Praying For More
As we look around the country, we see an amazing shift in the spiritual temperature; where we had previously seen students disinterested, we now find them curious and increasingly spiritual. On top of that, weāre also seeing students coming to faith in weird and wonderful ways, from visions of doors, to the audible voice of God, andĀ miraculous healings - weāre in the grip of a slow awakening. So what do we do now? Whatās next?
Across the country, inspired by what weāre seeing God do, students and Churches are gathering together to pray for more. Before every move of God, we see Christians on their knees before the King. In the late 1940s, we saw 2 elderly women praying preceding the Hebredian Revival; The same pattern is true for the Welsh , Azusa st, and New York Businessman revivals. Indeed, every outpouring of the spirit, all the way back to Pentecost in Acts 1 andĀ 2, has been preceded by a moment of prayer!
Today, students are gathering to pray for more. In Leeds, Daisy began meeting with other students to pray for revival in her city, and across the nations. They meet weekly to gather in community to pray, praying together the same prayer each week.
āI think itās something we donāt dedicate enough time toā¦ so I wanted to create a space where we could do that with other people.āĀ
Moved by what she was hearing across the country to respond in prayer, Daisy joins those who have gone before her in praying over our universities.Ā
In Bristol, we read inĀ this blogĀ where students meet together to worship and pray, moved to make more space to encounter and worship God. They didnāt expect to see unchurched students encounter God for the first time in the room with them, but as they made more room for God, He moved.Ā
In many more locations, we are seeing students come together in groups, both small and large, to pray over their campuses, cities, and nation; petitioning and asking God for more. I had the privilege of joining the chaplaincy in Preston in January for one of their āStronger Togetherā events, where students from across different traditions come together to focus on what unites them, and to pray for their university. Out of this posture of kneeling before the king, praying for more, we also see a beautiful increase in the posture of unity.
For a second year, we saw students from across the country gathering together in 27 different locations to pray for revival on our campuses. These are studentsĀ coming from different backgrounds, traditions, and Churches, united by Jesus in a frankly unprecedented wave of unity in student mission, and in our Churches.Ā
Imagine this, but all over the country! As Jesus prays over us in John 17; by our complete unity in Christ, may the world know Jesus is Lord- what might that look like in the coming months? How can we make space for bigger prayers, borne out of unity and a desire for more. Join with us; letās pray for more.
