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Prayer is a privilege and responsibility of the whole church. Ukraine needs to be covered by the intercession of fasting and prayer.' Read the call to prayer from a Ukrainian Christian for what has become the most tragic period in Ukraine's history.
Acting president of Ukraine is a strong Christian By Mark Ellis Senior Correspondent, ASSIST News Service
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA(ANS) -- After massive protests in the capital of Ukraine led to the ouster of President Yanukovych and his flight to Russia, a committed Christian, Olesksandr Turchynov, became the interim president.
Acting President Turchynov
Turchynov is an elder and occasional lay preacher at the Word of Life Center, which is affiliated with the Evangelical Baptist Union of Ukraine. Protestants make up less than 5% of the population of Ukraine, which is overwhelmingly Orthodox.
"God reached down His hand and helped our nation," reports Maxim Oliferovski, co-founder of New Hope Center, which ministers to orphans in Ukraine. "Now we have a new (interim) President who is a Christian, a new Prime Minister who is on the side of ordinary people, and a Parliament with a changed mentality, willing to work hard to bring reforms Ukraine needs so badly."
Parliament voted Turchynov interim president until early elections take place in May.
Baptists in Ukraine have a reputation and a moral stature that dates back to their bold witness to the government of the former Soviet Union. Turchynov is generally well liked by the public and has a reputation for being honest and trustworthy, according to a Baptist IMB worker in Ukraine.
Mark Ellis is a senior correspondent for ASSIST News Service and the founder of www.Godreports.com. He is available to speak to groups about the plight of the church in restricted countries, to share stories and testimonies from the mission field, and to preach the gospel. mark@Godreports.com
EDITOR'S NOTE: This column is part of the call to prayer issued by Frank S. Page, president of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, to pray for revival and spiritual awakening for our churches, our nation and our world.
NASHVILLE (BP) -- My first visits to Eastern Europe in the 1990s were eye-opening events. The process for visiting Ukraine for the first time was quite involved. Securing a visa to visit the country was complicated and expensive. When the plane touched down on that first visit, the first of three passport controls took place while I was still standing on the plane's exit stairs. Armed guards, rifles at the ready position, were fanned out across the tarmac. An army colonel scrutinized each passport and interrogated each deplaning passenger before our foot ever touched Ukrainian soil.
My second visit was not quite as intense, although still quite involved. On this trip I was privileged to visit a number of villages away from the major cities. I found small pockets of Baptists anxious to reestablish visible churches in their communities.
One village stands out. John, an elderly man, was visibly moved to know that his village would again have a Baptist church. He had experienced the challenges of living as a Christ-follower under Communist rule during the 1930s. His Baptist community of about 400 believers was decimated under Nazi rule when they advanced across Ukraine in fierce fighting in 1941. Others from his church were killed when the Nazis retreated, razing and looting the land of everything with any military value as the advancing Russian army retook Ukraine in 1944. Being "liberated" from Germany, he then spent many years in the gulag under Stalin's cruel rule during the post-WWII communist era.
John hosted me in his home for a meal, his extended family crowded around him at the table. Though his aged body was racked from obvious signs of great suffering, his eyes shone with the radiant light of Jesus as he told his story and reveled in the fact that a new church was being established in his village.
My most recent visit to Ukraine was altogether different. No visa, no armed guards, no intense scrutiny. I saw open Christian witness and beautiful church houses and experienced vibrant worship services. So, it is with intense interest that I have watched the unfolding events taking place in Ukraine this past month.
Oleksandr Turchynov, a Baptist preacher, was elected as Ukraine's interim president in late February. Valery Antonyuk, vice president of the All Ukrainian Union of Evangelical Churches, Baptist, released the following statement at the time of Turchynov's election. It is a powerful commentary on an appropriate Christian response to the changing and challenging political winds that sweep across countries. It is a call to prayer and serves as a prayer guide for us as we pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ living in the midst of a nation in crisis. I urge each reader to read it as a prayer to the Lord.
"During this time of fateful change in the life of the Ukrainian nation, the Church and each Christian individually cannot remain spectators on the sidelines of the battles and losses. The Church serves society and mourns together with it. We went through difficult days together with the nation -- we served through prayer, evangelism, volunteers, medical help, clothing, and food. Today a time has come for a ministry of active reconciliation, which will help maintain unity in our country and nation.
"We supported the nation's demand to put an end to the tyranny of the authorities and repressions by the police. Now it is important to restore justice and due process of law in the country, to form a government that has the people's trust, and provide fair presidential elections. We believe that those guilty of crimes against the people will be justly judged, and that peaceful citizens will be protected.
