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Permanent Under-Secretary Simon McDonald welcomed Boris Johnson to the Foreign Office last night.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last night, new Prime Minister\u00a0Theresa May made six senior appointments<\/strong>, covering the three great offices of state (Chancellor, Home Office, Foreign Office), and created two new post-Brexit positions. \u00a0Continue to pray for her appointments today.<\/p>\n

BORIS JOHNSON<\/strong><\/p>\n

The most astonishing appointment last night was that of Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0Mr Johnson is said to have had wide experience dealing with foreign governments promoting the capital city as Mayor of London. \u00a0He is much better disposed to Russia than his predecessor and apparently speaks five languages fluently, including German and Russian<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The latter will be especially useful as he pursues what we pray will be a more\u00a0positive engagement with Russia than that taken by his predecessor. \u00a0(Although never under-estimate the power of the PUS – see the picture. \u00a0Sir Simon Fraser, Mr McDonald’s predecessor,\u00a0has already said\u00a0“highly professional people” will surround Mr Johnson as he takes on the role. \u00a0Sir Humphrey?<\/p>\n

Mr Johnson, like Theresa May, is pro-Israel. \u00a0The BBC reports<\/a><\/strong>: ‘In 2015, Mr Johnson had to cancel planned public events in the West Bank because of security fears after he criticised backers of a boycott on Israeli goods, and he has previously described Hilary Clinton – US presidential hopeful – as having “a steely blue stare, like a sadistic nurse in a mental hospital.”‘<\/p>\n

British sanctions against trade with Russia must be ended and\u00a0Russian efforts to bring stability to Syria supported. \u00a0We can pray that Boris, with a great-grand-father from Moscow, will have nothing to do with the posturing of the world elite<\/a><\/strong> which needs to see Russia as the big enemy and\u00a0President Vladimir Putin as an aggressor and a threat.<\/p>\n

A more positive engagement will help as Mr Johnson tries, as we hope he will, to find the reasons behind Russia’s new anti-evangelism law<\/a><\/strong> and argue against it from an informed and friendly position.<\/p>\n

Write to your MP<\/span>. \u00a0Ask him\/her to congratulate the new Foreign Secretary on your behalf and to ask him to pursue a positive engagement with Russia, lift sanctions and\u00a0let you know what discussions he has with Russian officials about\u00a0Russia’s new anti-evangelism law, which, of course, concerns you.<\/p>\n

PHILIP HAMMOND<\/strong><\/p>\n

I prayed yesterday and I am still praying that Philip Hammond\u00a0would\u00a0leave the government completely, because of his stance on Syria and Russia (see below). \u00a0Mr Johnson taking his place at the Foreign Office was a spectacular and unexpected part-answer to that prayer.<\/p>\n

Mr Hammond, with his ‘Assad must go’ rhetoric, showed himself both ignorant of reality in Syria, and in thrall to the US-driven elites of this world. I made a video on this topic last October with an emphasis on Syrian Christians: Syria – Sense and Compassion<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>Do take a look – it’s less than 4 minutes.<\/p>\n

Mr Hammond was also part of ‘Project Fear’ with his view that it would take longer than World War II to leave the European Union.<\/p>\n

In the event, he has been made Chancellor of the Exchequer, which is a promotion. \u00a0Pray for him to have the great wisdom and vision that job needs at any time, but especially at this time. \u00a0I still pray that the Lord will intervene and that he will not be there long.<\/p>\n

MICHAEL FALLON<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr Fallon retains the post of Secretary of State for Defence. \u00a0He was part of the ‘Assad must go’ triumverate (with Mr Cameron and Mr Hammond) and the same arguments apply to him as apply to Mr Hammond. \u00a0It was a spectacularly ignorant and stupid line originated by William, Lord, Hague, totally driven by the desire of the US to destablise that country for financial and strategic reasons – Russia has bases in Syria.<\/p>\n

It has cost hundreds of thousands of lives and drove the migration disaster\u00a0of last summer, in which thousands of Islamic State activists were able to infiltrate European Union nations.<\/p>\n

The United Kingdom needs a Defence Secretary able to stand up to the US in NATO and\u00a0end the current policy of military build-ups and sabre-rattling at the Russian border. \u00a0Make no mistake, such things are planned by the elite for their benefit, not ours. \u00a0A top insider,\u00a0Craig Breedlove, former head of NATO, was at the Bilderberg meeting in Dresden last month<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0And a series of leaked emails published in RT<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0show how keen he has been to push the Obama administration into agitating in Ukraine and aggression against Russia.<\/p>\n

I am praying that Mr Fallon has a change of heart and becomes a man of peace, whose strength is in the Lord. \u00a0His voting record is good on the issues that matter. \u00a0He voted against ‘gay marriage’ and against doctor-assisted dying, for instance. \u00a0But he voted\u00a0for military intervention against President Assad’s forces in Syria. \u00a0if the Lord will not change his heart,\u00a0will the Lord replace Mr Fallon as well.<\/p>\n

Write to your MP<\/span>\u00a0(a separate letter with a different date will be best) and ask him\/her to ask the Secretary of State for Defence to pull British forces out of NATO’s aggressive current confrontation with Russia.<\/p>\n

