Welcome back to our last day of Reedy in Prayer. Thank you to all those who have been faithfully praying in unison throughout this month. I wonder how God will answers our prayers. I want to conclude this series on prayer by praying for a spiritual awakening in our church and community. One of my previous elders once shared his goal: “Envisage a means whereby any spiritual apathy or complacency is overcome through prayer and that a spiritual awakening and growth will take place on many levels enabling a greater impact on our surrounding communities”. I like that. The writer of Psalm 85 wrote: “Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?” (Psalms 85:6 NIV). And that’s something that we must ask, seek, and pray for. That God will revive us by the power of His Holy Spirit. In united prayer, let’s do that now!
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Hi Church. Thanks for joining us. Every day, 13 Christians worldwide are killed because of their faith. Every day, 12 churches or Christian buildings are attacked. And every day, 12 Christians are unjustly arrested or imprisoned, and another 5 are abducted. 309 million Christians live in places with very high or extreme levels of persecution, which is up from 260 million last year. The numbers are mind boggling! Paul highlights the importance of praying for the persecuted in 2 Thessalonians 3: “pray for us that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you. And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil people, for not everyone has faith. But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one” (2 Thessalonians 3:1-3 NIV). Let’s pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters in Christ.
Welcome to Reedy’s Month in Prayer. Thank you for joining with me and others in united prayer. There’s a lot of tension in the world isn’t there? China, Russia, America, plus the Middle East. Some Christians say Armageddon and Christ’s return isn’t that far away at all. I guess we shouldn’t be surprised as Jesus did say, “Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Messiah,' and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumours of wars but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains” (Matthew 24:4-8 NIV). As Christians, not only are we called to be Christ’s light during these dark days, but we are also called to pray. Let’s do that now.
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