Keith of Simply Scriptures ~Prayer Request

Little Daniel Scholes, who is 6 the son of Pastor Richard Scholes and His wife Esther. Daniel is suffering from serious seizures and is very sick in Manchester Childrens Hospital

Keith

On Saturday on the walk, was able to share with Bus driver Mark. He is not believer. Please pray that he will come to faith. Please pray for son Bailey, who was ill on Saturday evening

Please remember Daniel Scholes, 6 years old, who had massive seizure on sat evening and his parents Richard and Esther. They are the pastors of the home church in the west end of Morecambe here is their website. We all Iove Richard and Esther so much.

http://homechurch.giving.officelive.com/aboutus.aspx

Please continue to pray for David who has cancer in his eye

Please pray that God would open up a job for me

Please pray for my home church.. heysham free methodist, that it gets the right person for church worker. (I have applied for this post, But pray that we would get the RIGHT person). Pray for my beloved Pastor and wife Mark and Jacqui Johnstone.. ( love you guys)

For mark c who is suffering from Flu

Continue to pray for my family to come to Faith

Please pray for the church in China

Thanks

God bless you

Keith

In this week's edition: reports from Iran, Iraq, Sudan and Laos
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1. Update: Court re-examining case of Iranian pastor sentenced to death
(Source: VOM contacts)
In early July, it was reported that the case of Youcef Nadarkhani, an Iranian pastor sentenced to death for leaving Islam, (see www.persecution.net/ir-2011-07-07.htm for more information) was being returned to a lower Iranian court. In recent days it was learned that his lawyer has finally received the written confirmation of the ruling from the Supreme Court. According to one source, the Supreme Court has agreed with the death sentence verdict. However, the court also found procedural flaws and is asking the lower court to re-examine the case. The judges are reportedly seeking clarification as to whether Pastor Youcef was truly a Muslim prior to becoming a Christian. If Pastor Youcef is determined to have been a "true" Muslim and does not recant his Christian faith the death sentence will stand. It is also feared that Pastor Youcef could be executed before the court re-examines the case.
Pray for enduring faith for Pastor Youcef as he continues to face severe pressure to deny his Saviour. Pray that officials will repent of their unjust actions and allow Youcef to be exonerated and released. Pray that all Iranian Christians imprisoned for their faith will be sustained by the love and presence of their Heavenly Father.
You can encourage Pastor Youcef today by writing him a letter online, in his own language, at www.PrisonerAlert.com. You can also download a free guide for writing prisoners of faith at www.persecution.net/write.htm.
To find out more about Iranians serving the Lord at great risk, visit www.persecution.net/iran.htm.
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2. House church leader kidnapped in Iraq
(Sources: VOM contacts, Deutsche Presse-Agentur)
A house church leader has been kidnapped by Muslims in Duhok, Iraq. A young Iraqi girl recently told VOM contacts that Muslims broke into her home and took her father, Jamal. Pastor Jamal works among the Shabak people -- a people who have Jewish roots and speak Arabic and Kurdish. It is suspected the militants targeted him for helping lead many Muslims to Christ. Several weeks ago, the home of one of Jamal's recent converts was sprayed with machine gun fire. Many fear that the militants, possibly members of al Qaida, will not give Jamal any option of release but immediately kill him.
Throughout Iraq, Christians in environments of violence continue to face the agonizing choice of fleeing their homes or remaining in a climate of fear and pressure. Most Christians have left the country or have been forced to move from their hometowns due to continuous attacks, and it is estimated that less than half of a million Christians remain. Despite threats against them, hundreds of Iraqi Christians in Kirkuk recently celebrated the opening of a new church -- the first to be built in eight years.
