Reflections on Global Day Of Prayer

It was my first time at the global day of prayer and I knew that the presence of God was going to work mightily among us and the Christians all over the world. This year’s theme was on “Repentance, Reconciliation, and Restoration” where the focus was on the reconciliation, healing and restoration of families. I was there along with Shairul and Bernard, and we were all waiting patiently for the prayer meeting to start.

At 7p.m, the meeting officially started with the blowing of Shofar by 70 Shofar Angels as a grand opening. This reminded me of revelations where 7 trumpets were being sounded and that the End of the Age is near. I was reminded by the questions yet again on ‘how then shall I live?’ Am I living right with the King? Was I focused on the focus and putting Him first in my life? I paused for a moment in thinking through whether I was living my life for the right purpose and not indulging in the sinful pleasures of this world could offer.

The global day of prayer reminded me that even though we have grieved the heart of God in so many different ways through our selfishness, greed for material possessions, pride, and so on, He was ever ready to forgive our sins if we turn from our wickedness. The world we are living today is getting more and more corrupted each day. People are indulging in sexual immorality, destroying the environment and their hearts are turning cold towards one another.

As we were asked to pray for repentance and reconciliation in 2s and 3s, we prayed fervently for God to forgive our sins that we may repent, to remove the veil that covers the people and to deliver them from evil and the Evil One. When we prayed for the reconciliation for families, the Lord reminded me of the reconciliation he had blessed me with my family this year. To make things brief, since young I was never close to my mother, and I was sent away to live with my aunt while she stayed alone for the past few years. I never did contact her till I heard from my father that she was hospitalised this year and found out that she was suffering from the last stage of breast cancer.

During the last few weeks of her life, I took the step of faith to visit her, to forgive her and to lead her back to the Lord and finding hope in Him before she pass away.

Through these times, God blessed me with reconciliation of both sides of my families together again and they were willing to forgive each other. I really thank God for restoring my family and always being there for me.

By the end of this meeting, I left with my spirit ever burning for God and to serve him and see His perfect divine will be done in our lives. As in 2 Chronicles 7:14, I thank God forever reminding us that He is always there to forgive us and to give us a second chance in our lives if only we ask! God bless you all.



Aaron Wu
Timothy’s tribe