Daily Prayer Thread 10/08/02

10/08/02

[billbears]

Prayer requested during week of 10/06/02

• Update and continued prayers for missionaries in the Ivory Coast
• Prayer request for Hannah

Prayer requested during week of 9/29/02

• Praise report from sharktrager
• Prayers for family of Susan at her passing
• Praise report on surgery for Bill
• Praise report and continued prayers on job decision
• Prayer request for Teacup at mother's passing and continued prayers for miniteacup
• Praise report on Artee--home from the hospital
• Continued prayers for sharktrager on job
• Praise report from Yellow Rose
• Praise report from Alamo-Girl
• Prayers for a Veteran
• Prayer request for Tom
• Prayer request for Yellow Rose and Alamo Girl

Prayer requested during week of 9/22/02

• Prayers for the folks in New Orleans after the hurricane
• Prayers needed for missionary family in the Ivory Coast
• Update on Marilyn with surgery--Praise Report
• Update and praise report by sharktrager on job
• Prayer request for husband and wife
• Update from Drummaster on daughter Kathy--Continued prayers

Prayer requested during week of 9/15/02

• Prayer request for John
• Praise report and continued prayers for sharktrager
• Prayers for Rainy undergoing tests
• Prayer for Teacup's mother who suffered a stroke
• Prayer request for Nakatu X
• Prayer request for sharktrager and job decision
• Prayer request for Teacup's mother and sister
• Prayers for not-alone's friend injured in attack at home
• Prayer request for freeper dixie267
• Prayers for healing of a good friend

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Daily Prayer Topic

Daily Prayer--News Forum

Daily Prayer--General Interest forum

Prayer request for those called up to military service

[billbears]

Psalm 34
4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

[mountaineer]

Prayers for health and safety for little Hannah, as well as for Christian missionaries in Africa and throughout the world. May God also protect my husband and me as we travel to Europe tomorrow for a two-week vacation.

[Ff--150]

"Hi!" from Silverwoman, me and 4CJ. 4CJ is blocked off at work, but hopes to slide past that. Prayers for the missionaries and Hannah.

[mountaineer]

Here's some good news:

A Chinese court in central China has overturned a death sentence against five members of a banned Christian group. A human rights watchdog believes the decision was influenced by pressure from the United States over China's treatment of religions. The people are key followers of the South China Church, an outlawed religious group. They were sentenced to death in the city of Jingmen last December after being accused of undermining the state.

According to a human rights campaigner, a high court in Hubei Province overturned the death sentences on September 22, and ordered a new trial for the five to be held this week.

Frank Lu, the director of the China Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy in Hong Kong, says the overturning of the death penalty was unusual in China. Mr. Lu says the high court decided that there was too little evidence to justify the harsh punishment. Mr. Lu says the court decision was likely influenced by several factors. President Bush encouraged religious freedom in China during a visit to the country last February. It could also be a conciliatory gesture in the lead-up to Chinese President Jiang Zemin's visit to the United States several weeks from now. And Mr. Lu noted a report released recently by the U.S. Congressional Executive Commission on China, specifically criticizing the death sentence given to the founder of the South China Church.

News of the Hubei court ruling came a day after the U.S. government accused China and four other countries of severely repressing religious freedom.

Although any religion not sanctioned by the state is illegal in China, rights groups claim millions of people belong to underground churches and prayer groups. Beijing has labeled as many as 16 Christian groups "evil cults," and has given the same designation to groups like Falun Gong, a religion that combines traditional Chinese exercise with Buddhist beliefs. Falun Gong members claim their followers face persecution by Chinese authorities and that many have perished in prisons there.

China's Bureau of State Security arrested the South China Church followers in April 2001, shortly after naming the group an evil cult. The banned church says it has 50,000 followers in China. http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=E26ED213-8A50-465D-8791C0BFF3178865

[Deadeye Division]

Prayer request for cancer patient

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/765013/posts

[Ff--150]

THanks for the bump. God is AWESOME!! God is moving in China.
He will look after you two on vacation, and prayer for the cancer to vanish from that lady.

[pubmom]

Prayers for Hannah, the missionaries, and for Mr&Mrs mountaineer's trip.

My father-in-law is having knee surgery today, please pray that all goes smoothly.

[billbears]

Praise report on MsLady

[4CJ]

Prayers for all, and a huge thank you for answered prayers!

May God bless you my friend - thank you for all that you do.

[CDHart]

I didn't know there was a daily prayer thread on Free Republic. I've posted two or three requests and responded to several as well. How can I get added to this thread?

Carolyn