Printer-Friendly
Email this Story
Post a Comment (0)
A Mighty Day at the National Mall
My friend and colleague John Cullinane and I decided on Friday afternoon to rise early on Saturday and catch the Metro from Falls Church down to the National Mall to participate and experience TheCall, a twelve hour gathering (from 10 am until 10 pm) for fasting and prayer. Bottled water was provided at no cost to the people who were in attendance. In the six hours we spent on the Mall, we did not see one person purchase any food or drink at the concession venues scattered about the area. There were no police officers in plain sight as all knew God’s laws were in effect on this blessed, spirit filled and anointed day.
John and I arrived just before 9 am and estimated there were already about 10,000 people in prayer. By the time we departed at 3 pm, there were approximately 50,000 folks backed up to the National Museum of Art and hundreds still walking in to include a large number of youths.
Lou Engle, the gathering organizer, stated “can you imagine how this moves the heart of heaven?” He exhorted to the crowd that this was not a music concert, not a convenience, not a fun day with friends, but a day to move heaven and rally our nation with corporate prayer. We prayed for unity in the Christian Church, and for corporations and small businesses to continue to provide good jobs for our citizens. We prayed that each of us does our best in our employment and that God would bless our efforts as we are striving to do our His will. We prayed our local elected officials would heed to God's wisdom in their legislation, judgments, and activities. We prayed for the forthcoming elections and the overall election process to be a means of reflecting the blessings in following God's ways and to result in electing good men and women to lead our country and its entire people during these ominous times and we prayed to end abortion. John and I both believe in the need for revival in our community. We believe in the “unity among elders” to be a key to this happening. We prayed the gathering would duplicate what was said of the early Church in Acts 4:32: “Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul.”
Reverend Mike Bickle, founder of the International House of Prayer in Kansas City spoke to the crowd about God wanting us to get more intimate with Him. The Holy Spirit will be displayed to the Church but first must come obedience and purity.
I walked the Mall several times during the day and saw many children and adolescents reading scripture, crying out, kneeling or sprawled out on the ground in prayer. I was amazed to see so many young people devoted to the Lord! This was a mighty day. I felt blessed to see the young walking and praying and communing with one another. Several times Lou Engle asked the crowd to gather in groups of five and shout out and pray together. I joined hands with young people in prayer and was blown away by their motivation and devotion to God.
Later in the day I met a 70 year old Irish-American woman who drove all night from Tennessee and arrived at 8 am. She told me God was very displeased with our nation. She said “we better get right with the Lord soon.” She told me several times, “He is getting impatient with us.”
Behind the stage from the gathering stood a huge sign declaring 3,500 Americans aborted daily. A hundred baby shoes were placed on red swaths of fabric. Some had notes tied to the shoes from the moms of aborted babies. The mothers wrote to their babies and apologized for taking their lives. It brought me to tears. Oh woe to us for living such rebellious and selfish lives.
On the way back to the Smithsonian Metro Station, John and I were thankful to the organizers of TheCall for bringing believers together to pray for God’s compassion and mercy to heal our great nation.
You must be logged in to post a comment.