[NOTE: From time to time, I will just briefly list a number of stories in the news that were particularly encouraging, discouraging, or simply unbelieveable. They will usually also include a related prayer request. - Stan]
UPDATE AND CALL FOR CONTINUED PRAYER AND NEW ACTION, Jan. 28: After a short sham trial, Iran has convicted American Pastor Saeed Abedini – a U.S. citizen – and sentenced him to eight years in one of Iran's most brutal and deadly prisons – merely because he is a Christian.Iran has violated Pastor Saeed's human rights, violated its own constitution, and violated multiple international treaties and covenants that it voluntarily and willingly signed. At the ACLJ, we are mobilizing a domestic and international effort to pressure Iran to abide by its treaties and agreements. We are calling on the United Nations and the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights to directly intervene and demand Pastor Saeed's release.Morere than 250,000 of you signed our petition to ask the Obama Administration to intervene, and the White House and State Department responded. PLEASE CONTINUE PRAYING for him, his release and for his family AND Sign this NEW petition to mobilize the international community. http://aclj.org/iran/save-american-pastor-from-iranian-prison-sentence
PLEASE CONSIDER: I am participating in the annual fundraiser Walk for Life on Feb. 9 for a local pregnancy resource center that ministers to girls and women who might otherwise abort their baby. My goal is $213. If you can make a pledge of $10 or more, please go to http://www.razoo.com/story/Stan-M-Yonashiro, THANK YOU for whatever you can pledge. (I'd especially appreciate your prayers that I (and all the walkers) will meet my goal.)
REMINDER: Please make a point of watching this week's broadcast of "Truth That Trasnforms." (Orlando, 7 pm. ch. 52.2; on the web at www.truthinaction.org) It contains a great message about the redefinition of "tolerance" in our country and an incredible special video about how that redefinition has affected a 14 year old girl. Unbelieveable report!)
Report Details Security Concerns at U.S. Embassy in Kabul ," January 31, 2013, http://www.presidentialprayerteam.com/Prayerwatch?pw=1116
A private security company hired by the State Department to protect American diplomats at arguably the most at-risk U.S. embassy in the world provided shoddy security, failed to adequately train its employees and fired staff who raised concerns about unchecked practices and procedures, according to a new report. The private guards hired at the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan say it remains dangerously vulnerable to attack, David Hilzenrath, editor at the Project on Government Oversight, told FoxNews.com. POGO, a non-profit Washington group, recently released a report that it claims highlights the on-going security issues at the Kabul compound. The concerns are being aired amid ongoing complaints about the lack of security at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in the run-up to the September 2012 terror attack.
"If we ever got seriously hit (by terrorists), there is no doubt in my mind the guard force here would not be able to handle it, and mass casualties and mayhem would ensue," one guard wrote in late November. Workers reportedly claimed that guards were rarely allowed to practice with their own weapons on the firing range, and that vehicles entering the compound were often not properly inspected for explosives. (Sources: Fox News, The Telegraph)
As the Lord leads, please pray:
- For the safety of America’s ambassadors and representatives across the globe.
- About ongoing threats of terror against the United States and our allies
Most Outrageous Recent Quote: "The problem won't be solved unless you let them hurry up and die." - "Taro Aso, Japanese Finance Minister and former Prime Minister, bemoaning the financial burden that caring for the elderly in their final years places on the country's budget. Over a quarter of Japan's 128 million people are above the age of 60--including Aso, who is 72." (Time magazine, Feb. 4, 2013, p. 9) [Though supporters of ObamaCare are not aware of it, our healthcare system is consequently on a path that reflects that same perverted worldview - Stan; PRAY that all efforts to in effect impose euthanasia as a solution to any societal problem will be soundly turned back. ]
Pro-lifers win, Obama loses in UN abortion battle," Leigh Jones, Jan. 23, http://www.worldmag.com/2013/01/pro_lifers_win_obama_loses_in_un_abortion_battle
"Pro-life advocates at the United Nations have succeeded in halting U.S. efforts to list abortion as an international right that member nations could be forced to uphold. ..Former President George W. Bush blocked funding to the UNFPA amidst allegations that the agency was indirectly subsidizing forced abortions. But President Barack Obama, on one of his first days in office in 2009, restored full funding to the UNFPA, about $40 million a year. ''[PRAY for continued success in the promotion of abortion in other nations, esp. not with American tax dollars.]
"Finally, Honest Words From the Pro-Abortion Society," by lineholder (Diary) |
"I feel like singing the Hallelujah Chorus right now. No more 'safe, legal and rare' canard. No more lies about how an unborn child is just a “bunch of cells”. The left is finally coming “out of the closet” on the truth that life begins at conception and abortion is murder. Or at least, one author on the left is doing so…Salon author Mary Elizabeth Williams who is the author of an article entitled 'So what if abortion ends life?' ” [PRAY for those who advocate abortion, that they would finally acknowledge the destruction to the most innocent as well as to women that results from abortion and turn from its promotion.]
"Reagan’s Childhood Home to Become Parking Lot for Obama’s Library," Jan. 29, http://www.newsmax.com/US/reagan-obama-library-demolition/2013/01/30/id/488082?s=al&promo_code=123D9-1#ixzz2JVYdHWYK
"The University of Chicago Medical Center has announced plans to turn Ronald Reagan’s childhood home in Chicago into a parking lot for President Barack Obama’s library. The Commission on Chicago Landmarks previously denied the Gipper’s home landmark status in 2012, according to The Washington Times, and the university subsequently scheduled demolition to begin in January. Officials claim the home does not reach landmark status because it is not architecturally significant and the nation’s 40th president did nothing notable while living there..." PRAY that the former President's childhood home can be preserved, as it should be.
New Obama Lobbying Group: from the Heritage Foundation (info@heritageaction.com), Jan. 23
"Last week, Obama's staff quietly launched a lobbying organization called Organizing for Action. Organizing for Action picks up where Obama for America (the political machine that got Obama reelected) left off. They're building a massive new organization on the Obama campaign's powerful organizational and technological infrastructure. This is a huge fundraising operation that can funnel money to support the Obama agenda." - PRAY that conservative organizations can effectively challenge this progressive/liberal organization/agenda in affecting our national policies."
"Last week, Obama's staff quietly launched a lobbying organization called Organizing for Action. Organizing for Action picks up where Obama for America (the political machine that got Obama reelected) left off. They're building a massive new organization on the Obama campaign's powerful organizational and technological infrastructure. This is a huge fundraising operation that can funnel money to support the Obama agenda." - PRAY that conservative organizations can effectively challenge this progressive/liberal organization/agenda in affecting our national policies."
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