Prayer Meeting

yeah.. another P post... just came back from prayer meeting and i can't wait to post this.. later you'll know why.. anyway, today, Pastor Ban gave a sharing on God's mercy and gave some of the prayer pointers for healing and unity as we're broken before Him... and later he invited us to kneel on the altar to intercede.. and i'm so amazed cos it's exactly what i sensed God wanted to do when i was worship leading a week ago.. that's why i chose the song "healing grace" and that's why i laid the carpet out on the altar last week cos i was kinda expecting that we were to go to the altar on our knees and cry out to God... and that's also why i chose the first prayer pointer during last fri's gatekeepers to be on repentance for strife and a plea for God's healing to come... My point here is that we're all receiving the same thing from the Lord as to what He's doing! Probably never has there been a point in history where Sojourners and the main Church are hearing the same thing and moving in the same direction.. can you see revival coming? :)

Anyway, why i was so excited about posting this.. ummm... post was cause i wanted to jot down and procalim some of the impressions that the Lord gave. So anyway, after praying a prayer of repentance and healing, i was led to pray for the pastoral team and for a resurrection of vision that has been burried over the years. I srongly sense that one area that the Lord wants to bring a resurrection to is the area of community penetration. As i was asking the Lord for strategies regarding community penetration, the words "student centre" came into my mind... Now pause for a while and think of all the possibilities... Now do you see why i'm so excited?? I told Pastor Ban about it and he told me that we used to have in Yishun which no one wanted to do... but then last week he shared on taking back what the enemy has stolen. Could this be one of those areas? :)

Now think of the implications of this for a while, for the church and especially for Sojourners ministry... firstly, this kinda thing needs manpower to operate.. secondly, it needs a place, a location. Thirdly, if it's gonna be an outreach to young people, it's gonna involve Sojourners in one way or another.. those who receive the Lord through this ministry will, after all, need follow up, counselling , guidance, etc... Hmmm.. if you're in leadership in Sojourners ministry, could you pray through this with me and seek the Lord for confirmation that this is indeed what He wants the church to move into? And 2nd liners you better prepare yourselves mentally cos you'll definitely have to take in more ppl into your lifegroups... :P

Heh... Praise the Lord! ;)