Thoughts from Church Leaders on praying for the rain

Jerry Page

“Those of us here at the General Conference headquarters want to thank your ARME prayer team for what you let the Lord do through you during our Annual Council last week (Oct 2010)! We saw the answers to prayer throughout the week as the Lord moved on all our hearts in major ways. The cover of intercessory prayer and the opportunity for our delegates to come and pray and be prayed for made a major difference in these meetings. We won’t know until eternity what the Lord was able to do because of those of you who spent so much time running the prayer room for us!”  Jerry Page Ministerial Association Secretary, General Conference

“I was so inspired with the ARME prayer team and their prayer ministry, during this last General Conference Annual Council, that I have invited the team to come and work with our division in our year-end meetings in South Africa, where our church leadership from 23 countries will be gathering together. What this United Prayer team is doing is not new, or part of some new ‘emergent movement.’ It is very biblical. Remember the story of Joshua’s victory over the Amalekites, when Aaron and Hur held up Moses arms during the battle (Ex. 17:8-16)? This united prayer is also evidenced in the life of Moses, Abraham, Daniel, Esther, and others in the Bible. This kind of earnest, fervent, united prayer (if experienced) will bring great blessings to every church and every conference around the world, and as a result, God’s Spirit will be poured out, and Jesus will come back as He has promised!” Paul Ratsara President, Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division