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Throughout October, millions of people are praying through the 10-40 Window. Today the focus is on Iraq. Let's join this network in focusing on the following: Praise Report Praise God that the battle for Mosel, Iraq is over and the extreme violence in the city caused by Daesh (ISIS) has ended (Proverbs 12:20). Prayer Request Pray protection over the families of Daesh (ISIS) as they face revenge from those they persecuted, pray for an increase of grace and forgiveness (Matthew 18:21-35). Transformational Prayer Mosel is no longer under the religious powers of Daesh (ISIS); pray Mosel will be transformed into a city with no corruption. Pray they will be carriers of God’s grace (Ephesians 4:29). Pray for a greater outpouring of God's Spirit on all provinces, cities and areas of Iraq. (Joel 2:28-29). Call to Salvation Pray that salvation will come down like gentle rain on the people of Iraq, including North Iraq (Kurdistan) and they will experience the grace of God (The Bible, Luke 18:27). For more information visit:
https://www.1040windowreporter.com/day-15 Window International Network (WIN) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1999 to continue the international outreach segment of the Christian Information Network. WIN's vision is to see sustained, strategic, and informed prayer transforming unreached people for Christ in the 10/40 Window. WIN's mission is to inform, equip, and mobilize networks of prayer around the globe to empower effective evangelism, church growth, and discipleship in the 10/40 Window. Please visit them at: http://win1040.com/
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 . "Why are the Kurds mentioned in the Bible but not in the Qur’an?” Rakan’s voice quavers with passion as he asks this question. He read somewhere on the internet that the ancient “Medes” are the predecessors of the Kurdish people, and that the Bible mentions them a couple of times.Rakan is Kurdish. He grew up as a Muslim in a Muslim country, but he has never felt accepted in the Muslim community where Arabic is the only holy language: prayer has to be done in Arabic and the word of God is only really accessible in Arabic, too. I shared the story of Pentecost with Rakan and his wife, Shirin, and we discussed how God demonstrated in the language miracle that he speaks to us in every language. At the end we looked up the verses that mention the presence of some Medes at Pentecost, among other ancient ethnic groups from our area: Maybe there were already some “Kurdish” believers in the first church in Jerusalem? Rakan and Shirin are both full of questions concerning scripture and faith. But they are also full of fear that they may have to face persecution if they followed Jesus. Rakan and Shirin are still hesitant to grasp the offer to study the word of God regularly. Please pray that their interest will become a real, lasting hunger and thirst for God. Please also pray for peace in Iraq. Since the referendum for independence last week there have been threats of violence from all sides. Pray specifically that the governments in Baghdad, Erbil (the capital of Kurdistan) and Istanbul would seek and find peaceful solutions.   Please watch the following video with specific prayers relating to this people group... Thank you for partnering with us and declaring His will and purposes over them! As part of the Ramadan focus, we would like to invite you to join us in praying for Lebanon. Please watch the following video for some more information. We are excited about all that and join us in praying for and expecting a greater move of God!  They are the most important people in the world
They raise their voice because they might not be heard They punch the air because fighting back makes them look strong They attract attention by violence because good behaviour does not get rewarded They accuse each other because no one took the blame for their suffering They give you kisses when you meet them because they have gentle hearts They cling to the edge of your shirt because they need a safe place They give you flowers because they find beauty everywhere They give you food even when they have nothing because they are wonderfully generous They are hungry to be told that they are worthy of kindness They are eager to learn, eager to love, eager to truly be loved They are the most important people in the world The children of Syria Written by Lisanna Kuningas Thank you for praying for the Domari people Thank you for joining us last week for praying for the Domari, Gypsy people. On the 16th of June, as part of the Ramadan prayer focus, approximately 1 million people will pray for this people group. We have an expectation that God will do amazing things in this season! Pray for Kurdistan, Iraq This week we would like to focus on Kurdistan, Norther Iraq. Please watch the following video and join us in praying for and expecting a greater move of God! Watch the video below to hear the story of Saul, and see how you can pray for all Sauls in the Near East! Last Saturday marked the start of Ramadan. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and is observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting to commemorate the first revelation of the Quran to Muhammad according to Islamic belief.
This annual observance is regarded as one of the Five Pillars of Islam. Join us over the next 30 days as we pray along with countless numbers of Christians around the world for Muslims to encounter the living God during this years Ramadan! Thirty-six members of the Yazidi religious minority are free after nearly three years in the hands of so called Islamic State (IS), the UN says.
They have been taken to UN centres in Dohuk in Kurdish northern Iraq. It is unclear whether they escaped in Iraq or were freed, as the UN declined to give more information to avoid jeopardising future releases. IS killed and enslaved thousands of Yazidis after seizing the northern town of Sinjar in 2014. Kurdish Peshmerga forces regained control in 2015 but many Yazidis were held captive by IS elsewhere as the group took over large swathes of northern Iraq. The 36 survivors include men, women and children who were enslaved, the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs said. They reached Dohuk two nights ago where they are being housed in centres established by the UN Population Fund. There, they are being reunited with family members and offered care including clothing and medical and psychological aid, the UN said. The women and children are being cared for at dedicated service points and will be referred for more specialised treatment. The UN's humanitarian co-ordinator for Iraq, Lise Grande, said the UN was going to do "everything possible" for the rescued Yazidi. "What these women and girls have endured is unimaginable,"she said. For more information visit: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39762790 It feels insufficient to say that children from Syria are suffering from PTSD. The oft-orphaned survivors of a horrible ongoing humanitarian crisis are, likely, experiencing post-traumatic stress, but these children of war have experienced more trauma than the medical professionals who care for them have ever seen.
“We have talked to so many children, and their devastation is above and beyond what even soldiers are able to see in the war,” Hamza, a neuropsychologist with the Syrian-American Medical Society, told ATTN: “They have seen dismantled human beings that used to be their parents, or their siblings. You get out of a family of five or six or 10 or whatever — you get one survivor, two survivors sometimes. A lot of them have physical impairments. Amputations. Severe injuries. And they’ve made it to the refugee camp somehow.” The emotional and material problems facing Syrian civilians are compounded every day by the crushing poverty and exploitation that Syrians experience at refugee camps. “I have patients who tell me they were touched inappropriately by their doctors,” Alkhouri said in an address to the conference. “The doctors, because the patients were Syrian, assumed they were ‘whores.’” “There are girls on the streets of Beirut selling themselves — 8, 9 years old,” he said. “And then you tell their parents: Why don’t you send them to school so they can improve themselves? And they say, ‘They make $50 a day. Can you give me $50 a day?’ “You have millions of children who are devastated,” Hamza, the neuropsychologist, told ATTN: “and you have to ask, ‘Where is this going to lead?’” One thing is for sure, “It’s going to impact the whole world.” |
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