Belize Prayer Network

20/02/2025

PRAYER ALERT: Top 8 Terrorist Crime Groups of Latin America

Now the new “terrorist” designation allows the US military to target these groups outside the US. First, let's take a look at the rogue’s gallery of Mexican cartels, in order of the menace they present. They include the Sinaloa, Jalisco New Generation, Gulf & Northeast, and Michoacana & United.

Sinaloa—once led by El Chapo—produces fentanyl from Chinese chemicals and smuggles it into the US. Jalisco traffics fentanyl, co***ne and methamphetamine in all 50 US states. Gulf/Northeast controls the most direct route for trafficking drugs and humans from Latin America. And Michoacana/United traffics drugs & avocados, using intimidating threats and extortion along the way.

But beyond Mexico, Tren de Aragua and MS-13 have extended their tentacles as far as the US too...Read more in ETG article https://bit.ly/4hIIDzl "Top 8 Terrorist Crime Groups of Latin America."

PRAY WITH US about top 8 terrorist crime groups, that God will:Protect and deliver civilians from danger zones where terrorists...

13/02/2025

PRAYER ALERT: Trump Suspends Aid—How Should Christian Missions Respond?
Trump has paused foreign aid programs to scrutinize if they actually do what they’re meant to do. So I did a search of Christian Post articles to find objections to that policy. But I have found only two articles which question Trump’s suspension of aid.

They concern three Christian missions which help refugees or immigrants. Namely, World Relief, the humanitarian arm of the highly reputable National Association of Evangelicals; Catholic Relief Services which spends more than forty percent of its donations on immigrant and cultural diversity services, and Episcopal Migration Missions, of the pro-LGBTQ Episcopal Church.

Trump moved to put such programs on pause in order to analyze them. Unfortunately, worthy refugees and immigrants will have to wait until they sort out what programs really help them. And what programs are opening doors to unworthy people like terrorists and s*x traffickers...Read more in ETG article https://bit.ly/3WOcjTs “Trump Suspends Aid—How Should Christian Missions Respond?”

PRAY WITH US about Trump suspends aid: Father God, we declare the whole world in Your mighty hands. For You see all and know all...

04/02/2025

PRAYER ALERT: Common Sense vs. Conventional Wisdom in Trump’s Dealings
How do you find the best way to make a deal when conventional wisdom is not common sense? Conventional wisdom says to not risk offending an ally like Colombia by repatriating their illegal migrants. Common sense says a president should take back his own citizens if they’ve gone somewhere illegally. So consider the alternative. Does the US keep another country’s illegal citizens? Countries have so long taken advantage of the US that non-sense has become conventional wisdom.

Trump is applying common sense to other issues where false conventional wisdom has prevailed. So is Panama reneging on its 48-year-old commitment to keep its canal zone neutral? And on giving the US a discount? Conventional wisdom says don’t make waves in the Panama Canal. But common sense says China domination of the canal’s Atlantic and Pacific sides means US defeat. Specifically, defeat for the US any time China decides to go to war...Read more in ETG article https://bit.ly/3WJiVCn “Common Sense vs. Conventional Wisdom: In Trump’s Deal-Making.”

PRAY WITH US about common sense vs. conventional wisdom: Father God, we exalt You as having the wisdom and peace that passes understanding

28/01/2025

PRAYER ALERT: Thousands Have Disappeared in Peru, Columbia & Paraguay
Back in the 90’s we often heard of people whom their friends & relatives lost track of. Especially in Chile and Argentina when military dictators ruled. At that time the media called them the “disappeared.” Now Peru, Paraguay and Columbia are reporting multitudes of people missing. Peru has 20,000 disappeared, and investigators have found only 3,200 remains. And Paraguay has 500. But they have found only 15 bodies so far.

After 5 years of civil war, Columbia has by far the highest number: 124,000+, plus 450,000 killed. It continued even after 2022 when the newly-elected president, Gustavo Petro, promised to end it. Though a former rebel, Petro set out to disarm rebels and drug gangs...Then he tried a Truth Commission...Read more in ETG article https://bit.ly/3WviPhJ “Thousands Have Disappeared in Peru, Columbia & Paraguay”

PRAY WITH US about thousands have disappeared, that God will:1. Send Your Holy Spirit as the Comforter who...

21/01/2025

PRAYER ALERT: Male-Female Only: Trump’s 2-Gender Policy Takes Effect
On his first day as president, Trump made the new US government policy on gender clear. “There are only two genders: male and female.” Also, at an inauguration eve rally he declared, “We will keep men out of women’s sports.”

