Even the twice-postponed This is the Day! was held on July 23, 2022. Festival. More than 40,000 tickets were sold for the series of concerts held in the Puskás Arena. The heat and the expected summer rain did not deter the participants. Jesus Christ was always at the center of the songs and testimonies.
The concerts of Ez az a nap! started in the early afternoon. at his holiday event. As the host of the event, Viktor László explained that renewal and spiritual awakening cannot be waited for with folded hands. Citing the evangelical parable about the sower, he declared: the duty of every Christian is to "sow the seed". And the seeds will one day grow wonderful ears of corn. That is why we must not be idle, and we must continue to proclaim the good news with even greater force.
One of the touchingly beautiful moments of the event was when all the participants of the Puskás Arena stood up to sing the National Anthem, and the Christian church leaders took turns praying for the spiritual awakening of Hungary.
Catholic Bishop László Varga of Kaposvár testified about how God entered his life. Silence made him a friend: the most precious time of every day is the time spent in the quiet presence of God.
Virág Győri told how God miraculously cured her of cancer. He said: his testimony would not be heard today if the mega-celebration event had not been postponed twice due to the coronavirus epidemic.
It rained during Martin Smith's concert, to which Michael W. Smith's song "Let It Rain" echoed from the audience.
Among the Hungarian speakers, András Gável from the Eucharist and Mező Misi team recalled the joy of the home victory in the recent Anglo-Hungarian match. He added: there is a match that is even greater than this, and it was won by Jesus Christ on Calvary. Those present shouted together that they belong to the team of the Winner, longing for Christians of different denominations to finally be able to sit together at the Lord's table. This was also expressed by the song beginning with the Nourishing Holy Bread, which the entire stadium sang as one.
László Prazsák, together with László Csiszér and Hanna, told the story of how they received the divine vision many years ago, according to which the Népstadion will one day be populated by a multitude of worshippers. During the songs of Béla Pintér, the "stadium of the nation" started to move dynamically, which was crowned by the ferocious musical production of the Australian Planetshakers.
At the end of the evening, all the performers together shouted to God the well-known song "How Great Is Our God" about his greatness. And everyone present walked home with a so-called "Jesus Bible" in the evening Budapest, where the temperature was more tolerable than the rain.
András Hellinger, leader of praise at Golgotha Church, said after the event: "It was a huge honor and experience to praise God together with several thousand people on Ez az a nap!". Permanent, decisive. We've got work to do in this world, and I think we've been given the proper ammunition to do it today. We will continue from there."
Featured image: András Gável
