(Fasting days are the third Thursday in every month).
2010 : Christians need more power As the spiritual temperature rises in the UK, Christians need more power from God to be able to stand with boldness in a Christlike way. It is thought that God is refining the Church and we need to be looking to spend time in His presence being changed by the Holy Spirit and empowered to live like Jesus. Read More
Security situations in UK and USA (January 2010) In light of recent threats to security in the US and UK, please see our "Topics needing urgent prayer" at the bottom of this page.
2010 : Fasting to sharpen Church: Intercessors to step up fasting with focus on UK Church as spiritual temperature rises.
Intercessors UK have announced that there will be a fasting day every month until further notice. This comes after issuing a call to fast in January to seek God's face with special reference to a word of prophecy given by Clifford Hill.
The third Thursday in every month has been designated a fasting day.
More information on fasting here
2010 : Intercessors UK to concentrate on Church
A decision has been made to focus the intensity of our prayers on the UK Church. While there are important things happening in society that need our prayers, we feel that the UK Church needs to be a lot sharper and fully committed to God in these times. Read more here.
Jan 2010: Equality Law may threaten religious freedoms - "line up your lawyers", Church is told
The Government has lost in the House of Lords over its attempt in the Equality Bill to alter the law on who churches and other faith-based groups can employ.The Government’s defeat means no change to the current law, which permits churches and other faith-based employers to protect their ethos by insisting staff live consistently with the religion’s doctrine on sexual behaviour..
More information, click here.
Schoolgirls to be shown 'abortion rights' video
Girls as young as 14 are to be told in a new video that having an abortion is their ‘right’ and is unlikely to cause them emotional or physical problems. The pro-abortion group FPA (formerly the Family Planning Association) is promoting the video to schools. Earlier this year the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP) warned that having an abortion can damage a woman’s mental health. The RCP said women should be warned of the risks before proceeding.
Newspaper article here.
Embryology Bill - license granted for human-pig hybrid
After the bill was passed last year it has emerged that a team of scientists from the university of Warwick have been granted a license to create human-pig embyros by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA). The scientists want to use the embryos to produce embryonic stem cells for research into heart disease.
Please pray that God would block the misuse of scientific knowledge that would incur His anger by meddling with the created order.
article: here