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CONTENT SUMMARY
Arrow Prayers
Pastor Bob 99!
Centennial Flame National Prayer
Gathering 2007
National Teleconference Prayer
Meeting
Powder Keg Waiting For A Spark
The Nation Within The Nation
Definition of Marriage
ARROW PRAYERS
In our church we need
God! We are desperate for more of the Holy Spirit bringing the
reality of the Kingdom of God into our city. One thing we are
doing that has caught on is a program to:
Keep on praying,
All the time,
Together,
For more of the Holy Spirit
through
Arrow Prayers.
Like Nehemiah before Cyrus, these
are quick prayers during our normal daily activities. Each arrow
is small, but a shower of them will win a battle.
The king said to
me, "What is it you want?" Then
I prayed to the God of heaven, and I answered the king,
"If it pleases the king and if your servant has found favor in his
sight, let him send me to the city in Judah where my fathers are
buried so that I can rebuild it." (Nehemiah 2:1-5)
People have chosen these times when they will remember to send
daily arrow prayers:
5
am, 5:30 am, 7:30 am, 8 am, 8:30 am (or as soon as I wake up),
2:22 pm, 4 pm, 11 pm.
while cleaning my teeth (3 people)
with
my first cup of coffee
before reading the daily paper
when
logging on to my computer
on
the way to school
on
the way to work
with
every cup of tea or coffee
on
my way home in the afternoon
whenever I'm on the bus
We
are encouraged to know what a shower of arrows our simple plan is
creating. This is just part of our daily conversation with Jesus,
talking to Him in all life's circumstances. Then we can spend
special longer times with Him - seek His face, worship, read the
Bible, listen… hang out and talk.
Beth Carson,
First Century Church, Metrotown
PASTOR BOB IS 99!
Our prayers and thankfulness to God
are with Pastor Bob and Margaret Birch, as Pastor Bob reaches his
99th birthday at the end of the month. Then he will be in his
100th year all next year. Pastor Bob has rightly been called an
'Apostle of Prayer' and I believe that God has preserved him as a
sign of His faithfulness as the prayer hearing and prayer
answering God. Beth Carson who wrote the above article has also
written the biography of Pastor Bob, an account of a man who lived
in every decade of last century and did remarkable things even in
old age! Beth would be glad to tell you how you can obtain a
copy:
bethcarson@shaw.ca
GOD KEEP OUR LAND:
CENTENNIAL FLAME PRAYER GATHERING 2007
All
are invited to join with others who love the Lord to pray as we
begin a new year asking the Lord’s blessings, direction and
protection for our nation.
Saturday, January 13, 2006 - Ottawa
5:00 – 6:00 pm.
Gathering near the Centennial Flame, Parliament Hill,
Ottawa (Possibly on the Parliament
steps)
7:00 – 8:30 pm
Celebratory Worship, Prayer & Inspiration at the National House of
Prayer, 17 Myrand Avenue, Ottawa
Pastors, intercessors,
lay workers and key national prayer leaders have all been invited.
Your presence will make a difference.
Please let us know (EFC/NHOP/IFC)
that you are coming and how many others you will invite to come
with you. RSVP to
info@nhop.ca
PRAYER RAMP NATIONAL TELECONFERENCE PRAYER MEETINGS 2007
The working group for the Prayer
Ramp are sponsoring a national prayer call on the Third Thursday
of each month at 11:00 am PT / 2:00 pm ET to begin on Thursday,
January 18th. I will be facilitating the call on behalf of the
team and the first 100 people to log on will be part of the call.
We hope to prepare the call with advanced e-mails and pray
together for our nation in a disciplined and exciting way. Please
reply to me at
info@int4canada.com if you would like to be
sent details of this call.
A
POWDER KEG WAITING FOR A SPARK TO EXPLODE!
How do we pray for
Canada and the Nations when it seems that another major conflict
could erupt very soon. David Dolan in his latest Israel report for
World Net Daily concluded by saying:
"For whatever
happens in Iraq, it is now becoming abundantly clear that the
entire Middle East is on the brink of a massive eruption that
could ultimately make World War II look like a mere warm up
exercise."
