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Did you see this on-line article published by The Guardian last Sunday? This is so encouraging! The nation is being called to prayer!

theguardian.com/world/2020/may/03/british-public-turn-to-prayer-as-one-in-four-tune-in-to-religious-services

The Text of the main article is also reproduced below:

A quarter of adults in the UK have watched or listened to a religious service since the coronavirus lockdown began, and one in 20 have started praying during the crisis, according to a new survey.

The findings of the poll reinforce indications of an increase in the numbers of people turning to faith for succour amid uncertainty and despair.

The Church of England has said that unexpectedly high numbers of people are tuning into online or broadcast services, and 6,000 people phoned a prayer hotline in its first 48 hours of operation. Other faiths have also reported surges in people engaging with online religious activities as places of worship have been closed during the lockdown.

The survey of more than 2,000 people, commissioned by the Christian aid agency Tearfund and carried out last weekend, found that a third of young adults aged between 18 and 34 had watched or listened to an online or broadcast religious service, compared with one in five adults over the age of 55.

One in five of those who have tuned into services in the past few weeks say they have never gone to church.

The most frequent subjects of prayers since the lockdown has been family (53%), friends (34%), thanking God (24%), the person praying (28%), frontline services (27%), someone unwell with Covid-19 (20%), and other countries with Covid-19 (15%).

We are pleased to reproduce the latest Newsletter of Rev Tony Higton’s, Network for Revival. 

Please go to networkforrevival.co.uk for further details or contact Tony at email: tony@higton.info

Network for Revival May 2020

We have looked at two motives for prayer for revival:

Pleading the love of God: He loves his church and wants to bless it. He loves unbelievers and doesn’t want any to be lost. See http://networkforrevival.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Prepare-17-February-2020-1.pdf

Pleading the name of God: The name of God is being gravely dishonoured by the failings of the church and the godlessness of society. See http://networkforrevival.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Prepare-18-March-2020.pdf

This month we look at the third motive for prayer for revival.

 

Praying for Revival: Pleading the Kingdom of God

It is clear that Jesus wanted us to pray for his return because he taught we should pray “Your kingdom come” (Mt 6:10; Lk 11:2). The kingdom will only come in its fullness when Jesus returns. However I think we tend not to appreciate that this is a prayer which includes praying for the King to come. We tend to think it means more or less the same as “Your will be done.” We need to realise that the Lord’s Prayer includes a prayer for the Second Coming.

The early church prayed for the return of Jesus

Paul prays “Come, Lord” (1 Cor 16:22). The Greek he uses is Maranatha, the transliteration of an Aramaic word. Professor Leon Morris comments [i] “It must have expressed a sentiment that the early Church regarded as supremely important, else it would never have been taken over in this way by the Greek-speaking Christians … it expresses the eager longing felt by the Church in those early days for the speedy return of the Lord.” [ii]

Jesus says in Rev 22:20 says “Yes, I am coming soon” and the Bride (the church) responds “Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.” Here are some scholarly comments on this verse:

· Professor G B Caird comments “No one who has read this book can have any illusions about what the prayer is asking. It is a prayer that Christ will come again to win in his faithful servant the victory which is both Calvary and Armageddon.” [iii]

· Dr Philip Edgcumbe Hughes comments “His coming, moreover, should not only be looked for but also longed for by the believer, for it will bring the consummation cf our salvation and the completion of our conformity to his likeness (f. 1 Jn. 3:2; 2 Cor. 3:18, Phil 3:20f.), indeed, the renewal of all things (21:5). And so the fervent response of the Bride, longing for the appearance of the beloved Bridegroom, is Amen: Come, Lord Jesus!” [iv]

· Professor W Hendriksen comments ““Christ has promised to come quickly (cf. Rev. 22: 7, 12) and the bride, that is, the Church, responds by saying, Be coming.’ It is an ardent prayer to which the bride is moved by the Holy Spirit. Spirit and bride always work together (cf. Rom. 8: 16). They are constantly saying, ‘Be coming.’” [v]

What these commentators are saying is that the prayer for Jesus’ return in Rev 22:20 (and 1 Cor 16:22) is a fervent, passionate, eager longing for the return of Jesus and the prayer was regarded as supremely important. Bear in mind that Revelation was written some 65 years after Jesus died. So, even at that stage, the church was still earnestly praying for the return of Jesus as Jesus himself urged in “The Lord’s Prayer.” But how many Christians are earnestly praying for the return of Jesus today?

