BRAGA SOLEMN
ASSEMBLY (BSA). JOEL 2:15.-17; 2 Chro 7:14.
WE DESPERATELY
NEED YOUR PRAYERS!
On April 15, a group of pastors and
missionaries in Braga who have been meeting weekly for some time agreed to hold
the Braga Solemn Assembly, BSA as follows:
Date June 14;
Time: 9am-4pm; Venue: Igreja
Missionária, Braga
The
BSA is a time that interested churches and ministries in Braga city, (and
environs), will gather to cry out to God, seeking Him in repentance according
to JOEL 2:15.-17; 2 Chro 7:14. It is a time
to cry for an outpouring of the Spirit upon Braga, Northern Portugal and indeed
the whole of Portugal. It is a time of crying to God for revival in the lives
of individuals and churches in Braga and Portugal.
In preparation,
this group of leaders began meeting daily for prayers on May 25 and will continue till June 3. The
participating churches will gather daily in their respective places of meeting
for prayers as from June 4 till June 13. The leaders in
Braga praying together are like a woman in laboring to give birth to her first
baby.
Yet, much, so much more prayer
is needed in order to realize God’s plan for Braga and to fulfill the reason
for the BSA.
This is where you can be
involved. We plead with you to KINDLY PRAY, AND PASS THIS
TO YOUR AREA OF INFLUENCE, REQUESTING THEM TO PRAY CONSISTENTLY FOR THE CITY OF
BRAGA, THE BSA AND PORTUGAL. Here are
some prayer points.
Thanks giving
and prayers
Thank God for:
1.
Setting
up and sustaining this meeting of pastors and missionaries and enabling them to
meet every Tuesday.
2.
Uniting
this group to hold the BSA.
Please pray that:
1.
Repentance-God will
release the spirit of repentance upon believers in the city, enabling us to
repent genuinely enough to release God’s forgiveness and blessing upon the land.
2.
Plead with God
to grant believers broken and contrite hearts, the type that He will not
despise.
3.
Spirit of prayer-God will pour
upon Braga city a spirit of prayer causing the believers to pray in the power
of the Spirit, releasing God’s move upon the city.
4.
Unity/Harmony-Pray that God
will cause harmony/unity among the leaders of participating groups. Pray that God
will cause the believers in the city to unite to such an extent to enable a release of the power of God through the
church in the city.
5.
Humility-that God will
enable the church in Braga to humble herself sufficiently to bring about the
fulfillment of the Word in 2 Chro 7:14.
6.
Pray
specifically for the daily meeting of these leaders that God will grant each
one of these leaders repentant hearts, revive each one and harmonize them so
that His blessings can come upon the city. See Psalm 133.
7.
Pray that these
leaders will be supernaturally enabled to travail till the purposes of God are
accomplished in Braga and even Portugal.
8.
Genuine personal
heart preparations towards the Day-that God will create genuine and
sustained hunger for Himself in the hearts of believers in Braga, causing us to
seek Him with all our hearts.
9.
Program for the
Day-God
will give us His program for the Day.
10.
Out pouring of
the Spirit-God
will fulfill upon this city, His promise, “I WILL POUR ..” Joel 2:28, 29.
11.
Revival-God will revive
the church in Braga. That God will do whatever pleases Him in Braga.
12.
Judgment-God will judge
the gods of Braga and of Portugal.
13.
Other cities-what God does
in Braga will be replicated in other cities in Portugal resulting in a national
revival. (Braga is called the city of archbishops, the Rome of Portugal-meaning
that it is like the religious capital of the nation-what happens should flow to
other cities.)
14.
United Prayer
for Portugal (UPP)-that
God will use BSA to kick start the UPP. The UPP is a vision to mobilize the
entire church in Portugal to pray with fasting seeking the face of God for at
least 3 years. Pray that God will raise people in Portugal that will give the
UPP credibility and visibility.
15.
Pray for a shift
in the heavens over Braga and over Portugal. Pray for open heavens over the
city and the nation.
16.
AFTER THE SOLEMN
ASSEMBLY, what next?
Pray that the leaders will understand what God wants them to do AFTER the Day
of prayer in order to maintain and grow the fire. Pray the leaders will follow
God’s plan. Pray for a deep and lasting work of the Spirit in Braga and in
Portugal.
17.
Pray for a mighty
move of the Spirit in Braga that will result in thousands coming to the faith. Pray the same
for Portugal that the Spirit of God will sweep of millions of Portuguese into
the kingdom and maturing His church in the nation.
Please pray all manner of prayer as
the Lord enables you, for Braga, Portugal and the Portuguese world.
