Gathering at Birmingham Christian Centre on SATURDAY 25 OCTOBER, God led us sovereignly through this day of prayer. We started the day with an extended period of worship, allowing time for God to speak to us and spending time lifting His Name, worshipping Him in spirit and in truth and proclaiming His Lordship.

Out of the time of worship our focus moved on to praying for three specific nations: Egypt, Syria and Iraq. Two of the WPC Team were in Egypt, meeting with other prayer leaders from different nations to look at what a prayer strategy for The Middle East might look like over the next 10 years. Giving thanks for all that God is doing in Egypt, we prayed for our brothers and sisters, facing persecution and also about the kidnapping of Christians. For the nation of Syria, we have heard about the number of people giving there lives to Christ and for those who, in the midst of all the unrest are choosing to stay in the country, facing the possibility of death, but choosing to stay and share their faith. We also prayed about the whole Syrian refugee situation and how many people are displaced as a result. Moving into Iraq, we prayed for God’s plans and purposes for the nation and for wisdom between Baghdad’s Unity Government and the Kurdish Regional Government as they respond to threats and crises in the nation.

As a team we have been spending time in Isaiah 49:11 where God talks about turning mountains into roads and raising up highways….. we sense that God is wanting to raise up and establish a highway of prayer and worship and that this current time is an important time to be persistent in prayer and keeping alert…… watching what God is doing and responding accordingly. We also looked at verse Isaiah 49:2, where God talks about us being like a polished arrow, hidden in his quiver – how we are His arrows of desire, safe in His quiver. For many people present, hearing how God is going to use us as we respond and how each one of us is chosen. We were encouraged to go deeper into God, looking at the verses from Ezekiel 47:5 and sensing that God is saying that He is increasing the flow, but we have to be prepared to take our feet off the bottom and allow Him to take control.

We spent time in the second part of the day praying about issues that affect young people: Violence, bullying, high suicide rates, sexual exploitation, hopelessness and situations within families. We asked for God’s heart of compassion, for protection, and for revelation of Jesus as a new generation of kingdom children is established.

Come and join us at our next Day of Prayer on SATURDAY 29 NOVEMBER, as we continue to press into God’s presence.