The EURCP "European Union Review & Call to Prayer" - February 2008

The EURCPEuropean Union Review & Call to Prayer” – February 2008

Calling Christians in Europe to pray...before it’s too late"... that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made... for kings and all who are in authority... “ (1 Tim. 2:1-2) and Matt 6:33

 

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These are prayer category numbers. Read the article below with it and the last QUICK REF.page and pray as God leads you.[]

1 PRAY for and with the Christian prayer and spiritual activities in the nations of Europe []

2 PRAY for all EU nation’s citizenry & governments & the EU government itself []

3 PRAY for the enlargement policies & international relationships of the EU []

4 PRAY for family, Human Rights and ethical policies of the EU []

5 PRAY for the Middle East policies of the EU [] 

6 PRAY for the immigration policies of the EU and international relations – []

7 PRAY for effective EU policies on terrorism []

EUNEWS 2008 1

Open these web-links read the articles and then ask God to lead you in prayer.

Expect His Holy Spirit guidance as you prayer

 

1  Subject: EURCP priority prayer start

Date: 1/10/2008 10:14:19 A.M. Eastern Standard Time

From: EURCP

EURCP priority prayer start - EU of Prayer members

The presidency of the EU in 2009 is major prayer issue that should begin now.

I am sure it will be high on the Slovenia agenda.

But begin now! Who would you recommend? You will make a difference.

God called you into services for purposes like this. I would like to think that you, a subscriber, and the EU of Prayer were a major player in prayer for this position.

God bless - Hugh and Norma

 

 

1  Subject: NIGHTWATCH FOR EUROPE

http://www.passion.org.uk/newsite/index.html

Date: 1/23/2008 10:53:24 A.M. Eastern Standard Time

From: admin@passion.org.uk

PRAY FOR ANOTHER PRAYER INITIATIVE DEALING WITH THE IMPERIAL FOUNDATIONS OF EUROPE TO BE HELD IN BRUSSELS THIS SPRING

Rusty Richards, who also facilitated the Trier initiative to which focused prayer and worship around the strongholds of Constantine’s era, reports: “Our primary focus, as I understand it at this point, will be surrounding that event in history when Pope Leo III "surprised" Charlemagne in Rome and crowned him with the title of "Imperator Romanorum". (December 25, 800 AD) Leo's motivation was twofold. He needed a protector (not least from the Byzantine Empire in Constantinople) and he wanted to increase the influence of the papacy in Western Europe by aligning the church in Rome (and himself) with Charlemagne and his empire.

 

 

 

2  Small Slovenia takes on highly-charged EU agenda

http://euobserver.com/9/25386/?rk=1

01.01.2008 - 01:24 CET | By Honor Mahony

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - With just three years of European Union membership under its belt, Slovenia will take on the EU presidency today (1 January) landing itself a highly politicised agenda.

Of all the issues that the small ex-Yugoslav state will have to deal with over the next six months, two are set to dominate the agenda - the Kosovo question and the EU renewable energy package.

Slovenia has reluctantly inherited the thorny issue of the future status of Kosovo, the breakaway Serb province, one of the greatest foreign policy challenges the bloc has faced in recent years.

 

 

2 SIGNIFICANT SUMMARIES – SLOVENIA PRESEIDENCY

2a  Programme and Priorities of the Slovenian EU Presidency

The link address is:

http://www.eu2008.si/en/The_Council_Presidency/Priorities_Programmes/

08 January 2008, 15:10 CET

2b  EU officials to begin work on treaty

http://euobserver.com/9/25489/?rk=1

21.01.2008 - 17:17 CET | By Honor Mahony

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS -

2c. Slovenia and Malta ratify EU treaty -

http://euobserver.com/9/25557/?rk=1

30.01.2008 - 07:38

 

 

2  MORE SIGNIFICANT SUMMARIES

2d  UK – Wheeler - We're fighting the EU treaty in the courts

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/01/22/do2205.xml

By John Gouriet

2e  Blair speech sparks EU presidency speculation[fr] 

http://www.euractiv.com/en/future-eu/blair-speech-sparks-eu-presidency-speculation/article-169524

Published: Monday 14 January 2008

2f  Doubts over EU president’s start date

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/076984b2-c2bc-11dc-b617-0000779fd2ac.html

By Tony Barber in Brussels

2g  Candidate list for new EU top job gets longer[fr][de] 

http://www.euractiv.com/en/future-eu/candidate-list-new-eu-top-job-gets-longer/article-169412

Published: Wednesday 9 January 2008

2h  Lisbon treaty fails to simplify EU rules for citizens, MEPs say -

http://euobserver.com/9/25522/?rk=1

24.01.2008 -

2i  Internal row in Slovakia threatens EU treaty

http://euobserver.com/9/25569/?rk=1

2j Political group leaders present plans for 2008[fr][de] 

http://www.euractiv.com/en/pa/political-group-leaders-present-plans-2008/article-169455

Published: Thursday 10 January 2008

 

 

2k Party funding reform aims to boost turnout in 2009 EU elections[fr] 

http://www.euractiv.com/en/opinion/party-funding-reform-aims-boost-turnout-2009-eu-elections/article-169272

Published: Wednesday 19 December 2007

2l  [eUobserver Comment] Let EU citizens choose their president too

http://euobserver.com/9/25428/?rk=1

11.01.2008 - 07:47 CET | By Peter Sain ley Berry EUOBSERVER /

2m   Power struggles lie ahead for new EU institutions

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/01/04/business/tayloreu.php

By Paul Taylor ReutersPublished: January 4, 2008

 

 

3   Euro adopted by Cyprus and Malta

http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/01/news/international/bc.apfn.eu.fin.cyprus.malta.euro.ap/index.htm .

