Word Bytes: It’s Time - The Ultimate Prayer Meeting

Good day, I will continue with the topic 'Live like a King' later this week. Today I have a special treat for you.

“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land,” (2 Chronicles 7:14).

I want to tell you of an amazing event that we attended on Saturday 22 April

2017.

As many of you know South Africa has her problems, but South Africans across all races are not scared to believe in the Almighty God. Regularly South Africans will get together in their thousands to pray for particular needs in the country. One of the most recent needs was rain for the desperately dry country, but the people prayed and God supplied rain in abundance.

One more pressing need of most South Africans is a well governed country where we can live in peace and free of violence. Communities suffer under the oppression of gangsterism, farmers are being murdered, women are being raped, children are being trafficked, and continuously reported corruption and other government irregularities disrupt the inner peace of the people of the nation and impoverish the country.

I know that in many of your nations you experience similar issues, since Satan rules this world and Jesus did call him a thief, a murderer, a destroyer, and the father of lies. But the good news is that we don’t have to tolerate his activities and allow him to have free reign. Jesus has defeated him at Calvary and if we can get to a point where Jesus is acknowledged by the government and His values applied, His power of love and joy will reign, and peace will be the result.

In February 2017 a farmer, called Johan, distributed a little video on WhatsApp where he suggested that the same great God, who answered our prayers when we needed rain, can answer our prayers for peace and stability for the country. He, however, felt the Lord called us together as a nation to pray. He did not feel the Lord wants each church and individual to pray at home, but to rather get together. He also felt that Angus Buchan, a well known preacher and teacher in South Africa, should call the nation together.

Angus said that when he prayed about this call, the Lord laid it upon his heart that at least a million people, representing the entire nation, should get together at our most central city, called Bloemfontein. Local radio stations and churches got sniff of this and within six weeks everything was organised. People travelled from all over the country to attend, as far as 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) away. Around 350 000 cars needed place to park and a friend of ours, who works for a coach company, said their company alone sent 35 coaches filled with people from Cape Town, not accounting for the countless other coaches that arrived. It was reported that 400 helicopters brought people to the event and that the

airports lacked parking space for all the aeroplanes.

The area where we sat stretched over 1.4 kilometres (nearly one mile) in length

and around 800 metres wide and was divided in 28 sections; each serviced with a set of powerful speakers and a big screen television. This was organised by faith and God provided. He prompted a number of farmers who made their farms available and had the grass cut. The Lord provided from outside sources without cost the diesel required for the job as well as for the generators. He provided through a company 1,000 external toilets with their service teams and vehicles as a gift. The Lord sent someone to drill for water for free, as well as a specialist to help them roll up the fences. The organisers gave all the glory to God, for they reckoned an event of such a scale in such a short time was impossible to man alone.

The organisers felt it should not be broadcasted because they believed God

wanted the nation to get together in one place to pray. However, all over South Africa Christian communities joined in prayer at the same time for those unable to attend. It will soon be broadcasted by TBN though (see link below). Below are a few links to video clips of the event.

At the event we certainly experienced a powerful visitation by the Lord Almighty.

The worship was mightily anointed and personally I was on my face before the Lord, receiving his cleansing and whatever He had available for me. The Lord’s presence was overpowering and well over a million people literally prayed together, led by Angus Buchan who definitely was led by the Holy Spirit in his approach (see links below). The rulers, the authorities, the powers of this dark world and the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms (Ephesians 6:12) definitely shuddered and fled in fear on Saturday 22^nd April 2017.

From an outside perspective I saw how the Lord called the farmer Johan, who called on Angus Buchan, who called the nation together. Then the Lord provided everything needed for the occasion. Why has the Lord worked in this way? Why has He not just responded to individual prayers offered to Him from wherever people found themselves? As per many occasions in the Bible the Lord called the people together. He wanted to see faith and sacrifice. He wanted to hear confession of sins. He wanted to move in power. He arranged everything required for His people to get together in obedience, to humble themselves and pray, so He could heal our land (2 Chronicles 7:14).

Now it was only necessary for His people to sacrifice time, resources and effort to get to the event to pray together as one man on behalf of the nation. And even this the Lord provided. Many people made a great effort and travelled very far to get there. It was even a greater sacrifice for the thousands of cars to get out of the premises. It took us six hours to get out, and after we had left there were still many cars waiting their turn. The patience displayed by the individuals was definitely by the power of the Holy Spirit, for everybody was incredibly peaceful about this delay.

This was not an Angus Buchan initiative. This was a God initiative for He wants

to redeem South Africa. On this occasion He wanted to see faith supported by sacrifice, so He can have the mandate to do what He desires. He wanted the nation to prove to Him how desperately they needed His help.

The basis of the message on Saturday 22^nd April 2017 was repentance, confession of sins, bondages and weaknesses, and supplication (intercession). As one person the entire gathering of over one million people committed/re-committed their lives to Jesus. Then we had five minutes to confess our individual impurities to the Lord, after which we prayed as one person for the country as led by Angus (see link to prayer).

In South Africa we look forward to see what the Lord is going to do! He wants to heal your land/city/community as well. Why not join us in returning to Him this way and see what He will do.

Thank you, Father God, for what you have done and begun on Saturday at Bloemfontein in South Africa. We look forward to seeing the results and wish for you to do it for the entire world as they call on you.