May 1, 2026 | PRAY, Prayer Focus for the Nations, READ, Ukraine, World Watch
Something extraordinary is happening in terms of military status of the nations. While Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth repeatedly boast of American military supremacy, ‘little’ Ukraine, the country Putin expected to overcome within three days, is somehow... 
Apr 1, 2026 | PRAY, World Watch
Come near, you nations, and listen; pay attention, you peoples! Let the earth hear, and all that is in it, the world, and all that comes out of it! (See Is. 34:1-2) O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD! (Jer. 22:29) Many of you will remember the brilliant... 
Aug 1, 2024 | France, PRAY, World Watch
The following is based on a letter that Jan Gordon, who heads up praying for Alpha in France, wrote this to me in 2015, together with an update. Her points remain relevant! Jan writes, ‘We get tired of hearing the British speak of the darkness of France! Have they not... 
Jun 26, 2024 | PRAY, READ, Ukraine, World Watch
‘Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbour as yourself. I am the Lord.’ (Lev. 19:18) I was speaking yesterday with a friend in Texas, who was telling me that churches in her neighbourhood openly preach that... 
Jun 14, 2024 | PRAY, World Watch
Very early on the morning the results of the European elections were announced, I woke with a strong sense that we are heading deeper into times of shaking. Ours is a generation and a nation that has been blessed to live largely at peace and in relative comfort, but... 
Jun 14, 2024 | Flashpoints, PRAY, Prayer Focus for the Nations, READ, World Watch
Italy has long been dear to my heart. It has a long and complex history, and has exercised enormous influence in the world, whether through the edicts of its empire-building Caesars, or the epistle that Paul wrote to its Kingdom-of-God-seeking believers. That seed of...