As part of a 50 day campaign leading up to the Global
Day of Prayer on June 12, GDOP London is calling for 50,000 followers on
Twitter to tweet the Lord’s prayer.
On Easter weekend GDOP London began tweeting segments of the Lord’s
prayer in a bid to encourage more Christians to pray for the the United
Kingdom.
“We want to get people of all ages and backgrounds praying the Lord ‘s
Prayer wherever they are at 12 o’clock every day or anytime of the day,”
said GDOP London convener Jonathan Oloyede.
He added: “We want to be praying ‘Lord let your kingdom come and thy
will be done over this whole nation’. So join the campaign as we
countdown 50 days from Easter weekend to Pentecost weekend.
“Email, text, phone your friends the link #GDOPLondon via our twitter
viral initiative and let’s every one of us reach the goal if we can of
50,000 people on the Twitter campaign praying the Lord’s prayer.”
This unique project is being coordinated by prayer strategist and
trainer Daniel Eagle, who believes strongly in the power of social
networking to mobilise prayer: “As the world becomes more and more
interconnected as a global village it is imperative that we use all the
tools at our disposal to promote the cause for which GDOP London exists.
“The Convener Jonathan Oloyede mentioned a few years back that he saw in
a sense a canopy of prayer and praise enveloping London and all the
British Isles as different pockets of fire came together to pray.
“Social media is the next wave for global communication and interaction.
GDOP London is using social media to generate prayer at the centre of
this evolving communication trend. We are setting an example rather than
letting those with destructive agendas set the tone for the UK
community through social media.”
So far #GDOPLondon has a growing number of followers, including some members of parliament from different political parties.
Eagle says the response so far has been very encouraging: “The Twitter
following is very diversified and still increasing. We have quite a few
individuals who have commended our efforts and we also have two
individuals who have taken offense at our prayer tweeting.
We try to wake London up with a prayer and good word. We also share
encouraging prayer tweets when the people go to sleep at night.”
Some recent tweets included:
GDOPLondon Global Day of Prayer
Excited that Prince William &
Duchess of Cambridge went to the ALTAR. We pray them SHELTER in their
marriage & grace to keep getting BETTER
GDOPLondon Global Day of Prayer
God’s the REASON for all SEASONS. God
SEASONS all SEASONS so all REASONS for staying in spiritual PRISON is
invalid. Wembley stadium 17.09.11
GDOPLondon Global Day of Prayer
Baby born in a MANGER is now the global
RANGER, evil is in DANGER so don’t be a STRANGER. All roads lead to
Wembley stadium on September 17, 2011.
Oloyede is also a strong believer in the impact of using social media:
“It works, as we know from the Obama campaign, using social media with
lots of people at grassroots level mobilized. It is a very easy, cost
effective way of connecting communication.
“Send a YouTube, twitter or facebook link to all your friends and this
is one of the easier ways of getting people aware of what’s going on. If
you are able to text everyone on your contact list or send all your
friends on your Facebook page, what is happening, we will have hundreds
of thousands of people aware of this campaign. You are a vital link,
please do not be the weakest link.”
Oloyede believes once this campaign concludes on Pentecost Sunday June
12, momentum will then build towards a major event taking place at
Wembley stadium.
He said: “This is building towards a cascading of prayer rising up from
the whole of the British Isles, when we gather at Wembley stadium on
Saturday September 17.
“It’s building towards the kingdom of God breaking out in every one of our villages, towns and cities in this nation.
“Many people don’t know about Jesus or how to pray and are lost and we
need to reach them if we believe in the message of the Gospel.”