"But on behalf of the Church we must say more, we must speak the whole truth; we must say that which is still hard to accept and fulfill; that, which is a precondition for a better future.
"Therefore the Church calls the Ukrainian nation to more than just feelings of human justice -- to Christian forgiveness, grace, and reconciliation. We pray to God for repentance for the guilty. However at the same time we ask victims to forgive those who are already repentant as well as those who are still lost. In order to unite the nation, in order to reconcile its various parts, its various social, cultural, and political groups, laws and justice are not enough. Without repentance, grace, forgiveness and reconciliation, the country will remain divided and in conflict. This is the precondition for a deep spiritual transformation of Ukraine.
"The Bible says that there is, 'a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace' (Ecc. 3:7-8). In accordance with these wise words, we declare today to be a time to mend, and not a time to tear the nation apart; a time to seek peace, and not a time to fan the flames of war; a time to learn to love yesterday's enemies, and not a time to continue to hate rivals and those who have hurt us.
"We call on the Evangelical churches of Ukraine to serve to bring peace between people and healing to the wounds of war. We do not call black white and do not justify crimes or even mistakes. But we, as Christians, forgive, because we have been forgiven by God. He reconciled us to Himself, and gave us a message of reconciliation. This grace-giving Word to our whole nation should be heard from Lvov to Donetsk, from Kiev to Simferopol.
"We also call upon the international Christian community asking for prayer and intercession for the Ukrainian nation and for help with peacemaking. We mourn for the victims, and thank God for His grace toward Ukraine, and pray for peace and spiritual revival in our nation."
Roger S. Oldham is vice president for convention communications and relations with the SBC Executive Committee. For related stories, click here and here. Click here for story collection.
We cry out in urgent and strategic prayer for North Korea in light of recent news:
South Korean papers reported last week that Kim Jon Un has ordered the deaths of 33 people found to have received money for building 500 underground churches from South Korean missionary Kim Jung Wook. (The Christian Post)
Please forward this message on to others who will join us in prayer!
More than 95 percent of Crimea voters, who are largely ethnic Russians, approved splitting off and joining Russia, with more than 50 percent of the ballots being counted, the referendum committee said late Sunday
This article illustrates IFA's approach to praying into the news. Our mission banner defines The Informer 's alert ministry as follows: "A biblical, prophetic look at current events for those who have a heart to pray for our nation." Intercessors do not "use" prayer to manipulate God, but seek to pray in cooperation with His purposes, seeking His mercy for our nation in its distress. Pray for revival to begin in the Church and for lost people to be saved through the Gospel. May God's kingdom come and His will be done. Pray for President Obama and other world leaders to be guided by His wisdom and restraining power. Our prayers, together, reinforce our unity in intercession.
"Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen." (Matt 5:6:9-13)
"For Godisthe King of all the earth; sing praises with understanding. God reigns over the nations; God sits on His holy throne. The princes of the people have gathered together ... For the shields of the earthbelongto God; He is greatly exalted." (Psalm 47:7-9)
The bill, which passed on a near party-line 233-181 vote, says that when either the House or Senate passes a resolution finding that a president is failing to execute a law, lawmakers will have legal standing to sue in federal court, with a speedy appeal to the Supreme Court.
Perhaps nothing illustrates the frustration U.S political leaders are experiencing than for the Republican led House of Representatives to pass a bill they know the Senate will not support and, even if passed, President Obama will not sign into law. Opinion polls show both political parties in steep decline, while the president's own ratings continue to plummet. "Conservative" and "liberal" media outlets boldly state their concerns about government gridlock. Now, with new domestic and international crises looming, Christians must ask, "Where can we go but to the Lord?" Let us pray!
"Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the LORD, till He comes and rains righteousness on you. You have plowed wickedness; you have reaped iniquity. You have eaten the fruit of lies, because you trusted in your own way, in the multitude of your mighty men." (Hosea 10:12-13)
"When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan." (Proverbs 29:2, RSV)
HOLDER BACKS PLAN TO SHORTEN DRUG SENTENCES
The Obama administration is forging ahead with its plan to refocus the war on drugs and reduce .... Last month, the U.S. Sentencing Commission proposed changing federal guidelines to reduce the average prison sentence for dealing drugs by a year, from 62 months to 51 months. On Thursday, Attorney General Eric Holder will testify before the commission to endorse the plan. "Certain types of cases result in too many Americans going to prison for far too long, and at times for no truly good public safety reason," Holder plans to testify, according to an excerpt provided to the Washington Post.