Pray that Jamal will be released and brought home safely. Pray that he will rest in the knowledge that the Good Shepherd is with him through his sufferings (Psalm 23). Pray that both he and his family will remain faithful to the Lord in this time of trial. Thank the Lord for the opening of the church in Kirkuk. Pray that the Church will continue to strengthen and grow, even amid the ongoing persecution.
To find out more about Iraqi Christians suffering for their faith, go to www.persecution.net/iraq.htm.
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3. South Sudan receives independence; Christians remain at risk
(Sources: Middle East Concern, VOM)
On July 9, Sudan and South Sudan officially became separate nations -- a separation in accordance with a referendum held in January (see www.persecution.net/sd-2011-06-16.htm for more information). The secession comes after a long history of violence and conflict, including two civil wars between the largely Islamic north and the Christian and animist majority in the south. Christians, in particular, have endured severe opposition.
Although many people, from Sudanese Christians to international leaders, have expressed hope over the South's independence, it is clear that the people on both sides of the new border continue to be at risk of violence and religious freedom violations. In the months leading up to the secession, clashes erupted in several areas. Government agents and Islamic militants looted churches and killed Christians in regions of South Kordofan state. There remain concerns that churches in the Sudan may face further restrictions on their freedom of worship if the government implements a strict form of Shariah, or Islamic, law. With Christians continuing to flee to South Sudan, it is also feared that remaining believers in the north could be especially vulnerable to violence, pressure, and baseless accusations of defaming Islam.
Pray that Sudanese Christians will be examples of justice, peace and love as their nation navigates through this chapter of transition. Pray that the government of Sudan will listen to the concerns of the international community and recognize the importance of religious freedom. Pray that Christians in both Sudan and South Sudan will continue to entrust themselves to Christ knowing Jesus is the ruler over the kings of the earth (2 Timothy 1:7-12, Revelation 1:5).
For more on the trials facing Sudanese believers, go to www.persecution.net/sudan.htm.
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4. Lao pastors languishing in prison
(Source: Compass Direct)
Two Lao pastors arrested six months ago for holding a "secret meeting" are languishing in prison due to the harsh conditions. In early January, officials arrested Pastor Wanna along with 10 other believers and detained them for celebrating Christmas without prior approval. Within days police had released nine of the detainees. Wanna, however, and another local pastor, Yohan, remain imprisoned.
Prison authorities have repeatedly told the men that they will be freed as soon as they sign documents renouncing their faith. After a recent visit, Wanna's family members observed that he had lost weight, contracted an infection and seemed extremely weak. Both Wanna and Yohan's families are also facing hardship, as the men were the principal providers for their families. Several of Wanna's children have since left school to find work.
Pray for health and strength for Wanna. Pray that he and Yohan will continue to draw on the Lord, knowing that He can equip them with the faith and hope they need to endure their chains. Ask God to comfort and provide for their families in this time. Pray that the charges against them will be dropped and that they will be released. Pray that the Word of God will continue to be declared with clarity, boldness, love and power by all believers in Laos.
To learn more about the persecution of Christians in Laos, go to www.persecution.net/laos.htm. To post a prayer of support for these pastors and their families, please visit our Persecuted Church Prayer Wall at www.persecution.net/prayerwall.
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The Persecution & Prayer Alert is a ministry of The Voice of the Martyrs, Canada. (Mailing address: P.O. Box 608, Streetsville, Ontario, L5M 2C1)
Tel. (905) 670.9721. Website: www.persecution.net

