Rick Warren welcomes the new North American Anglican Province.
“Commitment to the great commission and the great commandment will lead to a great communion”
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Patrick Awuah on Leadership
Tomás Kennedy
Hear Patrick Awuah speaking about educating leaders in Africa [from TED].
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Word for Today #2 – Celtic Midday Prayer
Tomás Kennedy
Gabcast! Word for Today #2 – Celtic Midday Prayer
Listen to Celtic Midday Prayer, led by Bishop Tomás Kennedy, Ireland.
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FCA Launching in London for the UK and Ireland
Tomás Kennedy
The Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (FCA) is being officially launched in the UK and Ireland in London on Monday, July 6th 2009. Be Faithful! aims to encourage and envision Anglicans committed to the orthodox teachings of the Anglican Church and passionate about global and local mission. Speakers at the gathering, where around 2,300 bishops, clergy and laity are expected, will include Bishops Keith Ackerman (President of Forward in Faith North America), Wallace Benn (Bishop of Lewes), John Broadhurst (Chairman of Forward in Faith UK), and Michael Nazir-Ali, Canon Dr Vinay Samuel (India) Dr Chik Kaw Tan plus Archbishop Peter Jensen (secretary of the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans). Bookings are now open. Please download the brochure for details of the programme and booking information.
link: Be Faithful! FCA launch in UK | News | GAFCON
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The Alpha Weekend
Tomás Kennedy
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The Alpha Weekend
Tomás Kennedy
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Tomás Kennedy
Persecution in Pakistan – please pray and help if you can.
The following message is from Rev. Faraz Malik about the situation in Pakistan. Please contact him directly if you can help in any way.
See also this link to the Persecuted Church website which is also carrying the story:
The Persecuted ChurchDear Bishops,
I want to inform you about very sad news, now it is very hard day by day for Pakistani Christians. It is time to pray for the believers living in Pakistan.
Thursday April, 23, 2009 night chase erupted when some unidentified people scribbled the slogans on the walls of churches at Surjani town, Khuda Ke Basti and Taser Town Karachi City, against the Christianity and highlighting the Islam. The theme of the slogans was to leave the Christianity and accept the Islam. All Christian become a Muslim and the Talban are the true Muslims and if you do not accept the Islam you will be killed. “Talban Zindabad” Islam Zindabad” Nizm-e-Islam Zindabad”
According to the local people and eye witnesses that some armed men came in the night and opened the gun fire on the church buildings. When the people heard the voice they came out form their houses to see what happened, and the armed people started firing on the people. The same time three Christian people were died and many where wounded, three churches, six houses, over dozen of shops and push cars were set ablaze.
It is very hard and difficult time for Pakistani Christians because Talbanization is growing day by day in this country.
PRAYER REQUESTS.
Please pray for Pakistani Christians, victims of the incident, their families and the Families of those people who died and wounded.
For those whom house were set ablaze, churches damaged and set ablaze.
The Christian community is the poorer community of the country, they do not have recourses to repair their houses, they need your prayer and financial support to repair the houses and churches.
Please Send this prayer and financial request to your friends, churches and ministries to help us to help the victims.
You’re Prayers and Financial Support will help the victims. Join our hands in helping the saints in Pakistan.In Christ,
Rev. Faraz Malik
President
Bible Research Forum
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Tomás Kennedy
Easter Greetings to all clergy and members of the Evangelical Episcopal Church in India, Spain, Chile, Nigeria and all other countries where we have a presence.
Even as He died, we are buried with Him. Through the gate-way that He opened, we can enter the resurrection life that He purchased by the shedding of His precious blood.
Rejoice! Be glad! Celebrate! He is risen – He is risen indeed!
God bless all of you this Easter time.
