Solemn Assemblies - 40 days of prayer for Singapore (1 July - 8 August) (Day 1/40)

Day 1/40: Sunday, 1 July 2018, Cornerstone Community Church. Today marks the first day of the 40 days of prayer for Singapore. Every year, this is spearheaded by the Love Singapore movement, and there is a booklet on prayer pointers that is available for believers in the land to pray on their own, ahead of the Day of His Power, which is a gathering of the corporate body together. This year, though, because of a sense of the kairos time for Singapore - the 40th year of the prophetic word upon Singapore as the Antioch of Asia - different churches are helming corporate prayer meetings over the next 40 days.  There are 4 churches helming the prayer meetings this week -- but I am at my home church, Cornerstone.

Wow. I am so glad to have been there. There was such a spirit of prayer in the auditorium!! There was also quite a crowd so that was a wonderful encouragement to me -- that there are so many people who would come together to pray for the land of Singapore!! My heart was so moved. 

The prayers that I found notable this evening:

1. "Send the Spirit now for Jesus' sake".  We prayed the great Welsh prayer of revivalist Evan Roberts over our meeting. 

2. We prayed to secure Singapore's Antioch calling.  That we will be willing to send forth labourers from our midst to the harvest fields, to the ends of the earth. That parents would be willing to release their children to God's calling and destiny for them.  

3. That we would hear from the Holy Spirit as clearly as the church in Antioch did in Acts 13.  "While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, 'Set apart from me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.' So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off." We prayed that at the end of the 40 days, or in the midst of the 40 days, that there will be such a clear word from the Holy Spirit of His heart for Singapore. 

4. 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 way, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." Oh Lord, that we will humble ourselves before you. 

5. Joel. Last night I felt led to revisit and study the book of Joel, and so many prayers from the pulpit today were from the book of Joel. Oh Lord, that we would weep between the porch and the altar (Joel 2:17), that our old men will dream dreams and our young men will see visions (Joel 2:28), and that the Lord would be merciful toward us and relent (Joel 2:14) 

6. We prayed for the young people, who tonight were at the St Andrews Cathedral Open field worshipping and praying to the Lord. May the Lord empower this younger generation to run faster than us, but may the two generations together do more than any one single generation can do alone. Amen. 

For the schedule of prayer and prayer pointers, click here.  Schedule is on the last few pages of the booklet.