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The UK has suspended trade talks with Israel, summoned its ambassador, and imposed sanctions on West Bank settlers in response to Israel’s escalating military operations in Gaza, which foreign secretary David Lammy called ‘morally unjustifiable’. The UK has joined France and Canada in demanding an end to military expansion and a rapid influx of humanitarian aid, as Gaza faces famine due to an eleven-week blockade. Although Israel has permitted limited aid, the UN says the assistance is vastly insufficient. Lammy condemned inflammatory remarks from Israeli officials suggesting plans to ‘cleanse Gaza’ and warned that Israel risks isolating itself internationally. Meanwhile, at least 82 people including a week-old baby were killed in Israeli airstrikes on 20 May: see https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-gaza-war-live-updates-aid-food-strikes-netanyahu-b2755329.html
Hundreds of residents in Panama’s Indio River region are opposing a proposed dam project that threatens to flood their homes. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) plans to build a 4,600-hectare reservoir to supply water to the drought-affected canal, a key passage for 6% of global maritime trade. The $1.6 billion project, slated for completion by 2032, aims to stabilise water levels amid declining rainfall. While ACP pledges $400 million for compensating and relocating roughly 2,500 residents, groups warn that up to 12,000 people may be affected. Many villagers, dependent on farming and fishing, feel their livelihoods are being sacrificed for international shipping interests. Recent protests on the river reflect deep opposition, despite ACP’s commitment to dialogue. President Jose Raul Mulino supports the initiative, which has also stirred geopolitical tensions.
A controversial proposal to name former Indonesian president Soeharto a national hero has sparked widespread international condemnation. Over thirty civic groups issued a joint statement warning that such an honour would whitewash Soeharto’s 32-year authoritarian rule, marked by systemic corruption and grave human rights abuses. The groups cited atrocities during the 1965–66 anti-communist purges, in which up to three million were killed, and the 1997–98 disappearances of pro-democracy activists, as well as Soeharto’s alleged embezzlement of $35 billion. They also referenced a 2016 tribunal in The Hague, which concluded that the Indonesian military played a central role in mass killings under his command. The nomination, currently under review, was reportedly put out by Central Java’s governor, who later denied involvement. The civic leaders have urged the government to reject the nomination and instead address unresolved human rights violations and entrenched corruption linked to Soeharto - who is the father-in-law of current president Prabowo Subianto. This is not the first proposal to nominate him as a national hero; similar attempts took place in 2010 and 2015.
In Malaysia, invasive fish species like the suckermouth catfish are threatening the nation’s rivers and native aquatic life. Originally introduced for aquariums, the hardy suckermouth has proliferated in polluted rivers, outcompeting local species, spreading disease, and causing environmental damage such as riverbank erosion. The Klang Valley, along with many other waterways, is now overrun by these aggressive invaders. Alarmed, Mohamad Haziq founded a volunteer group during the Covid lockdowns to combat the ecological threat. Dubbed Malaysia’s ‘foreign fish hunter squad’, the group now boasts over 1,000 members and meets weekly to catch and remove invasive fish. While suckermouths are largely considered undesirable, their eggs are used for bait, and researchers are exploring potential uses for the fish - including biochar, leather, fertiliser, and pharmaceutical collagen. Despite acknowledging the fight may never be fully won, the group remains committed to raising awareness and protecting Malaysia’s fragile river ecosystems, one net at a time.
Joe Biden, 82, has been diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer that has spread to his bones. The diagnosis followed recent urinary symptoms and revealed a high-grade, aggressive form of the disease. However, the cancer is hormone-sensitive, meaning it may respond well to treatment. Biden and his family are currently considering treatment options. The news has drawn sympathy from across the political spectrum. Donald Trump expressed support for Biden and his family, wishing him a swift recovery. Other political figures voiced their prayers and confidence in Biden’s resilience. Biden, who stepped down from the 2024 presidential race due to health concerns, has maintained a low public profile since leaving office, though he has given occasional speeches and interviews. A long-time advocate for cancer research, he relaunched the Cancer Moonshot initiative in 2022. His son Beau died of brain cancer in 2015.