Moreover, he will “get wokeness the hell out of our military immediately and make it like it used to be.” And no more CRT or DEI in government programs. As he said later in his inaugural address, the government will operate “color-blind and merit-based.”

“We will get transgender insanity the hell out of our schools.” So Trump has turned off the pressure for Belize and countless other countries to conform to the wacky woke world's ways...Read more in ETG article https://bit.ly/4hiSwTG “Male-Female Only: Trump’s 2-Gender Policy Takes Effect”

PRAY WITH US about male-female only: Father God, we exalt You as Creator. And we praise You that You fearfully and wonderfully...

15/01/2025

PRAYER ALERT: Nigeria Tops Christian-Killing Nations Globally
Many know Nigeria as the site of lively Christian revivals and million-strong Reinhold Bonnke crusades. But where grace abounded, persecution also abounds. For now we also know it as the country with the most killings of Christians and the most abductions too.

The Global Christian Relief Red List reports that 9,814 Nigerian Christian got killed in 2022-2024. And the killing persists. Only Sunday, Islamic militants killed 40+ farmers in in the notorious “killing field” of NE Nigeria. And the 2014 kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls in the same area was not an isolated incident. Nigeria also led the world with 9,311 abductions/assaults on Christians. That amounts to more than even our cartel-riddled neighbor Mexico.

Besides killing and abductions, the Red List also cited the top five in three other categories. India led in building attacks, China led in arrests, and Azerbaijan in displacement of Christians. Why do we find so many African countries—six—among the fifteen ranking nations? Like Nigeria, Africa as a whole has seen waves of Islamic terrorism follow waves of Christian evangelism...

Read more in ETG article https://bit.ly/428zdbz Nigeria Tops Christian-Killing Nations Globally

PRAY WITH US about Nigeria tops Christian killing. Father God, we come to You as Author of birth in the flesh and birth in the Spirit...

08/01/2025

PRAYER ALERT: Abortion Causes More Deaths Globally Than Any Other Cause

Around the world, abortion caused 42% of all the deaths in 2024, according to Worldometer. It accounted for a total of 45.1 million deaths. Then the next leading causes were cancer at 8.2 million, smoking at 5 million, HIV/AIDS at 1.7 million, traffic deaths at 1.35 million and su***de at 1.1 million.

Within the US alone, about one-third of all deaths occur by abortion. Why don’t we hear more about these staggering, tragic statistics? Because some nations censor and even punish media outlets for publishing them. For instance, the French media regulator ARCOM fined CNews US $103,000 for its abortion report. Yet CNews was only quoting the WHO, which counted 73 million abortions per year.

If true, that amounts to almost 28 million more than Worldometer reported. So does that mean that even more abortions go unreported because of censors like ARCOM? They do in Belize--although it's illegal, it's undercover. Only God knows how many more of these tragedies occur...

PRAY WITH US about abortion causes more deaths: Father God, You know all and see all. For You have numbered every hair on our heads.

31/12/2024

PRAYER ALERT: Journalism Becomes History—Writing for Future Generations
Normally we take one day at a time. At the turn of the year, we try to evaluate the old year, and make resolutions for the New Year. Then we go back to living one day or week at a time. Like other journalists I gather enough news to post on an issue weekly on websites and daily on social media.

But we need to remember we are writing for future years and generations too. If any at all are following me then, they will need me to give the most truthful and perceptive account. Mostly unawares, I act as their eyes & ears on my time for their time to learn from.

Often I can do no more than to summarize the most salient points of on-the-spot reporters. So I had better find the most reliable ones. They have their own deadlines and often rush to fill space with first, hasty impressions of breaking news. We journalists need discernment to find the most reliable eyes and ears as witnesses of our world...Read more in ETG article https://bit.ly/40dkKJP "Journalism Becomes History—Writing for Future Generations."

PRAY WITH US about journalism becomes history: Father God, we thank You for Jesus who paid the price for us to receive the Holy Spirit of...

23/12/2024

Five minutes that changed the world, because God so loved the world (from "The Chosen" Christmas Special)

This video excerpt from The Chosen was created for the educational purpose of enhancing your study of the Birth of Christ as described in Luke 2:7. I encoura...

