An odd time?
On the eve of the UK General Election I travelled to Parliament Square in
the centre of London
to be part of a prayer gathering there.
It was due to start at 7:14 pm.
An odd time? In fact a carefully
chosen time, based on 2 Chronicles 7:14 “if my people, who are called by my name, will humble
themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will
I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
A rich mixture
About 500 people gathered - people of all ages, from
different ethnic backgrounds, and church traditions. It was a rich mixture. There were some corporate prayers, there were
times of personal prayer, times of silence, and times when we prayed in small
groups.
When we were asked to pray in small groups, I turned to two
men near me. We prayed from the heart,
for our nation, for different issues. We
echoed each others prayers, agreeing together to see God step into the affairs
of this nation in a fresh way.
The prayer gathering ended in song, and then everyone
drifted away. And do you know, I don’t
know who it was I prayed with! But it
actually doesn’t matter. There was an
instant rapport and unity in prayer. It
didn’t matter what our names were, where we’d come from, or what our church
tradition was - we were brothers in Christ, praying for our nation. It was special.
A promise
“I promise that when
any two of you on earth agree about something you are praying for, my Father in
heaven will do it for you. Whenever two
or three of you come together in my name, I am there with you.” Matthew 18:19-20 (CEV)
Were you in Parliament Square or did you take part in a similar gathering elsewhere?
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