Please pray for the following things

Our church AGM is on thursday at 7pm UK time. Pray that we would have God's wisdom and guidance

For Healing

Daniel scholes
Robin Rowntree
Jackie turner
Pastor Mark

For me as I have made an offer for the static caravan .. he is considering it. Please pray for favour

For Susan and Peter hughes as that travel to South africa

Thanks everyone

Keith

Lucy the 13 year old daughter of my dear brother and sister in Christ.. Phil and Gill.. has been suffering from severe headaches and has had a fit.. she has Cat Scan at 11am today.. Please uphold her before the throne of Grace and pray for her complete healing and also pray that she might come to trust Jesus as Saviour. Believe that God will heal her

Keith

Religious Freedom Under Attack in China.. LETS STAND WITH THESE PRECIOUS BELIEVERS.. SHARE WHERE YOU CAN.. GET YOUR CHURCH INVOLVED
Show Solidarity with Shouwang: Sign the Signature Campaign

A few weeks before Easter this year, an independent house church in Beijing started to make international headlines. Beginning April 10, when members of Shouwang Church tried to hold a Sunday worship service in an open-air plaza in northwest Beijing, the world's biggest media organizations have been on hand each Sunday to document police taking into custody scores of Chinese Christians who wanted nothing more than to peacefully exercise their constitutionally guaranteed right to practice their religion. Hundreds have been detained and released or put under extra-judicial house arrest for varying periods; the church's top leaders have been illegally confined to their homes since April 9. (See links below for details reported by major news organizations.)
While the trigger for this now-weekly church-state stand-off was Shouwang's loss of its worship site in early April when its landlord, under government pressure, evicted the 1000-member church from its leased premises, the dispute is not simply over church property or whether Christians in China are allowed to worship outdoors.
What happens to Shouwang and how China's authoritarian leadership deals with a fearless church that has a stated goal of being "a city on a hill" is a harbinger for the future of China's social development and, by extension, what kind of nation China will become. Will the ruling Communist Party tolerate the existence of a peaceful, patriotic and law-abiding but rapidly expanding group of citizens, whose ranks are increasingly joined by society's greatest influencers - lawyers, internationally acclaimed scholars, successful international businessmen - who not only resolutely refuse to join the ranks of government-sanctioned churches but who boldly proclaim allegiance to a higher authority?
Even non-China specialists recognize the import of the Shouwang case. See in particular Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson likening the petition to a "founding document for a new China" (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-founding-document-for-a-new-china/2011/05/12/AFT5CV1G_story.html).
With the 2012 Communist Party Congress and its much-anticipated leadership change approaching, China is at a critical crossroads. Historically, the Party's response is to clamp down and try to obliterate any potentially or perceived destabilizing elements.
But in the 21st century, with a rising China that is increasingly a major world player, the international community has an unprecedented opportunity - and indeed a responsibility - to send a strong, clear message to China's leaders that the governments of modern, civilized and advanced nations are expected to uphold their own constitutions, grant and protect civil liberties, including religious freedom, and establish a rule of law that requires law-enforcement personnel to also be law-abiding.

You play a critical role in getting that message across. You can do that simply by adding your name to the Shouwang signature campaign and writing a brief message of encouragement at
http://www.helpsw.org/p/helpshouwang.html

Please send to all friends and Groups.

My [color:298f=#000]wonderful Land the UK is going downhill rapidly we need revival quickly.. Please join me every Wednesday at 7pm to pray for revival

LETS MAKE WAR ON THE FLOOR

Please take time to click the following link

http://www.ourchurch.com/member/f/faithhopelove/index.php?p=1_15_Britain-Ablaze

thanks

Keith

Please pray for the following people

Pastor Mark- Knee
Ian - our youth leader and his wife Joanne. Ian goes for scan today as he has problems with his joints
Maisie - One year old with leukemia
Mrs Asha - Tumor
Daniel (6) - Brain

Me as I have got shingles..
Am probably going to stay were I am for moment. Continue to pray for Job

Thanks

Keith

The Youth Leader at church Ian.. and his lovely wife Joanne. Ian has been in Hospital. Please pray for a special touch of the Lord upon Ian as he has been in hospital.. he is out now. They do not know what is wrong. Please pray for them both as God has been moving among the young people in a mighty way. Bind the devil and tell him to Leave my beloved brother alone

Please pass these prayer needs onto all your friends and prayer groups

Thanks

Keith

My home church

www.hfmc.org.uk

Jackie t- Heart

Janet s - Parkinson's

Gill- Broken ankle

Stanley - Hip

10 Day mission

Please pray for our ten day mission, with 5 students of Capernwray bible school. Breanna, Aryn, Briitlyn, Thomas and Robert Friday 25th Feb - Sunday 6th March

Special Events include

Monday 28th 10am Coffee morning 7pm Ten pin bowling night
Tuesday 1st March 1.30 Leaflet distribution
Wednesday 1.30 Community appreciation day
Friday 7.30pm Teens Group
Saturday 5th March 10am Car wash 3pm Car treasure hunt (also it is an old person's birthday!!!!!!!!). Guess how old?

Please view website above to see full details

Sunday 6th March 10.45am and 6pm Special services (6pm is special youth service)

Steven R - Cancer (pray for him and dear wife Bonita)

Daniel S- At Great ormonde street hospital. He is only 6 and is having seizures. Please pray for him and dear parents Richard and Esther

Jeremy and Los- Preparing to go out to Ghana to serve the Lord with WEC

My own beloved Pastor Mark - Knee and also anointing on his wonderful preaching

Pastor Alex - Kenya
Pastor Jacob- India
Susan and Family- Bahrain

Me - Job.. Please pray for the two jobs I have applied for at the Local university college for General assistants in Library

