“The European Union Review & Call to Prayer”

EURCP – May 2008 Rev 1

 

4 MAY 2008 – PRAY FOR EU DAY – PASTOR, TAKE A MOMENT IN THE SERVICE   

 

Newsletter publishers: Hugh & Norma Davis [a Targeted Prayer Ministry] http://www.euprayer.com/ 

These are prayer category numbers. Open the web links and read the related articles below with it and the last “PRAYER” .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 security and terrorism

 

NOTE:1 Jan. 2009: Treaty expected to enter into force once all 27 member states have ratified it.

 

 

THE LISBON TREATY EXPLAINED http://www.alde-communications@europarl.europa.eu

 

1  NIGHTWATCH FOR EUROPE March 30th 2008

Date: 3/26/2008 7:15:35 P.M. Eastern Standard Time

From: admin@passion.org.uk

THE TRANSITION

By the grace of God the body of Christ in Europe is already in a time of transition. We are moving from an intercessory, forerunning phase of spiritual warfare and prayer characterised by watching in the night, to a time of practical action and manifestation characterised by working in the day. While we need ongoing prayer and spiritual warfare, this is no longer the primary forerunning, intercessory task. The task now is for the body of Christ to be repositioned into the world, demonstrating true power and glory, properly stewarding the creation gifts and laying hold of the future in the power of the resurrection. We can no longer hold on to old forms and habits that mislead the world. We must discover how to be witnesses of the kingdom of God that is coming!  Ask God for grace for all his people to understand and embrace the times in which we live, praying over the Lord’s words:“The Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and testing Jesus, they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. But he replied to them, ‘When it is evening, you say, it will be fair weather, for the sky is red. And in the morning, there will be a storm today, for the sky is red and threatening. Do you know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times?’” (Mat 16:2-3)  

 

1  Subject: ww21April2008 - Understanding the present [Europe]

Date: 4/21/2008 1:21:01 P.M. Eastern Standard Time

From: jeff@ywam.eu

weekly word 21 April 2008

Understanding the present

How bleak is Europe’s future? Can Christianity survive today’s challenges? Will Europe’s cities soon be re-populated by Muslim immigrants? Will her cathedrals be replaced by mega-mosques?  Or will Europe simply implode from moral failure?

Last week we wrote about the two-week Heritage Trip, my wife and I host each year, starting in Amsterdam (June 28), and finishing in Geneva (July 12). This first module of the Summer School of European Studies  focuses on the Continent’s Christian heritage.  WRITE for  article

 

2, Zapatero re-elected as Spanish economy falters[fr][de] 

http://www.euractiv.com/en/elections/zapatero-elected-spanish-economy-falters/article-171591?Ref=RSS

Published: Monday 14 April 2008

Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero announced a new government on Saturday after winning the confidence of the Spanish Parliament. But economic clouds are gathering fast over the new, female-dominated cabinet.

Background:José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and the Spanish Socialist party won the general elections on 9 March by a narrow margin of 4%. Nearly 44% of voters backed Zapatero's party, giving the Socialists 169 seats in Parliament, against 154 for the centre-right Partido Popular (PP) (EurActiv 10/03/08).

 

2 Berlusconi comes back to lead Italy[fr][de] 

http://www.euractiv.com/en/elections/berlusconi-comes-back-lead-italy/article-171638

Published: Tuesday 15 April 2008

Silvio Berlusconi triumphed in the Italian political elections sealing his third victory in almost 15 years of politics. In the winning right-wing coalition (PDL - Popolo Della Liberta'), the xenophobic Lega Nord also scored highly.

Background: After the premature fall of the centre-left coalition led by Romano Prodi (EurActiv 25/01/08), Italians were asked to vote for a new government on 12 and 13 April.

 

2, Charlemagne-Danger ahead for the mighty euro

http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displayStory.cfm?story_id=11016305&fsrc=nwlgafree

Apr 10th 2008

Euro-zone economies face external woes and internal tensions

AT THE World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2001, the mood was sombre. The dotcom bubble had burst spectacularly, the Nasdaq stockmarket had crashed, and the American economy was tipping into recession. Yet most continental Europeans were breezily optimistic. The long years of being lectured about their inadequacies by the Anglo-Saxons were over. Europe had wisely skipped the dotcom mania, and its new currency, the euro, was giving the continent a boost. Some Europeans even dreamed of taking over as the motor of the world economy. But it was not to be, as Europe promptly fell into a deeper recession even than America. [READ FROM LINK]

 

 

 

2  Brown seeks EU deal on temps’ rights

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b021687c-058d-11dd-a9e0-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=70662e7c-3027-11da-ba9f-00000e2511c8.html  

By Sarah Laitner in Brussels, Jean Eaglesham in London and Ben Hall in Paris

Published: April 8 2008 23:29 | Last updated: April 8 2008 23:29

Britain is trying to strike a behind-the-scenes European Union deal on bolstering temporary workers’ rights to lessen the risk of an embarrassing defeat in Brussels.

The government is holding secret talks with the European Commission over planned EU legislation on agency staff after blocking the proposal, along with a handful of other countries, for four years.

