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Annual Day of Prayer
for the Persecuted Church (For the week of November 9 - 15, 2003)
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 ANDAFGHANISTAN. 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. TEACH AND REMIND CHRISTIAN BELIEVERS EVERYWHERE TO SPEAK PSALM 91 OUTLOUD OVER THEMSELVES EVERYDAY. 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!
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