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6/4/2007
The G8 Summit will begin on Wednesday in Germany. This meeting
of the leaders of the world’s top leaders has the potential of
affecting the plight of the poor in many nations. Please join in
praying for the following concerns which one of my colleagues in
World Vision has articulated for us. May God’s peace, unity,
clarity and wisdom be with these leaders as they meet together
this week:
1 Commitments made at previous G8 meetings to increase
development
assistance to Africa, reduce the debt burden on developing
nations and
increase funding on HIV and AIDS are reaffirmed;
2 The G8 leaders will urge the World Trade Organization to
restart the
stalled trade talks on terms that ensure poorer nations can
benefit from
international trade;
3 Additional funding is found to increase access to education,
particularly
in fragile states, and to reduce the number of children
infected with
HIV as a result of mother-to-child transmission;
4 Urgent action is taken to tackle climate change and rich
countries will
act for the benefit of the poorest.
Another request comes from a Somali Christian who asks us to
pray for his
nation. He mentions Mohamed Ali Nur, Ambassador of the Somali
Republic, for our prayers and also writes, “Pray that they work
together and for peace in
Somalia. Also pray for the Somali believers in Christ, that we
will persevere in persecution and that we stand strong against
external opposition and especially against internal struggles
with Sin.”
Please continue to pray also for the arrangement of the United
Nations Prayer Initiative, perhaps the most ambitious prayer
effort that the International Prayer Council has undertaken. 200
prayer leaders from every region will join with about an equal
number of Christian leaders and intercessors from the USA and
New York in particular. We are partnering with a number of
other. Pray for God’s favor with ambassadors, staff of the UN,
NGOs (non-governmental organizations), pastors and prayer
leaders in New York. Pray too for the design of the program and
for all those being invited from overseas that they will have
the financial means to come and be able to get their visas
without any problem in this post 9/11 heightened security era.
John Robb
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