Transform World Global Challenge Summit
We are writing to you as a key prayer leader by way of invitation to this summit. "Transform World" (http://www.transform-world.net/new/) is a mobilization effort that emanated out of the AD 2000 prayer movement of the 90's and subsequent world inquiry. It has identified 7 key challenges now facing the church (see link for more information) (http://transform-world.net/newsletters/2012/TW2012C.pdf) and is now mobilizing focus on these challenges for the summit. The summit in Bali will catalyze a seven-year effort on meeting the challenges. One of the challenges is the "Celebration" challenge for building and connecting houses of prayer in every nation...a "911" call to the nations (based on Amos 9:11 and restoring houses of prayer in the spirit of the tabernacle of David). As you have a heart for this, we would urge your participation and help in sending delegates to this summit.
For the summit, we are looking for 70 key delegates from as many countries and key ministries as possible who will be willing to bring their experience and ideas to the table.
The "Transform World" global challenge to this "911" call will be a unique and vitally important opportunity to build relational strength, develop communication, connect, and strengthen houses of prayer and ministries focused on this vision across the nations for these increasingly tumultuous times. As Nehemiah once spoke, "The work is great and extensive, and we are separated far from one another on the wall," (Neh. 4:19). In these critical times, it is vitally important to close the gaps on the wall to build and strengthen one another. This "Global Challenges" summit will be an important opportunity to close these gaps from nation to nation and emerge more connected and effectual for these challenging times.
We would greatly encourage your prayerful participation and forwarding to contacts you know of who have a heart for the "house of prayer-tabernacle of David" type ministry. We would urge early registration for those interested for planning purposes. We believe this summit will be a pivotal and vital time of connecting to build, connect, encourage and mobilize houses of prayer for the next 7 years.
We are at a very real gate and entering a very critical time for mobilization towards the "Transform World Global Challenge Summit." In these turbulent times, this meeting is highly strategic and will be vitally important in advancing God's Kingdom. God is allowing the intensity of the times we are in to converge us. We are facing times that require greater working together from ministry to ministry/city to city/region to region/nation to nation which "Transform World" is mobilizing to do. As such, it needs our prayers. As we enter this critical time of mobilization, we urge your prayers and focus…even fasting towards these key issues (we are keeping it simple to help us focus):
Participants:
• Pray that those called to participate are found, respond, and register
• Romans 11:29 "For the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable"
• Revelation and desire on all participants (all seven challenges) of the need to connect and build in this hour to advance His Kingdom
• 1 Peter 1:5 "You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ."
Provision:
• Spiritual provision: Pray for revelation for Kingdom advance in all seven challenges and cultural spheres
• Eph 1:17 “That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. (also Col 1:9)
• Strategic provision: Pray for creative strategies for Kingdom advance in all seven challenges.
• Proverbs 20: 18 “Plans are established by counsel; by wise counsel wage war.” (also Pro 19:19-22; Jer 29:11)
Protection:
• Pray for protection for all those coming over their families, friends, jobs, ministries. (psalm 91)
Key focus scripture for preparation for the summit:
“I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob, I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together like sheep of the fold, like a flock in the midst of their pasture; they shall make a loud noise because of so many people. The one who breaks open will come up before them; they will break out pass through the gate, and go out by it; their king will pass before them, with the Lord at their head!” Micah 2:12-13
Report of the Transform World Global Challenges Pre-Summit
Jakarta, Indonesia – May 18-20, 2012
A group of fifty servant catalysts representing the Transform World (TW) global network gathered from May 18 to 20, 2012, in Jakarta, Indonesia. The meeting was convened to pray and plan the Transform World Global: Global Challenges Summit 2012, to be held in Bali, Indonesia, November 6-9, 2012, and to agree on three outcomes for each of the seven challenges by 2020.
The gathering served to prayerfully consider a seven-year mandate (Transform World Vision 2020) along with the following the November summit. The focus of the Bali summit will be an urgent call given to the global Church towards seven specific challenges of our times. Based on a sense of direction since the World Inquiry Report of 2004 and with Arnold Toynbee’s words as a reminder.
