August 16th, was really powerful. About 50,000 people gathered in D.C. at the National Mall. Like many big events, a lot takes place in the days building up to it. After two weeks of praying in front of the Supreme Court, praying around D.C. and training the Luke18 interns, we were all in a daze at 7am when we made our way to the subway.
I was sleep deprived and a little cranky as Thai and I carried banners and flyers on the subway and around town to get to our Luke18 booth at the Mall. After setting up I became encouraged, as hundreds had already found their place for prayer even 90 minutes before the corporate prayer started. Awesome friends and loved ones began praying for me, because I didn’t want exhaustion to steal the beauty of what God had in store for the day. And He did!
In about 30 minutes after their prayers, my heart was revived, and my energy was pushed by the simple joy of being part of a special day… and so it began.
Starting with worship from unknown singers, we began to corporately praise God from the grass before the Capital Building. The hours seemed to fly by as we began to pray over our nation and all the different ethnic groups within the U.S. that they would walk in their full destiny. A time was spent to pray for students and parents. There was a time when men prayed over young men a Father’s blessing.
Then we began to pray over our hearts, that God would clean us, as individuals, then as the Church, and then as a nation. We confessed our sins to each other, then prayed for each other. Then we launched into a prayer for the nation… that God would cover us with His blood, have mercy on us, end abortion and send revival to America.
It was extremely intense and exciting as we joined together, hand in hand in repentance and a corporate cry against the darkness our sin has allowed to reign in our nation. It was powerful.
On top of that, through the whole day, Thai and I worked together sharing the vision of Luke18 to many from across the nation who want to continue praying on their college campus & in their community subsequent to TheCall. It was awesome. Some students were encouraged and hungry to start, while others presented their needs as Christ is actively being pushed out of the academic world. God gave us divine appointments and even two beautiful college students who served us all day.
It was just a beautiful day of prayer, community, repentance, humility and victory.
My heart is now set in eager expectation when we gather again on behalf of California at theCall San Diego on November 1st. I can’t wait to do this again in our home state!
-Ange-
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