GOfest
Were you at the GOfest mission festival last weekend? A lot of people were. It was a great weekend, despite a little
drizzle on the Saturday. There was so
much information about what’s going on in the world and how we can all be
involved in seeing the Gospel continue spreading.
Every country
I had the privilege of helping to lead times of prayer for the
world. We prayed for the UK; for Bible translation needs; for the vast
nation of India; for the
Muslim world with Ramadan now underway; for the area of the world impacted
by ISIS; for the persecuted church. During one session we prayed while watching
the flags of every country scroll before us on the screen – asking for God’s
blessing, the strengthening of believers, the extension of God’s kingdom, the
building of the church.
The cries of our hearts
On another occasion, as worship songs were being sung,
people came forward to a large world map and placed a red sticker on the
country that was on their heart. The
stickers were a tangible expression of the cries of our hearts. Many red stickers appeared over the map – many
countries were held before God in prayer
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.”
If you were at GOfest, what are your reflections of the weekend?