A New Season For Global Day of Prayer

Facing a world in crisis, the Global Day of Prayer , June 12, 2011, is an opportunity to encourage our congregations to pray for people around the globe. The GDOP movement has gathered Christians all over the world in order to seek God for His Kingdom and Christ’s transforming life throughout the earth.

In this new season, GDOP will no longer aim at the goal of having organized events in every single country of the world, but rather to increase the number of gatherings on Pentecost Sunday, June 12, 2011 in smaller settings, such as local churches, family homes and businesses instead of stadiums and assembly halls.

We expect that in most settings, local leaders will continue to use the 10-1-90 strategy: Ten days of continual prayer leading to one day of united prayer, followed by ninety days of practically making ourselves available to God to become the answers to some of our prayers in community service.

As before, we will ask local leaders to include one feature in every GDOP program on Pentecost Sunday: a reading aloud of the powerful “Prayer for the World.” Because there will be observances in most countries, local leaders will be able to strengthen local prayer movements by assuring Christians that they are praying in tangible, vital unity with believers from all over the world. This will still be a key and powerful moment annually when the global body unites in prayer.

Especially with the unrest in many countries, this is an opportunity to pray together for the nations and the Body of Christ in the nations. Further resources are available from our webpage at www.gdopottawa.com including:

· 2011 GDOP video (8 ½ min.)

· A New Season for Global Day of Prayer

· A new strategy for a New Season

· Prayer for the World

· Guide for 10 days of prayer prior to Global Day of Prayer

· Suggestions for community outreach in the 90 days following GDOP

· Bi-weekly emails to help us pray for the nations.

In 2010 there were a number of gatherings across the National Capital region. And in 2011, we hope you will prayerfully consider gathering with other Christians in your neighbourhood or including the GDOP in your Pentecost celebrations on June 12. Our GDOP Ottawa team will be glad to assist you in any way we can, as we gather together praying: “THAT THE EARTH WILL BE FILLED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GLORY OF GOD AS THE WATERS COVER THE SEA.” (Habakkuk 2:14)

Sincerely in Christ,

Fred Milnes – for the Ottawa GDOP team. fred@gdopottawa.com 613-592-3689