Rather than praying about "symptoms," guided by personal opinion or political views as regards shorter drug sentences, let us pray for widespread revival throughout our nation. Such revival can bring rehabilitation to those inside and outside of prison, through conversion by the transforming power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is well known that drug lords often remain in control of vast narcotics empires even from prison, so the issue may not be the length of sentences, but in stemming the demand of such substances through redeemed lives. Pray accordingly.
"For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." (Hebrews 4:12)
[Jesus said,] "The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly." (John 10:10)
Pressure to let go of the final vestiges of U.S. authority over the system of Web addresses and domain names that organize the Internet has been building for more than a decade and was supercharged by the backlash last year to revelations about National Security Agency surveillance.
The Internet is a vast electronic world of commerce and communication. Like any instrument, tool, or medium, it is morally neutral. Through it, one can gain an education or learn how to devise evil plans of destruction. One can hear the Gospel unto salvation or feed habits of lust with pornography. Its use produces millionaires and reduces others to poverty. It can be a servant or a harsh taskmaster. Like the human tongue, its use can bless or be a curse. For a prayer focus, think of family and others you know and love. Pray for each to be a master of the Internet and not its slave.
"Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.... But no man can tame the tongue... With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so." (James 3:5-10)
"Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one's slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness." (Romans 6:16-18)
The U.S. is mediating peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians in which the fate of Jerusalem is being debated. There has been little sign of progress in the talks so far.
The issue of sovereignty over east Jerusalem, home to key religious sites, is the most sensitive in peace talks. Israel captured the area in 1967 from Jordan and says it is part of its eternal capital.
According to the Bible, Jerusalem belongs to Israel by divine edict-the city of the great King. Yet, in its turbulent Old Testament relationship to God, Israel had so many years out of favor with Him that the wall of the city and the temple had to be rebuilt following periods of captivity (divine discipline). Now, Jews have been restored to their land, as God promised. But is the nation restored to God? Prayerfully imagine that, in its valiant battle for survival and for Jerusalem, modern Israel returns to the Lord. Would He not come to their aid swiftly and decisively? Intercede for Israel, for the peace of Jerusalem. Pray from the Scriptures for full restoration and reconciliation with the Lord God.
"Thus says the LORD: In a time of favor I have answered you; in a day of salvation I have helped you; I will keep you and give you as a covenant to the people, to establish the land, to apportion the desolate heritages.'" (Isaiah 49:8)
"Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: 'May those who love you be secure. May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels.'" (Psalm 122:6-7)
"I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day or night. You who make mention of the LORD, do not keep silent, and give Him no rest till He establishes and till He makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth." (Isaiah 62:6-7)
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Thursday, March 6, 2014
Acting president of Ukraine is a strong Christian
By Mark Ellis
Senior Correspondent, ASSIST News Service
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (ANS) -- After massive protests in the capital of Ukraine led to the ouster of President Yanukovych and his flight to Russia, a committed Christian, Olesksandr Turchynov, became the interim president.
Acting President Turchynov
Turchynov is an elder and occasional lay preacher at the Word of Life Center, which is affiliated with the Evangelical Baptist Union of Ukraine. Protestants make up less than 5% of the population of Ukraine, which is overwhelmingly Orthodox.
"God reached down His hand and helped our nation," reports Maxim Oliferovski, co-founder of New Hope Center, which ministers to orphans in Ukraine. "Now we have a new (interim) President who is a Christian, a new Prime Minister who is on the side of ordinary people, and a Parliament with a changed mentality, willing to work hard to bring reforms Ukraine needs so badly."
Parliament voted Turchynov interim president until early elections take place in May.
Baptists in Ukraine have a reputation and a moral stature that dates back to their bold witness to the government of the former Soviet Union. Turchynov is generally well liked by the public and has a reputation for being honest and trustworthy, according to a Baptist IMB worker in Ukraine.
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Mark Ellis is a senior correspondent for ASSIST News Service and the founder of www.Godreports.com. He is available to speak to groups about the plight of the church in restricted countries, to share stories and testimonies from the mission field, and to preach the gospel.
mark@Godreports.com
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Roger S. Oldham
NASHVILLE (BP) -- My first visits to Eastern Europe in the 1990s were eye-opening events. The process for visiting Ukraine for the first time was quite involved. Securing a visa to visit the country was complicated and expensive. When the plane touched down on that first visit, the first of three passport controls took place while I was still standing on the plane's exit stairs. Armed guards, rifles at the ready position, were fanned out across the tarmac. An army colonel scrutinized each passport and interrogated each deplaning passenger before our foot ever touched Ukrainian soil.
