This is the prayer outlook for this month . As a church community we are doing this together on the first Tuesday of the month. We are aware that this might not work for everyone on this day and this material has been designed for you to use at any time that is convenient for you. This information will be up throughout the month and will change at the beginning of next month for the focus for that month.
Announce a time of fasting; call the people together for a solemn meeting. Bring the leaders and all the people of the land into the Temple of the Lord your God, and cry out to him there. The day of the Lord is near, the day when destruction comes from the Almighty. How terrible that day will be!
Joel 1:14-15 NLT
A locust invasion is one of the most terrifyingly efficient natural disasters on earth. When a locust invasion occurs in a town or community, they do not just damage a harvest, they systematically erase it, leaving absolute desolation in their wake.
In Joel’s prophecy we can see the impact of two disasters converging upon the nation of Israel and causing absolute carnage.
Firstly there was an invasion of locusts that appeared in four different stages, “’After the cutting locusts finished eating the crops, the swarming locusts took what was left! After them came the hopping locusts, and then the stripping locusts, too! ‘ Joel 1:4
Whilst the locust was devouring the land, a severe drought was crippling the nation, all the water brooks were completely dried up and the remaining crop withered under the intense weather condition. ‘Even the wild animals cry out to you because the streams have dried up, and fire has consumed the wilderness pastures.’ Joel 1:20
Today as we pray and fast, we want to explore the impact of God’s judgment (the day of the Lord). This is a theme we avoid in our engagement with God, yet we know that God in his love brings about judgment to awaken us back to life and snap us out of apathy and complacency.
Joel also examines and explores restoration and what the outpouring of God’s Holy Spirit means for the church and the wider community today.
I pray as we journey through today we will encounter God’s amazing grace and experience restoration and the amazing outpouring of God’s Holy Spirit.
PRAYER MEETING
19:00 – 20:00 | elimcentre