“The bar for depravity has been lowered”
22 Sep 2016
These are the words of Bank Hi Moon General Secretary to the United Nations endeavouring to describe the situation in Syria.
However as we look around the world today we know that statement could be made in many countries including our own.
The consequences of telling God we do not need Him, and that man is quite capable of sorting things out, that we can manage on our own are becoming more evident to those who want to see.
However at the same time all over the world God is raising up an army of young (and not so young) people who are, through word and action, saying ‘enough is enough’.
In nation after nation people are turning their backs on the depravity spewing out of nations and seeking first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, often at great cost to them and their families.
In response to the prayers of millions around the world they are arising in the power of the Holy Spirit and as the light of the world dispelling the depraved darkness.
By the grace of God, together we are rising with them, as part of an army knowing that at the cross Jesus won such a victory that the most depraved could be redeemed, healed and restored.
Will you be part of the mighty army that God is raising?
Ian Cole
Founder of World Prayer Centre
It is time!
22 Sep 2016
Recently a group from the UK joined over a thousand young people from 37 nations in South Korea at a prayer event called UPrising (United Prayer Rising). Three days of worship and prayer preceded a visit to the DMZ between North and South Korea for six hours of worship and prayer for North Korea. We prayed for the reunification of Korea and for the raising up of the next generation to be the fire carriers of the Gospel around the world.
During that time, a young boy from South America gave a prophetic word to a minister from the UK saying that he, along with others, should go to the ‘Big Clock’ in London to kneel and confess the sins of the government and nation, and pray and declare, “It is time” that through the Church, a spiritual awakening would come to the UK.
On Tuesday 20 September, some of the people who had been to the UPrising in Korea and others gathered at 12 noon by Big Ben and surrounded by visitors from all over the world, knelt together on the pavement, confessed the sin of the nation and asked that God in His mercy would visit our land. We prayed that this visitation would impact the Government, the Church, the business community and families.
As yet we do not know the outcome of this gathering, but we do know that God will honour the obedience of His people and we go on praying the release of that word through our nation to the nations.
Ian Cole
Founder of World Prayer Centre
Street Pastors National Prayer Month
20 Sep 2016
After several successful years of running a Street Pastors Network National Prayer Week, this year Wendy Thomas, National Prayer Coordinator for Street Pastors has felt led by God to call for a 24/7 National Prayer Month.
Prayer Theme: Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven
In line with our prayer theme, please pray blessings over our nation and anything you feel led by God to pray for the nation, not forgetting to give us feedback of what God says to you in your prayer time.
Let’s pray 24/7 for the month of October
We are calling for all Street and Prayer Pastor groups, as well as volunteers and church groups that want to support their local Street Pastors to take a period of one hour or more in October and to contact Wendy Thomas with what time that hour would be.
If you would like to get involved and join Street Pastor's in praying, visit the website.
YWAM’s largest-ever event
16 Sep 2016
Last week Youth with a Mission hosted its largest event ever in its fifty-year history, in Kansas City. YWAM joined with International Houses of Prayer (IHOP), and they shared and encouraged each other, exploring what God is doing in nine spheres of society (family, economics, government, religion, education, media, and arts, entertainment, and sports). They also discussed subjects crucial to missions and prayer. IHOP’s 24/7 prayer room is divided into twelve worship-based prayer meetings a day, each lasting two hours.
Ground Zero message of forgiveness
16 Sep 2016
As the US marked the 15th anniversary of 9/11 last Sunday, a YouTube video was released of a Bible recovered at Ground Zero after the terrorist attacks. The Bible had a particular message to convey. Joel Meyerowitz spent nine months at Ground Zero taking photos in the aftermath of 9/11. A firefighter working there gave him pages from a Bible welded to a piece of steel. Meyerowitz marvelled that the Bible was preserved intact, and even more that it was turned to a passage from Matthew 5:38-39 (KJV) which says, ‘Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: but I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.’ Meyerowitz said, ‘Of all the pages in the Bible that it could be opened at, that was remarkable.’
Trumpet Call
16 Sep 2016
Ian Cole writes, ‘You will agree that we are living in a time when extraordinary things are happening at local, national and international levels on a daily basis. The same can be said for the Global Church worldwide. Day by day we are receiving reports of extraordinary moves of God, often in the most desperately needy places on earth. On 15 October, at Trumpet Call - National Day of Prayer - we are joining with church, prayer and mission partners to pray and declare that 2016/17 is going to see the beginnings of extraordinary moves of God across our nations. We shall worship, pray and declare that in villages, towns and cities, as we live in unity and speak out the Good News of Jesus, He will come in His wonderful grace and mercy and transform lives, heal broken hearts and bodies, restore families and bring freedom for the oppressed. In other words an extraordinary break-out of God’s Kingdom where we live! We look forward to seeing you on the day.’
Reuniting refugee children with families
16 Sep 2016
Following Lord Roberts’ recent question to the Government about ‘what plans they have to speed up the reuniting of refugee children in the camps of Calais and Dunkirk with their families in the United Kingdom’, the Archbishop of Canterbury commented:‘The question has been extremely specifically put, about children who have families in this country; this is not about all unaccompanied children.’ He also said, ‘We are still having continual reports of delays for really quite young children who are not being brought across. Does the Minister not agree that where children - particularly young ones - have families in this country, there is no reason why they should not be brought across within the day?’
Controlling behaviour in relationships
16 Sep 2016
The recent Archers storyline on Radio 4 has drawn people’s attention to the rise in controlling behaviour in relationships. One of the hardest parts of being a parent is seeing your child hurt in a relationship. It’s vital to be aware of the difference between behaviour that is thought of as ‘rites of passage’ and behaviour which has more serious implications. Pray for organisations such as Women’s Aid, Refuge and others who give support and advice to those in or concerned about a situation of controlling behaviour. Pray for the counsellors listening to and advising people around the issues of healthy relationships. Pray for those who recognise a friend or relative being controlled by their partner to take appropriate action. Pray for more specialist training on domestic abuse for all who work in the criminal courts and the family courts. To read the Women’s Aid statement after the Radio 4 verdict click the ‘More’ button.