My second visit was not quite as intense, although still quite involved. On this trip I was privileged to visit a number of villages away from the major cities. I found small pockets of Baptists anxious to reestablish visible churches in their communities.
One village stands out. John, an elderly man, was visibly moved to know that his village would again have a Baptist church. He had experienced the challenges of living as a Christ-follower under Communist rule during the 1930s. His Baptist community of about 400 believers was decimated under Nazi rule when they advanced across Ukraine in fierce fighting in 1941. Others from his church were killed when the Nazis retreated, razing and looting the land of everything with any military value as the advancing Russian army retook Ukraine in 1944. Being "liberated" from Germany, he then spent many years in the gulag under Stalin's cruel rule during the post-WWII communist era.
John hosted me in his home for a meal, his extended family crowded around him at the table. Though his aged body was racked from obvious signs of great suffering, his eyes shone with the radiant light of Jesus as he told his story and reveled in the fact that a new church was being established in his village.
My most recent visit to Ukraine was altogether different. No visa, no armed guards, no intense scrutiny. I saw open Christian witness and beautiful church houses and experienced vibrant worship services. So, it is with intense interest that I have watched the unfolding events taking place in Ukraine this past month.
Oleksandr Turchynov, a Baptist preacher, was elected as Ukraine's interim president in late February. Valery Antonyuk, vice president of the All Ukrainian Union of Evangelical Churches, Baptist, released the following statement at the time of Turchynov's election. It is a powerful commentary on an appropriate Christian response to the changing and challenging political winds that sweep across countries. It is a call to prayer and serves as a prayer guide for us as we pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ living in the midst of a nation in crisis. I urge each reader to read it as a prayer to the Lord.
"During this time of fateful change in the life of the Ukrainian nation, the Church and each Christian individually cannot remain spectators on the sidelines of the battles and losses. The Church serves society and mourns together with it. We went through difficult days together with the nation -- we served through prayer, evangelism, volunteers, medical help, clothing, and food. Today a time has come for a ministry of active reconciliation, which will help maintain unity in our country and nation.
"We supported the nation's demand to put an end to the tyranny of the authorities and repressions by the police. Now it is important to restore justice and due process of law in the country, to form a government that has the people's trust, and provide fair presidential elections. We believe that those guilty of crimes against the people will be justly judged, and that peaceful citizens will be protected.
"But on behalf of the Church we must say more, we must speak the whole truth; we must say that which is still hard to accept and fulfill; that, which is a precondition for a better future.
"Therefore the Church calls the Ukrainian nation to more than just feelings of human justice -- to Christian forgiveness, grace, and reconciliation. We pray to God for repentance for the guilty. However at the same time we ask victims to forgive those who are already repentant as well as those who are still lost. In order to unite the nation, in order to reconcile its various parts, its various social, cultural, and political groups, laws and justice are not enough. Without repentance, grace, forgiveness and reconciliation, the country will remain divided and in conflict. This is the precondition for a deep spiritual transformation of Ukraine.
"The Bible says that there is, 'a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace' (Ecc. 3:7-8). In accordance with these wise words, we declare today to be a time to mend, and not a time to tear the nation apart; a time to seek peace, and not a time to fan the flames of war; a time to learn to love yesterday's enemies, and not a time to continue to hate rivals and those who have hurt us.
"We call on the Evangelical churches of Ukraine to serve to bring peace between people and healing to the wounds of war. We do not call black white and do not justify crimes or even mistakes. But we, as Christians, forgive, because we have been forgiven by God. He reconciled us to Himself, and gave us a message of reconciliation. This grace-giving Word to our whole nation should be heard from Lvov to Donetsk, from Kiev to Simferopol.
"We also call upon the international Christian community asking for prayer and intercession for the Ukrainian nation and for help with peacemaking. We mourn for the victims, and thank God for His grace toward Ukraine, and pray for peace and spiritual revival in our nation."
Roger S. Oldham is vice president for convention communications and relations with the SBC Executive Committee. For related stories, click here and here. Click here for story collection.
