North-bound SDA Prayer Caravan Intercedes for Residents
The Prayer Ministry of the Grenada Conference of Seventh-day Adventists held its annual prayer caravan on Sabbath, September 24, 2022. The effort was part of the Conference's comprehensive plan to bring messages of hope to communities across its constituency.
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The Prayer Ministry of the Grenada Conference of Seventh-day Adventists held its annual prayer caravan on Sabbath, September 24, 2022. The effort was part of the Conference's comprehensive plan to bring messages of hope to communities across its constituency. Organizers earmarked the most northerly parish, St. Patrick which is home to 7 of the Conference's 49 congregations, for an intense prayer vigil.
Scores of prayer warriors, deemed a mighty army, converged at six strategic locations in the parish; they visited homes, shared literature, and engaged people in prayers of hope for desperate times. The effort integrated church departments and ministries such as ministerial, youth, personal ministries, and the lay federations. Leaders and lay representatives united to address the community, be of benefit to families, and highlight the services and mission of the Church. Members were encouraged to present a positive image of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church to residents of these communities.
“This is an extraordinary moment,” said the Grenada Conference President, Dr. Clinton Lewis. “I want to thank those who participated. The decision to take our prayers to the community is part of Jesus' method of mingling with the community.”
Pastor Oliver Scott, the Executive Secretary and Prayer Coordinator of the Grenada Conference, was the main organizer of the initiative. “The goal was to pray for every resident in the area, and people responded. People waved to the caravan and made prayer gestures - visibly moved. You could see how touched they were that someone was praying for them,” said Pastor Scott.
The caravan stopped at the main town in the parish and scores of residents who were shopping could hear soul-stirring spiritual messages. Business owners welcomed prayer advocates who interceded for their success and safety. As the motorcade wound its way through several towns, those caught in the vehicular traffic received a free copy of Hope for Troubled Times: How to Thrive in a Shattered World, by Mark Finley.
Music provided by the male quartet at one of the village stops. Image by Grenada Conference Media
There were moments filled with great emotion as testimonies of the power of God in the lives of people were shared. Mrs. Alison Belforn Bernard publicly declared that she had been delivered from habitual alcohol and substance abuse; she was freed from the tendency to attend worldly parties where such substances were offered; and she was being healed of the debilitating effects of three strokes which affected her brain and left her paralyzed. As a result of God’s transforming power in her life, she was celebrating six years of deliverance and a new-found faith. She thanked and praised Jehovah for a group of SDA prayer warriors who visited and interceded with God for her, while she was spiritually weak and physically bound on her hospital bed of affliction. They had encouraged her to accept Jesus and be saved.
The Grenada Conference represents Seventh-day Adventists and serves communities on the islands of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique. These people of hope believe that the Bible prescribes a quality of life on earth that prepares everyone to live forever with God, who is our Redeemer.