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP)

 

 

4  Sarkozy sparks French debate over God and faith

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080117/twl-uk-france-religion-bd5ae06.html

Reuters - Friday, January 18PARIS - President Nicolas Sarkozy's increasingly frequent and positive references to God and faith have drawn fire from critics who accuse him of violating France's separation of church and state.Sarkozy, a taboo-breaker whose whirlwind love life has distracted the media for weeks, broke with traditional presidential reserve about religion to stress France's Christian roots in a speech in a Rome basilica just before Christmas.In Riyadh on Monday, he hailed Islam as "one of the greatest and most beautiful civilisations the world has known" and described his Saudi hosts as rulers who "appeal to the basic values of Islam to combat the fundamentalism that negates them".

 

 

4   MEPs rage at choice of religious visits to the parliament

http://euobserver.com/9/25457/?rk=1

15.01.2008 - 17:55 CET | By Teresa Küchler

The visit of an Islamic cleric to the European Parliament has sparked outrage among MEPs questioning the presence of religious figures in the strictly political forum, as well as the complete absence of women on the guest list for future debates on religion in the EU. Syria's grand mufti, the country's top religious authority, Sheik Ahmad Bader Hassoun, on Tuesday (14 January) was the first of a series of religious and state leaders to address MEPs in the context of the newly launched "European Year of Intercultural Dialogue".

 

 

4  Spain and the Catholic church-The bishops' revolt

http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10499119

Jan 10th 2008 | MADRID

From The Economist print edition

The church's attacks on the Socialist government may just backfireIT MUST have turned the bosses of Spain's main political parties green with envy. Less than three months before a general election, more than 150,000 people packed into Madrid for what may turn out to have been the biggest rally held during the campaign, in what looks like an increasingly close electoral race.

 

4  MEP’s vote on sexual and health rights bill

Society for the Protection of Unborn Children 2008

Whitacre Mews, Stannary Street, London, SE11 4AB, United Kingdom

Email: information@spuc.org.uk   http://www.spuc.org.uk

The European parliament has voted for sexual and reproductive health and rights for children. MEPs approved Towards an EU strategy on the rights of the child, a report on children's rights by the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. One of the report's articles calls: "... for Member States to ensure that all children and adolescents in and out of school are provided with tailored and comprehensive scientific information on sexual and reproductive health in order to make informed choices on issues related to their personal well-being, including the prevention of [sexually transmitted infections] and HIV/AIDS."

 

 

4 SIGNIFIGANT SUMMARIES

4a  400 groups sign charter for European Muslims

http://euobserver.com/9/25444/?rk=1

14.01.2008 - 09:13 CET | By Teresa Küchler and Leigh Philips

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS -

4b  EU encouraged not to cut off moderate Islamists

http://euobserver.com/9/25517/?rk=1

- 24.01.2008 - 09:57.

4c Belgian police drop case against EU journalist -

http://euobserver.com/9/25567/?rk=1

30.01.2008 - 17:42

4d   EU presidency country faces criticism over press freedom

http://euobserver.com/9/25401/?rk=1

07.01.2008 - 09:22 CET | By Lucia Kubosova

4e  Fair trial groups attack EU prison plan

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=OSNIBUY3T15LNQFIQMGSFF4AVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2008/01/17/weu117.xml

 

 

6 Illegal migrants stream through Schengen zone

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/61b48c90-c097-11dc-b0b7-0000779fd2ac.html

By Hugh Williamson in Berlin

Published: January 11 2008 23:41 | Last updated: January 11 2008 23:41

Illegal migration and people-trafficking from eastern Europe into Germany has risen sharply since the removal of Schengen border controls last month, with many would-be migrants originating from Chechnya.About 420 people have been caught in Germany’s border zone with Poland and the Czech Republic in the three weeks since passport controls were removed on December 21, a German interior ministry spokesman said. He added that this was an increase on previous periods, without elaborating.

 

 

 

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SEEK THE “KINGDOM” FIRST AND ALL THINGS WILL BE ADDED [MT 6:33]

 

These are prayer items by category numbers. Read the associated EURCP article with it, and pray as God leads you. Feb 2008

 

1 PRAY for and with the Christian prayer and spiritual activities in the nations of Europe [2009 EU Presidency preparation and planning and special prayer time for the spiritual foundations of European society]

2 PRAY for all EU nation’s citizenry & governments & the EU government itself [The Treaty of Lisbon Slovenian implementation – political leadership & funding reform in support of 2009 elections]

3 PRAY for the enlargement policies & international relationships of the EU [Economic stability with enlargement]

4 PRAY for family, Human Rights, religious and ethical policies of the EU [French religious policy – religion in EU Parliament – Spain and the Vatican – EP and children’s health rights, including sexual health – Muslim rights and a  new organisation – press and journalism rights – fair trials and prison rights – read it all with much prayer]

5 PRAY for the Mideast policies of the EU [] 

6 PRAY for the immigration policies of the EU – [Illegal immigrants increase through Schengen zone after removal of controls]

7 PRAY for effective EU policies on terrorism []      

 

From the EURCP for Febuary 2008, http://www.euprayer.com