Two Israeli embassy staff members, Sarah Lynn Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky, were shot dead outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC. The couple, described as being 'in the prime of their lives', were leaving an event when they were attacked. A suspect, Elias Rodriguez, 30, was apprehended at the scene and reportedly shouted 'free Palestine' while being detained. Authorities are investigating potential links to terrorism and antisemitism. The killings have shocked both US and Israeli communities, and are being condemned as a brutal act of antisemitic violence. Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to increase security at diplomatic missions worldwide, while the foreign minister called the attack 'a direct result of toxic, antisemitic incitement’. The incident comes amid intensifying scrutiny of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, which has triggered widespread global criticism and deepening humanitarian concern.
“The fire must be kept burning on the altar continuously; it must not go out.”
- Leviticus 6:13
We are pleased to bring you the April 2025 edition of IPC Connections!
I trust that you will be blessed and encouraged as you read the articles, news and resources info this month!
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Snapshot from the IPC Regions…
I am heartened to report much encouraging progress across our 15 developing IPC Regional Prayer Councils already this year! Here's just a few snippets... I was honored to meet with our South Asia Director, Onassis Jeevaraj, IPC Senior Adviser, Tom Victor (pictured) and other leaders from India and neighboring nations in February. During our time together we prayer walked during the Maha Kumbh Mela, which had 120 million Hindus participating there that day.
Our East Asia Regional Prayer Council Summit later in February drew together leaders from the region in a powerful time of sharing, worship, prayer and relationship building.
This coming month, leaders from many South-East Asian nations will be joining us in Batam, Indonesia for a convocation.
Following on from the World Prayer Assembly 2023 in Perth, we are so encouraged to hear of 20+ new school prayer initiatives around Perth, and the Churches revitalized through prayer! Read below about the upcoming United City Harvest Outreach in Perth. Also, in Australia – Pentecost 25 – Sydney Alive!
We were hugely encouraged that many thousands of believers rallied to join a Global Day of Prayer for Africa a few weeks ago. Our regional leaders across Africa are meeting online regularly where they are sharing news, prayer needs, praise and prophetic directions.
Our 4 Global Days of Prayer continue to attract offline and online support engaging 100 million+ believers each time, for which I continue to be astounded and grateful! The Buddhist and Muslim world focused days of prayer have taken place, and we are looking forward to the Pentecost gatherings early June! – See below…
And so much more is happening, praise God!
Pentecost Global Day of Prayer – 8-9 June 2025 from 20:00HRS Jerusalem (UTC+3)
We invite you and your families, contacts and networks to join us for a Global Day of Prayer starting on June 8th 2025 at !
Across 24 hours, we will worship and pray where we are, together and online – however we are able.
Our aim is to dedicate time around the throne and around the clock for worship-saturated prayers for personal, local and global breakthrough! – with a special focus on the Jewish world.
This is the third of 4 worldwide days of prayer for 2025!
Editorial – Discover the Power of Unrelenting Prayer
In a world aching for justice, revival, and hope, Dr. Jason Hubbard calls believers to a life of persistent, faith-filled intercession. Learn how night-and-day prayer, rooted in God’s Word and overflowing with hope, can shift cities, release justice, and welcome Christ’s return. This inspiring editorial will stir your spirit and awaken fresh vision for your prayer life. Don’t miss this timely and prophetic message!
Myanmar Earthquake – Prayers and Support
I know that we are all praying, checking in with people we know and sending love and donations to the people affected by the recent earthquake in Myanmar. Truly devastating - and it will take decades for homes, livelihoods and towns to be fully restored. Our prayers go out to all of those affected. Please see the article below for some prayer pointers and donation options.
Thank you…
And finally, a thank you! - so much for standing with us in the recent 72 hours of prayer for breakthrough across the Muslim world. I was deeply moved by your heart and participation - from children in Indonesia crying out for Uzbekistan, to passionate intercession over Gaza and revival prayers in Kano, Nigeria.
Together, over 100 million believers prayed from Latin America to China, in homes, churches, and prayer rooms - 120 houses of prayer hosted 24/7 prayer!
