It's Lent. Have you been praying?

For the first time in Bergen County Asian-American history, seven churches have been gathering every Friday for praise and prayer during this Lent season, moving from one church to another. The Bible and history demonstrate two elements are necessary for revival--unity and prayer--and through the joint prayer, we are trying to accomplish exactly that. Although the overall participation is encouraging, I find the lack of JOY members' participation disappointing. There are the usual faithfuls who show up at every Friday prayer, but I had hoped that many who usually do not come out to pray would come out, it being a special Lent season. I am mostly disappointed about that. Even in this dire economic climate, most remained unmoved. For some people, especially parents of young children, I understand the difficulties. Still, even for them, I long for the old days, like when I was a young boy. My mother took me to the prayer services, which was completely age-irrelevant to me; I found it boring, frequently fell asleep in the middle of the service, etc., but in those services I caught something. The spirit of revival. I felt the Holy Spirit move in those passionate prayers. And those prayers changed the nation--in this case, the nation of South Korea. I wish those days would come to us, that the spirit of desperation would descend upon us, and we would pray as though the world depends on our prayers; and it does.

We are living in a momentous point in history. The tipping point of history is upon us. It is not time to sit idle with TV. It is not even time to panic with news. It is time to pray. The world is moved by God, and prayer moves God. It is time to come together and pray. The people of God must take up their battle positions to pray and change history.

"I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD, give yourselves no rest, and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth." (Isa 62:6, 7)