Sisters in Jesus Christ for Women of the World Intercessory Prayer

SISTERS IN JESUS CHRIST STANDING FOR ALL WOMEN OF THE WORLD

INTERCESSORY PRAYER GROUP

See also: http://globalgirlnetwork.com/

I have added the prayer group, a prayer group started by a Feminist, a Christian Feminist, who wants, if any feel compelled, to begin a prayer group, intercessory prayer, for women in the world, our sisters,

who are hurting.

It isn't 'exclusive' to only Christians, but I just have been very compelled to do this, for several reasons, one being that there is a real need for a repentance in THIS country, among, yes,

Christians.

I will stop there, because I don't want to say anything that I probably would not be wise to, but that is one of the reasons and the second is,

there is just So much pain in our world today, so much that is on the spiritual level contributing/the cause of that pain and so much is connected,

I am not here to evangelize or to lead into any churches or Any of that. This blog is still the same blog,

however, there are issues that just, well there isn't a lot we can do except pray so I thought, why not include it.

I posted to the side bar there, the prayer group AND, the web link to GlobalSisters,

I like this web site-group a lot, because these are women, who in Christ, work in service, to other women, worldwide. They are very aware of the issues Plus what lies behind these issues, and its just a good reference point. However I will be adding a LOT more, issues that are all connected,

including connected to why I formed this blog/union to begin with, in opposing the CPSIA law, that I am firmly convinced is a very subtle yet clever means in propping up totalitarianism [its one of the laws being utilized] and a totalitarianism that is extremely global and misogynist, no matter HOW much they spew they care for women's rights.

I know better because for years I was part of that whole matrix, I've seen the hypocrisy on a first hand basis, and I know, personally, there was a reason God allowed me to go through those years and see what I did,

and today its all tying together, a tapestry, and its NOT something that is really THAT unusual,

many radical feminist sites that promote Goddess religions are saying the very similar, the Difference here though is,

I am coming from a Christian perspective, Christian, not religious and surely not fundamentalist OR patriarchal, or even capitalist, because I concur with none of those. In fact I am die hard opposed to many of the ideologies and justifications behind those. I do support TRUE free market, and I support TRUE voluntary communal living, meaning,

I support with the idea of work, everyone contributing Something, that includes mothers who raise their young because THAT is contributing, children are our future, however, I also support strongly, as how the Bible asserted, caring for one another and carrying each other's burdens,

including economically. Jesus said, if you have two coats give one away [para, mine, well, here, let me just quote the scripture] Better yet, how about a couple [there are btw, over 400, in the Bible, I counted them once in a concordance, 400, no kidding]

1 John 3:17 But if someone who is supposed to be a Christian has money enough to live well, and sees a brother in need, and won't help him--how can God's love be within him ? 1 John 3:18 Little children, let us stop just saying we love people; let us really love them, and show it by our actions. 1 John 3:19 Then we will know for sure, by our actions, that we are on God's side, and our consciences will be clear, even when we stand before the Lord.

Prov. 14:31 Anyone who oppresses the poor is insulting God who made them. To help the poor is to honor God.

Psa. 82:3 Give fair judgment to the poor man, the afflicted, the fatherless, the destitute. Psa 82:4 Rescue the poor and helpless from the grasp of evil men.

Mat. 25:34 "Then I, the King, shall say to those at my right, 'Come, blessed of my Father, into the Kingdom prepared for you from the founding of the world. Mat. 25:35 For I was hungry and you fed me; I was thirsty and you gave me water; I was a stranger and you invited me into your homes; Mat. 25:36 naked and you clothed me; sick and in prison, and you visited me.' Mat. 25:37 "Then these righteous ones will reply, 'Sir, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you anything to drink? Mat. 25:38 Or a stranger, and help you? Or naked, and clothe you? Mat. 25:39 When did we ever see you sick or in prison, and visit you?' Mat. 25:40 "And I, the King, will tell them, 'When you did it to these my brothers you were doing it to me!' Mat. 25:41 Then I will turn to those on my left and say, 'Away with you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his demons. Mat. 25:42 For I was hungry and you wouldn't feed me; thirsty, and you wouldn't give me anything to drink; Mat 25:43 a stranger, and you refused me hospitality; naked, and you wouldn't clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn't visit me.' Mat. 25:44 "Then they will reply, 'Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and not help you?' Mat 25:45 "And I will answer, 'When you refused to help the least of these my brothers, you were refusing help to me.' Mat. 25:46 "And they shall go away into eternal punishment; but the righteous into everlasting life."

