[HT Prayer] Prayer pointers for Zimbabwe

[Jocelyn Chappell]

Please use the following prayer pointers which I have extracted from
the Tearfund web page, Hard Times for the Church in Zimbabwe
(http://www.tearfund.org/Praying/Urgent+prayer+news/Hard+times+for+the+church+in+Zimbabwe.htm).

# Please pray for international mediation and pressure, particularly
from the Southern African Development Community and the African Union,
to end the violence and find a political solution.
# Pray that church prayer meetings will go ahead peacefully and that
intimidation of leaders will not deter them from giving true
information about the current crisis and condemning the violence that
has been unleashed.
# Religious leaders throughout the country have resolved to visit
torture camps to talk to the soldiers, militia and Zanu-PF officials
manning them to try and convince them to reject violence. Pray for
their protection and for God to work in the hearts of the
perpetrators.
# There are reports of retaliation against the Zanu-PF thuggery. This
could escalate into widespread chaos and provide Robert Mugabe with
the pretext for more draconian military action.
# Pray that people would not take revenge and that the church would
take a lead in responding with Christ's love.
# There are reports that food is being even more closely controlled by
Zanu-PF to persuade people in the rural areas to vote the 'right way'.
# Many agencies are not able to operate as those they meet are then
targeted with violence. Pray that the church will be able to find ways
to help those in need as they become ever more desperate.

Joc
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Jocelyn E. Chappell
ICT Co-ordinator
Pebble Brook School, Aylesbury, HP21 8LZ

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