On 8 September 2018, 2,000 people crowded in for the ‘Day of Prayer for Britain: Brexit, Unity and Reformation’ at Central Hall Westminster. Prayer was bathed in worship. Unwittingly the same date was the day King George VI chose when he called the nation to pray during WWII. God saved us then. He will save us now.
We prayed for unity. We prayed for biblical standards. We prayed for Jesus to rule our land. We were told German business men were praying for us. It was Africans who gave us encouraging words from the Lord.
Repenting and weeping
We repented for our church and nation. We pleaded for biblical male leadership. We wept for fatherless boys on our streets. We prayed for babies in the womb. We sang Land of Hope and Glory. We exalted Jesus as Lord over our land. We bowed before our God who is in control.
Brexit was likened to the Children of Israel leaving Egypt. Moses persisted. It was God who hardened Pharaoh’s heart. Finally, everyone was set free.
Ukraine turn around
Following the Day of Prayer, I became aware that one of its leaders, David Hathaway, used to smuggle Bibles into Ukraine, behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War and was put in prison for doing so. Fifty years later he has been given a gold watch by the President of Ukraine as thanks for doing so!