I have given this blog over to God, if He sends readers to pray, fine, if not, that is fine too because its actually good for me too, in fact, this blog has really helped me in more ways than I can even begin to describe here.

But based on the teachings of Christ, I know, we can't always go to prisons or go to other countries, nor can we always give money. But you know its not just what we do, its also,

what we do in life, that may be contributing to those very forces of oppression, and the first one on top of my head is our consumerism in this nation, our prosperity. IF you have knowledge, of how the polemic works, of how militarization works, how NATIONALISM works, how the SUPER MALE SUPREMACY VIA PATRIARCHY works,

you know, just how the banality of evil, is used, even under the guise of Morals, to oppress and who is oppressed the most?

Women and children, the poor, the alien [immigrant/migrant], the destitute, the sick, etc.

See many don't know this, among women because they are sheltered, and not that being sheltered is a bad thing, but when its done on a deliberate scale, to keep women OUT of the political, done in a way to keep MEN in control, its a stratification,

and what is so dire about this, especially in countries where women have no political standing or representation [true representation, not the 'painted birds', Daly, of the patriarchal establishment],these women, are then, persecuted and violated, in so many ways,

in other words, the women in nations with the lowest status, including in Christian nations [patriarchal] are subject to horrible violence, exploitation, and its not just that the 'enemy' has come in to do this, they groundwork laid the foundation, know what I am saying,

and then, OTHER influences, often promising women liberation come in, and these women are RIPE for manipulation due to their JUST anger and hurt because of the harms done, they then find themselves, once more, betrayed, exploited, violated, killed, etc.

And I am going to just come out and say this, these women, including women in this country, its not just political parties or guerrilla groups or religions that come in and take advantage of misery,

there are also some feminist groups working under or in partnership with these other groups, that are JUST as exploitative, harmful, etc. See THAT is where it gets a tad messy,

and that includes, yes, some Christian groups too.

And you see the thing is, a LOT of this, is in fact, that remnant of colonization, that is still in effect as well as nationalism, including from developing countries who practice their own form of patriarchy, but a LOT of the exploitation of misery, is in fact, coming from the West.

Its coming from the East too, especially political Islam, but I'm not focusing on Islam here, I am focusing here, from a Christian perspective,

what would Jesus say, to these women?

I know what He has said to me and in fact, it was through my relationship with Him, that I became,

feminist,

anti-capitalist [corporatist, etc]

The more I got to know Him the more I saw my worth In Him, as well as the worth of all humanity, but too,

I also have seen, just how much, harm has been done by those who profane the Name of God and who have used the Gospel, to exploit, for monetary gain, for imperialism, for nationalism, for a lot of 'isms' in fact.

And there is little voice of objection in the world Except from those who are enemies of the Cross.

I've worked through a lot of anger, at so much injustice and hypocrisy INCLUDING in myself, ok I'm in no way saying or going to sit here and say, I'm immune, I've been Just as guilty of all the contributors, selfishness, indifference, at one time or another, as any other Westerner,

that's another thing the more I am in prayer in in the Word of God the more I am seeing it. [for those who may not know, I turned away from the Christian religion, not my belief in Christ but against the whole American religion and got heavy involved in Marxism and Radical Feminism, Anarchism, and I do mean I was radical, still am, but in a very different way.]

And what changed me and why I came back to the Cross, was what I saw in all those movements, including other religions [Islam being one of them] that it was always, do I compromise, do I compromise human rights, women's human rights, etc., and I never could,

so, here I am.

And its not that I reject all the tenants of Marxism, Anarchism or Feminism because many of those tenants are true AND not only that, many of them, are even scriptural and Why is that?

because I'll tell you, the Church, meaning worldwide, has been apostate for a very, very long time, and God, speaks, He speaks many times through those who are opposed to us, IF we open our hearts and listen. NOT that we should be on the fence or that we should compromise the Gospel, not saying that at all,

but there has been this falling away [not this going to be a falling away, its already happened and ESPECIALLY in America and in Europe even more so and that INCLUDES in the religious of the most religious, what I will term, Christian Pharisees],

you know I am even finding, that God, can even use Islam, to get our attention. [read about Ishmael, Hagar, you know that is something that is going to be included in the prayer, pray for Hagar's daughters....to those who understand let them understand, God never abandoned Hagar, so why should the church? Something to think about]

I think we forget, that Jesus, died for the ENTIRE WORLD, not just for Americans, not just for Europeans, not just for Whites, know what I am saying,

the picture of Christianity today is a very sad one. NOT that there isn't true Christians, that isn't what I am saying, not at all,

but, the mainstream, what we see the most, its no surprise that so many are seeking and falling for the lies of the enemy, not surprising at all and which, was prophesied in scripture, more than once.

