Joshua march(Jericho Prayer) through the places in Turkey.
Let us plan to have a march of Joshua March (relying only on God, not in our own strength), through Turkey, and dedicate the nation into the hands of the Lord. The march will be for 6 days one time through each of the places of importance(you may start at any day), in silence through prayer, and in the 7th day, 7 times , through each of the places, Proclaiming what God has revealed to us, at the end of it and to ask God.
1) To pull down walls of hostility, towards the Word of God.
2) That the gospel may reach and be accepted in every nook and corner of every household, and individuals, and people may be saved in Jesus Christ.
3) That the people and the rulers may work for the furtherance of the gospel, and the values of the kingdom of God.
Turkey is an important place for binding the strongholds of Satan.
1) All the seven churches mentioned in the book of revelation are in Turkey.
2) Many of the early churches and disciples including the missionary journeys of Paul, were started in Turkey.
3) The first king to convert to Christianity was the king of Turkey(Abgar V of Edessa), earlier known as Edessa.
4) It has faced numerous Christian persecution including Armenian Genocide.
5) It is a link between the Middle-east and Europe.
6)It has many Old testament sites, including Ur and Haraan(Abraham went from Ur to Haraan), and Mount Ararat, where Noah’s ark rested.
7) Many Pre-flood sites are found there, including Gobekli Tepe, which may be a place where Anakims lived.
The principles of this march are given here.
We can have this common prayer for the states.
1 Timothy 2:1-4
King James Version (KJV)
2 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
Acts 26:18
King James Version (KJV)
18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Revelation 21:23-24
King James Version (KJV)
23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
The places through which the march will go through(starting from Patmos, and ending in Cyprus) is given below, add any place if you think it is in need of the saving power of God.
[Patmos]
Location:- Small Greek Island in the Aegean sea.
It is the place where Apostle John was banished by John was banished by the emperor Domitian (A.D. 95) and wrote the Book of Revelation. (Revelation 1:9).
Pray :- 1 Timothy 2:1-4, Acts 26:18, Revelation 21:23-24
[Ephesus]
Location:- Selçuk, Izmir Province, Aegean Region ,Turkey.
Ephesus played a significant role in the world of the New Testament Church. The most significant references are of course Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, Johns letter to Ephesus in Revelation(Revelation 1:11,Revelation 2:1-7) and the account of Paul’s three-year ministry in Ephesus in Acts 19. The presence of a Jewish convert by name Apollos at Ephesus(Acts 18:24-28).
Pray :- 1 Timothy 2:1-4, Acts 26:18, Revelation 21:23-24
[Smyrna]
Location:- Izmir Province,Aegean Region ,Turkey
Smyrna was the second church to receive a letter from the apostle John in the book of Revelation(Revelation 1:11,Revelation 2:8-11).
Pray :- 1 Timothy 2:1-4, Acts 26:18, Revelation 21:23-24.
[Pergamos(Pergamum)]
Location:- Bergama, Izmir Province,Aegean Region ,Turkey
Pergamos was the third church to receive a letter from the apostle John in the book of Revelation(Revelation 1:11,Revelation 2:12-17).It was noted for its wickedness, insomuch that our Lord says “Satan’s seat” was there. The church of Pergamos was rebuked for swerving from the truth and embracing the doctrines of Balaam and the Nicolaitanes. Antipas, Christ’s “faithful martyr,” here sealed his testimony with his blood.
Pray :- 1 Timothy 2:1-4, Acts 26:18, Revelation 21:23-24.
[Thyatira]
Location:- Akisar ,Manisa Province,Aegean Region ,Turkey
Thyatira was the fourth church to receive a letter from the apostle John in the book of Revelation(Revelation 1:11,Revelation 2:19-29).
Pray :- 1 Timothy 2:1-4, Acts 26:18, Revelation 21:23-24.
[Sardis]
Location:- Salihli , Manisa Province, Aegean Region , Turkey.
Sardis was the fifth church to receive a letter from the apostle John in the book of Revelation(Revelation 1:11,Revelation 3:1-6).
Pray :- 1 Timothy 2:1-4, Acts 26:18, Revelation 21:23-24.
[Philadelphia]
Location:- Alasehir , Manisa Province ,Aegean Region , Turkey.
Philadelphia was the sixth church to receive a letter from the apostle John in the book of Revelation(Revelation 1:11,Revelation 3:7-13).
[Laodicea]
Location:- Eskihisar, Denizli Province,Aegean Region , Turkey.
Laodicea was the seventh church to receive a letter from the apostle John in the book of Revelation(Revelation 1:11,Revelation 3:14-22).
[Troas]
Location:- Dalyan, Çanakkale Province, Marmara Region,Turkey.
Here Paul, on his second missionary journey, saw the vision of a “man of Macedonia,” who appeared to him, saying, “Come over, and help us” ( Acts 16:8-11 ). He visited this place also on other occasions, and on one of these visits he left his cloak and some books there ( 2 Corinthians 2:12 ; 2 Tim 4:13 ).Here, also, according to Acts 20:5-12, Paul raised Eutychus from the dead.It is mentioned on other occasions. ( Acts 20:5 Acts 20:6 ; 2 Corinthians 2:12 2 Corinthians 2:13 ; 2 Timothy 4:13 )
Pray :- 1 Timothy 2:1-4, Acts 26:18, Revelation 21:23-24.
[Istanbul]
Location :- Current capital of Turkey, Istanbul province, Marmara Region,Turkey.
Pray :- 1 Timothy 2:1-4, Acts 26:18, Revelation 21:23-24.
[Bithynia]
Location :- Black sea region, ,Turkey.
Christian congregations were here formed at an early time ( 1 Peter 1:1 ). Paul was prevented by the Spirit from entering this province ( Acts 16:7 ).
