A week and a half ago BridgeBuilders gathered some 200 determined Christians to pray in Douglas, Arizona, that what was hidden in darkness along the Douglas/Aqua Prieta region of the border would be brought to the light.
We prayed for God's protection over law enforcement and that drugs, weapons and sex trafficking would be brought to a halt. Again God gave us a huge victory with the capture and arrest this Tuesday of the father-in-law of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman!
Mexican Federal Police arrested without a shot fired, Ines Coronel Barreras, 45. Coronel was detained in Agua Prieta, just across the border from Douglas, Arizona, along with a 25-year-old son and three other men. Interior Deputy Secretary Eduardo Sanchez said on Tuesday, “This arrest delivers a personal blow to the most wanted man in Mexico."
Coronel is the father of Guzman's third wife, Ema Coronel Aispuro, who married the notorious drug lord in 2007 in a mountainous town in Durango State.
The US agency said Coronel "plays a key role" in the Sinaloa drug cartel led by Guzman. We praise God for this major victory; however, we do not let up in our calling out to Almighty God to continue to uncover the hidden things along our border and in our state and to dismantle the devastating criminal activities brought into Arizona. It is our heart to continue to believe God to keep our families, children, schools, businesses, and communities safe.
http://borderissues.us/2013/05/01/mexican-police-arrest-drug-lords-in-law/
Recently, Planned Parenthood®, the nation's leading abortion seller, held its annual national conference. And for the first time in history, a sitting president delivered the keynote address.
President Obama was not subtle in his support for the organization that already receives more than $500 million a year from taxpayers en route to committing one-third of the nation's abortions. He spoke against reasonable restrictions to abortion, including state laws requiring parental involvement for minors and informed consent for adults. These "absurd" protections, he said, make "you want to make sure you're still living in 2013”…
Obama praised Planned Parenthood® with an unqualified endorsement but has totally ignored the criminal murder charges against Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell, who is standing trial on multiple counts of murder in the deaths of babies born alive after abortions as well as one pregnant woman.
This is the same president who has disregarded religious freedom, requiring non-profit organizations, charities and for-profit business owners with strong religious beliefs to pay for contraceptives and possible abortion-causing drugs in employee healthcare plans.
Obama says pro-life forces want to return the nation to the 1950s. While that certainly was not a good time for the civil rights of African Americans or workplace opportunities for women, it was a much better time for survival if you were a preborn baby. It was a time when we didn't abort a million of our children each year, when women weren't widely exploited by pornography, when sex trafficking was unheard of and divorce was rare.
The president ended his speech by saying, "God bless you" to Planned Parenthood®. Let's pray that God will so radically impact the hearts of our leaders that our prevailing policies will protect the innocent and restore religious freedom—so that our nation can once again be one that God can bless.” Please pray for the protection of the unborn children. Satan wants to rob them of life in the womb when they are most defenseless. Each one of these children has the wonderful potential God, their Creator, has put within them.
The dates for our 3rd ALL PEOPLES PRAYER ASSEMBLY (APPA) are 18-25 Sept 2013. We actually start on the evening of the 18th Sept, and these dates are the same dates for Sukkot or Feast of Tabernacles for 2013. Our main prayer need is still finding a venue along the East Coast of the USA. The organisers are checking out sites in Philadelphia and Virginia and New York. We checked a site in New Jersey but it is too small. We are expecting a few thousands and we are looking for a venue with camping facilities as well.
Our mid-term election here in the Philippines is set on May 13, 2013, Monday. Kindly include us and our nation in your prayers. Thanks and God bless you all! Here are some prayer points:
Philippines Mid-Term Election 2013
Prayer Points
A NEW SEASON
Pray that the Lord will speak to each of us regarding the season that the Philippines is in. Believe that the Lord is about to do a new thing in the Philippine government. (Isaiah 43:18-19)
1. RIGHTEOUS GOVERNMENT
Declare that righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit has come upon the Philippine government. Invite Jesus to rule and reign over our nation with His scepter of righteousness and justice. That the Lord Himself will handpick our senators, congressmen, governors, mayors and councilors.
2. CLEAN ELECTIONS
A. COMELEC (Commissions on Election) – Pray that the Lord will protect the sanctity of the ballots and the picos machines. Pray for the integrity and conscience of the watchers.
B. VOTERS – Pray that the voters will vote with their consciences. Bind the spirit of mamon, vote-buying, and harassment and release the spirit of the fear of the Lord. That there will be vigilance in protecting our votes.
C. PEACE & ORDER – Pray that there will be no violence and bloodshed. Bind the spirit of intimidation and let loose the spirit of power, love and a sound mind. That the police and military will serve the best interest of our countrymen.
3. CHURCH
Pray that the church will support candidates who are believers called in the government. That these candidates will promote God's principles and agenda in the Philippines.
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PRAY WITH YOUR CHURCH, ASSEMBLE IN PUBLIC PLACES, GATHER IN HOMES OR SECRET PLACES
United by a Prayer for the World, Christians from all over the world, from different cultures and denominations, from many diverse streams will gather in their homes, or where appropriate, assemble in stadiums, public auditoriums and open squares, and many will devote portions of their Sunday morning Service to united prayer.
Some meetings will be small. Others will be large, but each one will be praying with the same vision of repentance and hope. As at the first Pentecost, we’ll worship God openly in Christ’s name and pray for the healing and blessings of the nations. As much as possible, we are seeking to gather in places beyond the walls of our church buildings.