We cry out in urgent and strategic prayer for North Korea in light of recent news:
South Korean papers reported last week that Kim Jon Un has ordered the deaths of 33 people found to have received money for building 500 underground churches from South Korean missionary Kim Jung Wook. (The Christian Post)
Please forward this message on to others who will join us in prayer!
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President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke after residents of Ukraine's Crimea region voted in favor of seceding to Russia, with the White House saying it would reject the results of the referendum he...
"Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen." (Matt 5:6:9-13)
"For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with understanding. God reigns over the nations; God sits on His holy throne. The princes of the people have gathered together ... For the shields of the earth belong to God; He is greatly exalted." (Psalm 47:7-9)
HOUSE GOP PASSES 'ENFORCE THE LAW' ACT
Tired of watching helplessly from the sidelines as President Obama decided how to enforce the laws they wrote, House Republicans on Wednesday pushed back, passing a bill they said would at least rope in the courts to serv....
The bill, which passed on a near party-line 233-181 vote, says that when either the House or Senate passes a resolution finding that a president is failing to execute a law, lawmakers will have legal standing to sue in federal court, with a speedy appeal to the Supreme Court.
Perhaps nothing illustrates the frustration U.S political leaders are experiencing than for the Republican led House of Representatives to pass a bill they know the Senate will not support and, even if passed, President Obama will not sign into law. Opinion polls show both political parties in steep decline, while the president's own ratings continue to plummet. "Conservative" and "liberal" media outlets boldly state their concerns about government gridlock. Now, with new domestic and international crises looming, Christians must ask, "Where can we go but to the Lord?" Let us pray!
HOLDER BACKS PLAN TO SHORTEN DRUG SENTENCES
The Obama administration is forging ahead with its plan to refocus the war on drugs and reduce .... Last month, the U.S. Sentencing Commission proposed changing federal guidelines to reduce the average prison sentence for dealing drugs by a year, from 62 months to 51 months. On Thursday, Attorney General Eric Holder will testify before the commission to endorse the plan. "Certain types of cases result in too many Americans going to prison for far too long, and at times for no truly good public safety reason," Holder plans to testify, according to an excerpt provided to the Washington Post.
Rather than praying about "symptoms," guided by personal opinion or political views as regards shorter drug sentences, let us pray for widespread revival throughout our nation. Such revival can bring rehabilitation to those inside and outside of prison, through conversion by the transforming power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is well known that drug lords often remain in control of vast narcotics empires even from prison, so the issue may not be the length of sentences, but in stemming the demand of such substances through redeemed lives. Pray accordingly.U.S. TO RELINQUISH CONTROL OVER THE INTERNET
U.S. officials announced plans Friday to relinquish federal government control over the administration o..., a move that pleased international critics but alarmed some business leaders and others who rely on the smooth functioning of the Web.
Pressure to let go of the final vestiges of U.S. authority over the system of Web addresses and domain names that organize the Internet has been building for more than a decade and was supercharged by the backlash last year to revelations about National Security Agency surveillance.
The Internet is a vast electronic world of commerce and communication. Like any instrument, tool, or medium, it is morally neutral. Through it, one can gain an education or learn how to devise evil plans of destruction. One can hear the Gospel unto salvation or feed habits of lust with pornography. Its use produces millionaires and reduces others to poverty. It can be a servant or a harsh taskmaster. Like the human tongue, its use can bless or be a curse. For a prayer focus, think of family and others you know and love. Pray for each to be a master of the Internet and not its slave.
"Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one's slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness." (Romans 6:16-18)
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Israel's parliament on Wednesday passed a law requiring a national referendum to approve any future withdra... - adding a new hurdle to any future peace deal with the Palestinians.
The U.S. is mediating peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians in which the fate of Jerusalem is being debated. There has been little sign of progress in the talks so far.
The issue of sovereignty over east Jerusalem, home to key religious sites, is the most sensitive in peace talks. Israel captured the area in 1967 from Jordan and says it is part of its eternal capital.
According to the Bible, Jerusalem belongs to Israel by divine edict-the city of the great King. Yet, in its turbulent Old Testament relationship to God, Israel had so many years out of favor with Him that the wall of the city and the temple had to be rebuilt following periods of captivity (divine discipline). Now, Jews have been restored to their land, as God promised. But is the nation restored to God? Prayerfully imagine that, in its valiant battle for survival and for Jerusalem, modern Israel returns to the Lord. Would He not come to their aid swiftly and decisively? Intercede for Israel, for the peace of Jerusalem. Pray from the Scriptures for full restoration and reconciliation with the Lord God.WH REJECTS
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