Thanks everyone

God bless you

Keith

In this week's edition: reports from Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan
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1. Seven Iranian Christians released
(Source: VOM-USA)
Seven Iranian Christians who were arrested on December 26, along with 31 other believers, were recently released from prison on bail. On January 26, two men and a woman were released in Isfahan. Three days later, four women were released from Tehran's notoriously brutal Evin prison. The release of one of the women, Sara Akhaven, involved her family giving up their trade license in exchange for her bail. If authorities decide Sara has broken bail, however, the family's livelihood will be gone. Sadly, the trade license was not valuable enough to secure bail for Sara's sister, Leila, who remains in prison. Some of the original 31 Christians who were arrested have reportedly been released.
The recently released believers reported that they spent over a month in solitary confinement and endured hours of interrogation and torture. It is likely that those who remain detained continue to face the same brutal treatment. Among those who remain in prison is a couple with two children. Although their mother, Maryam, has been able to phone her children from prison, they have not heard from their father, Rasool, in over a month. All of the other prisoners have reportedly been able to call their families, so there is great concern for Rasool's condition.
Thank the Lord for the release of these believers. Pray that they will remain faithful in witnessing about Christ. Pray all imprisoned Christians in Iran will be released. Pray they will be emboldened and equipped by God's grace as they suffer. Pray for Iranian Christians who face extreme pressure and opposition under the government's new policy of "religious cleansing."
To learn more about the suffering of Iranian Christians, go to www.persecution.net/iran.htm.
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2. Pakistani Christian killed by Muslim employer
(Source: Agenzia Fides)
A young Christian man was recently killed by his Muslim employer in Gujranwala district, Punjab province, Pakistan. On February 5, Imran Masih, 24, stayed home from his job as a driver for two local Muslims because he was ill. When Imran returned to work the next day, his employer verbally confronted him, attacked him and killed him. Imran's body was brought to his father, Lal Masih, the next day, with the employer claiming that he committed suicide. Lal, who is also employed by the same estate, said that his son's body was covered in blood and bore clear signs of torture. Local people also reported that they had heard the employer insult and attack Imran the night of his death. Lal went to the police station to file a report about the unjust treatment of his son's death. However, the assistant sub-inspector refused to accept it, allegedly due to the influence of the Muslim employer in the area.
Only after activists from the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance made a public protest in Gujranwala did the police officially record formal murder charges and damages against the employer and his accomplices.
Pray for the family members and friends mourning the loss of Imran. Pray that, as sufferings overflow, their comfort in Christ will abound (2 Corinthians 1:5). Pray the truth in Imran's death will come to light. Ask God to change the hearts and minds of the Muslim responsible for this brutal murder, leading to repentance.
To learn more about the persecution of Christians in Pakistan, visit www.persecution.net/pakistan.htm.
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3. Update: Christian Convert from Islam facing execution in Afghanistan
(Source: World Evangelical Alliance - Religious Liberty Commission)
Said Musa, who was imprisoned for converting from Islam to Christianity, is reportedly facing execution. A 15-year employee of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Kabul, Afghanistan, Said, 45, was arrested on May 31, 2010, after a television station in Kabul broadcast images that allegedly showed Western Christians baptizing Afghans. Since his arrest, he has remained in Kabul Detention Center, where he has reportedly suffered sexual assault and torture and been denied access to a lawyer.
In the second week of February, an Afghan judge reportedly informed Said that he would be hanged within days if he did not renounce his faith in Christ and reconvert to Islam. Godfrey Yogarajah, the Executive Director of The Religious Liberty Commission of the World Evangelical Alliance, recently called attention to the illegal and unjust treatment of Said. "The arrest of Said in the first place and the subsequent demands for death for apostasy violate at least three provisions of the Constitution of Afghanistan," he said. Said's trial is reportedly the first for apostasy that has reached near execution since the Taliban's fall.
Pray for God's enduring comfort and peace for Said in prison. Pray that, even in chains, he will exalt and praise his Lord -- a God of compassion, justice and truth. Pray for his release. Pray also for Said's wife and six children, who fled to Pakistan after his arrest, that they, too, will continue to find strength in Christ.
To find out more about the opposition facing followers of Christ in Afghanistan, go to www.persecution.net/afghanistan.htm.
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4. Uzbek Christians facing prosecution after police raid
(Source: Forum 18 News)
Authorities who raided a Christian meeting in Syrdarya Region, central Uzbekistan, in January, are reportedly preparing to prosecute several of the Christians present. On January 6, 12 police officials broke into the home of Pastor Andrey Shevchenko, where approximately 25 members of an unregistered local Baptist church were gathered to celebrate the baptism of Christ. The officials confiscated DVDs, CDs and Christian books. They also forced some of the believers to write statements. Pastor Andrey showed the police documents proving that the material had been purchased from the officially registered Bible Society of Uzbekistan. However, police told him that the literature would be sent to the State Religious Affairs Committee in the capital Tashkent for "expert analysis." In early February, police reported that they are planning to prosecute Pastor Andrey and other local Christians under the code of Administrative Offences for "violation of the law on religious organisations" and "illegal storage, production, import or distribution of religious materials."
Pray for strength of faith for these Christians as they face opposition. Pray they will not face charges or fines. Pray they will bear witness to the love and grace of Christ, even to their persecutors. Pray Uzbek authorities will treat all of their citizens with true justice.
You can find out more about the trials facing the Church in Uzbekistan at www.persecution.net/uzbekistan.htm.
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The Persecution & Prayer Alert is a ministry of The Voice of the Martyrs, Canada. (Mailing address: P.O. Box 608, Streetsville, Ontario, L5M 2C1)
Tel. (905) 670.9721. Website: www.persecution.net

