Intercessors' Reports - Cardiff

What a privilege to meet up with a group of men and women who were praying along side us for our country and our city. We met first of all in Calvary Baptist Church and I was immediately taken with their level of faith. I know that faith is a gift from God but I do believe that as we see God in action in our lives, we see an increase in faith in and around our Christian communities. They made it very clear that they had only come to stand alongside us and not to take over, they brought such a depth of love of Jesus in their lives to share with us. Wherever they were this love radiated accompanied by such humility. It was a real privilege to be with them and see and experience God's power at work, learning from them love, grace and giving.

Intercessors Praying for Welsh Christians in Brecon

God seems to be mixing up the nations of the world in an extraordinary way at this time: we need one another, with our different distinctives, our different flavours, to understand more fully what God has prepared for those who love Him, and also what He requires of us in Wales and in our individual cities, towns and villages. The Brazilian visit helped to open our spiritual eyes to what Jesus is doing across HIS world and to remind us that we are a part of all of this, no matter how small we are.

I believe that this visit and the visit of other "foreigners" to Wales to pray at this time is a sign of God's mercy over our nation. There are some wonderful verses in the Old Testament of God hearing and answering when the "foreigner" comes and prays. As a group representing a nation, the Brazilians brought a sense of celebration and party, and as individual leaders they brought a deep understanding of continuing prayer whilst in revival and leadership strategy to see revival sustained.

PRAYER IN THE CARDIFF CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER

We all met back together in Cardiff Centre and were able to pray in the City Hall council chamber. We could not believe we were in there and we felt that this was an act of anointing the new Welsh Assembly and claiming them as men and women who would serve God in all their ways. It was one of the most moving events I have ever attended. Wandering into the chamber at the beginning singing "Alleluia" was truly amazing. The sound of the singing sounded like the singing of a mighty army which was going to rout the enemy in no uncertain terms. We anointed the seats and finally the Brazilians prayed for the remnant that are left...which is you....which is me ...to get on
with the task of claiming our city, our nation for God.

PRAYING IN MORIAH CHAPEL, LOUGHOR

One afternoon they went to Moriah Chapel, Loughor. The place were Revival broke out through Evan Robert's ministry there. This is a Welsh-speaking Reformed Presbyterian Church. David Ward shared the history and asked the Brazilians to pray. They prayed and even went to pray with the ladies from the church who had laid on the refreshments. They always made sure everybody received prayer even those in the kitchen preparing the food.

A group of young Brazilian intercessors pray at Moriah Chapel, the place where a group of young Welsh Christians prayed led by Robert Evans, and revival started.

They opened up the rest of the church so that the Brazilians could pray through it. Later on an opportunity arose when a deacon from the church asked for prayer to receive the fire of God and was prayed for. We have since been asked to return to speak and share. This is breakthrough in the Welsh speaking Reformed churches.

PRAYING ON CAERPHILLY MOUNTAIN FOR CARDIFF

On Saturday 4th October some 80 or so people gathered at lunch-time on the farm of Andrew & Gill Crowe, a Christian couple, who opened their farmhouse for a fellowship lunch and allowed us access to their land for prayer.

ISAIAH 40 Using a small trumpet as a symbol we recognised the need to use our voices as a trumpet over the city of Cardiff and to declare His Lordship and that the time had come for a new thing to be birthed and released. Together we gave that trumpet call over the city. There were also tears and prayers for our city and a call on God for His mercy and love to be made manifest. We asked the Lord specifically for the "Keys" for this city that would loose and unlock. A number of scriptures were shared about "The Gates" of the city and then being opened so that the King of Glory would come in.... and much prayer followed.

ISAIAH 29 v 23-24 Prayer was also said for the young people of the city and symbolically those with us were prayed for, that God do a mighty work. Leaders were prayed for-where they had been dwarfed and deceived.... that they come forth and grow and walk in God's truth and that they learn His ways. A picture was also shared of the two largest buildings in the city centre being like two large gateposts..... the gates being opened and Jesus standing in the city centre. Another similar picture was received of the crucified Christ being lifted up in the very end of Queen Street, City Centre, and everyone seeing and mourning for their sin and understanding the true meaning of the Cross.

One church where a couple of them spoke testifies that there has been such a release in their church since and things have just taken off.