It's a beautiful thing when the Madison Saints gather to worship Jesus and pray. Once a month Gates of Glory is held in a different venue, always on the third Friday of the month. Last Friday night the scene was Lighthouse Church on the west side. Lighthouse is a bi-lingual, Spirit filled body led by Pastors Marcio and Tia Sierra. Saints from all over Madison showed up at 7:00pm with the express purpose of worshipping God.
After an extended period of worship in song, one of the leaders was prompted to ask the saints to pray for the nations. From a human point of view the chaos and violence in the middle east looks to have no political or military solution. So, we appeal to God and the people and leaders of Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Israel, Palestine, Russia and Ukraine were lifted up. Prayers for peace, justice, and protection were offered in earnest.
We prayed for Jesus to reveal himself (as He has many times in the past) to the terrorists so they would turn away from their wicked ways and place their faith in Christ.
Prayers were offered for our government leaders who are faced with grave decisions on how to respond to the terrorist threats around the world.
Lastly, Pastor Sierra made an impassioned plea for the church in Madison to stand in the gap with the persecuted praying believers in the middle east, quoting 2 Chronicles 7:14.
The big question is, how will the believers in Madison respond to this urgent call? Our brothers and sisters and others are being forced from their homes, tortured, kidnapped and killed. Our moral duty is to join them in prayer.
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