Be Still And Know

Acts 1:14 NLT 'They all met together and were constantly united in prayer, along with Mary the mother of Jesus, several other women, and the brothers of Jesus.' On Ascension Day you are invited to join thousands of others prepare for a Novena of prayer with Premier. Novena is from the Latin for ‘nine’ and describes those days when the disciples, together with Mary, Jesus’ mother, and around 120 believers waited in obedience to Jesus’ instruction, for the promised Holy Spirit. They were together in continuous prayer, as Luke records in Acts. This is the nine days from the ascension to Pentecost. We know it was nine days, because the ascension happened 40 days after the resurrection (Acts 1:3), and Pentecost was always celebrated 50 days after the Passover. In this period, the fledgling Church called out to God for power from on high to fulfil Jesus’ command to witness to the “ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8). They had a specific focus given by Jesus and so these nine days are for intentional prayer. This year, in