It has been a journey, for me in how to reconcile my coming back to my faith and NOT compromising my values, in reconciling all these years, accepting too those areas where I have contributed to the work of the enemy, though I didn't realize it then, just how connected it all was,

I did so however, in anger, in hurt, so much hurt and not just hurt for myself but hurt, that I saw, through several experiences in my life, one of them including being homeless for a period With children,

living on the streets. So I know, what it is, to look up, from the gutter so to speak, know the lies of the poverty industry, the cold heartlessness and exploitation of so called 'ministries' who are just as corrupt as the world is,

I've seen it, seen and know the exploitation of the sex industry and how that works, its not like something I read in some book somewhere. So, it wasn't like, I could just come back to the faith, hop back into mainstream church, and pretend like all those years,

just never happened. And to top it off, all the political activism I worked in and having met, women who have worked in sweatshops, women who have been trafficked and enslaved to the sex industry, having met mother's whose daughters have been brutally gang raped and tortured [Juarez] and having wept with them,

there is just no way, I can go back to this Protestant or Catholic mainstream, this so called Godly Woman ideology that is extremely patriarchal, nor can I go back or go to the right wing either, though I concur with them on many things,

I also know, the evil of banality there, especially our foreign policy in South America, which has been HORRID and I do mean, HORRID. It still is,

so when I came back to Christ I came with a lot of baggage, a lot of anger, a lot of questions. And I haven't gone back to church, Any church, mind you and I don't know if I will, if I find one, maybe,

but I have gone back to daily reading the Word and in prayer, daily and quite often, NOT because no, I'm some goodie two shoes puritanical women, HARDLY,

not Even, no,

but because I'm seeking, I'm asking, I'm interested ONLY in a relationship with Christ, I could care less, about RELIGION.

I'm seeking answers from Him, and only Him, where so much is concerned. I've sought them everywhere else...to my fortune I must say, what I found out, was that it comes back full circle,

I believe that God is the answer, the ONLY answer, Salvation. However, Salvation includes more than just us as individuals, and it is more than just 'religion'.

What I am being shown too is Love, Love on a level I truly have not ever really grasped, and its not the false love, this sensual love that I did find, sensual not necessarily meaning sexual btw, but this sensual love that I did find in a lot of feminist ideologies and even leftist, because there is this love, this compassion,

to a point....then it turns, and it turns, quite ugly I might add and I have no qualms in being very upfront and truthful about it. And ironically, in many ways, it has more in common with religion, including patriarchy,

its always about the LAW, forcing goodness, forcing a way of life, that is totally contrary, to Grace. NOT that Grace should be a license, NO, [and I do mean firm NO on that], but Grace that sees through God's eyes, that LOVES, a Love that lays down their life,

and that doesn't necessarily mean, becoming a pauper and going off to the jungles somewhere and even being a martyr. Paul said, you can do all those things and still, if you don't have love, you have nothing...

that is something else too, that I will share, its easy, to love those in other countries, to feel compassion, because for one, they are distant from us,

in other words, its easy to love from a place of 'comfort'. But the LOVE of God, goes beyond even that...the Love of God, loves that neighbor right next door that is the most crabbiest hateful spiteful person there is,

and IF you can't love that person, doesn't matter how much you sacrifice for children in Africa,

you see, God's LOVE, Loves Both.

There is, too, something that we must be on careful watch for and that is this type of paternalism, which is, intertwined with patriarchy, in our work, be it prayer or service or missions. So one thing I want to be very mindful of and careful in prayer, is while offering up prayer,

for women worldwide, in specific areas, to do so, with respecting their dignity. NOT with this attitude of white American Christianized Patriarchal Perpetuating Imperialism,

and it doesn't necessarily have to be 'white' either. Thought I'd throw that in, assimilation has and still happens,

its not about being 'white', its about assimilation into the mentality and spirit of conquest, of power obsession, of selfishness, of self-righteousness, of nationalism, of tribalism, of feudalism, etc etc etc--

bottom line, its about wanting Power, wanting to be

God, or gods or Goddesses, yes, I am including Goddesses in this and in fact, I won't get into it on this post, but I did, see something, reading in the Bible, that just blew me away because while it referred to the pagan worship of goddesses, if you don't like skim over it, it reveals, how goddesses, were actually, also, patriarchal, but its really sinister, and its evolved around making money, temple prostitution/trafficking and money, money made from making of items too, idols, I must have read over it like a hundred times, and then, boom, it popped out and I about fell out of my chair, because it confirmed So many suspicions I had when delving into that whole goddess beliefs, long story, I never like worshipped them or believed in them but I did study them and the ideologies, etc., but its Still, about POWER, and it would and is, just as corrupt AND violent, towards WOMEN, because it relies on sacrifice--blood sacrifice of girls. More on this another time]

