Olympic Headlines You MIght Have Missed…
Protests Still Unwelcome in Beijing
Olympic Protester Returns to UK
Olympic Persecution: Inspiration for Olympic Prayer Band Arrested
Just trying to keep awareness up.
Olympic Headlines You MIght Have Missed…
Protests Still Unwelcome in Beijing
Olympic Protester Returns to UK
Olympic Persecution: Inspiration for Olympic Prayer Band Arrested
Just trying to keep awareness up.
Olympic Prayer
If your house is like ours, the Olympics will be on television frequently over the next few weeks. I’ve been critical on this blog about China and its human rights record and the way Christians especially are treated. However, I view the Olympics at this point as an opportunity. I am disappointed that China continues to clamp down on its people and expression, as evidenced by various news stories in the last couple of weeks, but I don’t expect a tiger to change its stripes without divine intervention.
That is the opportunity presented to all of us enjoying the Olympics. I think Christians can take this chance to really pray and intercede for China and the other nations mentioned during the Olympics. I am very globally minded, but I understand that people in general aren’t thinking about various countries around the world. Use the Olympics as inspiration to pray for countries as you see events happen. A swimmer from Zimbabwe? A Brazilian beach volleyball player? A Sudanese track star? If the Holy Spirit stirs your heart, take time to pray for these nations. A great resource is Operation World, which has a nation a day for prayer. Of course it has very good information on China. We can especially pray for China while it is highlighted over the next weeks. If Beijing wanted to showcase itself and the country to the world, let’s pray that the Light of the world will illuminate the nation and touch the needy souls.
If you want to find a particular country on Operation World, just google the country’s name along with Operation World and it should come up easily.
Take this great opportunity presented to the church, to send prayer on behalf of other countries and peoples around the world from wherever we are!
Olympic Prayer
If your house is like ours, the Olympics will be on television frequently over the next few weeks. I’ve been critical on this blog about China and its human rights record and the way Christians especially are treated. However, I view the Olympics at this point as an opportunity. I am disappointed that China continues to clamp down on its people and expression, as evidenced by various news stories in the last couple of weeks, but I don’t expect a tiger to change its stripes without divine intervention.
That is the opportunity presented to all of us enjoying the Olympics. I think Christians can take this chance to really pray and intercede for China and the other nations mentioned during the Olympics. I am very globally minded, but I understand that people in general aren’t thinking about various countries around the world. Use the Olympics as inspiration to pray for countries as you see events happen. A swimmer from Zimbabwe? A Brazilian beach volleyball player? A Sudanese track star? If the Holy Spirit stirs your heart, take time to pray for these nations. A great resource is Operation World, which has a nation a day for prayer. Of course it has very good information on China. We can especially pray for China while it is highlighted over the next weeks. If Beijing wanted to showcase itself and the country to the world, let’s pray that the Light of the world will illuminate the nation and touch the needy souls.
If you want to find a particular country on Operation World, just google the country’s name along with Operation World and it should come up easily.
Take this great opportunity presented to the church, to send prayer on behalf of other countries and peoples around the world from wherever we are!
Beijing Surprises
I am so shocked.
Beijing has had trouble with keeping its promise about human rights improvements during the Olympic Games:
“By continuing to persecute and punish those who speak out for human rights, the Chinese authorities have lost sight of the promises they made when they were granted the Games seven years ago,” said Roseann Rife, Amnesty’s Asia-Pacific deputy director.
Read more in this MSNBC story. Really, it is amazing.
Beijing Surprises
I am so shocked.
Beijing has had trouble with keeping its promise about human rights improvements during the Olympic Games:
“By continuing to persecute and punish those who speak out for human rights, the Chinese authorities have lost sight of the promises they made when they were granted the Games seven years ago,” said Roseann Rife, Amnesty’s Asia-Pacific deputy director.
Read more in this MSNBC story. Really, it is amazing.