Monday, February 27, 2012

Feb 27: Azerbaijan

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Area: 86,600 sq km
Caucasian republic on the Caspian Sea, including a 5,632 sq km enclave, Nakhichevan, between Armenia and Iran, and the disputed 4,400 sq km region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Population: 8,933,928 Annual Growth: 1.11%
Capital: Baku
Urbanites: 52.2%
HDI Rank: 86 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

Peoples

Peoples: 40 (63% unreached) All peoples
Unreached Peoples Prayer Card

Official language: Azerbaijani Languages:34 All languages

Religion

Largest Religion: Muslim

Religion		Pop %	Ann Gr
Christians	244,790	2.74	-0.3
Evangelicals	18,517	0.2	3.7
Muslim	7,824,334	87.58

Answer to Prayer

An Azeri Church has emerged, although not without trials. A reasonable estimate places the number of Azeri Christians in the country at 6,000; a more verifiable total would be 3,000. Either one marks solid growth since 1991 – when there were a mere 40 Christians. Azeri Christian music, literature, poetry and other expressions of worship and culture are beginning to flourish. The number of ethnic Azeris in Iran who follow Christ is much higher.
For an additional Answer to Prayer see Operation World book, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM.

Challenge for Prayer

The economic boom associated with oil will not last long, and is predicted to dry up before 2025. The bonanza sees Baku blossom with wealthy elite and luxury goods. Outside of the capital, little effect is observable. Promised economic reforms have lagged, but it is vital that the current wealth is invested heavily into long-term infrastructure and into developing other sources of income.
For an additional 9 Challenges for Prayer see Operation World book, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM.

More Information

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

THANK YOU JESUS (With Lyrics) : Don Moen

Matt Papa - Open Hands

BURN (With Lyrics) : Don Moen

Proverbs 27 (with text - press on more info.)

Proverbs 27 (New International Version)

Proverbs 27

1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.

3 Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but provocation by a fool is heavier than both.

4 Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?

5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

6 Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.

7 He who is full loathes honey, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.

8 Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home.

9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend springs from his earnest counsel.

10 Do not forsake your friend and the friend of your father, and do not go to your brother's house when disaster strikes you— better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

11 Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart; then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.

12 The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.

13 Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for a wayward woman.

14 If a man loudly blesses his neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.

15 A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping on a rainy day;

16 restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.

17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

18 He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.

19 As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.

20 Death and Destruction [a] are never satisfied, and neither are the eyes of man.

21 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but man is tested by the praise he receives.

22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding him like grain with a pestle, you will not remove his folly from him.

23 Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;

24 for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.

25 When the hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered in,

26 the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.

27 You will have plenty of goats' milk to feed you and your family and to nourish your servant girls.

Ten Ways To Love

1. Listen ~ Proverbs 18:13 (Complete Jewish Bible)

13To answer someone before hearing him out is both stupid and embarrassing.

2. Speak ~ James 1:19 (Complete Jewish Bible)

19Therefore, my dear brothers, let every person be quick to listen but slow to speak, slow to get angry;

3. Give ~ Proverbs 21:26 (Complete Jewish Bible)

26he covets greedily all day long; but a righteous person gives without holding back.

4.Pray ~ Colossians 1:9 (Complete Jewish Bible)

9Therefore, from the day we heard of it, we have not stopped praying for you, asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all the wisdom and understanding which the Spirit gives;

5. Answer ~ Proverbs 17:1 (Complete Jewish Bible)

1Better a dry piece of bread with calm than a house full of food but also full of strife.

6. Share ~ Ephesians 4:15 (Complete Jewish Bible)

15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in every respect grow up into him who is the head, the Messiah.

7. Enjoy ~ Philippians 2:14 (Complete Jewish Bible)

14Do everything without kvetching or arguing,

8. Trust ~ 1 Corinthians 13:7 (Complete Jewish Bible)

7Love always bears up, always trusts, always hopes, always endures.

9. Forgive ~ Colossians 3:13 (Complete Jewish Bible)

13Bear with one another; if anyone has a complaint against someone else, forgive him. Indeed, just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must forgive.

10. Promise ~ Proverbs 13:12 (Complete Jewish Bible)

12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

PEACE (WHERE THE HEART IS) (With Lyrics) : Jim Brickman Ft. Keith Follese

YOUR LOVE NEVER FAILS (With Lyrics) : Don Moen

Psalm 23 (with text - press on more info.)

Psalm 23 (New International Version)

Psalm 23

A psalm of David.

1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,

3 he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, [a] I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

6 Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.