12-hour Prayer for the Poor
This past Sunday, 12.12, we hosted Convoy of Hope as they launched 12.12 Global Day of Prayer for the Poor and Suffering. We prayed from 12pm to 12am for God to raise up workers that will minister, for food, water, healthcare, education and shelter to be given and for Jesus to be powerfully preached amongst the poor. It was a sobering and powerful time as the 12-hour duration was met with the grueling facts of the numbers globally that are in profound lack. The Lord was moved. We were moved. And we know that many were affected because of the prayer that went forth.
Look for 12.12 in the future to be an established day in the Christian calendar. This day will soon be an annual time that the church worldwide is intentional about praying for and giving towards the poor and suffering of the earth. My personal commitment is that the 12th of every month I will be intentional to pray the poor in my own community and a specific nation that the Lord puts on my heart. There are several nations already on my heart but I’m asking God to give me insight and a spirit of prayer specifically for one of them.
Hopefully by this posture of prayer for the poor we’ll gain a heart to minister to the poor and truly be people of compassion.
Pray with us.
Wes