It was a group that was pressed upon my heart to found some 20+ years ago and though numbers are small, the prayers are fervent as where there are two or more gathered, God is also there.
Over the years, it's been neat to see so many answered prayers and some prayers took many, many years before the answer was a "yes".
A couple of examples was a senior couple (both since passed away) who prayed for their children to come back to God in the sense of seeing them fellowshipping in church.
When the mum passed away they started to return to be with their aging father and when he passed away some of them continued with one even becoming an elder of the church and continuing his father's (parents') legacy.
Another was a prayer for Niuean women to be permitted to be elders of the church by their own Niuean EKLS (Ekalesia) or congregational group as they did not permit women to be elders due to their cultural structures. Those were overturned a couple of years ago and now women can become elders.
It's been a humbling experience in seeing so many seniors who joined the group pass away and then others step up and join in for a time of reading a bible passage, reflecting on the 'Our Daily Bread' reading and then praying together over the various prayer requests of the day.
In addition, this week there will be three groups meeting to dedicate time in prayer over the first week of the year with the Niuean, Cook Island and the English speaking Prayer breakfast groups praying on different days and times of the week. For the Prayer Breakfast group, it will be starting on Wednesday for the rest of the week.
It's a time that the groups get together to pray ahead and dedicate the year ahead for God's blessings. What will you be doing in preparation of 2020?...
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