Behold! I make all things new. Rev 21:5

In the book of Acts, that first ten days spent in prayer and waiting on God, from Christ’s Ascension to Pentecost, were observed by the disciples in obedience to our Lord’s call to tarry in Jerusalem until they were endued with power from on high. (Acts 1:8). When God’s Holy Spirit was poured out on them at Pentecost their lives were transformed and they were empowered and emboldened to live and preach the Gospel. A new chapter in the history of God’s people was opened to them.
Come let us also wait on the Lord. Let us make the most of these ten days of prayer and meditate on the new covenant that God. Let us given the Holy Spirit complete and perfect access to our hearts, holding nothing back. Let the work of the Spirit of God spill out beyond these ten days into all our tomorrows.
In this we shall indeed receive the full blessing of Pentecost. Carve out of your business and self sufficient reality, time to fill your heart and soul with His truth. Expect and long to walk away from the upper room on fire, dancing and leaping and praising God so the watching world may see Jesus and follow Him. Perhaps you will have behind you a trail of other dancers on fire for Him, changing the world, preparing us for the return of Christ. Dancers who dance not to the moanful lament of despair but to the song of victory, the song that Zephaniah says 'He sings over me'.

Pray that this Pentecost we will see a new chapter open up in the spiritual life of our Churches, our mission communities and our cities. Pray that we be knit along with the lives of all who join us in prayer and meditation.
Come breathe life in these barren places Lord Christ.
The Prayer of St Ambrose of Milan

O Lord, who hast mercy upon all, take away from me my sins, and mercifully kindle in me the fire of thy Holy Spirit. Take away from me the heart of stone, and give me a heart of flesh, a heart to love and adore thee, a heart to delight in thee, to follow and to enjoy thee, for Christ's sake.

By Corinne Nathaniel | May 24th, 2017