Amazing Scene As 200 Kenyan Children, On Their Own Initiative, Pray For Their Country And Get Miraculous Results
By Michael Ireland : Feb 1, 2008Â
Ever since the children started praying together, the pastor says there have been no deaths, houses burned or even violence in their section of this slum. Adults recite this fact in amazement. The children, however, don’t even mention it because it’s exactly what they expected to happen. “Pastor told us that there is power in prayer. He said we can change the country through prayer,” says 12-year-old. “So that is what we are doing, changing the country.”
(Kenya)—In the latest edition of Missions Catalyst, Sue Sprenkle, an overseas correspondent for the International Mission Board, who has been reporting from Africa for 10 years describes a scene inside the small, tin shack of a Baptist church filled with children. “After three weeks of post-election violence, it’s good to hear the sounds of children laughing and playing—especially in the hard-hit slums of Nairobi,” she says.
“My heart overflows with emotion as I hear a sound even more precious than laughter—a child’s sweet, innocent prayer.”
“Father, our country is in trouble. We pray for peace to come,” an 11-year-old boy prays. “Protect us, Father. Teach people to love one another and not to fight anymore.” (more…)
“Our conviction is that empowerment to proclaim the gospel to the nations comes from personal holiness. And personal holiness comes from diligently seeking the face of God, abandoned devotion to Jesus Christ.”
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(Jharkhand, India)—Nogen acted like a madman. He ran wildly from one place to another in his village in Jharkhand, India. He was incoherent and could no longer speak clearly. Of course, Nogen’s family was concerned and tried all they knew to get help for him. What they did not understand was that Nogen was being controlled by a demonic spirit.
Sookhdeo – a former Muslim and advisor to British, American and NATO military officials on jihadist ideology – recently spoke to 1,500 people at Focus on the Family (FOTF)’s headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colo, about the threat of radical Islam to the Western world. The event was broadcasted in two parts by FOTF this week, the last part of which aired on Wednesday.