On this day we are all praying WITH the world as we pray FOR the world.
A New Season Global Day of Prayer – Promotional Video on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4FFKLgBCFo
To unite in Prayer with Christians from across the globe, we request every observance to use “A Prayer for the World” during their gathering.
http://www.globaldayofprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1.-Prayer-for-the-World.pdf
We finished the trumpet wake-up call in January. Turkey was the nation number 50 and the last in Europe. Below you can read that the vision grows and we start to go to the continents… So the message spreads out in the German-speaking world. And now we produced also a new professional English version (sound the trumpet see below) to give it in international meetings to brothers and sisters.
It is important that people know that God is at work in Europe! We have some awesome testimonies as to what is happening in some nations after we blow the trumpets and prayed together with brothers and sisters from there. For example: In Greece (northern part), some ministries and local churches gave more than 100,000 Bibles to the people. In Spain, trough a nationwide evangelistic campaign, more then 10,000 people came to Christ!! In the Balkan nations, the prayer leaders come together. Also in the north and south region of Europe, God brought pastors and prayer leaders together, and I was a part of some awesome meetings. This is only a very quick report that God is doing his work on this continent in all the darkness. And this is just the beginning. Hope you will help to make it public as an encouragement for us all.
I will thank You, Lord, above all the nations of the world!
Hallelujah! Praise and glory be to our great God. It is finished! And our hearts are full of wonderment and thankfulness. In March 2010 we had our first meeting in Basel, where we proclaimed God’s message and blew the trumpets. On 27th January 2013, we did the same in Turkey. Between these two dates we have been able to travel to all 50 European countries to deposit God’s Word and together with our brothers and sisters there blow the two trumpets. God gave us many wonderful moments of fellowship. And a good portion of protection! Also time and again, God provided for us through friends like you so that we were able to travel to all the nations either by car or plane, to carry out that which He had said that we should do. Please look on our website. www.verein-abraham.ch
Thank you, dear Father!
An now the task continues…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao9alAQ__A8&feature=youtu.be
Blow the trumpets on all continents!
We have often been asked on our travels by different brothers and sisters: “What about the other countries? Shouldn’t they also hear this message and the trumpets?“
We passed on these questions to God and believe we have received the following answer from Him: The trumpets should be blown on every continent, as before, with brothers and sisters from their respective countries. They should be blown in the north, south, east and west parts of each continent.
As we realised the implications of this new task, we were intrigued to see how the initiative is seamlessly continuing.
In Turkey we finished the first task for Europe! There, we have started this new initiative to the continents! The largest part of this country is part of Asia. It is the most western part of the Asian continent. And therefore, we blew the trumpets out from the west over the continent of Asia. Blow the trumpets in and from Switzerland over Europe and the whole world!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao9alAQ__A8&feature=youtu.be
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Get Ready for the Harvest
How to evangelize?
On this day, millions of Christians will share the Gospel, many of them for the first time. No matter how experienced you already are, everyone can still learn and improve. Start to prepare your church, home group and yourself for this special day of outreach. It's not difficult…Everyone can learn how to speak to people and lead them to Jesus.
Everyone can reach someone.
Everyone has something to give.
Everyone can learn how to do it.
Here you will find three practical and comprehensible teachings that will help you:
“Everyone can reach someone!” Training booklet with practical instructions how to talk to people and lead someone to Jesus Christ. Download pdf (many languages) http://www.globaloutreachday.com/resources
What is our message? You are the messenger! Do you know the message?
http://www.globaloutreachday.com/resources
Principles of communication – You have the best message! Learn how people will listen to it!
http://www.globaloutreachday.com/resources
What are you doing on May 25th?
In the weeks before May 25th
• Pray for power and boldness to be a witness.
• Pray for open hearts and divine opportunities to talk to people about Jesus.
On May 25th: Reach out to at least one person with the Gospel.
There are unlimited possibilities for doing this.
One on One - Invite someone over for a cup of coffee and tell him about Jesus.
Two by Two – Meet in your church and split up into small teams. Then go two by two to reach the people where they are – on the streets, in the market places, in hospitals, etc.
Care and Share – Do something good for someone and then share the Good News with him.
PRAY WITH YOUR CHURCH, ASSEMBLE IN PUBLIC PLACES, GATHER IN HOMES OR SECRET PLACES
United by a Prayer for the World, Christians from all over the world, from different cultures and denominations, from many diverse streams will gather in their homes, or where appropriate, assemble in stadiums, public auditoriums and open squares, and many will devote portions of their Sunday morning Service to united prayer.
Some meetings will be small. Others will be large, but each one will be praying with the same vision of repentance and hope. As at the first Pentecost, we’ll worship God openly in Christ’s name and pray for the healing and blessings of the nations. As much as possible, we are seeking to gather in places beyond the walls of our church buildings.
On this day we are all praying WITH the world as we pray FOR the world.
A New Season Global Day of Prayer – Promotional Video on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4FFKLgBCFo
To unite in Prayer with Christians from across the globe, we request every observance to use “A Prayer for the World” during their gathering.
http://www.globaloutreachday.com/resources, http://www.globaloutreachday.com/getinvolved#node-232, http://www.globaloutreachday.com/#block-quicktabs-1