At the IHOP spiritual warfare and intercession conference here this weekend, Stuart Greaves talked about the emerging global prayer movement as God's chosen way to birth the second coming of Jesus and usher in the "speedy justice" that Jesus spoke about in Luke 18. Put simply, justice is making the wrong things right. My post on environmentalism a few days ago is only the tip of the iceberg in some of the social issues affecting our world today. As a very brief follow-up to that post, Stuart made some good points that I wanted to make again here.

The issue that is facing the church in regards to the subject is not a new humanitarian method or program but it is the issue the apostolic gospel with power and intercession. The global prayer movement is significantly about touching the poor of the earth. The poor and the oppressed need a message that will raise them up out of the ash heap of their personal depravity, individual and corporate oppression. The destitute of the earth need a church filled with power that has message that will broke of the affects of their cruel bondage and that enables them to the hear the true apostolic gospel that says that there is an answer for the injustice done against them and the injustice that they have done against heaven.

Stuart expounded upon my point I made the other day - that no amount of mere human effort or social program can solve the world's environmental and social problems today. We need a red-hot prayer movement contending for signs and wonders on the preaching of the gospel again. True justice will only come to pass through one Man - Jesus Christ. He is the only one that can truly change the hearts of men.

I also made Stuart's notes available here - grab them and take a look!