18/12/2024

PRAYER ALERT: Druze Leaders Seek Israeli Annexation, Freedom from Syria
Now that Syrian jihadists have seized Druze villages in the Golan Heights, six of them want to opt out of Syria. Reportedly at a council meeting, the six villages decided to come under Israeli rule. Afterward, one man told a crowd, “We asked to be annexed to the Golan to preserve our dignity.” Otherwise, the rebels “might take our women, might take our daughters … might take our houses”.

Recently Israel moved armed forces into its buffer zone with Syria. News i24 reports “Over the weekend, IDF officers openly met with [Druze] village elders in their homes to reassure them about their safety and the continuity of their daily lives.” But without Israel's protection, they may get caught in Syria's puzzle of sharp moving pieces...See ETG article https://bit.ly/4fjy1oI "Druze Leaders Seek Israeli Annexation, Freedom from Syria."

PRAY WITH US: Father God, we exalt Your Son Jesus as the future heir of all nations. And the kingdoms of the world will become the kingdom

10/12/2024

PRAYER ALERT: Will Turkey Take Over More Territory from Syria?

The rebel militias told Turkey six months ago that they planned a big offensive against Assad’s forces. Because Turkey has been backing Syrian rebels since the civil war began. Those communications convinced them that they had Turkey’s tacit approval. Even though Turkey called the group that hatched the plan--Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)—a terror group.

Two weeks ago, the rebel alliance finally launched the offensive, taking everyone else by surprise. Then Sunday they took Damascus, sending the Assad family fleeing. The Assads had ruled for five decades, including the last 15 years while Syria’s civil war raged.

Turkey’s president Erdogan has ambitions to become caliph over a new Islamic Ottoman empire. Will he use his influence over the currently divided rebels to gain more ground in Syria? Perhaps over the entire country?... Read more in ETG article "Will Turkey Take Over More Territory from Syria?"

PRAY WITH US: Father God, we thank You for Your Son Jesus, the Desire of the nations. But many nations think they desire Allah and Muhammad instead. Even as far north as England, Muhammad has

03/12/2024

PRAYER ALERT: Saved, Safe, Sensible—Key Qualities of Church Leaders

Let me explain what I mean by “saved, safe, sensible” from 1 Timothy 3:2. “An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable…” This verse show God’s first six requirements to consider every time we evaluate a leader.

First, he must stay “above reproach.” If he focuses on answering reproaches, he will spend more time watching out for himself. And less time watching out for others. Secondly, “the husband of one wife” literally means, a one-woman man. Whether married or single, he should not have a romantic interest in more than one woman.

Thirdly, “temperate” in the Greek means circumspect, like a shepherd or watchman. He must watch over his church members for their good. Not only to make sure they are saved, but that they are safe to be with...

Read more in ETG article “Saved, Safe, Sensible— Key Qualities of Church Leaders”

PRAY WITH US about saved, safe, sensible: Father God, we thank you for Jesus our Lord. For He led us to You, and He taught us...

27/11/2024

PRAYER ALERT: Haitian Streets Become Killing Fields, Courts Deserted

In three days, Nov. 17-19, 108+ gang members got killed. How did that happen? The police—assisted by a Kenya-led internat ional force of 1,000 officers—killed some in the streets. And also some in house-to-house battles. Vigilantes in less police-protected areas killed others who threatened their turf.

But why not get them arrested to await a courtroom trial? Because the courts are barely functioning. Pierre Esperance of the National Human Rights Defense Network says Haiti is getting desperate for justice.

“The authorities have totally resigned. Justice itself is sick,” he said. “How do we explain that in a country where since 2018 you’ve had all of these massacres? All of these rapes and gang rapes, kidnappings. And we have had no judicial process. The state has completely collapsed…. And the population is giving itself justice”—by taking the law into their own hands...

Read more in ETG article https://bit.ly/3V8t5LX "Haitian Streets Become Killing Fields, Courts Deserted."

PRAY WITH US about Haitian streets become killing fields: Father God, we exalt You above all gods and powers. Because we have no...

22/11/2024

PRAYER ALERT: Gang-Politician Collusion Prolongs Misery in Haiti
Now 2.7 million people in Haiti live under gang rule, mostly in the capital Port-au-Prince. Within the city, two out of every three children need humanitarian aid. And 1.64 people face emergency levels of severe food shortage.

In response to this crisis, the US has sent $33 million in aid, and the EU has sent $21 million. But the aid rarely reaches those in need. Armed gangs surround the capital, effectively blockading it and confiscating physical aid. Corrupt government officials swallow up most of the financial aid... Read more in ETG article https://bit.ly/3AGIJaF “Gang-Politician Collusion Prolongs Misery in Haiti.”

