Half the night

Christy and I are working on a Discipleship Training School (DTS) Here at Youth With A Mission (YWAM) Holmsted. One of the things that we did with the school recently was a half night of prayer for the nations. We started at 8 in the evening and finished at midnight.

It was a really significant time for the trainees we have here at the moment. We spent time in a mix of worship and intercession (praying on behalf of something) for the whole time. The presence of God was very strong and He led us to first pray for this current generation and then the next generation. Speaking both life and identity over them as God was leading. During this time one of the people praying felt God say that we should carry the nations in prayer and so we found all the spare flags that we have and everyone put one on. We then spent time praying on behalf of the nation we were wearing and asking God to bless the nation, and move in power through the people who live there.

It was a really significant time for two reasons. Firstly God was definitely leading the time, we all felt his presence strongly and felt closer to him when we finished. Secondly it was a time of breaking off fear in individual lives. Everyone stepped out of their comfort zone as God was leading them, and we all had so much fun.