WHISTLE
- Letter No 14
11 November, 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)
Here we
are beginning the last week of the 40 days.
This
has been an amazing season in my life. Thank you so much for joining in, for supporting and encouraging me in so many ways.
I have been looking ahead, and praying about where to from here. Maybe you have
been too.
THREE THINGS:
~ On Tuesday 18th, the final day, some of the Whistle Team are going to Tills Lookout in Hamilton.
This is a hill that has a wide view over the city.
There we will worship, pray, give the whole 40 days back
to the Lord, blow our whistles and have communion. We began the 40 days on the 10th October by praying and blowing our whistles and having communion. I invite you, in your city/town, or in your own home, to join
us in prayer and blowing your whistle.
We are meeting at 8pm, as the sun is setting
- as the sun is setting on the abortion issue!!
I will draft
a declaration that we can all use and will attach it to the next Whistle letter.
Hamilton people are welcome to join us at Tills Lookout, end of Melva St,
Dinsdale, at 8pm.
Melva St is off Whatawhata
Rd. Park at the end of the street and follow the concrete path up the hill.
~ We are relying on your feedback, on what you feel the Lord is saying
is to happen from now on.
Please be listening to the
Lord and tell us so we can begin to see any themes He is emphasizing.
~ I plan to write two newsletters between now and Christmas for prayer up
until the end of January. These will be on the theme
of waiting as we enter into the post 40 days season of waiting to see what God will do and what He is saying. I am inviting you to join in praying the topics in these newsletters. I will email out the first one, as an attachment, towards the end of next week.
I will also continue these Whistle email letters as and when there is something to
communicate.
WE NEED TO KEEP IN TOUCH, AND
WE NEED TO KEEP PRAYING!
AS ONE PERSON SAID IN AN EMAIL, GOD
HAS BUILT AN ARMY. LET'S STAY IN RANK.
HONOURING:
There is so
little honouring of others in NZ. I have been impacted by this topic the last two days
as I have prayed it from the prayer booklet.
I'd like to suggest that we each begin to loose a spirit of honour over NZ.
Speak it out over your
city/town, and over those cities/towns
you have adopted. You could declare -
"I loose a spirit of honour over the city of ________________.
May mothers and fathers be honoured.
May politicians be honoured.
May city fathers in key positions in business, local councils, schools, be honoured.
May spiritual fathers and mothers in the Body
of Christ be honoured.
May the
children of this nation be taught how to honour."
GOD
AND GOVERNMENT:
Francis Frangipane, USA, said
in a recent email letter:
"Let me remind you: the
future of our nation is not determined by an election, but by the faith of the elect. If we continue to pursue God, humbling ourselves and not giving up on our intercession,
God can turn this nation toward Him in remarkable and
powerful ways....Even now, with a black man ascending the seat of authority in this nation, hope is swelling in places bound by hopelessness. This breakthrough of racial healing has long been on the heart of God.
But, what about Obama's staunch pro-choice voting record? I, (Francis) was a Christian for several years before the Holy Spirit revealed the
horror of abortion. It happened in a moment.
Perhaps someone was praying for me, but God got through. Likewise, I believe God can get through to our new president. Let's take faith that Jesus Christ could lift
president Obama's conscience to the place where
abortion becomes reprehensible to him."
Ken Orr,
of Right to Life here in NZ, expressed concern regarding Obama's voting record re abortion.
"He is the most pro abortion President in the history of the USA. His Presidency
will have a devastating effect on the protection of
unborn children and their mothers in the USA and throughout the world. He has promised that on his first day in the White House he will sign the Freedom of Choice Act.
This will effectively overturn all pro-life legislation
passed in the last 30 years. It is expected that the United States will aggressively promote abortion overseas, especially in developing nations by funding the United Nations Population Fund agency which has been involved in supporting
China's one child family policy, with forced abortions.
He has pledged to ensure that every Justice he appoints to the Supreme
Court will comply with his
litmus test that they support
the notorious Roe v Wade decision of 1973 that allows for abortion on
demand during the full nine months of pregnancy. It is expected that he will have the opportunity
of
appointing 6 to 8 Justices to the Supreme Court within the next
four years."
We have voted John Key as our
new Prime Minister in NZ. He has said he doesn't see any need to
change the abortion laws. BUT GOD, as Francis has said, can in a moment reach this man's
conscience also, so his views change in that moment.
Our role is to pray for these men and for our
Almighty God
to do this. As Francis said: "It is time
to pray with vision and hope. If all you can see is a 'cloud the size of a man's hand', then pray with the faith of Elijah that a mighty outpouring of grace may
fall."
We live in exciting times!
Let's trust in the Lord with all our heart and lean not on our
own understanding, or what we see in
the natural
with our own eyes. Let's lift our eyes up to Him who is seated in heavenly places, and
who will tell us what must happen next. (Prov 3:5, Rev 4:1)
Blessings,
Sue Rowe
Sue Rowe, Email: roy.sue.rowe@clear.net.nz
Supported by: Brian and Trisha Caughley of Intercessors For NZ, and John Fulford of Vision Network
(Prayer).
