When we were back in Canada for the holidays at one point God grabbed my chin, turned my face to Him and told me to ask Him what I should be praying for. When I did He showed me three things.
Pray that the enemy’s hold over the country would be broken.
Pray that there would be unity in the church.
Pray that God would raise up leaders after His own heart.
Now we would like to invite you to join us in this epic spiritual battle for the country, so that the dark reign would feign, the church of God would shine, and God would be glorified.
Hungarians are originally a nomadic people, who used to live rough lives way back in the Ural mountains (the large mountains between Europe and Asia). As their numbers grew they were forced to move from one place to the other to provide enough pasture for the cattle they were raising. The seven tribes moved west, making friends and enemies, fighting and running away until they arrived at the Carpathian Basin in the center of Europe, where they found the best land they had ever seen and decided to settle down. According to tradition two of the sons of the leaders chased a golden deer on a hunt for weeks and it led them to this land. After settling down they were raiding the surrounding countries, terrorizing, plundering and pillaging as they pleased with a fighting technique that was unknown to the western world. A hundred years later the leader of the tribes realized that things could not go on like this for long… their neighbors would soon make an alliance and wipe the Hungarians from the land. They decided to unite the tribes, make peace, declare Christianity as our religion, leave the old ways behind and have a new beginning. Now Hungarians were shamanistic people and it didn’t go over well with the shamans to place the people in a new god’s hand. They rose up against the decision and were all sentenced to be slain by the newly crowned king’s decree. Legend says it was at this point that the chief shaman placed a curse on the Hungarians just before he was killed: a curse of depression, disunity and historic catastrophes.
Have you been to Hungary? Have you seen the faces? Have you heard news, or read part of our history? Have you traveled here, and just sensed an immense load weigh down on your mind that was lifted almost instantly as you left the country? Not sure if the legend of the curse is true, or how much of it is, but the effect you cannot deny. There is something over here that is not letting us breathe.
Pray that the enemy’s hold over the country would be broken. (Daniel 10:12) – If the enemy got out, things would instantly change. Lives would change and the church would change. The country would change and the air would change. And I mean in weeks, maybe days. He is the problem, and he needs to go. The curse was placed 1100 years ago… it’s high time to end it.
Pray that there would be unity in the church. (John 17:22) – The world will know that God is with us because we love each other – in a land plagued with disunity it is the hardest of all things to accomplish and the most beautiful thing ever imaginable that can shine through any darkness. The church needs to be one to stand up against the spiritual forces and provide shelter to each other and to those who grow weary in battle.
Pray that God would raise up leaders after His own heart. (1 Timothy 3:1-13) – God is our leader, He is our King. And He wants to have servants to minister to His people, to lift them up when they are broken, to feed them when they are faint, to treat their wounds and to encourage them to keep going. He wants servants to point to God, who humble themselves and lift up His people in prayer. We need those servants so badly.
Please join us in prayer, as we go up against spiritual forces and authorities to free this country and these people from the lies, the deception and shackles of this merciless tyrant who’s been ruler here for too long, and bring the just reign of God to everyone. We are asking you to once a day pray for these three things, and fortify our battle.
We have lots of gracious friends who support us, but we are also asking all of our fellow missionaries here to ask their supporting friends the same thing. We are asking partnering churches to join us. We are asking former short term workers to join us who have been here and seen and felt this land. We are asking everyone we know. So far it looks like we are talking about an army of a thousand saints pleading to God to break through the clouds, to heal the land and to free and revive us.
Join us. We understand what we are asking for, that the enemy is not going to like this and a price will have to be paid for everything – for us and for you as well praying friend. But isn’t this what we are here for? To fight and to bring glory to His name.
Looking forward to see you on the field of battle,