Pray :- 1 Timothy 2:1-4, Acts 26:18, Revelation 21:23-24.
[Galatia]
Location :- Central Anatolia region ,Turkey.
It was a province of Asia Minor. Paul visited its churches Acts 16:6 ; 18:23. Collection were taken in, for Christians at Jerusalem 1 Corinthians 16:1. Peters address this church 1 Peter 1:1 . Churches in Galatia are mentioned in Galatians 1:1-2 . Paul wrote an epistle to its churches in letter Galatians.
Pray :- 1 Timothy 2:1-4, Acts 26:18, Revelation 21:23-24.
[Cappadocia]
Location :- Nevsehir Province, Central Anatolia region ,Turkey.
Peter mentions it in his epistles ( 1 Peter 1:1 ). On the day of Pentecost there were Cappadocians at Jerusalem ( Acts 2:9 ).
Pray :- 1 Timothy 2:1-4, Acts 26:18, Revelation 21:23-24.
[Pontus]
Location :- Black sea region, ,Turkey.
In the time of the apostles it was a Roman province. Strangers from this province were at Jerusalem at Pentecost ( Acts 2:9 ), and to “strangers scattered throughout Pontus,” among others, Peter addresses his first epistle ( 1 Peter 1:1 ).
Pray :- 1 Timothy 2:1-4, Acts 26:18, Revelation 21:23-24.
[Mount Ararat]
Location :- Agri Province, Eastern Anatolia region, ,Turkey.
Sacred land or high land, the name of a country on one of the mountains of which the ark rested after the Flood subsided (Genesis 8:4).In 2 Kings 19:37 and Isaiah 37:38 the word is translated in the King James Version Armenia, which correctly represents the region designated. It was to Armenia that the sons of Sennacherib fled. In Jeremiah 51:27 Ararat is associated with Minni and Ashkenaz, which according to the Assyrian monuments lay just to the east of Armenia.
Pray :- 1 Timothy 2:1-4, Acts 26:18, Revelation 21:23-24.
[Goebekli Tepe]
Location :- Orencik, Sanliurfa Province,SouthEastern Anatolia region, Turkey.
Probably a location of pre-flood area and the home of the giants(Genesis 6:1-7), and wicked people which God destroyed.
Pray :- 1 Timothy 2:1-4, Acts 26:18, Revelation 21:23-24.
[Urfa]
Location :- Sanliurfa Province, SouthEastern Anatolia region, Turkey.
Abraham was from the city of Ur according to , he left and went to Canaan and dwelled at Haraan (Genesis 11:31).
Pray :- 1 Timothy 2:1-4, Acts 26:18, Revelation 21:23-24.
[Haran]
Location :- Altinbasak, Erzurum Province,SouthEastern Anatolia region, Turkey.
A celebrated city of Western Asia, now Harran, where Abram remained, after he left Ur of the Chaldees, till his father Terah died ( Genesis 11:31 Genesis 11:32 ), when he continued his journey into the land of Canaan. It is called “Charran” in the LXX. and in Acts 7:2 . It is called the “city of Nahor” ( Genesis 24:10 ), and Jacob resided here with Laban ( 30:43 ). It stood on the river Belik, an affluent of the Euphrates, about 70 miles above where it joins that river in Upper Mesopotamia or Padan-aram, and about 600 miles northwest of Ur in a direct line. It was on the caravan route between the east and west. It is afterwards mentioned among the towns taken by the king of Assyria ( 2 Kings 19:12 ; Isaiah 37:12).
Pray :- 1 Timothy 2:1-4, Acts 26:18, Revelation 21:23-24.
[Tarsus]
Location :- Tarsus, Mersin Province,Mediterranean region, Turkey.
Saul later named Apostle Paul was born in the city of Tarsus ( Acts 21:39 Acts 21:40 ). His education was completed at the feet of Gamaliel in the city of Jerusalem ( Acts 22:1-3 )
Pray :- 1 Timothy 2:1-4, Acts 26:18, Revelation 21:23-24.
[Antioch]
Location :- Antakya, Hatay Province,Mediterranean region, Turkey.
Christianity was early introduced into it (Acts 11:19, 21, 24), the disciples of Jesus were first called “Christians” in Antioch (Acts 11:26). It is intimately connected with the early history of the gospel (Acts 6:5; 11:19, 27, 28, 30; 12:25; 15:22-35; Gal. 2:11,12). It was the great central point whence missionaries to the Gentiles were sent forth.
Pray :- 1 Timothy 2:1-4, Acts 26:18, Revelation 21:23-24.
[Cyprus]
Location :- An island country in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.
It was the “Chittim” of the Old Testament ( Numbers 24:24 ). It is first mentioned in the New Testament ( Acts 4:36 ) as the native place of Barnabas. It was the scene of Paul’s first missionary labours ( 13:4-13 ), when he and Barnabas and John Mark were sent forth by the church of Antioch. It was afterwards visited by Barnabas and Mark alone ( 15:39 ). Mnason, an “old disciple,” probaly one of the converts of the day of Pentecost belonging to this island, is mentioned ( 21:16 ). It is also mentioned in connection with the voyages of Paul ( Acts 21:3 ; 27:4 ). After being under the Turks for three hundred years, it was given up to the British Government in 1878.
In July 1974 a chain of events resulted in Turkey invading Cyprus under the pretext that it was a peace operation to bring back peace and stability to the island. The outcome of this invasion has been far reach and still impacts the island and its inhabitants today; it also impacts Turkey and the wider global powers too.
The outcome of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus has resulted in Turkey recognising the independence of the north of Cyprus from the south, but no other country doing so.
Pray :- 1 Timothy 2:1-4, Acts 26:18, Revelation 21:23-24.
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations 