Can you support financially?
We asked for people to pray with us in June as we face a drop in our finances and a significant rise in our activity. We believe we are at a spiritual tipping point and that WPC is being called to extend its overseas work and impact (we have been asked to lead some times of significant national and international breakthrough). In the UK we are bringing the prayer movements together, working as watchers to understand the changing spiritual picture in the nation and provide increased numbers of prayer resources for individuals, small groups and churches. Increasingly we are providing up-to-ate, accessible and daily prayer information. We also run a range of prayer events including the new Trumpet Call event at the ICC.
We felt that it was important to let people stand with us and pray. As a prayer ministry we have to be prepared to take our challenges to God. We were delighted by the warm response and support and have received about £8000 to date. Our target is to get £8000 a month additional income to carry the day-by-day work and £30,000 to enable trumpet call. So we are praying for a financial breakthrough – or we will run out of money in the coming months. We want to have a great giving testimony and give glory to God.
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We thank you in advance for your support!
There is no panic in heaven!
There is no panic in heaven!
A major part of our calling in WPC is to pray for many people in the world, probably the majority, who live in one form of crisis or another. The result of all this crisis is that millions of displaced people are desperately searching for safety and hope; children and young people are being used as trade-offs in evil negotiations and fear and panic grip many people's hearts even in so called affluent societies.
We also have a duty and privilege to remind everyone in every form of communication at our disposal, that Jesus Christ the Light of the world, is Sovereign over all. Today in this same world, the light of Christ is shining forth in the power of the Holy Spirit through the church - the Body of Christ, so that every day thousands upon thousands from every tribe, every people group, every religion and creed are becoming followers of Jesus.
Every day we, as part of God's family around the world, from the rising of the sun to its setting, join with countless millions worshiping and praising God. In every continent the Kingdom of God is advancing, light dispelling darkness, faith overcoming fear and praise replacing despair.
Today with you, we stand in unity with our brothers and sisters in this global village, in the Middle East, across Africa, across Asia, across the Western world and say together, that by His Grace and Mercy we are not slaves to fear, we are not controlled by the warmongers, the traffickers, the financial institutions, or any power in the heavens above, we are sons and daughters of our Father in whose Kingdom there is no panic.
Written by Ian Cole, World Prayer Centre
Leprosy Mission in Myanmar
The Leprosy Mission, (TLM) an international Christian development organisation, diagnoses, treats and offers specialist care, including reconstructive surgery, to people affected by leprosy. Its aim is to help transform and empower the lives of people affected by leprosy.
Leprosy is a disease of poverty and as well as providing healthcare, TLM offers rehabilitation, education, vocational training, small business loans, housing and fresh water supplies and sanitation to tens of thousands of people each year. TLM provides a springboard to restored health, self-sufficiency and renewed hope. Its services are provided regardless of religion or ethnicity, promoting equality and social justice.
Please pray for TLM's work in Myanmar:
Give thanks that, in Myanmar
- 500 plus people affected by leprosy or disability have been trained and started income generation activities
- 200 people have received physiotherapy and assistive devices
- 1,027 people benefited from improved water supplies
- 700 people from improved sanitation in Eastern Shan State
- Give thanks that patients visiting Mawlamyine Christian Leprosy Hospital, in Mon State, Myanmar, can now wait for their treatment in a bright and airy room with comfortable seats. Thanks to funding from
Jersey Overseas Aid Commission, the new, spacious waiting rooms are part of the new outpatients department.
- Please pray for those patients who arrive at this specialist referral centre, over 6,200 of whom will be affected by leprosy and others with other disabilities, TB/HIV/Malaria and general patients. Pray that they will have the courage to come forward.
- Pray for people affected by leprosy from Eastern Shan State in Myanmar, many of whom were driven from their homes simply because they had leprosy. Pray against the stigma which still exists for people affected by leprosy. 3,000 new cases of leprosy are diagnosed each year in Myanmar and some are shunned and rejected because of the diagnosis. Pray that through education this stigma will be reduced and eradicated.
- Give thanks for the amazing work being done to rehabilitate the leprosy-affected into new villages and for wonderful supporters who enable The Leprosy Mission to provide medical care, health training and education about leprosy. Schools are also being built in partnership with other agencies to increase educational achievement in children.
- Pray that the Disability Resource Centres and drop-in centres elsewhere in Myanmar will be able to continue to provide physical rehabilitation through physiotherapy to overcome disabilities, as well as counselling and emotional support.
