for Jonathas Abdou, a younger leader in Brazil’s prayer movement and new member of our IPC leadership who wants to mobilize youth there for the WYPA. He also wants to further develop a youth prayer movement for his large nation. 

4. About 25-30 younger and older leaders from the prayer movement will form the WYPA Exec Committee that will meet in Manila, The Philippines, this next week, Nov 3-6. We need to determine speakers and program for WYPA. Please pray for this process. Registration will begin Dec 1 so there is much that needs to be accomplished quickly. Please pray for His anointing, unity, clarity and wisdom for this program planning process and for the convener Jerome Ocampo and his team working on all these logistical issues. 

5. Other initiatives to pray for in 2015 or 2016:

  • Arab and European prayer leaders, Switzerland, Nov 18-21
  • Persian Gulf regional prayer initiative, Feb. 18-21, 2016
  • Turkey national prayer initiative, May 18-21, 2016

6.  IPC website – pray with us for the effective launch of the new IPC website and server in the next couple of weeks.

7. Pray for the 24 members of the IPC leadership team as they lead various prayer initiatives in their regions and internationally that they will be always led of the Spirit and enabled by Him to do what they are being called to do. May they and their families be greatly blessed and be a thorough blessing to many others!

Thanks so much for your support in this way!