We believe God is answering every Christ-exalting, Bible-based cry for our Muslim neighbors.
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Let’s keep praying until Jesus receives the full reward for His suffering!
Wishing you all a blessed and Happy Easter!
Jason Hubbard - Director
International Prayer Connect
Unrelenting Prayer
And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. 2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. 3 And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ 4 For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’ ” 6 And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says. 7 And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? zWill he delay long over them? 8 I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth? (Luke 18:1-8).
Jesus said men should always pray and not lose heart!
Prayer is the conversational part of the Most important love relationship in our lives. In prayer we learn to keep company with him in the everyday stuff of life. We develop spiritual friendship with him. Prayer is not only a real relationship with the kindest person in the universe, but Jesus also invites us to partner with him in shifting history through our prayer and intercession, releasing justice, bringing forth awakening and revival in the nations and preparing the planet for his return. God releases his power, his truth and his love in response to the prayers of his people!
When we pray according to God’s will and for his renown his activity always increases. He always responds. As Hudson Taylor said, “When we work we work but when we pray, God works”
How many of you want to take your place in history in your generation? I want to encourage us to first become people of prayer – no matter what job you have, family you have – whatever your story looks like - everyone can be an intercessor. We can see massive impact in our generation as we learn to pray! He calls us to Always pray – just as he always prays for us –
“Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them” (Heb 7:25).
Men should always pray and not lose heart. At the end of the parable Jesus writes,
“When the Son of Man comes will he find faith on the earth”
His point is that a lifestyle of unrelenting prayer is evidence of a person’s faith and we know that faith is the only thing that pleases God. We know that faith is the substance of things hoped for (Hebrews 11:1). As Jesus says, men should always pray and not loose heart, or in other words don’t loose HOPE!
Hope is future orientated. It is the joyful expectation of something good from God coming our way! It is a vision of God’s good future before us, meaning where we are going is better than where we are and where we have come from.
Our ultimate hope is discovered in seeing and savoring, prizing and praising, recognizing and relishing the glory of God in the face of Christ. Christ is our HOPE! He is the summation of all the promises of God, the source of all the riches of God, now and forevermore. In Christ we have been given an inheritance of HOPE.
Fostering a culture of Hope is critical to effective and sustainable intercession!
Jeremiah 29:11, “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”
As Paul declares to us in 1 Cor 13:13,
“Now these three remain, faith, hope and love but the greatest of these is love.”
The greatest of these three is love, however I believe hope comes first. Hebrews tells us that faith is the substance of things hoped for. And of course we know that faith needs to work itself out in love (Gal. 5:6).
So we could look at this way: our hope is in hearing the music of the future, our faith is dancing to that music NOW! And our love is bringing others into the dance with you! The song being sung is the beauty, majesty, and supremacy of Jesus Christ
I want to encourage us to create a culture of Hope in our IPC family!
When our prayers are shaped by the Word, we are building on solid ground. We are responding to who God is and what he is doing. When we are claiming his promises, and obeying his commands, there is no better way to pray! The Scriptures declare to us that God is much better than we think he is, and is doing much more than we think he is doing in response to our prayers. As Paul prays in Ephesians 3:20-21,
“Now to him wo is able to do far more abundantly that all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen”
As we pray the Word, we are pleading the good promises of God! Promises predict the answers by foretelling what to expect! They are the molds into which we pour our prayers. Promises like these, “call unto me and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things which you do not know” (Jer. 33:3). Promises like, “whatever things you ask for in prayer, believing, you will receive” (Matt. 21:22). Promises like, “if you ask me anything in my name I will do it” (John 14:14). This next year 2025, let’s pray BIG Prayers of HOPE in the glorious promise of God’s Word that the knowledge of the glory of the Lord will cover the earth as the waters cover the sea (Hab. 2:14).
When we pray God’s word we pray from the answer … with the answer in mind! When we plead God’s promises we are praying from the answer to the answer! In intercession we are asking him what he asks us to ask him! As we ask according to his will and for his renown, his activity always increases, releasing his power, his love, and his truth on the earth!
