We had a very encouraging time of prayer declaring that “Jesus is Lord” on Monday evening, 28 April, at the Agape Hub – spending time giving great thanks to the Lord for the way that He has led this group of passionate pray-ers for Birmingham over the last few months. We focussed on many different aspects of the life of this incredible city and looking at where we have seen the spiritual shift as a result of our praying.
Some of the frequent areas that we have prayed about in recent months are the need to rebuild, using Nehemiah as a base for praying. There is also a call to the church in the region to live lives of holiness and purity, using 2 Chronicles and the call to unity through Nehemiah. This is a continual commitment to pray for God to be raising up watchmen, gatekeepers and intercessors, to know their place and position in the ongoing prayer journey as we see the spiritual rebuilding of the heart of the nation.
Giving the evening over to be led by Holy Spirit, we prayed about the significant history of the city and believed for God to be using the impact of the walks of witness held across different parts of Birmingham during holy week. We were brought to a place of recognising the importance of using our worship as a spiritual weapon, how the impact of worship changes the spiritual atmosphere over the specific place/places that we are praying and to allow God to release new expressions of worship, whether spoken, sung, heartfelt expressions or prophetic acts or declarations.
In visualising and placing a spiritual banner over the heart of the nation, we paused until the next time we meet (Monday 19 May 2025) to simply declare ‘Jesus is Lord’ over greater Birmingham.
Laurence Sharman
