Ukraine Pastor Awarded Highest Medal

In July 2015 Pastor Peter Dudnik of the Good News Evangelical Church (Slavyansk, Donetsk region), was awarded a third degree of the Ukranian State’s Order Of Merit. The head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Patriarch of Kyiv and All RusUkraine Filaret, also presented pastor Dudnik, and several church volunteers, with a medal “For the sacrifice and love for Ukraine.”

During the hostilities, since April 2014, pastor Dudnik led an active evacuation of civilians from the combat zone, along with a dedicated church team. Altogether they helped evacuate more than 16,000 people. Dudnik wrote in his Facebook page, “I love my land, I love our people. Mostly honour God and His commandments of love. I will serve God and his people!”

Pastor Peter Dudnik is also the head of the You Will be Found national adoption project, and a co-founder of the Ukraine without Orphans Alliance; he is a family counsellor and author of the programme, Preparation for marriage. Peter Dudnik is also the co-founder of a missionary school for the front-line areas and one of the leaders of missionary and volunteer centres in the frontline cities.

Source: Christian Telegraph

Reading: Galatians 4:4-7

PRAISE God for this brave and bold Christian leader and the witness of his church.

PRAY for peace in eastern Ukraine and for great spiritual awakening.

Evangelism Event at Arsenal Stadium

Evangelist J John has announced plans to preach the Gospel to tens of thousands of people in Arsenal’s Emirates stadium in Islington, London. The JustOne Emirates event is scheduled to take
place on 8 July 2017.

Organisers hope 25,000 Christians from a variety of church background and denominations will buy tickets and bring thousands of non-Christian “plus ones”. Over 450 leaders from churches and Christian organisations in London were present at a special meeting at the Emirates stadium to hear about J John’s vision for the Philo Trust event. After the meeting they were invited to sit
in the seats of the stadium and pray for the vision to be realised.

Speaking to Premier after the launch, J. John said: “Five years ago I felt the Lord said it’s time to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ in the football stadiums. They are the secular cathedrals.” There are millions of people in London who have never been to church. They might come to the Emirates and that might be a stepping stone to them walking nearer to Jesus.”

Source: Premier News

Reading: Jonah 3

PRAISE God for the vision of this event and the support it is receiving. PRAY, PRAY, PRAY for London! PRAY that Christian Londoners will bring many.

Jesus Invades a Buddhist Monastery

After asking the Holy Spirit to direct their path, missionaries in the Himalayas visited some ancient ruins and found a monastery. They were made welcome. “We are followers of Jesus, the man and God greater than any other god,” lead missionary Tyler Connell told the monk. “I once heard of Jesus in India, but wasn’t able to do any reading on who He was,” the monk replied in good English.

“Can we introduce you to Him through the power of the Holy Spirit and the presence of Jesus?” Tyler asked. The monk said “yes” and put out his hands. Tyler recounts, “suddenly the power and peace of God descended, his eyes got big, he began to take steps back and began to laugh and shake his head in disbelief. He said he’d never felt a peace or power like this. We proceeded to preach the Gospel and gave him a Bible. He insisted we return in the morning to meet the other monks.”

The following morning the missionaries returned and found a monk who had injured his back in the earthquake. They prayed for him and the power of God granted healing. After preaching the Gospel through a translator, and handing out more Bibles, the missionaries skipped down the mountain rejoicing with gratitude for the day Jesus invaded a Buddhist monastery in Nepal!

Source: Prayer Alert; God Report

Reading: Zechariah 4:1-6

PRAISE God the missionaries trusted God to show His power.

PRAY that the power of His Word may lead those monks may turn from darkness to light.

Young Muslims Defend Christians

Pakistani youth development organisation, Bargad, has been mobilising young Muslims in support of Christians. Recently, over 500 young Muslims campaigned for an end to discrimination and prejudice against religious minorities. Christians make up 1.6 per cent of Pakistan’s population and are frequently subject to violence and persecution.

“It is important to work at changing social attitudes and mentality towards minorities, so that they are properly respected and protected”, said Kamran Michael, the only Christian senator in Pakistan.

“Today we are laying the seed for social harmony and change,” said Saiha Shaheen, executive director of Bargad. “Students have taken an oath and pledged to be messengers of this change.”

Source: Christian Today

Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:21-26

PRAISE God for efforts to sow seeds of peace and respect in Pakistan. PRAY for a change of attitudes, and that the light of the Gospel may be shine.

Spain: Gideon Bible Sparks Revival

A few years ago in Spain a man named Antonio cried out to God, “If you’re real, speak to me!” He was in an elevator on his way to a hotel room. Highly educated, at 27 years old, he had taught
chemistry and maths at a Catholic school in Spain. He knew of God, but didn’t know Him personally. The bellboy helped him to his room where he found a Gideon Bible on his bed.

When he asked why the Bible was on the bed, the bellboy told him it was for those who wanted “to hear God speak to them.” The same day Antonio accepted Jesus as his Lord and Saviour, he preached the gospel to his entire family. In one week, 35 of his family members became believers. Along with Antonio, his family began to share the Good News with others. Within the span of a few weeks, 200 people were born again. Then Antonio began preaching in the prisons of two districts in Spain, and the first year, 1,000 inmates gave their lives to Christ.

He gradually expanded his prison outreach and today there are more than 100 “home group” churches inside prisons. Revival had begun in a spiritually dead country, where many were disillusioned with the Catholic Church and had become atheists. As a direct result of the over 70 house churches Antonio has planted in Spain, he is seeing between 10 and 15 people come to the Lord every week. According to Antonio, in the last 10 years, the percentage of evangelical Christians in southern Spain has risen from 1% to 8%. He has now expanded his work to Morocco where he has contributed to the establishment of as many as 100 house churches.