Together let’s Ignite Hope in our generation as we pray God’s word in 2025!
This parable gives us HOPE. It points to persistent, on-going night and day prayer as the vehicle for releasing justice.
During the past several decades, the Holy Spirit has taken the realities of intercessory prayer and branded them on the hearts of his people in every culture, tribe, tongue and nation. I believe a new day has dawned in the ministry of intercessory prayer and the Holy Spirit is intent on spreading the news. Our God is a God of deep love and desire. His passion is for his people to know his goodness and to come to seek him based on the confidence that he has heard and will act on the prayers He himself has birthed in our hearts!
This parable starts in the context of a city, ‘in a certain city.’ How many of our cities today need justice?
Often a common interpretation of the parable is a misperception of Jesus’s objective. It concerns a widow who had a problem for which she needed Justice to be invoked by someone with the authority to do so. She was desperate and hopelessness for her situation and her inability to bring about Justice in any other way and her only recourse was to go to the judge.
Now in the Middle Eastern culture of that day it was difficult at best to be a widow. If she had no living son she could only survive by begging or prostitution, redeemed by a Kinsman, or becoming a slave of the Temple.
The widow in the story was alone with no Defender and to make matters worse she was stuck with a judge who in the chilling words of Jesus ‘did not fear God nor regard man.’
Jesus is building tension to focus our awareness on the critical nature of the plight of widow. Her only hope was for the intervention from the one who was supposed to be a representative of righteousness and yet was anything but that. In the Roman dominated society of the day many government officials obtained their positions by fraud, deception or treachery with the aim of gaining wealth and power. This widow meant nothing to him.
She chooses the only weapon she had left at her disposal – tenacious, unrelenting appeal day after day…
The text states that ‘she came to him’ but the verb tense in the original language indicates a repeated action that she ‘kept’ coming to the judge, relentlessly asking for her needs to be met, for justice against her adversary. The judge used the phrase ‘ she troubles me with her continual coming.’
She was a thorn in his flesh. She would not be denied until he finally relented and avenged her simply because she was wearing him out. He finally caves in and gives her what she wants.
The reality of the story in Luke 18 is that Jesus was building tension for the purpose of contrast - his intent was not to say, I want you to pray like this widow. He was saying, “if that kind of appeal by one widow with no rights or standing is effective … even before an unjust judge … how much more will the prayers of God’s beloved bride be effective with him whose heart is ravished with love for her? Will he not hear the cry of his elect ones and answer quickly when they call out to him night and day?
Jesus was speaking about a widow because the people of God in that day were living as widows – and yet the bridegroom was standing in their midst unrecognized and ignored. They were living like the widow – abandoned, lonely and without hope.
And yet God himself was proclaiming through the presence of his glorious Son, that the day of restoration had arrived. The bridegroom had come – and the abandonment and isolation of the people could end if only they would turn and hear the good news!
“Did you hear what the unjust judge says? And will not God bring out justice for his elect who cry out to him night and day? (Luke 18:7).
He is saying, ‘did you get the gist of it?’ If an unrighteous reluctant judge who hates the lady and doesn’t like people says yes, how much more will God grant justice to those whom he loves!
The contrast is this - Our judge is a righteous judge and as the elect, we are not widowed but betrothed to this Judge as our Bridegroom King!
And the principle is this – effective prayer is not just about persistence – it’s about persistence with intimacy that moves the heart of God to grant to us justice against our adversary!
Justice in simple terms is making wrong things right!
What wrong things need to be made right in your city?
When justice comes to sickness there is healing, when Justice comes to torn relationships there is reconciliation, when Justice comes to loss there is restoration, when Justice comes to rejection there is acceptance, when justice comes to oppression there is liberty, when justice comes to weariness there is rest, when justice comes to fear there is peace, when justice comes to barrenness, there is fruitfulness, when justice comes to loneliness, there is companionship, when justice comes to depression there is JOY, and when Justice comes to Sin there is forgiveness, when justice comes to the lost and broken of your city or your nation there is REVIVAL!
However, the condition is night and day prayer!
