International Prayer Connections
Please stand in the gap for our faithful and dedicated brothers and sisters serving God in Communist Vietnam. There is definitely a fresh wind of the Spirit blowing across the nation and plans are being made for many outreaches over the Christmas period. Outreaches and evangelistic programs are also in…
29 NOVEMBER 2014 Werner Groenewald and his two children martyred in Afghanistan This morning (Sunday 30 November 2014) our hearts are broken. We have lost a dear friend, a faithful worker and a precious soul-mate. Werner Groenewald and his two beautiful children, Jean-Pierre and Rhodé, were killed in a Taliban…
We have received disturbing news from the brother who leads the reconciliation ministry in North East Congo. Apparently a militia group associated with Al Qaeda has been on the rampage. Beni is where the ministry is based and where Daniel and many of the team live. I'll quote from his…
My cell phone spurs me on each time it powers up with AT&T's motto, "Rethink Possible!" Marketers, in this case, are good theologians-and Christians in the Western world would do well to take this exhortation seriously. When it comes to praying for God's miraculous intervention, why is it so easy…
Throughout 20-plus years of ministry, and in many diverse situations in 58 national prayer initiatives, my colleagues and I have found certain Scripture passages and principles to be especially helpful in releasing our faith-and the faith of the local people who have participated in prayer with us. It is the…
Article Subheading In Babylon, the prophet Daniel found the promise that God made through Jeremiah. "in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of…
"The recent suicide bombing at the main border crossing between India and Pakistan does not portend any new jihadist threat to either country. The Nov. 2 attack -- which follows attacks in Iran by Balochistan-based Pakistani jihadists -- shows that jihadists, although weakened, are launching attacks across a wide area.…
"Boko Haram insurgents have so far seized control of over 20,000 square kilometers of territory in three North Eastern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, Daily trust reports... The land mass under the control of the insurgents is about the size of Wales in the United Kingdom or the state…
An excerpt from "The Powers that Be: Theology for a New Millennium" by Walter Wink. "Intercessory prayer is spiritual defiance of what is in the way of what God has promised. Intercession visualizes an alternative future to the one apparently fated by the momentum of current forces. Prayer infuses the…
Corporate listening to God in a local congregation or prayer group (Acts 13:1-3) I. Church Leadership 1. It builds on common conviction among the leadership a. Believe The Lord continues to speak to His children nowadays - through the Bible, through an idea in our mind, through dreams and visions,…
Washington, D.C. area (Pentagon City, Arlington, Virginia) Approximately 85-90 ministry leaders, issue experts and intercessors from throughout America gathered for two days of all-out prayer for the USA one week before its mid-term elections (November 4). We were determined to avoid the syndrome of most American conferences- lots of talking…
WASHINGTON - The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan - the Taliban group that seeks the overthrow of the Pakistani government - has sworn allegiance to the Islamic State, or ISIS, and has directed jihadists across the region to help ISIS set up its caliphate. ISIS declared its caliphate from territory seized last June…