From the Bible
After the disciples had been with the risen Jesus for forty days, and while they waited for the promised power of the Holy Spirit, they assembled and devoted themselves to prayer.

Presumably that’s what they did over the next 10 days, and God poured out his Holy Spirit. Empowered by the Spirit the apostles went preaching first locally in Jerusalem, then Judea and Samaria, then through Asia Minor and Greece, and finally to Rome. They preached to the Jews first but then crossed the cultural divide to speak to the Gentiles. They preached to any who would listen but also found themselves preaching to kings and those in authority.

May 25, 2006

Bishop Piper and his Mission prayer team have issued a call for prayer on Ascension Day (Thursday 25 May 2006). Prayer meetings are to be organised across the Diocese on the day.

It could be in your home, at your local church, on a regional basis, at the workplace, in schools, hospitals, gaols – anywhere Christians can be found and can gather to pray for gospel advancement and the Mission.

You might pray for the progress of the gospel locally, in your parish, in the workplace, throughout the Diocese and nation and in all the world.

Ascension Day assemblies will close the Ephesus Code and it is hoped many churches across the Diocese will take part in some way.