We need to make praying for Jesus’ return a priority. We regularly use the Aramaic words Amen and Hallelujah in our prayers. We now need to use the Aramaic word Maranatha regularly.

What has this got to do with prayer for revival?

There will be revival in the End Times as Joel predicted. Yes, Peter applied Joel’s prophecy to Pentecost but we need to remember that many biblical prophecies have more than one fulfilment. It is clear from Peter’s quotation that the prophecy goes beyond what happened at Pentecost to a major fulfilment in the End Times: ‘“In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord. And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved” (Acts 2:17-21).

Praying for revival is hastening the return of Christ because it brings holiness to believers and brings unbelievers to faith. Jesus makes it clear that bringing people to faith throughout the world needs to happen before his return “And the gospel must first be preached to all nations” (Mk 13:10). This is not only fulfilled through normal evangelism but through revival. Peter makes it clear that God is delaying the return of Christ to give time for people to repent. “The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief” (2 Peter 3:9-10). Revival is the most effective means of bringing many people to repentance. So praying for revival and praying for the return of Christ are intimately related. We are not praying for the Lord to send revival but for him to come in revival. Revival is God.

Revival will bring the Church to repentance, to become more like the Bride of Christ for whom he is returning. So we hasten the return of Christ through holiness. “But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming” (2 Peter 3:10-12). Peter said “Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, and that he may send the Messiah, who has been appointed for you – even Jesus. Heaven must receive him until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets” (Acts 3:19-21). The Jewish rabbis in those days spoke of the need of repentance to bring about the coming of Messiah. For example they said: “If Jews would genuinely repent for one day, the Messiah would come.” So in praying for revival, which brings believers to much deeper holiness, we are speeding the return of Christ.

We should not be lulled into a false sense of apathy, thinking Jesus’ return must be a long time away. Looking at what is going on in the world it could all happen more quickly than we think. Let’s not think of Jesus’ return being at some fixed date in the future, but as an event which we can hasten by our prayers and obedience and particularly by our prayers and preparation for Revival.

A RELEVANT PRAYER

Maranatha – Come, O Lord. Come in revival to purify your Bride. Come in revival to bring many to repentance. Then come to manifest your End Time glory, majesty and power. Come to manifest your holiness and justice. Come to gather, protect and bless your saints. Come to destroy evil, idolatry and oppression. Come to disarm, restrain and destroy the evil one. Come to establish your rule of peace and justice on earth.

Remember that the devil is trying hard to:

· Prevent Revival.

· Undermine Christians’ submission to Scripture (especially in the area of sexuality).

· Stop Christians proclaiming biblical truth by them being accused of extremism and hate-speech.

· Destroy the church’s reputation (especially in the area of sexual abuse).

· Cause churches to die of old age

All of which would undermine God’s rule – his Kingdom. So pray regularly “Your kingdom come. Maranatha.”

Does the Bible predict an End Time Revival?

Acts 2:16-21 links a great outpouring of the Spirit with apocalyptic events which refer to the End Times: “wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.” These did not happen at or after Pentecost. They are reminiscent of Matthew 24:29 and Revelation 6:12 which relate such events to the End Times. Biblical prophecy often has more than one fulfilment. It seems clear that the Joel prophecy (Joel 2:28-32) quoted in Acts 2:16-21 was not completely fulfilled at Pentecost. So it is not correct, as some believe, to think that special outpourings of the Spirit ended at Pentecost or soon afterwards.

I hope you are finding more time to pray for revival during the lock down.

Be assured of my prayers for you, especially at this stressful time.

