Some 3,000 years ago, King David established a tabernacle in Jerusalem and started a night and day worship before the Lord. He hired 4,000 musicians and 288 singers to continuously praise God around the ark in a tent in his kingdom's capital city. This act of worship led to military victory and deliverance for David's people.
Next month, this extra act of devotion to the Lord—told in the Book of the First Chronicles in the Old Testament—will be replicated, this time to pray for healing and repentance in the United States.
A team of intercessors from the group "David's Tent D.C." is calling on all Americans to participate in 424 days, 10,000 hours of continuous prayers and worship from Sept. 11, 2015 to Nov. 8, 2016 on the National Mall beside the Washington Monument in the nation's capital.
Worship teams will be scheduled in two-hour shifts to hold constant vigil and sing continuous love songs to Jesus in the area. David's Tent DC said all worship teams and choirs in America—no matter what their musical style or denomination is—are invited.
Jason Hershey, director of David's Tent DC, explained that this round-the-clock worship event has three motivations, one of which is the "urgency" to pray for America.
"First we know that Jesus is more than worthy of a lavish offering. It's that simple. Secondly, though, we do feel the urgency of the hour for America and this is intercession for our country. That we would respond to the worth of God with a fear of the Lord that would reform all things, including tens of millions of souls being saved," Hershey explained
"Thirdly, it's a public witness to the goodness of God, that people would encounter God, right there on the National Mall," he added.
