World Wide Prayer Meeting

I count it a privilege to join my comrades at Territorial Hqrs in prayer every Thursday. The hour of prayer always passes very quickly.

This morning in spite of the rain a number of us made our way to Bishan to pray together. Our thoughts centred round the General's prayer topics for the week...

1. For a new passion for our Salvationists to bring people to Jesus and lead them to maturity in Him.
"For God loved the world so much that He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life." John 3: 16

2. The call to Prayer for Peace (Sunday 18th September)
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God." Matt.5:9

The Bible portion selected for this morning was Mark 2: 1-12. We reflected on this passage. Friendship evangelism is very effective. We have many pre-believers in our Corps and centres.

We also added the territorial subjects for the week.

One of the songs used was "Christ for the world we sing"

Christ for the world we sing,
The world to Christ we bring,
with loving zeal;
The poor, and those who mourn,
The faint and overborne,
Sin sick and sorrow-worn,
Whom Christ doth heal.

Christ for the world we sing,
The world to Christ we bring,
With fervent prayer;
The wayward and the lost,
By restless passions tossed,
Redeemed at countless cost,
From dark despair.

Christ for the world we sing,
The world to Christ we bring,
With joyful song;
The newborn souls, whose days,
Reclaimed from error's ways,
Inspired with hope and praise,
To Christ belong.

Christ for the world we sing,
The world to Christ we bring,
With one accord;
With us the work to share,
With us reproach to dare,
With us the cross to bear,
For Christ our Lord.

I've been reflecting on this lovely song the whole day. Yes, we must bring others to Him - with loving zeal, with fervent prayer, with joyful song and with one accord. The world and our friends need our prayer support.

"Prayer is not getting man's will done in heaven, but getting God's will done on earth. It is not overcoming God's reluctance but laying hold of God's willingness."
Richard C. Trench