This is our prayer for the people of Kenya. Many people have called upon the Lord in these past days, as the Westgate Mall siege in Nairobi was taking place, it has just been amazing.
As we posted on facebook, we were amazed at the coverage that this event continues to have and the amount of God-glorifying comments.
Westgate is just a minute or two walk from our house. For the past three days the sounds of frequent gunfire, grenade blasts and the roar of low flying police and army helicopters, as they circle atop the mall, are constant prayer reminders.
However the Kenya spirit through the events of this crisis has been amazing. People came out in droves to donate blood, food, water and even money to the Red Cross to help the victims which numbered at 150, (50 remain in the hospital at the time of this posting). The official government count is 62 dead.
There was a twitter account set up with the address "we are one" and Kenyans, in country, and worldwide, continue to tweet encouragement -- many using scripture verses and God-glorifying comments. These continue to be read over national television stations.
Amazingly, a national television station played the Christ-centered song, "You're the God of this City" as background music for an image collage of the attack. Crisis brings people to their knees before the throne!
Pray now for divine appointments -- that God would visit in power through dreams and visions.
Pray that people who were confronted by the question of their eternity would hear and believe the Good News of Jesus Christ, that their question of what eternity holds would be answered.