IN THE NEWS:
Greek commerce sector
report paints bleak picture - Bradenton
Herald
ATHENS, Greece — Employment in the Greek commerce sector
shrank by over 12 percent in the past year and there is going to be no
improvement in 2013, a report by the sector's main association claims.
CNN:
Greece’s Disappearing Middle Class
… Greece’s
disappearing middle class is included among October’s most popular videos,
which show how the financial crisis and the austerity measures are turning
Greece’s middle class into newly-poor.
The video shows the
everyday life of Greeks who used to be well-off, but within two years had their
lives ruined. An example is a widow, former nurse, struggling to live on a 200
euro allowance. The reporter also shows the 7-member family trying to get
through the daily agony of putting food in their empty refrigerator. According to recent research, over 900,000
families are facing poverty. In total, 2,341,400 people are living below
poverty line.
Malaria
makes a comeback in southern Greece - Aljazeera.com
Forty-years since the last recorded case of malaria in
Greece, the disease everyone thought was a thing of the past is back. There
have been 28 cases among the Greek population in the southern agricultural land
of Laconia in the last year alone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V8IA8e33Xw
After reading all that bad news, I thought of the following
scriptures:
Psalms 25: 12-15. Who is the man that fears the Lord?
Him shall He teach in the way He chooses.
He himself shall dwell in prosperity,
And his descendants shall inherit the earth.
The secret of the Lord is with those who fear Him,
And He will show them His covenant.
My eyes are ever toward the Lord,
For He shall pluck my feet out of the net.
1.
May the Fear of the Lord come upon Greece and
have their feet plucked out of the net.
2.
Their government is so messed up, corruption has
been a curse, men are giving up because of a lack of hope and there is a demand
for sacrifice from the people. Truly Greece is a government that needs divine
intervention. We pray for a healthy humility to come upon the people of Greece.
3.
We ask You Lord, to prepare the people of Greece
to receive tough love. As they go through this time of breaking, may they call
upon the Lord for help.
4.
Lord, Greece needs Your help. Greece needs a
move of God, a revival. When the Gospel was first brought to Greece by the
Apostle Paul, the Greeks and Macedonians had an open mind. Paul talked about
how that the people of Athens spent their time seeking out new philosophies
(Acts 17:21). Lord, open their minds and
hearts once again.
5.
There are many evangelical churches in the
country. Lord, show these churches that this is the critical hour for them to
reach out to the hurting of Greece. Since the government can no longer guaranty
support in hard times may the churches bring relief, house to house.
6.
We ask for a coming forth of evangelist in
Greece. May the Lord stir up a fire and passion for the lost. May they be sent
to the lost sheep of Greece.
7.
Let us pray for the release of money into the
churches. May Greeks throughout the world see an opportunity to help their
countrymen financially. Let the money come from Greek Christians worldwide.
8.
Lord, we ask for You to stop this malaria
outbreak.
9.
I have heard of a House-of Prayer in Athens but
have not made contact. Let us pray for the protection and the blessing on it.
Lord, draw your intercessors there to pray and grow in intimacy. As the depth of the convent is reveled may
they understand the secrets of the Lord and His plans for the Greek people. We
pray for an open heaven of revelation as they confront the sins of their
nation.
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