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Pray for the World June/July 2012

AUSTRALIAN   PRAYER   NETWORK   NEWSLETTER    CHILD MARRIAGE FLOURISHES IN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIA ‘BABY BOXES’ IN EUROPE SETTING AN ALARMING TREND GROWING NUMBER OF U.S. CITIES MAKE IT HARD TO BE HOMELESS AS ECONOMIC CRISIS BITES EMIR REJECTS DEATH PENALTY FOR BLASPHEMY IN KUWAIT FAMILY NET WORTH DROPS 39% IN U.S. SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BLOCKED IN […]

Pray for the World June 2012

Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 164 | Wed 20 Jun 2012 —————————————– BURMA & SUDAN: WARFARE AGAINST CHRISTIANS       (Plus Nigeria) —————————————– by Elizabeth Kendal Earlier this month two horrendous wars marked one year since the breakout of hostilities. The Islamist Arab-supremacist regime in Khartoum, Sudan, began its genocidal campaign against the predominantly […]

Clergy Self-Care (Roy Oswald)

‘Unfortunately, the majority of us clergy were sent to our places of ministry with a minimal amount of support or training in spiritual formation. Somehow, between courses in theology and the Bible, plus daily chapel attendance, we budding pastors were supposed to develop into spiritual giants. Yet, in the three years I spent in a […]

Amnesty International: Persecution of Religious Minorities

ON 24 MAY 2012 Ethnic and religious minorities have been the targets of killings, torture and ill-treatment in the past 12 months, according to Amnesty International, which released on May 24 its annual report on human rights violations.  ¢â‚¬Å“Failed leadership has gone global in the last year, with politicians responding to protests with brutality or […]

Pray for the World May 2012

Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 161 | Wed 30 May 2012 By Elizabeth Kendal WELCOME to the intercessors who have joined the list this month. MAY 2012 UPDATE – During May we prayed concerning . . . * AFRICA (RLPB 157), where Christians are at risk from Islamic terrorism from one side of the […]

PRAY FOR THE WORLD (May 21-23 2012)

AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER May 21, 2012 PRESIDENT OBAMA ENDORSES SAME-SEX MARRIAGE VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT MAKES TEARFUL APPEAL TO JESUS FOR HEALING GOD GIVES ILLITERATE MAN ABILITY TO READ SCRIPTURE FACEBOOK EVANGELISM REACHING THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST LAO OFFICIALS CONFISCATE CHURCH BUILDINGS ALASKA VOTERS DEFEAT SPECIAL RIGHTS FOR HOMOSEXUAL AND LESBIANS THE […]

Pray for the World May 14 2012

Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 159 | Wed 16 May 2012 ————————————————— ACEH, INDONESIA: NEW GOVERNOR ADVANCES ISLAMISATION ————————————————— by Elizabeth Kendal Acehnese went to the polls on 9 April to elect a new governor. The incumbent, Irwandi Yusuf, running as an independent, had been favoured to win. However, in the end the people […]

GOD RID ME OF GOD (based on Meister Eckhart)

God rid me of God. God rid me of God. Of the smallness of that which I comprehend. Of the arrogance to believe that I see clearly That these answers I hold so dearly could be just another notch on this belt of my own insecurity. They may help to hold up my pants but […]

A Prayer/Reflection on Peace

Our Father God, in the name of your son and our saviour Jesus Christ, we come before you at this time as we reflect upon the gift of your peace. O Lord Jesus, you have said to us  ¢â‚¬ËœPeace I leave with you. ¢â‚¬â„¢ This peace that you give is not that of this world: it […]

Pray for the World May 7 2012

AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER PRAYING FOR THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES AMAZING ACCOUNTS OF SCORES OF MUSLIMS COMING TO CHRIST SYRIA: AN URGENT CALL FOR PRAYER SECURLARISTS USING CHRISTIANITY AS SURROGATE FOR ISLAMIC RADICALS CLAIMS ARCHBISHOP ONE IN FIVE TEENS ENGAGE IN TECH SEX CHUCK COLSON DIES AGED 80 PRAYING FOR THE LONDON […]