Kitty O'Shea's Prayer Group - March 20th

Eight people who had gathered at Kitty’s before joined with three visitors who had not, including Bob’s son, to pray.

Several of those present had been to visit the First Baptist Church, Magazine StreetCambridge, where the JHOP 40 days of 24/7 prayer are happening. They shared of the joy to be found there. We were also reminded of the Sacred Assembly for the church in Boston called for 9 April at 3pm at Franklin Field.

In prayer, we repented of our own sin, and that of our society and nation's. We acknowledged that our hearts have become calloused and that we need divine softening to be able to feel as God feels, and respond with love, not stridency, to the society. We held up the JHOP prayers, and the leaders of the Sacred Assembly asking for God’s hand of guidance, blessing and unity on the day.

We prayed for the youth of the area; and for their fathers, praying that the prophecy of Malachi (4:6) would be fulfilled: “He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse."

We prayed for Weapons of Mass Deliverance to come to the Boston area, bursting like a bomb of grace, spreading grace and truth across the area.

(Note: the prior verses in the Malachi passage sure sound like a Weapon of Mass Deliverance in use:

"Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and that day that is coming will set them on fire," says the LORD Almighty. "Not a root or a branch will be left to them. 2 But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go out and leap like calves released from the stall.")

We prayed to be better witnesses—even praying for those we made eye contact with daily. We prayed for Kitty’s and its owners and staff, as we often do, but also prayed for all taverns in Boston. Greg had a picture of small communities of believers meeting in taverns, drunk not on wine but on the Holy Spirit. Diane spoke of longing for a ‘pub awakening’ in Boston, just as previous awakenings had started in unexpected places like factories.

We also continued to pray for Sam’s full healing and restoration.

-David P.