Saudi King Abdullah opened the
annual summit of Gulf leaders on Saturday, December 10th, and
said:
"Our Arab region
is besieged by a number of dangers, as if it was a powder keg
waiting for a spark to explode"
These are very serious warnings and
a major conflict would quickly affect the economies of many
nations, especially if the oil supply was disrupted for any
reason. How should we position ourselves on the Wall?
I believe we need to carefully study
the scriptures concerning the Last days. Paul makes it clear in 1
Thessalonians 5:4 that the Day of the Lord should not take us by
surprise, even if the rest of the world is shocked. All of world
history is moving toward the most climatic event ever, the return
of King Jesus.
It is a command to pray for the
peace of Jerusalem and for the Jewish people to find Christ as
their Lord and Messiah.
Great hope for the whole of the
Middle East is in Isaiah 19. There might yet be time for a mighty
move of God amongst the Muslims. Isaiah saw prophetically that
Assyria is the work of God's hands, Egypt His people and Israel
his inheritance. (Isaiah 19:25)
Pray for mercy on the Canadian
Government that they will not be party to dividing up the land of
Israel. Joel 3:2 says:
I
will gather all the nations and bring them down to the valley of
Jehoshaphat, and I will enter into judgment with them there, on
account of my people and my heritage Israel, because they have
scattered them among the nations, and have divided up my land .
THE
NATION WITHIN THE NATION
I wondered at the Liberal Party
leadership election recently. Michael Ignatieff seemed to be the
chosen one, but lost some steam perhaps in part due to his
controversial comments about Quebecers as a separate people who
should be recognized as a nation under the constitution.
Remarkably the Government recently introduced a resolution: 'That
this House recognize that the Quebecois form a nation within a
united Canada'. This caused immense debate, and other cultural
groups postured to also be called a nation. It came to me that
there is already one true nation within a united Canada and that
is the holy nation of God's own people!
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood,
a
holy nation,
God's own people, that you may declare the wonderful deeds of him
who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
1 Peter 2:9
It is God's amazing
and eternal purpose to demonstrate the rich variety of His wisdom
through the church (Ephesians 3:8-10). God calls the believers in
Christ in Canada, to be a special and distinct people (Exodus
33:16), separated to doing His will which is glorious. Our
challenge is to believe in our own calling and destiny and live a
quality of life in Christ that is a true intercession for Canada,
prolonging the mercy of God and bringing transformation in every
aspect of society.
DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE
Earlier this month a Government
motion to reopen the debate on the definition of marriage was
clearly defeated by 175 to 123 votes. A nationwide process of
analysis and discussion would have been good but still would not
have changed anything. A Government must use the 'not withstanding
clause' to reverse Supreme Court decisions concerning the Charter
of Rights and Freedoms. But this course of action is regarded
generally as so extreme and intolerant that people are scared of
voting for a party that would be bold enough to do this. So what
is going on in this nation where recently nearly two thirds of the
people did not want to see the definition change? The United
Church of Canada even wrote to the Prime Minister, Paul Martin,
congratulating him on the occasion of the redefinition last year.
A few years ago who would have even dreamt of such a thing? I
believe that this vote is a sign of God's judgment on Canada, as
God the Restrainer removes himself to give more room to
lawlessness, and to give the leaders and people what they
want: Please see the literal Greek translation of 2
Thessalonians 2:7:
'For the mystery
of lawlessness already operates, only there is the one restraining
until it comes out of the midst'.
In this chapter lawlessness operates
powerfully with deception on those who reject the truth of the
Gospel, and God even sends strong delusion that they should
believe a lie. In days like these we dare not look to Parliament
to save us. We need a move of God in the church, we need a revival
from coast to coast! In 2 Thess 2:8 we see the Lawless One is
overcome by Jesus through the spirit of His mouth and the glory of
His presence. Intercessors, we can pray now, before the Day of the
Lord, that in the Church there will similarly be Spirit anointed
preaching of the Word and the manifest presence of Jesus in the
midst of His people. In our own communities lawlessness will then
be severely weakened and many will turn to Christ in this
generation. Is there another option?
If you wish to comment on any of this or communicate with us
please send an email to
info@int4canada.com.
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