Source: God Reports

Reading: Mark 4:14-20

PRAISE God for this move of the Holy Spirit in spiritually dry lands.

PRAY that Spain and North Africa will experience an unstoppable wind of the Spirit.

Hope for Cambodian Mums-to-be

You’ve probably heard the phrase, “Desperate times call for desperate measures.” Pregnant single moms in Cambodia… end up having abortions because they feel like they have no other choice.
Extreme poverty drives them to eke out an existence in the muddy slums outside Poipet. Each morning, they cross the border into Thailand with thousands of their peers, searching for enough money to make it through one more day. Says Kurt Dillinger, founder of LIFE International, “When you have a couple of children, and you’re hardly able to feed those two, and then you become pregnant: it becomes extremely difficult.” Abortion seems a better alternative to putting one more child at-risk of trafficking and exploitation.

Through the Hope Centre, pro-life Cambodian Christians are offering scared mums-to-be another option. The idea for a Hope Centre grew out of LIFE International’s pro-life training held in 2009. At their training sessions, LIFE International staff works through God’s design for life, marriage, and family with national church leaders. They also discuss what happens when people live outside that intended plan, and how things like STDs and abortion factor in. From a new-found place of freedom, church leaders share what they’ve learned with their congregations and communities.

Officially opened in 2013, the Hope Centre shines as a beacon of Gospel light amid the slums outside Poipet. “So often, the Gospel does such powerful work in their hearts. When they come
to know Jesus, there’s a hope. There is new energy; you can see the change in their eyes, and they understand that God is able,” Dillinger shares. “We hear of miracles all the time: how God has helped–once they make choices for life – how God helps, every step of the way, through all of the challenges that they face.”

In an impoverished village about four miles from the Hope Centre, national staff met “Botum” – a young mum caring for her newborn and three-year-old son. Along with Botum’s mother, they’re
squatting on a piece of land outside Poipet with no running water, no toilet, no kitchen, and no money. A few months ago her husband left without warning. “Here she was: without a husband, pregnant, living in a little hut [with] a plastic roof,” says Dillinger. “She thought, ‘There’s no way I can have another baby; I need to abort this child.’”

Learning of Botum’s decision, her mother spoke up: “Remember that abortion is a sin. No matter how difficult it is, we need to give life to this baby.” After further discussion, Botum conceded and gave birth to a healthy baby girl a few days ago. According to LIFE International, she has returned to the Hope Shelter.

Source: Mission Network News

Bible Study: Psalm 139

PRAISE God that Duval and these young people have experienced the mighty power of God.

PRAY that these young people from difficult backgrounds will stand firm in Christ’s might.

India: “We Just Want God to Show Up”

In north India, Brother Jonathan (see Day 19) met with a coalition of 1,000 pastors working in Uttar Pradesh (UP). One young minister told him: “I bang on my drum until a crowd comes and then I preach the Gospel. We see people’s hearts touched, we see them repent and we see the birth of a church.”

“What about other times?” “Oh, they beat me.” “What do you do then?” “When I wake up I ride to the next village.” Jonathan noted there are 1,000 other young ministers like him riding around UP State on their bicycles doing the same thing. The result is that UP State has gone from almost no Christians to about three percent Christians – about 6,000,000 believers. The spark for the Gospel wildfire is the Holy Spirit, Jonathan observes. “Dreams and visions are becoming so common among Muslims that when we meet someone for the first time we ask if they’ve had any strange dreams lately.”

Among Hindus and Buddhists he is seeing signs and wonders. One pastor told Jonathan, “Maybe we’re lazy, but we don’t want to spend 12 weeks convincing them that Jesus is God. We just want God to show up.” “When the church is persecuted the church thrives,” Jonathan notes.

Source: Joel News International

Bible Study: 1 Corinthians 14:20-25

PRAISE God for the dedication of these Christians.

PRAY that God will continuously show up with power.

Myanmar: “God’s Secret is Fridays”

In some of the most restricted countries the Gospel spreads in an unprecedented way, driven by prayer, boldness, persecution, and the Holy Spirit, according to a report by ‘Brother Jonathan’,
a Voice of the Martyrs missionary. “What we are seeing around the world is really a Gospel wildfire,” he says. Recently Jonathan asked one indigenous leader in Myanmar about their strategy
to send workers into unreached villages, and he  replied:

“The secret is Fridays.” “What is it about Fridays?” Jonathan wanted to know. “On Fridays we all come together and we fast and we pray – every Friday, all day.” “What if you’re going into a
hostile village?” “If we think it’s going to be a really hostile area, we set aside seven days to fast and pray. When that’s over we go and let the chips fall where they may.” Jonathan spoke to a 19-year-old worker in Myanmar who told him: “I’m going to move into a village where there are no churches and no Christians.”

He planned to build a small lean-to in the forest to live in, work in the rice fields, and start sharing the Gospel. “I’m going to plant a church and appoint a leader and then I’m going to move and do it again,” the young worker told him. “How long do you think you’ll do this?” Jonathan asked. “Until Jesus comes back.”

Source: Voice of the Martyrs; Joel News International

Bible Study: 2 Kings 5:1-27

PRAISE God for these bold and brave evangelists in a hostile environment.

PRAY that villagers all over Myanmar may hear and believe the Gospel.

A Jealous God

Exodus 20:4-6
How do we feel about God being “jealous.” In the Bible it’s the same word as “zealous.” It’s about His red-hot, devoted love which tolerates no rivals. For those who oppose His love, it is experienced as fiery judgement but for those on the inside, it is the sunshine of His love.

PRAY to experience this sunshine of the LORD’s “jealous love” for you.

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