A Year of Answered Prayer and Intention: Giving Thanks for 2025

In our annual look back at intentions we've held through the year, we give thanks for the many miracles and remarkable turnarounds seen in government actions, community resilience and Mother Nature's grace in the wake of the varied emergencies, conflicts and social and political challenges that we've highlighted. Join with us in celebrating and giving thanks for a year of answered prayer. Yes, there's much more progress we'd like to see in many areas, and new fires are starting, but there's much to be grateful for, as this heart-warming round-up shows!

Suggested Intention Focus for this week

This week, as we reflect on progress made in many areas that we’ve held intention for over the past year, we suggest holding as our main intention:

We give thanks for the many intentions offered by our listeners that have been answered this year, and will that continued transformative energy will continue to flow to bring blessings for the many we held intention for during the year who are still suffering or who are responding to moments of profound change in their lives.

Please join us in holding this.

Mentioned in this episode:

Global Healing Response 2025 Theme, Authenticity

Q1, Groundedness: https://globalhealingresponse.com/ghr-2025-q1-authenticity-groundedness/

Q2, Grit: https://globalhealingresponse.com/ghr-2025-q1-authenticity-groundedness-2/

Q3, Honesty: https://globalhealingresponse.com/ghr-2025-q3-authenticity-honesty/

Q4, Integrity: https://globalhealingresponse.com/ghr-2025-q4-authenticity-integrity/

Sunrise to Sunrise: A 28-hour Silent Vigil  to welcome and will light for 2026 on Insight Timer. Drop in as an when you wish on Insight Timer, or via your browser. The vigil will run sequentially over several 14 2-hour sessions. See Clive’s Insight Timer profile page for the links: https://insighttimer.com/cliverj/ (click on the Events tab), or alternatively, a webpage dedicated to the event, https://www.clivejohnsonministry.com/GayatriGaiaShort.html.

Chapter markers:

00:00:00            Introduction

00:03:15            Guest Inspirations

00:07:08            Rise of the Far Right

00:08:43            Human Rights Abuses in Central Africa

00:10:23            Peatland Restoration Efforts

00:12:09            Gang Rape

00:13:18            Misogyny in Adolescents

00:15:35            Resilience After Earthquake

00:16:37            Trans Rights

00:19:54            Student-Led Democracy in Serbia

00:21:10            India-Pakistan Ceasefire

00:22:37            Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza

00:24:03            Thailand-Cambodia Border Clashes

00:25:46            Use of Religion for Exploitation

00:26:59            Air India Crash

00:29:38            Miracle Earthquake

00:31:02            Political Polarization in Spain

00:32:01            War in Ukraine

00:34:46            National Guard Deployment

00:37:19            Syria’s Humanitarian Crisis

00:39:28            Mass Shootings in the USA

00:42:08            Response to Typhoon Halong

00:43:26            Justice for Child Exploitation Survivors

00:46:11            Resistance to Christian Nationalism

00:48:51            Drought in Southern Angola

00:50:00            Intention Holding and Look Forward

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https://www.worldvision.org/us-work-news-stories/los-angeles-fires-hurting-healing-together 

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https://tgeu.org/trans-rights-index-map-2025/       

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo–Rwanda_peace_agreement    

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https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/10/texas-floods-kerr-county-search-recovery-debris-removal/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Halong_(2025)     

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mETOG36gALQ    

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/21/typhoon-halong-alaska-damage-kipnuk-village   

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https://reliefweb.int/report/angola/10-crises-look-out-2025 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdd2rld9mj2o    

https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/seven-men-jailed-raping-and-abusing-girls-rochdale 

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https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national-guard-stay-chicago-legal-fight-over-deployment-continues    

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/14/hamas-confirms-killing-of-senior-commander-in-israeli-strike-in-gaza

https://www.denvergazette.com/2025/12/14/trump-awaits-court-decisions-on-national-guard-deployments/    

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2dnk0ee6pyo  

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/us/national-guard-portland-chicago 

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https://www.chathamhouse.org/2025/05/india-pakistan-ceasefire-remains-shaky-relations-unlikely-return-status-quo     

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_India_Flight_171   

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Ahmedabad_plane_crash    

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https://www.steptoe.com/en/news-publications/stepwise-risk-outlook/one-year-after-the-fall-of-assad-syrias-fragile-transition.html  

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https://www.chaberlin.org/blog/syria-after-assad-humanitarian-aid-recovery-or-both-2/   

https://www.csis.org/analysis/syrias-promise-and-challenges-one-year-after-assads-fall 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTXGLGHJcNg   

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/school-misogyny-classes-boys-toxic-masculinity-adolescence-b2718706.html  

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https://everytownresearch.org/report/how-can-we-prevent-gun-violence-in-schools/    

https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/germanys-far-right-afd-doubles-vote-share-and-reshapes-germanys-political-landscape

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/congo-rwanda-sign-agreement-peace-economic-development-washington-sources-say-2025-04-25/

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https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/great-lakes/democratic-republic-congo-rwanda/dr-congo-rwanda-deal-now-comes-hard-part

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https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/10/1166084

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/12/1166527

https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/05/09/uk-court-ruling-threatens-trans-people

https://www.oxfam.org.uk/oxfam-in-action/oxfam-blog/rollback-of-lgbtqia-rights-a-dangerous-portent-in-the-fight-for-equalities/

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/11/texas-hill-country-floods-rebuilding-kerr-county/

https://www.humanrightsresearch.org/post/lgbtq-rights-in-2025-progress-and-pushback

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https://reliefweb.int/report/angola/southern-africa-humanitarian-snapshot-september-2025

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/2/uk-court-convicts-7-men-for-grooming-systematic-abuse-of-teens

