Piotrków-Trybunalski, Poland
Sunday, February 15, 2009
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Warfare Prayer Team
We have come to believe that something cataclysmic is taking place in our lives and in the heavenlies. The Holy Spirit is revealing to God’s people what His desires are here in Poland. This afternoon, a group of us began to meet, research and pray. We met with some fellow American missionaries and a Polish couple who are believers. In the following blog posts on spiritual warfare in Poland will be documenting the things that God is stirring in the hearts of a small army (like Gideon’s) that He has assembled to engage in this spiritual battle.
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Warfare Prayer Team
We have come to believe that something cataclysmic is taking place in our lives and in the heavenlies. The Holy Spirit is revealing to God’s people what His desires are here in Poland. This afternoon, a group of us began to meet, research and pray. We met with some fellow American missionaries and a Polish couple who are believers. In the following blog posts on spiritual warfare in Poland will be documenting the things that God is stirring in the hearts of a small army (like Gideon’s) that He has assembled to engage in this spiritual battle.
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God has revealed to one Polish believer that there were things that have happened here in Piotrków-Trybunalski that have SADDENED GOD and that have AFFECTED ALL OF POLAND. We are so glad that there are Polish natives with us on this team, and that they have been really digging into the history here, because some of what we will be doing at these historical places will be public repentance on behalf of the Polish people, as Daniel, Isaiah and Jeremiah modeled in the Scriptures.
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Please pray for us this week as we are seeking wisdom from God as to specifics in our prayer time for this Saturday. Also, every Wednesday afternoon, our team will be meeting at our place at 5:30 pm, focusing specifically on spiritual warfare, then will join the prayer meeting downstairs at 6:30 pm with some other lovely and faithful church members. God is so awesome! When we have told people that we are missionaries in Piotrków-Trybunalski, they look at us strangely and even ask, “Why?” It seems as though many people think that this is just some forgotten city that has no real significance, and that it would make more sense to be missionaries in places like Warsaw or Krakow. We have even wondered why God would bring us to this place. I mean, we love the people, Pastor Daniel and the church family here. But why Piotrków-Trybunalski? It is becoming so clear to us. We have been brought here by God for such a time as this. A time when God is speaking to His children and saying that this little city of 80,000 people has a history that has affected the entire country of Poland.
God has revealed to one Polish believer that there were things that have happened here in Piotrków-Trybunalski that have SADDENED GOD and that have AFFECTED ALL OF POLAND. We are so glad that there are Polish natives with us on this team, and that they have been really digging into the history here, because some of what we will be doing at these historical places will be public repentance on behalf of the Polish people, as Daniel, Isaiah and Jeremiah modeled in the Scriptures.
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Please pray for us this week as we are seeking wisdom from God as to specifics in our prayer time for this Saturday. Also, every Wednesday afternoon, our team will be meeting at our place at 5:30 pm, focusing specifically on spiritual warfare, then will join the prayer meeting downstairs at 6:30 pm with some other lovely and faithful church members. God is so awesome! When we have told people that we are missionaries in Piotrków-Trybunalski, they look at us strangely and even ask, “Why?” It seems as though many people think that this is just some forgotten city that has no real significance, and that it would make more sense to be missionaries in places like Warsaw or Krakow. We have even wondered why God would bring us to this place. I mean, we love the people, Pastor Daniel and the church family here. But why Piotrków-Trybunalski? It is becoming so clear to us. We have been brought here by God for such a time as this. A time when God is speaking to His children and saying that this little city of 80,000 people has a history that has affected the entire country of Poland.
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Take a look at the map attached here. All of the areas in white on this map of Poland are counties that have not one evangelical congregation. This is staggering as you look at it. You won’t find a country per capita like this in Europe. Why is there such a lack of born-again Christ followers, and gatherings of them together in Poland? I believe that God has been revealing answers to this question, and we believe that amazingly, within the city that we live and minister in, Piotrków-Trybunalski, lies a key that has locked the door to God’s Spirit moving freely in Poland for centuries; a key that has wrapped up the entire country of Poland in bondage for centuries; a key that has even led to the downfall of the nation of Poland in the past, allowing other oppressors to come in and bully the Polish people. Yet we know that Jesus, when He died on the cross, descended into hell and snatched the keys of death and Hades from Satan. The keys that Satan has leveraged against people for thousands of years were ripped out of his hands at Calvary. Another set of keys that Jesus has given His followers are the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Jesus says in Matthew 16:19, “And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
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“We thank you, Lord, for giving us these keys to the kingdom of heaven. May we use them, here in Piotrków-Trybunalski, Poland, to unlock the door, behind which you have a gift that you desire to give to Poland. The gift of revival that comes by means of thousands and thousands of people in Poland repenting of their sins and falling in love with the One who loved us so much that He sent His only Son to die in our place, removing the curse of sin, that WHOSOEVER would look to Him and believe in Him, receiving Him into their hearts would be SAVED and SET FREE. I pray that as we come against these strongholds, in the name of Jesus, to undo any curses that have been brought upon this country, that you would pour out your Holy Spirit on this dry and thirsty land. We claim souls for Your kingdom, Father.”
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This afternoon, we gathered around our friends' table with a map of Piotrków-Trybunalski open as we marked places of spiritual importance, and prayed. We prayed with authority and in complete humility. After praying, we felt the Holy Spirit flowing in and through us, causing us to shake in His presence. One of us also saw a vision of these different colored ribbons coming down from heaven into the old square of Piotrków-Trybunalski, and then branching out down the different streets and alleyways of the city. Thanks again for joining with us in this battle.
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Take a look at the map attached here. All of the areas in white on this map of Poland are counties that have not one evangelical congregation. This is staggering as you look at it. You won’t find a country per capita like this in Europe. Why is there such a lack of born-again Christ followers, and gatherings of them together in Poland? I believe that God has been revealing answers to this question, and we believe that amazingly, within the city that we live and minister in, Piotrków-Trybunalski, lies a key that has locked the door to God’s Spirit moving freely in Poland for centuries; a key that has wrapped up the entire country of Poland in bondage for centuries; a key that has even led to the downfall of the nation of Poland in the past, allowing other oppressors to come in and bully the Polish people. Yet we know that Jesus, when He died on the cross, descended into hell and snatched the keys of death and Hades from Satan. The keys that Satan has leveraged against people for thousands of years were ripped out of his hands at Calvary. Another set of keys that Jesus has given His followers are the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Jesus says in Matthew 16:19, “And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
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“We thank you, Lord, for giving us these keys to the kingdom of heaven. May we use them, here in Piotrków-Trybunalski, Poland, to unlock the door, behind which you have a gift that you desire to give to Poland. The gift of revival that comes by means of thousands and thousands of people in Poland repenting of their sins and falling in love with the One who loved us so much that He sent His only Son to die in our place, removing the curse of sin, that WHOSOEVER would look to Him and believe in Him, receiving Him into their hearts would be SAVED and SET FREE. I pray that as we come against these strongholds, in the name of Jesus, to undo any curses that have been brought upon this country, that you would pour out your Holy Spirit on this dry and thirsty land. We claim souls for Your kingdom, Father.”
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This afternoon, we gathered around our friends' table with a map of Piotrków-Trybunalski open as we marked places of spiritual importance, and prayed. We prayed with authority and in complete humility. After praying, we felt the Holy Spirit flowing in and through us, causing us to shake in His presence. One of us also saw a vision of these different colored ribbons coming down from heaven into the old square of Piotrków-Trybunalski, and then branching out down the different streets and alleyways of the city. Thanks again for joining with us in this battle.
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Christian Young
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