The European Union Review & Call to Prayer”

EURCP - June 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

Newsletter publishers: Hugh & Norma Davis [Not directed by any other ministry] http://www.euprayer.com/ 

Below are prayer category numbers. Open the web links and read the related articles below. Speak to God about your concerns and the  “POSTED PRAYER REFERENCES” .on page 5 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

 

JOIN THE 14 EUROPEAN PRAYER WALL MOVEMENT

 

1  NIGHTWATCH FOR EUROPE week beginning Sunday May 18th 2008

Date: 5/14/2008 11:31:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time

From: admin@passion.org.uk

NIGHTWATCH FOR EUROPE week beginning Sunday May 18th 2008

‘Could you not watch with me for one hour?’ (Mtt26: 40)

WELCOME TO THE NIGHT WATCH FOR EUROPE

I am preparing these guidelines in the Canada House of Prayer in Ottawa. Founded in 2005 this houses a community committed to facilitating ongoing prayer for the Canadian parliament. Last week I was at Ashburnham Prayer and Conference Centre in England that has begun the first stage of restructuring its life around 24 hour prayer. Over the last two weeks of this watch we have been reflecting on the importance of understanding the times we are in, rejoicing at healing signs but not being distracted from the primary purpose of the clear prophetic direction of God. So this week we will continue to pray into that direction as the Lord continues to lead us know.

       If you know of anyone who would also like to receive this night watch prayer bulletin each week, they can subscribe by going to www.passion.org.uk/announcemail  email us at admin@passion.org.uk

We suggested that it would be helpful to understand our prophetic location since 1990, in two year blocks (from September to September, following the Jewish New Year, up until 2000:

Intense disturbance (1990-92) - Intense intercession (92-94) - Intervention (from the Lord to the church) (94-96) - Positioning (96-98)- Perseverance (1998-2000)

Then from 2000 onwards, in four year blocks in reverse

Perseverance (2000 - 2004)- Positioning (04-08)- intervention (through the church into the world) (08-12)I - intercession (of the church for the world) (012-016) - Disturbance (in the world) (016-020)

 

1  A CRUCIAL TIME FOR SERBIA

 

1  Latvia Prayer Month and Day of Prayer for the European Union

Date: 4/30/2008 6:03:28 P.M. Eastern Standard Time

From: donats_@hotmail.com

Hello Hugh and Norma!

     Thank you for your reminder to pray for the EU. I will pass this call to others!

 I have called Latvia to a month of worship and prayer and have received support from the cardinal, other leaders/congregations of Catholics, Baptists, Lutherans, Charismatics, Orthodox, Pentecostals, Salvation Army, Methodists and others. Truly a whole church, not just a protesting one, united for His purposes on Earth, in Latvia, just as in Heaven. We are primarily seeking God for more of His Spirit (Pentecost) and His support for the Family, His standard unit, through the very Christian Family Festivals increasing throughout Latvia and against the primarily EU and other anti-Christian global organizations attack on Latvia May 30th - June 1st

 

1   From one of our friends in prayer for Europe

Subject: Today [9 May] is Europe Day! Date: 5/9/2008 11:03:33 A.M. Eastern Standard Time

From: office@europe4christ.net

Robert Schumann:  "We are called to bethink ourselves of the Christian basics of Europe by forming a democratic model of governance which through reconciliation develops into a “community of peoples” in freedom, equality, solidarity and peace and which is deeply rooted in Christian basic values.” (1958)

Today (the 9th of May) is Europe Day! On the European Union commemorates the Schuman-plan from 1950 which presented a first step in a European unification by merging the German and French coal and steel production. Robert Schumann was an exceptional politician who took his responsibility for Europe and its peoples seriously and who acted out of a deep Christian conviction.

 

2   [Comment] European Parliament's political diversity at risk

http://euobserver.com/9/26216/?rk=1  27.05.2008 - 09:27 CET | By Andrew Duff

EUOBSERVER / COMMENT - The European Parliament is unlike any other. There is no executive formed by a majority party and there is no official opposition. As befits the complex diversity of the union it serves, the parliament is pluralism personified.

 

 

2   National parliaments prepare for bigger role in the EU [fr][de] 

http://www.euractiv.com/en/opinion/national-parliaments-prepare-bigger-role-eu/article-172270

Published: Friday 9 May 2008

Members of parliament from across the EU, meeting in Brdo (Slovenia) on 7-8 May, have begun developing an embryonic strategy to deal with new provisions contained in the EU's Lisbon Treaty that would significantly increase their powers within the EU.

