National Prayer Assembly
Calling for a Gideon's Army of Prayer Warriors for such a time as this!
Are you sensing a call of God to a time of intense intercession for the United States? At this time of growing crisis in which our nation seems to be have lost its direction morally, spiritually, politically and economically, a number of Christian leaders have heard that call and are inviting you to Washington DC, October 29-30 for a National Prayer Assembly. Scheduled just one week before our national elections, it comes at a crucial time in our nation's life. It is not a time for politicking or posturing, but for passionate prayer for a fresh move of God for the transformation of our nation. Our prayer focus is on repentance, reconciliation, and revival in the spirit of God's great promise for national restoration in 2 Chronicles 7:14.
This gathering is being sponsored by America's National Prayer Committee, The International Prayer Council, Mission America Coalition, and Renewal of America.
The venue will be the Sheraton Pentagon City in Arlington, Virginia near ReaganNational Airport and very good nightly rates of $184 (single or double) have been secured until September 25. A registration fee of $55 helps us secure the gorgeous meeting room overlooking all of D.C. and provides coffee, tea, and water for the two days of praying together. The hotel is located close to the Metro and allows us easy access to visit significant sites in the City for onsite intercession. The registration site is: www.nationalprayercommittee.com Additional details can be found there, including information on reserving your rooms at the hotel. The hotel number for registrations is: 1 800 325 3535.
Pakistan anti-government protests turn deadly
At least three people killed and 494 injured as police clash with protesters calling for PM Nawaz Sharif to resign.
Islamabad, PAKISTAN - Clashes between police and anti-government protesters have continued outside Pakistan's parliament, resulting in the deaths of at least three people, and injuries to 494 more, witnesses and hospital officials have told Al Jazeera.
Police continued to fire tear gas and rubber bullets at hundreds of stone-throwing protesters, while thousands more remained behind the front lines outside the country's parliament building in the capital Islamabad.
The protesters, supporters of opposition politician Imran Khan and anti-government cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, have been camped out outside the country's parliament since August 15, calling for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's government to resign.
Meanwhile, limited protests were also held by PTI and PAT supporters in Karachi, Lahore and other cities in Pakistan.
http://m.aljazeera.com/story/2014831145733222260
Pray for stability and peace for Pakistan and that the government and military will be able to restore order. Pray that in the midst of all this uproar and chaos people would reach out to Christ as the only one who can bring them true peace personally and nationally.
ISIS about to become a nuclear power?
WASHINGTON - Abdul Maulana Aziz, a follower of Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar who led the infamous Red Mosque rebellion in Pakistan, has declared his support for the newly formed Islamic State, led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
The jihadist army of the Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS, had taken over large swaths of Iraq and declared the establishment of a caliphate, governed by Islamic law, or Shariah, that also includes northeastern Syria.
Aziz's backing of Baghdadi is seen as ominous by Western intelligence, since he is close to such groups as Sipa-e-Sahaba and the Tehnik-i-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, which seek the overthrow - even by violent means - of the Pakistani government, which possesses nuclear weapons.
Aziz's support for Baghdadi and ISIS comes as Pakistan, a predominantly Sunni country, faces yet another political crisis that threatens the existence of its democratic secular government. Political opponents of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have demanded his resignation, which he has refused.
His opponents want sweeping constitutional reform to replace parliamentary democracy and confront alleged corruption that has crept into the electoral process. However, jihadist groups see an opportunity now to assert their influence as Pakistan's political crisis grows worse.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2014/08/isis-gains-support-of-fierce-leader/#ltJCmrshCzEGO3SZ.99
Please pray for the government and military of Pakistan to contain and stop the Islamic radical groups within its borders that threaten not only this nation but the world. Pray for the cutting off of any connections between the Pakistani and other Muslim extremist groups with ISIS so that their vision of an Islamic caliphate pictured below will be frustrated and overthrown
Pic: ISIS five year plan map.
Pakistan & India: Heaviest Cross-Border Firing Since 1971 War, Says Border Security Force Chief
Please keep this potentially most dangerous border on earth in prayer. Between them, India and Pakistan have an estimated 230 nukes and according to Dr. Kent Moors, an intelligence expert, "are literally gambling with the fate of the rest of the world". A nuclear conflict between these two nations could, he says, "set off a global famine that could kill two billion people and effectively end human civilization" because of spreading radiation.
Having already fought three wars over the disputed Kashmir territory, another all-out war is possible, especially with much of the military of Pakistan under the influence of radical Islamic groups who do not fear "mutually assured destruction", the deterrence that thankfully kept the Cold War from going nuclear.
1 Please pray for the governments of Pakistan and India that they will find a way to keep the peace between them and to settle their differences over the much-contested area of Kashmir as well as the matter of sharing precious water resources.
2 Pray for the discrediting and overthrow of radical, extremist Muslim and Hindu groups that are willing to provoke a conflict and do not care about the end of the world scenario that could be activated.
3 Pray that the devil, diabolos, the divider and destroyer would be bound and unable to exacerbate this long-standing conflict.
(See Kent Moors' book, The Great Game: The Coming Face Off for Global Supremacy, The Money Map Press, 2014 for more intelligence on geopolitical issues worthy of serious prayer focus.)