I think its so much about power, not empowerment, but power, which leads to the abuse of power. For reasons I won't like get into depth here, but my point is,

women, worldwide, are DYING,

because of this power, from all fronts. Whole communities are being wiped out,

with the rise of HIV-AIDS, from trafficking, low status of women, from patriarchal systems, with the increase of violence, sexual violence, including sacrifices that are being done in certain 'pagan religions' that do, yes, worship fertility goddesses,

from the days of old and let me just give you one really good example,

no, evidence,

the rapes and murders of young women/girls in Mexico, mark my words, they are sacrifices, bringing back old gods,

and they are not the only ones.

But its not just religious rites but its politics wrapped up in those, all for POWER.

AND where do we Christians fit in to all of this?

Well, first thing that comes up, is Consumerism--because its all connected,

let me confirm this, with one scripture that comes to mind: Ecclesiastes 5:10-11

10 Whoever loves money never has money enough;
whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income.
This too is meaningless.

11 As goods increase,
so do those who consume them.
And what benefit are they to the owner
except to feast his eyes on them?

Anyway,

what I will do, well not sure exactly how this is going to go,

but like, I think what I will do is I'll just put up the topic for prayer, like, lets say, starting with the Congo,

then I'll just list the prayer needs, for protection of relief, for workers, for aid, etc., but also,

I will include, some of the history and reasons for conflict--so that there can be prayer in those areas including spiritual warfare-breaking ties, historical, etc., repentance where its needed on behalf of nations, and yes, on behalf of missions in the past who were in coalition with colonization and slavery,

patriarchy that has also been a part of that, breaking those in prayer, our consumerism, including specific goods, minerals and resources, praying for change of hearts, in consumers here, prayer for advocacy and Change in the churches towards these matters based on GOD'S WORD, and I will refer to scripture on these points,

and so forth.

Oh, and for healing, not just salvation, not just for missionaries, AND I really want to point this out,

now on this I don't know if This is from like God's leading or just what I know from my knowledge in the political, dialectics, etc.,

but I think, its really, really important, that when we pray for missions/relief, that we pray, for workers to rise up, or for God to raise up workers, IN THOSE COUNTRIES, AREAS,

not just for Western workers, its more important I think, in those areas specifically where there has been horrible betrayal and profaning of God's Word and God's Nature, by so called Christians, who brought over colonization and worked in cohoots with slave trade/and who currently are in co hoots with economic imperialist and slave traders [including cultural relativists, apologetics, those interested only in their GREED, economics, those who have allied with idolatry and/or beliefs that are opposed to God, opposed to human rights, opposed to women's rights, etc]

and again, I will refer to God's Word as references.

As for prayer, in reference to religions, I am focusing on Christians, I may point out some things that are happening in regards to Islam, but as far as praying for certain matters, the focus is NOT to point fingers,

in other words, in this way where one is portrayed as being good while the 'other' is portrayed as the evil ones,

and its on this, that after prayer, and yes, some repentance on my part, God has revealed to me, about the need to pray for Hagar's children. Her children, especially daughters,

so many, are in the desert, crying, wounded, afraid, hurt, abused, no where to turn, and the need for advocacy and the protection of those who do advocate, including among their own,

is so great right now. So great, the need is just so great,

and hate, is not the answer. We hate what they do, we don't hate Them. And that, is the most important lesson that God has been really working in me,

hate what they do, but don't hate them.

Because God, has in His perfect Plan, desires for all to be saved, for all to turn to Him, to know Him, He does not will that Anyone, perish. I think, we really, need to remember that....in our view of the world.

OK well that's it in a nutshell...

well, no, for those of you who are not Christian and who may be really opposed to Christianity, I'm not here to force, or to push, shove religion,

I won't hide it either, nor will I apologize, ever...[I've done that, been there, it helps no one],

but, even if you are not of this faith, and though this is a Christian prayer group, that doesn't mean, you can't pray in agreement or that you can't learn, especially about the history of these conflicts, contributing factors, where we aid in the oppression even if we are not aware,

and that there can't be changes.

And advocacy for those changes, so,

I'll close for that.

Peace,

janedoe