EU Review & Call to Prayer
(EURCP) –
(By Praise &
Prayer Ministries International http://www.EUPrayer.com)
THE
WORD
[1 Timothy 2: 1 "Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, 2 for kings
and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in
all godliness and reverence." Your prayers implement God’s Word. John 15:7]
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INDEX
1) GODS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE 2003 MISSI0N TRIP
2) French
Government Sets Up an Institute to Study Religious Factor
3)
4) Pat Cox Europe ’s
second renaissance
5) Foreign Minister of
6) Nations Debate on God in EU Constitution
7) Future
members agree to comply with EU position on International Criminal Court
8) Check these web sites for detail European Union
information
9)
10) Convention puts final touches to EU's draft
Constitution
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(Item #)
1) GODS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE 2003 MISSI0N TRIP
[PRAYER of thanksgiving
for what God has done and where he
will lead us next.]
In keeping with our theme of encouraging Christians to believe that prayer accomplishes good things, God led us in ways that made our 30 days quite successful. Through faith and prayer we;
Visited 7 churches in 4 weeks and presented our message,
which was well received.
Visited with many individuals in private homes, offices and
public locations with time for prayer for the European Union by these Europeans.
Attended the A-net church fellowship annual group’s
leadership conference for encouragement and fellowship and shared our message
(100 persons).
Attended the Pentecostal Evangelism Conference in
Prayed with a German pastor for the EU on top of the
Visited the site of the
Supported the
Encouraged the
Encouraged Christians to consider God’s call to political
service as a valid call of God.
Got full support from Continental Theological Seminary (CTS)
for posting EU prayer notices monthly in the 3 places in the seminary and in
the library, a folder for latest EU news and issues.
Will also send these EU prayer notices will also be sent to
churches for posting.
Will use this CTS plan as a template for other seminaries
and colleges in
Will use this as an opening for starting our mission work
for encouraging churches to pray for the EU in northern
Found an opportunity to visit
And you, as we, will also be conquerors in all that you seek
to do for him if you daily stay in communication with Him.
[FOLLOW-UP REPORT AND PRAYER REQUEST]
The Synod stated that
action on the EU Prayer day was best handled by the individual church groups,
and so now we must go to those groups in
2) French
Government Sets Up an Institute to Study Religious Factor
[PRAY that this Institute will inspire wisdom and
recommendations that will meet God’s criteria for presenting the full Gospel to
all of
Proposed by Former Marxist Who Discovered the Importance of Religion
PARIS, JUNE 23, 2003 (Zenit.org).- The European Institute of the Sciences of Religions, created by the French government's Ministry of Education, has been inaugurated to promote the teaching of the religious dimension in the country's lay and republican schools.
For more see link for ZENIT http://www.zenit.org/ for 23.06.2003
3)
[PRAY that the increased size and strengthening of
From The Economist print edition
The proposed constitution for the European Union, which its leaders will debate this weekend, has caused controversy, confusion, hope, outrage and boredom. Here we try to clear up the confusion
What is happening and why?
Various explanations are offered for exactly why the EU needs a constitution now. Some argue that, with the Union due to swell from 15 to 25 countries next year, a radical overhaul is required. Others point out that successive treaties between the EU countries have created a mass of overlapping legal texts which need to be consolidated into a single document. Those who want an end to the growth of the EU’s powers saw the creation of a constitution as a way to draw a final line... But the federalists, who want those powers to expand, also pushed for a convention, as a further step towards the “ever closer union” promised in the 1957 Treaty of Rome, which started the process of integration.
Many federalists seem pleased with the 200-pages-plus
constitution that has resulted. Some are calling it the biggest leap forward
for the EU since the Treaty of
Is this the
creation of a European state?
Tricky. Eurosceptics, who like to tick off all the different ways in which the EU is acquiring the characteristics of a state, certainly have some new things to add to their list. Even before the convention, the EU had a flag, an anthem, a currency, a central bank, a supreme court, a parliament, a president (of the European Commission), a euro100 billion ($117 billion) budget and a nascent military force. The convention has now proposed that it should have a constitution, a formal legal personality, a bill of rights (the Charter of Fundamental Rights), new powers over criminal law and immigration, a foreign minister and another president (of the European Council). There is also quite a big expansion of the EU’s power to make legislation by majority vote, and therefore further erosion of national sovereignty.
On the other hand, in some respects the constitution is
creating the form of state institutions without providing the substance. Thus
the so-called foreign minister has no power to make policy over the heads of
national governments, who retain vetoes over the making of EU foreign policy
and control of their own armed forces. The EU will not be able to raise
taxes nor, probably, harmonise them either. Thus two of the central features of
a state—the power to raise taxes and to go to war—remain outside the grip of “
Isn’t the very creation of a constitution
massively significant in itself?
Arguably. In the words of one of the convention’s most
senior members, “What we are doing is moving off a treaty track and on to a
constitutional track, and we will now roll forward on that track.” But even
this senior figure admits to doubts, because in fact this is a “constitutional
treaty”, which, like any other international treaty, has to be ratified by
every national government. And the federalists seem to have lost a crucial
battle on future constitutional changes. They wanted all such changes to be
made by majority if four-fifths of states agreed. But this move was blocked.
