Today We Join With Operation World in Praying for the Channel Islands, Europe

Channel Islands

Europe

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Geography

Area: 194 sq km
Capital: St Helier

Peoples

Religion

Largest Religion: Christian

Challenges for Prayer

      Guernsey and especially Jersey rely upon the financial sector for their economic growth, leading to accusations they are used as tax havens. Relative prosperity and an emphasis on material wealth have inevitably blunted the spiritual life of the islands; pray for an awakening.
The island of Sark was the last feudal state in Europe. In 2008, they held their first democratic elections, which led to a great deal of controversy and to the closing of many businesses. Though all businesses reopened within a few weeks, the economy was negatively impacted, and the political situation remains somewhat uncertain. Pray that the island will be able to build a just government while continuing to protect its delicate ecosystem.

More Information

The Operation World book, CD-ROM, and DVD-ROM provide far more information and fuel for prayer for the people of Channel Islands.

Prayer of Thanks

Proverbs 6 (with text - press on more info.)

Joyful Joyful (Upbeat Praise) with Lyrics IHOPU KC by Laura Hackett

Christian Worship Music - 'Sing For Joy' - Harriet Morse

Another awesome original! A really upbeat track using words from Psalm 95. This Psalm of David calls for people to realise that God is the one who made them and cares for them. When we sin or forget God, we must turn to Him, repent, and praise and thank Him for His mercy.

The accompanying videos are shots of the Lake District (UK) - a beautiful example of God's amazing creative work.


Psalm 95:

Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; 
let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.

Let us come before him with thanksgiving 
and extol him with music and song.

For the LORD is the great God, 
the great King above all gods.

In his hand are the depths of the earth, 
and the mountain peaks belong to him.

The sea is his, for he made it, 
and his hands formed the dry land.

Come, let us bow down in worship, 
let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;
for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, 
the flock under his care. 

Today, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah,
as you did that day at Massah in the desert,
where your fathers tested and tried me, 
though they had seen what I did.

For forty years I was angry with that generation; 
I said, "They are a people whose hearts go astray, 
and they have not known my ways."
So I declared on oath in my anger, 
"They shall never enter my rest."

Psalm 95 (with text - press on more info.)

Psalm 95 (New International Version)

Psalm 95

1 Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.

2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.

3 For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods.

4 In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him.

5 The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.

6 Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;

7 for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if you hear his voice,

8 do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, [a] as you did that day at Massah [b] in the desert,

9 where your fathers tested and tried me, though they had seen what I did.

10 For forty years I was angry with that generation; I said, "They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known my ways."

11 So I declared on oath in my anger, "They shall never enter my rest."