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Taking a City for Christ
Posted by Eric Jaffe | Posted in Church Strategy | Posted on 21-07-2006
God has really been laying it on my heart to pray at certian key areas of the city. Tonight I was given a chance right after the PK Confrence. I went downtown to the river in front of the beautiful Main Street Bridge and spent some time praying and interceeding for the City. Some things came to mind personally and corporately.
When I came to the city I worked for Rogers Towers for the first 5 years as I arrived in Jax. I took these pictures tonight from where I was praying just next to the fountian. My office used to be in the Gate Riverplace Tower building pictured to the left on the 16th floor. My office overlooked the main street bridge and the fountian. I never really took the view for granted, but tonight it struck me what a strategic place in the city it really is. That area represents the city center, it’s natural, and spiritual core. I couldn’t help but be blessed praying and interceeding for our city. There are some grim stats that need to be reversed including one of the highest divorce rates and murder rates per capita in the state. May our God and King step in and revers that trend.
Additionally, I couldn’t help but wonder. St. Augustine and NE FL really represents the oldest area of the United States. America’s First City, The First Coast, and the gateway to Florida. Lord, if we could become a light, if the churches could unite, if something divine happened here. What ramifications might that have for the state and maybe even the country. I keep crying out, why not here, why now. Lord would you move in our city. Let us not forget to pray for those you have put in leadership in the natural, and for the church universal here that you have as spiritual gatekeepers to the city. May we set down what divides us and focus on our primary purpose of spreading the good news of Jesus.
Pastor Wayne and I are setting plans to pray at some other strategic areas around Clay County and Jax in the near future, if you are interested in joining us, let me know and I’ll let you know the when and where. 