 

2  Germany wants smaller EU budget

http://www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7425619

 rise from 2014Reuters, Monday March 31 2008 By Ilona Wissenbach

BRUSSELS, March 31 (Reuters) - Germany, Europe's biggest net paymaster, warned its European Union partners on Monday that it plans to curb the growth of EU spending from 2014 and pointed to room for cuts in agricultural outlays.

Deputy Finance Minister Thomas Mirow fired the opening shot in what is likely to be a marathon battle by saying in a speech in Brussels that the future budget cannot be allowed to grow as fast as it has in 2007-2013. Even if the budget ceiling stayed at its current level of 1 percent of gross national income, expenditure would increase in nominal terms by 40 percent in the next seven-year period

.

2  Bulgarian government in reshuffle after mafia scandal

 

3. EU Enlargement issues and problems

            PRAY for God’s guidance in enlargement issues

 

3 EU reforms riddled with ‘inadequacies’

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/16272f46-0b40-11dd-8ccf-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=70662e7c-3027-11da-ba9f-00000e2511c8.html 

By Ben Hall in Paris

Published: April 16 2008 02:52 | Last updated: April 16 2008 02:52

The European Union’s strategy for making its economy as competitive as that of the US should be radically redrawn with a bigger role for Brussels institutions and a more important diplomatic dimension, according to a report for the French government. Only a month after EU leaders renewed their faith in the so-called Lisbon strategy of economic reforms, which runs until 2010, a report commissioned by the French finance ministry points out its “inadequacies

 

 

3  Sarkozy in U-turn over Turkey referendum[fr][de] 

http://www.euractiv.com/en/enlargement/sarkozy-turn-turkey-referendum/article-171300

Published: Thursday 3 April 2008

Referenda linked to future EU enlargements will no longer be compulsory in France under a draft law amending the Constitution to be adopted in July. The move primarily aims to allow Croatia to join the bloc next year but also clears the way for Turkey's accession bid, EurActiv France reports.

A draft law on institutional reform transmitted on 19 March to the State Council, France's highest legal authority, contains an article deleting all references to referenda to be held each time a new country joins the EU.

 

4  Agency in corruption probe set to expand

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/abc8a22a-067a-11dd-802c-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=70662e7c-3027-11da-ba9f-00000e2511c8.html

By Andrew Bounds in Brussels

Published: April 9 2008 22:49 | Last updated: April 9 2008 22:49

A scandal-hit European aid programme might be enlarged despite being the focus of a multi-million euro corruption inquiry. The European Union has backed reform of the Centre for the Development of Enterprise (CDE), which distributes aid to industry in the developing world, before fully investigating allegations that its former director gave contracts to companies in which he had a stake and misused a loan of €3.7m ($5.9m, £3m), critics say.

 

4  Rights court struggles with spiraling backlog

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2757be56-0d6c-11dd-b90a-0000779fd2ac.html

Published: April 18 2008 19:14 | Last updated: April 18 2008 19:14

Terry Davis, the secretary-general of the Council of Europe, furrows his brow as he contemplates the condition of his Strasbourg-based organisation, now approaching its 60th birthday. Established in May 1949 at the onset of the cold war to promote democracy, human rights and the rule of law in Europe, the Council has in one sense amply fulfilled its task. The continent’s ideological divisions are healed, and Alexander Lukashenko’s authoritarian Belarus is the only country still denied membership.

 

6  EU ready to start partnership talks with Russia[fr][de] 

http://www.euractiv.com/en/enlargement/eu-ready-start-partnership-talks-russia/article-171235 

Published: Tuesday 1 April 2008

EU foreign affairs ministers said they are prepared to open negotiations with Russia on a new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) at their next meeting on 28 April, after agreeing on the wording of the mandate at their informal meeting in Brdo on 28-29 March."Even if I am not expecting any major policy shifts, I think there is an opportunity which we should take to open a new chapter in our partnership with Russia," External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said after the meeting. She expressed her wish to move towards "a real partnership on an equal footing" with a very broad scope, with energy security and supply being the first priority, but also including issues such as migration, trade and security.

 

 

“The European Union Review & Call to Prayer”

POSTER PRAYERS - May 2008

  4 May 08 - Pray for the EU SUNDAY

1 PRAY for the transition of the body of Christ to be repositioned into the world, demonstrating true power and glory, properly stewarding the creation gifts and laying hold of the future in the power of the resurrection. Can it overcome the challenges that it faces with such as the growth of Islam in Europe.

2 PRAY for the new Italian and Spanish governments, and the financial managers of the euro, the wisdom of the UK budget deal request, and Germany’s budget request and Bulgaria’s problem with the Mafia.

3 PRAY for the enlargement policies & international relationships such as Bosnia EU relationship, Kosovo’s sovereignty problems, a new plan in economic reforms by 2010 and the impact of Sarkozy’s revised position on Turkey.

4 PRAY for backlog reduction in human rights court, and needed corruption probe in CDE, A EU business promotion agency

5 PRAY for Israel and peaceful and right solutions in the Middle East

6 PRAY for the immigration policies of the EU, a new effort by the EU foreign affairs office for a new partnership with Russia

7 PRAY for effective EU policies on security and terrorism.

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!!

March for Jesus planned in Strasbourg Fr on 31st May?

See: http://www.marchepourjesus.org/

Targeted Prayer Ministries, Hugh and Norma Davis EURCP@aol.com