Prayer and Prayer-walking Laid the Foundation for Massive Revival Event in Egypt

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ASSIST News Service (ANS) - PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA  Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net -- E-mail: [e-mail] Sunday, November 20, 2011 Prayer and Prayer-walking Laid the Foundation for Massive Revival Event in Egypt By Michael Ireland Senior International Correspondent, ASSIST News Service CAIRO, EGYPT (ANS) -- Global Prayer Digest focused on praying for the unreached peoples of Egypt last December, 2010. In that same month, more than 100 prayer-walking teams also made their journeys throughout this land. January saw the beginning of the "Arab Spring" starting here in this nation.   Massive all-night prayer event in Egypt.  (Submitted photo). However, two years before, in September 2009, a prayer meeting was held in Egypt where the leaders, including the main organizer of a Nov.11, 2011 prayer event, heard God say that President Mubarak would receive "no grace" in 2011. "They also heard God tell them that there would be bloodshed, persecution and the burning of churches. But if God's people would come, and hear His voice, and repent, then He would hear their prayers," said one correspondent in an e-mail to ASSIST News. The passage on repentance, 2 Chron.7:14, referenced in the 2009 prayer meeting was the Bible passage read at the beginning of the prayer service on Nov.11 - 11/11/11. Then, on October 9th, when many Coptic Christians were killed in Cairo, Christian leaders met for 3 days of prayer. During this time, the correspondent said, they announced their intention of a prayer event for Egypt, which culminated in this Nov.11 event. The correspondent said: "Muslims joined Christians for prayer at this event and they were told by the Priest that they did not have to change their religion but they needed to know that there is one Savior, Isa [Jesus Christ]. "Since the prayer meeting a few days ago, Cairo has experienced highly unusual rain, clouds, lightning and thunder during a month which normally gets only 15 cms of rain," the correspondent wrote. According to the correspondent, in a decision by Pope Shenouda III the day before the meeting, evangelical leaders were banned from the stage. Dr Rev Sameh Maurice, Pastor of Cairo's largest evangelical church, called Kasr El Dobara, was scheduled to lead prayer on the main stage but instead stood and prayed among the participators without complaining." Last Wednesday, Father Simon, who started the cave church [The Monastery of St Simeon the Tanner], had a vision of a bright light and a mountain that was lifted up and removed. He was told to prophesy and heard God say that "you will hear wonderful news this year!" the correspondent said. "I saw signs of the beginning of revival that I have never seen before!" one Egyptian evangelical leader stated. About the historic prayer meeting on 11.11.11, the correspondent said: "It was amazing and we were so privileged to be there. Egyptian leaders are telling us there has been a significant spiritual 'shift' in their country, and we are trying to make sense of it all. I was privileged to be here together with friends from Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Germany and USA for this historic event." The correspondent reported that 71,000 attended the all-night prayer meeting in Cario. It was the largest Christian event in Egypt for over a thousand Years, held at the cave church on Cairo's largest garbage city, Mokattam. This church is called St Simeon the Tanner Coptic Orthodox Church. "The gospel was proclaimed during the Prayer event and some people responded to the challenge call to follow Jesus. Prayers for healing were made at midnight and some people were healed of physical problems," the correspondent said. "Since the event, one Egyptian Christian leader told us 'The heavens are clean! It is easy to pray!' He calls it the beginning of revival." One remarkable fact -- up to a month ago, there was absolutely no promotion for this event. "No flyers. In fact, the organizer was still undecided on whether to host it on Friday or Saturday," the correspondent said. They added: "It was an Egyptian event. Buses took people to this event from all over Egypt. Our small group of foreigners were the only foreigners we saw, except for one English girl who recognized me. [That was strange!]." ** Michael Ireland is the Senior International Correspondent for ANS. He is an international British freelance journalist who was formerly a reporter with a London (United Kingdom) newspaper and has been a frequent contributor to UCB UK, a British Christian radio station. While in the UK, Michael traveled to Canada and the United States, Albania,Yugoslavia, Holland, Germany,and Czechoslovakia. 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