Day 4, Wednesday - WATCH OF THE LORD

We assembled at 3am at House of Love, for our ascend up the Holy Hill. It was freezing in the early morning in the first week of spring. The last I checked the temperature was in the range of -3 degrees C. We had many layers on from head to toe. Equiped with all essential winter items including hat, eyeglasses, scarf, thermals, gloves, boots, heat patch, we finally set off. Some of us bought sleeping bags from the Prayer Mountain minimart which came in quite useful later.

With our torchlights we ascended the Holy Hill. We assembled at Hallelujah Mama's tomb site. The empty patch suits us nicely. We began to pray in the Spirit. We could still feel the chilling cold in all our warm clothings, but the prayers lifted our spirit. After a while our bodies got used to the the chilling temperature, The worship and prayers also got us warmed up. We prayed on for at least 20 minutes.

As she was praying Gek told the Lord ,"Lord, I want to feel how you felt at Gethsemane." She felt the Lord impress upon her to quickly gather everyone, and saying to us, "I will manifest myself." So she gathered everyone and shared this. Soon everyone gathered around continued to pray.

By this time the chilling cold was beginning to get into some of us, but amazingly everyone continued to tarry and pray in the freezing cold.

Jessica felt the Lord telling her to "run to the finish line". So she started to run.

Grace shared that the Lord gave her the verse Phil 4:13, "I can do ALL things through Christ which strengtheneth me."

Some felt that the darkness was all around, more than just the physical darkness of the wee morning hours.

When it was nearing 6am, there was some trace of light in the horizon where the mountains are. Some of us knew this sign very well, especially those who are acquanted with early morning prayer sessions. Sunrise is coming very soon.

At this point, Gek said that we should pray for the G12. Grace also gave the word from Joshua 1, about the two and a half tribes crossing Jordan to help the other brothers to conquer their enemies.

In just a short moment, we witnessed the sun rising up from behind the mountains. It was a spectacular and exhilarating sight. The whole land just turned into complete brightness in just a matter of minutes. In such a short time, darkness is completely gone. We now have the bright early morning sunshine. The chilling cold is gone too. We could feel it slowly getting warmer. We burst into the worship song "Arise Shine" spontaneously.

We continued with a short time of worship. Above in the sky, 3 helicopters just flew pass us, reminiscent of angels. We went back to our rooms to rest. We could also see some special clouds in the sky, which resembled five fingers of a palm.