In His grace,
Bishop Tomás Kennedy
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Tomás Kennedy
Saint Patrick’s PrayerI arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through a belief in the Threeness,
Through confession of the Oneness
Of the Creator of creation.I arise today
Through the strength of Christ’s birth and His baptism,
Through the strength of His crucifixion and His burial,
Through the strength of His resurrection and His ascension,
Through the strength of His descent for the judgment of doom.I arise today
Through the strength of the love of cherubim,
In obedience of angels,
In service of archangels,
In the hope of resurrection to meet with reward,
In the prayers of patriarchs,
In preachings of the apostles,
In faiths of confessors,
In innocence of virgins,
In deeds of righteous men.I arise today
Through the strength of heaven;
Light of the sun,
Splendor of fire,
Speed of lightning,
Swiftness of the wind,
Depth of the sea,
Stability of the earth,
Firmness of the rock.I arise today
Through God’s strength to pilot me;
God’s might to uphold me,
God’s wisdom to guide me,
God’s eye to look before me,
God’s ear to hear me,
God’s word to speak for me,
God’s hand to guard me,
God’s way to lie before me,
God’s shield to protect me,
God’s hosts to save me
From snares of the devil,
From temptations of vices,
From every one who desires me ill,
Afar and anear,
Alone or in a mulitude.
I summon today all these powers between me and evil,
Against every cruel merciless power that opposes my body and soul,
Against incantations of false prophets,
Against black laws of pagandom,
Against false laws of heretics,
Against craft of idolatry,
Against spells of women and smiths and wizards,
Against every knowledge that corrupts man’s body and soul.
Christ shield me today
Against poison, against burning,
Against drowning, against wounding,
So that reward may come to me in abundance.Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down,
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of every man who speaks of me,
Christ in the eye that sees me,
Christ in the ear that hears me.I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through a belief in the Threeness,
Through a confession of the Oneness
Of the Creator of creationSt. Patrick (ca. 377)
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Jacque
I love this prayer and so much I wrote it down from a book I read (whilst in Brazil) on Celtic Christianity (the first time I had seen this prayer), there it was only in part but made an such impact on me heightening the holiness and completeness of God our father, Jesus our Lord and the power of the Holy Spirit. Powerful.
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Leadership in the Church
Tomás Kennedy
Judgement begins in the household of God – so where are the leaders? Church leaders cannot stand idly by while civil leaders struggle with the crisis of the world economic recession. We are equally responsible for the mistakes that have led to the collapse of our economic systems. We have been just as guilty with others in the idolatry that there is among Church members.
Let us repent and return to the Lord. Let us show leadership to those around us.
Comments welcome.
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Jacque
Although from a different perspective, I received the following message in praye recently:
17 Feb ‘09
Jeremiah 2:1-13 (ESV)
Jer 2:1 The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Jer 2:2 “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the LORD, “I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
Jer 2:3 Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of his harvest. All who ate of it incurred guilt; disaster came upon them, declares the LORD.”
Jer 2:4 Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the clans of the house of Israel.
Jer 2:5 Thus says the LORD: “What wrong did your fathers find in me that they went far from me, and went after worthlessness, and became worthless?
Jer 2:6 They did not say, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us in the wilderness, in a land of deserts and pits, in a land of drought and deep darkness, in a land that none passes through, where no man dwells?’
Jer 2:7 And I brought you into a plentiful land to enjoy its fruits and its good things. But when you came in, you defiled my land and made my heritage an abomination.
Jer 2:8 The priests did not say, ‘Where is the LORD?’ Those who handle the law did not know me; the shepherds transgressed against me; the prophets prophesied by Baal and went after things that do not profit.
Jer 2:9 “Therefore I still contend with you, declares the LORD, and with your children’s children I will contend.
Jer 2:10 For cross to the coasts of Cyprus and see, or send to Kedar and examine with care; see if there has been such a thing.
Jer 2:11 Has a nation changed its gods, even though they are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
Jer 2:12 Be appalled, O heavens, at this; be shocked, be utterly desolate, declares the LORD,
Jer 2:13 for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.After I received these verses in prayer the following words came to me:
Tongues say one thing but hearts speak another and they are not lining up together.
We must repent immediatley or judgement will come – Jesus won’t tolerate a church that lives in a fantasy world – not proclaiming His Truth, complete Truth and not pandering to the ego of man – sin is sin in His eyes no matter what label we put on it to justify ourselves.Worship is nothing if our hearts are not pure before the Great I AM.
Judgement will come on the Church first – Him who has ears, let him hear.
Repent so as not to lose your lampstand.
Jacqueline Toovey
http://www.intercessorprayer.net
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