Greater Things: For a Broken Church

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      God has a mission for God’s Church with the world in turmoil; the absolute truth is that God is in control. In praying like Daniel: (1) begin with who God is (Daniel 9:4-5); (2) confess honestly and specifically (Daniel 9:5-10); (3) acknowledge God’s mercy (Daniel 9:9-10). Daniel owned his confession. Real confession requires real honesty. Honest confession is about health, wholeness, and God’s mercy not condemnation. God forgives us so that we may be free. Corporate confession is a calling to intercede for the Church. We acknowledge the challenge that intercession is hard. Throughout history, there have been those who have stood in the gap with prophetic truth actively interceding for a broken people and a broken Church. You are invited now to stand in the gap with a prayer of confession and responsive reading on behalf of God’s people everywhere which is modeled after Daniel’s prayer in Daniel 9:4-19. God responds and we must keep praying. We have a challenge to continue standing in the gap trusting God for greater things and a hope that calls us to lift our voices in faith, not defeat, because of the God we serve who keeps God’s promises for greater things.