After our first week of training in February, Jasmin led our team in a special time of thanking God for victories. We have prayed together this way before (call it “victory prayer”), and I always find it powerful and meaningful. I commend it to you as a way to pray with one heart and one spirit with others in your family, small group, or serving or leadership team.
First, Jasmin read Lamentations 3:22-23 and talked about God’s faithfulness in opening the way for us to train 172 church leaders in two courses in Limbé. Another 74 church leaders would complete Course 4 in Cap-Haitien the following week. Over the two weeks, we would award 112 Thompson Bibles and distribute 480 Creole Bibles to 246 church leaders in two cities in the North Department.
A week earlier, we had talked about postponing or even cancelling this trip because of unrest in Cap, but the Lord brought calm the day before I flew into the city to meet our team. Nou di Seyè a mèsi! (We thank you, Lord!)
Then Jasmin led us in singing (in Creole):
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases.
His mercies never come to an end.
They are new every morning, new every morning.
Great is your faithfulness, O Lord!
Great is your faithfulness!
We repeated the chorus then sang different lines of it again to remind ourselves that Senyè a vrèman fidèl (The Lord is truly faithful).
After singing, we prayed aloud, all of us at one time. I’ve been in U.S. churches that pray this way and it’s usually chaos – akin to the shouting and dancing of the prophets of Ba’al. This prayer time was not like that at all. We prayed aloud – but not loud – thanking God for His love, faithfulness and victories in the first week of our training. We prayed for each church leader who attended, their families, churches and communities. All that took about 10 minutes. We then concluded by singing the chorus again.
Simple, focused and powerful. I encourage you to lead a special time of “victory prayer” using this format. When you do, let me know if you find the Lord encouraging all of you in a powerful way. And enjoy the pictures below.