What would a canopy of night and day prayer motivated in the love of God look like in your city?
Here is our story and some of the results of justice that we experienced firsthand to the Glory of God! City Wide Transformation Story
Conclusion
Beloved you are the elect of God! You are his favored ones, his chosen people, meaning you have been hand-picked. It’s like Jesus looking to and fro across the earth and saying I want you and you and you! His affections run so strong, and deep for you that words fail to describe it. His love for you is beyond your wildest dreams, more than you could think or imagine, in fact you are his Dream come true!
Given his profound affection for you and given your unrelenting prayer, there can be no mistaking the outcome! God will answer prayer! But it takes both intimacy, and persistence!
The fact of the matter is we do have an adversary, and his name is the devil. The devil wants you to give up. He wants to convince you that God has ignored your prayer and is refusing to act on your behalf.
I truly believe the greatest warfare in our lives revolves around our prayer life. Nothing threatens hell more than the praying saint. The devil knows that if you become a person engaged in unrelenting prayer, bathed in the love of God, you are a dangerous weapon in the hand of your God and your adversary the devil is enraged.
If you can learn to kneel before God in prayer, then you can stand before anything in your life…
When you are abiding in His presence, clinging to his love, living in His Word, holding to his Promise, remaining fervent in spirit and believing for His visitation, you’re an explosion waiting to happen! As you pray you are standing on the platform that rewrites human history, the very hinge of history … little keys open big doors called awakening and revival! He will match your weak prayer with His Power, for His Glory, and for your joy!
Until He comes,
Dr. Jason Hubbard – Director
International Prayer Connect
As Myanmar reels from one of its deadliest natural disasters in recent memory, its junta leader, Min Aung Hlaing, has arrived in Thailand to attend a regional summit—his presence turning heads, given the international sanctions levied against him.
Last Friday’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar, killing at least 3,085 people and injuring over 4,700. With hundreds still missing, the true toll is feared to be far higher. Cities lie in ruins, and vast areas remain inaccessible due to shattered infrastructure and the country’s ongoing civil war.
Despite this catastrophe, the military regime has been slow to allow unfettered aid access. While some foreign rescue teams have arrived, efforts are hampered by active conflict zones, destroyed roads, and deep mistrust of the junta. A temporary ceasefire was announced Wednesday, but it came only after the regime rejected proposals for coordinated relief efforts from rebel forces.
Shockingly, even after the ceasefire, Myanmar troops opened fire on a Chinese Red Cross convoy delivering aid. The military claimed it was a response to the convoy refusing to stop when signalled. The attack has drawn international condemnation and further clouds the junta’s credibility.
Meanwhile, Min Aung Hlaing’s presence in Bangkok at the Bay of Bengal summit is drawing scrutiny. Thailand - where 21 people were also killed by the quake - has proposed a joint statement on the disaster. But while regional cooperation is welcome, critics warn that such appearances risk legitimizing a regime responsible for the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
Myanmar has been in a state of civil war since the military coup of 2021. Ethnic militias and a growing resistance movement have been fighting the junta's brutal grip. With the economy in freefall and inflation rampant, the earthquake has poured gasoline on an already raging fire.
International humanitarian organizations are now calling on the junta to permanently lift aid restrictions and allow unimpeded access to all affected regions. The UN has urged rapid action before the monsoon season arrives within weeks.
Prayer Pointers
- Pray: for swift and unblocked humanitarian aid to reach the earthquake’s victims before the monsoon season brings further disaster.
“He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry.” - Psalm 146:7 - Pray: for peace and unity to emerge in Myanmar, ending years of war and bloodshed under oppressive rule.
“Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.” - Psalm 34:14 - Pray: for the Church in Myanmar to rise with boldness, offering the hope of Christ amid devastation and fear.
“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.” - Matthew 5:14
Prayer – Praying for those in the middle of this disaster
Lord, bring healing to Myanmar. Let aid flow freely, peace take root, and Your Church shine brightly amid suffering. Strengthen the weary, silence violence, and stir hearts toward mercy, justice, and the eternal hope found in Christ alone.