AMBER RUDD<\/strong><\/p>\n

The new Home Secretary was, like Mr Hammond and Mr Fallon, a ‘Remainer’ who voted against having a referendum at all. \u00a0She also voted for ‘gay marriage’ and, like Mr Fallon, for military action in Syria. \u00a0That vote, mercifully, was lost. \u00a0She abstained on doctor-assisted dying. \u00a0Her voting record goes back no further than 2010, because that was when she first became MP for Hastings and Rye.<\/p>\n

Amber Rudd stands in need of our prayer as she takes charge of this vital office of state. \u00a0We should especially pray against the introduction of intrusive surveillance measures and the use of real or imagined threats to curtail civil liberties.<\/p>\n

DAVID DAVIS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank the Lord that the veteran parliamentarian has become the new Secretary of State for Brexit<\/a><\/strong>, or whatever it will be called. \u00a0This is an inspired appointment, as apart from a lapse when he voted for Masstrict, Mr Davis has been constantly opposed to the EU, as he has to measures like ‘gay marriage’.<\/p>\n

The ‘kings of the earth’ are even now working out ways to prevent Brexit<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0Both US Secretary of State John Kerry and Tony Blair have said it could be ‘reversed’ or walked back’.<\/p>\n

So Mr Davis will need much prayer as he negotiates the UK’s exit with the European Unions’s Commission and\/or Council of Ministers (they are currently fighting a turf war over which will handle the talks). \u00a0He will need to invoke Article 50 quickly and be unafraid to pull out of the Single Market completely if that requires accepting freedom of movement.<\/p>\n

Freedom of movement was perhaps the biggest factor persuading people to leave the EU, because of the problems it brings. \u00a0It is not a matter of hospitality, it is a matter of social cohesion and security, as I showed in this video<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Mr Davis should remember the four reasons\u00a0why the Germans will back down: Mercedes, Audi, Volkswagon and BMW<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0Other countries trade with the EU without being in the Single Market, the USA<\/a><\/strong> and India<\/a><\/strong>, to name\u00a0just two.<\/p>\n

Write to your MP<\/span>\u00a0(separate letter!) and ask him\/her to congratulate the Secretary of State for Brexit on his appointment and wish him well. \u00a0Ask your MP to\u00a0ask him to invoke Article 50 immediately and to be ready to leave the Single Market completely if freedom of movement is demanded as a condition of remaining in it.<\/p>\n

LIAM FOX<\/strong><\/p>\n

Liam Fox has been appointed Secretary of State for International Trade<\/a><\/strong>, a new and significant office in Theresa May’s new Cabinet.<\/p>\n

Dr Fox will be responding to\u00a0nations\u00a0across the world who are now queuing up to do trade deals with the UK<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0He reputedly knows the United States very well, but Commonwealth countries are obvious new trading partners. \u00a0It was encouraging to see Ghana preparing a trade delegation. \u00a0The European Union has caused much hardship across Africa and developing countries in other parts of the world by dumping food aid, knowingly\u00a0depressing prices and impoverishing local farmers.<\/p>\n

There is an opportunity here for us to do more for fair trade than just buying tea and coffee. \u00a0We should also pray that overseas aid becomes much smarter. \u00a0I’m anxious to be in touch with those who know best how fair trade principles could form the bedrock of Dr Fox’s approach, and let us pray that he will have great success. \u00a0Let us pray that Brexit re-establishes Britain as a newly-free, global, outward-looking trading nation, one built this time on fairness and justice, not on deception and exploitation.<\/p>\n

Write to your MP<\/span>\u00a0(yet another separate letter!) and ask him\/her to congratulate the Secretary of State for International Trade on his appointment and wish him well in it. \u00a0Ask your MP to ask the Secretary of State how fair trade principles will inform his dealings with developing nations.<\/p>\n

LASTLY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lastly, look out for chattering classes and the Twitter-sphere expressing ‘alarm’ and ‘concern’ over the elevation of Boris, David Davis and Dr Fox. \u00a0Such\u00a0will mean they are good appointments! \u00a0We should never put our trust in princes, but Theresa May (be sure to put an ‘h’ in her name) has shown she was true when she said ‘Brexit means Brexit’. \u00a0Those of our readers who\u00a0supported Remain should also be praying the Lord uses the Brexit vote and this new administration for his glory and to advance his Kingdom on earth.<\/p>\n

Mrs May will be familiar with these two prayers from the Anglican Morning Prayer service in the Book of Common Prayer. \u00a0They can apply to an individual or a nation and they spoke to me vividly this morning:<\/p>\n

A Collect for Peace.<\/strong>
\nO God, who art the author of peace and lover of concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life, whose service is perfect freedom; Defend us thy humble servants in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in thy defence, may not fear the power of any adversaries, through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.<\/p>\n

A Collect for Grace.<\/strong>
\nO Lord, our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day; Defend us in the same with thy mighty power; and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger; but that all our doings, being ordered by thy governance, may be righteous in thy sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.<\/p>\n

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