Thousands protest government corruption across Hungary
Thousands of people have gathered in 50 cities across Hungary to protest what many say is an erosion of democratic freedoms and government corruption. Sunday’s (19 April) demonstrations came after the European Commission suspended payments to Hungary over suspected corruption and irregularities in the awarding of tenders. ‘Listening to my heart I would make them resign and call an early election,’ a woman told Euronews. ‘For me, anybody else would be better than them, They have no shame.’ Euronews correspondent Attilla Magyar filed the following report from Budapest: ‘The last months have seen several demonstrations against corruption and the actions of Orbán’s government. The most recent protest demonstration was sparked by the recent disagreement between the European Union and the Hungarian government. The organisers have promised more demonstrations.’
Europe: A call to ‘Rise Up-now ’
From May 14 to16, in Wiesbaden, Germany, International Prayer Connect will hold a prayer conference for Europe for prayer leaders based on the fact that Europe is the first port of call for millions of immigrants coming from the Arab world. This conference will be the third in a succession of similar prayer gatherings where God’s people have sought His face for Europe. The first was in 2013 in the UK. Many representatives of Arabic churches attended. In 2014 Germany held a similar conference and later that year 35 prayer leaders from 15 European countries organised the 2015 conference that is to be not only for the Arabs living in Europe, but for all Christians to unite and seek God's face in a season when many believe He is calling His church to rise up and stand in prayer for Europe in a time of significant security threats and economic cracks that are beginning to happen across nations. For more info please visit, www.riseup-now.com
Armenian Genocide Reconciliation
Request for Prayer: Armenian Genocide Reconciliation – 21 and 24 April 2015
Rosemarie Streseman of Intercessors for Germany asks special prayer for the following:
“Tomorrow on April 21 there will be a major service of repentance with approximately 3000 participants with hundreds of pastors from all over Armenia (Baptists, Free Churches, Protestant circles etc.). This meeting has an immense importance for the brothers in Armenia and Armenians around the world.
A small team of Germans is there with Rosemarie Stresemann and Prince Philip who's grand-father, Kaiser Wilhelm, was in power in Germany at the time of the major genocide against Armenians during the Ottoman - Empire. This brother, Prince Philip, wants to ask all the participants for forgiveness for the partial guilt of Germany, not helping the Armenians during the genocide 100 years back. He will do that again on April 24th at an Orthodox - church during their service. The 1st service will be live tomorrow at 6.00 pm Armenian time on the following net - address: http://7x70.tv/ http://wolarm.org/
Prayer requests:
- Wisdom to fine - tune the service so that Jesus can do all he wants.
- For protection and a spirit of repentance for all who come from Germany
- For a major healing and encouragement for the Armenian nation
- So that everything that will be loosened on earth will be also loosed in heaven and that the will of God will become reality in our nations & governments.”
North Korea Report
Dear Friends,
Greetings. I owe you a report from the Prayer Initiative for North Korea. I came home from Asia with some sickness for several days and so am now just getting back to you. It was a magnificent initiative, one of the best organized and most powerful ones I have been part of. We certainly felt your prayers of support. The Korean organizers did such a great job, and it is always so invigorating to pray Korean style with everyone crying out to the Lord at the same time, a great ocean wave of fervent intercession! There were about 300 participants, with both North and South Koreans and about 10% who were from other nations. The first day focused on repentance, the next on intercession, and the final day on restoration and blessing.
We also made an excursion to the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone), a few kilometers of land between the North and South that are technically still at war with only a cease-fire in place. There, in a little church building built on land where many thousands died during the North Korean invasion in 1950, we had our final service of worship, prayer and declaration of His blessings over these two divided nations.
Many had the same sense, inspired on Isaiah 40 and other Scripture passages, that there will be a new super highway connecting the North and South in a reunified nation after the DMZ barbwire fences are torn down, and that a move towards reunification was already in process. The Korean organizers are working on a fuller report along with a brief video which I will send to you when it is completed. Please continue to pray for the intercessors to be encouraged and to persevere and for the governments of both nations and the surrounding countries to be willing to work together to bring about a new, united Korea.
