On Sunday 15 September, unbelieving Kazakhs filled the building, having travelled from all over the vastness of Kazakhstan, some more than 2,000 miles, by plane, by train, by bus, accompanied by believers who had invited them. Rarely have we been in such a vibrant, receptive, joy-filled, Spirit-filled meeting! Kazakhs poured forward to receive Christ in response to David’s Gospel message, and miracles of healing happened all over the building. God’s Power was unrestricted!
Prayer for Central Asia
Revival is coming! David writes: “Prayer is very important to me, I do nothing without prayer. I ask God – He instructs me what to do – I explain to Him it’s impossible – He ‘pushes me off the mountain’ – and the miracle always follows! Central Asia is a critical part of God’s plans for these days. That’s why we, as a ministry, support the ‘Prayer for Central Asia’, so that in September I was again in Kazakhstan – a strong powerhouse for the coming revival – to pray together with leaders and intercessors from every ‘Stan’ country for the whole region.
“Launched at the initiative of local Pastor Yuri when the persecution to crush the revival of the 1990s first broke out, this is the 20th year in a row that he has gathered 1000 Christians from all Central Asia here in Almaty, to call for the breakthrough: it is coming now! All my life, wherever the Lord has led me, I have stood on His Promise: ‘I will pour out My Spirit on ALL FLESH.’”
From Joel 2, David prophesied to the 1000 intercessors: “Rejoice, you leaders of Central Asia, God has given you the former rain moderately, and He will pour out the second rain! He will restore the years that the devil has eaten up since the end of the 1990s until now. He will again pour out His Spirit on your lands – in more Power than anything you have ever seen – on ALL FLESH – if we will stand, and go, by faith!”
Evangelism for Kazakhi People
95% of Kazakh people are from a Moslem background. 27 years ago, Pastor Ivan from Almaty, together with one Kazakh convert, set up in his existing church, a separate congregation to meet the needs of Kazakhs. These have been 27 difficult years, with both congregations under constant threat of closure by the KGB. But on Sunday 15 September, unbelieving Kazakhs filled the building, having travelled from all over the vastness of Kazakhstan, some more than 2,000 miles, by plane, by train, by bus, accompanied by believers who had invited them. Rarely have we been in such a vibrant, receptive, joy-filled, Spirit-filled meeting! Kazakhs poured forward to receive Christ in response to David’s Gospel message, and miracles of healing happened all over the building. God’s Power was unrestricted!
Later in the evening, a young woman was brought by car to David’s hotel, desperate for prayer. Suffering from an inoperable spinal hernia, the car seat had to be laid out flat and the woman cushioned with pillows to soften the pain. David took authority, simply and quietly – Meruert was in shock! First, she laughed, then she cried, hiding her face in her hands. She could walk – and went home, sitting upright in the back seat of the car – no pain – all gone, what a miracle!
The whole of Central Asia spiritually is a battleground. Part of the Babylonian and succeeding empires described by Daniel, this area was evangelised by Thomas and the early Apostles long before Islam came as a conquering force in the first years of the 8th century. Today Central Asia sits in the crosshairs of 6 power blocs: Russia, China, India, Turkey, the oil-rich Middle Eastern Moslem countries, and the West. But God too has His Eyes on these lands and peoples, and His Command is, ‘The invited guests won’t come to My Wedding Feast – go out into the highways and byways and compel them to come in that My House may be filled!’ We are doing just that!
