Day 5. Global.

At the beginning, Passion was intentionally about impacting the 17+million university students in the USA, 80% of whom say they are “not born-again” based on a UCLA Survey of over 250,000 incoming freshman and transfer students each year.

Those numbers are still staggering, and very much fuel the cause of the Passion Movement. But, in time, the Passion vision began to spread to students elsewhere, taking root in countries we would have never dreamed of at the start.  Our global expansion fully bloomed last year as Passion circled the world (a few times), gathering students in 17 world cities, highlighting their importance to the future Church and, in most cases, hosting the largest ever university gatherings for Christians those cities had ever witnessed. In 2010, God willing, we will return to eight of those cities as we continue to widen the wake of our movement and serve the students of the globe.

While the majority of the 21,500+ people headed to Atlanta for 2010 are from the US, many are coming from places far and wide. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 40-50 nations will be represented, many of those still praying for visas to attend.

Our world shrinks daily and our Body transcends borders. We are a part of a global wave and we are His!

So together we pray…..

Father, thank you that we are living in these days where it is possible to be so closely linked with the peoples of the earth.  Continue to expand our awareness of our global community, and our place in the tapestry that is humanity.  We want to see Your fame spread to all people and every nation.

Today we are praying with every student and leader still seeking a visa to attend Passion 2010.  Please give them favor with embassies and officials and open the way for them to be a part of this gathering.  Where some have been denied and have another chance to present their case, please change the hearts of those overseeing their case, allow them to travel to the US for these days and send them back to their communities and churches with renewed passion for Your fame where the live.

For Your name in all the earth, Jesus! Amen.

May God be gracious to us and bless us
and make his face shine upon us,
that your ways may be known on earth,
your salvation among all nations.
May the peoples praise you, O God;
may all the peoples praise you.
May the nations be glad and sing for joy,
for you rule the peoples justly and guide the nations of the earth.
May the peoples praise you, O God;
may all the peoples praise you.
Then the land will yield its harvest, and God, our God, will bless us.
God will bless us, and all the ends of the earth will fear him.
Psalm 67

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