God bless you,

Tony

 

You may be interested in my paper “SECULARISM AND POPULISM UNDERMINE THE FOUNDATION OF SOCIETY” 

See https://christianteaching.org.uk/blog/uncategorized/secularism-and-populism-undermine-the-foundation-of-society/

SECULARISM seeks to undermine Christianity which is fundamental to the establishment of the rule of law, democracy and human rights. I quote agnostics and atheists who agree with this. I quote David Alton who said that by dissociating “religion and liberty, democracy and faith, we have unstitched the fabric that holds a society together and endangered its future.” POPULISM says a country’s “true people” are in conflict with outsiders and the elite. It whips up emotion to re-establish the will of the people. It tends to disregard democracy by fear mongering about our being in crisis, promoting conspiracy theories, undermining trust in institutions and the media. Populists might relate closely to Christians but it is not a Christian movement. We need to recognise that what is happening through secularism, populism and the growth of authoritarianism is a trend towards a godless dictatorship.

Prophetic Word for Great Britain and Updates

By Suzanne Ferrett of Passion for the Nation (and team member of CTNTP), on Wednesday May 6th, 2020

Hi everyone, a couple of new items.

Firstly for those who have not seen it yet, Cindy Jacobs has given a prophetic word to Great Britain: [it appears below and is just 2 mins 19 secs. long, or] please follow this link – https://youtu.be/za0b6-nDaRs – to listen. This is very significant and a National Day of Prayer is being planned as a result.

 

Raising a Canopy of Prayer over the Nation

Also, again  thank you for all the hours we covered collectively as we prayed for our nation up until Easter. We are living in very significant times and although there is a great deal of challenge, it is a moment of extra-ordinary opportunity and change for the church, individually and corporately.

After the three weeks ended at Easter, I felt we needed a break to hear afresh from God. There are a lot of prayer initiatives taking place, some large scale, some just through churches and my question has been, was the prayer shield just for those three weeks or should it continue?

This season up to Pentecost is very important, so we have re-opened the Prayer Shield starting yesterday May 4th for the four weeks up to May 31st, Pentecost Sunday. This gives us 672 hours to fill.  There is great acceleration coming for God’s people, but also we have the challenges of Covid-19, of the economy, and alongside – God is re-aligning nations across our world, of which Brexit is a part.

God is calling His people to prayer, and we would love you to sign up so that you have a specific time, whether as an individual or a group,  again please follow the link – passionforthenation.uk/raising-a-mantle-of-prayer-over-the-nation/

Every blessing

Suzanne Ferrett

passionforthenation.uk

The UK Church is coming together in Unity – through prayer and praise!

Write up by the Producers, as on YouTube:

At this unique and challenging time in the United Kingdom over 65 churches and movements, representing hundreds of others, have come together online to sing a blessing over our land. Standing together as one, our desire is that this song will fill you with hope and encourage you. But the church is not simply singing a blessing, each day we’re looking to practically be a blessing.

Many of the churches included in this song have assisted with supplying over 400,000 meals to the most vulnerable and isolated in our nation since COVID-19 lockdown began. This alongside phone calls to the isolated, pharmacy delivery drops and hot meals to the NHS frontline hospital staff.

Our buildings may be closed but the church is very much alive!

 

 

 

 

How can you best work with and pray for your police service? Here is some great information and a challenge from Marie Reavey, Chair of National Council of the Christian Police Association.

Good Day,

I hope you are keeping well and had a good Easter.

You may be aware, Spring Harvest decided to go online with YouTube this week. Here is  a short teaching video entitled ‘How Churches and the Police Can Work Together’ which summarises ‘Faith and Police Together’ and how churches can work with and support their local police: https://youtu.be/0a_fjyfpplE

I really do believe that, post lockdown as we adjust, Faith and Police Together can be a key part of the ‘new normal’.  Here in Norfolk we now have a dedicated officer tasked with engaging with all faith communities and is compiling a comprehensive contacts list and building some good relationships with churches.  He has been impressed and surprised by the amount of great work that the churches are doing, and there is a real desire from our Citizens in Policing Team to ensure that the contacts they are making are not lost, and a desire to partner with churches and faith groups post Covid.

