Wartime Miracles and a National Scandal Leaflet

National day of prayer
The scene at Westminster Abbey, May 26th 1940. A National Day of Prayer, which resulted in the deliverance at Dunkirk – would national prayer change our nation in 2018?

In 2017, we published some fascinating information we had been drawn to concerning national prayer, miracles and angelic activity, much during the times that this nation has been at war. (Angels and Miracles – click here and National Days of Prayer 1899 to 1957 – click here).

Our question and assertion was and still is; if God has done it once, surely He can do it again –  if only we in our Nation humble ourselves and turn to Him in prayer and repentance. 2 Chronicles 7:14 has continually been hovering in our thoughts, surfacing again quite recently. (See our Blog Post of 14th August – click here).

So last week, we were most intrigued to learn of a leaflet being distributed around the Churches of the UK, entitled, ‘Wartime Miracles and a National Scandal‘, rather mysteriously by ‘Pastor John’, part of the ‘Strengthen the Faithful Team’.

Many of the accounts in this leaflet appear in the information we published, although the author did not appear to be the same. Our first thoughts were, who exactly is ‘Pastor John’ and what is The Lord saying?!

Well, earlier this week, CTNTP Co-ordinator, David Gilbey, was able to make contact with John and spent an hour on the telephone listening to a most remarkable story! All we will say of John’s identity is that he ministers within a major denomination and we understand why he wishes to keep ‘under the radar’ at this time!

In 2016, The Lord clearly spoke to John about writing the leaflet and distributing it widely around the nation. With a volunteer team and private financing, it has now been sent out by post and email to around 25,000 churches!

Much of the thrust of the Leaflet mirrors what we at CTNTP have seen from The Lord. Referring to the World War II, here’s how the leaflet ends:

What God dramatically did for that generation, He can also do for ours. Our nation urgently needs His help and protection. May we, like the wartime generation before us, turn to God in a true spirit of repentance and plead for Divine help. In 2 Chronicles 7:14 He promises, “If people humble themselves and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and forgive their sin and heal their land.” If our nation, once again sought God’s help as it did during Wartime, now, just as then, miracles of blessing and protection would begin to happen.

Click here to read the Leaflet and accompanying information that has been sent to us by John. He asks that it continues to be widely distributed by all who receive it.

It is hoped that Peter Hill, when over from Canada for, ‘As One’, and David Gilbey will meet John in a few weeks time, to explore if The Lord might have anything into the future for CTNTP and John and his team together?

 

 

 

Six Miles with Jesus – Week 5: Praying for Exam Results

From our friends at Neighbourhood Prayer Network

See our article, Six Miles with Jesus over the Summer Holidays for details –Click here.


Mile walk, week commencing 20th August – Praying for exam results

 

 

 

We are asking everyone to go ‘A Mile with Jesus’ in your local community.

  • If you live in urban areas, simply walk one mile around your area.
  • If you live in a rural area, consider praying over a map.
  • If you are unable to walk, please pray in your mind about the local area.

 

PRAYER

  • Pray for all children who have received their A Level results and for all children preparing to receive their G.C.S.E results.
  • Pray for wise choices on receiving their results and especially for those disappointed or with worse results than they were expecting.
  • Pray for parents /guardians to respond in a loving way to children struggling with their results.
  • Pray protection over students struggling with anxiety and depression.
  • For all children, pray for God’s will to be done in their lives.

CARE

  • Send a congratulations card to a teenager in your street who has just completed their exams (if you already know the family).

SHARE

  • If you know a family where results were not as expected, if you have a story of how God has used a disappointment in your life for good, share it.

 

Rebekah Brettle
Neighbourhood Prayer Network
www.neighbourhoodprayer.net

Less than 7 weeks to ‘As One’

 

As One A4 landscape

Full details and to sign up FREE to come to ‘As One’ – click  here.


2017-11-07 11.33.07On a rainy Tuesday, 7th November 2017, Peter Hill and David Gilbey, for the first time, drove to the village of Meriden, the traditional centre of England and then onward to Coventry and it’s Cathedral ruins, an internationally renowned centre of Reconciliation.

They immediately sensed that God had something for CTNTP to do at both these locations, to make a call to The UK Church to stand together as one, (John 17) and to release previous revival prophecy to our Nation.

