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Forgiving others: why?

By and others ⋅ September 10, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

We forgive not merely to fulfil some higher law of morality, we do it for ourselves. The first and often the only person to be healed by forgiveness is the one who does the forgiving… When we genuinely forgive we set a prisoner free and then discover that the prisoner was us Philip Yancey, What’s […]

Pray for the World – 6 September 2010

By and others ⋅ September 6, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * GREECE EXPERIENCES MASSIVE BIBLE OUTREACH * IRAN ESCALATES REPRESSION AND PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS * ACTOR FINDS NEW SUCCESS AFTER REFUSING RISQUE ROLES * CHURCHES IN ALGERIA ORDERED TO CEASE ACTIVITY * STUDENTS PUNISHED FOR OPPOSING HOMOSEXUALITY * FLOODING CAUSES HAVOC IN PAKISTAN * JEWISH PRAYER FOCUS 2010 BEGINS SEPTEMBER 8. […]

Pray for Azerbaijan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan

By and others ⋅ September 4, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

FORUM 18 NEWS SERVICE, Oslo, Norway http://www.forum18.org/ The right to believe, to worship and witness The right to change one’s belief or religion The right to join together and express one’s belief ================================================= 1 September 2010 AZERBAIJAN: NO RE-REGISTRATION, NO BUILDING – NO WORSHIP http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1482 Cathedral of Praise Protestant church in Baku – which claims […]

Pray for the World August 30, 2010

By and others ⋅ August 30, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * MASS ARREST OF NEW CHRISTIAN CONVERTS IN IRAN * PRESS STATEMENT BY KENYAN CHRISTIAN CHURCH LEADERS * WORLD HAS FORGOTTEN ABOUT SOMALIA * NIGERIAN PRESIDENT CALLS FOR UNRELENTING PRAYER FOR HIS COUNTRY * PAKISTAN FLOODS CREATE POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY * ADULT STEM CELL STUDIES OUTPERFORM EMBRYONIC CELLS * U.K. STUDY FINDS […]

Pray for Persecuted Christians around the World (25 August 2010)

By and others ⋅ August 26, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 070 | Wed 25 Aug 2010 ‘For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, “In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.”‘ (Isaiah 30: 15 ESV) AUGUST 2010 UPDATE — During August we prayed concerning . . […]

PRAY FOR THE WORLD (August 23, 2010)

By and others ⋅ August 23, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * PAPUA TENSE AS INDONESIA MILITARY SWEEPS THE COUNTRY * NORTH KOREA REMAINS NUMBER ONE PERSECUTOR OF CHRISTIANS * ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS THREATEN PAKISTAN’S MINISTER FOR MINORITIES * BRITISH GOVERNMENT COULD GIVE ATHEIST SCHOOLS THE GREEN LIGHT * LEBANESE SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON ARABS TO PROTECT AND NURTURE CHRISTIANS * TEN MEDICAL WORKERS […]

PAKISTAN: CHRISTIANS’ PLIGHT CRITICAL

By and others ⋅ August 19, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 069 | Wed 18 Aug 2010 RLPB 066 (July Update) noted two appalling attacks against Pakistani Christians: that of Christian trainee nurse Magdalene Ashraf, who had been beaten, tortured, gang-raped and thrown from a hospital window; and the case of brothers Rev Rashid Emmanuel (32) and Sajid Emmanuel (30) […]

Pray for the World – August 16, 2010

By and others ⋅ August 16, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * CURRENCY REFORMS FAILING IN NORTH KOREA * JEWISH PRAYER FOCUS 2010 * PRAYER ALERT FOR THE SEASON OF RAMADAN * GOD CAN SAVE THE PHILIPPINES, SAYS NEW PRESIDENT * BABY BORN HEALTHY DESPITE DOCTORS CALL TO ABORT * KILLING OF CHRISTIANS TRIGGERS UNREST IN PAKISTAN ———————————————– CURRENCY REFORMS FAILING IN […]

North Korea, Indonesia: pray for persecuted believers

By and others ⋅ August 12, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 068 | Wed 11 Aug 2010 Note with GRIM NEWS FROM NORTH KOREA: North Korea Intellectuals Solidarity (NKIS) has learned that 23 residents of Kuwal-dong, Pyungsung, South Pyongan Province, North Korea, were arrested in mid-May for their involvement in religious activities. After interrogating the believers, the regime executed three […]

A Prayer for Today

By and others ⋅ August 10, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Eternal God, your touch makes this world holy, Open our eyes to see your hand at work in the splendor of creation, and in the beauty of human life. Help us to cherish the gifts that surround us, to share your blessings with our sisters and brothers, and to experience the joy of life in […]

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