Prayer for the Liberation of North Koreans
North Korea is considered the worst human rights violating country (by death rate) and the worse persecutor of Christians in the world today. Many millions have been brutally murdered in a genocide that has continued unrestrained for over half a century. Please join the Worldwide Church in repentance and united intercession for the healing, liberation and salvation of all North Koreans.
An estimated over 4,000,000 north Koreans have died of starvation since 1995. Enough food aid has been sent to North Korea to feed the entire population, but the government has diverted it to the ruling party, military, and sold the food aid on the black markets, leaving the average north Korean unaware of food aid from the west.
Up to 1,000,000, including women and children, are believed to have died in brutal concentration camps since 1972. Three generations of entire families can be imprisoned because a relative is suspected of being unfaithful to the regime. Violations of human rights in North Korea include: Gas chambers, chemical and medical experimentation on political prisoners, forced abortions and infanticide, systematic torture, starvation, rape, slavery (brutal forced labor), arbitrary imprisonment, public executions.
Please join believers worldwide in mourning and repentance for the genocide of north Koreans, cruelty and all atrocities which have been committed against the north Korean people.
Please pray for the repentance of Kim Jong Il (dictator), Kim Jong Un (believed to be Kim Jong Il's successor), and all members of the north Korean regime; for the repentance of all officials, guards and military who have committed atrocities and been cruel, for God to raise up godly leaders and godly government over northern Korea at this time, and for the healing, liberation and salvation of all north Koreans right now. Pray for a mighty, unprecedented revival in North Korea and the healing of this land!
"And will not God bring about justice for His chosen ones, who cry out to Him day and night? Will He keep putting them off? I tell you, He will see that they get justice, and quickly." Luke 18:7-8
Pray for the Peoples of Laos
The Ninth Party Congress is to be held in three or four month’s time. The Party Congress is a five yearly meeting in which the all-powerful Politburo and Central Committee are chosen and the five-yearly national plan approved. In reality these decisions are made behind the scenes in advance of the Party Congress. There could be a struggle for power between groups representing the interests of northern and southern Laos, and those favoring greater allegiance with either Vietnam or China. Competition between these regional interest groups is likely to become more intense in the coming months as whichever group gains control of the Politburo and Communist Party Central Committee will benefit most from corruption and patronage networks.
• Pray for wisdom for the new Prime Minister, Thongsing Thammavong, and all those who serve in the Communist Party and Lao Government.
• Ask God to overrule in the decisions as to who is in the new Politburo and Communist Party Central Committee, and in any decisions that are made in the upcoming Ninth Party Congress.
• Pray for action to be taken at the highest levels to curb corruption.
• Pray for government and party officials who have had previous contact with Christians and heard the Gospel to seek the Lord themselves and be favorable towards Lao believers.
• Pray for a group of Jesus’ disciples, in every village of Laos, worshipping in their heart language.
Pray for Pakistan
Pakistan Minorities Minister Shahbaz Bhatti, the cabinet’s only Christian minister, was gunned down by four assailants in broad daylight in the capital Islamabad. Shabaz had received death threats for urging reform of the blasphemy law. This law carries a death sentence for anyone who insults Islam. The Governor of Punjab, Salman Taser, was also killed by his own police guard who felt he was being blasphemous in opposing this unjust law.
The situation looks more grim as the extremist forces working in Pakistan are making it harder to oppose this law or propose any reform of this discriminatory law. This law is a sword of death hanging over every Christian as any one out of animosity can accuse you of blasphemy. Before you can be taken to court to prove your innocence, they will kill you with help of extremist mobs. During trial or in prison, you can also be killed by the police assigned for your protection.
We as a prayer ministry need your prayer support as we have been mobilizing focused, strategic prayers on a nationwide scale to see this law changed. If the prayer tracts sent to churches to pray for this issue fall into the wrong hands, we can face trouble also.
World Prayer Assembly—Let the New Wave of His Glory Fill the Earth!
Some goals and outcomes to be realized through the WPA:
1. The ultimate goal of the World Prayer Assembly is two-fold- to see the knowledge of the glory of the Lord filling the earth as the waters cover the sea (Habakkuk 2:14) and the fulfillment of Jesus’ prayer that His followers become one so the world will know He is its Creator and Savior (John 17:21).
2. The WPA will be a “new wave” to strategically connect and empower the global prayer and mission movements as 5000-6000 Christian leaders from up to 220 nations connect with the Lord and each other through the power of united prayer.
3. It will assess what the Body of Christ has experienced through the worldwide explosion of prayer efforts since the last International Prayer Assembly (1984) and enable cross-fertilization of a much larger cross-section of prayer ministries from all traditions and segments of the Church.
4. In the spirit of Acts 13, we will seek to hear from the Lord of the Church what He will reveal concerning the role of the global prayer movement in His purposes so that every nation, city and rural area throughout the world becomes filled with ongoing intercession and Spirit-inspired action until His Kingdom’s values are manifested there.
5. The WPA will encourage and launch the next generation to become cutting-edge leaders for Christ’s global prayer and mission movement, as children and youth take their positions as equal partners with adults in helping to lead it.
6. Prayer networks and ministries worldwide will meet with those who are prayerfully working for transformation in all spheres of society such as government, education, business/marketplace, arts and media, etc.
7. Ministry leaders will learn from one another and plan new strategies to impact the realms of world evangelization and the reaching of the unreached, spiritual revival of the Church, as well as social justice and humanitarian efforts for the glory of God.
Criteria for Participating in the World Prayer Assembly
You can also help by sharing the vision of the WPA with others and by pointing them to our website www.worldprayerassembly.com. Here are some criteria for those who should come to the World Prayer Assembly:
• Ministry/ mission leaders – both from church and marketplace realms
• Network leaders
• Leaders who are serving in all walks of life such as the “seven mountains” or spheres of society (Arts/Media, Business/Marketplace, Church, Development of the Poor, Education, Family, Government)
• Youth, student and child leaders
• In other words, anyone with a heart for prayer who is making an impact in his/her community or sphere of influence
Another way you can help is by providing financial support. 100% of what you give to the Transformation Prayer Foundation will go directly to the World Prayer Assembly. You can donate with a bank draft or credit card directly by pushing this button.
Thanks so much for your help!