You may read more of this journey from our previous Blog Post, ‘Finding clues at Meriden’ – click here. Read about the prophecies of Smith Wigglesworth and Jean Darnall that have so captured our attention – click here.

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Less than 7 weeks to go – do pray!

2017-11-07 13.44.07So, in less than 7 weeks, on Saturday 29th September, there will be a return journey to The Cathedral Ruins at Coventry, then the Sports Ground at Meriden, with our prophetic prayer event, ‘As One’!

We would invite you to pray, as both the practical details and the ‘content’ of each gathering is finalised, so that we neither try and include too much, nor miss any detail that The Lord would have us bring.

Please pray for protection of our Team and all those involved in the organisation of the day. There have already been some issues to face. We believe we have received great favour in being allowed to use both venues, but we know that the enemy would want to derail us, even on some small detail. We are not unaware of his schemes!

Finance  ‘As One’ has a modest budget and we were clear that there should be no charge for attendance, but the day will cost us around £1500. We will simply give an opportunity for a free-will offering on the day. Do pray that our needs are met. (Donations in advance can also be made direct to our Bank Account – click here for details).

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It is Time! – 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 I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.’

In the last few weeks, The Lord has again highlighted to us this well known and much quoted passage. We are sensing that in the build up to 29th September, we must continue to humble ourselves and rely on His, not our understanding of what this is all about. We must continue on what has been a considerable journey of Faith!

Yet, we also seem to be hearing The Lord saying, “Tell me, what do you want from today?!” Could it be that from Heaven, He has already heard the cries of His people across our nation, that His healing ‘release’ upon the UK is imminent and that we are to be bold in being part of that releasing process?

We do not wish to overstate our part in God’s plans for the UK, for we are a very small part of His overall Body, yet at the same time we must not underestimate the extent of God’s power that is available to us, and through us.

ripple effectFrom the beginning, we have envisaged an ‘impact’, with a ‘ripple’ pulsing out, from the very centre of the UK, across our Land and beyond. We are creating an opportunity for that to happen – we are reminded as to what happened on the day of Pentecost, when a small number of committed followers of Jesus gathered in prayer and cried out to Heaven, having no idea of the impact that was to shortly result as The Holy Spirit fell.

The words of Ephesians 3:14-21 come to mind (click here to view in full). Verse 20:

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,

We hope that many from around the UK will join us as we worship, pray and declare, that it is surely time to see the release from Heaven, through an act of humility, the ‘immeasurably more’; an fresh and unprecedented move of The Holy Spirit upon the entire UK!

 

 

Six Miles with Jesus – Week 4: Praying for new pregnancies

From our friends at Neighbourhood Prayer Network

See our article, Six Miles with Jesus over the Summer Holidays for details –Click here.


Mile walk, week commencing 13th August – Praying for new pregnancies and new parents

 

 

 

We are asking everyone to go ‘A Mile with Jesus’ in your local community.

  • If you live in urban areas, simply walk one mile around your area.
  • If you live in a rural area, consider praying over a map.
  • If you are unable to walk, please pray in your mind about the local area.

 

Isaac (Genesis 21:1-7) Joseph (Genesis 30:22-23) Jacob (Genesis 25:20-21) Samuel (1 Samuel 1:1-19) John the Baptist (Luke 1:1-25) were all babies born to women struggling to conceive.  A crisis can hit as women age, suffer a miscarriage or a medical investigation reveals a problem, or just out of desperation.

PRAYER

Praise God for all babies born to men and women who have struggled with fertility. Thank God for all children in your neighbourhood and for all pregnant women and new Mothers.

  • Pray for couples desperate to conceive a baby, that they will seek God in prayer, lead healthy lives and that their relationship is filled with mutual love.
  • Pray for women couples who have suffered a miscarriage, for healing and for their miracle pregnancy
  • Pray protection over all unborn children in your street, that they will make it to term.
  • Pray for miracle pregnancies where couples have been given little hope of having their own children and all desperate for a child
  • Thank God for all parents considering adoption and all children who have found a new home with new families, for peace and happiness within that home.
  • Pray for the medical profession to see ‘surprise pregnancies’ as a testimony to them.
  • Pray for all women considering an abortion to reconsider.

