Thy Kingdom Come - May 10 to 20 - Rector's Rambling for May 6, 2018

First, a hearty THANK YOU to all those who pitched in and contributed of their time and talent to make yesterday’s Power of Prayer program a success.  I especially want to thank Martina Stevenson, who had the vision for this day, and was the point person for it!

Now we move on to our next big thing, which is ALSO about prayer!  Starting Thursday, we will be participating with the worldwide THY KINGDOM COME time of prayer for the conversion of the world to Jesus Christ.

We will be gathering at the St. John’s Prayer Wall every day, from May 10 to 20, to Pray for the Church, the city, and the world.  But especially this year, we are going to pray for the conversion of those who are closest to us and do not know, or do not love, Jesus Christ as Saviour.

The world does encourage the life of faith.  It wants us to believe only in our selves, or man-made institutions like government, for our ultimate good.  Of course, we know that the only one worthy of worship, and from whom all blessings flow, is God Himself.  He is the one that we can and must depend upon for our help and direction.

I need you to participate in our THY KINGDOM COME novena in a few ways:

1) Sign up to be present at least one of the 10 days at the Prayer Wall at    6:00 PM.  We need to have at least 10 people here every day!

2) On the days you cannot be at St. John’s, join us in prayer by watching the livestream of it at www.Facebook.com/stjohnsdetroit which you can watch even if you don’t have a Facebook account.

3) Pledge to also pray every morning for the THY KINGDOM COME program, that more and more people will come to know Jesus Christ.

4) Submit a list of those for whom you would like prayers that they come to this knowledge and love of Christ.  First name and last initial is fine.  That list will be complied and shared with all those who have pledged to pray.  The people on this list will be prayed for over a period of 40 days (not just the 10 of the program).