Thank you for your prayers for us here in Paris. Truly the Lord did a miracle in bringing us (Warwick & Alison Marsh) together with key French intercessors at such short notice to pray outside the Bataclan Theatre. 

Please also find the exciting prayer report from the Baxters below ours. Prayer is powerful and I had puzzled greatly with some inexplicable aspects of the terror attacks at the stadium. The death toll should have been much higher. The Baxter's prayer report below ours provides the answers. 

Alison and I gathered to pray with 20 French prayer warriors from Paris outside the Bataclan theatre which was the site of biggest death toll of all the terrorist attacks. http://www.smh.com.au/world/paris-attacks-australian-man-recounts-moment-shooting-started-in-bataclan-concert-hall-20151114-gkz8h3.html  

 Interestingly the Bataclan theatre was owned by a Jewish family for many decades but they had been threatened by Muslims for many years and had recently sold the Bataclan theatre to new owners only two months before the attacks. It is quite possible the Muslim attackers did not know this as they have a habit of attacking Jewish targets. 

We gathered in a small circle and lit candles for the deceased as a memorial and we then prayed both in English and French and sang worship songs together on the pavement outside the theatre. I brought greetings from intercessors in both the USA and Australia and assured them of our continued prayers and our support. Many other non Christian Parisians were there as well. TV crews wandered freely. 

The prayer gathering was led by Ps Carlos who had helped lead a Christian interdenominational gathering with 1,100 people in attendance only one month before in the Bataclan Theatre.  It was sobering to realise that the Christian gathering he led was spared this atrocity. Most of those attending the prayer gathering had been there at this special interdenominational prayer gathering only one month before so this prayer time outside the theatre held a great significance for them. 

Sadly the death metal group playing at the Bataclan theatre had just launched into their song called Kiss the Devil when the killings began. http://www.metrolyrics.com/kiss-the-devil-lyrics-eagles-of-death-metal.html  Their song was eerily prophetic in more ways than one, as the scripture says; "Life and death are in the power of the tongue."

Later on we celebrated communion together with wine and bread that Alison and I brought for that purpose. It became the first time that those prayer warriors had celebrated the blood and the body of Jesus Christ on the pavements of Paris. Hopefully not the last. 

Evangelical Christians in France live under overt and covert persecution whilst up till now Muslims have been favoured with special privileges. We need to pray for our French brothers and sisters.

Another French sister told me how her husband who was a pastor was beaten up by three Muslims. Muslims target Christians and Jews in particular. Civil authorities often turn a blind eye to such persecution. She also told me how her church kept getting "evicted" from its rented premises every few months. Even now the city authorities keep taking the church to court to evict it from its current building.

 Such persecution of evangelical churches and Christians  by civil authorities is common through most of France. France has sown a wind and reaped a whirlwind but our job as people of prayer  is to intercede and cry "Grace, Grace" over Paris and the nation of France. 

Kim Clement had given a very interesting prophetic word about revival coming to France after a period of darkness caused by Muslim influence. Alison and I felt emboldened to pray for a special sudden out pouring of the Holy Spirit using Acts chapter two as our scriptural mandate. Revival does have a scriptural mandate no matter what anyone says. No one can argue with God. 

We invite the Global Christian Community to join with us in prayer for Revival to come to France in Jesus Name. His Blood has made a way for all nations to experience His saving grace. Let us covenant with our French brothers and sisters in Christ in prayer for a miraculous outpouring of the Holy Ghost in France in Jesus Name. 

"More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams off." Thank you for your ongoing prayers for revival in France. 

Much love

Warwick & Alison Marsh

Australia

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MIRACLES IN THE MIDST OF TERROR by Robert & Kathryn Baxter (Nov 15, 2015)

First of all I want to thank all of you for your love and support during what is now hailed as the worst terror attack on French soil in the history of the nation.  People all over the world have communicated with us their solidarity.  And we are all extremely grateful for it.

The most recent update that we have received is that 129 people died in the carnage.  More than 350 are injured, 99 of whom are in critical condition.  I heard through a third source that one of the 99 is now deceased; but I have not been able to confirm that.

A story of providence has emerged through the smoke of mourning that brings hope to our hearts.  The three bombs that exploded at the national football stadium were all the work of kamikaze terrorists, equipped with explosive belts.  The friendly match between France and Germany attracted more than 80,000 spectators, among whom were the French President and the German minister of foreign affairs.  In the crowd was one of the members of our church.

The match was well engaged when the first terrorist detonated his belt, killing a passer by.  The stadium, which is only 10-15 minutes walk from our church is surrounded by stores, movie theaters, restaurants and apartments.  It is a very lively neighborhood.  And yet it would seem that the terrorist chose the one spot that he would do the LEAST amount of damage.

About 5-7 minutes later the second terrorist detonated his belt, killing only himself.  And minutes later the third terrorist walked to a back alley, away from any passersby and detonated his belt, killing only himself.  Another member of our church lives only a block away from where one of the terrorists committed suicide; with the warm weather Friday evening she and her son could have very well taken a walk, or gone to the fast-food restaurant for ice cream.

An anonymous source inside the Paris Police called the situation at the stadium a miracle. Had the terrorists exploded their belts as the thousands of people waited to go into the stadium they would have killed perhaps a hundred in the initial blast; and many more would have been killed or injured in a stampede that would have ensued.  Or if they had waited the end of game and exploded the belts as people filed out of the stadium, again the carnage would have extremely heavy.

Though we may never know exactly why these terrorists exploded their belts when they did, I would like to note here that our church has nearly daily prayer in our building just a short walk from the stadium. Our church is the closet church to the stadium. We are highly conscious of the effects of specific prayer and we pray regularly over our neighborhood.  And we often have evangelism teams visiting those areas.

On Saturday morning as our Bible school students gathered at the church, ignoring the Police order to stay at home, we set ourselves to pray for our city and our nation.  God revealed to us that there were terrorists related to this event, and other active cells in France.  So we began to pray that their covering of darkness would be pulled back and that all people related to this barbaric act would be revealed.

We learned just this morning that three people have been arrested near Brussels in relation to these events.  But we believe there are more.

We are calling the French to four days of prayer and fasting for our nation, Monday through Thursday (Nov 16-19).  I invite you to join us.  Pray with us for these things:

We are praying for God’s great mercy and compassion to be poured out on those who have lost a family member, friend, colleague.  We are praying for this evil to be turned into a wave of salvation for the French.

God has told us that there are other terrorist cells active in France; and we are praying that they would be exposed to the authorities, and dealt with adequately.

And finally, we believe God has called us to repent for the silence of the church as our society has slid into moral decadence.  We believe that the “normalisation” of immorality has destroyed God’s protection over our nation.  And He is calling us to repent.

Thursday evening our church members will come together for a time of collective prayer and intercession at 7:30 pm Paris time (1:30 pm New York).  We would be honored to have you join us.

Let's pray for our nations

Please pray with veteran YWAM prayer leader Sam Hofmann and those from Paris churches in a special prayer initiative in Paris starting tomorrow, December 1