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Pray for Haiti as Tomas Approaches

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I was forwarded this prayer request from YWAM Haiti as they wait for Tomas to arrive.

A late season Hurricane is heading toward Haiti. The  hurricane forecast shows hurricane Tomas just off the south coast of Haiti on Friday heading straight for the country.  We know the heartache and suffering the people of Haiti have been going through with the earthquake and now the cholera outbreak. A hurricane with its associated flooding and wind will heap more misery on the Haitian people.  We know that God is all powerful and that the wind and sea obey his commands.  So let’s pray this storm out to sea.

Terry W. Snow
National Director
Youth With a Mission-Haiti

The latest news that I have read is that Haiti is likely to avoid a direct hit, but forecasters expect heavy rain to last for days. The heavy rain could lead to deadly flooding, and people are being evacuated from some of the tent cities and moved to more solid buildings.

Let’s remember to keep Haiti in our prayers, and you can check back on this site for more news when we know it, and on the YWAM Facebook page.

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Prayer Request for YWAM in Juarez, Mexico

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Today I got this story / prayer request submitted to this site. In case you haven’t seen it, at the top of the site there is a link to “Submit a Story” where you can submit your stories about Youth With A Mission to this site. Depending on the story there is also always the chance that the story could almost make it onto the YWAM Podcast that I produce every two weeks…

Below is the submitted story. If you do want to get in touch with Patti Kidd then please leave a comment under her story and I will make sure that it makes it to her…

Do you want to mould your students into passionate prayer warriors who will impact the world on a global scale? Then join us as we pray for YWAM in Juarez, Mexico, “the murder capital of the world”.

Twenty-eight thousand (28,000) people have been murdered in Mexico since December 2006, and Juarez is the worst city, with 6,600 people massacred and over 10,000 children orphaned. Every night, people are slaughtered, and the situation is getting worse—much worse— as hit-men go door to door executing people.

Below are two recent articles depicting the desperate situation in Juarez.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/23/AR2010102303413.html

http://thewesterner.blogspot.com/2010/10/juarez-violence-leaves-thousands-of.html

However, we believe that if enough people pray, God will transform the city, and build a new orphanage for the children.

Prayer changes lives, and prayer changes nations.

Therefore, please join us as we pray for Juarez and use statistical measurements to quantitatively measure the effectiveness of prayer. Here is what I suggest. Whenever your students pray for their outreach location, have them pray for Juarez, as well. Tell them it is part of a global prayer project to demonstrate the awesome power of God. In this way, you become co-labourers with us as we see God transform one of the darkest regions of the world. Then periodically, we will provide you with the murder statistic for Juarez, and this value can be plotted on a graph. As the crime rate decreases, the graph will be a powerful reminder of God’s transforming power. What better way to teach your students that God answers prayer than to provide it statistically?

“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” II Chronicles 7:14

We believe that God is going to change Juarez in a powerful way, and a new orphanage will be build.

However the question remains … who will participate in this history making event? Are you up for the challenge? I think you are. Both you and your students will be forever changed by the process.

Contact me if your school wants to commit to praying for Juarez during the next semester and I will periodically send you statistics to show the awesome power of your prayers.

Join us as God demonstrates His power to transform “the murder capital of the world”.

Yours sincerely,

Patti Kidd

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30-Days of Prayer for the Muslim World Begins Next Week

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August 22 marks the start of Ramadan, and the beginning of the 30 Days of Prayer for the Muslim World.

Beginning in 1992 as a YWAM prayer movement to pray for the Muslim World “The 30 Days” movement has moved beyond YWAM and now involves hundreds of thousands of Christians from around the world.

The 30-Days International Chairman states that, “The “30 Days” movement emphasizes God’s love for Muslims. We encourage all believers in the Messiah to cultivate a spirit of humility, love, respect and service toward Muslims. Jesus died for them.”

There is a prayer guide developed every year for the 30-Days of Prayer. This year it is a 52-page book that is available in 42 different languages. The booklet includes information about Muslim people from around the world and helps to educate the readers about the Muslim World.

You can read more about the 30 Days of Prayer for the Muslim World, and find out how to get the prayer booklets, here.

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YWAM Prayer for Hawaiian Sex and Porn Shop

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We believe that prayer is a powerful thing, and something that God wants us to engage in individually and in groups.

Recently a YWAM Team in Kona, Hawaii engaged in a “Purity Siege” in front of a local porn shop. As they say on the site for the video God has given us the power of prayer to destroy strongholds, including ones of lust, sex and porn.

You can check out the video that they made of their prayer for the porn shop below.

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YWAM Prayer Day – Every Month – Sign Up Now

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If you are a YWAM Staff or Student and haven’t yet signed up to receive the Monthly YWAM Prayer Day Letter then you really need to do so.

The YWAM Monthly Prayer letter is a way for everyone in YWAM to join together every month and focus and pray about what God is saying to mission together. There is something of signifigant for everyone in YWAM to be doing this in unity.

The topics covered so far this year have been:

  • Getting back to our core business of making disciples
  • Overcoming the Giants in Africa
  • YWAM’s shop ministries and s/y Next Wave
  • Dealing with Passivity and Unbelief
  • Our Call to the Unreached

If you haven’t done so already then head on over and sign up to receive the Monthly YWAM Prayer Letter here.

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