It’s pushing 2 AM and from our 30th floor hotel window Jakarta seems to have settled into another quiet night. But anything but quiet tonight was Istora Arena tonight as over 7000 people united to make a big deal of the Savior of the world in the heart of the most populous Muslim nation on earth.
We have fallen in love with SE Asia (Manila/KL, you were very much in our hearts tonight) and the people of Indonesia have been nothing but amazing. KL, we told them about your prayers for them and the 400++ Blog posts to prove it!!! Thy were pretty blown away by that and were eager to take up the challenge to make sure Johannesburg, SA, is surrounded by thoughts and prayers, too. And moved by your generosity, they gave US $23,500 to help the wave reach South African shores! That’s a movement friends, and what the Passion World Tour is all about.
Once the podcast from KL/Jakarta is up you’ll get to hear more of what these beautiful nights were all about. But our whole team left tonight just shaking our heads at what God is doing around this globe AND floored that we are getting to see so much of it with our own eyes. Every culture and people are unique and diverse, but in some ways every night looks remarkably the same. It’s that Ephesians 4 thing…one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and father of all who is over all and in all and through all.
It won’t be long now before the morning call to prayer will blast from the mosque below. And when it does, I’ll wake up and think about the hope of this city and the presence of God that filled the room as 14,000 hands raised toward heaven lifting up “God Of This City” as a prayer for the 15 million people who call Jakarta home. God is alive and well here, His Church growing in strength and stature. Yet, the final chapter of Jesus’ fame in Jakarta (and the 28,000 islands that comprise this nation) has not been fully written. The future is here though. We worshiped with them tonight as we celebrated the simple, yet profound grace of God in the cross of Jesus Christ.
We are free, we are free, yea the Son has set us free, drop your chains sons and daughters come and run in liberty! Let that wake up this city and the world!
Kyiv + Stockholm + Sao Paulo + Kampala + Paris + London + Manila + Kuala Lumpur + Jakarta = A generation united for His renown!
We Believe!!
Louie
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