A few prayer pointers for this time.  Please pray for:-

• Those suffering with Mental health problems, particularly self-harm and suicidal thoughts.
• Households where domestic violence and abuse is prevalent.  Safety and protection for victims and perpetrators to stop and for justice to be done.
• Safety for children at risk of abuse, violence and neglect.
• There has been an increase in fraud types of crime pray for those that would exploit the vulnerable and Covid-19 to be brought to justice and for the vulnerable and victims to be not fall prey to their schemes.  Pray that criminals wanting to exploit these times would be stopped and their plans would be thwarted.
• Protection and wisdom for frontline officers and staff having to deal with the public (protection from those using Covid-19 as a weapon against them i.e. spitting and coughing at them)
• For relationships to be forged between the Police and churches at this time to form strong foundations to move Faith and Police Together forward, post lockdown.
• For those working in mortuaries and for funeral directors to have all they need to cope with the demand and to be able to ensure families and relatives are able to say goodbye to their loved ones in as timely a fashion as possible
• The end of the lockdown process to be smooth, effective and efficient.

Thank you for your ongoing support and prayers.

May God keep you well.

Marie

thewall.org.uk

Many of you will have heard of ‘The Wall of Answered Prayer’.  It is an amazing vision spearheaded by Richard Gamble – view his April update at https://www.thewall.org.uk/news/89/10000-testimonies

In brief, The Wall is a God inspired, architectural sculpture which will become a national landmark of hope situated on the outskirts of Birmingham.  Made of a million bricks with each one representing an answered prayer (the prayers will also be viewed for free electronically).

The Wall is currently waiting for planning permission (delayed due to Covid-19 situation), but they have secured the land and will begin building in 2020.

The team want to begin to share stories of hope now – particularly at this time for many of fear and anxiety. They want to share on social media hope filled stories of what God is doing…. stories of healing, of provision, stories of hope.  They have set a target of receiving 10,000 prayer testimonies over the next 30 days!

Each story should be no more than 500 words can be sent in as an audio, video or in writing to encourage others about what God has done or is doing in people’s lives.

Please help by sharing this email with your group, family, friends, colleagues and churches. The more widely the message is shared the more stories of hope will appear on the website and in the media to counter the apprehension and worry faced by so many at this time.

Send your stories to dave@thewall.org.uk or via this link: https://www.thewall.org.uk/testimony.

 

The following request to pray comes from Jonathan Oloyede, National Day of Prayer and Worship:

The Church needs to unite like never before and PRAY TOGETHER.

#itisfinished

Christians are encouraged to come out of their homes at 3pm on Friday 10^th April as an expression of faith and identification with our Christ on the Cross when He cried out “IT IS FINISHED!”. In unity, we will Sing “Amazing Grace”, Pray the Lord’s prayer and declare “It is Finished”

 

I am writing this letter under a heavy burden from the Lord.

We’ve come across an interesting perspective on praying for Revival from the Christianity Today website, which is subheaded:

The case for communing with God in a daring and agonizing way.

Read at:  https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2018/march/praying-too-casually-travailing-prayer.html

Just sitting reflecting on how prayer has come into focus at this time. So many seem to be encouraging indeed facilitating online, local, national and global initiatives. There are petitions, requests, declarations, sometimes loud voices casting out or binding this and that!

You haven’t got to engage with them all, or indeed any! Don’t feel guilty if you just missed that important Zoom prayer meeting you fully intended to join with.

The wonderful thing about prayer is that at its simplest, it’s just making a little time to have a personal chat with Father God, your heavenly dad.

Jesus used to spend lots of time alone with his Father, I guess much was listening, sitting quietly, meditating, absorbing, an alignment of wills. Two hearts beating as one.

Jesus only did what His Father showed him.

Speaking to His followers, Jesus once said, “…I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.” John 5:19

So maybe when that next call to prayer hits your inbox or newsfeed, gently put your device aside and make some time instead for just you and Father.

I believe that within this global crisis, there is an amazing opportunity to make a personal realignment to God’s will and purposes for your life, such that going forward you may well see and do things differently that will change you and those around you forever.

David Gilbey.

