FACEDOWN 40 Day 2

A Most Important Man

Written by Francis Frangipane

Meditation:

“First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, for kings and all who are in authority.” – 1 Timothy 2:1-8

Reflection:

This week, President Bush will be in Pakistan meeting with Pervez Musharraf, president of Pakistan. While we should be praying daily for President Bush, we should also pray for President Musharraf as well. Pakistan is a nation of 160,000,000 people, 97% of whom are Muslim. Within its Islamic culture are millions of jihadists, many of whom willing to die for Allah. Obviously, Pakistan needs a stable, even noble leader to keep its radical population in check. A revolt or absence of balanced authority in Pakistan’s leadership would be catastrophic. Why? Pakistan already has nuclear weapons. With a radicalized government in charge, they could use those weapons or give them to terror groups around the world!

In spite of threats from Islamic radicals, President Musharraf has been a courageous ally in the war against terrorism. His army has been responsible for killing or capturing hundreds of al-Qaeda fighters, many of whom were important leaders in the terror network. Musharraf himself has been miraculously protected from several bomb attempts on his life. Civil rights groups criticize Musharraf for not relinquishing his position as commander in chief of Pakistan’s armies and for not allowing national elections to select a challenger to his presidency. Yet, Musharraf has served his nation well, seeking to end Pakistan’s long conflict with India as well as reaching in peace toward Israel. Finally, President Musharraf is a moderate Muslim who is respectful toward Christianity. As a child, he actually attended Saint Patrick's High School in Karachi and graduated from Forman Christian College in Lahore. He is a man of extreme importance in the purposes of God and vital to the resolution of the crises of our times. I urge you, therefore, to stand before God in prayer for this man.

Prayer:

Lord God, even as You singled out a Gentile king name Cyrus and used him for Your purpose, so You have raised up Pervez Musharraf and made him president of Pakistan. Father, cover and protect this man. Grant him wisdom, dreams and visions from You, that he might know Your voice. Reveal to him if there are any traitors in his staff. We bind and resist every demonic attack against his life. We cover him in the blood of Jesus. Father, for the sake of the gospel, we ask that You use President Musharraf and, in Your divine mercy, reveal Your Son to him. In Jesus’ name. Amen!

Emergency Prayer For Pakistan

This country is ready to explode again. This time they are openly saying they want to overthrow President Musharraf and bring harm to President Bush. (Bush was scheduled to arrive in Pakistan on Friday. Now they are not saying when, but it probably will be tomorrow night or Saturday.) Strikes are called for tomorrow. All shops are to be closed; nothing on wheels is to move. People are panicky and scared.

The bomb blast near the US Consulate in Karachi was done to send a direct message to President Bush. Since my last writing more churches have been destroyed.

The issues of the cartoons is now only used to raise religious fervor. In a country where one has to be a Muslim, not to take part in demonstrations is seen as being against “god”. It is a vicious cycle taking place, even those who do not want to take part are often forced into doing what they do not want to do.

IT CANNOT FALL. IT WILL NOT FALL.

We must pray.We must unleash the hosts of heaven to fight this war.God calls us to stand in the Gap and PRAY.

PRAY FOR

• confusion to strike the powers of darkness.
• President Musharraf. For wisdom.
• Enough police forces to contain this.
• President Bush. By his coming he could stir up enough opposition to make it difficult for Musharraf to stay in power.

“History belongs to the intercessors”. The Muslim world has gone through their time of Fasting. They look at this season of Lent before our big “Eid” (Easter), mocking and asking if we really fast and does our God hear us. Yes, God will hear! The Ruler of heaven and earth shall send forth His mighty warring angels and even Pakistan has experience an outpouring of the Holy Spirit!