Intercessors' Reports - London

Two of the largest cities in Europe, London and Paris were visited by Gods mercy in a mighty way this October. God's transforming grace was deposited to destroy strongholds of Satan over people and the communities of these cities. In ten other major cities of Europe the story was the same, God's power turning despair to hope, death to life.

Each day we prayed with hundreds of intercessors from churches in London at the four gates of the city: north, south, east, west and on one day in the heart of the city. The local leaders explained the history and the spiritual significance of the places that we visited.

We had a tremendous time, having fellowship together mixed race Brazilians with Londoners; black, brown, yellow and white, from numerous ethnic groups, so many different social and cultural backgrounds, all serving the same Lord, all members of the One Body. What a heavenly mix! Song's of praise in Portuguese and English. Prayers in various languages and tongues ascending to the throne, truly a Pentecostal experience.

An accord has been developed and reached that establishes 1,000 houses of prayer (small groups of people that will commit themselves to pray for their neighbours, work mates, etc) in each of the 33 London boroughs. It was just wonderful to experience the openness to the word, deep desire for unity, thirst for revival and renewal that the leaders in London demonstrated.

We asked God to bless the people of London, crying out to God asking for his forgiveness from our sins: collective, historical, personal. We declared the will of the Lord that "none should perish" and many wept for those who are on the road to a lost eternity.

On Saturday the 4th we prayed at the Emmanuel Centre on Marsham Street just four blocks from The Houses of Parliament, 27 of the 33 boroughs were represented and the Brazilian team prayed for our English brothers and sisters who seek to lift up Jesus in each one of these municipalities where altogether nine million people from most of the nations of the world live.

We were surprised and happy to take note of the brokenness, the humility of the pastors and the people. We knew that this was a work of the Holy Spirit and it humbled us to see how God was using us to bring hope and encouragement to a sometimes doubting European church that has gone through a very tough 20th century. How was it that they were asking for and accepting help from "third world" countries? It's because they recognise that spiritually Europe is "fifth world".

The meetings in London were led by Roger and Sue Mitchell, Flavio Guaratto and Ary (Harry) Scates. Stephanie Telles was the logistical co-ordinator. Charier and Lunar Bernard did much of the leg work, taking care of Brazilians as they arrived in and left the country.