Invitation to The Watchmen's Global Call on Tuesday April 7th
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
It was a joy to have many of you on the global prayer call last Sunday! The prayer part led by prayer and mission leaders in every region and for important issues like reaching Muslims, Buddhists and Hindus, youth ministry, church planting, media and the United Nations was excellent. I rejoiced to hear the different accents and passionate hearts of those who led us. Thanks be to the Lord for His wonderful Body that He is connecting and uniting as never before in the midst of this global pandemic!
We did have some technical problems mainly because of the last minute shift to a Zoom webinar format that unexpectedly cut the capacity from 10,000 down to 100 and then shifted additional people to Facebook, all of which we did not realize would happen. Please accept my apologies for that. Connecting people in a global digital way over smart phones is new for us, and we are learning as we go but expect to continue on this new journey of using the technology in this wonderful new manner.
I am pleased to be able to share a link to the edited video of last Sunday's prayer call if you would like to see it for the first time or once again. https://youtu.be/AsZ6O0yRpkM
Passover Holy Alignment
This coming week we will remember Jesus's suffering and resurrection on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. There will be another amazing opportunity to connect His people in prayer this Tuesday, April 7th. The "Passover Holy Alignment" is being arranged and led by our sister prayer movement, the Watchmen and we in the IPC will be joining in.
They have a superb team of technical specialists who have successfully and beautifully connected over 120,000 personal devices 10 days ago for their last such call. You won't want to miss out on Tuesday's call which will include celebration of a global communion of brothers and sisters in Christ throughout the world.
'We’re calling the Body of Christ, from every nation, to join us as we celebrate Passover as one. It is time for the Global Ekklesia to rise and shine as one army, in holy array under the blood of our Passover Lamb. For the King and His unshakable Kingdom!'
The Watchmen 'Passover Holy Alignment' online meeting takes place on 7th April at 3pm Jerusalem time.
Perfume of Nations
That prayer call will be followed by the "Perfume of the Nations" non-stop worship experience with 24 different worship teams leading from around the world.
'The Holy Spirit is summoning the nations to bring their perfume and pour it out at the feet of Yeshua. Join us on April 7th, 8th & 9th for 72 hours of “Perfume of Nations” with non-stop worship from across the globe - from different nations, tribes, people groups, and languages.'
Here is a link to information about both events with links to the Facebook and Youtube channels: https://watchmen.org/passover-perfume
Let's continue to pray that the Lord will use this awful virus situation for ultimate good and that the world's unreached people will hear the Gospel and turn to Him. Let's also agree in faith that a cure for Covid-19 will be quickly made available to those who are infected or will become infected.
For guidance in how we should pray in this situation, may I suggest 2 Chronicles 7:13-14 where God mentions the occurrence of plague and how His people should respond, doing four things, and also Matthew 18:18-20 where Jesus gives us His followers an amazing level of authority to deal with even seemingly impossible situations we face. Many of us are believing the Lord for a turnaround in the way the virus is dealt with during this coming Holy Week as we turn our eyes on the Lord of Glory, remembering what He did to rescue us and our whole world with His infinitely powerful blood.
Yours in Christ,
John
John Robb
International Prayer Council
www.ipcprayer.org
Go 2020 Prayer Mobilization Task Force
www.go2020.world/prayer