Global day of prayer - transmitting live from Jerusalem on Pentecost Sunday 2008

Today is Pentecost Sunday, yesterday we spent a wonderful time praying in the Upper Room site in Jerusalem. This first image shows a young man from Ghana (Peter Serekewa) praying with a gradnfather from Cape Town (AyJay Jaantjies), asking that God would heal the relationships between generations in cities across the world.

We currently have 214 of the world's 220 nations praying together in small and large events throughout the world. We have just heard that San Marino is now also on board with prayer and repentance!

The Global Day of Prayer is a simple process where we encourage Christians simply to pray for their families, cities and nations, asking God to intervene in the key issues that they are facing (whether it be violence, poverty, dissease, crime, or whatever the struggles are). You can read more about it on the Global day of prayer website.

As I write this I am sitting at the GodTV studio where the satelite linkups from across the world are coming through and being beamed across the globe. As the sun rises (from Fiji to Hawai) we are celebrating with Christians the joy of knowing that God has a real concern for the needs of people, that when the body of Christ is united, faithful in prayer, and active in ministry, we can see God's loving Kingdom established as justice, mercy, love and blessing flow from God through the Church. If you're in South Africa and want to tune your DSTV decoder into GodTV for free, please follow this link and follow the instructions to tune in your decoder. Of course, you can also watch some of the feed online at GodTV.

Here's a Youtube Video that tells the story of the Global Day of Prayer:



Please pray with us, and for us, as we celebrate the outpouring of God's Spirit to empower us establish God's gracious Kingdom here on earth!

Just to mention that I am updating my blog a little less frequently at the moment. Partly it is becuase things are quite hectic, but also because internet access is quite scarce (and EXPENSIVE!!!) here in Jerusalem!

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