God performs miracles.  War between India and Pakistan was averted, a war that likely would have ended in a nuclear war.

Let’s see how God worked in answering prayer in circumstances that seemed impossible. “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.(Matt 19:26)” Last month there was an article in the IPC entitled “India vs. Pakistan: dangerous standoff between two nuclear–armed countries.” War tensions were rising extremely fast.

Both countries were sending warplanes across each other’s borders. Pakistan shot down an Indian plane and captured its pilot.  Both countries were bracing for an all-out war, nuclear weapons were being readied.

You were praying. God worked in miraculous ways to make men do what seemed incredibly impossible.

Prime Minister Khan of Pakistan announced in Parliament that Pakistan, as a “peace gesture,” would release the captured Indian pilot. This took everyone by complete surprise.  The pilot was given back to India three days later.

Why incredible?  Both nations expected the usual treatment of this prisoner.  He would be dishonored/lose face, as a representative of his country, as he was paraded through the streets of major cities in Pakistan as a symbol of what Pakistan had done.  This would raise war tensions on both sides of the border.

Khan took an extraordinary chance in doing this. His own countrymen might well have overthrown him for making such a move, or the military could have taken over as everyone expected.  But God was at work - all of Parliament, including the opposition parties, stood up and supported this move.

It took India by surprise. Some of their news outlets even wondered where Prime Minister Moti was during this emergency - he was out campaigning for his re-election.

An Ephesians 6:12 battle seemed to be taking place between the forces of evil and God’s army.

Satan seemed to have the upper hand.

In the center of the 10/40 window, one of the most densely populated areas of the world, an unprecedented number of people would be killed in a nuclear war. Satan is here to “kill and destroy.”

The West and much of the rest of the world seemed to be oblivious to this.  President Trump was in Vietnam with President Kim Jong-un trying to stop North Korea from developing and using nuclear weapons.  Meanwhile, just a few countries away, there was a real possibility of nuclear war taking place. Satan was “blinding eyes.” 

Those in the world whose eyes were open were China, Russia, and a Muslim coalition that Saudi Arabia and Turkey and other Muslim countries had asked Pakistan to lead and formulate, which led to their falling in line behind Pakistan.

Pakistani Christians have expressed to me that what Khan did was a more Christian action than many of them would have done.

BUT GOD     What is impossible with man is possible with God.

WHY?  PRAYER.  United Prayer. You in IPC were praying, and many other groups around the world were praying.  When we come together in unity it allows God to perform the impossible.

Christians in both India and Pakistan were praying. India has a strong prayer movement.

In Pakistan we have learned in the past that when India and Pakistan are on the brink of war, there are certain demonic centers that control much of this activity. We have learned to go to these places and pray; several times war has been averted within 3 to 7 days. I am now learning that prayer teams went to some of these places in Pakistan as war was escalating. 

United Prayer stopped this catastrophe.

Thank you for your prayers.

Please CONTINUE PRAYING, this emergency is not over yet. Any spark could ignite a nuclear war. .

• India - retaliating. India’s elections are soon to take place. Prime Minister Moti has lost one of his best campaign platforms - beating the war drums.      
• Pakistan – The Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists making another hit (It is not that easy to take out terrorists. Their leaders have been taken out in the past and they have regrouped. Recently they have been arrested again. May they not be motivated by Satan to carry out some kind of attack to show that they are still alive.)

May you be encouraged!  What a wonderful illustration of United Prayer. 
“With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”    

Submitted by an anonymous Prayer Leader who has lived most of his life in both countries.