1) UPRISING: World Youth Prayer Assembly, July 26-30, 2016, South Korea. Up to 2500 youth and young adults supported by adults and children (three generations together) will gather near the Demilitarized Zone with thousands more from South Korea to seek the Lord together for this important middle generation, its unique mission for our world as well as the calling He has for each of those participating. An important aim is mobilising young people to initiate prayer around the globe. 

Registrations are now live at www.unitedprayerrising.com along with other important information.   Please pray for Jerome Ocampo, the convener and the International Dream Team of younger leaders who are planning this event along with the local Korean team. Pray for His wisdom, unity of heart and provision of funds for the event and all those who take part.

2) One of our Middle Eastern colleagues asks us to pray for raising up the Watchmen on the walls and altars of prayer on every street. There is a need for a global call to the church to come together to seek the Lord for an end to the bondage due to false religion and the related radical ideology that causes terrorism.  It is also “time to rise up against winds blowing in Europe” he warned and challenged us to pray particularly for Europe and not just the Middle East. Another prayer leader from the Middle East received a word from the Lord that we are heading towards an extraordinary time in many aspects. He saw crisis gatherings for every continent / region, covering arts, media, education etc. with groaning and travail coming out of them as well as rains of revelation and heavenly strategies.  

Some of these gatherings are already being planned. June 16-19, 2016, in Milan, Italy, 1,000 people will gather for prayer and fasting for Europe.  See  http://www.riseup-now.com.   Arabs and Europeans will join hands. In addition, there will be a number of national/regional prayer initiatives in Dubai (February), Egypt (March), Turkey (May) and Israel (May) to seek the Lord for the healing and transformation of the Middle East region.

Would you please pray for Europe and the Middle East regions at this crucial time? Pray for His people and for the authorities to cope effectively with the huge stream of refugees, for national security of those nations taking them in and for the reaching of many Muslims with the love of Christ. Pray too for powerful, region-changing prayer initiatives being planned in both Europe and the Middle East that we may see His breakthroughs in 2016!

3) Prayer is requested for the effective implementation of a vision for an international community of prayer, worship, research and mission to be in the UK near Heathrow. Please pray for the guidance of the Lord and provision of the funds needed to acquire the property.

4) Please pray for GIG (Global Issachar Group) prayer gathering for Europe along with the ICCC leadership, Feb. 4-7, seeking God for a strategy this continent in this challenging time.