Last night, a few YWAM staff and some students from our current DTS joined with a couple dozen or so other Christians to pray and worship at Stormont in a meeting hosted by Transformations – Ireland. The Stormont buildings are set on a hill in Belfast overlooking the city and is where the Northern Ireland Assembly (convened as of last year, after talks and pressure) meets and governs the country. We were quite pleased to have the opportunity to pray in such a architecturally beautiful, governmentally significant and normally inaccessible place.

Saint Paul writes to Timothy:

Across the hour we were there, we were able to spread out amongst the other participants and pray with them, coming before God on behalf of their country and their newly formed government. In groups, we were able to pray for all of the constituencies and their MLAs by name. We prayed that they would have the father and mother hearts of God in their leadership, a new step for a nation where many children are fatherless and the nation was fatherless without her own government for a number of years. The seven students in attendance (all of whose DTS outreach will be on the island) seemed to be greatly encouraged and able to connect with God’s heart for the nation.

(Note: no pictures were allowed inside the actual chamber where we met.)

Over the next few months, Transformations will be hosting two more such events at Stormont–once in April and once in June. Please visit the Transformations – Ireland website for more info about who they are, the Global Day of Prayer, and events that they’re hosting.