WHISTLE - Letter No 8

3 October, 2008

WHISTLE

• A branch of HealNZ 24/7 prayer, with a specific focus on prayer regarding abortion in NZ.
• Announcing "FULL TIME" to abortion in NZ.
• Arranged by Sue Rowe and The Whistle Team, coordinated from Hamilton.
• "He lifts up a banner for the distant nations, He whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Here they come swiftly and speedily!"  (Is 5:26)

ABORTION - 40 days prayer/fasting: 10 Oct - 18 Nov

                    www.whistlenz.org

For this letter I decided to leave off the blue background and the picture of the whistle to try to avoid
the booklet ending up in your spam box.

                        ATTACHED IS THE 40 DAYS PRAYER BOOKLET

This prayer booklet is my mustard seed of faith. 

"Jesus told them another parable:
'The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field.  Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches'." "I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move.  Nothing will be impossible for you." (see Matt 13:31-32, 17:20)

Today I am planting my mustard seed into New Zealand, into the field of abortion, believing that the conditions are favourable and a tree called the Kingdom of Heaven will grow as a result of the combined effort of all our prayers and fasting.  The more this tree is watered with our tears, our love, our concern, our compassion, from the place of intimacy, the greater will be the plant that will result.  In time its root system will overtake the roots of abortion and cause them to shrivel and die.  When the roots die the whole plant of abortion will die.

With this mustard seed of faith, we pray from the position of power and authority Jesus has given us, from God's perspective and with the eyes of faith.  Then, what seems impossible in the natural realm, at this present time, will become possible.

As Jesus said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'"  (Matt 19:26)

We do the bit He is telling us to do at this point in history (His-story), then He does His bit. 

Look out NZ!

Our www.whistlenz.org website should have the booklet there in Word and/or PDF early next week.

Also, we plan to put each step on the first page of the website.  You could read and pray each day from there.

USING THE BOOKLET:

Use the next few days to read pages 1-5, and to familiarize yourself with the layout.  Don't try and read all the 40 days all at once.  You will end up feeling swamped.  Take the whole thing day by day.

The 40 days are divided into STEPS each with a different aspect.  Each step has one or more days.

I have included scriptures frequently.  This is the Word, the Truth.  Pray, meditate, seek God for fullness of meaning. Declaring the truth aloud, with authority, into the spiritual realm, is powerful.

There are several days where I have drafted a prayer for all of us to pray together.  Take your time over these prayers.  Add your own bits. Speaking them aloud is powerful.

If there are any parts you find difficult or can't really agree with, feel free to leave those out.  Please don't pray the opposite to what is written: just leave that bit out.  We are looking for as much unity as possible.

Abortion is a heavy topic.  I encourage you to worship frequently, to lift your eyes up to the Lord and to look full into His wonderful face.

We are not addressing principalities and powers.  They are very powerful and the right people need to be appointed by God to do that.  We are undermining their power by our worship, confession, repentance and intercession.

Rather than praying daily by yourself, you may prefer to gather with others as frequently as you are able, to pray using the booklet as the basis.

SHEET ON FASTING ATTACHED:

This is some initial information especially for those who have not fasted much/at all before, and to remind those who have of some points to keep in mind.

It is important that we all fast in some way. 

This week seek the Lord about how He is requiring you to fast.  Begin to prepare mentally and physically.  The more food/meals the Lord is saying to go without, the more you need to begin to cut back this week.  Especially cut back on coffee, tea, your red wine,  and sweet things, otherwise you could have awful headaches.

If you cannot fast out food, then fast out something you really enjoy, e.g. magazines, TV, coffee with friends, and use this time to pray.

NOW - please email this Whistle letter on to others who could join in the 40 days.

REMEMBER - use the 'sign up' form on our website to register you city/town, your congregation for the 40 days.

                       Let's continue to aim for 100 Cities/Towns.

Blessings,

Sue

Sue Rowe, ph 07 847 5648  Email:  roy.sue.rowe@clear.net.nz 

Supported by: Brian and Trisha Caughley of Intercessors For NZ, and John Fulford of Vision Network (Prayer).