I invite you to join Greater Europe Mission tomorrow (May 20th) in lifting up the beautiful peoples of Europe before the gracious thrown of God. Please see the following website for country guides, daily devotionals, and resources for prayer.
In praying, I encourage you to also dwell on the text of 2 Peter, which is a heavy and hard read but nonetheless provides significant points of intercession as we dwell on God's desires for the nations of this world. In juxtaposition to its hard-hitting writings concerning God's judgment, I find the following to be both of ministerial and personal comfort--informing our sense of time, reminding us of God's final desire, spurring us on to love and good deeds, and shaping the ways in which we learn to love and serve according to God's wills and the prayers of the people.
But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly. But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. --2 Peter 3:7-9
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