12/11/2024

PRAYER ALERT: Amsterdam Pogrom Targets 100s of Israeli Soccer Fans

On Thursday in Amsterdam the Israeli soccer team Maccabi arrived to see Palestinian flags greet them. Flags that Hamas uses to proclaim their goal of destroying Israel and the Israeli people. Some Maccabi supporters retaliated by removing one flag and burning another. Allegedly, others broke out with anti-Palestinian songs.

During the next 36 hours, Israeli supporters got ambushed wherever rioters found them. Outside the stadium, in their hotels and apartments, even where taxis dropped them off. Apparently, some taxi drivers drove them where thugs were waiting for them. At least 25 Israelis sustained injuries.

The thugs attacked hundreds of Israelis, beating and stabbing and ramming at them with cars. They stole cell phones and passports and spread their personal info on the web. And they threw some of them into the canal. This happened on the eve of Kristallnacht’s 86th anniversary...Read more in ETG article https://bit.ly/3CvNELS
“Amsterdam Pogrom Targets 100s of Israeli Soccer Fans”

PRAY WITH US about Amsterdam pogrom targets 100s: Father God, You are a good, good Father. And You are good all the time. But...

04/11/2024

PRAYER ALERT: Kamala Most Anti-Faith Candidate in History, says Heritage

“People of faith worried about the choice they are making really need to understand what’s at stake.” So spoke President Kevin Roberts of the conservative think-tank Heritage Foundation. He called Kamala Harris the most “anti-faith” US presidential candidate in history.

Not only did she tell attendees who shouted praises to Christ to go to another rally down the street. But she also posed with a drag troupe which dresses as nuns and performs s*xually lewd dances with a cross. These “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence” also engage in stripteases and perform mock communion. (Photo of “Sister Innocenta”: looks like Kamala, doesn't it? Photo by asopuma from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)

For Harris to pose with them amounts to approval of their desecration of the Christian faith.

CatholicVote President Brian Burch said this drag troupe is “no ordinary LGBT activist group… “Kamala Harris must publicly condemn these sacrilegious actions. And any group that exists to mock and defile what is most sacred to Catholics or any person of faith...”

PRAY WITH US about Kamala most anti-faith candidate: Father God, we exalt You as the one true God and Jesus as the only way to You...

29/10/2024

PRAYER ALERT: Catholic Priest Activist Killed in Southern Mexico

At his funeral up to 2,000 mourners shouted “Justice for Marcelo” and similar rallying cries. Indigenous Catholic priest Marcelo Perez had worked long and hard for peace in the Chiapas border regions. There the Jalisco and Sinaloa drug cartels have been battling for turf for more than two years. Because it forms a link in the route for smuggling both drugs and migrants.

The two cartels try to force villagers to take sides and have killed whole families who have resisted. Perez had often raised his voice for that resistance and for peace mediation efforts. Hundreds of Chiapas residents have fled to Guatemala for refuge, but he had steadfastly remained...

Read more in ETG article https://bit.ly/4fgW1sU "Catholic Priest Activist Killed in Southern Mexico."

PRAY WITH US about the Catholic priest activist killed, that God will:Comfort all the thousands of people mourning the loss of...

23/10/2024

PRAYER ALERT: AI Tracking Christians to Harass and Persecute

China, Iran and other tyrannical regimes are using AI tech to spy on Christians at a more intrusive level than ever. Who knows when our own government may make a habit of doing the same? The Chinese Communist Party uses facial recognition to monitor attendees of religious gatherings. And other nations are developing similar technologies.

Arthur Herman, director of the Quantum Alliance Initiative at the Hudson Institute, warns of China’s use of AI. Because it poses a threat to the US and other democracies where freedom of religion is a constitutional right. “[The] United States needs to develop an overall AI strategy that aims at…advancing American AI supremacy… Which nation wins this struggle will ultimately depend on which one has the clearest idea of what it’s doing…The Chinese clearly do. Theirs is a vision that is more frightening…than anything dreamed up by science fiction.”

Both individual Christians and churches must learn how to resist this looming menace. Pollster and trend-tracker George Barna cautions Christians not to let AI into our doors at all. Because it can not only easily get out of control but begin to control us and the people we influence... https://bit.ly/3BWrVN5

PRAY WITH US about AI tracking Christians: Father God, You made all things and know all things and remain sovereign over all things...