A great crowd gathered in York Minster on Sunday May 11th for the Global Day of Prayer.

We were called together to pray by a great trumpet blast then we prayed in various formats, led by various people through the evening.

There was a joint ‘act of turning’ as we forgave, confessed our personal sin and that of our nation.

The church leaders of the city and surrounding areas were called out into the great aisle of the Nave of York Minster as we prayed for them, releasing a blessing and calling for the spirit of Jesus to form the fruits of Galatians 5 in their lives.

We called out for revival, then began a ‘prayer parade’ as we walked around a 12 part display in the minster, past prayer points for our council, education and health services, police, churches and the many facets of greater York.

We prayed for our world, with the nations of Burma and Zimbabwe very much on our hearts. After focusing on some youth issues we all joined together for the world prayer and declarations. Representatives of various nations from our church led the closing world prayer.

At the close the Lord Mayor and her party lead us out of the building with flaming torches. Outside church leaders and those from Elim who had led the world prayer, had already formed a huge semi-circle with flaming torches held high, surrounding the crowds with fire as Graham led the final prayer on the steps of the Minster.

Another great act of unity has taken place in our city. We must continue to call upon God for revival in our city and nation.

See the report on the One Voice York website.