“Civilizations develop and flourish in response to the challenges they face with creative new ideas – When they are rigid, failing to respond to challenges, they decline” =
This historical gathering will bring together about 500 servant facilitators from around the globe. The meeting this week served to bring together facilitators of the seven Challenges, representative facilitators of the seven spheres of influence and the TW Steering Committee to consider the Conference mandate and make preparations for the summit. Transform World Connections Chair Rev. Djohan Handoyo, Spiritual leader Dr. Iman Santoso, and TW International Facilitator Dr. Luis Bush along with the TW Steering Committee Chair Rev. Dr. Daniel Kim provided leadership for the discussions.
The following outcomes resulted:
• The seven challenges of our times were discussed and agreed upon
• Leaders of each of the seven challenges and seven spheres of influence were introduced to each other. Meaningful times of prayer and dedication for each facilitator was rendered.
• Draft outcomes of each challenge and each sphere over the seven-year period until 2020 were discussed and documented.
• The financial budget of the event was discussed and a strategy to cover this was agreed upon.
The urgent challenges of the times which are to be focused upon in Bali are enumerated below:
1. Ideological Challenge: Issue surrounding Islamic fundamentalism, the turnaround within the Middle East along with other global issues
2. Relational Challenge: An intentional focus on Christian Marriage and the Family with a call to integrity, purity, and witness
3. Adoption Challenge: A focus on the care for the orphans with a view to serve and care for the needy orphans and widows world-wide
4. Physical Challenge: Reviewing poverty lines globally with a focus on availability of basic needs among the poorest communities in the world.
5. Human Rights Challenge: Reviewing status of main human rights issues including casteism
6. Christ’s Missional Challenge: Researching the least reached peoples view to engage meaningfully with them
7. Celebration Challenge: Praise to God through the Harp and Bowl worship with an emphasis on the Restoration of the Tabernacle of David
The seven spheres to be represented and towards which each challenge will speak towards include the Arts, the Business, and the Church, and the Media, Education, Governance, and Family spheres.
Each of the seven challenges will bring together about 60-70 servant catalysts who are experts in their field of ministry to work together over the next seven-year period. Representation from across the globe will serve to make the scope of each challenge discussion global in nature and wide-spread in impact.
• Pray for Rio Sibarani, Chair, and Conference Committee who will be coordinating all arrangements for this event.
• Pray for godly men and women to be raised up to work together as a team over the next seven years with great synergy, unity, and purpose.
• Pray that God’s choice and chosen servants will gather together in Bali to learn from each other, study God’s Word, and be mobilized with sharper focus and greater vision towards transformation globally.
For additional details, kindly contact:
For invite and registration: Ana Herlina This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
For conference details: Pr. Rio Sibarani This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Mexico – A Call for a Holy Fast…Enough is Enough!!!
Enough is enough! Isaiah said to “CRY ALOUD, spare not. Lift up your voice like a trumpet and declare to My people their transgression…”
It is time to turn to the LORD and call for a holy fast! A fast that will remove the purveyors of wickedness and death and break the chains of injustice and free those oppressed that are held captive. (Isaiah 58:1-7).
We have allowed the dealers of death to dwell in our land long enough. It is time to call upon God and to rid our land of the plague of DRUGS, WEAPONS, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, SEX SLAVERY AND VIOLENCE.
It’s time for the Drug Trafficking Organizations to shut down.
I am calling upon you to join me for 27 days to a holy fast from today until July 4th for the capture of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman of the dreaded “Sinaloa Federation” and Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano, (aka) “El Lazca, or “Z3” of the fierce “Los Zetas” Cartel, and to call upon God for the total dismantling of these two Transnational Criminal Organizations. The NAME of the LORD is above every name that can be named. His name is greater than Guzman or Lazcano. HIS NAME is greater than the Sinaloa Federation or the Zeta’s.
…the weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood], but they are mighty before God for the overthrow and destruction of strongholds. We have been given weapons of divine power to destroy strongholds.
We will fast and pray for God to set those held in bondage of drugs and sex and human trafficking free and healed.
This fast will change the course of the USA and Mexico. It is time to rise up and call upon God to end the overshadowing darkness that is capturing our two nations.
Note: The outcome of Mexico’s presidential elections on July 1st will redefine our two nations’ relationship and future cooperation on the “war of drugs.”
Pray:
• For God to intervene in Mexico and raise up godly men and women in high places of government.
• For the capture of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman (Sinaloa).
• For the capture of Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano (Zetas).
• For the dismantling of the Sinaloa Federation.