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Welcome to China Cry

What a joy it is to share with you once again, as we continue to pray for the wonderful country of China and to stand with our brothers and sisters in the most Holy Faith

Please take time to pass these messages onto all your friends/prayer groups and church notice boards.

Please take time to click on the featured page links at the bottom of these messages.

IF YOU KNOW OF ANY WEBSITES THAT I CAN INCLUDE ON FUTURE DEVOTIONS ETC.. PLEASE LET ME HAVE THEM. JUST REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE.. WHETHER YOU RECEIVE VIA E-MAIL OR THROUGH NING, FACEBOOK ETC.

What I am looking for is small ministry sites/sites of missionaries/poetry sites. Any site would be welcome, as long as they are biblically sound.

Thanks

God bless

Keith



Chongqing Municipality

Location The eastern fifth of Sichuan Province

Population 29 million

Evangelical Population 5 %


Prayer Needs

This is the newest and fastest growing part of China, and is the industrial centre for west and southwest china.. Pray that the church would grow and developed and not be sucked into the money making schemes of the world.

The Three Gorges dam project, displaced many people. Please pray that the church would reach out to these people.

The church has grown and matured over recent years steadily. Please pray that it would continue to grow and mature.

Please pray for a special touch of the Holy Spirit upon the church, that it would not compromise and stand up to persecution, which will surely come.

For for many people in this city to be transformed by the power of the Gospel.l

Pray that the church would be touched by revival power.



Father in the name of Jesus, this city has been created to make money, but we ask that it would make disciples and may it be a place where Jesus is Lord and that His glory would shine through your church.

In Jesus name

Do I hear an amen!!!!!!

God bless you

Keith



Featured Page Link

Please pray and stand with this excellent Ministry

http://tacm.yolasite.com/

My website

Please read the page Britain Ablaze

http://www.ourchurch.com/member/f/faithhopelove/index.php?p=1_15_Britain-Ablaze

Special Song

I hope you like this song and can sing along.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km63bQinoJk&feature=related

Dear friends

As you know I have been seeking work for an awful long time. Applied for 2 jobs today at University of Cumbria. I feel in my spirit that I am called to share the gospel by preaching. It is a feeling deep within my spirit. Please pray that I would know God's will on this matter. If the Lord has not and does not want me to preach then that's totally fine. I just want and need to be in the very centre of his will. I am blessed to have and thank God for the writing ministry that HE has graciously given me. The People who have asked me to preach live in such places as Kenya, Pakistan Uganda and India etc etc. The apostles started at Jerusalem and went the other way round, maybe it is because I am different and unique.. (you can say that again)!!!!!!!.. that the Lord wants me to start overseas

I am seeking the lord every day for my future, but maybe I have to surrender to the call of God on my life to minister overseas or at home

Please pray with me

Thanks

Keith

Please pray for the following needs

For healing

Janet - Parkinson's
Jackie T- Heart
Mike- back
Pastor Mark- Knee
Little Daniel S - Brain

For me to find a job

For my home church www.hfmc.org.uk. Especially for Pastor Mark as he preaches Sunday by Sunday.

For the work in our church called Rock Solid.. aimed at ages 10-13. Pray that these young people would come to faith. Pray for the leaders

Please pray for revival in the UK

Thanks everyone

Keith

KEITH
Please pray for my Pastor Mark, as he faithfully preaches the word of God. Also healing for his knee

Please pray for the youth work on Friday nights 13-18 years old. 46 turned up last week. Please also pray for the new youth meeting meeting One life on Sunday evening after Church.. 8-10pm

Please pray for the healing of little Daniel and for his mum and dad.. planting a church in Morecambe

Healing

Jackie - Heart
David - Lost wife
Janet- Parkinson's


Please pray for me to find some work and for me to keep my eyes on the most important thing.. loving God above everything else

Also be blessed by this song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMyVZW0zY14

Please share with prayer groups