At my church, we're having an all-night prayer vigil starting Maundy Thursday evening and going until noon on Good Friday. We have a sign-up sheet to choose a one-hour "shift" to spend alone with Jesus in the chapel during that time period, in prayer and meditation, with most time slots falling in the dead of night.
I'm planning to choose an hour in the middle of the night to go to remind myself of the loneliness and darkness Christ endured during his final hours. It's also a reminder of where we are in time as human beings, waiting for the light to come back to this world while so many of us feel lonely and hopeless and lost. I'm hoping some of you frens will want to join me Thursday night or Friday morning, wherever you are in the world, in praying for one hour to thank Jesus for what he endured and for peace for all people around the world who are suffering from all forms of tyranny, oppression, violence, cruelty, and trafficking.
I'm curious if anyone else has similar plans for Good Friday and what you'll be doing. In any case, I wish you a peaceful Holy Week.
I try to tell the Lord daily how much I love Him and how much I appreciate the blessings that He has given me. I am very proud to call Him my Saviour, my Redeemer and my Friend. Although I can never repay Him for what He has done for me, I seek to serve Him by telling others the "Good News".
It is really a love story - He loves us so much that He willingly died on that cross that we might be saved from an eternity in hell. The grace, mercy and loving kindness of Jesus is something that all believers should share with the lost among us every day of the year.
Your church's all night prayer vigil is a great idea! We can never pray enough. I know the Lord hears, appreciates and rewards the prayers of the faithful. I pray that you and your church will be richly blessed as you continue to serve Him with trust and obedience.
Our church is having a special service on Thursday night. I will be happy to "join" you in prayer for this lost world and the troubling times in which we find ourselves. God has been so good to me and my family and I am always happy to tell Him (and others) how much I love Him. God's message to us is: Fear not, for I am with you. Greater is He that is within us than he that is in the world. God bless you.