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Trip Report from the Ukraine |
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May 13, 2008
Dear Friends and Mission Pray-ers:
(Global Day of Prayer)
This has been one of the most incredible trips we have taken. Thank you so much for praying for this team as we have represented you in circling Europe. We arrived back in England from the Ukraine last night. By the time you receive this email we will be flying back to Dallas. Thank you so much for praying with us and for us.
The Ukraine meeting was unique and a first for them to rally in such unity and strength. We met in an outdoor stadium in Dnepropetrovsk. This city was like the last three cities we wrote you about - Copenhagen, Gdansk and Warsaw. Each of these cities has several similarities: their location is strategically important; all have been important to the Jews, and all have had to content with the Germans and Russians in their history.
Dnepropetrovsk was of particular importance to the Soviet Union as a key center of nuclear, arms and space industries. Because of its military industry, the city was a closed city until the 1990s. (A closed city or closed town is a settlement in the former Soviet Union with travel and residency restrictions.) During the German occupation of Ukraine in World War II, this was one of the six key ruling regions of the Germans. The city was an important center of Jewish life. Approximately 80,000 Jews lived in the city before the Holocaust, but soon after the Nazis conquered the city on October 12, 1941, 11,000 were shot! In the end, only 15 Jews survived the war in Dnepropetrovsk. We drove by and prayed at a new, modern synagogue. Therefore, the Jews do seem to have found some refuge for worship in modern day Ukraine.
The level of unity for this event was unprecedented in the history of this modern young Church. We must remember that most of these people have only been saved since 1992. We were hosted by Maxim Belousova. His wife, Julia, an incredible vocalist, led the worship for the event. On the Global Day of Prayer gathering on Sunday night, groups of leaders would pray for the Ukraine. I have to say there was not a leader that was not anointed when they prayed. This was not a typical formal event where people are content to pray polite prayers. In Dnepropetrovsk there was a passion and a fire with each prayer.
When it was time for me to exhort the people, I led them in thanking our Father for His Kingdom around the world. We then prayed for Israel and Jerusalem. Next, I shared with them over how the Lord told us to love our neighbors. We then spoke the names of all the neighboring nations that surround Ukraine and had the attendees pray for these nations. The Lord had given me the book of Haggai to pray through. This book represented the perfect biblical pattern for where the people of Ukraine are today. During Haggai's time, the people had been in captivity. They had returned from captivity to rebuild the Temple and had gotten discouraged, disinterested and disillusioned. The warfare against them moving forward was great. Therefore, 16 years later the prophet Haggai exhorted God's covenant people to rise up, consider their ways , and begin to build again. The Lord then said He would shake them until the latter glory became greater than the former glory.
This was the same time frame that we were dealing with in the Ukraine. The people were in Soviet captivity for 70 years. In 1990 there was an opening. Then in 1992, 16 years ago, a move of God began in that nation. But weariness had set in. I declared that in the midst of all the shaking ahead, the Ukraine would rise up and be bold to lead in change. We ended the meeting with an evangelist giving an altar call. Ten came forward to know the Lord and many renewed their faith.
In 2004, Peter Wagner led a team to the Ukraine to meet with all the apostolic leaders of the region. That is an incredible report if you wanted to read more about what God is doing in this region of the earth. I quoted from the report yesterday during a leadership gathering of approximately 60 leaders from around the Ukraine. You can read this report at http://www.gloryofzion.org/outmail/KievReportOnline.htm
The team and I were well received. The Spirit of God moved upon us. A new unity was knit amongst the leaders in this nation. I believe new strength was found by all attending so they could go into their next phase of building the new wineskin for this nation.
Again, we would like to thank you so much for praying, giving and standing with us. This was one of our more demanding trips, but the rewards from this trip overtook the stress. Pray us home. Additionally, pray for all team members to be refreshed and strengthened: Aaron Smith, Anne Tate, Brian Kooiman, Diane Buker, Ginny Marks, John Dickson, Linda Heidler, Martha Lucia, and Sheryl Price, as well as Sharon Stone and Greg Black.
Also, continue to pray for Asia. , It is hard to explain how God showed me what would be going on in Asia during our Firstfruits Weekend at Glory of Zion two weeks ago. At that time, I began to yell, Asia, get ready, you are going to experience shaking! Whirlwinds are coming! The shaking is beginning! I believe revelation has to have some sort of connection. I asked the Lord how I would stop in the middle of a service and begin to do this. As I was meditating upon this, I realized that I had just baptized a young Chinese girl. Linda Heidler shared with me yesterday that this girls family lives in a city very near where the earthquake in China just occurred. These are such important times. God is speaking to His prophetic people. The prophets are making decrees. We are in a new building phase. The Lord is shaking everything that needs to be shaken until a new dimension of His glory is seen in the earth realm. At Glory of Zion in the past weeks, we have baptized approximately 100 individuals. Many of these are renewing their faith, and several are coming to know the Lord. Be aware! The season has changed. God is doing a new thing. Make sure you are perceiving the changes going on worldwide and around you.
Finally, dont forget our Pentecost Gathering on June 6-8. We will be having a special hour of baptism during that weekend. Barbara Yoder, Ray Hughes, Diane Buker, and John & Sheryl Price will be joining Robert Heidler and me. We would love for you to make your way to be with us, so sign up now for this gathering! Registration is $20 per person. Space is limited so register online at www.gloryofzion.org or call (888) 965-1099 or (940) 382-7231. Prophetic, Deliverance and Healing Ministry will be available. Many of you will also want to join us by webcast. The cost is $20 and you can now register by clicking here.
Blessings,
Chuck D. Pierce
p.s. I will work on the new prayer focus for all of us on the flight home.
Material Specials:
Reordering Your Day by Chuck D. Pierce
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The Lord is about to change the course of His people and make us efficient and effective in our prayer life and with our time! In Reordering Your Day, learn about the four night watches: Evening – 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM Let the Lord reveal to you why you are being called at certain times to pray. He is restoring the actual watches of the night so we can see things we have never seen before. This book will help you understand how God is reordering our day so we can enter into His timeframe and experience the power of seeing what He sees! |
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Contending for a New Beginning by the Glory of Zion International Worship Team
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The latest CD of the GZI Worship Team was released at the Starting the Year Off Right Conference. Beginning with The Swords will Contend and ending with Don't Forget, these 10 songs will stir your spirit and renew a zeal to war for the new the Lord has for you in 2008. Allow the sound and words on this recording to Expose You and separate yourself for the King as a Spotless Bride. Then get ready to Clap Your Hands and shout Yes I Will as you Run to the Shadow of the fiery angels' wings. By the time you are done, your spirit man will be shouting Let Me Outta Here so you can Shift and be Ready to Fly! Allow this CD to propel you into your new beginning. ($12) |
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