UK Coordinator CTNTP

 

We are pleased to reproduce the latest Newsletter of Rev Tony Higton’s, Network for Revival. 

Please go to networkforrevival.co.uk for further details or contact Tony at email: tony@higton.info

Network for Revival March 2020

What is God saying through Coronavirus – including about Revival?

Our hearts go out to those suffering from Covid 19 and we pray for their healing. We also need to pray for and care for our neighbours facing the effects of the crisis. We need, where possible, to help them as they face anxiety, loneliness, job loss, financial crisis, frustration and boredom. We need to pray for the government and NHS as they face huge demands and inadequate resources. I don’t for one moment minimise this suffering and self-sacrifice in what I am going to say now.

But we also need to ask about God’s perspective on the crisis. What is he saying? What is he doing? This may not become the worst pandemic in terms of the number of deaths. Some 200 million died in the Black Death and 40-50 million in the Spanish Flu epidemic following the terrible losses in World War 1. But it is having a very dramatic effect on society. Sky News referred to a week in mid-March as “frightening and bewildering.” The Chancellor of the Exchequer said “We have never in peace time had such an economic fight as this one.” One commentator said “The world will never be the same despite all technology because a very tiny invisible object can bring us down.”

This huge worldwide crisis comes at a time when there is also profound concern about the environment – and some scientists believe the spread of Coronavirus resulted from abuse of one aspect of the environment. It is also a time when persecution of Christians is worse than ever; when the Western world has largely turned away from its Christian heritage and when, as we noted last time, the church is abandoning important teaching of God’s Word. It is likely to result in the global economic system being under very serious threat (it doesn’t take much imagination to think it could at some stage collapse in a day as the Book of Revelation describes in chapter 18). It also comes at a time when there are significant events happening with respect to Israel (see my article http://www.prayerforpeace.org.uk/paradox50.html). All of these things are matters which Jesus said were signs of the End. Although some of them are early recurring signs, the coinciding of them all is surely intended to make us prepare for his Return, as Jesus taught his disciples.

The serious effect and the context of Coronavirus show that it is an act of redemptive judgment, i.e. it is one of God’s warnings intended to lead us to repentance. It is making people think about their mortality and the meaning of life. Doubtless many outside the church will turn to prayer. People are likely to be more open to God than they have been. We trust also that leading Christians will use the media for evangelistic purposes.

The Coronavirus crisis is also God calling the church back to him. We now cannot even worship together! Yet we have seen the church develop endless, largely prayerless, committees, synods, reorganisations, regulations, administrative procedures, etc over recent decades. But God is calling the church back to himself – which primarily means extensive individual and, where feasible, corporate prayer. Jesus felt the need to major on prayer. How can we soft-pedal it? How many churches have prayer meetings? During this crisis many Christians will have time on their hands. We need to use that to major on prayer. It is vital to do so, not least because the Book of Revelation teaches that redemptive judgment, if unheeded, is followed by eternal judgment.

God is also calling the church back to his Word – not just renouncing liberalism but living biblically i.e. being radically biblical in the power of the Spirit. How many modern disciples match up to the standards Jesus taught “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters – yes, even their own life – such a person cannot be my disciple … In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples” (Lk 14:26, 33). Obviously the word “hate” is not literal but it is Jesus’ dramatic call to put God way before all loved ones. How many churches correct persistently sinful members as Jesus said they should? How many churches proclaim the sternness of God as well as his kindness, as Jesus did?

I have no delusions of grandeur – I am a tiny piece in God’s jigsaw picture. But I know that, out of the blue, in November 2015 he gave me a strong sense of call to major on prayer and preparation for Revival. He called me initially to invite people local to us to join in, then, to my surprise, to create a national mailing list, which he has blessed. The four years since then have been probably the most spiritually rewarding I’ve ever known. Now almost 600 people, mainly clergy, ministers and church leaders in the UK, are members of Network for Revival. This is significant and now we are confronted with this Coronavirus mega-crisis. I believe it is not a coincidence but a God-incidence.

