April 2014
My dear friend,
Thank you for joining us in taking the challenge to boldly intercede for Russian and Ukrainian women this month. For 73 years, centuries of Christian influence were forgotten and suppressed under atheism’s dominance. Two decades after the fall of the Soviet Union, the countries of Russia, and Ukraine, along with neighbor Belarus, now hold the highest divorce rates in the world. The economy has been deeply wounded. And poverty and alcoholism are pandemic. Without God, what hope can a people hold? Many turn to religion, but it cannot transform – only Christ can. He is the sustaining hope, saving love, and transforming power we broadcast through Project Hannah’s Women of Hope radio programs to Russian and Ukrainian listeners.
I remember walking in St. Petersburg praying for the women on the streets. Hundreds like these eventually leave Russia in search of a better life, but instead they find themselves sold and exploited. They are the slaves of the 21st century. We are reaching out to them through Project Hannah’s Hidden Treasures Initiative in partnership with the European Freedom Network. Using real-life redemptive stories, this initiative will promote prevention, intervention, and, hopefully, restoration. It is a difficult, taunting task, which has sent us to our knees. A.T. Pierce said so well, “Intercession is most necessary in cases where man is powerless.”
The Bible is filled with accounts of powerless men and women achieving powerful things as they prayed to the all-powerful and merciful God. Moses prayed, and the sea parted. Elijah interceded, and after three and a half years of drought, rain came down. Daniel prayed facing hungry lions – and lived. Samuel, the great prophet and judge of Israel, was the answer to the prayers of his powerless, barren mother, Hannah. The truth is that human powerlessness is the perfect match for God’s unending sufficiency and power over impossibilities. No wonder Satan trembles when the weakest saint falls on her knees! He knows the power of a tiny-mustard-seed kind of faith – the key to unleashing God’s transforming, redeeming power.
I pray we will take hold of this truth and intercede for our teams and radio programs. Pray for a powerful visitation of God’s love over these great countries. For at the core of all societal problems, are the hearts of men and women –only God has the power to transform them. That’s why we pray! That’s why we ask you to keep your knees on the ground with us.
Believing in the impossible!
Marli Spieker
Global Ministry Director/Founder
Project Hannah
Marli Spieker
Global Ministry Director/Founder
Project Hannah
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