Global Day of Prayer

I pray that you are all doing well and persevering with the Lord.

Global Day of Prayer:

I hope that you all had a wonderful time of prayer and blessing this past Pentecost Sunday for the Global Day of Prayer. I had an opportunity to check out three gatherings in our region - all of which were committed to praying for the nations. The Last Call Christian Outpost in Long Beach had an awesome time of worship and prayer for the city and the world. Intercessors also gathered at the former Hollywood Tropicana Strip Club in LA to pray over a ten day period for the nations. Also the Church in Orange County gathered together (with over 20 churches participating) to pray for their area, our nation, and the nations of the world.

Strategic Intercessors Meeting & Long Beach Gay Pride Festival/Parade:

We'll be having a strategic intercessors meeting this coming Saturday, May 21st from 9:00 -- 10:30am at 1965 E. 21st Street, Signal Hill, CA 90755 (in the center of Long Beach) for the purpose of discussing how we can mobilize together for more effective and unified strategic intercession. This weekend is significant for our region because the annual Long Beach (Gay) Pride Celebration (Festival and Parade) will be held in downtown Long Beach May 21-22. As there will undoubtedly be a nexus of spiritual activity this weekend, I encourage you to be a part of our dialogue on Saturday.

When we meet on Saturday, plan on identifying a specific aspect of the city that the Lord is giving you a heart for (ie. youth, gangs, substance abuse, universities, sexual brokenness, etc.). You can plan to connect with intercessors who have that same prompting and then you can plan on dialoguing about how you can work together to "fortify that position on the wall". Our conversations will be proactive so that we can all develop a tangible strategy. It will be exciting!

Long Beach literally surrounds Signal Hill. Our meeting will be in Signal Hill. Natives used to use the high place as a location for smoke signals. In a similar way, we will begin to covenant with intercessors of neighboring cities and, when necessary, send word for them to join us in intercession. We will also do the same for them.

These are significant times and this is a significant area. Let's mobilize together for His purposes so that we can be an active component of witnessing the Lord's work here! This will be an informal meeting and anyone is welcome.