CARE

  • Bless a new Mother in your neighbourhood with a present for the baby or some food in the first few weeks from your church.
  • If you know of a woman desperate for another baby, pray each day for them.

SHARE

  • Almost every church has a story of a baby born as a result of prayer, share this if you have the opportunity with someone.

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Next week we are praying for those struggling with mental health issues; a growing problem in all areas of the UK.

Rebekah Brettle
Neighbourhood Prayer Network
www.neighbourhoodprayer.net

Day of Prayer for Britain 8th September 2018

The following, by email, was recently sent out from Eurovision – the ministry of evangelist David Hathaway. www.eurovision.org.uk

David has prayed and encouraged countless thousands to pray over this nation for many years. Do consider if you should be at this event.


Britain is in crisis. Christians and Government are divided – our whole future is in question. Britain was once a Godly Nation but has now turned away from God. Brexit and the Authority of the Bible have divided church and state.

In October the EU will make the decision over Brexit, we have a last opportunity as Christians to determine our future according to the Will of God not man. Psalm 133 says, ‘When Brethren dwell in unity, the Lord commands the blessing’. We can change Britain through the power of prayer when we unite in intercession.

We need you to join us to stand in unity on a Day of Prayer and Repentance, Saturday 8th September in the Central Hall Westminster – this is the 78th anniversary of the King’s call to the nation to pray in the war in 1940.

Intercession will be led by: David Hathaway, Jonathan Oloyede, Dennis Greenidge, Barry Segal, Brenda Taylor and others.

To purchase your ticket click here

I hope to see you on Saturday 8th September,

Your brother in Christ,
David Hathaway

Six Miles with Jesus – Week 3: Praying for the Lonely and Sick

From our friends at Neighbourhood Prayer Network

See our recent article, Six Miles with Jesus over the Summer Holidays for details –Click here.


Mile walk, week commencing 6th August – Praying for the Lonely and Sick

 

 

 

We are asking everyone to go ‘A Mile with Jesus’ in your local community.

  • If you live in urban areas, simply walk one mile around your area.
  • If you live in a rural area, consider praying over a map.
  • If you are unable to walk, please pray in your mind about the local area.

PRAYER

Psalm 68:6: God places the lonely in families.

  • We bring before you anyone in our street and in surrounding streets, who go to bed at night crying, because they are so lonely and feel no-one cares for them.
  • For those who have just suffered a family breakdown, a bereavement or those desperate to meet a partner/husband/wife, to find someone soon.
  • For all those who are so ill, it is difficult to leave their house or take part in social activities.   Help families, friends and neighbours, remember them and visit more often.
  • For all those in severe pain or struggling to breathe, bring healing.
  • Bring comfort to those already missing voluntary groups that have shut down over the summer.  Help the volunteers use this time to be refreshed.
  • Soften our own hearts towards those in need in our neighbourhood and open our eyes to the people you want us to help.
  • Lord, teach me to be a real friend to those in need, even when it becomes difficult.

CARE

  • Ask God to reveal to you a neighbour who needs encouragement or a new friend.  (This activity is not suitable for under 18s please, unless they are the same age).

SHARE

  • Think back to a time when you were feeling lonely or ill and God helped you.  Ask God for an opportunity to share your story with someone soon.

 

Next week we are praying for the promise of new babies and children, for all who desire them in your neighbourhood.

Rebekah Brettle
Neighbourhood Prayer Network
www.neighbourhoodprayer.net

The Wall – Day of Prayer and Fasting – 24th August

The Wall with wordingIn June we published a Post about an amazing project, The Wall of Answered Prayer, (click here), after CTNTP’s David Gilbey met their CEO, Richard Gamble.

On 24th August, The Wall is calling a day of prayer and fasting for the forward direction of the Project. You are very much welcome to take part.

Find out more about the Wall, how to support them and how to submit an answered prayer at their website: thewall.org.uk.

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Six Miles with Jesus – Week 2: Walk a Mile to Pray for our Children

From our friends at Neighbourhood Prayer Network

See our recent article, Six Miles with Jesus over the Summer Holidays for details –Click here.


