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Teaching for 8-27-08
The Transformation of Fischer Village
We would like to share with you a portion of a report by George Otis, Jr. of the Sentinel Group from a recent trip to Brazil. We desire to share these stories with you from time-to-time to encourage you to continue praying for the transformation of your community. This and other stories will be posted on our "Stories" page.
Our first stop on the FireQuest tour (immediately following the Torchlight Summit) report was a transformed community just outside the city of Teresópolis. While at first glance the village (known as Fischer) doesn’t look like much, our appreciation for the miracle before us grew as the story unfolded. In short, many of the inhabitants of Fischer Village are families who have been given new life—physically, emotionally and spiritually—after years of trying to survive in a nearby garbage dump filled with medical waste. The turning point came when a young couple, James and Andrea Alvarez, witnessed a tug of war between a child and a vulture—all for a scrap of rancid food. As highly trained physicians, they understood the desperation, and the danger, that lay behind these daily dramas. But they didn’t just look, they acted! Laying down their comfortable lives, they petitioned God for the courage and the wisdom to become societal change agents.
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• Ask the Lord to increase your faith to believe Him to transform situations that might seem impossible in your city. .
•Pray that you would be wiling to immediately obey when the Lord calls you to reach out—even in radical circumstances.
• Pray for the Lord to radially save those that seem "impossible" to reach with the Gospel.
RNC Prayer / Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem
RNC Prayer
On September 1-4, St. Paul, Minnesota will host the Republican National Convention. We strongly encourage you to pray for this critical event in the history of our country. You can pray at home or be involved in other ways. To find current prayer requests and ways of involvement Click Here.
Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem - October 5. Prepare now for your church to participate in The Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem (DPPJ). On October 5th millions of believers from nearly 175 nations will unite in prayer for the most spiritually strategic place on earth. Log onto www.daytopray.com where you will find multiple resources to publicize and mobilize for this time of prayer, as well as ways to plan an effective program for that day.