• For the dismantling of Los Zetas cartel.
• For an end to DRUG, HUMAN and WEAPONSTRAFFICKING between our two nations.
• For the God’s protection and His empowerment to law enforcement and military as they bring an end to this plague.
Public misjudge health risk of smoking cannabis
Most people alarmingly underestimate the health risks of smoking cannabis, the National Lung Foundation has warned.
Almost 90 per cent of people think a tobacco cigarette carries a greater risk than a cannabis joint – but the risk of lung cancer is actually 20 times higher with cannabis. The British Lung Foundation (BLF) carried out a survey of 1,000 adults, and a third wrongly believed cannabis did not harm health. The BLF said the lack of awareness was ‘alarming’, and issued a report warning people about the dangers saying that smoking one cannabis cigarette every day for a year increases the chances of developing lung cancer by a similar amount as smoking 20 tobacco cigarettes each day for one year. ‘We therefore need a serious public health campaign – of the kind that has helped raise awareness of the dangers of eating fatty foods or smoking tobacco – to finally dispel the myth that smoking cannabis is somehow a safe pastime.’
Pray: for better education to alert people to the newly discovered dangers of taking drugs such as cannabis. (1Co.6:19-20)
More: http://www.christian.org.uk/news/public-misjudge-health-risk-of-smoking-cannabis/
Pakistan and Afghanistan Terrorist Leaders
Pakistani military operations in the tribal regions bordering Afghanistan have steered clear of North Waziristan, allowing the area to become a haven for militants. Tribal and local intelligence sources say some 15,000 militants shelter in this semiautonomous tribal belt.
PRAY for these 5 persons to be brought to justice and for the dissolving of their networks and operations:
1. Sirajuddin Haqqani
He is head of the Haqqani network and believed to be the main bridge between Al Qaeda, Afghan Taliban, and militant outfits in North Waziristan. Known among jihadis as “Khalifa” and the “soul of Jihad,” Mr. Haqqani has ties to Al Qaeda's Ayman al Zawahiri.
He is the son of commander Jalaluddin Haqqani, a former Taliban minister for tribal affairs. Siraj’s four brothers – Nasiruddin, Badruddin, Khalil, and Ibrahim – are the group's military shura (council). Nasiruddin is believed to have conducted fundraising in Saudi Arab and other Gulf states between 2006 and 2009. Badruddin handles politics, settling disputes between militant outfits. Siraj's youngest brother, Mohammed, was killed in February this year by a US drone strike. The Haqqani network mainly operates along the border with Afghanistan's Khost province.
2. Hafiz Gul Bahadur
Mr. Bahadur is believed to be based between Miramshah and the Afghan border. He hit the headlines when his militia fought against Pakistan’s security forces in 2006-08 and again when he struck peace deals in 2009.
It is reported that each of the nine members of his Shura, or council, commands up to 1,000 local tribesmen, apportioning control of various areas across North Waziristan. Bahadur is honored as a descendant of legendary tribal warrior Fakir of Ippi, who fought against the British rule in the subcontinent. This lineage affords the cleric immense influence, both religiously and politically.
He severed formal ties with the Pakistani Taliban (TTP), but still reportedly provides shelter to its militants.
3. Moulvi Noor Saeed Wazir
Another 3,000 TTP militants operate under the leadership of this local commander known for his ruthlessness. His stronghold is his home region, the Razmak Valley, which links North and South Waziristan. He is reported to be illiterate, and until a few years ago ran a grocery shop.
4. Qari Hussain
Widely considered the deadliest of all commanders, Mr. Hussain is reported to be second in the TTP’s hierarchy, after his cousin Hakim Ullah Mehsud. His expertise lies in producing teenage suicide bombers. He is believed to have trained the Jordanian militant Humam Khalil Muhammad Abu Mulal al Balawi, who blew himself up in Khost, killing seven CIA personnel last December.
5. Ilyas Kashmiri
The notorious Kashmiri leads a militia of around 3,000 men. He is operations chief of Harakat-ul Jihad Islami, a group the US government classifies as a terror organization with ties to Al Qaeda, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and the Punjabi Taliban. He is accused of being behind the 2009 suicide attack on Pakistan’s spy agency in Peshawar. He's also accused of carrying out attacks against senior military officials and cross-border attacks against US forces.
