Prayers needed for Egypt and Abp. Mouneer

I had just been reading about the latest crisis and demonstrations in Egypt, and was glad to see Kendall had posted an alert for prayer from Abp. Mouneer Anis:

Greetings in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ!

I do request your urgent prayers as the situation here in Cairo is very inflamed. Many Christians demonstrated after the incident of the burning of a church building in Mari Nab near Aswan (Egypt). The demonstrations started peacefully as the people were requesting that investigations for the incidents of burning and demolishing churches would be completed and the new law for building churches, that was promised four months ago, would be passed.

This evening it turned to be very violent between demonstrators and the military. More than 20 people were killed and more than 100 were injured.

Tomorrow there will be a large meeting for the House of Bishops of the Coptic Orthodox Church and political leaders will have a separate meeting to discuss a way out of this very difficult situation. I would appreciate your prayers for our beloved country.

We will hold prayer meetings tomorrow and I hope that I can meet with Muslim religious leaders in order to discuss a way forward for the situation.

Thank you for your prayers.

–The Most Rev. Dr. Mouneer Hanna Anis

Father, we cry out to You for Your protection of all who follow Christ in Egypt and that You would show the way forward out of violence and strife and into peace for Egypt and her people. Give Abp. Mouneer wisdom, strength and grace as he proclaims Your Word. May he be known as one who speaks Your truth, may he be heard when he cries out for peace. We ask in Christ’s name, Amen.

Title IV disciplinary board

“Judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment” (James 2:13).

Our Father in heaven,
We pray for Ian, Victor, Robert, Dena, Christopher, Dorsey, Herman, Scott, Marjorie, Josephine, Jesus, Diane, Thomas, Angela, Prince, Robert, James, and Catherine in their deliberations so that the communicants of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina may live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity.
1 Timothy 2:2

Psalm 1

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; (Psalm 1:1)
      Lord, protect us from walking in the ways of the wicked and the arrogant.

But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in his law he meditates day and night. (Psalm 1:2)
      Father, help us delight ourselves in your word and your ways. Help us, like Mary, to ponder all these things in our hearts. (See Luke 2:19)

He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper. (Psalm 1:3)
      Jesus, please help us to be vigorous, sturdy, and fruitful in old age (see Psalm 92:12-15). As our days are, so let our strength be (see Deuteronomy 33:25b). You are our refuge, and underneath are your everlasting arms (see Deuteronomy 33:17a).

The ungodly are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away. (Psalm 1:4)
      Father, let the fresh wind of your Holy Spirit blow the chaff out of the Episcopal Church.

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. (Psalm 1:5)
      Holy Trinity, one God, write on all of our hearts that there is a judgment to come so that we might rightly fear you.

For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the ungodly shall perish. (Psalm 1:6)
      Jesus, we pray that all of the ungodly schemes against the Diocese of South Carolina and the Diocese of Albany will quickly perish. Bring the leaders and teachers of the Episcopal Church to repentance. Thank you.

A word received on Philippians 4:11 & 13: I want you to learn to be content as well. Look at verse 13. You can only do this through me and my work in you.

Monday: 1, 2, 3 * 4, 7; Jer. 36:11-26 1 Cor. 13:(1-3)4-13 Matthew 10:5-15
Tuesday: 5, 6 * 10, 11; Jer. 36:27-37:2 1 Cor. 14:1-12 Matthew 10:16-23

      Notes from the Front Line

***** Please pray for David Gough, CMS Ireland as he travels to Egypt, South Sudan and, for the first time with CMS Ireland, to 3 Partner Dioceses in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
      10th October Monday, 09.00, Meetings with Bishop Hilary and final meeting with Dr Jenny Bell, Confirmed

***** Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2011 20:13:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: The Rev’d Canon Joe & Tina Rhodes
Subject: Prayers Requested
      The following is a prayer request from The Most Rev. Dr. Mouneer Manna Anis, Bishop of the Episcopal/Anglican Diocese of Egypt with North Africa and the Horn of Africa and President Bishop of the Episcopal/Anglican Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East.
Dear Friends,
Greetings in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ!
      I do request your urgent prayers as the situation here in Cairo is very inflamed. Many Christians demonstrated after the incident of the burning of a church building in Mari Nab near Aswan (Egypt). The demonstrations started peacefully as the people were requesting that investigations for the incidents of burning and demolishing churches would be completed and the new law for building churches, that was promised four months ago, would be passed.
      his evening it turned to be very violent between demonstrators and the military. More than 20 people were killed and more than 100 were injured.
      Tomorrow there will be a large meeting for the House of Bishops of the Coptic Orthodox Church and political leaders will have a separate meeting to discuss a way out of this very difficult situation. I would appreciate your prayers for our beloved country.
      We will hold prayer meetings tomorrow and I hope that I can meet with Muslim religious leaders in order to discuss a way forward for the situation.
Thank you for your prayers.
+Mouneer
The Most Rev. Dr. Mouneer Hanna Anis
Bishop of the Episcopal / Anglican Diocese of Egypt with North Africa and the Horn of Africa President Bishop of the Episcopal / Anglican Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East Diocesan & Provincial Offices
5 Michel Lutfallah Street, Zamalek, Cairo 11211
Work: +202 27380821 Fax: +202 27358941
Email: bishopmouneer@gmail.com
Website: http://www.dioceseofegypt.org

The Rev’d Canon Joe & Tina Rhodes
2280 Clematis Trail
Sumter, SC 29150
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http://www.sams-usa.org
803-469-0720

***** Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011
From: Mary MacDonald
St James Lake George Prayer Table Report 10/7/11 4pm-5pm Mac MacDonald and Terry Graves
+–indicates received a wooden cross made by Dennis Adams of North Carolina

Laura — Getting divorced

Young girl+ — thanks

Tammy+ — My mom is sick and depressed

Young Lady on way to work+ — Thank you

Mary Kay++ — Needs a bone marrow transplant

Man from Baptist church in Hudson Falls+ — We have a prayer list in our church

Young Lady+ — Just recovering from an illness

Mother with 3 children++++ — Pray for us

Couple — No thanks

Tim Postal worker In NJ++ — Pray my job is there when I get home

Albany Intercessor

Idaho–Francis Sayre

The Very Rev. Francis B. Sayre Jr. (1915 — 2008) was Dean of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. for 27 years.

Great Father, by whose timeless love the ages are adorned, we thank Thee for Thy splendor strewn upon earth, and deeded free to all who seek Thy glory in the fresh land of Idaho.

From the peaked wall towering by the sunrise to the winding shadows of the mighty gorge to the West, Thou has bounded her sundry treasure with light. Bless, Lord, the settled valleys and the wild places in between; that the lives of Thy people may be suffused by Thy radiance from on high; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Hat tip: The Anglican Digest

South Carolina

Matthew 5:3 (NKJV)
“ Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Father,
We thank You for the gift of Your Son Jesus to the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina, for the rule of heaven that comes into their lives through their contact with Jesus, and for the blessings they have received. May the gracious touch of the heavens continue to fall freely upon them. Amen.