> Pray that God will teach your fingers to do battle against the strong man manifesting in your family, in your church and over your nation. Jesus Christ is the STRONGER man. It is only when he captures the strong man will you, your family and the nation shall be in shalom (Psalm 18, 144).
> Pray that the church in your nation will indeed grow. To be an elder there is need for maturity, sobriety and balanced judgment. There is need for a full expression of the 7 spirits of God upon the church. There is need for understanding the protocols of the kingdom of God and not carrying like spoilt children. There is a need to really have a deeper level of intimacy with the Ancient of Days not just knowing Him as Father and Provider.
> Pray that the church will begin to understand its role and character as elders whose role is to bring other sons to glory (1 John 2:14, Heb 2:5-10)
Muslim Festivals
Islam celebrates two great festivals annually – Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha. The first is the great festival that follows the month of Ramadan when the fast is broken. The second occurs about two months later during the month of Zil-Hajj when an animal is sacrificed in commemoration of Abraham\’s sacrifice of his son. This festival is incorporated in the great pilgrimage to Mecca which should properly be made during this month but it is also observed all over the Muslim world at the same time. The underlying importance of this festival is the spirit of sacrifice (qurbani) in memory of Abraham\’s great act of faith many centuries ago.
Eid-ul-Adha is, according to Islamic teaching, a time for Muslims to learn the value of self-denial by making a sacrifice of something living to God. It is stringently denied by most Muslim theologians that the sacrifice has any further significance and it is especially denied that religious sacrifice has any atoning or propitiatory value. Abraham\’s great act of submission is thus regarded solely as an example of genuine surrender to the will of God and is to be followed as such.
The main Hajj will take place from October 13 – October 18, 2013. Eid ul-Adha will take place on October 15, 2013