As the Sabbath comes to a close here in the US, I received an email in response to our request for prayers for the South African Mission Trip. Gordon and Lissa Wildman, Lou's brother and sister-in-law have been praying the following prayer daily, for OAMC and our brothers and sisters in South Africa.
It says in Matthew 18:19 "Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything
that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in
heaven." Let us all join together in prayer that God will hear our combined voices and do a great and wondrous work in South Africa.
Father, in the name of Jesus, we bring before you Lou Wildman and the Oregon Adventist Men’s Chorus (OAMC), their ministry team, all traveling with them, all groups with whom they sing and all who attend their events in South Africa as the men go forth to minister and preach the gospel of the Kingdom through song. We declare that the harvest is ripe and ready as with their music they minister the gospel to the poor, bring healing to the brokenhearted, deliverance to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind.
Father, We pray for an outpouring of your Spirit upon all flesh in South Africa. We declare that Jesus will work with the Word of God as the men sing, and confirm it with signs, wonders & miracles. May your healing power move mightily in every worship service, concert and meeting, and may the people be enlightened and transformed by your Word. We believe for unusual and extraordinary miracles to be manifested among the people. We declare that deaf ears will be opened, the lame will walk, the dead will be raised and the demon-possessed will be set free.
Father, thank you that Lou, the OAMC, their ministry team, all traveling with them, all groups with whom they sing in South Africa and all who attend these events are covered with the blood of Jesus and protected from all schemes and plots of the enemy. We forbid any demonic activity against them and their families, their finances, their possessions, their travel schedules, transportation vehicles, their health, their meals, sleeping accommodations and all activities they engage in. Father, give your angels charge over them to keep, guard, defend and preserve them in all of their ways.
Father, cover them with your glory as the waters cover the sea. We call in multitudes of souls and declare that many are delivered out of darkness and translated into the Kingdom of God. We praise you for doing abundantly above all that we are asking according to the power that is working in us, and we declare that Jesus is Lord over South Africa.
In Jesus' name, Amen!
amen!
ReplyDeleteI pray that all of us who support OAMC enter into God's will for this mission. It is not our job to attempt to shape it into our ideas of success. God is God and he will use the faithfulness of the leadership and singers of OAMC to accomplish His purposes. It is evident that this is already happening. As Oswald Chambers says:
ReplyDelete" What God calls us to cannot be definitely stated, because His call is simply to be His friend to accomplish His own purposes. Our real test is in truly believing that God knows what He desires. The things that happen do not happen by chance--they happen entirely by the decree of God. God is sovereignty working out His own purposes.
The work we do is of no account when compared with the compelling purpose of God. It is simply the scaffolding surrounding His work and His plan."
To God be the glory!