Dear Prayer Partners of the World Prayer Assembly,
Your role as intercessors has been so crucial in the process of arranging the WPA. Thanks so much for continuing to uphold the WPA and all the preparations being made by the Indonesian national committee, the WPA office in Jakarta and our international mobilization, program and finance teams.
Those of us who are organizing the WPA believe that God is going to use it to carry revival and transformation to the nations like a tsunami wave of the Spirit. There are clear signs that this spiritual tsunami is building in Indonesia already:
1. Several million believers in 350+ cities in Indonesia will participate in the WPA on May 17 through a live TV link.
2. 20,000 praying children and 20,000 on-fire youth will be praying with us in the national stadium plus many tens of thousands more young people in cities across Indonesia in a truly tri-generational event.
3. The unity of Christ's church in Indonesia is deepening in conjunction with the WPA through the adoption of joint ministry strategies within Indonesia like the "My Home" Project in which up to 15 million local Christians will adopt their streets in prayer and then reach out in loving service to their neighbors.
4. Many there and elsewhere increasingly feel that the WPA will be a "New Wave--a New Pentecost" that will benefit the global Body of Christ.
You will not want to miss being part of this great prayer revival that the Lord will use to rock our world for His glory! If you are unable to come to Jakarta, you can still participate by prayer from where you are, and some of the WPA will be carried on the internet through the God TV website so you can see it. There may be another website as well, and we will let you know if that is the case.
Please pray with us for the following current concerns:
1. There has been a wave of late registrations almost doubling the total of what we had before--4,600 as of today, April 17. That is the good news for which to rejoice. A continuing concern is that the great majority have not paid their registration fees and hotel costs yet which could become a serious problem for the Indonesian hosts. Please pray that the registrants will be moved by the Lord to pay as soon as possible.
2. We applied for about 100 speaker's visa approvals three months ago and have been waiting for them to be processed. Please pray for His favor with Indonesian immigration and other government authorities for the WPA and that the remaining visa approvals will be granted quickly and that all our speakers will be able to then apply and get their visas without any problem and in time to come to Jakarta.
3. Pray for His anointing and guidance for all the speakers, session facilitators and worship leaders so they will know how to provide sensitive and effective leadership.
4. Pray too that all the participants will be spiritually prepared and that we will consecrate ourselves to the Lord before coming to Indonesia so that we will be ready to play our part and so that the Lord can manifest His presence to the maximum and fully accomplish all His purposes through the WPA.
4. The WPA office in Jakarta and the national committee members there are under increasing pressure with so many details concerning logistics, ground transport and accommodations to arrange for such a large group coming from around the world. Pray for His special grace, love, strength and unity as they work on these things together and that they will feel His arms surrounding and upholding them every day and hour as all the final preparations are being made.
May the Lord encourage your heart and fill you with His joy as we all participate together in this amazing opportunity to be His instruments. May we see through the WPA a spectacular release of the knowledge of His glory among the nations (Habakkuk 2:14)!
Warm greetings and deep thanks,
John Robb
Chairman, International Prayer Council
International Facilitator, World Prayer Assembly 2012
www.ipcprayer.org
www.wpa2012.org
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