The National Prayer Breakfast happens every year in many countries across the world.\u00a0 In Scotland we had ours last month, in Westminster it was last week.\u00a0 But I don\u2019t think we have ever had a prayer breakfast bring down a Government before.<\/p>\n
Over croissants and bacon rolls participants heard a sermon referencing Psalm 23, led by Rev Isaac who is the founder and CEO of Ascension Trust and also a pioneer of Street Pastors. Many politicians were there including all the main players in what is now a leadership race, one of them has said that it was this sermon that moved him to resign and effectively put the final nail in the coffin of Boris Johnson\u2019s Prime Ministership.<\/p>\n
Speaking on Sunday morning Sajid David said “I made my decision then, sitting there listening to his sermon, and\u00a0I just thought, it\u2019s about integrity, it\u2019s about a duty. If you haven\u2019t got confidence in the boss, you owe it to yourself and the country to tell the boss nicely that you can\u2019t serve and that was it.”<\/p>\n
Now part of me wonders why it took until now for a Cabinet Minister to realise that serving in this Cabinet was about integrity and duty, but lets welcome the sentiment rather than question the timing.<\/p>\n
Many of my friends in Ministry do question the impact that their sermons can have, they ask every Sunday, was anyone actually listening, did anyone actually take in what was said, did the word reach anyone?\u00a0 What this goes to prove is that you can never tell what impact the Word will have on anyone but it always does have an impact.<\/p>\n
Isiah 55 v 11 says \u201cIt is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it.\u201d (Living Bible version)<\/p>\n
One of the founding principles of Logos Scotland and why we are called Logos, is that we want to bring that Word to the public square.\u00a0 Logos is a Greek word meaning \u201cword, thought, principle, or speech\u201d.\u00a0 Words are powerful and the Word of God is incredibly powerful. \u00a0Words can change things, can bring justice, can bring peace, can bring chaos and can bring integrity and reawaken that sense of duty in our society.\u00a0 What we have seen in the last week is that it can bring down Governments and rulers, we should never underestimate how God can work through us or the impact of our testimony can have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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