'As I sit in a meeting,' writes Ian Nicholson (right), Director of 24-7Mission, 'the latest BBC headlines are streaming across my laptop screen –its hard to focus … '
 
‘Terror plot to blow up planes disrupted’ 
 
UK airports are closed and rumours of bombings targetted on up to ten planes – authorities say that ‘mass murder on an unimaginable scale’ has been avoided and there could still be other cells active.
 
‘Israel seizes south Lebanon town’
 
The army says the action is not the start of a broader offensive – the potential response of Hezbollah and its allies is unclear.  
 
‘UK general warns of Afghan threat’  
 
UK troops in Afghanistan face fighting which is more intense and prolonged than at any time in the last 50 years.
 
‘Attack near Iraq shrine kills 30’  
 
A suicide bombing near a Moslem shrine and pilgrimage site in Iraq has killed 30 and seriously injures 50.  
 
‘New typhoon threat for South East China’
 
More than 1.3 million people have been evacuated as a typhoon hits south east Asia; A similar typhoon earlier this year killed 600.   This is a snapshot of the world today … crises and uncertainty on a global scale. Its not unique or unusual but it the intense fear that millions of us are feeling today is very real.   Jesus said that there would always be wars and rumours of wars, famines and disasters. He said we would always be facing disruption and trinbulation. In this though He always brought a clear encouragement and command.
 
Fear not …. for I have overcome the world.’
 
Prayer is our major weapon in facing this uncertainty.   Prayer ‘moves the arm that moves the world’   The prayer of God’s faithful is effectual and achieves much.   In the midst of fear, tribulation and uncertainty – lets respond with the language of rest, prayer and worship