 

2   Irish "Yes" camp closes ranks before EU referendum

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7549072  

Reuters, Thursday May 29 2008 (Adds PM Cowen, politicians calling for unity)

By Paul Hoskins and Jonathan Saul

DUBLIN, May 29 (Reuters) - Ireland's three biggest political parties put on a show of unity on Thursday, rallying around their shared goal of securing a "Yes" vote in what looks set to be a close referendum on the European Union's reform treaty. Irish voters go to the polls on June 12 to vote in the only referendum on the treaty planned by an EU state, meaning one of the bloc's smallest nations could sink a project designed to end years of wrangling over reform of its institutions

 

2   Poland and Sweden to pitch 'Eastern Partnership' idea –

http://euobserver.com/9/26194/?rk=1

22.05.2008 - 09:18

Poland and Sweden are to unveil joint proposals for a new eastern Europe

policy at an EU foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels on Monday, in a

mini-version of France's "Mediterranean Union."

 

2   Brussels to keep control of 'Mediterranean Union'

http://euobserver.com/9/26184/?rk=1

21.05.2008 - 09:19 CET | By Honor Mahony

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The European Commission on Tuesday (20 May) unveiled plans for a Mediterranean Union, taking care to emphasise its low-key vision for the new political set-up.

 

2  Clear votes for new EU Treaty in Denmark, Austria and Germany[de] 

http://www.euractiv.com/en/future-eu/clear-votes-new-eu-treaty-denmark-austria-germany/article-171930  Published: Friday 25 April 2008

 

3   Slovakia rows over EU treaty

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1dcb422a-02ab-11dd-9388-000077b07658.html

By Jan Cienski in Bratislava

Published: April 5 2008 03:00 | Last updated: April 5 2008 03:00

Slovakia's ratification of the Lisbon treaty reforming the European Union could be derailed by opponents of government attempts to push through a controversial media law that has raised worries about press freedom.

 

3   Central European summit pledges for further EU enlargement 

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/03/content_8093969.htm

www.chinaview.cn  2008-05-03 05:39:51     

 TIRANA, May 2 (Xinhua) -- The heads of state from central and southeast European countries said on Friday that the process of Euro Atlantic integration will be incomplete without the full inclusion of the Western Balkans.

 

4   Commission to scale down anti-discrimination proposal[de] 

http://www.euractiv.com/en/socialeurope/commission-scale-anti-discrimination-proposal/article-171843  Published: Wednesday 23 April 2008

Due to resistance from conservative member states, the Commission is likely to backtrack on its plans for an anti-discrimination directive, proposing only to offer protection against discrimination on disability grounds.

 

4   MEPs call for comprehensive anti-discrimination law[fr] 

http://www.euractiv.com/en/socialeurope/meps-call-comprehensive-anti-discrimination-law/article-171308  Published: Thursday 3 April 2008

Despite opposition from members of the centre-right EPP-ED Group, the European Parliament's Employment Committee has spoken out in favour of new legislation banning all forms of discrimination.

 

6   EU to toughen rules against illegal migrants

http://euobserver.com/9/26202/?rk=1

23.05.2008 - 09:24 CET | By Elitsa Vucheva

EU ambassadors on Thursday (22 May) agreed common rules to tackle illegal immigration, making it possible to detain irregular migrants for up to 18 months.

 

6   Italy in major anti-immigration push –

 22.05.2008 - 18:12

http://euobserver.com/9/26198/?rk=1

The Italian government on Wednesday presented plans to tighten up its

immigration policy, which include making staying in Italy without

permission a criminal offence punishable by jail.

 

. 7   Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the escalation of tension between Georgia and Russia

http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/18619

Source: European Commission  Published Tuesday, 6 May, 2008 - 12:59

 

7   Out of Africa: a growing threat to Europe from al-Qaeda's new allies

http://www.worthynews.com/news/timesonline-co-uk-tol-news-world-middle_east-article3867880-ece/

May 6, 2008 David Sharrock in Algiers

It is a vast expanse of desert where conditions are so inhospitable that almost no one lives there. But for al-Qaeda – on the run in Iraq and under attack in Pakistan and Afghanistan – this stretch of the Algerian Sahara has proved fertile ground in its quest to open a new front on Europe’s southern doorstep. Intelligence sources and Western diplomats have told The Times that a new force – an Algerian group calling itself al-Qaeda in the Land of Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) – aims to create an arc of influence throughout North Africa by spreading Osama bin Laden’s “brand” through a fusion of disparate fundamentalist groupings.

 

 

Posted Prayer References  

“The European Union Review & Call to Prayer”

EURCP - June 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

Read the EURCP articles and then let the Holy Spirit guide you in prayer. http://www.euprayer.com

 

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

2 PRAY for all EU Parliaments, Irish election, extra-EU groupings, the impact of “blocs”, and the right resolution of the new treaty

3 PRAY for EU enlargement policies & the resolution of press freedom issue in Slovakia

4 PRAY for family issues and a resolution of anti-discrimination issues on personal orientation.

5 PRAY for the foreign policies of the EU

6 PRAY for the immigration issues in Italy and EU Ambassadors meeting policies

7 PRAY for effective EU policies on a growing threat of al-Qaeda from Afghanistan and new tensions between Georgia and Russia     

 

God will act on your concerns if you act on His!