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/20/alaska-typhoon-halong-recovery

https://www.wfp.org/emergencies/southern-africa-drought

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/17/nx-s1-5577974/typhoon-halong-western-alaska-villages-damaged-yukon-kuskokwim-delta

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https://www.bde.es/f/webbe/SES/Secciones/Publicaciones/PublicacionesSeriadas/DocumentosTrabajo/25/Files/dt2533e.pdf

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/12/14/why-the-thailand-cambodia-ceasefire-is-failing

https://themedialine.org/top-stories/human-rights-day-a-country-by-country-look-at-the-middle-east-in-2025/

https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/india-pakistan-ceasefire-modi-faces-re-hyphenation-challenge-after-trump-s-kashmir

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/asia/thailand-cambodia-border-conflict-explainer-intl-hnk

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c30q09638n8o

https://www.dfat.gov.au/news/media-release/statement-cambodia-thailand-border

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y5nq170z4o

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/syria-country-policy-and-information-notes/country-and-policy-information-note-humanitarian-situation-syria-july-2025-accessible

https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files/syria/news/2025/article/syria-one-year-after-the-fall-of-bashar-al-assad-december-8-2025

https://carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia/politika/2025/05/russia-putin-direct-negotiations?lang=en

https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/R-v-Jahanzeb-and-Niazal.pdf

https://www.theccc.org.uk/publication/progress-in-adapting-to-climate-change-2025/

https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/articles/c1l84v4vr1do

https://climatepromise.undp.org/what-we-do/flagship-initiatives/climate-promise-2025

https://worldrelief.org/blog-earthquake-afghanistan-sudan-landslide-response/

https://www.oecd.org/en/blogs/2025/11/turning-the-tide-on-drought--how-cop30-can-make-the-global-goal-on-adaptation-deliver-for-water-security.html

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/2/landslide-kills-more-than-1000-in-sudans-darfur-region-armed-group-says

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/685559d05225e4ed0bf3ce54/National_Audit_on_Group-based_Child_Sexual_Exploitation_and_Abuse.pdf

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/07/30/in-photos-the-aftermath-of-the-historic-earthquake-in-russias-far-east-a90031

https://kettering.org/project-2025-the-blueprint-for-christian-nationalist-regime-change/

https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/ctc/sites/www.un.org.securitycouncil.ctc/files/trends_alert_-children_youth_exploitation-_2025.pdf  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsyWfHPvt_w

https://roseannechambers.com/the-2025-kamchatka-earthquake-and-other-enormous-earthquakes/

https://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Families_and_Youth/Facts_for_Families/FFF-Guide/Online_Radicalization-143.aspx

https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/gd/2025/10/01/kamchatka-megathrust-earthquake-what-lies-in-the-pacific-ring-of-fire/

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ace.20568

https://www.everytown.org/solutions/violence-intervention-programs/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Netflixwatch/comments/1jakzqn/adolescence_2025_netflix_series_review_a_stunning/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z87wb7h

https://www.itv.com/news/2025-07-15/schools-to-teach-anti-misogyny-lessons-in-bid-to-tackle-manosphere

https://www.netflix.com/title/81756069

https://theeverydaymagazine.co.uk/opinion/anti-misogyny-classes-in-schools-are-a-good-start-but-nowhere-near-enough-why-governments-must-invest-in-more-than-just-emotional-education

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-gun-violence-solutions/data/national-survey-of-gun-policy

https://www.unicef.org.au/stories/myanmar-earthquakes-100-days-of-recovery-and-hope  

https://www.who.int/myanmar/news/feature-stories/detail/lives-rebuilt--personal-stories-from-myanmar-s-earthquake-recovery

https://msfsouthasia.org/myanmar-earthquake-survivors-share-their-stories-from-myanmar/ 

https://www.care.org/news-and-stories/survivor-turned-responder/  

https://www.ifrc.org/article/courage-crisis-how-one-volunteer-saved-dozens-lives-after-myanmars-march-2025-earthquake 

https://myanmar.un.org/en/295736-back-learning-rebuilding-hope-after-devastating-earthquake-myanmar 

https://www.savethechildren.org.au/our-stories/myanmar-earthquake-recovery-six-months-on

https://stories.undp.org/myanmar-long-road-back-six-months-after-earthquake 

https://myanmar.un.org/en/297550-lives-rebuilt-personal-stories-myanmar’s-earthquake-recovery

Join us in person for intention holding: 

https://www.legacylabyrinthproject.org/events-1 Labyrinth Activist Network Zoom calls  

https://insighttimer.com/cliverj Daily intention holding with Clive on Insight Timer.  

Our websites:  

www.heartfulimpact.com/   Our show website.  

https://globalhealingresponse.com/ Global Healing Response ~ Offers a wealth of prayers, suggested practices and prompts in response to environmental catastrophe, conflict, and other world events.  

https://www.legacylabyrinthproject.org/ Legacy Labyrinth Project ~ Creating global energetic connections through the labyrinth; inspiring active intention sending using the labyrinth via labyrinth activism.  

https://www.clivejohnsonministry.com/ Clive Johnson Ministry ~ Events and offerings aimed at building beloved community, including weekly energy holding vigils and Power of Eight group.  

https://insighttimer.com/cliverj ~ Daily intention holding.  

Impact! Is presented by Ellen Bintz and Clive Johnson. It is produced by Impact Productions.  

Our show content is hosted by Podbean and available from all major podcast platforms.  

Our theme music is by Chris Collins. indiemusicbox.com.  

Our logo artwork is by AltoClassic (Getty Images/istock).  

Contact us via Facebook Messenger from the Impact! Facebook group, or using any of the contact methods mentioned on our websites.  

Impact! www.heartfulimpact.com.