Mile walk, week commencing 30th July – Pray for our Children

 

 

 

Every single child in the UK is now hopefully enjoying the six week holidays. This week we pray for their safety over the summer break and thank God for the work of the church.

  • If you live in urban areas, simply walk one mile around your area.
  • If you live in a rural area, consider praying over a map.
  • If you are unable to walk, please pray in your mind about the local area.

 
PRAYER

  • Thank God for every child in your local area and for the schools that they attend.
  • Pray for the protection of school buildings over summer and for the protection of all children on local roads, streets and play areas.  Protect them from anyone who might harm them intentionally.
  • Thank you for all the churches across the country who are providing children with food this summer….a significant minority of children will struggle to eat this summer due to poverty and churches across the UK are other voluntary organisations are helping with this.
  • Protect children from the influence of local gangs or from disharmony in their homes.
  • Help parents on low incomes find cheap ways of entertaining their child and use this as an opportunity to spend quality time with them.
  • Thank you for grandparents and the role they have in looking after children not just in summer, but all year round.
  • Thank you for all the Sunday schools and youth groups locally, pray a blessing on them and for God’s love to shine through.

CARE

  • Look out for children this summer, keep an eye out on your street – who is around, are they okay and pray for them.  Try to be understanding if children are playing games in your street or things keep landing in your garden!
  • Look after elderly people in the heat- is your house cooler or could you lend them fans etc?

 
SHARE

  • If you know of any ‘Messy church’ or church events for children and families, could you encourage a neighbour to attend?

 
Next week we are praying for the elderly and those in bad health as the heatwave continues.

Rebekah Brettle
Neighbourhood Prayer Network
www.neighbourhoodprayer.net

Six Miles with Jesus – Week 1: Walk a Mile to Pray for our Churches

From our friends at Neighbourhood Prayer Network

See our recent article, Six Miles with Jesus over the Summer Holidays for details – Click here.


This week’s Mile walk – Pray for our Churches

(Apologies but we should have been posted at the beginning of this week, but it’s not too late to walk and pray):

PRAYER

If you are able, go for a mile walk this week, praying a blessing over all the churches that you come across and praying for all their congregations.

  • Pray for new encounters with God for people struggling to cling to their faith and new commitment to follow Jesus wholeheartedly.
  • Pray for the welfare and prayer life of the local minister.
  • Pray for the church to be a magnetic community, where people who are not yet Christians are amazed by the love and friendship within churches.
  • Pray for Christians to be more like Jesus and not compromise their lifestyles to fit in with culture.
  • Pray for Christians to offer genuine friendships to one another so that those without faith become ‘jealous’ of the love shown between Christians.
  • Pray for churches to be more like the Acts 2 church.
  • Pray for God to stir the hearts of many to follow Him and for the church to be ready!

CARE

  • Find out if there are any joint services with other churches in the area and try to join in.
  • Think about your relationships with people in your church, how well do you know them?  Are you just a Sunday or home group friend?  Can you be counted to maintain a friendship when people are struggling or need your help?  What do you like most about your best friendships and what would you like to see better?
  • Ask God to connect you with someone who needs genuine friendship in the Christian community this summer.

SHARE

  • Would you feel comfortable inviting any of your friends or family who does not yet know Jesus to your church or a local church?  Whatever the answer speak to God about what is good and what is bad.

Rebekah Brettle
Neighbourhood Prayer Network
www.neighbourhoodprayer.net

The Fields are Ripe

04 David and Andy by still watersMy friend Andy and I completed Section 20 of The London Loop Walk today.

Organised by the Neighbourhood Prayer Network, we were the last to complete one of  the twenty four sections which have been walked over the last few weeks to pray for peace in London – for the end of knife and violent crime. We ‘closed the Loop’.

During our journey, I took a photo of a field. I sensed it was a prophetic scene. The Barley (we think it was) was tall, golden and ready to harvest… but the ground was cracked and dry

Despite how things look in our Nation, we believe The Lord is going to bring in an Almighty Harvest of Souls for The Kingdom of God.

What does the photo say to you?

Blessings
David Gilbey

John 4:35:

Don’t you have a saying, “It’s still four months until harvest”? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.

08 A field white for harvest despite the dry land