All future constitutional changes will still have to be made by unanimous
agreement of all the countries of the EU, although they would no longer have to
be ratified by national parliaments. So this still looks more like a treaty
between states than a constitution for a single state.
4) Pat Cox Europe ’s second renaissance
[PRAY (again) that the increased size and strengthening of
EurActiv 6233 Date:
In short:
Parliament's President Cox is convinced that the 21st
century would see Europe's second renaissance, when following the consolidation
of a process of unification, the EU will deliver on jobs, peace and stability
and enhance the living standards and quality of life of all its people
See the full story http://www.euractiv.com/cgi-bin/cgint.exe/?204&OIDN=2250042&-tt=el
5) Foreign
Minister of
[PRAY that the foreign minister will have the right kind of influence on the writers of the EU constitution that God will be able motivate them to write what He wants put in that document.]
http://zenitenglish@zenit.org/english/
Summary
In statements published Tuesday by the ANSA agency,
"I think that both things can coexists very well," Frattini said. He added that he is "neither optimistic nor pessimistic about the possibility of achieving consensus on the mention of Christianity in the future Magna Carta."
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6) Nations Debate on God in EU Constitution
[PRAY (again) that the national government ministers will have the right kind of influence on the writers of the EU constitution that God will be able motivate them to write what He wants put in that document.]
By
PORTO CARRAS, Greece (AP) -
As riot police used tear gas and clubs to disperse
protesters, the assembled EU leaders also acknowledged the importance of
relations with the
7) Future members agree to comply with EU position on
International Criminal Court
[PRAY that EU laws and policies over EU member nations will be morally and spiritually correct and that the judges on this court will be men and women of God.]
In http://www.euractiv.com/cgi-bin/cgint.exe/445350-290?204&OIDN=1505786&-home=home
Date:
Short:
The 10 future
Brief news:
The 10 future Member States, as well as
On 16 June, the External Relations Council adopted a Common
Position on the ICC, with the objective of supporting the effective functioning
of the Court and advancing universal support for it by promoting the widest
possible participation in the Rome Statute. The new position strengthens the
EU's commitment to the ICC, based on the initial position from June 2002. It
affirms that the EU and its
The issue is to be discussed at the EU-US Summit in
For complete news article use Link.
Links: http://ue.eu.int/pressData/en/cfsp/76329.pdf
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8) Check these web sites for detail European Union
information.
http://www.uni-mannheim.de/edz/net/enet.html
[All the web sites you do not get now on the EU]
EU INFORMATION NETWORKS
http://www.uni-mannheim.de/edz/eu_info/adr/ea_index.html
[All the other EU web sites
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9)
http://www.reuters.com/printerFriendlyPopup.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3006173
A draft of the European Union constitution unveiled earlier this month contained no mention of Christianity despite heavy lobbying from the pope and Christian Democrat parties.[See full Article on Link]
PRAY That what reference God wants in the
constitution to Him be recognised and adopted.
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10) Convention puts final touches to EU's draft
Constitution
EurActiv Date:
http://www.euractiv.com/cgi-bin/cgint.exe/?204&OIDN=1505866&-tt=fu
In short: The Convention will make the final changes to the draft text of the future EU constitution as it meets for the last time on 9 and 10 July. (1,687 amendments were tabled by Convention members) [Read the Link story]
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE TEXT OF THE ARTICLES OF THE
TREATY ESTABLISHING A CONSTITUTION FOR
http://european-convention.eu.int/amendemTrait.asp?lang=EN
TITLE II: Fundamental rights and citizenship of the
Part I of the Constitution
Article 7: Fundamental rights
* The amendments relating to this article may refer to the
former numbering of Part I of the draft Constitution, which was amended on
http://european-convention.eu.int/amendments.asp?content=5&lang=EN
PRAY That any important changes to the
constitution are made before this Conventions work is completed or undesirable
amendments rejected. [read these proposals on Link].
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HOW TO PRAY FOR THE EU
- Know God is expecting you to ask so He can answer. Pray daily.
- Know as much as you can about people and situations; tell God you know He understands, but you are asking as He told you to do. Ask Him to enlighten you as necessary. Pray specifically when you know.
- Thank God that he will give the right answer to the issue at the right time.
- Ask God to reveal Himself to as many in the EU as possible through witness or revelation.
- For those in rebellion against His Word, ask God to change or confuse these minds. Don’t name names because you may not know what you think you know. God does know.
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2) PRAY that Christians be encouraged to consider
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3) PRAY for God’s guidance in starting a new mission
work for encouraging churches in
4) PRAY
that the new Institute to Study Religious
Factors set up be the French Government will inspire wisdom and recommendations
that will meet God’s criteria for presenting the full Gospel to all of
5) PRAY That
any important changes to the constitution are made before this Conventions work
is completed or undesirable amendments rejected.
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