Annual Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church
(for the week of November 9 - 15, 2003)
FROM THE NATIONAL PRAYER EMBASSY HERE IS
TODAY'S PRAYER ALERT: AN ESTIMATED 300,000
CONGREGATIONS OF CHRISTIANS WORLDWIDE,
WITH OVER 100,000 CONGREGATIONS IN THE U.S.
ALONE, ARE OBSERVING SUNDAY NOVEMBER
9TH AS THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER FOR
THE PERSECUTED CHURCH. THIS FOLLOWS UP
ON SIMILAR EVENTS THE LAST SIX YEARS, AND
THE FIRST EVER REPORT BY THE U.S. STATE
DEPARTMENT, IN 1997, ON PERSECUTION OF
CHRISTIANS WORLDWIDE, WHICH PROMINENTLY
EXPOSED THE PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS
IN CHINA. OTHER NATIONS KNOWN FOR
CURRENT OR RECENT PERSECUTION OF
CHRISTIANS INCLUDE SUDAN, INDONESIA,
PAKISTAN, NORTH KOREA, IRAN, ALGERIA,
SAUDI ARABIA, VIETNAM, EGYPT, NIGERIA,
CUBA, LAOS, RUSSIA, UZBEKISTAN AND
AFGHANISTAN. LET'S PRAY ABOUT THIS
TODAY: "FATHER GOD, IN THE NAME OF
JESUS, WE AGREE WITH EVERY PRAYER OF
FAITH BASED ON YOUR WORD THAT YOUR
SPIRIT IS LEADING YOUR PEOPLE TO PRAY
FOR A QUICK END TO THE PERSECUTION OF
CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD. IN JESUS'
NAME, WE COME AGAINST THE SPIRITS OF
HELL BEHIND THAT PERSECUTION, AND WE
BIND THEM NOW AND CAST THEM OUT, IN
JESUS' NAME! WE THANK YOU LORD FOR
SENDING YOUR ANGELS AROUND THE
WORLD TO PROTECT BELIEVERS, AND
CAUSE FAVOR FOR THE GOSPEL. WE THANK
YOU LORD FOR RAISING UP INTERCESSORS
FOR THIS ISSUE, SUFFICIENT TO BLOCK ALL
OF SATAN'S MANEUVERS AND CAUSE YOUR
WILL ALONE TO BE DONE, IN JESUS' NAME,
AMEN! FOR FUTURE ALERTS CALL 1-800-828-PRAY
OR WWW.NATLPRAYEMB.ORG
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