Day 11: Praying for new opportunities (1884)

Join with Salvationists of the Wales Division for day 11 of 150 days of prayer.

• ‘The Lord always does what is right. He loves people to do good things. Those who do what is right will know that God loves them’ (Psalm 11:7 EasyEnglish Bible). 

1884

John Lawley, divisional officer for Wales, was for ever spying out new ground for fresh openings and seizing new opportunities. Lack of resources, including property, did not stop the expansion of the Army.

Ferndale started by holding meetings on the mountainside. A rented church hall and a shop were subsequently used. In 1884 a hall was being built that could accommodate six hundred people.

Abertillery experienced many difficulties during its early years, one being the lack of barracks, but as the Salvationists said: ‘We met under our Father’s roof, although snow fell, we had a great muster’ (War Cry, 1 March 1884).

Prayer

• Pray that we will not stop looking for new opportunities to share the good news about Jesus.