- Give thanks that in over 100 rural communities, 1,500 families affected by leprosy have been helped, including about 150 leprosy patients who have undergone reconstructive surgery.
#shareprayer
Do you have a story to tell about how you prayed and God answered?
Our God is a good Father who wants what's best for His children. In Matthew 7:7 says, 'Ask and it shall be given to you', so when we are going through situations and we ask God for a breakthrough or a miracle and He answers, God wants us to testify for His Glory.
"Give praise to the LORD, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted. Sing to the LORD, for he has done glorious things; let this be known to all the world." (Isaiah 12:4-5)"
Our testimony of how God has answered our prayer can be just the encouragement that someone else in a similar situation needs to hear! It can help them to see that God is real, that He hears us when we call and if He did it for you He can do it for them too.
So... we want to hear about what answers to prayer you have had from God. We then want to share it on online so that others will be inspired to try prayer when there seems like there is nothing else to do.
If you have a story, send it to us along with your details to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or you can send via our social media with #shareprayer and we will contact you.
Let's start spreading some hope and love and the good news of Jesus through our answers to prayer!
The Time is Now
The time is now – we are in a period of tremendous political, economic and social change in our nations. As Jehoshophat declares in 2 Chronicles 20 when Judah faced ruin and destruction –" O Lord, God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. In your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand you."
We believe we are in a new time of spiritual shaking and spiritual opportunity. We encourage every Christian to pray for new leadership and integrity in our politics, for protection on our economy and peace in our towns and cities. But we also pray for God to move in our nation and for His will to be done.
We are in a new time. A time of mercy, a time of shaking, a time for a deeper understanding of the gospel. We believe this is a historically significant watershed moment – for our nations and for Europe. It is therefore a time for more prayer. It is a time for packed out prayer meetings, for greater time for prayer in our small groups and bible studies and children's meetings and for stronger individual prayer. We will be providing prayer updates and focus to help increase the level of prayer.
It is time to pray. You will find our updated prayer for the nation based on the Lord's prayer. Use this and pass it on, it is a strong starting point for joint prayer for the nations. We would love to see churches use this in the coming weeks. Here are two more prayer points for you to think about.
Lord we pray for:
- A fresh revelation of Your sovereignty – we want a deeper understanding of Your hand on our nations. We want a deeper understanding of Your Lordship on our lives.
- Unity in the Church - we know there is fraction and confusion over the referendum, but we ask for unity of purpose and a deeper commitment to each other. Prepare us, Your Church, for the important tasks that lie ahead, heal our divisions and give us a shared passion for Your kingdom to come.
Brexit: A significant spiritual moment
We are at a historical moment as a nation. We may be entering a long period of political and economic uncertainty. We also believe we are at a very significant moment spiritually. Jesus is Sovereign – 'In Him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities and authorities – all things were created through Him and for Him.' Colossians 1:16.
In the WPC team some of us backed Remain, others backed Exit but all of us are united in saying we have prayed for Your will to be done and we have a deep peace that it has been.
We have prayed so often for God's spirit to break out. There have been extraordinary signs of this as God visits towns and cities, stirs up prayer and uses ordinary people to take the gospel on to the streets, into the schools, workplaces and universities. So this is a time for renewed prayer for the protection and blessing of our United Kingdom and for Europe. Here are some prayer points – please use them this week so we can stand united praying to see God move in our nation.
- Whether we voted in or out we declare You are Sovereign Lord over our nation and over the nations.
- We pray for wisdom for all our political leaders. We pray for grace, and integrity for every Christian MP that they will hear God's voice and be people of influence. We pray for people of God's appointment to lead our political parties and our nation.
- We pray for the Bank of England and City of London – protect us from people of evil intent, greed, theft and corruption and give real wisdom and integrity to those who manage our finances.
- We pray for unity in the Church. After this intense debate may we accept that people with different opinions to us are welcome and loved in the Body of Christ. We pray that the Church will be agents of reconciliation.
- We pray for Your church – that in these uncertain times it will know You are our rock in times of trouble and live and proclaim the good news of the Gospel in villages, towns and cities across the nation.
- We pray blessing on Europe, that the Gospel will flood the nations, remove the barriers and make the way for His kingdom to come to every nation on our Continent.
Download our revised Lord's prayer to pray after the EU referendum