For members of the Network, Coronavirus is also a call to redouble our prayer and preparation for revival. I believe God is calling us to pray that many, many people who feel vulnerable and therefore more open spiritually will turn to the Lord. The Coronavirus crisis is not just a difficult event. It is a powerful divine call to pray for Revival now. It is intended to give us a sense of urgency as we see remarkable events and trends in the world. I am very sympathetic to those affected by Coronavirus and, as a family, we are seeking to reach out to neighbours pastorally and evangelistically. But the fact that people feel vulnerable, sense their mortality and therefore are more open spiritually is, I believe, an answer to prayer. We need to pray they will concentrate on eternal realities and the need to be ready to meet God and that this will be a permanent change, not just whilst the crisis rules

We need to pray for revival to happen now. The way it comes about may be different from earlier revivals. Pray that this crisis will turn into revival. We must not miss this opportunity – for the sake of humanity – and for God’s sake. God is calling us – the matter is urgent!

Pleading for Revival: Pleading the Name of God

It is a primary duty to honour the name of the Lord (Lev 22:32).

The Lord is zealous for his holy name

The Lord says “I will be zealous for my holy name” (Ezk 39:25). He is profoundly concerned that his name should be honoured and he acts to achieve that. He makes that clear through Ezekiel: “Wherever [Israel] went among the nations they profaned my holy name, for it was said of them, ‘These are the Lord’s people, and yet they had to leave his land.’ I had concern for my holy name, which the people of Israel profaned among the nations where they had gone. Therefore say to the Israelites, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: it is not for your sake, people of Israel, that I am going to do these things, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone. I will show the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Sovereign Lord, when I am proved holy through you before their eyes” (Ezk 36:20-23).

He brought Israel out of Egypt for the sake of his name “for the sake of my name, I brought them out of Egypt. I did it to keep my name from being profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they lived and in whose sight I had revealed myself to the Israelites” (Ezk 20:9 cf vv 14 & 22). He says to Israel “You will know that I am the Lord, when I deal with you for my name’s sake and not according to your evil ways and your corrupt practices” (Ezk 20:44). So he blots out Israel’s transgressions for his own sake (Isa 43:25 cf 48:9-11). He says ‘“I will make known my holy name among my people Israel. I will no longer let my holy name be profaned, and the nations will know that I the Lord am the Holy One in Israel” (Ezk 39:7).

To plead the Lord’s name is spiritually powerful

The Psalmist regularly pleads the name of the Lord in prayer ““Do not hold against us the sins of past generations; may your mercy come quickly to meet us, for we are in desperate need. Help us, God our Saviour, for the glory of your name; deliver us and forgive our sins for your name’s sake. Why should the nations say, ‘Where is their God?’ (Psa 79:8-10 cf 25:11; 31:3; 143:11).

Jeremiah prays similarly “Although our sins testify against us, do something, Lord, for the sake of your name. For we have often rebelled; we have sinned against you …. For the sake of your name do not despise us; do not dishonour your glorious throne. Remember your covenant with us and do not break it” (Jer 14:7, 21).

Daniel prays “ ‘Now, Lord our God, who brought your people out of Egypt with a mighty hand and who made for yourself a name that endures to this day, we have sinned, we have done wrong. Lord, in keeping with all your righteous acts, turn away your anger and your wrath from Jerusalem, your city, your holy hill. Our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors have made Jerusalem and your people an object of scorn to all those around us. ‘Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant. For your sake, Lord, look with favour on your desolate sanctuary. Give ear, our God, and hear; open your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears your Name. We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy. Lord, listen! Lord, forgive! Lord, hear and act! For your sake, my God, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your Name” (Dan 9:15-19).

We need to pray earnestly that the Lord will honour his name in revival

We live in a largely godless society and a church which often fails. This profoundly dishonours the name of the Lord.

The devil is therefore mocking the Lord and saying to us “Where is your God?” (Ex 32:9-14, 32; Isa 37:14-20; Psa 74, 80, 123). This should greatly distress us and in our prayer for revival we need to pray earnestly “Come to make your name known to your enemies” (Isa 64:2); “Do something for the sake of your name” (Jer 10:6).

Be assured of my prayers for you, especially at this stressful time.

God bless you,Tony