Female Refugees

The Upcoming Australian Election (can be applied to any election; anywhere!) – My thoughts

Let’s be those who prayerfully consider the present needs of our precious country of Australia and make the effort to carefully consider the responsibility before us to appoint worthy representatives in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Are they representing our struggling and often forgotten farmers, those most vulnerable in our society such […]

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Easter greetings and some thoughts on human slavery

Dear friends and fellow pray-ers! Like some of you; this morning I awoke to a Facebook security message asking me to reply whether I was safe, in view of an explosion which took place just recently. It turned out to be a world-wide error by Facebook, in response to an explosion which just took place

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NAURU DETENTION FOR CHILDREN UNACCEPTABLE SAY ANGLICAN CHURCH BISHOPS

Melbourne’s Anglican bishops have again urged the Prime Minister, Mr Malcolm Turnbull, to change the narrative on children in detention despite the High Court decision that there is no legal impediment to returning more than 250 asylum seekers to Nauru. In a published statement The Bishops claim “The fact that a legal determination has been

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Further Prayer Needed for Australian Refugee Situation

2 Chronicles 7:14 “…if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” Folks, in light of the article below, which is just another

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Imminent new additional asylum seeker intake (2015) for Australia

Hello dear praying friends! It’s been a while since my last posting. I had a welcome two weeks’ break and attended a four days conference to do with reconciliation in the world-wide Body of Christ. Truly inspiring! Despite my silence, I hope that you have been persevering with praying for the needs of refugees. I

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The Rohingyas – Prayer Points

As we present ourselves with clean hands and pure hearts before the throne room of Grace, we lift up the following requests on behalf of the Rohingya people:  That Jesus Christ would reveal Himself to many Rohingyas. Although mostly Muslims; Jesus Christ is their Saviour also (Gen. 12:3) [Abraham is called the father of faith

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Somalia

History Comprised of a former British protectorate and an Italian colony, Somalia was created in 1960 when the two territories merged. Since then its development has been slow. Relations with neighbours have been soured by its territorial claims on Somali-inhabited areas of Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti. In 1970 Mr Barre proclaimed a socialist state, paving

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Prayer for Refugees in Prolonged Detention

*Abba Father, we lift up every man, woman and child who find themselves locked away in a refugee centre or similar situation of detention, where their basic freedoms have been taken away from them and where their hope for a better future in our land has been lost. *We pray for an end of indefinite

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Effects Of Prolonged Detention On Refugees

“The policy of detention of asylum seekers as it currently operates in Australia contravenes international human rights law with respect to the detention of asylum seekers.” Anthony Reilly, Detention of Asylum Seekers – A Questionable Policy, published by the Australian Institute of Criminology, 1995 Article 31 of the Convention (on international human rights) gives the

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